Shamanism is a primitive religion that worships ancestors, totems and nature.
They believe that everything in the world has a spirit, and that certain special people can communicate with the spirits of other species.
This kind of person is called a "shaman".
When Temujin attacked the Mongolian tribes, whenever he arrived at a place, the shaman told the local people that Temujin was the representative of Eternal Heaven and had come to save them.
With the help of the shaman, Temujin quickly unified the Mongolian tribes.
The shaman at that time was called Kokochu, who represented the Eternal Heaven in bestowing the title of Genghis Khan on Temujin at the Kurultai Assembly.
Since then.
The Mongol Khan had legal legitimacy.
At the end of the Jiajing period, the Mongolian Tumed tribe grew stronger.
Its leader, Altan Khan, fought against the Ming Dynasty in the south, attacked the Uriankhai Khan in the north, and the Oirat Khan in the west, forcing the then Mongol Khan, Dalaisun, to move east to the Liaohe River area.
After these achievements, Altan began to call himself Khan.
but...
His Khanship had no theoretical support and he could not legally replace the Great Khan of Mongolia.
We can only conquer the tribes on the grassland, but we cannot conquer their hearts, let alone achieve long-term stability.
Altan was very distressed about this.
In the fifth year of the Longqing reign of the Ming Dynasty, Axing Lama, who came from U-Tsang, found Altan and said that Altan was the reincarnation of Kublai Khan!
As for the evidence...it's also very sufficient.
This statement was put forward by Sonam Gyatso, the leader of the Yellow Sect, who claimed to be the reincarnation of Phagpa.
Who is Phagpa?
After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, he honored Phagpa as the national teacher, who led all Buddhists in the world.
The reincarnated national teacher will naturally know the reincarnated Kublai Khan!
The Yellow Sect provided legal support for Altan Khan!
To this end, Altan began to build a temple in Guihua City and welcomed Sonam Gyatso to the grassland to preach.
In Altan's view, promoting the Yellow Sect is to maintain his own rule.
So he began to convert to the Yellow Sect and gave many privileges to the Yellow Sect believers.
These included policies such as giving high-ranking Yellow Sect monks the same rights as Mongolian nobles and reducing taxes for ordinary believers.
With the support of the Mongolian high-level officials, the Yellow Sect began to spread on a large scale in the grassland.
Changing beliefs is not as easy as imagined. After more than a hundred years of spreading, many grassroots herdsmen still believe in shamanism.
In order to maintain their rule, the nobles who ruled the lower classes changed their beliefs early on and converted to the Yellow Sect.
Although Altan Khan made outstanding contributions to the spread of Yellow Sect, the consequences of Yellow Sect far exceeded his imagination.
After Altan Khan's death.
The leaders of all the Mongolian tribes wanted to be called Khan, so they went to U-Tsang to invite high monks of the Yellow Sect to come and endorse their life stories.
The Yellow Sect had no shortage of lamas, and in order to spread its teachings, the lamas flocked to the grasslands.
There was no shortage of tribal leaders on the grassland, and ambitious leaders called themselves khans one after another.
Then a funny scene occurred.
Ten tribes invited ten lamas, all claiming to be the reincarnation of Kublai Khan.
Even the orthodox Mongolian Khan invited lamas to spread orthodoxy, otherwise the status of orthodoxy would be in jeopardy!
There can be many lamas and tribal leaders, but there can only be one reincarnated Kublai Khan at the same time...
The actual situation is that there are too many ambitious leaders, resulting in the grassland being full of reincarnated Kublai Khans.
This phenomenon made Mongolian top leaders realize the seriousness of the problem.
But now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to continue spreading the message, otherwise everyone will lose the legal support for their rule!
This is the cause and effect of the spread of Yellow Sect in Mongolia!
Fan Jingwen revealed the secret of Mongolian rule in front of E'linchen and Omubu, which embarrassed them both.
Chongzhen was very concerned about the foundation of the Mongols' rule, because he wanted to use the Yellow Sect to restrain the Mongols, make them give up riding and shooting, and turn them into a singing and dancing tribe.
After understanding the teachings of the Yellow Sect, Chongzhen raised his head and said, "Prince Shunyi, Prince Shunli."
"I'm here!" The two men saluted.
"Is the Yellow Sect important to you?" Chongzhen asked.
"Very important!" Ombu answered without hesitation.
"Important!" E'linchen followed up, "Your Majesty may be rich, but you need our help in governing the grasslands. The herdsmen on the grasslands roam around and often keep company with wild beasts, so it's difficult to educate them! We need a reasonable religious system to restrain them!"
"The previous shamanism has become less and less binding and can no longer maintain the stability of the grassland, so the grassland tribes can only introduce the Yellow Sect to spread and govern. Please support it, Your Majesty!"
Support, I absolutely support!
Chongzhen almost shouted this idea out loud.
While the Yellow Sect was maintaining its internal rule over Mongolia, it was also reducing its own strength.
Don’t the Mongols know?
Of course I know!
They would rather bleed themselves to maintain their rule.
In fact, it was not just the Mongols. Many feudal dynasties would cut off their own arms to maintain their rule.
Especially the Qing Dynasty in history, from the founding of the country to its demise, they have always adhered to the policy of defending the interior rather than the exterior, and defending against the Han rather than the Sichuan!
After all, if we lose a war, we can pay compensation to various places and still have the right to rule.
If you lose the internal war, you will not only lose your ruling power, but also your life!
Seeing the two tribal leaders' serious expressions, Chongzhen laughed and said, "Since it is so important, I have to find a way to support it."
He looked at Fan Jingwen and said, "Lord Fan, find a way to transfer 500,000 taels of silver from the national treasury to build a temple on the grassland and vigorously spread the Yellow Sect!"
Fan Jingwen was embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the national treasury has a budget for expenditure every year. This 500,000 taels of silver is not included in the budget. It is really... really difficult to raise!"
"Oh," Chongzhen sneered, "It's just 500,000 taels of silver, how can you not raise it? If the national treasury has no money, I will transfer money from the inner treasury! It's nothing more than letting tens of thousands of mouths in the palace go begging on the streets, but even if they have to beg for food, they have to save money!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" After hearing what Chongzhen said, Fan Jingwen immediately knelt down.
E'linchen and Omubu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we have received your kindness. Please withdraw your order. We can raise funds to build the temple on our own."
“Hahaha,” Chongzhen suddenly burst into laughter. He pointed at the two men and said to Fan Jingwen, “Did you see that? The two kings of different surnames both think that the court is shabby and are reluctant to take my money!”
E'linchen and Omubu were so frightened that they almost fell to the ground. They kowtowed and said, "We never meant that. Please forgive us, Your Majesty!"
"Since you don't have such intention, just stretch out your hand and wait for the money!" Chongzhen stopped laughing and looked at Fan Jingwen again: "Lord Fan, is there any problem?"
Fan Jingwen swallowed his saliva and said, "I will find a way to raise funds!"
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