Chapter 392: How shocking is the Potala Palace?

Zhang Jie thought carefully and found that it still couldn't be one-size-fits-all.

Whether it's one-size-fits-all or two-size-fits-all, it won't affect those Buddhas on the plateau who beat the A-Jie drums,

play with meat lotuses, and drink high-grade butter tea. But if it were because of his methods that the serfs who work hard,

and support the Buddhas with their whole lives, couldn't even drink tea-dregs butter tea, then that would be his sin.

The painful lesson of the Japanese pirate trouble exposed the drawbacks of the harsh sea ban.

In the first year of Longqing (1567), after the Ming Dynasty pacified the Japanese pirates,

it announced the cancellation of the sea ban, allowing the people to "trade far in the eastern and western oceans," which is historically known as the "Longqing Opening,"

opening an important foreign trade opening in Chinese history.

"Still have to adapt to local conditions, can't do one-size-fits-all."

Zhang Jie tapped the imperial desk and decided that later he would have to have a good discussion with Wang Lun, Chen Wenyun, and the others,

to come up with suitable policies that are beneficial to both the imperial court and the people.

On these matters concerning people's livelihood, he still hoped to achieve a win-win situation.

Well, this win-win is not a win-win where he and the Great Gan imperial court win twice, but a win-win where the imperial court and the people each win once.

"It's best to send a capable person to investigate.

The Great Man said it well, without investigation, there is no right to speak."

Thinking of this, a person's name quietly surfaced in Zhang Jie's mind.

This person first volunteered, went north to advise the Liao Dynasty's Emperor Tianzuo to fight a decisive battle with Great Gan,

allowing Great Gan to wipe out the main force of Great Liao in one battle, clearing the threat in the north;

later, he went south to persuade Fang La, who called himself the Holy Duke, to surrender,

making him a model for rebel kings in the south, contributing significantly to Great Gan's unification of the world.

That's right, this person is Zhang Jie's beloved minister, Chancellor Qin Gui.

With Qin Gui's ability to become a chancellor, presumably he would be able to perfectly complete this investigation task.

As for what if Chancellor Qin is not acclimatized and is finished off by the poisonous miasma permeating the southwest?

Then Zhang Jie could only painfully cry out, "Heaven envies talent, I have lost Hui, just like losing an arm!"

Then, I will raise your wife and children, don't worry~

Zhang Jie: Pain, it is truly too painful~

For Qin Gui, a capable minister with the potential of a treacherous official, Zhang Jie has always upheld the principle of using him to death if he is useful.

He has ability, and if he dies, he won't feel any heartache at all; he is simply the most perfect tool person.

After making the decision, Zhang Jie put his thoughts back to work.

"Western Xia has been pacified, Dali is not far off, now Great Gan's territory is still missing this place compared to before I traveled through!"

Zhang Jie's gaze projected onto the snowy plateau located in the southwest corner of the map.

At this time, on this detailed map that almost encompassed the entire Asia,

Western Xia, Great Liao, Dali, and the island nation had all turned into Great Gan's yellow,

only the snowy plateau in the southwest still presented an independent other color.

As for why Great Gan's territory color is marked in yellow?

Well, although Zhang Jie has no good feelings for Confucianism, which has turned into Confucian religion,

he has to admit that Confucianism has already become one of the background colors of Great Gan—no, of Chinese civilization.

The two most important civil officials under his command, the current Left and Right Chancellors of Great Gan's Secretariat, Wang Lun and Chen Wenyun, one was a down-and-out scholar who only passed the provincial exam in middle age,

and the other was a scholar who failed repeatedly and angrily turned to banditry,

far from being the top level of Confucianism, but they were born into Confucianism, and their outlook on life, values,

and worldview were all deeply influenced by Confucianism, which is an undeniable fact.

Even he, the Son of Heaven of Great Gan, before the shared space came, wasn't he planning to drift with the tide,

pass the provincial exam, get a small official position, and spend this life plainly but safely?

Under such circumstances, every aspect of Great Gan was influenced by Confucian doctrine,

even in terms of national color, it was no exception: according to the theory of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements promoted by Confucianism,

Song was Fire Virtue, and they, Great Gan, replaced Great Song, so naturally they were Earth Virtue, advocating yellow.

Zhang Jie was also a bit confused for a while, not knowing which pile of old paper they found this theory from,

but seeing their unanimous recommendation, and having no taboos himself, he used it.

As far as the current situation is concerned, not only are there no side effects, but it is also very easy to use, so it has been used ever since.

"Potala Palace, ah."

Thinking of the snowy plateau, Zhang Jie thought of its most famous building,

the palace legendarily built by Songtsen Gampo specifically to welcome Princess Wencheng into Tibet.

Of course, just like Genghis Khan dying in the mouth of a Western Xia princess is an unreliable wild history,

this legend is also an unreliable wild history.

According to the timeline, the Potala Palace of the Tang Dynasty was completed in 631-635 AD,

while Princess Wencheng entered Tibet in 641, so the two are 7-8 years apart, so this statement is questionable.

Most studies believe that the Potala Palace was built after Songtsen Gampo moved the capital to Lhasa,

to establish the political center of the Tubo Dynasty and highlight royal power, originally named "Red Mountain Palace."

Because this is consistent with the ruling needs of the Tubo after unifying the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at that time.

Thinking of the Potala Palace, he also thought of a question that once spread widely on the Internet in the 21st century:

How shocking is the Potala Palace? Everyone who has been there knows.

A tour guide introduced: The Potala Palace was expanded in the 1600s of the Ming Dynasty (the existing scale was mainly formed in the 17th century.

In 1645 AD, the Fifth Dalai Lama, in order to consolidate the Ganden Phodrang regime of the integration of politics and religion,

rebuilt the Potala Palace (at that time it still continued the ancient title, called "Red Mountain Palace"),

and used it as the winter palace of the successive Dalai Lamas and the ruling center of Tibet.)

The reason its walls are white, and smell like milk,

is because the walls are really poured with milk, butter, and white sugar, the whole wall is.

Everyone went to get close to the wall to smell it, and it really had a sweet and greasy milky smell, and everyone looked satisfied.

Just at this time, a tourist said inappropriately:

"Damn, in that era of material scarcity, how many poor people must have starved to death!"

One sentence woke up the dreamer.

Zhang Jie felt that he was the only normal person in the crowd.

Actually, it wasn't poor people, but slaves.

The snowy plateau was a distorted kingdom built on the serf system.

The serfs who occupied the vast majority there were not people, but talking livestock.

This is the oldest Demon King Castle that existed since the myth era, Frieren.

The "Demon King" here before, were those feudal rulers and upper-level monks,

who relied on power and divine power to oppress everyone, and the serfs were so bitter they couldn't breathe.

Until half a century ago, the brave men from the east came—that is the People's Liberation Army called Jinzhu Mami!

They upheld the spirit of serving the people, and with the determination that man can conquer nature,

they forcibly overthrew this group of "Demon Race" and saved all the people in suffering.

Now, the once dark "Demon King Castle" has long become a landscape that civilians can

stop and watch at will, and there is a stable atmosphere of fireworks everywhere.

There is a joke that says Cao Cao would feel he is a good person when he sees Jia Xu and Cheng Yu,

and no matter how sinful a person is, they will feel their soul is pure when they go to the Potala Palace.

The Potala Palace is indeed a place to cleanse the soul, because after you understand the truth behind it,

you will feel that the little immoral things you did are nothing at all there. ===== CHAPTER 393 =====

You would feel that the little bit of wicked business you've done is nothing at all compared to that.