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The man stood up slowly, and the dim light of the butter lamp shone on his face, showing that it was a sharp-edged, quite heroic face, especially the pair of deeply sunken eyes that were as sharp as eagles. A fierce and vicious feeling.

"This is Huang Hui, Brother Maggie's apprentice. This time, he was ordered to go to Tibet to assist Brother Maggie in his work." The man replied coldly.

It turned out that this person was also a graduate of the Central Military Academy of the Kuomintang. His name was Huang Hui, and his style name was Yaozu. He was from Shuangfeng, Hunan.Graduated from the Infantry Department of the Whampoa Phase III, his current military rank is a major, and he serves in the newly established Special Forces Command of the National Revolutionary Army.Is a member of the special forces of the Kuomintang army just started.This time he led a small team and sneaked into Tibet secretly under the arrangement of Maggie and his son.The task is to break into Norbulingka, the summer palace of the Dalai Lama, and control the No.13 Dalai Lama!It is not very reliable to hand over this matter to the Tibetan army or the lamas of Danjilin Temple.After all, the Dalai Lama is a deity that cannot be offended in their minds.Uh, in theory it is so, but in fact there are more than one or two Dalai Lamas who died for no apparent reason.

"So it's Brother Huang, I've admired you for a long time." Luo Sang Zhuonan cupped his fists and spoke fluent Chinese.

After a few pleasantries, the topic returned to the promising business of court usurpation.

Maggie Dorje tapped the table lightly with her fingers, and said with a smile, "Today's Tibet is like a pool of stagnant water. The Buddha is already old and feeble. It is completely absurd to rely on divinatory divination for all matters! And the world outside the mountain has already It’s changing with each passing day, and young people like us can do something outside, so as Tibetan nobles, can we just spend the rest of our lives doing nothing?”

"No! We also want to do something earth-shattering!" The voice came from someone who was almost gritting the back molars.

This statement provoked a murmur of gritted teeth in the room.Most of these people are concubine sons of great Tibetan nobles, who are not qualified to inherit the family business, and are unwilling to become monks and lamas, so they dawdle in the immortal Tibetan army.Many of them had studied for a few days in schools for noble children run by the British, so they knew something about the outside world, their horizons were broad, and their ambitions were naturally bigger!

On the same night, in another stately drawing room of the Maggie's estate, another plot was going on.

Dozens of dim butter lamps were lit together, illuminating the whole room as bright as day.The great nobleman Maggie Renci was sitting silently with a senior monk dressed as a lama.This lama was dark and fat, with a pair of small eyes embedded in a face like a lump of meat, but at this moment, he was naked, and he didn't look like an ordinary person.

"Living Buddha, please take a look, this is the telegram just received." Maggie Renci respectfully copied a copy of the telegram and handed it to the lama with both hands: "The Han people's army by the river has already moved. It will arrive in Qamdo by the end of August at the latest. The Dalai Lama estimates that there will be news by the end of this month.”

The lama suddenly stood up from behind the table, hurriedly reached out to take the telegram from Maggie Renci's hand, and read it carefully.There was also a hint of eagerness and anticipation in his eyes.

"Living Buddha, once the [-] Han Chinese army comes out, I believe that Lama Yeshe Wangden and Jampa Tudden Chuchen will not be able to sit still. At that time, they will definitely send Master Tsarong to lead troops to Qamdo for defense. We I will try to get rid of him halfway, then take back the army and return to the division, surround the Norbulingka Palace, control the Dalai Lama, and support you as regent. Restore the Hutuktu title of the Danjilin family." Maggie Renci After finishing speaking, he bowed respectfully and deeply to the fat black lama in front of him.There are flattering smiles all over the face.

Chapter 0454 Snowy Storm ([-])

It was the same night when the ambitious father and son Maggie Dorji and Maggie Renci were busy making arrangements for them to seize political and religious power in Tibet.In the offices of the "Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet Political Commissioners" of the British and Indian governments in Yadong Chumbi Valley, more than 300 kilometers southwest of Lhasa, the atmosphere was also gloomy.

Charles Alfred Burr, the former political attache of the British and Indian governments in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet, has secretly returned here and resumed the daily work of this illegally established "office".This grumpy British guy has a close personal relationship with the thirteenth Dalai Lama. Seven or eight years ago, as the political adviser of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, he participated in the formulation of a series of political and military reforms in Tibet, and also proposed the final Proposals for the establishment of a "Great Tibet State".It’s just that Tibet’s human and financial resources are very limited, and in order to realize the “magnificent goal” that Burr set for the thirteenth Dalai Lama, it is necessary to collect taxes from temples and conscript soldiers; and to increase taxes, it is necessary to reduce the income of temples.This naturally aroused opposition from monks and lay people. In 1921, at the Lhasa Chuanzhao Conference, Tibetan monks were about to expel Boer, which resulted in conflicts between the monks and the Tibetan army.Afterwards, someone posted a note saying "Leave Tibet quickly to save your life" in front of Burr's residence.Boer was afraid and unwilling to leave, so he had to ask the Dalai Lama to help him find another place to live.But the Dalai Lama did not dare to agree, saying that the Tibetans hated Boer deeply, and it would be difficult to save their lives if they did not leave.In this way, Burr was forced to leave Tibet in embarrassment.

After escaping from Tibet, Burr officially left the British and Indian governments and began to write books about Tibet—published "Tibet: Past and Present" in 1920, and "Tibetan People" in 1928... He published a series of books about Tibetan culture Unlike history books, there is only one main line, the so-called "Tibetan Independence".In the original history, this Burr did not return to the Anglo-Indian government, but the history of this time and space has obviously changed.After the Sino-Japanese Battle of Jinan in April this year, the British and Indian governments keenly realized that Tibet was very likely to become the next expansion target of the Kuomintang authorities.Therefore, Boer was decisively recalled, ordered him to return to Tibet, and tried to contact the pro-British forces in Tibet and the Dalai Lama, and must find ways to prevent the Kuomintang forces from infiltrating Tibet...

Just in the darkness of tonight, an unmarked western carriage quietly drove into the Chumbi Valley UK office.A tall, thin, dark-complexioned Tibetan was led into Commissioner Burr's study by the servants.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Burr sitting upright behind the large desk, holding a telegram in his hand, his face ashen.

The visitor came in, bowed and saluted, and then sat across from Berr.This person is the former commander-in-chief of the Tibetan Army, Ge Lun Tsarong, the current Gexia regime.

Charong stared at his old friend Boer, frowned slightly, and spoke fluent English: "Mr. Boer, why is your face so ugly? What happened?"

Boer and Tsarong looked at each other, and found that the other side had the same gloomy expression, obviously depressed. It seemed that the news of the "Battle of Jinan" had already caused quite a stir in the upper echelons of Tibet.

Burr forced a smile and tried to calm down his voice: "My friend, the current situation is very bad. The Chinese have defeated the powerful Japanese army and killed more than 10 people! And their next goal is Tibet! Actually they have already started to move!"

Charong was startled when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a trembling voice: "Mr. Boer, what do you mean... the Kuomintang is about to attack Tibet! But we just helped them! That Jebtsundamba Just elected, how could they..."

Burr smiled wryly and raised a hand, interrupting the words of the flustered Glenn.The colonialist of the British Empire seemed to have regained his composure, and his face calmed down.He gently waved the telegram in his hand and said with a smile:

"In fact, the Chinese are not going to attack Tibet immediately, but are already on the way! On the [-]rd of this month, General Liu Wenhui, a warlord in the Chuanbian area, suddenly sent a telegram announcing an uprising and established a worker-peasant group under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Revolutionary army! However, this army did not attack Sichuan to destroy the life of the Chinese Kuomintang, but embarked on an expedition to Tibet. It is estimated that there are now about [-] to [-] well-equipped and well-trained Chinese troops on the way Chamdo is moving in, and there should be a big battle by the end of August at the latest! Now...are the Tibetan troops ready?"

Glenn Sharong silently shook his head and didn't say anything.Boer still smiled wryly: "If you could have followed my advice seven years ago and expanded the Tibetan army to 5000 and updated its equipment, you might be able to defeat this so-called 'Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants' right now?"

Tsarong was silent for a while, then took a deep breath: "Then... what should we do now? Is it possible for the British Empire to send troops to Lhasa?"

"Send troops?" Burr shook his head lightly: "The Chinese have tens of thousands of troops! And in the battle of Jinan in April, they have already demonstrated their combat effectiveness. If they want to defeat them, the British and Indian governments may have to It is impossible to use the same number of troops! The London side will not agree... The only feasible way now is to transfer the thirteenth Dalai Lama to a safe India, and he must not be allowed to fall under the control of the Chinese!"

Burr's tone was heavy, as if he was making a very difficult decision.He has been in Tibet for many years and is well aware of the great influence of the Dalai Lama.As long as the Dalai Lama leaves Tibet and does not recognize China's sovereignty over Tibet, there will be continued unrest in Tibet.This may not necessarily turn the situation in Tibet over, but it can be regarded as a containment of China.Although Britain is still supporting the Kuomintang authorities, this regime seems to be too powerful!I believe London will make adjustments soon.But there is also a problem in doing so, that is, the thirteenth Dalai Lama is very old, already over 50 years old, and for Tibetans, this age is considered a very old age.Moreover, the Dalai Lama's health is not good, it seems that he will die soon, and there will be no way for a new Dalai Lama to be born...

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Beijing, Zhongnanhai.

Sir Lampson, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the British Empire to the Republic of China, came to this theoretical central government office in China early in the morning.Right now, they are being arranged in a luxuriously furnished hall.A pleasing-looking female secretary who could speak fluent Cockney English brought him a cup of rich and mellow coffee.The gentle and elegant Vice Premier Wang Jingwei also sat in front of him with a wide smile... just like a primary school student, smiling uneasily.After all, Sir Lampson is protesting on behalf of the British Empire!

However, the British envoy, who was said to be here to protest, met with Vice Premier Wang, exchanged some pleasantries, and then sat there with a coffee cup and sipped lightly.It seemed that he was not here to protest, but to drink coffee with Wang Jingwei, a vice premier who was doing nothing all day long.In fact, Sir Lampson suddenly found that he didn't know what to say to the empty deputy prime minister in front of him?Right now China's political system is really... a little nonsensical!There are two independent governments in the south and the north, but these two governments have pressed a nominal central government on their heads!The central government seems unable to make any decisions without the consent of the two "local governments".But the minister himself can only protest to the central government, which can't make any decisions.

Besides, the incident this time also made him unable to speak.According to the situation that the British side has so far, a warlord affiliated to the Nationalist Government defected to the Communist Party of China in order to avoid being deprived of military power by the Nationalist Government!Moreover, the Communist Party of China publicly admitted this in their official publication "Red Star Newspaper". Pro-Communist workers and students in Beijing took to the streets to protest the crime of the KMT authorities in suppressing the patriotic general Liu Wenhui... It seems that the KMT is also a victim .The whole incident should be that one of their troops suddenly defected to the Communist Party, and then marched into Tibet in order to avoid being wiped out by the Kuomintang army.How should this be protested?Uh, does it mean that the British Empire does not allow your army to attack the Communist Party?If you say that, wouldn't you be sympathizing with the Communist Party?Or go to the chairman of the coalition government, the man named Mao Zedong, to protest the Communist Party's uprising?

What makes Sir Lampson even more embarrassing is that the current China is no longer the soft persimmon that was left to the hands of the British Empire a few years ago!They have now established a heavy industrial system that has begun to take shape, and the combat effectiveness of the army has also been surprisingly improved under the training of those Germans.After defeating the Soviet Union and Japan in just two years, if this continues, the interests of the British Empire in Asia should be violated by the Chinese, right?It seems time to remind those in London about a change in the British Empire's Asia policy.

"Your Excellency, Deputy Prime Minister." Lampson finally put down the coffee cup in his hand, took out the long-drawn-out protest letter with vague words, and handed it to Wang Jingwei with both hands: "The British Empire has noticed that there is a Chinese army Marching into Tibet... We think this is an unusual incident and hope you can handle it properly so that the friendly relations between the two countries will not be cast a shadow."

Wang Jingwei was slightly taken aback when he heard this.He originally thought that the British would be furious because of this, and then throw down a lot of threats full of gunpowder, and then walk away proudly after speaking.Unexpectedly, it was just an understatement to ask for proper handling, and the only threat was nothing more than "a cloud cast over the friendly relationship"!It looks like... the Chinese can really stand up and be a man?

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At the southern foot of Sera Uzi Mountain in the northern suburb of Lhasa, Sera Mahayana Temple.The gate of the temple is closed, and the golden domes, vases and heads of the three major dratsangs of Jiba, Maiba and Aba are shining with golden light in the sun.

Sera Mahayana Temple is one of the six main temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.Together with Drepung Monastery and Ganden Monastery, they are collectively known as the three major monasteries in Lhasa. At present, there are more than [-] monks in the monastery, which is slightly smaller than Drepung Monastery.And these Tibetan lamas are not as talkative as the monks and nuns in the temples in the Central Plains. These more than [-] people are a very powerful "military force" in sparsely populated Tibet!Five years ago, in [-], the lamas of Drepung and Sera monasteries once confronted the Tibetan army commanded by Tsarong because of "reform issues"... Finally, after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, the thirteenth Dalai Lama, He chose to support the upper-level monks in Tibet, demoted and punished the pro-British young military officers who joined the secret organization, and dismissed them from their posts.

In fact, in the current Tibet, the conservative monks and nobles are not die-hard "Tibetan independence" elements.Their desire is nothing more than to maintain the traditions of thousands of years in Tibet and to safeguard the vested interests of monks and monasteries.In fact, they are a "vested interest group" that hinders the development of Tibetan society. Most of Tibet's social wealth and political power are also in the hands of these monks, and the Dalai Lama is just their representative.In the history of another time and space, the fundamental reason why some members of the Tibetan monk group hijacked the 20th Dalai Lama and fled to India was not an imperialist conspiracy, but the CCP’s social reform threatened the freedom of these monks. Vested interests.However, in Tibet in the [-]s, the situation was somewhat different. It was not the Chinese government far away that offended the interests of the monks, but the British colonists and some secular aristocrats close at hand.

At the moment, in the four-story resplendent and resplendent Buddhist hall of Jiba Zhacang, the largest Dhatsang in Sera Mahayana Temple, several big lamas are sitting scatteredly, and the strong fragrance of butter tea floats in the whole hall.Among them, sitting in the upper seat was a dark-skinned young lama, only about sixteen or seventeen years old, just looking at the adults beside him and talking.His dharma name is Tudan Jambai Yeshi Danba Gyalzan, and he is the fifth generation of Sidlin Hutuktu, one of the four great Lin Hutuktus. He is also called "Rezhen Living Buddha".Sitting below him are his two teachers, who are also two Khenpos of Sera Mahayana Monastery, Li Ngawang Duanzhi and Xianba Gyatso.Sitting opposite was Danjilin Dimu Rinpoche who made a special trip to Sera Monastery to visit Rezhen Rinpoche. He was the lama who colluded with Maggie Renci and his son.

"Hutuktu. Those Han people are only here to expel the British, and they will never harm the interests of monks and temples. What is happening in Mongolia is an example. They don't want to continue the practice of the previous dynasty. Compared with the British, What they want is very limited, but we can get more from it. Therefore, the poor monk hopes that Hutuktu and Sera Monastery can stand on the side of safeguarding national unity and the interests of Tibetan monks. The plan fell into the hands of those ambitious people."

It was Living Buddha Danjilin Dimu who was speaking. He sat upright with his eyes on his nose, his nose and his heart, and his tone was extremely respectful.This living Buddha Dimu is no longer the most powerful lama in Tibet without the title of Hutuktu.Therefore, when he saw Rezhen Living Buddha, he could only look like a dwarf, lowering his eyebrows and pretending to be a grandson.

"But they are marching towards Qamdo now. I heard that there are tens of thousands of troops!" The wrinkled and almost dead Lama Ngawang Duanzhi shook his head slightly with a worried expression on his face.He is the "Khenpo" of Sera Monastery, which means "host", and also serves as the teacher of Reting Rinpoche. He is the most powerful lama in Tibet.He sighed again: "These Han people burned many villages in Khamba and destroyed many Buddhist temples! Now who can guarantee that they won't do the same thing when they arrive in Lhasa?"

"That's right! Tulku Demo, Tsarong's suggestion to ask the Dalai Lama to temporarily avoid India...seems to have some truth." Xianba Gyatso, another "Khenpo" of Sera Monastery who is younger, also frowned. Frowning his eyebrows, he echoed: "If these Han people are true to what they say, and don't interfere with our actions... then it's okay to invite the Dalai Lama back to Lhasa to preside over the overall situation."

Living Buddha Dimu shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid the Dalai Lama will implement various new policies after he returns from India, and the monks in Tibet will suffer at that time."

Xianba Gyatso and Ngawang Duanzhi looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.On one side is the vicious warlord Liu Wenhui, and on the other is the ambitious British Empire. For a while, the two lamas didn't know how to deal with it.The world is really changing too fast...why can't Tibetans be allowed to live in peace?Just like it has been for thousands of years, if you worship the Buddha wholeheartedly, the outside world is just the Qing emperor who is kind and generous, and the Mongolian prince who sincerely worships the Buddha.How wonderful it would be if it could never change!

Living Buddha Dimu's eyes flashed, and he changed into a smiling face again: "You two khenpos, do you think it is difficult to deal with General Liu Wenhui and the Kuomintang, or those white-skinned British guys are more difficult to deal with? I heard that Liu Wenhui believes in Buddha Yes, there are many people in the Kuomintang who believe in Buddhism. But the British believe in Christianity... Now there are not many Buddhist monasteries left in India, but there are many Christians. Maybe one day we will change here in Tibet. Is it like that?"

The two big lamas shook their heads slightly, and they didn't know whether they believed the words of Living Buddha Dimu, or didn't believe them, or were they dubious?After all, the Dalai Lama has been to India, and he was still a lama after he came back, not a priest.However, it has brought a lot of various "New Deals" to Tibet. For a while, Western schools have to be opened, new troops have to be trained, and temples have to be drafted and taxed!It was terrible!

Living Buddha Dimu sighed softly, and said again: "Our Tibet is sparsely populated and the land is barren. Where can we get the money to run the new policies and the new army? Is there any reason in this world that a mere one million people can establish a country? The British Empire and the Republic of China can There are tens of millions of people! If we follow the way of the Tsarong gang, we will never be able to become independent in the end. It will just become another territory of the British Empire. Those officials in the British colonies are much more difficult to deal with than Han warlords like Liu Wenhui. Now...Liu Wenhui is asking for money and women at most, and we can give them all. But the UK wants us monks to die! Can we go?"

Chapter 0455 Snowy Storm ([-])

"Lord Rezhen, look at this..."

The two big lamas, Xianpa Gyatso and Ngawang Duanzhi, just kept shaking their heads, chanting strange esoteric scriptures, and refused to express their opinions.Living Buddha Dimu scolded countless times "old fox" in his heart, but in the end there was nothing to do, so he went to the teenage living Buddha and asked him to express his opinion.

"This..." Rinpoche Rezhen was startled when he heard this, and quickly turned his eyes to his two teachers, but the two big lamas remained expressionless and did not wink at the disciples.Rezhen frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked: "Living Buddha Dimo, if the Dalai Lama doesn't listen to our advice and insists on going to India to seek refuge? How can you keep him at that time?"

The two great lamas, who were chanting scriptures with their mouths and minds, both cast their approving eyes on their beloved disciples.This question is well asked, you don't want to waste your saliva here, you Tulku Mu, you should hurry up and show your cards!

Living Buddha Dimu smiled lightly, stretched out a pair of fleshy hands and clapped it twice, and eight servants who had been waiting outside brought in two boxes, and opened them in front of everyone, and they were full of gold bars!There is always more than 1 taels.

Both big lamas took a deep breath at the same time, and stared at Living Buddha Dimu with wide-eyed eyes.Dimo smiled and didn't answer, but waved lightly to signal the servants to leave.After they walked away, they lowered their voices: "The Kuomintang Military Intelligence Bureau asked the monks to transfer the gold to Sera Monastery, and the Drepung Monastery also has a share. Let's make it clear to the Buddha, this time the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have joined forces Because of this, it is absolutely impossible to fail! And their elite warriors have sneaked into Lhasa secretly! Many people in the Tibetan army have also been bribed. If the Dalai Lama insists on going to India by then, we will launch a military remonstrance! "

Living Buddha Dimu paused for a while, and then threw out another sentence like biting steel: "They can even get rid of the Dalai Lama, let alone people like you and me..."

Hearing this sentence, the muscles on the faces of the two big lamas twitched suddenly, and their eyebrows were frowned tightly. They knew that what Di Mu said was treacherous, but they dared not speak out to refute it.The teenage little Rezhen lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to say a word.