When he learned that Cen Chunxuan was visiting, the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia welcomed him with the highest religious etiquette. More than a hundred monks were dispatched, all wearing cassocks, law-enforcement instruments, flags and other ritual instruments, and they were welcomed for more than 10 miles. Even Cen Chunxuan was a little flattered.

When he came to Guolong Temple, the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and Qingshuji, the Qinghai Minister, welcomed him personally at the entrance of the temple. Cen Chunxuan was also shocked. Although the Zhangjia Living Buddha's status in religion is far inferior to that of the other three living Buddhas, he is also a great monk. Because he was in Qinghai, he had a lot of teachings and was highly respected. Even when the Qing court was still alive, Cen Chunxuan was the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi and a magistrate, but the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha had the title of "Great National Master" in the Qing court and had a transcendent status. Therefore, when he saw Cen Chunxuan, he did not have to be so polite.

Although there is no such thing as the Qing Dynasty, and the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia lost the title of great national master, Cen Chunxuan is no longer a vassal official in the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, he had just surrendered to the East China Government and had no official position yet. Therefore, the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia welcomed Cen Chunxuan with such etiquette, which naturally surprised Cen Chunxuan.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Cen Chunxuan understood the truth. In fact, the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia respected not himself, but to the East China Government behind his back. Because this time he came to Guolong Temple, it represented the East China Government after all. If the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia looked down on himself, it would be looked down on the East China Government, so he felt relieved.

In fact, before receiving the news that Cen Chunxuan was going to come to Guolong Temple, the whole Qinghai was in a panic all day long. Originally, the East China Government was negotiating the surrender with Gansu and Qinghai at the same time, but Qinghai insisted on maintaining the various privileges of the Qing court, including the title of the Seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and Qinghai Autonomy, which caused the negotiations to fall into a deadlock. Moreover, the main goal of the East China Government at that time was Cen Chunxuan from Gansu, and he also wanted to be reunited with Qinghai, so he temporarily stopped the negotiations with Qinghai. Qinghai also hoped that after the negotiations between Cen Chunxuan and the East China Government were completed, it would be used as a reference for itself, and the two sides stopped contacting each other tacitly.

But then a Mongolian rebellion broke out. Cen Chunxuan gave up his conditions and surrendered to the East China Government. The Mongolian forces frequently showed goodwill to the New Qinghai-Tibet forces, hoping that all parties could unite to fight against the East China Government. At that time, a member of Qinghai-Haihan suggested that the 7th-generation Living Buddha could unite with Mongolia. On the one hand, he put pressure on the East China Government and strived to add his own bargaining chips in future negotiations. On the other hand, even if the negotiations failed, the Mongolian forces could be accommodated and resist the attack of the East China Government.

Fortunately, the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia was still very clear at this time. He knew that the rebellion of the Mongolian forces had directly pushed it to the end of the road of no return to confront the East China government. Once Qinghai hosted the Mongolian forces, it would basically cut off the possibility of negotiations with the East China government. As for the shelter of the Mongolian forces, it was even more nonsense. The Mongolian forces could not even save Mongolia, and what help could they help Qinghai. Therefore, the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia firmly refused to unite with the Mongolian forces and ordered the withdrawal of Qinghai's army from Gansu.

Then the People's Army marched into Gansu, and with a devastating force, defeated the Mongolian forces and occupied the entire Gansu Province, and the Mongolian forces were completely destroyed. The Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia was also glad that he did not choose the wrong choice. But then the People's Army then deployed troops on the Gansu border and had a great momentum to march into Qinghai, so the whole Qinghai became nervous because everyone knew that with Qinghai's troops, it was impossible to resist the attack of the People's Army. So some people advocated that it was best to follow Cen Chunxuan and surrender to the East China Government as soon as possible; some people believed that the East China Government was the best strategy; some people believed that the East China Government

It is a bluff that threatens Qinghai and must not be deceived; a few people took the Mongolian Zhebuzundanba VIII as an example to persuade the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha. Although the 8th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha was captured by the East China Government, the East China Government did not kill it, but instead protected it. The status has not been weakened, and they can still issue commanders. The 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha also has a large number of believers in Qinghai, Gansu, and Mongolia. Therefore, the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha does not have to worry about his own safety. In any case, the East China Government will never dare to harm the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha.

At this time, the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia was also a little undecided. On the one hand, he hoped to maintain a certain tough attitude, fight for himself more benefits in the negotiations, and preserve his privileges in the Qing court; on the other hand, he was afraid of backfiring. If he really angered the East China Government and fought with each other, he would not get anything. Although after occupying Mongolia, the East China Government did not kill the Eighth Living Buddha Zhebuzundanba, and even retained his status as a Living Buddha, the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhebuzundanba understood that the current Eighth Living Buddha Zhebuzundanba is actually a puppet, and even freedom is greatly restricted. Many of his orders were actually issued by the East China Government in his name. The Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhebuzundanba did not want to get such a result.

Originally, the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia had decided to actively send people to contact the East China Government to negotiate the matter of restarting the negotiations. At this moment, Cen Chunxuan came, and the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia finally breathed a sigh of relief. Because Cen Chunxuan's arrival, there was no other thing, and it could only be to persuade surrender. Therefore, this also shows that the East China Government has not given up on negotiations and there is still room for a turnaround. It is possible that it will win more benefits for itself. After all, the East China Government Shouguang sent people to talk to him. Generally speaking, the party who took the lead in the negotiations will usually give up certain benefits.

Of course, in the end, the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia decided to receive Cen Chunxuan with high etiquette, because the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia understood that although the East China Government took the initiative to send people, Qinghai was still far inferior to the East China Government in terms of overall strength. The reason why the East China Government persuaded surrender was mainly to save some trouble, but if Qinghai did not understand this principle and was arrogant and the consequences would be very serious.

Although he knew that the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha was not respecting him, but the East China Government he represented, Cen Chunxuan still did not dare to be disrespectful to this living Buddha at all. Therefore, seeing the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha greet him personally at the gate of the temple, Cen Chunxuan hurriedly dismounted and walked a few steps to the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha, folded his hands, bowed and said, "Cen Mouyi, if you have any trouble, the living Buddha will greet him, it is really a matter of demolition and killing."

The seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha also returned a tribute and laughed: "Mr. Yunjie is too humble. You and I are old acquaintances. How can we not respect you or respect me when we meet old friends?"

Although Qinghai is not the jurisdiction of Cen Chunxuan, the two sides are adjacent, and the religious jurisdiction of the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha includes Gansu, so there is some interaction between them. However, when the two sides met, Cen Chunxuan would respectfully call the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha "Great National Master", while the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha called Cen Chunxuan "Making the Platform". But now the Qing court is gone, Cen Chunxuan can still call the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha, but the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha can only call Cen Chunxuan the prose.

Then Cen Chunxuan and Qingshu were polite again. The seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha invited Cen Chunxuan to the temple. The three of them sat in the meditation hall. They had another chat with tea and vegetarian food. The clouds and mountains and mists were chatting, but they did not talk about actual things. It was not until after supper that the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and Qingshu invited Cen Chunxuan to the quiet room, and then the formal talks began.

The three of them talked for nearly a night, and it was not until the rooster crowed in the grains, and they all rested. On the afternoon of the next day, the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia and Qingshu officially announced that Qinghai surrendered to the East China Government, and Qingshu went to Lanzhou together to negotiate the surrender with the East China Government.

This decision was that overnight, Cen Chunxuan showed the conditions of the East China Government to the Seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and Qingshu. Qingshu could be handled as a general Qing court official, and could continue to serve in Qinghai or choose another place. The power of the Seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha can only be limited to religion and can hold important positions in the religious management agency of the East China Government in the future, but must not interfere in local administrative affairs. At the same time, the Seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha must also use his influence in religion to appease believers in Qinghai, Gansu, Mongolia and other places, and support and maintain the rule of the East China Government. If Qinghai does not accept this condition, it means that the negotiations are broken and the East China Government can only resolve the issue by force.

At the same time, Cen Chunxuan warned the 7th-generation Living Buddha and Qingshu with his own personal opinion that the East China Government and the Qing court had different rules and would not set up any titles such as "Great National Master". Don't think that the 7th-generation Living Buddha had many believers in the Qinghai-Ganmen-Mongolia region to rely on. The East China Government had their own set of management methods, so don't misjudgment the situation.

After listening to Cen Chunxuan's words, the Seventh-generation Living Buddha and Qingshu basically understood their situation and choices. Therefore, after some negotiation, the two finally decided to give up Qinghai Autonomy and the Seventh-generation Living Buddha's title of Grand Master, accept the conditions of the East China Government, and surrender to the East China Government. Although this gave up a lot of political rights, it was able to maintain the religious status of the Seventh-generation Living Buddha. Qingshu could also serve in the local area like other surrendered Qing court officials, which was much better than being completely destroyed by the East China Government.
Chapter completed!