The chaos in Tubo was not only expected by Li Po, but it could also be said that it was unexpected by him.
What can be imagined is that Tubo came one after another, and their eagerness to seek peace was too obvious. According to common sense, it was impossible to defeat Tubo like this in a battle.
The plateau tribes are still in the stage of ignorance. They should clamor for revenge instead of just lowering their heads, acting too rational, and acting abnormally like monsters.
In fact, whether it was Li Po or Fan Wenjin of Liangzhou, Zhang Lun had some guesses. After the defeat, there was a certain amount of internal strife in Tubo. At least some people who took the blame must be found, right?
But after interrogation, what the Tubo people said was somewhat unexpected.
It seems that Tubo did not form a unified consensus after the founding of the country, and internal struggles and conflicts accumulated in the past are erupting.
Both the Supi and Xiangxiong tribes were the main tribes conquered by Tubo, and they all had a relatively glorious history in the past.
The main tribe of Tubo, that is, the Xibonye tribe, did not know when they moved to the Yalong River Basin, thrived here, and gradually became stronger and became the masters of the Six Yak Tribes.
They were latecomers, but they successively conquered the Xiangxiong and Subi tribes. They should have established the Tubo Kingdom in the pre-Sui period. After a period of consolidation, Tubo expanded rapidly and spread its power to the highlands during the war period at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
, conquered Tuyuhun and Bailan in the highlands, and all the Qiang in Dangxiang.
Langri Lunzan, the founding king of Tubo, was undoubtedly a talented and strategic king, but now that he is old, the reforms he carried out have also touched the interests of too many tribes. When he can no longer control the situation, all the accumulated contradictions will disappear.
will explode in a short period of time.
The old nobles were dissatisfied with Langri Lunzan's reforms, and the new nobles had different aspirations. Many of them did not want to accept the rule of the Tubo royal family, which relied on the old nobles of the Liuyak tribe.
The death of the second generation of the former Qin Dynasty was actually due to the long-lasting separation and instability of the people's hearts after the unification, fierce fighting between the old and new nobles, and the emperor's inability to effectively reconcile the conflicts.
The former Sui Dynasty also had such characteristics, but Yang Jian was a man of great talent and skill. During his reign, he had the image of a prosperous age. Unfortunately, his successor was a prodigal...
The Tubo people are not easily compared with these two dynasties, but they face similar situations.
What is even more dangerous is that the Xibonye tribe does not represent the highest productivity of Tubo. Its religion is inherited from Xiangxiong, and its production technology and social structure are not as good as those of the Supi people. However, its military is second to none among the Tibetan tribes.
Everything seems to have the characteristics of a short-lived dynasty.
Li Po combed through it carefully. This was undoubtedly a good opportunity to destroy Tubo. He was not Li Shimin and would give the Tubo people a chance to breathe.
These things will be handed over to Zhongshu and Shangshu for discussion and treated as a major matter. According to his own wishes, all subsequent strategies will not have any good intentions.
But in the end he finally saw a name that was so familiar that he couldn't be more familiar with it, Songtsen Gampo.
Langri Lunzan's only son is only ten years old this year. In Songmohachi's confession, he did not give as many exaggerated comments as later generations. He only said that he was extremely noble and enjoyed a superior life in the royal city.
, often go to temples for spiritual practice.
Being extremely intelligent, brave and independent, being good at getting along with his subordinates, etc. were all obviously added later. Apart from his identity, a ten-year-old child should not have much special features.
Li Po knew a little bit about Songtsen Gampo.
Songtsen Gampo became very famous later, probably because of national policy needs, and secondly because he made peace with the Tang Dynasty and married Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng.
Just like Zhaojun's Exodus from the Fortress, people like to listen to such stories out of national sentiment, and summarize the experiences and lessons learned from them for contemporary use.
Thirdly, Songtsen Gampo was the actual founder and founder of Tibet, and he was even regarded as an ancestor by the people on the plateau, so he was well known to everyone.
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After reading it, Li Po picked up a pen and circled a few names on it, telling Zhang Liang, Xie Zheng, and Fei Qingnu to come to see them. The Secret Order Military Intelligence Department immediately sent people pretending to be businessmen to Tibet, and these people must be eliminated.
It is obvious who the focus is.
Langri Lunzan only had such a son, and his weaknesses were too obvious. As long as there was no heir, Tubo's current situation would be unstoppable.
In order to deceive others, Li Po also ordered Gao Biaoren, the minister of Honglu Temple, to immediately select someone to send envoys to Tibet.
The missions are all dangerous, and you may not be able to come back after you go there.
But with such a good opportunity, what does it mean if some people die for it?
Once there is civil strife in Tubo, there will be more people to deal with. Subi and Xiangxiong are both Tubo princes. It looks good to establish contact with them and encourage them to destroy the Six Yak Tribe.
Don't the Supi people want to elect a queen? The Tang Dynasty can help. Xiao Yangtong is also so "powerful". Will he become more powerful after talking to the envoy of the Tang Dynasty?
These things require a brave, resourceful, bold and careful person to handle them. They are not much easier to handle than the tasks of the Military Intelligence Department. The chaos in Tubo is the best time for the Military Intelligence Department to take advantage of the chaos.
You should also bring good things like Five Stone Powder, which the Tubo nobles should prefer...
Li Po's evil ideas came out one after another.
Of course, the split of Tubo did not bring much benefit to the Tang Dynasty. Now it seems that it only eliminated the threat of the Tubo people to Hexi in the future, and can only be regarded as nip in the bud.
But the highlands must be taken from the hands of the Tubo people. For many years, they have been the source of trouble in the northwest. The Qiang and Tuyuhun rebelled at times, which was very troublesome.
Now the situation is different. After the Tibetan people clean up, the people there should be honest for a long time. Recruiting troops from there will be very helpful for the Tang Dynasty to restore control of Hexi or the influence of the Western Regions.
Li Po was thinking about who should be the envoy for this mission. This was the result of Zhang Qian, Ban Dingyuan and the like, so he had to choose the right person.
The first thing he thought of was Fan Wenjin, the general manager of Liangzhou. This guy had a lot of ideas and his ability to adapt to changes was second to none. Unfortunately, he was a little weak and might not survive long on the plateau.
This matter requires a lot of thought, but there is no need to rush, just carefully select the right candidates. There are so many talents in Chang'an, so there is no need to worry about no one to take on the heavy responsibility.
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In May, the vegetation is abundant and the birds are singing and dancing.
A group of hundreds of people escorted the pack cars slowly into Tongguan.
Silla envoy Jin Shengman and his party arrived.
The girl sat on the horse, numbly and tiredly watching Tongguan getting closer and closer. Finally, she plunged in, but she no longer had the curiosity she had when she first arrived. She passed too many Guancheng along the way.
She complained in her mind a thousand times that this place was too big, and she seemed to have reached the end of the world, but she hadn't reached the place yet.
It enters Henan from Shandong, then passes through Zhengzhou to reach the eastern capital Luoyang.
There they were warmly entertained by Pei Ju, the minister of Zhongshu. When he was young, Pei Ju served as an envoy to the Turkic royal court and also traveled to the Western Regions. Few people in the world could match him in terms of vision.
But he had never been to Goguryeo, let alone met the Silla people, and his understanding of overseas affairs was not as good as that of Du Fuwei and others, let alone Pei Shiqing, the official minister who had been sent to Japan as an envoy.
Although he was old, his curiosity was still very strong, so he held a banquet to entertain the visitors from Silla.
When Jin Shengman arrived in Luoyang, she was no longer the same Jin Shengman. The image of the Tang Dynasty became more concrete in her mind, and she no longer compared it with Silla or Goguryeo from time to time.
Once the people on the island broaden their horizons, it will be amazing... at least the spiritual world will undergo earth-shaking changes.
She actively learned Chinese from people on the road, and this was just the beginning. She showed a strong thirst for knowledge in etiquette, clothing, etc.
She is not a qualified envoy, but more like an overseas student who came to study. To be more precise, she should be an envoy to the Tang Dynasty.
The majestic Luoyang City shone brightly in her eyes, and the wise old man made her feel like she had met a venerable person. When she left Luoyang City, she had already called Pei Ju "teacher". If she hadn't been on a mission, she would have definitely stayed.
Come down and follow Pei Ju and serve him without hesitation.
Pei Ju cried a lot when saying goodbye to her teacher, which made Pei Ju very embarrassed, so she gave this cheap disciple... a few books, and warned her to be careful when going to Chang'an. His Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, could
If he is not the King of Silla, you, a little person, cannot handle it if you offend him.
After seeing one of the highest architectural achievements in the Central Plains, Luoyang, the eastern capital, passing through other cities will feel a bit like nothing.
Moreover, the journey was too long and completely different from what she originally imagined.
Silla now implements a system of prefectures, prefectures, and counties. It was not thought up by them themselves. It is roughly similar to Goguryeo, but its roots are still in the Central Plains.
Silla now controls the Han River Plain area, because it has the convenience of the Han River Estuary and easy access to the sea. Because the land environment is relatively superior, and its national strength is stronger than Baekje, it is vulnerable to harassment by the Japanese.
Their county governors are actually some tribal leaders, but it's a bit embarrassing to say that the place managed by the Donglai County governor of the Tang Dynasty is probably larger than that of Silla. Once you know this fact, you think for a Silla noble girl
Tell me, how big was the blow?
For Jin Shengman, this journey was a process in which the world view was shattered and then quickly rebuilt. It opened her horizons. She walked for more than half a month before arriving in Tongguan.
After asking someone, it turned out that this place used to be the heartland of the Tang Dynasty, which was the Kansai region that she often heard from her escorts.
It was also a coincidence that before entering Tongguan, a group of several hundred people came from the south. The people on both sides talked to each other and got together.
The leader of the people coming over there is an imposing bearded man. He talks loudly and laughs loudly. The person wearing the helmet should be a general...
This chapter has been completed!