When a person is unlucky, drinking cold water will fill his teeth. What's more, during the game between countries, there are also internal conflicts within their own regimes and factions.

The Dalai Lama and Songtsen Gampo each spent 1,500 gold and two months to obtain the so-called bottom line of Li Mingda's negotiations from Murong Yanyi.

After two months of back and forth, the envoys from both sides suffered more than 1,000 casualties. The grievances became more and more profound. What made them even more worried was that Li Mingda's bottom line in the negotiations was really a bit painful.

A total of two versions of the bottom line were obtained, corresponding to their two factions.

The first one is powerful against Songtsan Gampo: Mingzun Holy Sect has stationed in Tubo and brought its own armed forces to protect the safety of the members of the sect and the safety of believers. Tubo provides a certain amount of materials every year. If the Tubo people join Mingzun Holy Sect, they will

To voluntarily break away from their existing religious control, they must also build cities on the border between Tubo and Tuyuhun and the border between the northwest and the Western Regions to defend the army and prevent the Tibetan regime from persecuting Tibetan personnel and believers.

Recognize the status of the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, bow down and pay tribute, Songtsan Gampo is promoted to the vassal king, accepts the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, and is hereditary. The religion must be completely integrated into the Mingzun Holy Religion within 20 years, and the headquarters of the Mingzun Holy Religion must not be independent.

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The second bottom line is beneficial to religion: Datang recognizes that the current power of the Tubo religion will remain unchanged for 20 years. After 20 years, the Tubo religion will be merged into the Mingzun Holy Religion and will gain permanent religious voting rights in the Tubo area. That is to say

Religious administrators in the Tubo region will always be selected from among their own people.

Furthermore, Songtsen Gampo's leadership of Tubo was not recognized. The Tang Dynasty would establish a Tubo Protectorate in Tubo. The Tang Dynasty would manage administrative and military power, and allow the Tibetan religious forces to have their own protective warriors...

There are a lot of eloquent meanings and the Tang Dynasty recognized the status and property of your religious personnel. Songtsen Gampo has no more to play or the Dalai Lama will no longer have to play.

“This condition is really harsh”

Songtsen Gampo sat on the chair with a sad look on his face. Next to him was his confidant Lu Dongtsen. His face was also very bad at this time. He really didn't expect Li Mingda to be so hard-hearted.

"Dongzan, how can we agree to Datang's conditions? It's really humiliating."

"Sir, are the people of the Tang Dynasty deceiving us? In fact, the bottom line is not that. This is completely a policy after the conquest of Tibet."

"If you think about it carefully, what you said is correct, so should we continue talking?"

Lu Dongzan's tone suddenly changed: "If you think about it carefully, this condition is completely acceptable. We will surrender to the Tang Dynasty and you will become the vassal king. So what? We can't go down on the plateau. It's just in name only, but we can really manage it.

Got us?

"Besides, the religious side is much worse than us. In 20 years, they will be completely reduced to playthings in the hands of the Mingzun Holy Sect."

"At that time, you will still be the king of Tubo, and the Dalai Lama and others can only be small minions under the Mingzun Holy Sect. They even said that we can communicate with the Tang Dynasty. It doesn't take as long as 20 years, but it can be done in five or ten years.

Yes, as soon as the religion collapses, how to deal with them is not a matter of a word from you, the king."

Songtsan Gampo thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it was really the case, but on second thought, he felt that something was wrong. After some thinking, Songtsan Gampo discovered the key to Ludongzan's failure to consider Du's problem.

"Dongzan, after the Mingzun Holy Sect in the Tang Dynasty enters, they will station troops. What if there are more believers and push us down?"

The problem that Songtsen Gampo discovered was also very practical. Lu Dongtsen frowned and thought for a while: "If this is not the case, sir, please make it clear to the Tang Dynasty that an autonomous region and sufficient military power must be retained. This is too greedy."

put one's oar in."

Songtsan Gampo shook his head and rejected Ludongtsan's proposal: "I feel that in this way, we will still be restrained too much by the Tang Dynasty, and the future of our Tubo Kingdom will be worrying."

Ludongzan once again raised objections and advised Songtsen Gampo sincerely: "Sir, we have been persisting with the Dalai Lama for so long, and the foundation is getting worse and worse. According to the intelligence of the border spies, the Tang Dynasty has already begun to control the border areas."

The military has been training for two months, and more than 100,000 troops have been assembled. It is very likely that a large-scale troops will be sent in."

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Songtsen Gampo slapped the table and stood up: "Then let them know the power of our great Tibetan warriors. We are invincible."

"Sir, tens of thousands of our warriors are still in Niparana"

"Retrieve"

"If Nibala is transferred back, he won't be able to keep it."

"Where are the people who are confronting the Dalai Lama?"

"It's also difficult to mobilize. How about we just talk to the Dalai Lama first?"

Songtsen Gampo gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "For the future of Tubo, I am willing to talk to them and make an appointment with them."

"It's my subordinate, let's do it now"

Lu Dongtsan got up and went to contact the Dalai Lama's personnel.

After the Dalai Lama and his group received the information from Murong Xue, they also read it carefully.

A group of leaders of religious forces squatted together to discuss. The Dalai Lama spoke first.

"Everyone, what do you think of the information provided by Tangren?"

"I think this is feasible, as long as we don't recognize Songtsen Gampo and his friends, eradicate them completely, and let the glory of the gods shine on the entire Tubo people."

"I think this is a conspiracy of people from the Tang Dynasty, trying to provoke a war between us and Songtsen Gampo and the others."

"Pull him down. Is there any need to provoke this? We have been fighting for several years. Few of your brothers have died."

"Well...it was the gods who summoned them to leave and go to heaven to enjoy their blessings."

"Are you afraid of death because you are so timid now? It turns out that you are not a true believer in God."

"Nonsense, how could I be afraid of death? Besides, this is the Dalai Lama's request for us to state our opinions. Don't throw dirty water on me or God will punish you."

"God will punish you"

"God will punish you"

Seeing a quarrel broke out, the Dalai Lama threw the tea cup in his hand, hit the two of them and yelled: "Shut up, otherwise God will punish you two. This is an important period for discussion. I know your intentions."

Some tribesmen returned to the embrace of the gods two days ago during the battle with Songtsen Gampo and his envoys, and there are still people who have connections with them, but for the sake of the glory of the gods, they must not be abandoned!"

"yes"

"We know we were wrong"

"For the glory of God"

The Dalai Lama nodded with satisfaction: "Then let's get down to business. Do you agree to continue talks with the Tang Dynasty or to reach a settlement with Songtsen Gampo? You should all know about the troops of the Tang Dynasty stationed on our land in the past two months.

Mobilization and training are frequent, and their fortresses are all located in the center of our Tubo."

The scene was completely silent

Since the Tang Dynasty was able to mass-produce cement and steel in small quantities, the garrison occupying the southeastern region of Tubo switched from mining stones to build forts to using gravel and cement for pouring. This not only saved the transportation time, but also shortened the time required for casting by 3

It has more than doubled, and its scale continues to expand crazily.
Chapter completed!