At this heaven-sacrifice ceremony, there were many foreigners watching the ceremony.
This is much more glorious than when Li Po became king.
Envoys from the Turkic royal court were in Chang'an, and people from the Western Turks were also there. In addition to the regular envoys from Tongyehu Khan, there was also the rebel general Ashina Nishu from the Western Turks.
They all mingled in the crowd and witnessed this grand event with their own eyes, and seemed to have a different understanding of the Tang Dynasty.
This is especially true of Ashina Peony. When she was young, she lived with her father in Chang'an and Luoyang, and was very familiar with the customs and allusions of the Central Plains.
During the reign of Emperor Wen Yang Jian, she participated in both the Spring and Autumn Festivals. Emperor Wen and his wife led the Sui Dynasty to worship the heaven and earth, which was also a grand occasion.
But those two people strived to be frugal throughout their lives, and kept a low profile during the sacrifices. The situation was not even as good as the autumn hunting, and the battles were definitely not as prosperous as this time.
It was true that Yang Guang liked big scenes, but Ashina Peony had already returned to Turks at that time and had not seen much of Yang Guang's pomp.
However, when Yang Guang was on tour to the north, Ashina Peony became a princess along with Qimin Khan and paid homage to Yang Guang in Yulin. At that time, the Yulin pasture was full of Sui and Turk tents.
It can be said that a large army gathered, and the nobles of the two countries gathered together happily, like a family.
At night, piles of bonfires were lit on the grassland, which seemed to light up the entire world. People sang and danced around the bonfires. This scene is probably not seen in thousands of years.
Nowadays...the names that are familiar to the people of the two races have long been dimmed. New heroes have ascended to the high platform, with noble blood still flowing in their bodies, but their surnames are...
God, what do you want? The people in the south have a new master. His ministers are like docile lambs before him, and the people respect him like a god.
What is the future for the Turks...? The most indispensable thing in the royal court is the malicious eyes. The Khan has been sitting on the throne for more than ten years, restraining the nobles and treating the shepherds well, but how many people praise her benefits?
The Turks are different from the people in front of them. What the Turks need is a hero whose hands are full of blood, who is respected and feared by everyone, and who can control weapons for the gods.
The Khan was so wise, but he could not ride a war horse to cut off the enemy's head like the Turks imagined.
Whip of the Gods, look at the name the Turks gave to their enemies, it looks more like a hero than a powerful enemy with Turks' blood on their hands.
What will be the result of an alliance with such a person?
The drumming gradually stopped, the bells rang, and the ceremony was completed.
Li Po walked down the high platform in front of everyone's attention, climbed into the royal chariot, and returned to Chang'an City surrounded by civil and military officials.
The nobles and common people who were watching the ceremony waited for a while, and then dispersed one after another. For them, this ceremony was enough to talk about for months.
What the nobles saw were the gorgeous costumes and solemn and elegant etiquette of the emperor, queen, palace servants and officials, which should lead the fashion of Chang'an for a long time.
The people were talking about how grand the ceremony was, how heroic the emperor was, and how solemn the officials were.
This year the emperor has offered sacrifices to heaven and earth. It should be a good year. There is no need to worry about the empty granaries in Chang'an, and basic life should be guaranteed.
If there were such things as stocks these days, there would be a surge after the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony.
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The top of Jishi Mountain is still covered with snow, but below the mountain, spring has already begun and flowers are blooming.
A group of more than a hundred people walked out of the stone valley road, and the Tibetan costumes were so conspicuous.
After leaving the valley road, the leaders dismounted and gathered together. They bowed prostrate to the top of Jishi Mountain and offered prey. They were thanking the mountain god for allowing them to safely survive this journey.
The Tibetans sent a second wave of envoys.
The leader is Xinan Xunbo, who is Zanpu's attendant. His rank is not low, and he is equivalent to the regular attendant of the emperor of the Central Plains. Moreover, this position is filled by the most knowledgeable people among the Tubo people.
Usually, he also serves as the teacher of Zamp and his sons.
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Songmohaci stood up with the help of his attendants, exhaustion plastered on his face.
He is not young anymore. He is in his early forties, which is considered a long-lived person among the Tubo people. Even the nobles among the Tubo people cannot avoid the wind and snow on the plateau.
He is a typical Tubo aristocrat, with dark and rough skin and thick hair. He was very strong when he was young. Although he is old now, his airs are still there.
He wears a flat-topped leather hat with a few feathers stuck in the back. He looks very beautiful in colorful clothes. When his body moves, the scattered decorations on his body jingle.
I just walked a long way and my body was covered in dust.
He seemed to have come to a new world, standing on the hillside where Zilebu once stopped, looking ahead, and then laughed hoarsely after a long time.
"It seems that the people from the plains think that we don't dare to come. There is no one guarding such a place..."
The people around also laughed and said that there is no place where the Tibetan warriors dare not go. The blood of the Tibetan warriors has been spilled here, and the Tibetan people will never forget this place.
Songmohachi got on his horse and looked relaxed on the surface. In fact, this journey had already cost him half his life, and this mission to the lowlands was not for the purpose of fighting with the lowlanders.
The situation in the Tubo Kingdom was not good, and last year's defeat caused an uproar in Luoche City.
Qilebu was a Supi man and was a general promoted by King Langri Lunzan of Tibet. His death not only killed more than 10,000 Tibetan warriors, but also allowed those who were already dissatisfied with Langri Lunzan to attack the king.
excuse.
Xibo Yebu, which was originally the strongest cornerstone of the king's residence, was boiling. When Songmohachi left Luoxue City, he heard that many people were plotting a rebellion, and the situation was very bad.
In addition, the Subi people have always lived in the north and did not want to sit with their former enemies. When Zilebu was around, they were relatively calm. But when Zilebu died and the news came back to Subi, the Subi people
His curses could be clearly heard even in Luoshe City.
When Songmohachi passed by Supi, he drank with the Supi nobles. The table was full of hostile looks. At that time, he heard some rumors that the Supi people might be looking for saints and wanted to re-elect them.
of queen.
This is definitely not good news for the new Tubo regime, and it shows that the Supi people want to re-establish their country.
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There were many chaos in Tubo, which would be easy to understand if people from the Central Plains heard about it.
It has only been ten or twenty years since Langri Lunzan unified all the Tubo tribes, but it is far from being recognized by all the Tibetan tribes. The blood that was shed has not yet dried up, and there are many people who miss their independent life.
In order to consolidate his rule, Langri Lunzan did many things.
For example, unify the religions of various tribes in Tubo, classify the gods, establish the main gods and subordinate gods, eliminate the mess of minor gods, etc.
The other step is to let nobles from various ministries serve in Luoxue City, give them power, and vigorously promote that they are all descendants of Yan Nu, with the same blood flowing in their bodies, and they are brothers destined by God.
Other than that, there is the establishment of official system, unified writing and so on.
Then they raised troops to conquer the highlands to the north, bringing fresh blood to Tibet and trophies to the nobles.
Too much has been done, but the results are good. Everyone has seen it now. Those who benefited from it may not be satisfied, because the old aristocrats always treat newcomers as outsiders, and they have to separate the inside and outside of everything.
bully them.
And those who were once satisfied also complained, thinking that Zamp was too good to those who should have become slaves, but those who had helped Zamp did not receive satisfactory rewards.
If we were in the Central Plains, the former Qin Dynasty is actually a good example...
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The complex political struggle in the Tubo Kingdom has been intensifying without any signs of easing. The wise Zampu is getting old, swinging between left and right, and can no longer control the balance.
Civil strife is bound to happen sooner or later, it just depends on when and where it will happen.
The Tubo army on the highlands was an important military force, and the political disputes in Luoxue City had spread here, and the young Nang Nyimaben became the target of all parties' efforts.
And Nang Nie himself was from the Xiboye tribe. Without Zilebu's check and balance, his tendency has become very obvious...
Songmohaci came to the highlands. After talking with Nang Nie for a whole winter, he was very disappointed by Nang Nie's attitude. He wanted to be another hero of Xibo Yebu, rather than a minister of the king.
Like a vulture flying overhead, ready to come down and compete for food at any time, he is still hovering in the sky because the king is watching him.
It is precisely because of this that Songmohachi’s trip to the lowlands was initiated.
He was the envoy of Langri Lunzan, but he failed to persuade the generals who were leading the troops to return to Luoche City and help the king deter those people who were ready to make a move. So what would the lowlanders who had just defeated Qileb be willing to do?
A powerful enemy can sometimes turn into your most powerful ally. This was shown in the Tibetan unification war. Even if it cannot provide help, it should still be able to contain the vulture in Nangni on the high ground.
Along the way, Songmohaci was thinking about what price he could pay to achieve this goal. The Tubo people are used to thinking about problems from the perspective of merchants. They like transactions. In the thinking of the Tubo nobles, plunder is just a kind of transaction.
It's just a very unique way of expression.
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Before they could move on, dozens of horses were galloping towards them from afar.
There would always be some strange creatures popping up in the Jishi Valley Road from time to time. The Tang Army could not just leave them alone, especially after experiencing the war with the Tubo people, the Tang Army was even more vigilant about them.
The Tubo people who were talking and laughing just now immediately became nervous. The power of the lowlanders gradually spread among the Tubo people. According to their customs, if there is no change in a few years, it is likely to change to the direction of myths and legends.