The situation of the battle quickly turned around. Several groups of Songtsen Gampo's troops were scattered, but Songtsen Gampo has not been captured yet.
Xu Jingzong's words are very vague, and this is also the information that the Foreign Affairs Council can get.
What exactly happened will not be known until the troops from far away in Tubo return.
After suffering this loss, Li Shimin would not rashly send another army to Tubo.
It was useless to persuade Li Shimin before. After suffering this loss, if he can learn a lesson, the emperor can still be saved.
After explaining some matters to Xu Jingzong, Zhang Yang went to Dongshi to buy some vegetables.
I still have a few crucian carp at home, which I can kill and eat at any time.
My wife likes to eat fish and steamed buns.
After returning home, he made two simple dishes. After the family finished eating, Zhang Yang spread out a map and looked at it carefully. In the afternoon, Aunt Yang received a message from Xu Jingzong. Three days later, on the last day of late April,
Datang and Tibet officially began negotiations.
Seeing that her husband was still looking at the map, Li Yue stepped forward and asked, "This is the map of Tubo."
Zhang Yang nodded with a pen in his hand, sketched the border line of Tubo according to his memory, and then drew the line to draw a rough range from the Western Regions.
"Right now, there are still two things that the Foreign Affairs Council has not yet done well. The first is the Tibetan issue, and the Western Turkic issue."
Li Yue sat down and looked at the map and whispered: "The Western Turks are not peaceful, so it will be difficult to pacify the Western Regions."
The northwest direction of the Western Region is the Western Turks, and Gaochang is at the junction of the two sides. Going down from Gaochang is the Western Region, and going up from Gaochang is where the Western Turks are.
The words are correct. To control the Western Regions is indeed to pacify the Western Turks.
If there is a rebellion along the way, the Western Turks will plunder the Western Regions again.
Zhang Yang looks like Gaochang, "My wife has a sharp eye and has taken a fancy to Gaochang. This Gaochang is the pinnacle of the Western Regions and the Western Turks. There are also soldiers and horses stationed in Gaochang. Once the soldiers and horses become Gaochang, they can go north to conquer the Western Turks."
Next time I can conquer the Western Regions."
Li Yue smiled and said: "I just mentioned the grape wine. It was my husband who bought Gaochang with a penny. Could it be that if I said I wanted the snowy mountains in Tubo, my husband would be able to buy them."
Zhang Yang scratched his head first, then smiled and didn't reply.
Seeing this, Li Yue looked at it again, "Husband, don't really think about how to buy the snow-capped mountains in Tubo."
Zhang Yang smiled dryly and said: "How is it possible? How could I think of such a thing?"
“Aren’t you really going to buy the snow-capped mountains in Tubo?”
"That's natural. It definitely won't happen. So how can I buy it in the snow-capped mountains?"
Li Yue nodded with confidence. It was crazy enough to buy a Gaochang city, but also to buy a snow mountain. Who would think of such a thing?
After thinking about this, Li Yue sat on the swing and read the scroll.
Make more rivets and fix the wooden piles. In order to build his new home, Zhang Yang feels that he has endless strength.
In the past three days, Zhang Yang still did not go to court, and the court did not send anyone to ask questions.
Li Shimin seems to be used to having such an obscure Minister of Rites, and he is also used to the Ministry of Rites being independent, so he just doesn't care?
"Today is the day to negotiate with the Tubo people. My husband needs to take good care of it."
Looking at himself in the mirror, Zhang Yang let his wife take care of his hair.
It's very uncomfortable to look at such a small bronze mirror. If you want to see your bun, you have to adjust the position frequently.
"Can't our family prepare a larger bronze mirror?"
Li Yue combed her bun and whispered: "Bronze mirrors are very expensive. It takes a lot of money to buy such a small piece. My grandmother brought this from the palace when I was a child."
"Hasn't our family ever bought a bronze mirror?"
Li Yue nodded, "That's true."
"In the future, I will make a big mirror that can reflect the whole body, and..." Zhang Yang looked at the door, "It will be as big as this door."
"How much money will it cost? It's too expensive. This mirror is enough."
After her own hair bun is sorted, Li Yue also needs to tidy her hair bun.
Zhang Yang took the eyebrow pencil on the side and said, "I'll draw your eyebrows."
Li Yue looked up at her husband, smiled and nodded.
Pink white and dark black, Shi Fangze only, as early as the Warring States Period, there was this kind of poem to describe women's makeup.
Zhang Yang carefully painted his wife's eyebrows, which were not thick but neat.
This may be because she was anemic when she was a child. Her hair and even her eyebrows were yellow when she was a child.
Zhang Yang lifted her chin with one hand and drew it carefully.
The room was very quiet, and the couple couldn't avoid looking at each other.
After the painting was finished, Li Yue looked at herself in the mirror.
Zhang Yang looked at his results and said, "Well, it looks more heroic this way."
Li Yue pursed her lips and looked at it for a long time, "How can any woman have such sharp eyebrows?"
"There's none?"
When he walked out of the room, Li Yue did not change his eyebrows.
She has been weak since she was a child, but now she has such a strong family background and such a large fiefdom.
This gave her the aura that a big landowner should have, but what she lacked was the vigor and vitality that she should have. The painting of her eyebrows made her eyebrows more sharp, which further enhanced her aura as the owner of Lishan Mountain.
After walking out of the house, Zhang Yang walked all the way to the Diplomatic Academy in official uniform. Today was Songtsen Gampo's day for negotiation.
Go east from Zhuque Street, pass by Dongshi, pass by Pingkangfang, which is where the Foreign Affairs Council is, and further ahead is the Imperial College.
There were many people standing at the entrance of the Diplomatic Academy, watching.
Since the last negotiation, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Commission in Chang'an City has become famous, and this negotiation has attracted the attention of many people.
Zhang Yang stood in front of the courtyard. Songtsen Gampo was already here.
Xu Jingzong, Zhang Xiangxiang, and Zhang Dashu are also ready.
Fang Xuanling and Li Chengqian were still listening.
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Brother Xiang, long time no see."
Lu Dongzan bowed and saluted, "This time we in Tubo came to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty with absolute sincerity."
Sitting down at the main seat, Zhang Yang raised his eyes and looked around, then cleared his throat and asked, "What is the purpose of this Tibetan negotiation?"
Xu Jingzong whispered: "They said they wanted to cease the war."
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Zhang Yang took another breath, "What about after the armistice?"
"after……"
Xu Jingzong looked at Lu Dongzan again.
Lu Dongzan lowered his head and replied: "Of course the Tang Dynasty and Tubo can live in harmony."
Zhang Yang raised his eyes and saw the people watching at the door. They seemed to be watching a good show.
"What conditions can Tubo offer?"
"We Tubo are willing to cede land and hand over a thousand hectares of land near Hehuang to the Tang Dynasty."
"anything else?"
Hearing this question, Lu Dongzan looked troubled and said: "Tibet is willing to donate cattle and sheep, and promises not to invade the Central Plains again."
Seeing that Zhang Yang remained silent, Lu Dongzan raised his head and asked again: "Does Zhang Shangshu think it's inappropriate?"
Knowing that Zhang Yang always drinks tea when he is thinking, Xu Jingzong silently poured a bowl of hot tea and placed it on the table.
Picking up the tea bowl and blowing the tea leaves, Zhang Yang said loudly: "This Tibetan Prime Minister, I have reminded you before that there are some things that cannot be decided by the Diplomatic Academy. As for the conditions you proposed, they are too childish."
"I don't know what Zhang Shangshu hopes that Tibet can offer us to stop the war between the two countries and allow the soldiers and people of the two countries to rest and recuperate."
Zhang Yang smiled instead, "Don't try to coax me into recuperating, but your idea coincides with mine."
Li Chengqian felt confused when he heard these words. They were both coercive and coincident. Is this a contradiction?
"Of course, our Foreign Affairs Commission is negotiating with you from the standpoint of thousands of soldiers and thousands of people. When your Tibetan soldiers invaded Songzhou, our soldiers were injured and bled, and thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty were frightened."
"Not to mention the residents of Chang'an City, let's see if the people of Tang Dynasty in sixteen villages in three counties and outside Songzhou City will agree!"
The Diplomatic Courtyard became quiet again.
"good!"
Someone outside the hospital shouted, but I don’t know who it was.
At this moment, all the officials in the Diplomatic Academy straightened their backs even more.
Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and asked, "What does the Foreign Affairs Council want Tibet to do?"
Zhang Yang took a deep breath and said, "First of all, you must apologize. Let Songtsen Gampo apologize to everyone in Songzhou in the form of a credential, and erect a monument to record the matter for future generations."
Knowing Zhang Yang's methods, even knowing his behavior, hearing such humiliating request.
Lu Dongzan's teeth were chattering.
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Can you do it?"
Lu Dongzan saluted again and said, "Please ask the Foreign Affairs Commission to come up with other conditions."
"No, an apology is a prerequisite. If Songtsan cadres don't apologize or erect a monument, this matter will not go through. Not to mention peace talks, a truce is impossible."
Zhang Yang said loudly again: "We, the Tang Dynasty, have always hoped for world peace. This is also the goal of our Diplomatic Academy. It was you, Tibet, who unilaterally declared war on our Datang Dynasty. Your attack on Songzhou caused thousands of people to leave their hometowns.
Now they don't dare to go back and dare to ask the Prime Minister of Tibet if Tibet should apologize!"
"I, the king of the Central Plains, have to reflect on myself when I make mistakes. It was a disaster year, and I, the Great Tang Emperor, could issue an edict to punish myself in the face of drought! Now you Tubo can't even say an apology?" Zhang Yang's tone became serious again.
a bit.,
"Songtsen Gampo made a mistake. If he can just expose it and live in harmony with the Tang Dynasty again, can he turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people of Songzhou? We in the Central Plains have never been so reasonable. Do you Tubo have such arrogant principles?
!”
The words were loud enough that people outside the hospital could hear them clearly.
Li Chengqian was staring at Lu Dongzan at this moment, wondering what choice the Prime Minister of Tibet should make.
There was another discussion outside the hospital. Sweat fell from Lu Dongzan's forehead. He was thinking about how to deal with it, but he heard Zhang Yang's words again.
"I have repeatedly advised you to Tibet, but how has the Prime Minister ever thought about it?"
Negotiations at the Foreign Affairs Council are still ongoing, and the content of the talks has already been spread.
Li Shimin was sitting in the Manlu Hall, and the eunuch came in a hurry to report: "Your Majesty, the negotiation has begun."
While reviewing the memorial, Li Shimin nodded and said, "Is anyone taking notes?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are listening. This negotiation will also be recorded by the officials of Zhongshu Province."
"I understand."
The eunuch exited the Manna Palace in small steps.
More and more people are watching from the outside of the Diplomatic Academy. This negotiation is about the future relationship between Tang Dynasty and Tibet.
It can also involve thousands of soldiers outside the pass.
For Changsun Wuji, this negotiation involves the general strategy of the Western Regions. His Majesty wants to conquer Xizhou and rebuild the four towns of Anxi, which is also inseparable from Tubo.
Lu Dongzan bowed and saluted again, "We in Tubo can promise to apologize to Songzhou, but can we consider erecting a monument again?"
"A letter of credence is considered an apology. If you raise this matter in the future and Tubo refuses to acknowledge it, what will happen? The apology must be sincere and you must admit your mistakes. If you Tubo don't even have this sincerity, then this time the negotiation will be over.
, we will see the outcome on the battlefield, what does the Prime Minister think?"
"If Zanpu does such a humiliating thing, even if I agree, neither Zanpu nor the Tibetan warriors will agree."
Zhang Yang grinned, "Well, how about we meet again on the battlefield to find out?"
Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and slowly looked up at the young man in front of him who was only in his early twenties. This young man had only been in court for four years, and he was already the Minister of Rites in the court.
Zamp said at the beginning that this man might become Tibet's most difficult enemy.
At that time, Zanpu made a guess based on what happened to Tuyuhun. It was just a guess, and he never expected that this young man would become the Minister of Rites.
He never expected that Zhang Yang would be able to stand here and negotiate with him, making a condition that no one could agree to.
"If Tibet can apologize for this, we can negotiate the next terms."
Lu Dongzan spoke slowly, "The foreign minister will write a letter to inform Zanpu of this condition. Please wait for Zanpu's reply."
After looking at everyone present, Lu Dongzan added: "Before that, can you please ask Datang to cease the war?"
A harmless smile appeared on Zhang Yang's face again.
Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this smile. It seemed that the war could be stopped, but the next words made his expression change suddenly.
"The blood of the soldiers cannot be shed in vain, and the tens of thousands of people in Songzhou cannot suffer in vain. The Tang Dynasty will not cease the war until Tubo Zanpu does not apologize to Songzhou and erect a monument! Before our conditions are met, this war will
It won’t stop either!”
Zhang Yang's words came from the Diplomatic Academy. At this moment, everyone outside was stunned when they heard these words. He is such a strong young man. If all the young men of the Tang Dynasty were so unyielding, why was the Tang Dynasty not strong?
Lu Dongzan waved his sleeves and walked out of the Diplomatic Academy. At this moment, there was a roar of applause outside the courtyard.
Fang Xuanling watched the clerk record all the arrangements in the room, read it again to confirm it was correct, and said: "Let the ink dry and submit it to His Majesty."
"Here."
Li Chengqian stood there for a long time without speaking.
After the spectators outside the hospital dispersed, many people in the hospital went about their business.
Lu Dongzan returned to the post house and wrote down the conditions proposed by the Foreign Affairs Council today. At this moment, the eyes of the Tibetan prime minister were full of humiliation.
What he wrote was not to hope that Songtsen Gampo would apologize to the tens of thousands of people living in Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty. He also wrote suggestions to Zampo. Never agree to Zhang Yang’s humiliating conditions. Once you agree to Tubo,
With no foundation to stand on, and no matter how many times they were warned, the Tibetan warriors would rather die in battle than apologize to the Tang Dynasty.