Chapter 2177 The dying prince and the born grandson
Chapter 2177 The dying prince and the born grandson... (please subscribe and vote)
Songtsen Gampo was so angry that he had a heart attack in front of all the ministers of the court and fainted on the spot. If this news were leaked at this time, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause.
In order to prevent the news from leaking, a group of important civil and military officials were forced to stay in the palace, waiting for Songtsen Gampo's condition to improve.
But as time passed bit by bit, and a full quarter of an hour passed, Songtsen Gampo slowly woke up.
With his dazzled eyes open and looking at the blurry figures in front of him, Songtsen Gampo forced a smile.
He reluctantly comforted a group of ministers, gave some instructions to several close ministers such as Tashi Xiaolun and Nankha Norbu, and then fell asleep again.
Tashi Xiaolun, Nankan Norbu and several imperial ministers walked heavily outside the house. The cold air made them feel as if a cool breeze was leaking from their hearts.
"Please also ask Marshal Du to do as Zanpu wants. I will send people to Yeerba Temple immediately to ask the princess and Prince Gonzan to come back."
"Prince Gongzan was specially sent to Yeerba Temple because he was ill. He is coming back at this time..."
"Then what should we do?" Tashi Xiaolun helplessly spread his hands.
"Everyone, it's not like you haven't noticed that Zamp's situation is not optimistic."
"Prince Gonzan is Zampu's only son. Now Zampu is seriously ill and has difficulty in governing.
Prince Gongzan, as the heir of Zampu, how can he not stand up and take charge of the overall situation?"
After hearing the words of Tashi's essay, everyone fell silent. Prince Gongzan's health has never been very good. He has been frail and sick since he was a child.
As the hero of the plateau, Zanpu likes to flirt with various princesses all day long. I don’t know if it’s because he is too hard-working or for some other reason.
In short, he only had a child like Prince Gongtsen. In order to continue the bloodline of the Tubo royal family, Songtsen Gampo arranged a marriage for this child early.
At any rate, the princess finally became pregnant at the beginning of the year and will give birth within this month.
But the problem is that we still don’t know whether the child will be a boy or a girl. Besides, you can’t let a baby take charge of the overall situation, right?
Therefore, if Prince Gonzan does not come back, if Zanpu really has an emergency, Tibet, which is now surrounded by enemies on all sides, may cause trouble.
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Two days later, Princess Mengsa accompanied Prince Gongri Gongzan back to the palace, and Prince Gongzan was carried into the palace.
When Na Tashi Xiao Lun and Marshal Nankha Norbu arrived, they saw Princess Mengsa who was wiping her tears frequently, and the dying Prince Gonzan.
"...Master Jiumo said that Gongzan's life has expired and cannot be cured by medicine or stone."
Princess Mengsa wiped away her tears and gave an answer that made Tashi Xiaolun and Marshal Namkha Norbu despair.
The only thing that made everyone feel relieved was that the princess gave birth to a son.
And now, the newborn baby has been brought to Gongri Gongzan.
The young, frail and sickly son of Songtsan Gampo, seeing his own son's appearance, took a sigh of relief and closed his eyes peacefully.
Looking at the grandson who was just born less than a day ago, and then looking at the prince who has died.
Tashi, Nankha Norbu, and several imperial ministers didn't know how to express their overwhelming emotions at the moment.
After a long time of deliberation among the ministers, Tashi Xiaolun, the deputy prime minister, finally stepped forward and persuaded the princess, who was crying heartily, to speak in a low voice.
"I would also like to ask the princess to express my condolences. Now is not the time to be sad. I would also like to ask the princess to take the prince and grandson over to see Zamp."
"Nowadays, Zamp's situation is very pessimistic. If he can see Wang Sun, Zamp will be happy, and maybe his heartache will be alleviated."
Under the persuasion of several important ministers, the death of Prince Gonzan could only be concealed first.
After Princess Mengsa took care of her appearance, she carried the newly born baby and walked towards the depths of the palace.
At this time, Qiongbo Bangse, the general manager of Xiangxiong, with his clothes disheveled, his face extremely haggard, and his whole body thinned out, was walking hurriedly towards the palace.
In just two days, Songtsen Gampo, the fair-faced hero of Tubo, was lying on the couch, extremely haggard.
Who could have imagined that a plateau hero determined to unify the plateau, and even thought about getting involved in the Silk Road controlled by the Tang Dynasty and even the wealthy Shu land in the future.
Now, he looks like he is dying and his life is not going to be long.
He stared blankly at the roof above, what he had done in the past was still being reviewed in his mind.
Why is it that less than half a year ago, everything was going so smoothly? It can be said that the entire Tubo Kingdom was so full of vitality.
The Xiangxiong Kingdom was already on its deathbed, and although the confrontation with the Tang Dynasty suffered setbacks, Tubo still defended its basic position.
And because the Tang Dynasty needed to mobilize the entire country's troops to deal with Xue Yantuo, Tubo finally found a good opportunity to take action against the fat and weak Tuyuhun who had been salivating for a long time.
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The entire Tubo Kingdom was unanimously confident and felt that victory was easily within reach.
Songtsen Gampo was also very ambitious, as if he could already see the prosperity of the Tibetan Kingdom that would dominate the entire plateau.
The result? In just half a year, the southeastern part of Tubo has already fallen behind the Tang Dynasty.
To the north, Tuguhun's group of scum began to fight back. As for the Xishan kingdoms that were originally firmly in the hands of Tubo, they all betrayed them.
The remnants of the Niang clan, which was almost wiped out by him, and the brave Su Pi became Tang's allies on the plateau.
No, there are also those damn slaves. Since the existence of the Tubo clan, they have been raising slaves to perform menial and rough work.
But why did Chi never expect that those young men from the Tang Dynasty would pull off such a trick, which has caused unrest in Tubo today?
There is also Bon religion, which was originally adopted by Tibet as its state religion in order to gain more followers and recognition from plateau tribes.
Moreover, every time Zanpu is appointed, a great master of Bon religion will be appointed as the right benefactor, that is, the national preceptor.
It happened that at this time, I felt that the overall situation of the plateau was under control, but the Bon religious people had great feelings for Xiangxiong Kingdom.
After all, the center of Bon Religion is in the territory of Shang Shung, and most of the Bon Religion masters with advanced cultivation and great prestige are from various ethnic groups in Shang Shung.
It was precisely because of the hard persuasion of this group of people and because he was afraid of Xiang Xiongguo's strength that he did not kill Li Mixia, but just imprisoned him.
Later, he realized that the influence of Bon religion on Tubo was too great, so he specially introduced Tianzhu Buddhism and supported Buddhism several times.