Chapter 128: We Work as Bandits Part-time
Today, His Majesty has been crowned several times, the five surnames have been solicited, and the princes have been wooed.
All were rejected by Li Zheng.
Li Chongyi has made up his mind about Li Zheng, although he may be a little worse than a gentleman, but he is also a smart person.
In the following days, the negotiations were presided over by the Ministry of Books and the Ministry of Rites.
For the sake of safety, the Zhongshu Province decided to receive the envoys of Tuyuhun and Tubo separately.
Negotiate separately.
A few days later, the negotiations ended with the three conditions of accepting Li Zheng's rebellion, and Li Shimin ordered Li Daliang to garrison the Hexi Corridor with 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Over the past dynasties, after several rounds, the Hexi Corridor has once again returned to the control of the Central Plains.
Tubo took out 500,000 guan as the price.
Datang promised not to send troops to support Tuyuhun.
A negotiation between Tuyuhun and Tubo has finally come to an end.
Defeated, he returned to the inn.
Lu Dongzan also looked depressed when he returned to the room of the post house, although he was not like Tuyuhun, but this time the envoy did not get any benefits in Datang.
Lu Dongzan wrote a letter and handed it to his entourage, "Send the letter to Zampu immediately." ”
Lu Dongzan has already written down all the garrisons in the various passes of Datang along the way.
The letter had just been sent out of Chang'an, and in the afternoon of the same day, the entourage who delivered the letter came with a blue nose and swollen face.
"What's wrong?" Lu Dongzan asked with concern.
"As soon as we left the city and passed through Jingyang, we met a big man and Li Zheng, who beat us up and snatched the letter."
"What did you say!" Lu Dongzan looked nervous, "The letter was also taken away by Li Zheng?" ”
The entourage said with an aggrieved face: "It's not just the letter, our entanglement has also been robbed by them, Datang is so dangerous." ”
The letter recorded the garrison from Yumen Pass all the way to Chang'an, if this letter fell into the hands of Li Shimin......
Lu Dongzan didn't dare to think about the consequences of the incident.
Sitting weakly on the couch, looking in a trance.
"Datang is too dangerous, why don't we go back to Tibet."
Listening to the words of his entourage, Lu Dongzan was worried, but in order to avoid the incident in the east window, it was better to leave Chang'an quickly.
Who knew that as soon as he was about to leave the post house with his baggage, he bumped into Li Chongyi, who was carrying an official of the Ministry of Rites.
Looking at the situation of several people, Li Chongyi smiled and asked, "Several envoys, are you leaving?" ”
"yes." Lu Dongzan sighed: "I am concerned about the safety of Tibet, and I want to go back as soon as possible to serve our great Zanpu Songtsen Gampo." ”
Li Chongyi and some officials of the Ministry of Rites still stopped Lu Dongzan and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty will hold a banquet to entertain the envoys of various countries in a few days, you might as well eat before leaving, lest outsiders say that our Datang is not well entertained." ”
Hearing this, Lu Dongzan's expression turned pale.
didn't dare to show anything unusual, and several people had to return to the post house
When the Tibetan people leave Chang'an to deliver letters, they will definitely pass through Jingyang.
Li Zheng and Cheng Chumo, Li Tai, and Li Ke were idle and had nothing to do, roasting a wild roe deer on the official road, and met the Tubo people who came on horseback.
Li Tai ate the meat and said: "Just robbed the envoy of Tubo, what should I do when the time comes?" ”
Cheng Chumo said nonchalantly: "I'm afraid he will do something!" ”
Li Zheng put a few pieces of silver cake he had snatched from the Tibetan people into his arms and looked at the contents of the parchment roll.
This is the letter that the Tibetan man is about to send out just now.
After snatching the letter, the Tibetan man's expression was also extremely panicked.
"Songtsen Gampo is an ambitious person, this time Ludongzan came to Chang'an is very strange, Tubo said that it is now attacking Tuyuhun, in fact, the goal of Songtsan Gampo has always been the Central Plains, it has never changed, and the annexation of Tuyuhun is just a stepping stone for Songtsan Gampo."
"A stepping stone that can attack the Central Plains, and if you get Tuyuhun, Tubo will have a passage to attack the Central Plains, so he is planning to get the Hexi Corridor."
Li Tai asked in a low voice, "You mean that Tubo is originally uneasy and kind?" ”
Li Zheng nodded and continued to look at the contents of the parchment scroll, which he couldn't understand at all.
beckoned to Li Ke, who was standing not far away and was untying his hands.
Li Zheng handed the parchment roll to Li Ke and asked, can you understand?
After taking the parchment scroll, Li Ke looked at it for a long time and said: "I understand some Tibetan dialect, but I also can't understand the Tibetan characters, the Tibetan characters are too small, and they all look similar." ”
Looking at it carefully, Li Ke spoke: "But I know a few words in this." ”
Spreading out the parchment scroll on the ground, Li Ke pointed to three symbolic words and said: "These three words are Yumen Pass, this is Liangzhou City, and there are troops, city defense, and city walls, ......."
Cheng Chumo asked curiously: "What do you mean by saying that this Tibetan envoy sent a letter to Tubo to write the name of our Tang Dynasty?" ”
"Yumen Pass, Liangzhou? Troops, city walls, ......"
Li Tai immediately thought of it, and when he snatched this parchment roll with one hand, his expression became more and more wrong.
Cheng Chumo looked at Li Zheng, then at Li Ke and Li Tai, "What's wrong?" ”
After thinking about it, Li Zheng was silent for a long time and said: "This Lu Dongzan is going to send information to Songtsan Gampo, so I know that this person is not well-intentioned. ”
Li Ke looked at the parchment scroll again and said: "It says Zampu, Zampu is a kind of honorific title for the monarch of Tubo, used to address the king of Tubo, it seems that this letter is sent to Songtsen Gampo." ”
Cheng Chumo bit the meat, "This Tibetan text is written like a worm, it's really ugly." ”
Li Zheng looked at Li Tai and said, "Fatty, do you want to make meritorious contributions?" Do you want to go back to Chang'an? ”
Looking at this parchment scroll, Li Tai was still hesitating, "We can't understand the content of this letter, at most we can understand a few sporadic words, just like this can't determine the intentions of the Tubo people, it's better to do this, there are some people in my literature museum, and a few staff members are still quite insightful about the Guanwai language, it's better to let them take a look, and then we will make a decision." ”
Eighty percent can think of the contents of this letter.
Li Zheng said to Cheng Chumo: "How about we wait for the rabbit?" ”
"What's waiting for the rabbit?"
……
Such an important letter was intercepted.
Lu Dongzan couldn't sleep and eat, and he shouldn't have sent a letter at this time.
No matter how much you regret it in your heart, it's useless.
It's really unlucky to come to Chang'an this time.
How did Datang come out with Li Zheng, the number one person.
After coming to Chang'an, nothing went well, and I always felt that everyone was doing it to me.
There are many dreams at night, and that letter is a big crime, if it is handed over to His Majesty by Li Zheng.
All negotiations were in vain.
Before Li Shimin saw the letter, Lu Dongzan planned to run away.
I didn't sleep all night, the day was almost dawn, Lu Dongzan took advantage of this time that there were few pedestrians in Chang'an, and the city gate had just opened after the curfew ended.
Pretending to be a Tibetan merchant, he handed over the road and led him to leave Chang'an City, but fortunately, the soldiers guarding the city did not ask much.
He hadn't walked a few steps before the sound of breaking the air came from behind him.
The back of his head hurt, Lu Dongzan's eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.