Chapter 418: Southwest Road
Luo is the capital of Tibet, is the administrative center of the Tubo Empire, the Tang army only firmly occupy Luo, in order to swear a good oath of occupation and rule of Tubo, so before the Tang army division, must leave a strong army to control this not very big city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Since the population of Tibet is still relatively large, in order to prevent the Tibetan nobles from inciting the people to rebel, the Tang army must leave an artillery unit in addition to the ordinary infantry cavalry horses, and only advanced artillery can deter the Tibetan nobles and make them honest and obedient.
In addition, in order to prevent a sneak attack, the Tang army's large battalion in Luo must be very strong, that is to say, a small defensive city must be built for the Tang occupation army alone, and all the artillery and infantry cavalry are deployed inside, which can be dispatched at any time when needed, and it is safer to stay in it in peacetime.
And this work has just arrived in the Tang Army, it has begun to do, the location chosen is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is a spring flowing inside, the scenery is also very good, as long as an artillery is deployed at the highest place, it can cover most of the Luo City, so that the people of the Luo City are under the deterrence of the Tang Dynasty all the time.
Of course, the local people of Tubo were responsible for the construction of this small city, and the Tang soldiers were only responsible for managing and stationing, and would not do these hard work.
In three days, a small city was built, and 10,000 elite soldiers and horses of the Tang Army and an artillery brigade were immediately stationed in it.
The earth-and-stone city wall is only two zhang high, and the defense power is not very large, but for the Tang army's soldiers and horses, this is enough, with such a soldier and horse, it is enough to deter some of the Tibetan nobles who are about to move, besides, in the future, the Tang Dynasty's railway will definitely be repaired to Luo, so that the unwilling Tubo nobles will no longer be able to do anything.
After explaining to the generals who remained, Wang Zhongsi led the main Tang army to evacuate Luo, and escorted more than 1,000 nobles from Tubo Zampu to the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, as the Tibetan nobles, the treatment is still quite generous, all the Tibetan nobles all take steam transport cars and carriages, and those who are in better health can ride horses, in short, no one is on foot, which is very humane, showing the broad mind of the Tang Dynasty, and not bullying the Tibetan nobles.
And after the surrender of Tubo was delivered to Chang'an City, all the Tang people in the entire Chang'an City were boiling, and all the people in the streets and alleys were talking about the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Tubo, not only the people of the Tang Dynasty were talking about this, but even the merchants who came to do business in the Western Regions were also talking about the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Tubo.
When it comes to the easy conquest of Tubo by the Tang Dynasty, the faces of all the people of the Tang Dynasty are full of pride, and the merchants of the Western Regions are also happy, after all, the existence of the Tubo Empire seriously threatens the trade route from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, which will make it difficult for them to do business, and after the Tang Dynasty conquers Tubo, the security of this trade route has been greatly improved, so that they can do business more safely and gradually earn more money.
In short, the Tang Dynasty conquered the Tubo Empire, except for the unhappy hearts of the Tubo nobles, everyone else was very happy, after all, the existence of the Tubo Empire threatened the interests of too many people, and once Tubo was merged into the Tang Dynasty, the interests of many people could be guaranteed, and the Tang Dynasty and Tubo fought for many years, causing a lot of bloodshed, and the people were miserable, and after reunification, there would naturally be no more wars, and the lives of the common people could be better.
In addition to the excitement of the people and merchants, the emperors and officials of the Tang Dynasty were even more happy, to be able to conquer the powerful Tubo Empire so easily, and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty to a large area, the main credit must be the emperor and the ministers and generals, and these people also benefited the most.
The people are just mentally happy, and they can't get the specific benefits of Tubo's annexation to the Tang Dynasty, because they are just ordinary people, and the big cake of Tubo belongs to the magnates, and it would be good for them to drink a mouthful of soup, but the magnates of the Tang Dynasty can get the huge benefits after Tubo is annexed, which is incomparable to the people, which is called power, and power can have everything.
Suddenly got such a vast land, Emperor Li Longji was thinking about how to distribute these lands, a certain piece of land should be rewarded to which meritorious minister, which piece of land should be kept for himself, this time the generals who led the troops to fight must be rewarded more, in addition, the rewards of the important ministers of the court should not be less, and several relatives of Yang Yuhuan also need to be rewarded.
The land of Tibet is so vast, the resources are so rich, even if all the ministers are rewarded once, there is still a lot of surplus, which makes Li Longji very excited, and has a sense of addiction, looking at the world map in the main hall, Li Longji's eyes are hot again, he feels that there is still a lot of land to expand, and decided to discuss with Li An after Li An returns to the capital, to see if he can expand more land.
Li Linfu and other important ministers of the Tang Dynasty were also very excited in their hearts, as the most important courtiers of the Tang Empire, of course, they should be very proud of the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and now, the emperor has agreed to form Longnan Province on the land of the original Tuyuhun and the Southwest Road on the inherent land of Tubo, so as to divide the existing land of Tubo into two and facilitate better rule.
There are only fifteen Dao in Datang, but now there are two more Dao Dao, so many officials will definitely need to rule, and this is also the best way for many officials to be promoted.
For this reason, many officials who were not good and had no way out all approached Li Linfu and other important ministers through various channels, and Mao recommended himself, expressing his willingness to serve in Longnan Province and Southwest Province, which are bitter cold places, and asked to go to be officials.
For the requests of these officials, the imperial court will naturally not refuse, after all, Longnan Province and Southwest Province are bitter cold places no matter what, and letting these officials who are recommended by Mao Sui go to serve also solves the urgent needs of the imperial court.
Of course, promising officials are generally reluctant to go to the southwest, after all, it is uncomfortable to live in the plateau, and for ordinary scholars who have no hope of being promoted, and even ordinary scholars who have been admitted to the Jinshi examination for many years and have not been able to get their turn to the official position, it is also a good choice to serve in the newly established Longnan Province and Southwest Province.
Just like many ordinary college students in later generations, in the developed areas of the east, they will not be able to enter the establishment of the imperial court at all, but as long as they go to the backward areas in the west, they will be easily admitted to the establishment of the imperial court, after all, there are not many people in the bitter cold land who are willing to apply for the examination, and the probability of passing the examination is naturally greater, and there are many people in the rich areas who want to be admitted to the imperial court establishment, which will naturally be more difficult.
In the era of the Tang Dynasty, of course, there will be some scholars who choose to go to the bitter cold land to find opportunities, in this regard, they have been the same since ancient times, and there is not much difference.
When the team arrived at the Longyou Zhisho, the main force of the Tang army stayed, and Wang Zhongsi only led five hundred elites to escort these Tubo nobles to Chang'an City, after all, it was already very safe here, and there was no need for too many guards, and, sitting in the train, it would only take a few days to arrive in Chang'an City, and no matter how bold the thieves were, they would not dare to fight the idea of trains and railways, otherwise, the collapse of the Tubo Empire would be their end.
Tubo Zampu and the nobles, most of them are taking the train for the first time, and it is also a soft sleeper car with high quality of service, the highest Zampu and Da Lun and others, each of them are assigned to a private room, this kind of treatment is similar to the business trip of later officials, very enjoyable, without the feeling of being escorted, of course, there are Tang army guards patrolling back and forth in the corridor, which reminds them that they are imprisoned, and they are the nobles of the dead country who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
After experiencing the advancement of the Datang train, many of the eagle characters who were originally hostile to the Datang began to regret it, they thought that there was nothing great about the Datang, and after experiencing it personally, they knew that the advanced of the Datang was not something that they could fight against these backward nomadic forces.
The train has never stopped along the way, and has been moving at an even speed, with medicinal jade windows during the day, the carriage is very bright, and there are also light bulbs at night, making the whole carriage look very bright and comfortable.
The first time they turned on the lights at night, many Tibetan nobles were startled, after all, the dim carriage suddenly became as bright as day, so that anyone who came into contact for the first time would feel very surprised and frightened, of course, after getting acquainted with it, they would be calm.
The meals provided on the train are the best, and they are not neglected because they are once hostile Tubo nobles, which is called the feelings of a great country, and there is not much food wasted anyway, and the Tubo nobles are all very satisfied with this, feeling that the Tang Empire has not treated them badly, at least, they have been given very high treatment, so that as long as they honestly submit to the Tang Dynasty and be good ministers of the Tang Empire, they can still be a happy prince with no worries about food and clothing.
"Li Shilang, Chang'an City is not far away, it is estimated that it will arrive early tomorrow morning."
Guo Yan said expectantly.
"Guo Lvshuai is waiting to receive the reward! This time you have a lot of credit, and your reputation in Datang has surpassed that of your father, I don't know how General Guo feels now. ”
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Guo Ziyi is still very talented, but he has always been unknown, that is, he can hardly find opportunities for meritorious service and performance, if it weren't for Wang Zhonghe's wisdom and talent, he wouldn't even be a general, but his reputation is still not very good, and his official position is not very high.
The reason why Guo Ziyi will be famous in later generations is entirely because of the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi showed his talent in the process of pacifying the Anshi Rebellion, helped the Tang Empire tide over the difficulties, and was reused and gained a high reputation.
But all of this is based on the premise of the Anshi Rebellion, and now An Lushan is no longer reused, and the full strength of the border town festival envoy has also been weakened, and the Anshi Rebellion will not happen again, and in this way, Guo Ziyi will have no stage to show his talent, let alone be remembered by the world.
At least, for now, Guo Ziyi's reputation is far inferior to Ang Lee, and even, not as good as his son Guo Yang, who let Guo Yang follow Ang Li and become the brigade commander of the most elite ironclad artillery brigade in the Tang Dynasty?
In the entire Tang army, the ironclad artillery truck is the most advanced weapon, and it is also the most eye-catching weapon, everyone's eyes are all staring at the ironclad artillery car, and naturally even noticed Guo Yang, and Guo Ziyi is just an ordinary general, although there are more soldiers and horses under his command, and the official position is also higher, but the people can't pay attention to him, in addition, he has not fought a decent victory in the north, and it is normal not to be concerned.
"Haha! Don't hide it from Li Shilang, my father is a very cheerful person, no matter how great his own achievements are, he will not care too much, as for me to make meritorious contributions and surpass him in fame, of course he will be very happy, this is called blue out of blue and better than blue. ”
Guo Yang seemed to know his father very well, and replied with a smile.
"Haha! What Guo Lvshuai said is that since I met General Guo for the first time, I know that he is a cheerful person, in this world, I am afraid that there are few people who can be as cheerful as General Guo, Guo Lvshuai has a good father! ”
Li An sighed, looked at Guo Yang, and continued: "This time, my Tang Dynasty Xiongshi will attack and destroy Tubo, which will definitely cause the world to shake, I believe that it will not be long before many small countries will be attached to my Tang Dynasty, what a yearning occasion it should be!" ”
"That's right, many small countries in the Anxi area have been vacillating between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and now, Tubo has been exterminated by my Tang Dynasty, and these small countries in Anxi will no longer have any reason not to belong to the Tang Dynasty, and these small countries were originally oriented to the Tang Dynasty, but they were afraid of the power of Tubo, so they had to vacillate between the two countries, and now that Tubo is dead, they have no such concerns."
Guo Yang very much agreed with Li An's point of view, and felt that the demise of Tubo would directly lead to the small countries that were originally attached to Tubo choosing to belong to the Tang Dynasty and obey the rule of the Tang Dynasty, which is beyond doubt.
Of course, their guess is very accurate, just after the news of Tubo being conquered by the Tang Dynasty spread, many small countries that were originally attached to Tubo immediately sent envoys to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to express their loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, in order to obtain the understanding of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, to prevent the slow action from being blamed by the Tang Dynasty, and ending up with the tragic fate of being captured by the country, of course, even if the Tang Dynasty did not agree to them as vassal states, and insisted on merging them into the administrative territory of the Tang Dynasty, they would also obey the arrangements of the Tang Dynasty without any opinion, Dedicate the land in a proper manner.