In the biting cold wind, the coldest season has been ushered in on the Tibetan Plateau.

Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo is black and strong, a pair of eyes are blazing, not tall but feel very strong, hands behind his back looking at the top of the mountain and said loudly: "This hill is the best location, I want to build my palace here, it is said that there is a great Ming official in the Tang Dynasty, I must build a palace comparable to it, and it will be passed on to future generations!" ”

Some of the Tibetan nobles looked at the high-spirited Zampu, with a disapproving look on their faces, their own Zampu is a little dizzy now, and compared with the Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty, your place is not enough at all, and the area of a garden is more than a dozen of yours. But he still agreed: "Yes, my Tubo is a big country in the world, of course, there must be a matching palace." ”

Others shouted: "Praise is mighty, build this great city, and boast of the hereafter." ”

Lu Dongzan, who was beside him, stepped forward and persuaded: "Zampu, the matter of building the palace, the minister thinks that it can be put aside first, and now it is urgent to send an envoy to Chang'an again, continue to ask the Tang Dynasty for relatives, and revise all kinds of peace treaties with the Tang Dynasty to strive for peaceful coexistence." ”

Songtsan Gampo was so persuaded by Lu Dongzan on Xingtou, or in front of so many people, he felt a little unhappy: "These are two different things, why do you want to say it here, why do you want to go to Chang'an to ask for relatives again, Datang has rejected me twice, I am wondering if I will send troops again, and I will not let him see our military might, he will not let go." ”

Seeing that his Zampu had all kinds of ideas, as a subordinate, he had to remind: "But now the Tang Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, after the battle of Songzhou, we have not recovered, and the plateau moat we rely on cannot be blocked by the Tang army now, they have trained a special army in Songzhou and the Hehuang Valley, what kind of mountain troops are called, we must not guard against it!" ”

Songtsen Gampo looked at the surrounding nobles and said loudly: "Does he dare to come?" If he dares to come, then I will destroy him! I have hundreds of thousands of Tibetan soldiers, why am I afraid of the Tang Dynasty? ”

Listening to Songtsen Gampo's bold words, dozens of Tibetan warriors behind him were overwhelmed by the majestic demeanor of his Zanpu, and raised their arms and shouted: "Those who dare to invade the Tibetans will be wiped out!" ”

Songtsen Gampo glared at Lu Dongzan, he is the male lord of the Tibetan generation, and his domineering power has strongly united the various forces on the Tibetan Plateau, creating the strongest and prosperous era in the history of Tubo! In the past six months, they have been busy sending troops to attack the Zhangxiong tribe in the southwest of Tubo, as the Zhangxiong tribe that once dominated the Tubo Plateau and flourished for a while, the Tubo people fought this battle to make them bow down, and now their own prime minister is so optimistic about their battle with the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Dongzan is not as brainless as these guys and said: "Lord Zampu, don't use swords in vain, now we are by no means the opponent of Datang." ”

Hearing that Lu Dongzan still said this, Songtsan Gampo scolded: "How can the great minister grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige? The Tang army is like a child who grew up in a honey pot, how can it be the opponent of a warrior on the plateau like us, the battle of Songzhou is just our negligence, and when our army comes, they will definitely be frightened. ”

Seeing that Lu Dongzan was still trying to persuade him, Songtsen Gampo lost interest and waved his hand: "I'll talk about it when I go back." After saying that, he turned around and continued to discuss the construction of this palace with those nobles.

After talking about things and returning to the palace, Songtsen Gampo left Lu Dongzan behind and asked: "What the Prime Minister just said, I always feel that there are too many exaggerations, you have been to Chang'an many times, tell me in detail, you have been attacking Zhangxiong outside recently, and you haven't communicated with the Great Minister for a long time." ”

Lu Dong Zanmeng knelt down on the ground and said: "Zampu used troops on the front line, and fought for months, but I made a big mistake in the rear, which led to the current uncontrollable situation, please forgive Zampu." ”

Songtsen Gampo hurriedly got up and helped him up: "Why did the minister say that, you tell me about the current situation... ”

Lu Dongzan got up and told the current predicament of Tibet. Since the beginning of spring, there has been a shortage of barley and other grains in Tibet.

A big city like Lhasa is a little better, many nobles always have to estimate the face of Zampu, there are still some barley for sale on the market, plus some corn trafficked from other places, the people can always buy it, but in the distant mountains and remote countryside, there is already a shortage of grain and rice, and the hungry people are everywhere!

The price of Datang's purchase of highland barley wine in Tubo is getting higher and higher, since last winter, the aristocrats of the whole Tubo have used all the barley they can collect for winemaking, and this year, seeing that the purchase price of highland barley wine is getting higher and higher, everyone is desperate. There is no grain to sell in the market at all.

A cart of barley wine was transported out of Tibet, all kinds of silk, porcelain, perfume and other luxury goods were transported in, in contact with the Tang Dynasty officials, merchants, the Tang people with luxurious clothes and beautiful makeup made the Tubo people very envious, the Tang Dynasty's luxurious lifestyle was also imitated by the nobles, for a time the Tibetan extravagance also became the most popular trend, Chang'an City's latest and most beautiful clothes can be seen on the streets of Lhasa a month later.

As the prime minister, Lu Dongzan issued several decrees in a row to restrict the scale of the brewing of highland barley wine, but the nobles ignored them as if they had not seen or heard them, making these decrees a dead letter.

Although Lu Dongzan knew that Li Dongsheng must have bad intentions when he took out the recipe for barley wine, he was absolutely confident that he could suppress anything in Tubo through the Tibetan army and the prestige of Songtsen Gampo, but now things have exceeded his imagination, and all the Tibetan nobles have no bottom line in front of interests, they just want to get rich themselves, and any country, nation, and tribe is nothing in front of money.

Lu Dongzan cried: "Zampu, now these nobles ignore the law to brew barley wine for huge profits, they have interests entanglement with the Tang Dynasty, you said that if you go to attack the Tang Dynasty now, will those nobles still support you unreservedly as before?" When the time comes, if you recruit troops, they will not come, and there will be no food in the army, how can you fight the Tang army? ”。

Songtsen Gampo really didn't know that the current Tubo had reached this point, and his heart was suddenly cold: "Then what now?" Are we just waiting for the Tang people to consume our Tibetan grain and our warriors to starve to death? The more he thought about it, the more angry he became: "These guys all want money and don't want to die, for a little money, they don't take my decree in their eyes, do you really think that the scimitar in my hand doesn't dare to kill?" ”

Lu Dongzan also thought about this matter for a long time, and already had a plan in his heart, and said: "It's not okay to use troops against the Tang Dynasty, but I just went to the Western Regions and thought of a way, we will directly send troops to the Western Regions." ”