Chapter 157: Zampu's Ambition
The rise of Tibet had a particularly profound impact on Anxi. Hot Books
The militarily powerful Tibetans cut off the Silk Road several times, bringing backwardness and barbarism to various ethnic groups, and seriously hindering the exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations. In fact, many years later, the last power of the Tang Dynasty in Anxi was wiped out by Tubo.
The city of Luo in Tibet.
Zampu, meaning strong husband. Chide Zanzu, who had just returned from the alliance, was quite satisfied, and the name of Zampu was his best commentary. Since his accession to the throne, Tibet has grown stronger and stronger under his bold and innovative governance. The young and strong Zampu is only in his early thirties this year, and his blood is strong.
As his strength grew, his ambition was as strong as his four ancestors. The wealthy Hexi and Longyou, as well as Anxi, the bridgehead of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, and the Nanzhao that could threaten Jiannan Dao, the land of rice and grain in the Tang Dynasty, were all his targets.
He had a good grandmother who married him to the princess of Tang Jincheng when he was a child. Later, taking this as an opportunity, he bribed Yang Ju, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty at that time, to the governor of Shanzhou, and in the first year of Kaiyuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty waved his hand without spending a single soldier, and generously tens of millions of people, so as to obtain the land of the Yellow River Jiuqu as the princess's so-called Tang Muyi.
Since then, the fertile land of the Yellow River has become the granary and pasture of Tibet, and hundreds of thousands of wolf-like and tiger-like people have eaten the land and the hard-earned output of the abandoned Tang people, while cutting the flesh and blood of the Han nation with sharp knives. In the second year of Kaiyuan, that is, the second year after swallowing the land of Jiuqu, Tubo couldn't wait to send more than 100,000 troops to attack the Tang Dynasty......
At this moment, Zampu is waiting for the ministers to report to him on last year's harvest, which is the basis for Tibet to achieve its great goal of conquering the Quartet. Supposedly, this situation should have been reported a long time ago, but I don't know why there is still no result.
"Mo Lobsang didn't you send someone in advance to tell Lang Tenzin to come and meet him? Why is he still missing? ”
Zampu's anger grew.
Mo Luosang's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, and he said unhurriedly: "Zampu doesn't know, the Lang clan has already gone to the land of the river meanders last year to verify the harvest. The minister had sent to tell him to come back as soon as possible, and I am afraid that he was already halfway by this time. ”
A hint of displeasure appeared on Zampu's face, what verified the harvest, it was just an excuse. People in all the cities of Luo know that in the past ten years, the Ta Lang clan has been frantically grabbing and grabbing how much land in the land of the river meander. Last year's drought caused him heavy losses, not only him, but also Guokura was affected.
In anticipation of the loss of the harvest, Zampu was forced to attack the Tang Dynasty in advance, hoping to plunder enough grain, cattle and sheep to survive the difficult winter. The plundering of the Tang Dynasty that has just ended for half a year has yielded a lot of gains, with nearly 10,000 young men and women captive, and countless cattle and sheep grain. Guazhou was even breached, and the whole city was almost razed to the ground, and the old and weak were slaughtered.
"And who else can tell me exactly how much grain we produced last year?"
Zamp struggled to restrain his anger.
Mo Luosang stood up, and he glanced at Lang Tsering, who was almost buried in his chest, with a blank face.
"According to the minister's estimates, I'm afraid it's only seventy percent at most the year before last."
"What? Lost 30%? ”
Zampu couldn't help but exclaim, such a huge loss, it means that this year's goal cannot be completed. The three armies did not move, the grain and grass went first, and he could not send troops without enough military rations. Last year, Datang had already been prepared, and the next big battle must take time to fight for strength.
Zampu's anger can be ignited with just one more fire. Seeing that the opportunity had come, Mo Lobsang said: "In the winter that has just ended, hundreds of people have starved to death in the city of Luoqi alone, and countless herdsmen have wandered into the city, many of whom are still military households. Many of the herdsmen also took the opportunity to make trouble, but fortunately, Mo Tsering had already killed them. ”
Finally, Zamp was furious. He needed soldiers to die for him, and now, the families of those soldiers had suffered such a catastrophe that the consequences of a mutiny would be unimaginable.
Mo Lobsang confidently continued to attack the Mo clan: "As far as the ministers know, some people have taken advantage of the failure of the grain harvest to hoard grain, cattle and sheep, and the minister in charge of taxation does not care about the actual situation, but only knows about the harvest, and in some places even the taxes have reached five years later, resulting in many people starving to death in the city without food. Some people even took advantage of this opportunity to accumulate a large number of private slaves, which led to disaster. The minister suspects that some people have ill intentions......"
"What the hell is going on?"
Zanpu interrupted the gushing Mo Losang and looked at Lang Tsering as he roared.
The matter has come to this point, and Lang Tsering can no longer hide it. simply knelt down tremblingly, and said with a sad face: "The minister is incompetent, the minister is greedy, please praise and punish." ”
Zampu grabbed a string of large Buddha beads and smashed them at Lang Tsering, and the heavy glass beads smashed on Mo Tsering's forehead, and his head was bleeding.
"Say, "What greed? What's going on? ”
After Zampu vented, his anger seemed to subside.
Lang Tsering was smashed, but he was relieved that Zampu had accepted his explanation and characterized the incident as corruption. The silent and faint Zampu is the most terrifying, and when Zampu is angry, it is often the safest time.
In disappointment, he closed his mouth to add fuel to his eyes. Zampu's seemingly heavy punishment was really something he didn't expect, which was obviously biased in favor of Lang's, and he used "ill-intentioned" to remind Zampu, but Zampu seemed to have deliberately ignored it.
It's been three years, and the battle between the Mo clan and the Lang clan has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible. On the surface, the Lang family has the advantage, and both members of the Lang family hold important positions. However, Zampu knew their contradictions, but he was slow to decide on the candidate for the prime minister's position.
In fact, how could Zampu not know about the dirtiness between them, but Zampu thought that none of them had the talents that a great minister should have, and the power of the two nobles of the Lang clan and the Mo clan could not be ignored, and letting them eat each other was also one of his clever methods. Balance is always one of the means played by those in power, and as long as it is not a matter of principle, Zamp has no intention of dealing with Lang harshly.
Lang Tsering, who knew that he was fine, shouted that he was lucky, and his rival Mo Luosang actually wanted to beat him to death, slandering him for wanting to accumulate slaves and threaten his master, which was a crime of raiding his family and exterminating the clan.
"Zampu Rongyu. Lang Ciren's desire for profit is in the front, he lives up to Zampu's expectations, and he is ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors when he mishandles things inappropriately. Please resign from your post to atone for your sins. ”
Lang Tsering tested Zampu's attitude by retreating. He knew in his heart that it was not a problem to collect the people's fat and be unkind to the government, Zampu didn't care about these at all, and the foundation of his rule was built on these slave owners who did all kinds of evil. Zampu has "goodwill", and he also has a tacit understanding to repay the favor, so that Zampu has a ladder to go down.
Zampu looked furious: "Bastard, are you trying to blackmail me?" Want to quit? Not that cheap thing. Since you want to atone for your sins, then good, the gap in military rations this year will be filled by your Lang clan! The slaves of the princess should also be the responsibility of you. ”
For the Lang family, hundreds of slaves are just a few hairs on the yak's body, although the amount of donated military rations is a lot, but it is better than losing their lives, and the loss of property slaves can be compensated for later.
A farce was played by Zampu as a gourd monk, and it was over.
With the issue of military rations out of his mind, Zamp turned the conversation to the alliance with the Turgish. The alliance that had just been concluded with Sulu Khan still made Zampu feel uneasy, their alliance was only based on fragile so-called common interests, and the bond must be strengthened through in-laws, and it was urgent to send the princess to Turgish.
The alliance between the Tibetans and the Turkishes was of extraordinary strategic significance to the Tibetans. Anxi is between them, as long as the armies of the two sides are flanked, they will not worry about Anxi, and at the same time, it will also be of great help to Tubo to extend its claws into the middle of the river. Last year, the Turgish were invited to hunt Anxi City, not to conquer one and a half cities, but to test the attitudes of all parties.
"When will the princess make the trip?" Zampu looked at Molosang.
"This, this, Kedun and the princess have embarrassed the old minister." Mo Lobsang had a bitter look on his face.
"Huh?" Zamp raised his voice.
Mo Luosang had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "The princess dislikes that Sulu Khan is too old, but Dun also said that the princess is only thirteen, and it is not suitable to marry far away." ”
"Ridiculous! Confused! Is this just marriage? No! This is already related to the future of my Tibet, and the fate of all of us is closely related to her. Zampu shouted angrily.
"Since ancient times, all major matters in marriage have been ordered by parents. When will it be her turn to make irresponsible remarks and pick and choose? When I married Princess Jincheng, I was only eight years old, and I didn't obey my grandmother's orders? She is young and has no worries about food and clothing, did all this fall from the sky? I, Chide Zanzu, did not have such a child who only cared about himself and did not care about his family and country. Anyway, I don't care, before winter, you have to send me to Shattered Leaf City. ”
"Your Ministers obey." Molobsang answered.
"Before the summer comes, we still have to take some grain from Datang, otherwise, this year's herdsmen will definitely not have enough food. To deal with the behemoth empire of the Tang Dynasty, it is far from enough to rely on our own strength. Well, also, to go to Broken Leaf City, I want to borrow Little Bohler. As for the recent situation there, you should first send someone to find out about it, and see if you can follow the story of the false Tu Fa Yu, and by the way, take it up. Even if you can't, you have to make arrangements for it, and I swear I'll go back. ”
Thinking of the past when the Tubo army returned from Xiaobo a few years ago under the intervention of the Tang Dynasty, Zampu seemed to be preoccupied.
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