Ladies and gentlemen, there is still news that I have not informed you, that Tubo Zanpu Nangri Lunzan died and was poisoned by the old Tibetan nobles. ”

The emperor put down his teacup and released a shocking message with ease.

"No wonder there is no princess of Tubo at the drinking ceremony in the township today, and she was poisoned and killed, it seems that Tubo will definitely have civil strife." Hou Mo Chen Yi said. He turned his head to look at Zhang Xutuo, "Captain, what do you think about this?" ”

As a privy envoy, Zhang Xutuo was responsible for dividing the military power of the prime minister, and the emperor held the military command power, and the military department that originally held the military power was left with only the military power. In addition, the emperor has the right to choose generals, and the military battalions of the three yas have the right to command the army.

Therefore, the emperor's control over military power was the strongest, and the prime minister had only limited military and political power in his hands.

In fact, this has been restored to the pattern of the Qin Dynasty, with the imperial commander commanding the army, the prime minister in power, and the imperial historian supervising. But relatively, at this time, the prime minister is a dozen ministers of the government and the court, so the prime minister is a group system, and the power is more decentralized.

In fact, through the layered structure, the emperor who was born as a military general can be said to have a stronger grasp of the army than any previous dynasty.

Zhang Xutuo is known as the Tai Lieutenant, firstly, he is indeed the commander of the army, and secondly, he is also the real Tai Lieutenant of the head of the Three Princes.

"In general, Tubo Zampu is dead, or he is poisoned, which is a good thing for me Daqin. Although this man is young, he is ambitious, and although he has fought with us before, although he has finally retreated, he is extremely decisive. Such a person is a very difficult opponent, he is young, if he is given twenty or thirty years, I am afraid that the entire plateau will be unified for him, and when the time comes, he will become a very troublesome opponent. Thankfully, he died. ”

Emperor Luo Cheng didn't speak too highly of Nangri, "In fact, he is the same as Yang Guang, but his ability is not as good as Yang Guang, he is too eager for quick success and quick profit, and he is impatient, and he has not succeeded to the throne for a few years." However, all the people he reused were Niang Zanggu, Nongzhibo, Drepung Nasheng, Ba Yuzebu, Qiongpo Bangse, and some other people who had just been attached to them when their father and son were in power, and they were all new nobles, but Nangri Lunzan trusted them very much, and one was to give them a population of one or two hundred thousand, and let them manage a large area, which had long aroused the hatred of the old nobles. ”

And now he supports Gardonzan to start promoting the comprehensive reform of Tibet, moving the capital to Luo, and imitating our Central Plains to build a central monarchy kingdom, expanding the army and setting heavy taxes, he doesn't want to think about it, when Tubo was in his father's hands, it has always been a tribal alliance, and Tubo Zampu can't control the country like my Central Plains monarch, and now it is suddenly going to change so much, how is it possible? When Yang Guang was emperor, the reforms still caused a backlash, let alone him. ”

"I'm not surprised at all that he was poisoned!"

"Sage, how do we deal with it now, do we meddle in Tibet?"

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"Don't worry, Tubo asked for a huge amount of tribute from the Qiang State such as Bailan and Miyao, and prepared to expand the army to conquer Zhangxiong. Now that the king of Tubo is dead, we are not in a hurry to send troops directly to Tibet, to be honest, Tubo, the snowy plateau, many of our soldiers are simply unable to adapt to the climate there, and the supply is inconvenient. ”

"Now that there is civil strife in Tibet, if we directly send troops to Tibet, I am afraid that the Tubo people who have just been in civil strife will unite again. So we can't do this at this time, we have to add more fire to them and make them more chaotic. You can also take this opportunity to contact Mi Yao and Bai Lan, and strive for them to get rid of Tubo, so that they can instead become vassals to our Great Qin and become ministers and vassal states. And Subi, when he attacked the Western Turks before, wasn't Prince Subi also captured, and now he is still in Anxi, right? Send him to Luoyang first, and we can support this Subi prince to return to the country. ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded.

"What the sage said is that there are also the Qiang of the Western Mountains, and now that there is civil strife in Tibet, they can no longer support them secretly, so they just took advantage of the situation to defeat them and force them to surrender and join them."

"Hint at the Xiangxiong King Li Mixia to see if he is willing to take advantage of the civil strife in Tibet to send troops. As long as Tubo and Zhangxiong fight, the two tigers will fight, and one will be injured, and when they come to the real fire, no one will have the energy to covet the four roads of Qinghai, Anxi, Xishan, and Yunnan in my Great Qin. ”

However, Luo Cheng still emphasized once again that he should try to control the intensity as much as possible, and not engage in direct interference, let alone expand.

"The imperial court doesn't have the strength to have another plateau battle now, we need to recuperate, let's let them fight with themselves, and we'll just watch the excitement from the side."

After returning to the palace from the national eunuch, Princess Saimaga came to ask for a meeting and asked the emperor about the specific situation in Tubo now.

"I heard that it was very chaotic, after your father was poisoned, now the old nobles are rebelling, and the old and new nobles are attacking each other. Now the dragons in Tibet are leaderless, and there is chaos. ”

"Dabo, Gongbu, Niangbu and other places have now been occupied by the rebel old nobles, and the old capital Qiongba has also been occupied."

"What about my mother and my brother?"

"Your mother and your brother were escorted by new nobles such as Dome Bose and they retreated into Houzang, but they are in a worrying situation."

The princess wept and said, "Please ask the saint to canonize my brother as the new Zampu of Tibet, and send troops to help the Tibetan rebellion." ”

"Your brother is only five years old this year, can he carry this burden in this chaos?" Luo Cheng asked.

"Please rest assured, my father is my brother's son, Qizong has been clever since he was a child, and my uncle and the minister Shang Nang are his teachers, very loyal and capable, and now my father has been poisoned by a conspiracy, and the country is in chaos, but those insidious villains will not be proud for long, as long as the situation is stabilized, they will soon be able to defeat the rebels and put down the rebellion."

"But now Tubo doesn't even know who poisoned your father, not to mention that the prosperous old capital Qiongba has fallen into the hands of the rebels."

"Ask the saint to send troops."

Luo Cheng twisted his beard, "I can issue an edict to canonize your brother Qizong as the new Zampu of Tubo, but the people of Tubo may not be convinced." As for letting Daqin send troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the time being, and there is still a Zhuqiang between Daqin and Tubo. Zhuqiang originally called Tubo a vassal, but now the situation is unclear. ”

Luo Cheng didn't have any problem with the princess's request to canonize his brother Qizong Lane as the new Zampu, after all, although this Qizong Lane was Songtsen Gampo in history, his father died many years earlier than in history, and he was only five years old now. At such a young age, canonizing him as Zampu will only exacerbate the current civil strife in Tibet.

"Perhaps, I can give an edict to Li Mixia, the king of Zhangxiong, and let him lead the Xiangxiong army east into Tibet to help quell the chaos!"

The princess was shocked, "Sage, no. If Zhangxiong is allowed to send troops into Tibet to quell the rebellion, they will definitely take the opportunity to invade Tibet. ”

"The princess should not be prejudiced against the king of Xiong, after all, Tubo and Zhangxiong have also been in harmony for generations, and now that Tubo is in civil strife, Daqin is also beyond the reach of the whip, if you can let Zhangxiong send troops to quell the chaos, it can also solve the urgent need."

"Please ask the saint to lend me tens of thousands of troops, and the concubine is willing to be the commander in chief and lead the army back to quell the chaos. After the rebellion is put down, return to the Qin Palace. ”

Luo Cheng admired the princess's enthusiasm, but it was impossible to agree.

He patted the princess on the shoulder, "The matter of the war should be left to the men!" ”

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