Chapter 315: Zampu has died
In the capital of the Tibetan state, Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tubo, was lying on the bed, explaining the aftermath to his ministers. 35xs
"Zamp!" Lu Dongzan knelt in front of Songtsen Gampo and held his hand tightly.
They have been a monarch for many years, and Lu Dongzan has always been loyal to Songtsen Gampo, and at the beginning, he firmly believed that his monarch would be able to make Tibet more brilliant.
Songtsen Gampo did not disappoint him, and made Tibet a small and powerful state, and now his monarch was about to leave them.
"Lu Dongzan, I'm going to die, but my heir is still very young, Tubo will ask you in the future, I hope you can assist my heir like assisting me." Songtsen Gampo confessed his last words.
His only son, Gongri Gongzan, died before him, and he had no choice but to pass the throne to his grandson, Mangsong Mangzan.
Since Mangsong Mangtsen was still young and incapable of holding the throne of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo had no choice but to choose his great minister Lu Dongzan to assist.
"Zampu rest assured! Even if I, Lu Dongzan, am broken bones, I will definitely assist Xin Zampu well and make Tubo stronger. Lu Dongzan said.
"Good! After I die, the relationship with the suzerain, the Tang Dynasty, will still be close, and Tubo will not have the strength to oppose the Tang Dynasty now, and it will not be too late to act when the time is ripe. Songtsen Gampo said.
On the issue of dealing with the Tang Dynasty, Tubo has always been harmonious on the surface, but secretly it has been accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity, and is ready to confront the Tang Dynasty at any time. 35xs
"Yes! I know what to do!" Lu Dong praised.
Songtsen Gampo closed his eyes with satisfaction, what should be explained has been explained, with Lu Dongzan, Tubo will not decline.
In the first year of Yonghui, the 33rd Zampu of the Tubo Dynasty died, and Mangsong Mangzan, the grandson of Songtsan Gampo, ascended to the position of Zampu with the support of a group of ministers such as Lu Dongzan and became the 34th Zampu of the Tubo Dynasty.
Because Mangsong Mangzan was still young, the power of Tubo was held by Lu Dongzan, and all major matters were decided by Lu Dongzan.
Tubo sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty and hurried to Chang'an to report the situation of Zampu to Li Chengqian, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
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In Chang'an City, Taiji Palace.
"Ladies and gentlemen! I just received news from Tubo last night, that Zampu of Tubo, my Tang Dynasty's Duwei and King of Xihai County, Songtsan Gampo, passed away in the first year of Yonghui. Li Chengqian said.
"Your Majesty! Tubo is my Tang Dynasty vassal country, and it is also an in-law, and now that the king of Xihai County has died, His Majesty should send a messenger to condole, and canonize Tubo's new Zampu Mangsong Mangzan as the new king of Xihai County. Chu Suiliang said.
Now that Tubo and the Tang Dynasty have a close relationship, there is nothing wrong with this, but Li Chengqian doesn't think so, Tubo is a big trouble after all.
Now that the master of the Tubo State is a child, this will inevitably cause the suspicion of the Lord Shaoguo, and the regime of the Tubo State will be somewhat unstable.
Now is the great time to send troops to attack the Tibetan country, even if it cannot destroy the Tibetan state, it must be greatly damaged, at least within 20 years, and it will not be able to recover.
"What if I want to send troops to Tibet?" Li Chengqian said.
As soon as these words came out, they immediately frightened the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang, and now the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is harmonious, and there is no enough reason to bully other orphans and widows, which is really immoral.
"Your Majesty! This is absolutely unacceptable! Tubo is a subject country of our Tang Dynasty, and it is really unrighteous to send troops to fight for no reason. ”
"Crusade against the subject country with an unrighteous army, the heavens will be angry, and the heavens will inevitably punish them, and the Tang Dynasty will undoubtedly be defeated, my Datang is a big country, how can I make such an unkind and unjust act, and please dispel this thought." Chu Suiliang admonished.
Not only Chu Suiliang opposed it, but the eldest grandson Wuji and other ministers all opposed Li Chengqian's doing, and the Confucian ideology made it impossible for them to do such an immoral thing.
They often show benevolence, righteousness and morality in external issues, and as long as the other party is soft, these fellows educated in Confucianism will try their best to show benevolence and righteousness.
"The Chinese book order is reasonable, please think twice!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and saluted.
"Please think twice, Your Majesty!" Most of the ministers of the DPRK and China supported Chu Suiliang's opinion, and even some of Li Chengqian's cronies agreed with Chu Suiliang's opinion.
This is enough to prove that Confucianism is deeply rooted.
"I just mentioned this matter casually, Datang and Tubo are in-laws and have a close relationship, how could I do something treacherous."
"Let the officials of the Ministry of Rites go to the city of Luosa in Tubo, pass my edict to Mangsong Mangzan, Tubo, and canonize him as the king of Xihai County."
"Retreat!" Li Chengqian said.
He had expected that there would be opposition from others, but he didn't expect it to be so fierce, almost to the point that the entire government and the opposition were opposed.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" The ministers hurriedly knelt down and sent the emperor away from the Taiji Hall before they could get up and leave.
Li Chengqian got up and walked down the steps, and whispered to Wang Quan, "Call Li Ke, the king of Wu, Li Ji, the left servant of Shangshu, Xue Rengui, Li Anyan, Pei Xingjian, and others to the Liangyi Palace." ”
"No!" Wang Quan received the order in a low voice.
When the ministers left, Li Ke, Xue Rengui and others were notified by the eunuchs that the emperor summoned them in the Liangyi Hall and asked them to go to the Liangyi Palace.
Li Ke, Xue Rengui, Li Ji and other generals turned around and headed directly towards the Liangyi Palace.
This matter soon reached the ears of the eldest grandson Wuji and others.
"Taiwei, Your Majesty secretly summoned Li Ke, Li Ji and other generals, what does Your Majesty want to do? Could it be that Your Majesty is still thinking about Tibet? An official asked.
Just now the emperor was above the court, and he intended to attack Tubo, if it weren't for the Ming Dynasty's ministers to dissuade him, I'm afraid that he would have been deploying troops now.
Although the emperor dismissed the idea, after retiring from the court, he immediately secretly summoned the generals.
This has to make them suspect that Li Chengqian still does not give up on Tubo, and still wants to deal with Tubo with all his strength.
"No, I must ask Your Majesty in person!" Chu Suiliang couldn't bear it, and got up and went to the Liangyi Hall to find Li Chengqian to question.
The eldest grandson Wuji was quick and quick-eyed, grabbed Chu Suiliang, and did not let him go to the emperor to theorize.
"Captain, what are you pulling me for?" Chu Sui is good.
"Sui Liang, this matter is not urgent, Your Majesty summoned the generals and wanted to attack Tubo, it is just our speculation."
"You are so reckless to question Your Majesty, if Your Majesty does not want to use troops against Tibet, how will you explain it when the time comes!" The eldest grandson Wuji said.
"This ......" Eldest Sun Wuji's words really stopped Chu Suiliang.
If it is really as the eldest grandson Wuji said, if he trespasses into the Liangyi Palace, if the emperor really wants to attack Tubo, he can still deal with the past with the reason of risking death and direct advice.
But if it wasn't what they thought, trespassing into the Liangyi Palace, plus bullying the king, it would be enough for him to connect the nine clans.