"Your Majesty! Just received a report from the border pass, the Tubo minister Lu Dongzan led a large army to invade Tuyuhun. In the early dynasty, Li Ke came out of the column to salute and report to Li Chengqian.

"Why did Tubo innocently send troops to Tuguhun? Haven't they always been in peace? Li Chengqian asked.

He asked knowingly, Tubo had long had ambitions to expand, but he had never found a suitable opportunity.

Not long ago, Tubo Zanpu sent someone to Chang'an to propose to Li Chengqian, hoping that the Tang Dynasty could marry the princess to Tubo again.

Who knows, Li Chengqian completely refused! In this way, Tibet had an excuse to send troops to attack.

The Tubo first asked Tuyuhun to get out of the way and march to the Tubo army, and they were going to Chang'an to give an explanation to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Why don't you marry the princess to their Zampu, this is humiliating their Zampu, which is tantamount to humiliating Tubo, so Datang must give Tubo an explanation.

As a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun naturally could not make way for Tubo, so he refused Tubo's request.

As a result, Tubo had another excuse to attack Tuyuhun, and Tuyuhun humiliated Tubo, and he had to compensate the Tubo army for mental losses and other expenses.

So, Tubo sent troops to take down Tuyuhun, which was between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, so as to facilitate the future treatment of the Tang Dynasty.

Xi Junmai, the governor of Lingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, immediately ordered to send troops to help Tuyuhun on the grounds of protecting the branch of the Datang Bank in Tuyuhun.

"This is all because His Majesty rejected Tubo Zampu's marriage proposal, and Tubo felt humiliated, so he sent troops to ask my Tang Dynasty for an explanation, but Tuyuhun just blocked the Tubo army, which triggered a fight between Tubo and Tuyuhun." Lu Chengqing, the head of the household.

Lu Chengqing and many other officials believe that the reason for such an incident is that the imperial court rejected the proposal of Tubo Zampu.

This war could have been avoided with kindness, but the emperor himself wanted to refuse, which led to a contradiction that should not have happened, but because of this.

The imperial court wanted to use troops against Goguryeo and Baekje, which would consume a lot of money and food every day, and if it fought with Tibet, it would add a lot of money.

The imperial court also needs to deal with natural disasters and various rebellions, which are all large expenses, and the annual taxes collected by the imperial court are limited, even if there are mountains of gold and silver, they cannot withstand such a toss.

Lu Chengqing, as the secretary of the household department, managed all the money and grain of the imperial court, and he was a little sad when he saw a large amount of money and grain flowing out of his hands every day, and he was worried that he would continue to do this.

Datang's treasury, which is not rich, will be tossed up sooner or later!

"What Lu Shangshu said, do you agree with Aiqing?" Li Chengqian asked.

"What Lu Shangshu said is true, and the minister seconded it!" Ren Yaxiang, the secretary of the military department, stood up and said.

"The ministers seconded it!" Eighty percent of the officials in the DPRK and China agree with Roh Seung-qing's statement.

"In that case, how do you think this matter should be resolved? Can Tubo and Tuyuhun not have to fight each other? Li Chengqian said.

"The minister thought that he should immediately send an envoy to appease Tubo, and promised to marry the princess of my Tang Dynasty to Tubo Zampu in order to settle this dispute." Lu Chengqing, the head of the household, said.

"You think so, too?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Yes!" All those who supported Lu Chengqing nodded yes, and they very much agreed with Lu Chengqing's approach, which could indeed avoid contradictions between the two sides.

"Please Your Majesty immediately issue an edict to recall Xi Junmai, the governor of Lingzhou, he privately sent troops in the name of protecting Datang Bank, which will only deepen the contradictions between the two sides." The military department is still the secretary of Ren Yaxiang.

"You all think that what Lu Chengqing said is correct, but I am just the opposite of your opinion, you really think that Tubo will withdraw if he wins my Tang princess."

"No, they won't, Tubo has long had the intention of expanding outward, Tuyuhun and Baiqiang are already prey in the eyes of Tubo, and it is only a matter of time before they make a move."

"Without Tuyuhun, my Datang will directly face the threat of Tubo, Tubo has coveted the rich land of my Datang for a long time, once Tuyuhun is lost, the northwest border of my Datang will never be peaceful."

"The ambitions of the wolf son of Tibet have long been exposed, but you have been turning a blind eye to it, and you only want to compromise and seek perfection." Li Chengqian angrily reprimanded the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent when they heard this, they knew that Tubo was ambitious, but it was not that it had not threatened the Tang Dynasty yet, so they naturally did not want to set up one more enemy, and they would live a day of peace and stability.

If it really comes to that point, it will not be too late to fight, the Tang Dynasty is full of talents, and I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat Tubo.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with what Xi Junmai did, he can save my face in the Tang Dynasty so much, if he can't even protect a vassal country, in the future, who will dare to sincerely surrender to my Datang."

"I want to let the people of the world see that anyone who is the enemy of my Datang will be wiped out under the Datang Iron Horse."

"Whoever surrenders to my Datang, my Datang will protect him thoroughly, and will never allow anyone to be bullied, the sun and the moon shine, and the rivers go are all my Datang land." Li Chengqian said.

"But, Your Majesty! Tubo is by no means something that can be eliminated overnight, how much manpower and material resources are needed, and the minister is worried that if this goes on like this, my Datang will not be able to support this battle. Lu Chengqing, the head of the household, said.

Li Chengqian did not intend to rely entirely on the state treasury for export, and could reclaim local land for self-sufficiency, and he could also support the war with war.

Looting the enemy's supplies to feed one's own army is an effective way to strengthen oneself and weaken the opponent, and the enemy army will surely perish.

"This is the latest report sent by Heizhi Changzhi, the ambassador of the Heyuan Army." Li Chengqian held a book of music from Heizhi Changzhi in his hand.

"The source of the river is located in the key chong, and the black tooth Changzhi has set up more than 70 beacon towers and garrison points here, and reclaimed more than 5,000 hectares of tuntian, which can harvest more than 5 million stones of grain every year."

"With this batch of grain, the Heyuan army can attack and retreat, and there is no need to worry about giving up the battle because of the lack of food."

"Isn't Lu Qing worried that the food in the treasury is not enough to support the army for a perennial war? They can be allowed to follow the example of the black tooth, cultivate the fields, and be self-sufficient. Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! This is absolutely unacceptable! Ren Yaxiang, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly came out of the ranks.

"Why not, you can be self-sufficient by doing this, and you don't have to worry about the treasury making ends meet, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the government and soldiers system and the Juntian system have been implemented, which can effectively prevent generals from supporting their own troops. ”

"However, if Your Majesty allows the local army to cultivate the tuntian fields on their own, and they have food, the army will not need to be supported by the treasury, and the soldiers will be supported by the generals, who of them will identify with the imperial court, they will only identify with the generals who provide for them, so that the generals who are fighting abroad will have the possibility of supporting their own troops."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty! Such a precedent must not be opened! Otherwise, there will be endless troubles! Your Majesty! "The secretary of the military department Ren Yaxiang said.