20. Article 6 of the Trade Route

At this point, the battle of Taideng City, the Tang family once again achieved a brilliant victory.

After passing the Qingxi Pass, the Tang army expanded the land for hundreds of miles again, seized the entire Shanzhou, killed the Xifan Yunling Da Lun begging to hide and cover, the Xugong city defense envoy on Dongchai, the Lacheng city defense envoy Siduo Yang Zhu, and the Taideng city defense envoy Daxi Xiaojun, and also broke the Qinghai city defense envoy on the sudden pear, captured the Huichuan defense envoy on the beggar hair, surrendered the cage official Ma Dingde, etc., killed the Xifan material enemy defense envoy 17, the cage official 54, the tiger and leopard skin warriors of the six marks 900, and more than 13,000 soldiers and below, captured the Xifan soldiers, men and women 20,000, broke through the fort 70 places, seized armor, weapons, There are more than 10,000 flags, 2,000 horses, and thousands of cattle and sheep.

The loss of Xifan was not only the loss of Shanzhou and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but also the destruction of their decades of operation in Yunnan and Jiannan: the army, the cantonment, the city, and the land were all lost, and the Nanzhao also betrayed. Now in the southern road of Xifan, there are only a few strongholds left on the first line, such as Shugong, Saigon, Lacheng, Guhong, and Sanssouci City, and almost all the soldiers and horses of Shenchuan and Huichuan have been lost, and they can only retreat at the iron bridge.

The change of hands in Shanzhou caused a chain reaction - Ma Chongying's plan to besiege Dunhuang in Shazhou failed, and he retreated to Liangzhou in Hexi in a panic.

In the face of the Gaoyue archery army that fought from Hechi and Wangyuan, as well as the Shence Weirong army, the Shence Xuanwei army, and the multi-way attacks of the attached Tang tribes such as Shatuo and Tuyuhun, they were also exhausted, and the army was embarrassed to the point of being stretched - since July, the archery army has captured Qiuchi Mountain and opened the road from Xingyuan to Qin, Wei and other prefectures; The Weirong army and the Xuanwei army captured Shuiluo, while Shatuo and Tuyuhun captured half of Huizhou.

Shang Qi'er was annoyed and angry, and impeached Shang Jiezan and Ma Chongying, asking them to be responsible for the chain failure after the provocation with the Tang family!

In the city of Ros, Tri Song Detsen had aged ten years almost overnight, and he had no energy to arbitrate the internal strife and strife among the important ministers, and when the blood-stained wooden tablets were placed in front of him, Tri Song Detsen actually cried out loud, and tears were sprinkled on it, speckled with tears.

"Ask for peace with my uncle's family, ask for peace......" Trisong Dezan summoned Ou Cheek Zan, asking him to be the envoy to the Tang Dynasty.

Ou Zhizan was terrified, saying that I was also one of the members of the Xiji Tribulation Alliance, and if I was regarded as an envoy, I was afraid that I would be beheaded by the Tang family's emperor to vent his anger.

"You, Shang Jiezan, and Ma Chongying have mistaken Ben Yongzhong!" Zampu beat his chest and paused, but Ou Cheek Zan didn't have his life to kowtow, and refused to go to Chang'an City, Zampu was helpless, so he could only hang his head and weep.

At this time, in the hall in front of Samye Monastery, Zanpu's favorite concubine Boyong, with red eyes and frightened, worshipped in front of Padmasambhava.

Padmasambhava hurriedly asked what was going on.

Concubine Boyong covered her face and cried, and then pointed to her abdomen, saying that I already have Zampu's child, if it is a daughter, it is fine, if it is a son, it will definitely arouse the jealousy of Queen Cai Bang, and both mother and son will be killed by her.

Therefore, Concubine Boyong begged Padmasambhava, saying that the whole plateau said that you are the most powerful monk, please help me survive this calamity.

Padmasambhava accepted the invitation of Concubine Boyong, entered the palace, and told Zampu, "The child in this concubine's womb is the reincarnation of Zampu's deceased eldest son, Mu Chi Songpo!" ”

Before Zampu came out of his grief, he listened to Padmasambhava's words in a drowsy manner, and still had some doubts in his heart, "Why did Mu Chi Songbo give birth to Boyong's womb?" ”

"He can't let go of his love for his parents and brothers."

Hearing this, Zampu's tears welled up again.

And then, Queen Cai Bang slammed the golden cup with cheese on the ground, and the snow-white juice splashed on the smooth floor, and the queen's face was twisted, "Mu Chi Songbo is my eldest son, how could he be born in the belly of that yaksha-like slutty woman?" ”

She knew that she had suffered a dumb loss, and Concubine Boyong and Padmasambhava colluded to make her throw herself into a rat trap, and did not dare to harm the child in Concubine Boyong's womb: who would harm the reincarnation of her dead eldest son?

"Padmasambhava's Madhyamaka Sect, as well as the Mahayana monk's Han Zen Buddhism, no matter which monk it is, they are shaking their lips and tongues full of lies and demagoguery, sucking the anointing blood of the country, and taking away my two sons (Muni and Mudi), the true belief of our plateau should be Bon, it is Bon!" In the end, Queen Cai Bang vented all her resentment on Buddhism, but Zampu worshiped Buddha, she dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but buried her hostility in her heart.

Fortunately, she can still rely on Mu Ru, who has not entered the Buddhist temple, her real third son.

Nowadays, within Western Tibet, the contradictions between the queen and the concubines, the contradictions between Madhyamaka and Zen Buddhism, the contradictions between Bon and Buddhism, and the contradictions between the important ministers and Shangshu quickly began to intertwine, and with the military fiasco, they continued to swell.

Sooner or later, it will turn into gluttony and devour and destroy the kingdom.

Under the city of Taideng, at the newly built Da Yu Field, Gao Yue, Wei Gao and Zheng Qi looked with great interest at the various tributes sent by Nanzhao, which were about to be sent to the Daming Palace of the Beijing Division, but it also meant that immediately through the border trade, they would also enter the territory of Xichuan, Dongchuan and even Xingyuan and Fengxiang as bulk commodities.

There are five major trade routes that Gao Yue now controls:

Hanchuan can lead to Shannan Dongdao, Jingnan and even further Eyue, where can you buy fine lacquerware, porcelain, fruits, wood;

The big bamboo road leads to Banan and Kuifu, and gold utensils are purchased from there;

Lizhou Road connects Xichuan and Dongchuan, and the trade of silk fabrics, salt and tea is very prosperous;

Feng, Xing all the way to Fengxiang, Jingyuan, cattle and sheep, grain, wine, tea, cotton trade is also very developed;

Naturally, there is also the Jingyuan water transportation that he mastered, and he directly did business with the Hui Hui through the Yellow River, and sold luxury goods such as blankets, diamonds, pearls, jade, and spices in the Western Regions and Central Asia, and then sold the silk, tea, and paper produced in the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention that Yangju leads to the famous counties of Jinju and Shangju, and Luogu-do can directly lead to secondary trade routes such as Gyeonggi.

But now, Gao Yue is full of desire to get a piece of the trade with Nanzhao.

Responsible for introducing the tribute was Zheng Qi, who went all the way to Nanzhao, and knew the local customs, astronomy and geography well, and now he is even more treasured.

Now Zheng Qi is preparing to write what he has seen and heard in the "Southern Edict", Gao Yue naturally fully supports it, saying that it will be handed over to my paper mill and carving workshop in Yangzhou for printing.

The first one to be introduced by Zheng Qi was a specialty of the Nanzhao War: the horses of Yuezhichuan.

In fact, when he saw Yue Yunma, Gao Yue was horrified.

In his impression, the horses of Yunnan are the Yunnan horses, and the Yunnan horses should be short, docile, known for their endurance, and good at walking mountain roads.

But Nanzhao also produced such excellent war horses as Yue Zhi horses!

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