Chapter 744: Tubo Comes Again (3)
The mind returned to the Temple of Grace. Master Sanzang looked at Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, and his heart was constantly fighting - whether to participate in the battle between Li Tang and Tubo, or stay out of the matter, or help Li Tang and defeat Tubo. Li Chenglu could see that Master Sanzang was hesitating. Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, thought in his heart - hum! These bald donkeys, as my father said, are like donkeys, and they should be whipped a few times from time to time. Otherwise, don't pull the car and don't grind. However, Li Chenglu was patient, and Li Chenglu raised his teacup and blew the tea foam on it.
"Hmmm! What a good tea! ”
"Ahh These teas are the tribute teas of Jiangnan. ”
"Oh! This teacup is good, it seems to be Huainan porcelain! ”
"Yes! The dishes and tableware here, as well as the materials of the robe worn by the master, are all produced in the Central Plains, and it seems that they have not forgotten their roots! After Master Sanzang listened to the words of Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, the teacup in his hand immediately fell to the ground - His Royal Highness the King of Wei is saying the opposite, this is saying that I have forgotten my Sanzang! Moreover, Master Sanzang saw that the face of Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, was a little displeased, and immediately changed his words:
"Ahh What His Royal Highness King Wei said is extremely true, I, Tang Sanzang, even the Dharma name was given by His Majesty. I, Tang Sanzang, will solve problems for Your Majesty. The poor monk will solve His Highness's doubts. "The Wei king Li Chenglu got more information from the account of Master Sanzang, and also learned more about the praise of Gampo, which is not the only family in the current Tubo Dynasty. In fact, the whole of Tibet is full of dangers. Songtsen Gampo was the only son of Tubo Zanpo Langri Lunzan, the legal successor of Tubo Zanpo, in Langri Lunzan, relying on the power of the original Subi nobles such as Qi Zanggu, Ba Yuzebu, Nong Zhongbo, etc., to annex the Jiqu River valley and other places, and give them territories and slaves, so that the status of the new nobles surpassed the old nobles, and the royal power was greatly enhanced. However, it violated the interests of the old nobles and aroused the dissatisfaction of the old ministers of Tibet, who were resentful and conspired to rebel. After the old nobles poisoned Langri Ronzan, the old nobles raised troops together to rebel, Dabo, Gongbu, Niangbo and other areas were occupied by the rebels, Yangtong in the west of Tibet, the enemy country Subi also echoed with the old nobles inside and outside, the prince of Subi returned to Tibet to take the opportunity to carry out the "restoration" activities, they combined with the old nobles of Subi, raised troops to expel the officials and garrisons of Qiongpo Bangse, sent troops to attack Tubo, and the newly built Tubo Kingdom faced a new crisis. At this sudden moment of crisis, the former close ministers of Langri Ronpo, Songtsen Gampo's uncle Non Keer and Prime Minister Shang Nang and others supported the then 12-year-old Songtsen Gampo as Tubo Zampu. After Songtsen Gampo ascended the throne, on the one hand, he held on to the area of Shannan Qiongjie and Zedang, and on the other hand, he tracked down the people who conspired to poison his father. The power of the old nobles gradually weakened, and the attack of Yangtong was also resisted by the forces of the Niang clan in the Nianchu River region. After the situation stabilized, Songtsen Gampo personally crossed the Brahmaputra River to inspect the Jiqu River valley area, and was welcomed and supported by some nobles and common people. The people of the Pengyu region paid tribute to him and pledged their allegiance to him, and the northern region was consolidated. In order to deal with the big nobles around him, Songzan Gampo recruited and trained soldiers in the Pengyu area, befriended the small and medium-sized nobles, and most importantly, here, Songtsen Gampo got a general, Lu Dongzan. After three years, the army was very elite. Troops began to be sent to quell the rebellion. With the people's hearts surrendered and the soldiers used their lives, the rebellion was quickly quelled, the places occupied by the rebels were captured, and the old nobles were defeated and surrendered. In this way, Songtsen Gampo completely brought the land, people, and army they occupied under the rule of Zampu, and the unity of Tibet was restored. The old aristocracy was hit hard, and they lost their original privileges. After Songtsen Gampo put down the rebellion, he had the idea of moving the capital. When he toured the Pengyu region in the north, he went to the Luo area, where the dangerous geographical situation, the beautiful wilderness, and the majestic Potala Mountain made him very fond of it. Before he put down the rebellion, he had recruited soldiers here, trained the army, established a deep relationship with the tribal leaders and people here, and won their support, and he was a member of the tribe here to quell the rebellion, and if he wanted to control this force, he could not stay away from this area. Although the area of Qiongjie and Zedang in Shannan is the birthplace of Tibet, there are ancestral graves there, but because of the murder of Lang Ri Lunzan, he has always been suspicious of the old nobles there. Compared with the small and narrow Yalong River Valley, the Jiqu River Valley is more extensive, and the Luoxu (present-day Lhasa, Tibet) is located in the lower reaches of the Jiqu River, which is the center of the Peng region, and was once the base of Subi, and has the status of the political center of the Tibetan Plateau. There are Nianqing Tanggula Mountain as a barrier in the north, Niangbo, Gongbu and other places in the east, Yangtong in the west, and Yalong River Valley in the south, with a moderate location. Moving the capital to Luo is more conducive to the defense of Subi in the north and Yangtong in the west. Due to the above considerations, after quelling the rebellion, Songtsen Gampo and the Great Minister Shangnang and others met the situation and decided to move the capital to Luo. However, there are also contradictions between the old and new nobles, such as the prime minister of Songtsen Gampo, Shang Nang, since the death of Song Gampo's uncle Non Koer, Shang Nang is the most powerful person around Songtsen Gampo, in order to curb Shang Nang, Songtsen Gampo took Shang Nang as an old minister, and has political and military talents, so he let the prime minister Shang Nang go to Subi. After defeating the resistance of the Subi, Shang Nang adopted the method of appeasement, propagated the policy of Songtsen Gampo to accept the followers, and treated the common people of Subi as well as the households of the Tubo headquarters, so that they could live and work in peace and contentment; The Suvi nobles were allowed to keep their territories and pay tribute according to the regulations, so they quickly surrendered the Suvi tribes, but Shang Nang did not return to Songtsen Gampo. Songtsen Gampo was left in the Subi area to guard. And Shang Nang's authority was completely replaced by Lu Dongzan. Also, in the southwest of Tubo, there is Yangtong in the south of Hetian, although Yangtong also participated in the rebellion when Langri Lunzan died, but when Langri Praise, he had a marriage with Tubo. In the final analysis, they were relatives who broke their bones and tendons, so Songtsen Gampo personally conscripted Yang Tong after quelling the rebellion, and Yang Tong surrendered to Tibet again. Songtsen Gampo married his sister Saimaga to the king of the sheep as a concubine, and encircled the lord of the sheep. However, I heard that the king of the sheep was very distant from the king of Saimaga and still favored the original princess, and the relationship between the king of the sheep and the lord of the sheep was very tense. In addition, in the original hometown of Tibet, in the area of Qiongjie and Zedang in Shannan, Songtsen Gampo rewarded his uncle for the support of Kol, and in order not to be left out in the tombs of his ancestors, Songtsen Gampo sealed his uncle's son Balungu in the area of Qiongjie and Zedang in Shannan, and in order to ensure the deterrence of these places, Songtsen Gampo took the initiative to send envoys to Nipolo (now Nepal) to recruit. Pai Lu Dongzan, Tunmi and others went to Nipolo to marry the princess of the king of Duck and Vama. At the beginning, I sought the Dharma in Tianzhu, on the one hand, because Princess Qizun loved Buddhism, and on the other hand, the traditional religion of Tibet, Bon, was secretly related to the old aristocracy of Tibet. After listening to Master Sanzang's narration, Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, immediately bowed in front of Master Sanzang:
"Master! It is a privilege for an apprentice to be your disciple! ”
"His Royal Highness King Wei, please hurry up! Poor monks just like to practice Buddhism on weekdays, but also like to collect folk anecdotes! Ay! I only hope that after listening to this, Your Highness will be able to help Your Highness a little! I also hope that the Buddha can forgive the poor monk, the little curiosity of the poor monk. Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, left the Sheng'en Temple, Master Sanzang watched from behind, and a strange feeling surged in his heart, Master Sanzang faced the sky and folded his hands and said:
"O Buddha! What the poor monk did this time, I don't know if it's right or wrong! Amitabha! More than ten days later, in the Taiji Hall of Chang'an, Li Jiancheng's dragon case appeared on the Zhao King Li Chengdao and Wei King Li Chenglu's strategy against Tibet. In the idea of being in the order of the young and the old, Li Jiancheng first looked at the Tubo strategy of Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao:
Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao, recently in the military department and Wuyuan, consulted the classics, demarcated the map, and felt that the conquest of Tibet was on the route, and the soldiers should be divided into three routes, all the way, with the soldiers of Bashu borrowing the road to southern Yunnan, passing through the land of the six edicts, all the way, mobilizing my troops to Longxi and Hehuang to take the Tuyuhun route, and go to Shibao City, the hometown of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, to force Tubo with a large army. All the way, the soldiers of Bashu passed through Songzhou and seized the hinterland of Tibet. The sons and ministers are superficial and omissions, please appreciate the father. After watching the performance of Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao, Li Jiancheng smiled: "Chengdao! You've grown a little bit, but you're still a little tender. First of all, Stone Castle City and the Land of the Six Edicts are not in the hands of our Li Tang now. Shibao City is located at the foot of the Sun Moon Mountain, the area from the West Stone Gorge to the Yaoshui Ditch, because the terrain is dangerous, it is known to be dangerous on three sides, only one stone path can be winded up, one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open. It is also a place where soldiers must fight, and whoever chokes the 30-mile long gorge is equivalent to controlling the Hehuang and even the Longyou region. At the beginning, Tuyuhun was strong, and Emperor Yang Guang of Sui personally conquered Tuyuhun, defeated Fu Yun, and had all his country. Therefore, this city was established on the hometown of Tuyuhun, and his subordinates defended it with heavy troops. In order to suppress the rebellious people in the Central Plains, Yang Guang transferred the garrison of Shibao City to the interior, and Fu Yun, the leader of Tuyuhun, led the people to return to his homeland. Retake Stone Castle City. Although Tuyuhun is not as powerful as before, and has been clinging to Li Tang, it may not be so easy to make Tuyuhun spit out the fat that reaches his mouth. Also, in the early Tang Dynasty, the land of the Six Edicts, many ethnic minority tribes distributed in the Erhai area merged with each other, and finally formed six large tribes, namely the Mengwei Edict, the Yue Analysis Edict, the Langqiong Edict, the Xuan Edict, the Shi Lang Edict, and the Mengshe Edict, which were called the "Six Edicts". Although these six edicts were canonized by Li Tang, they were only nominal vassals. If you really want to let the army pass through the land of the Six Edicts, it is difficult to guarantee that the Six Edicts will not have any ideas. Moreover, the army entered the land of the Six Edicts, if Tubo secretly colluded with the Six Edicts. If the army's food route is cut off, the consequences are unimaginable! After Li Jiancheng closed the book of Li Chengdao, the king of Zhao, he opened the book of Li Chenglu, the king of Wei, and as soon as he opened it, Li Jiancheng's eyes were attracted.