Potala Palace, the administrative palace of Tubo Zampu. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

The red lacquered wooden couch from the Tang Dynasty is placed on the top, draped in a royal robe similar to the robe of Tibetan Buddhism in later generations, and the young Zanpu Mangsong Mangzan and Zanmeng Chimaren sit on it together, the treasure is solemn, majestic like a Bodhisattva, and everyone's eyes seem to be sharp to pierce people's hearts.

Around this, the generous face of Ren Yaxiang, the envoy of Chang'an who bowed down with big sleeves, was still inevitably full of triumph, and his beard was curled, and he couldn't help but bow down with a smug smile.

"Tang envoy Ren Yaxiang, meet Zanpu, Zanmeng, I don't know if the two of you can think about it, are you willing to form an alliance with my Tang Dynasty and continue the good of Weng's son-in-law when the first emperor was located?"

In the past, it was bought by two families, and Tubo could raise the price arbitrarily, but now only one of them is left, and Ren Yaxiang has a full grasp of the contract with Tubo, because he offended Fujian, Tubo has no other choice but to rely on the Tang Dynasty.

And to win the Tubo to the Tang Dynasty is of great significance, it is equivalent to the northwest defense depth of thousands of kilometers, completely cut off the possibility of Fujian from the flank attack Guanzhong, if successful, the offensive and defensive posture will be turned, only Chang'an threatens the Lingnan of Fujian, Fujian only has the ability to parry and has no power to fight back.

If it succeeds, Ren Yaxiang can imagine the reuse he gets when he returns to China, and he may be able to rank among the prime ministers! Thinking of this, Ren Yaxiang's excited body trembled a little.

However, sitting on the top, Chi Maren's voice was even more cold and stiff.

"This problem has been studied by this palace and your envoy before, as long as Chang'an supports me with one million stones of rice and grain in Tubo every year, I will form a firm alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and set up a monument under the Sacred Mountain and the Potala Palace to form an alliance, and never rebel!"

mentioned this issue again, looking at the stiff faces of Chi Ma Lun and the others, Ren Ya couldn't help but be stunned, this problem has been stuck in Chang'an and Tubo for as many as a few months, I thought that this time I isolated the Fujian country, and the two of Zampu would not mention it with interest, but they didn't want the two of them to mention it again, especially looking at Chi Ma Lun's tone, this condition will never be compromised.

But the problem is that if Datang had taken it out, he would have agreed a long time ago.

Because of the development of technology, the grain output of the Tang Dynasty was about a quarter more than that of the Han Dynasty, and it is recorded in the "New Tang Dynasty Book, Food and Goods Chronicle" that in Gyeonggi, one mu per field, the official tax is five liters, and the private rent, the one stone per mu, is twenty times the official tax.

The landlord's rent collection rate is 5/10, and the fertile land in Gyeonggi is about two stones per mu, which is the fertile land of Gyeonggi, and if it is averaged to the world, there is still one stone per mu.

During the Tang Dynasty, the maximum amount of land reclaimed was 8 million to 8.5 million hectares, and the annual control of more than 60 million stones in the hands of the imperial court was calculated by collecting five liters of rent, and after deducting the tax-exempt classes such as nobles, officials, and families, there were about 30 million stones.

In ancient times, the traffic was not smooth, and 30 million stones were scattered all over the country, and after being transported to the major warehouses in Beijing and Luoyang, even if there was a minimum discount, there were about 20 million stones left, which was still the Tang Dynasty, and during the Kaiyuan period, the early Tang Dynasty could have 15 million stones in Li Zhi's warehouse every year, which could already make Li Zhile happy.

Even if the government soldier system is implemented, the government soldiers still need to be supported by the imperial court, more than 200,000 soldiers in Luoyang, and more than 200,000 soldiers in Luoyang, but also to support the nobles of the dynasty, civil and military officials, especially Li Zhi is still building Daming Palace and other palaces and mausoleums in Guanzhong, sending troops to Liaodong is a job of burning grain, there have been many disasters in the Central Plains in recent years, resulting in a reduction in production, the emperor's grain depot is tight, and it also depends on trade with Fujian, where can Ren Yaxiang find a million stone grain for Tubo?

"Please also ask the lord to change one condition, the lord has always wanted my Datang iron tools, cultivators, agricultural books, etc., these can be discussed!" After hesitating for a moment, Ren Yaxiang threw out a new condition.

It's a pity that Chi Malun is very persistent, and he persistently shook his head full of turquoise jade braids, and said very firmly: "Grain 700,000 stones!" Tibet doesn't want gold and silver, craftsmen, children, monks, just food! 700,000 stones, no less! ”

"This."

This next Yaxiang is depressed, why is this Tubo person so stubborn? After hesitating for a few minutes, sweat was on his forehead, and Ren Yaxiang trembled and put forward new conditions.

"Why don't I make peace with Tubo again? Your Majesty marries a daughter and Zampu, and the dowry is not lower than that of Princess Wencheng into Tibet? With the fine craftsmen of my Tang Dynasty, the lord of the country can build a city like Chang'an, reclaim a contiguous field, and create weapons and armor that are not even weaker than the Tang army! ”

Waved his sleeves high, just like selling insurance, Ren Yaxiang's old face was full of temptation, but unfortunately after talking for a long time, Chi Malen still shook his head stiffly.

"As long as Tibet has grain, no affinity, no craftsmen, no gold and silver!"

This next Yaxiang has no choice, the negotiation has come here, and this Guanzhong family can't help but talk about it, except for a belly of anger, he flicked his sleeves with annoyance.

"Don't be strong! The alliance with the Tang Dynasty is a win-win situation for both the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetans, and my lord is merciful, so he is willing to send money and materials to support the allies! Tubo is a big country in the snowy region, how can it be so open-mouthed? Mo Tubo people don't know etiquette, righteousness and shame? ”

This is a bit heavy, but looking at Ren Yaxiang's gloomy face, Chi Malen was surprisingly not angry, but was silent for a long time, and then asked again: "If I invest in Tubo and use Tubo's cattle, sheep, turquoise, ghee and other specialties to buy grain from Datang, how many tens of thousands of stone of grain can I market with each other every year?"

I really can't figure out why the lord of Tubo is on the bar with grain? However, Ren Yaxiang still calculated carefully, and finally drew two hands with a ruthless pen.

"100,000 stone grain!"

Listening to this number, Zampu Mangsong Mangzan's body shook obviously, and Chimaren's upright body also softened.

"In addition to the mutual market of grain, my Datang cloth brocade, silk wine can also be exchanged for the market, and the weapons of the mutual market can also be exchanged! Also" In a hurry, Ren Yaxiang said a lot more, but unfortunately Mangsong Mangzan waved his hand tiredly: "Zampu needs to think about it again, your envoy will go down first."

"Lord of the Nation"

"Your Excellency, please!"

Seeing that Chi Ma Lun stood up, his big sleeves swung out of the door, he said with an unhappy face, and arched his fist stupidly, and Ren Yaxiang walked out in a dull manner.

Before he could go far, Mangsong Mangzan had already jumped up from the couch in a rage, and smashed the Tang porcelain vase next to him to the ground, the fragile vase was broken into countless pieces, Mangsong Mangzan was still full of hideousness, and he scolded wildly with anger.

"What Heavenly Empire is in the upper country, it can't even take out hundreds of thousands of stone grain! Swindler! Swindler! ”

However, after roaring angrily for a long time, Mangsong Mangzan was weak again, and asked tremblingly, "Zanmeng, what are we going to do?"

A pair of ordinary Tubo people, the delicate fists are clenched tightly, but Chi Malun is also silent.

The relationship between Tibet and Fujian is very similar to that between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia in the later period, of course, not in the early Ming Dynasty, but after the period of Altan Khan in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

The establishment of the Ming Dynasty was in the case of expelling the Mongolian nobles from the Central Plains, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia for more than 100 years was simply incompatible, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty sent Lan Yu to capture the capital of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Hala and Lin, completely crushed the Northern Yuan regime, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di led an army of 500,000 to conquer the Mongolian desert five times, and countless tribes were wiped out under the blow of the Ming army.

But in this way, instead of defeating the Mongols, getting rid of the rich offerings of the Central Plains, the poorer and poorer Mongolia restored the fierceness of the ancestors.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, which had abandoned many strongholds outside the Guan, was unable to continue the war with the Mongols, and had to open the border passes for mutual markets.

Even in the later period, after more than ten years of suppressing the peasant uprising, the Ming Dynasty Jiubian had run out of troops, and the Mongols were still unable to invade the border, and they were so weak that they were easily conquered by Houjin Nurhachi.

Fujian adopted the strategy of the late Ming Dynasty to deal with Tibet, opening up the border gates, and actively interacting with each other to take the initiative, and the Tubo people in Uttar Pradesh handed over 500,000 stone of grain and rice every year, and the amount of 1 million stone was the lowest amount of mutual trade between Fujian and Tibet in the past years.

The abundant grain fed a large number of Tibetan people, originally hungry, diseased, the average age of the Tibetan people was only thirty, and now it has grown to more than forty, with foreign imports, and the technology brought by Princess Wencheng was robbed by Li Jie, a traveling ghost, the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Tibet has been slow in recent years, and the barley planted on the land that has been reclaimed with great difficulty has also been taken by the noble slave owners to make a large amount of wine.

The barley wine from the plateau is even sold back to Fujian, which requires grain.

Every year, Lu Dongzan's means of controlling the various tribes of Tubo are even related to this, the central court of Tubo has the right to exchange markets with Fujian, and one of the important points of the annual alliance is that the Dongdai, the tribes pay tribute to the lord of Tubo, in exchange for a large amount of grain and Tang goods.

But now, Chimaren and Mangsong Mangtan relied on the Wulu clan to oust the Gar family, but they lost so much food and foreign aid, a large number of civilian slaves starved to death, and the quality of life of a large number of nobles declined, who would support Dai Zampu?

Especially at this juncture, the northern border is still unstable.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chi Maren could only shake his head helplessly.

"There are still hundreds of thousands of stone grains in Zampu's granary, which should be able to cope with this alliance, and the concubine's father should be able to defeat the northern captives when he leads the army, but the matter of breaking off diplomatic relations with the Fujian State must be hidden from the ministers!"

Thinking that all the grain that had been accumulated in his granary with great difficulty was going to be taken out, Mangsong Mangzan's young face couldn't help but tremble with distress.