As expected, on the second day after Li Ang arrived in Shanzhou, he met the envoy of the Tang Dynasty from Tubo, and this envoy to the Tang Dynasty was none other than Lang, who had just taken over the post of the Great Critic of Tubo from Mang Bu. Plum.

The post of Tibetan Dalun is equivalent to that of the prime minister, in charge of military and diplomatic affairs. Bright? Mei Se is more pro-Tang, perhaps this is one of the reasons why he can serve as the chief commentator.

In this year, Tubo suffered a series of defeats, lost troops, lost stone forts, lost the land of the Yellow River, and Tuyuhun, one of the four major tribes, rebelled and defected to the Tang Dynasty.

Under this series of heavy blows, the state affairs of Tubo became increasingly unsuccessful, the prestige of Zampu was greatly reduced, and the hearts of the people under its jurisdiction fluctuated.

The ruler belt Zhudan also needs a pro-Tang theory, so that he can make peace with the Tang Dynasty and strive for a respite.

Li Ang's long history is nominally on the same level as the marching Sima Cui Qianyou, but Cui Qianyou is very knowledgeable and takes him as the main one everywhere, and the matter of receiving the Tibetan envoys is also handed over to Li Ang to decide.

As the saying goes, the two countries fight each other, and they don't kill them. For Lang? When the Tibetan delegation led by Mei Se arrived, Li Ang showed the demeanor of a great country and received him according to etiquette.

But on the other hand, he didn't want to make peace with Tibet, so he didn't want to let this Tibetan delegation enter Beijing.

On the main hall of the Yamen of Longyou Jiedu, Li Ang was wearing a scarlet official uniform, his expression was serious, and his eyes were like torches looking at Lang? Plum.

If it had been before, Elang? As the prime minister of a country, Mei Se will definitely put on an arrogant attitude in front of Li Ang, a long history who has risen from the fourth grade, to show the prestige of the country.

But now, what other national prestige does Tibet have?

Bright? Mei Se honestly stepped forward and saluted: "Tubo envoy Lang? Meise, meet Li Changshi. ”

Li Ang accepted his salute safely before saying, "Your envoy is exempt, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you Li Changshi!"

Wait for Lang? Mei Se sat down, and Li Ang continued: "Although the two countries are fighting each other, they will not kill them. But after all, the two countries are in a state of hostility, and at this time, what is your envoy doing here? ”

Bright? Seeing Li Ang's attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away, Mei Se's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said: "Li Changshi, the Tang Dynasty and I Tubo were originally the country of my uncle's birth, and now that the soldiers are meeting each other, it was a misunderstanding ........"

"Misunderstanding?" Li Ang interrupted him loudly, "Tubo has repeatedly offended my Jiannan, Longyou, Anxi, and especially my Anxi, and they will want to take it away quickly, which is also called a misunderstanding?" My Datang twice married the princess to Tubo, especially when Princess Wencheng married, brought countless classics and skilled craftsmen to Tubo, and taught you the knowledge of farming and weaving, so that Tubo has prospered for more than a hundred years, the country is rich and the people are strong. However, what about you Tibetans, relying on the geographical advantages, the soldiers and horses are a little prosperous, immediately invaded our frontier, wantonly plundered, most of the slaves used by Tibet for cultivation and grazing are my Tang people, may I ask the big question, can you tell me how the Tang people who were enslaved by you became your slaves? ”

Bright? Mei Se was reprimanded by Li Ang, but it was not easy to talk back, although he had a hundred ways to refute Li Ang's words, but he couldn't say it.

The right to speak is in the hands of the victor, this is an eternal truth.

Tubo was defeated one after another, in the east, the stone castle was lost, the land of Jiuqu was lost, Tuyuhun rebelled, in the west, Xiao Bolu was also lost, after Tubo lost Xiao Bolu, dozens of countries in the Western Regions fell to the Tang Dynasty one after another.

The situation is stronger than the people, Lang? Mei Se was ordered by Zhu Dan this time to sue for peace, in this case, he went to refute Li Ang's words, isn't that crazy?

Bright? Mei Se lowered her posture and replied: "Li Changshi, between the two countries, it is inevitable that some generals will open the border because they are greedy for military merits. In the past, we Zampu misused Mangbu Zhi as a big theory, Mangbu Zhi had bad intentions, constantly provoked misunderstandings between the two countries, and trapped our Zampu in injustice, and now the Mang Bu Zhi clan has been severely punished by our Zampu decree, and their relatives have all been ambushed. We, Zampu, have always been in awe of Datang, and are willing to reconcile with Datang generations and rest forever. ”

Bright? Mei Se put all the blame on the previous great discussion of Mangbu Branch, and Tubo Zampu Ruler Belt Zhudan had not long purged the Dayan Department to which Mangbu Zhi belonged, and now it was just used as a scapegoat.

Tubo's great theory is in charge of diplomacy and military affairs, and this scapegoat is really suitable. The Tibetan monarchs and ministers have thought really carefully, and it can be said that such an excuse can be described as grandiose.

Li Ang didn't refute this, he still said with a serious face: "Since you said so, it is tantamount to admitting that the disputes between the two countries in the past were all provoked by Tubo, as for who in Tubo provoked it, it was your Tubo business, and I Datang only knew that we were violated." If you Tubo really have the sincerity to repair, you should let you Zampu apologize to my Tang Emperor, and in addition, release all the Tang people who were taken captive as slaves by you to show the sincerity of the repair. ”

The two conditions put forward by Li Ang are not difficult to do if the ruler takes Zhu Dan to admit his mistake and apologize, the countries or tribes around the Tang Dynasty will bow down and surrender if they can't beat it, which has long been commonplace, and Tubo is no exception, every time he is defeated, he does so.

The key is the second point, which is not easy. The political system of Tibet belongs to the tribal alliance system, and the captive population is the private property of various ethnic departments, while the population of Tibet is not large, and it depends to a large extent on the grazing and farming of prisoners of war and captive slaves.

Now Li Ang wants Tubo to release all the captive population, how can this matter be so simple, even if Zampu Qi and Zhudan order to release people, I am afraid that the people of various tribes will not agree, maybe it will cause the Tubo people to be seriously dissatisfied with Zampu.

But from the standpoint of Datang, Li Ang's request is not excessive, you have taken my people captive, and now you want to make a truce and repair, I will let you release the captive people back, which is understandable.

This is Lang? Mei Se was stumped, and he said in a stumbling voice: "Li Changshi...... We in Tibet have always been kind to our neighbors, as Li Changshi said...... The abduction of the people of the Tang Dynasty, although I dare not say that the border guards did not have this kind of behavior at all, but there will not be many of them, so I will send a letter back and ask us to order a thorough investigation of this matter, if it ...... If there are really captured people of the Tang Dynasty, they will definitely be ordered to be released back ......"

Who wouldn't do Tai Chi? Li Ang sneered: "It seems that your country's heart for repairing is not sincere, a few months ago I took fifty light horsemen deep into Tibet, do you say that I really relied on fifty light horsemen to break through the city?"

Let me tell you, I have found a large number of slaves in every Tibetan tribe, half of whom are my Tang people. I rescued them, and they followed me on their own initiative, so that in a few days I increased my men by nearly a thousand;

This is only the young and strong men among them, if you count the old and weak women and children, the number is even more amazing. It can be seen from this that among the various tribes of your Tibet, there are a large number of people who have been taken captive from our Tang Dynasty;

What is it to tell me now is just a private act of the border generals, and the number of people who have been taken captive will not be very large, and they are simply talking nonsense with their eyes open, without a trace of sincerity;

In this case, there is nothing to talk about between our two countries, and I will send troops to rescue the captive people, please go back, and we will see you on the battlefield in the future. ”

After Li Ang finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, ignoring Lang at all? Plum's scream.

I didn't want to negotiate peace with Tubo at this time, and negotiating peace would only give Tubo a chance to breathe, which would not benefit Datang at all.

Tubo is located on the plateau, the living environment is harsh, and the living materials are scarce. From the perspective of geographical environment, the aspect that Tubo can expand outward is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so there is a structural contradiction between the two in terms of strategy. Unless Tubo is beaten down, he will always be the biggest threat to Datang.

Bright? Mei Se was ordered by the ruler to bring Zhu Dan to come to the Tang Dynasty to ask for peace, he thought that he could still say a few soft words as before, and he would be able to deal with the past, but this time he met Li Ang, and he did not agree with each other, and immediately expelled them, and did not give him the opportunity to go to Chang'an to meet the Tang Emperor at all.

Bright? The plum color was driven back, and the marching Sima Cui Qianyou felt a little uneasy, and ran to Li Ang and said: "Li Changshi, just expel the Tubo envoy from the country, I'm afraid it's not good, Tubo is located on the plateau, it is difficult to really calm down, my Datang still has to repair with it after all, otherwise it will be stationed in heavy defense every year, even if the battle can be won, but how much Tang treasury revenue nearly half of the year will be wasted on the defense of Tubo, in the long run, it will not be a way!" ”

Cui Qianyou's idea is not unreasonable, and it can be expected that a large number of officials in the DPRK and China hold his opinion, since it is difficult to destroy Tibet, even if he can win a few big battles, at most it will only make Tibet stop for a while, so why bother? It is better to be like Emperor Taizong back then, in a friendly way, to repair Tubo and calm the people.

Li Ang said firmly: "Cui Sima, the method of showing favor to Tubo, I have been trying it for more than a hundred years in Datang, please make the facts clear, the effect is not very ideal, now is the time to change your thinking;

The saint is eloquent and strategic, aiming to pacify the four yi, and lay a foundation for the Tang Dynasty to inherit the peace. When I returned to Longyou this time, the Holy Lord's will for me was to strive to further weaken Tibet, or even pacify it, instead of allowing us to negotiate peace with Tibet;

Cui Sima, as a holy courtier, we should act according to the holy order, Cui Sima, to tell the truth, if it were not for the holy order, how would I dare to expel the Tibetan envoys from the country without authorization? ”

Wang Zhongsi used to hang the handsome seal of the Four Towns Festival, cow, right? The result was not that he was sentenced to death for disobeying the holy decree, Li Ang carried the emperor out, where did Cui Qianyou dare to say it again, he nodded again and again: "Since Li Changshi is acting according to the order, this is good, this is good!" ”

Li Ang continued: "Cui Sima, now that the chief official of Longyou is vacant, and the Tubo envoy is expelled, it is difficult to guarantee that Zhu Dan will not be angry and take risks. We need to strengthen our precautions! (To be continued.) )