In the first month of the first year of Guangqi and the first month of the second year of Guangqi, Li Rupei was extremely busy, Zheng Congyan's suggestion, he thought about it carefully, it is indeed feasible, once the iron-blooded army began to attack the north, then the entire focus will be shifted to the north, and there will be basically no energy to think about the affairs of Tubo at that time, so before attacking the north, it should be a wise and realistic choice to take Tubo first.

Tubo is Tibet after a thousand years, the natural environment is extremely harsh, although the iron-blooded army is extremely brave in the south, but to Tubo, to the plateau, that is, maybe, and the plateau climate is changeable, many places are hypoxic, the soldiers of the iron-blooded army, may not be able to adapt to the climate of Tubo, if the sergeant has altitude sickness, not to mention the war, it is good to be able to evacuate alive.

Even Tang Taizong Li Shimin, also adopted the way of harmony, married Princess Wencheng, let Tubo submit, the end of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo did not submit, after all, it is an independent kingdom, Tubo's Zampu is the king, Zampu under the prime minister is a person, a deputy minister, the prime minister and the vice minister, one person is in charge of internal affairs, called the inner minister, one person is in charge of criminal law, called the whole minister, in addition to the foreign affairs, foreign affairs, finance and other officials, the nine ministers headed by the prime minister are called the nine ministers of politics, locally, divided into four such as, That is, Tibetan Ru, about Ru, Wei Ru and Ye Ru, each such is divided into upper and lower branches, such as the following is a thousand households, set up a thousand household heads, five hundred household heads, one hundred household heads, ten household chiefs and so on.

These settings indicate that Tibet was ultimately an independent kingdom.

Li Rupei would never allow such a situation to exist.

In addition, Tibet has always practiced slavery, the power of the aristocracy is amazing, and the life and death of slaves are controlled at will, slaves are the private property of the nobles, without the slightest freedom, without the slightest power, and the way of executing slaves such as skinning abounds.

This is a system that Li Rupei hates. Now is not a thousand years later, what international influence should be paid attention to, etc., in this era, strength is everything, the iron-blooded army attacked Tubo, as long as the nobles of Tubo were completely wiped out, the government was set up according to the division of the Tang Dynasty, and capable officials were sent to Tubo, so that the slaves of Tubo could have food and basic freedom. will be able to firmly control the political power, so that the nobles of Tibet will not have a bright future.

Of course, this will take a long time, but unfortunately Li Rupei has time, he believes that according to his way of thinking to govern Tibet, after a hundred years, the situation in Tibet will undergo subversive changes.

Li Rupei would never have imagined that his decision to attack and completely occupy Tibet would have a great impact on history and shake the regime of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhenguan years. The strength of the Tang Dynasty is extremely strong, and in order to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo of Tubo once fought in Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and the scale of the battle was not large. The Tang Dynasty won the final victory, after which Songtsen Gampo married Princess Wencheng and expressed his submission to the Tang Dynasty, so Tang Taizong set up four military towns under the Anxi Protectorate. They are Qiuzi, Yanqi, Khotan and Shule, which are called the four towns of Anxi in history.

The four towns of Anxi played an extremely important role in Datang's control of the situation in the northwest.

After the Anshi Rebellion. The strength of the Tang Dynasty declined sharply, and Tubo took advantage of the weakening of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to occupy Longyou and Hexi Prefectures, and then occupied Beiting and the four towns of Anxi.

The loss of the four towns of Anxi, the loss of the Anxi Protectorate, and the loss of Longyou Dao have become a permanent pain for Datang.

By the time Tang Xizong succeeded to the throne, the power of Tubo and Turkic was already very strong, and the Tang Dynasty, which had lost Longyoudao, was unable to take care of these places at all, even if it was the five dynasties and ten kingdoms in history, it was not able to really recover Longyoudao, and when the Yuan Dynasty, Longyoudao and Tubo were truly under the jurisdiction of China.

Li Rupei's decision is much larger than the scale of setting up the Anxi Protectorate and the four towns of Anxi, I am afraid that Zheng Congyan, who made the proposal at the beginning, will think that he is dreaming after knowing Li Rupei's true thoughts.

Knowing that the other is invincible, the Tang Dynasty has lost control of Longyou Road for too long, and the maps of these places have long been lost, as for Tubo, there is no detailed map, and this task fell on the body of Qin Erhei, the general of the Iron and Blood Army.

The dignified general of the iron-blooded army, Qin Erhei, who had 20,000 soldiers under his command, led 500 scouts this time to start an arduous reconnaissance, this reconnaissance was full of dangers, the complexity of the region, the harsh environment, and the threat of the opponent at all times, even Li Rupei did not have enough confidence.

Li Rupei sent Qin Erhei to personally investigate, which can also show the importance he attaches to this battle.

As soon as he launched his whole body, Li Rupei needed to win not only Tubo, but also Longyoudao.

As long as the iron-blooded army can take these two places, the Turks in the north will never dare to move.

Li Rupei personally gave Qin Erhei the task, and repeatedly warned that if you encounter any danger, don't be reckless, especially the road to Tubo, which is extremely difficult, and you can't find the road, you can think of other ways, in fact, Li Rupei's idea is also loose, that is, after the Iron and Blood Army completely controls the Longyou Road, it will completely block Tubo economically, so that Tubo can be chaotic without a fight, so that the losses of the Iron and Blood Army soldiers can be reduced, but to do so, I am afraid it will take a long time, and the overall campaign deployment of Li Rupei, There will be a certain impact.

There is also a favorable aspect, that is, some merchants in the south have business contacts with Tibet, and some people know the way into Tibet.

Naturally, these people were secretly recruited to participate in the investigation.

In the eighth month of Guangqi, Qin Erhei set off with five hundred scouts, and they followed the caravan to take a historic step on the road full of crises.

The sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of Guangqi.

Cui Anqian, Zheng Congyan, Gao Chibang, Zhu Wen, Xie Yuxin and others came to the palace.

They didn't know what it was, and they didn't know why the prince summoned them.

Entering the palace and seeing the housekeeper's smile, everyone thought that there was not much of a matter, maybe the prince wanted to emphasize something, Zheng Congyan had just come back from proposing, and had just reported to Li Rupei about the propose, and when he saw the prince, he didn't notice anything strange.

Before entering the study, everyone quickly felt that the atmosphere was not ordinary.

The soldiers around the prince were waiting in the middle courtyard, and no one was allowed to approach the study, and even when everyone entered the study, they had to take out all the weapons on their bodies, and there was no smile on the face of the soldiers.

The attitude of the pro-soldier represents the attitude of the prince.

The hearts of the people were raised, and it was a sign that something great was going to happen, or something big was going to be discussed.

When everyone entered the study, they saw Li Rupei with his back to them, looking carefully at the map on the wall, which was a map that everyone had never seen before, and it was marked with a few big characters: Longyou Road, Tubo.

Everyone's hearts instantly tightened, and they vaguely understood what was going on.

When Li Rupei turned around, everyone's hearts tightened even more, and Li Rupei's face actually had tears on his face.

"You have seen the maps on the wall, although they are not very complete, but these maps are infiltrated with the blood of the scouts of the Iron Blood Army, and in order to be able to draw the map, there have been nearly a hundred casualties among the scouts."

The atmosphere in the study room was even more tense, and the combat effectiveness of the scouts, needless to say, everyone knew about it, could it be that drawing such a map would cost the lives of nearly a hundred scouts.

Li Rupei sent scouts to reconnoiter the terrain of Longyou Road and Tubo, which was the first time that everyone knew about it.

"The terrain of Tubo and Longyou Road is particularly complicated, and the scouts encountered a snowstorm on the way back, because they were caught off guard, suffered heavy losses, and were almost blocked in Tubo, if they didn't have the ability that ordinary people don't have, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to come back."

"You have seen the map, you should understand what you are going to discuss today, I don't want you to argue too much, the map drawn by the scouts with blood, as well as the steep and harsh climate and road conditions of Tubo and Longyou Road, you can't argue, attacking and occupying Tubo and Longyou Road is a certain decision, I'm afraid you don't understand, why do you spend so much energy, because you and your ideas are different."

"During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there was no complete conquest of Tubo, Tubo is still an independent kingdom, and it is still the same, in the eyes of a certain person, this kingdom should not exist, it should be under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty must set up prefectures and counties in Tubo, set up officials, and completely govern Tubo, as for those Tubo nobles who are unwilling to obey the rule, let them go to cry in front of their ancestors."

"I'm afraid you think that this idea is too bold, even absurd, remember Zhenguan years, after Emperor Taizong defeated Gaochang, ready to change Gaochang to the state and county system, Prime Minister Wei Zheng suggested, should appease the people of Gaochang, retain Gaochang's Sheji, let Gaochang's Khan continue to lead, then the Tang Dynasty's Weide spread to the wasteland, and Gaochang is far away from the Central Plains, set up states and counties, need to send thousands of people to garrison, a few years to change, such a toss, many people will die, but also to spend military funds, break up the family, In such a vicious circle, the money in the Longyou region was about to run out, and the gains outweighed the losses, and Emperor Taizong adopted Wei Zheng's suggestion that year, so that Gaochang retained Sheji and came under the leadership of the Khan. ”

"Hundreds of years have passed, what is the situation of Longyou Dao, you all know, Wei Zheng's suggestion was reasonable back then, but in the long run, this suggestion is wrong, to conquer a place, you must completely take it, to let the culture of the Tang Dynasty dominate the local area, only the culture of the Tang Dynasty becomes the mainstream here, can it be regarded as truly occupying this place."

"What Wei Zheng said makes sense, that is, setting up Fuzhou County will consume a lot of money, but such a price must be paid, it has been like this since ancient times, there is no gain without paying, in a short period of time, such a payment may be significant, but after a long time, such a payment will definitely bloom with a glory that no one can imagine." (To be continued......)