624. Tibet is different from history
After Jingwen dispersed, he immediately came to the general affairs headquarters of Datang, planning to get some intelligence files to see. Jingwen has always been very confused, if Jingwen's memory is not problematic, according to the original history of this period of Tibet, it should still be in a time of civil strife. Historically, when Songtsen Gampo was thirteen years old in the third year of Zhenguan, his father, the predecessor of Tubo, Zanpu, was poisoned to death, and then his relatives and courtiers rebelled one after another, and Tubo fell into civil strife. And there should be no counterinsurgency in history, let alone any envoys sent over. But now Tubo actually sent someone over, and proposed to Emperor Li Shimin, wanting to marry the princess. This is obviously very weird, is Tibet already peaceful? If they are all a mess, then where will they have the opportunity to come and marry the princess? So, Jingwen wanted to know what was going on here, so he came to the security department of the general affairs headquarters.
"Jieshuai, what kind of wind blew you here?" Qiao Shiwang said.
Qiao Shiwang, that is, the concubine of Princess Luling, Li Shimin's brother-in-law. And more than a year ago, he also had a comradeship with Jingwen and helped Jingwen to attack the Turks. But now he is Lang Zhong of the security department of the general affairs headquarters, mainly responsible for reviewing intelligence and security work. Now Datang's intelligence organization has not been established, and it relies on the intelligence department of the border guards to collect intelligence, and then collect it to the security for storage. However, when a professional intelligence organization is established in the future, a special intelligence organization will be established, instead of bringing intelligence files to the security department. And Qiao Shiwang was also doing intelligence work before, and it is not impossible for him to be in charge now. Now that Jingwen wants to check the archives about Tubo, he naturally came to find Qiao Shiwang.
"Old Qiao, I don't talk nonsense, I want to find information about Tubo, do you have it here?" Jingwen asked.
And Qiao Shiwang immediately said: "I want information about Tibet, there is!" However, we don't have much information about Tibet. They were all obtained by the Western Army and the Southern Army, and they were not very valuable. This is still because you reminded the brothers, so the brothers paid attention to Tubo, otherwise I am afraid that Tubo is a place thousands of miles away, who of us will care? Therefore, the information of Tubo is not a top secret, and I can call the shots for you. ”
Soon, Qiao Shiwang asked people to take out the information of Tubo, and then explained everything to Jingwen.
"We don't know much about it. We only know now that they are a kingdom on the plateau. And they were all farther away in Tuyuhun before, and we had limited knowledge before. According to what I heard, Tibet had already occupied a large part of the area before. But their king, known as the Zampu, was poisoned in the third year of Zhenguan. After being poisoned, there was a great chaos in Tibet, officials and relatives rebelled, and many once conquered tribes wanted to restore the country, so the Tibetan Plateau can be said to be chaotic! Qiao Shiwang said.
Jingwen nodded. This was similar to what he had known in his previous life, and there was nothing surprising. But why is it that now that the Tibetan fever has settled down, and an envoy has been sent to the Tang Dynasty to ask for relatives?
"And what's next?" Jingwen asked.
Qiao Shiwang then looked at the information and said, "That Tubo's current Zampu." is the son of the former Zampu, and his name is Songtsen, who has been a versatile man since he was a child, proficient in martial arts and leading soldiers. But at the age of thirteen. His father was poisoned, and he ran out. He immediately organized an army of tens of thousands of men, and then put down the rebellion within a year. And now. He seems to have moved the capital to a place called Rak. The Logos were originally a wasteland, but Songtsen Zanpu built a city on it and became the new capital of Tibet. ”
However, Jingwen seemed to have seen a ghost, because according to the original history, it took Songtsen Gampo three years to put down the rebellion. But now it has been completed in less than a year, and with one year left, the capital was moved ahead of schedule, and envoys were sent to carry out diplomatic work with the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that the historical process of Tibet has been progressing out of thin air for several years, what is the reason for this? And what is the reason for the rise of Tibet earlier than in the original history? Jingwen thinks that every time he affects Tibet, why has Tibet become so powerful? Songtsam Gampo stabilized the country two years in advance, and courted Datang three years in advance, and next, I don't know what will be able to advance it! This made Jingwen feel a burst of pressure, what the hell is going on!
"What went wrong?" Jing Wen thought anxiously in his heart.
"However, this Tibetan relationship with us was also good. We had a lot of business contacts with Tibet, and many of the war horses of our Tang Army were purchased from Tibet. And after the civil strife in Tibet, that Songtsen Zampu successfully persuaded my officials in charge of border trade in the Tang Dynasty not to buy war horses from the rebels, but to buy them with them. This allowed Tubo to do business with my Datang and get a lot of money. Qiao Shiwang said.
"Eight Tooth Road!" Jingwen couldn't help but use a Japanese national scolding.
Jingwen finally knew what was going on, this was all the butterfly effect brought by himself. Because a few years ago, Jingwen once told the emperor that he wanted to trade war horses with various ethnic groups in the Western Regions and Southern Xinjiang to use them as a reserve for war horses. And this policy was perfected by the Taifu Temple, who was in charge of horse administration, and then the Tang Dynasty traded tea and war horses for the war horses of the southwest ethnic minorities. And Tubo may have taken advantage of this time to use war horses in exchange for Jingwen's tea, and obtained a lot of economic power through guò tea.
And Songtsen Gampo persuaded the officials in charge of border trade to do business with them only, not with the rebels. This allowed Songtsen Gampo to gain a great deal of economic power, and then to raise more and more powerful armies than in history, thus putting down the rebellion within a year. Moreover, because of the private trade with the Tang Dynasty, the economic strength of Tubo is much better than in history, so it is not impossible to move the capital in advance. Anyway, the Tibetans are those nomadic peoples, and they don't have too many pots and jars, so as long as they have money, they can move the capital at any time.
It can be said that this qiē is caused by Jingwen. In order to reserve war horses for Datang for a few years, the prospect of Wen actually evolved into a butterfly effect, which made Songtsen Gampo rise in advance. Therefore, this Songtsan Gampo can be said to be fattened by Jingwen. (To be continued......)