690, the monarch and the minister are suspicious

When the morning dynasty dispersed, everyone left satisfied, because today Tuyuhun was stripped of 20 million yuan, so that everyone could eat a lot of money. As for the next, there is no big deal, and everyone is scattered. However, Li Shimin left Jingwen behind.

"Look at it!" Li Shimin didn't say a word, and directly let Jingwen read two letters.

Jingwen didn't say anything to Li Shimin, because now Jingwen and Li Shimin are a little unhappy because of Princess Changle. Li Shimin didn't dare to kill Jingwen, because if he really killed Jingwen, wouldn't Princess Changle hate him for the rest of his life? Moreover, Li Shimin will not kill a capable minister for this family matter, but it is understandable that he has a cold attitude towards Jingwen.

Jingwen saw the letter, the first one was written in animal skin, but it was indeed written in Chinese characters. The contents of this animal skin were written by Lu Dongzan, who was far away in Tibet, to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, and hoped that he could pass on a letter to Songtsen Gampo. And this letter is a sign of loyalty, to Songtsen Gampo.

The other is a formal apology from Songtsen Gampo to the Tang Emperor, hoping that the Tang Emperor can forgive him for invading the Tang Dynasty and is willing to compensate. However, Tubo is now in turmoil, and hopes that the Tang Emperor can send troops to help him regain the rights of Zampu.

It's good now, on the one hand, he is constantly showing loyalty, and on the other hand, he wants to use Datang's forces to help him regain power. These two are completely dog-eat-dog, indicating that Jingwen's words at that time worked. Jingwen said at the time that Lu Dongzan was afraid that he would usurp the throne, and this Songtsan Gampo really took it to heart, so he took the initiative to ask Datang to send troops to help him regain his power. But Lu Dongzan immediately sent a letter to show his loyalty, which is almost the opposite, and it depends on how Li Shimin judges.

"Your Majesty, they are suspicious of each other!" Jingwen said.

And Li Shimin immediately said: "Yes, the Tibetan prime minister hurriedly sent a letter expressing his loyalty, indicating that he did not betray the idea of Tubo Zampu." But. He talked about how loyal he was throughout the article, but he didn't say that he wanted my Datang to let them go of Zampu. Therefore, the way he expresses his loyalty is also a bit backwards. ”

If you are really loyal to Songtsan Gampo, then you should ask the Tang Dynasty to let Songtsan Gampo come at any cost. However, there was only one letter explaining what he had done to Songtsen Gampo, but there was no desire to ask the Tang Dynasty to let Songtsen Gampo go back. Did he forget? Or is there some other deep-seated reason?

However, although Tibet is a small country, how can a person who can be the prime minister be a fool? So. I'm afraid that Lu Dongzan deliberately forgot to ask Datang to relax and praise Gampo to go back. This is interesting, Lu Dongzan actually wants autocratic power, and he doesn't want Songtsen Gampo to go back.

And the reason why Lu Dongzan sent this letter is actually to leave a way out for himself. Lu Dongzan didn't know the pulse of the Tang Dynasty, so he sent this letter to let Songtsan Gampo see that he was still "loyal". And if Datang let Songtsen Gampo go back, then Lu Dongzan could use this letter to prove his loyalty. Anyway, at most, it will be a return to the past situation, and I will not lose my status rights. On the contrary, he is still the prime minister of Tibet.

However, Songtsen Gampo obviously didn't know much about Lu Dongzan's thoughts, and before he saw Lu Dongzan's letter, he wrote a letter of guilt to Li Shimin, and also asked the Tang Dynasty to send troops to help him regain his rights. Now that's good. These two letters also made Li Shimin see that these two guys are probably suspicious of each other, and they are even hating each other.

Although Songtsen Gampo was only fifteen or sixteen years old. But he is also a generation of giants, and he is very suspicious. And Lu Dongzan hurried back in order to be able to resist the Tang army in time. But it was inevitable that he became a person who took power in Zamp's absence. In this case, can Songtsen Gampo not suspect him? This is simply an unsolvable problem, if Lu Dongzan does not take over the power in time, then Datang can send one or two thousand troops to clean them up, because they are simply a plate of scattered sand.

But once Lu Dongzan took over the power, then Songtsen Gampo would be suspicious of him. On the one hand, the country is completely destroyed, and on the other hand, it is suspected by its own monarch, which is not a good choice. In this case, Lu Dongzan's loyalty to the nation was suddenly higher than his loyalty to the monarch, so he chose to temporarily replace Songtsen Gampo to take over the Tibetan regime, and successfully forced the Tang army back with the help of sufficient war preparations, coupled with the climate of the plateau. But he was also suspicious of Songtsen Gampo because of this.

And Lu Dongzan of course understands that Songtsen Gampo is a generation of giants, and he is afraid that he will be very easily feared by Songtsen Gampo if he does this. Therefore, Lu Dongzan wished that Songtsen Gampo would not be able to come back in this life. After all, Lu Dongzan is not alone, he still has his own family, and the family needs to support himself. At that time, if Songtsen Gampo returns, then I am afraid that he will be very dangerous. At worst, they will lose power, and at worst, they will have to exterminate their families. Lu Dong praised him for writing this letter of loyalty, just to obey the destiny of heaven and do his best. However, this contradiction between the two sides has exposed that the two sides have been strictly suspicious of each other, and there is no trust between the monarch and the minister.

I have to say that the human heart is also a very dangerous thing. Although they used to be monarchs and ministers, but now they haven't even met, but they are already suspicious of each other. Lu Dongzan has been in Datang since he came to Datang and asked Datang to send a princess over. After that, he never saw Songtsen Gampo, who was still the most trusted person at that time, but now he has become the most dangerous and suspicious person. I have to say that the world is changing so fast, and it is so helpless.

"You say, is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, this is not necessarily a bad thing, but a great thing!" ”

"Oh? Do you still think that Tubo is the enemy of our Tang Dynasty? The population of Tibet is only a few hundred thousand, and we annihilated 50,000 elites in World War I, can they rise again? Li Shimin asked.

Even now, Li Shimin does not think that Tibet will be his worst enemy. Now Li Shimin's understanding of Tibet is still not strong enough. Therefore, he did not agree with Jingwen's judgment very much.

Jingwen replied: "According to common sense, they will not continue to rise." But ......"

"But what?" Li Shimin asked. (To be continued......)