Li Qinzai's plan was to calculate the political situation in Tibet and the psychology of Zan Xiruo.

Lu Dongzan has passed away, his authority is gradually lost, his son is the prime minister, the position is not stable, after a fight for the position of the prime minister, there must be many political enemies who hate him.

Otherwise, why did you come to the Tang Dynasty to congratulate you for no reason? His aim was to deal with the external problems first, and then turn back to concentrating on dealing with political opponents.

How could Li Qinzai not take advantage of such an opportunity?

So Li Qinzai simply took advantage of Zanxiruo's suspicion of political enemies and came up with a trick of being stabbed in Chang'an City.

No one instructed Zan Xiruo what he would think, but Li Qinzai was sure that Zan Xiruo would think so.

Zanxiruo would have thought that the political enemies of Tibet had instructed the assassins to kill Li Qinzai in order to kill people with a knife, but Zanxiruo had fallen into a whirlpool, and he was not a person who had to sit idly by and save himself.

I heard that the Datang officials had captured the murderer, and Zan Xiruo's identity could not go to the prison of the Criminal Department to see the murderer, and he was also a suspect, so it was impossible for him to see him.

But if Zan Xi has no doubt about the origin of the murderer, it must be related to Tibet.

If Datang has confirmed that the assassination was instigated by the Tubo people, what will the Son of Heaven do next?

If you want to cry, do you still need to guess? Su Dingfang has been summoned to the palace, and the famous general Xue Rengui has also been urgently recalled from the Haidong battlefield, what else can Datang do? Of course, it was a war with Tibet.

According to Zan Xiruo's analysis before, it is impossible for Datang to support a big war in three or five years, which is just Zan Xiruo's personal speculation.

In fact, there are many variables in this speculation, the biggest variable is that Li Qinzai was assassinated by the Tubo people, and now people lie in the mansion and do not know whether they are alive or dead, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Li Qinzai is well known to the world, not only in state affairs, but also in personal relations.

Under such a friendship, Li Qinzai was innocently killed, and it is difficult to say what choice the Tang Dynasty will make, even if this choice is not wise.

The sudden summoning of the military generals by the Son of Heaven is already a very obvious signal.

"We must save ourselves," Zan Xiruo sat in the pavilion house, his expression was extremely solemn: "If we don't do something, there will be a big disaster in Tibet!" ”

The deputy envoy said with a bitter face: "Li Jungong was stabbed, we didn't do it, isn't this wronged." ”

Zan Xiruo said coldly: "We didn't do it, but it is very likely that those people in Tubo did it." ”

"The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty doesn't care how the factions of the Tubo court fight, he just needs to know that the Tubo people did it, and then Tubo is his enemy."

The deputy envoy was extremely aggrieved, Tubo is also a strong country, and the powerful envoy was wronged in a foreign country, but he couldn't defend himself, which was really uncomfortable.

"Prime minister, should we immediately ask the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to resign and go back to Tubo to verify the case?" The deputy envoy asked.

Zan Xiruo shook his head: "Can't go, things must have a result, if nothing else, the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven should have the heart of conquest against Tubo, we must stop the idea of the Tang Dynasty Emperor, otherwise the battle of Tubo may be destroyed......"

His expression became more and more bitter, and he sighed: "Today is different from the past, today's Datang, the army's combat power has become more and more powerful, especially their firearms, which are even more indestructible. ”

According to Zanxiruo's plan, after succeeding to the post of Tibetan prime minister, he must first adopt a strategic defensive position militarily in the next three to five years, then eliminate political enemies, develop the domestic people's livelihood, train troops and expand the army, and so on.

This is a process of gradually accumulating chips in hand, but when you first come to Datang, you are destroyed.

If you follow the script of the Tang Dynasty, within three or two years, Tubo will be destroyed.

"First defend yourself to the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty!" Zan Xiruo gritted his teeth and said: "The assassination may have been done by the Tubo people, but it was definitely not done by our mission, the Tang Dynasty Emperor understood this, and then he could talk to them." ”

"What to talk about? How to talk? The deputy envoy asked.

Zan Xiruo sighed and said, "Datang has seized the initiative through the assassination case, and Tubo must pay a certain price." ”

The deputy envoy said unwillingly: "Shouldn't Tubo also give us an explanation?" ”

Zan Xiruo's face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "Of course I have to give an explanation, but not now, let's solve the matter of Datang first." ”

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In addition to expressing his regret and grief for Li Jungong, the greater length of the recital is to explain and defend himself.

In short, the assassination case has nothing to do with the Tibetan mission, and there is a debtor who is wronged.

It's a pity that after Zanxiruo's Song Shu entered the Taiji Palace, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no movement, and Li Zhi didn't react at all, so he hung the Tubo Mission in the pavilion.

And in the Chang'an court, an even bigger storm has begun to brew.

After Li Zhi summoned Su Dingfang, the monarch and ministers did not know what they discussed in the palace.

The next day, Su Dingfang suddenly went up and asked the Son of Heaven to rectify the soldiers, horses, grain, grass and ordnance and conquer Tibet.

The reason for the requisition is very legitimate and reasonable, the Tubo country has bad intentions and assassinates the heroes of the Tang Dynasty, for the Tang Dynasty, this is a very bad provocation, the Tang Dynasty has lost the national weapon, how can it not be killed?

Su Dingfang's sparseness set off stormy waves in the court.

Not really, right? Because a hero was assassinated, he had to conquer Tibet?

Haidong has not yet been flattened, how can Datang withstand another war in the west?

What about the soldiers? What about grain and grass? What about ordnance? What about the generals who lead the army?

Su Dingfang's recital immediately aroused widespread opposition from the court's courtiers.

The emperor was angry and rejuvenated, and unwise actions would inevitably lead to inauspicious consequences, and there was a sound of angry scolding and refutation in the golden hall of the court, but Su Dingfang stood in the court, and the old god was there, closing his eyes and raising his spirits, and turning a blind eye to the verbal criticism and writing of the ministers.

Xu Jingzong, the right minister, jumped out at this time, yes, it was a critical moment again, as the gold medal henchman of the Son of Heaven, Xu Jingzong certainly knew where to sit on his ass.

Other courtiers don't know the inside story, but Li Zhi will not hide it from Xu Jingzong, he needs Xu Jingzong to speak for him.

So Xu Jingzong knows very well that the whole thing is actually a play, since it is a play, how can he not participate in this golden supporting role?

So Xu Jingzong decisively cooperated with Su Dingfang and stood on the golden palace to reason with facts.

He held his head high and clearly supported Su Dingfang, and told the ministers that the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Tibet, and the assassination of Li Jungong was only the fuse, not the main reason.

The real main reason is that Haidong is flat, and among the neighboring countries around the Tang Dynasty, the only remaining strong enemy is Tibet.

If Tubo is destroyed, the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty will reach an unprecedented grand occasion in China for thousands of years, and the military generals in the palace will also leave a strong mark in the history.

For Datang, the extermination of Tibet is the last trembling, are you sure you don't want to give it a try?

As for the soldiers' food and grass, as long as they decide to do it, those are small problems, as the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Jingzong guarantees that he can fully allocate the granaries of the Tang states, and it is not a big problem to support a big war in one or two years.

As soon as the sky was overwhelmed, the ministers in the palace gradually fell silent.

Many people are starting to think that this old thing seems to make sense.

The last trembling, to do it or not to do it? Li Jungong was stabbed, which is an excellent reason for Datang to start a war, if you miss this time, the next time Datang wants to use a knife against Tubo, I am afraid that the excuse will be difficult to find.

(End of chapter)