Meanwhile.

Changan.

The city is still full of Sumi.

The funeral of Emperor Li Yuan continued.

As the founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty, his funeral was naturally more grand and grand.

In addition, the princes and clan relatives from all over the country have returned to Chang'an recently, and the situation in the court has become complicated.

Of course, the so-called vassal kings of various places are actually Li Yuan's heirs.

It's quite interesting to say, since Li Chengqian's westward journey, although many of Li Er's princes have reached the age of the future, none of Li Er's have been released.

All stayed in Chang'an.

This has been a good thing in the past.

After all, the closer you are to the hub, the greater the chances in the future.

But now, hehe, that's not a good thing.

In fact, they all understood that Li Er's move was because he didn't want to have a strong son anymore.

After all, for him today, there is a big difference between killing his brother and killing his son.

On this day, as soon as the kings who returned to Beijing finished guarding Li Yuan's spirit, the group came to the side hall to rest.

That's good if there are more sons, and there are no shortage of people at twelve o'clock.

Rubbing his legs, Han King Li Yuanchang said: "By the way, which of you has news of the sixth brother, when has this been, and he hasn't come back yet?" ”

The sixth brother he said was naturally Li Yuanjing, the king of Zhao.

It's also quite interesting to say, in the past, the relationship between their brothers was average, but since Li Er ascended the throne, they, the concubines of the emperor, have become nervous.

Now that Li Yuanjing has a foothold in the northwest, they are very concerned.

After all, isn't this for them to stand on the front foot.

If this path can be followed, it will also be good news for them.

In the past few years, Li Yuanjing has been working hard in the northwest, and their brothers have also supported him.

It's not for anything else, it's just to leave a way out for yourself.

"No news." Li Yuanli rubbed his legs and said, "Speaking of which, there has been no news from the sixth brother for a while. ”

Since Li Yuanjing gained a foothold in Qingshuichuan, these brothers have also tried their best to help Li Yuanjing gain a firm foothold, and as for the state capital under their rule, they dare not move.

But it is precisely because of this that their support for Li Yuanjing is only like that.

After all, my life is tight.

Speaking of this, Li Yuanjing looked back cautiously, and then said in a low voice: "Sixth brother, this is a disaster, Originally, Your Majesty just wanted to deal with Gao Minglai, but as a result, he hit the rabbit with grass, and he became the fish in the pond that was affected."

If he comes back this time, the future will be worrying, and our efforts over the years will be in vain. ”

"Not necessarily." Li Yuanjia said, "If Gao Ming comes back, then it will be called cuddling the grass and beating the rabbit, and now Gao Ming is not coming back, how can he cuddle the grass and beat the rabbit?"

A small Shimizu River, do you think Your Majesty will care? ”

Everyone was silent, and now they can't see through the situation.

Although he was born royal and knows more than others, it is like that.

may be placed in other eras, maybe they are a momentary masterpiece, but in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, they really can't make any waves.

"Speaking of which, Gao Ming, this kid really has him." Li Yuanchang said, "Quietly came to this point? You see, if it weren't for this kid, where would we, brothers, have the opportunity to get together again?

Everyone's return to Chang'an for funeral?

Historically, this has been unprecedented! ”

The relationship between Li Yuanchang and Li Chengqian is still good, you must know that in the original history, this guy was the only guy who stood on Li Chengqian's side to assist him in his rebellion.

Of course, he was given death because of this.

Until now, he hadn't realized that Li Chengqian's departure had saved his life.

"Okay, now that my father has died, let's be honest in the future, Gao Ming is such a toss, in the future, I am afraid that our life will not be easy."

Saying that, Li Yuanli also had a melancholy face.

As soon as Li Yuan died, the only person who could protect them was gone, and of course, there were still rituals to bind Li Er.

But is Li Er a person who preaches etiquette?

For a moment, everyone fell silent, at this moment, they really hoped that Li Yuanjing could withstand the pressure and not come back, so that they would have a way out in the future.

On the other side, Li Er looked at the eight-hundred-mile expedited movement sent by the eldest grandson Wuji, and his face became gloomy.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Er, whose face was gloomy, and asked in a low voice.

Since Li Chengqian didn't come back, Li Er's face actually hasn't been better.

Of course, now is the time of the big funeral, which is normal, after all, the father who just died, can't be full of spring breeze, right?

"Hmph." Li Er snorted coldly and said, "King Zhao can't come back, and now, Daming's left servant shoots Puxiruo and is leading his people to attack Qingshui River." ”

"What's that?" Fang Xuanling was stunned, what is this?

Li Jing heard something wrong and asked, "It's just a clansman?" Not the army of the Ming Dynasty?

No, when this Platts Department followed His Royal Highness, there were only a few hundred, and even after so many years of development, the clansmen were at most thousands.

The key is that these thousands of people, and most of the children, how did they attack the Qingshui River?

Even if the Shimizu River is weak, it is not something that a small Platts can violate, right? ”

Fang Xuanling also nodded, isn't this a trouble?

"You may not believe it, but a few years ago, a descendant of this Platts disappeared many years ago.

Not only the Platts department, but there were still many missing children in Sun Moon Mountain at that time, and they have not been found for so many years.

No, there are clues that these missing children have appeared in the Shimizu River.

Pu Xiru organized the tribe that lost the child that year and found the Qingshui River together.

But an interesting thing happened, Yuan Jing didn't know anything about it, and he was in a hurry to return to Chang'an, so he sent Puxiruo and the others away at will.

Puxi Runaken immediately organized various tribes to rush into the Qingshui River to find someone by himself.

In this way, Qingshuichuan is gone, and the two sides are entangled, although Puxiruo is invincible, but he has accumulated a lot of contacts in Daming for so many years, and he is also calling friends at the moment, and the war is fighting.

No, Li Yuanjing, the king of Zhao, was still on his way to Chang'an, so he rushed back in a hurry.

Well, it may not be long before the letter of state from the court of Da Zhao will be delivered. ”

After listening to Li Er's words, everyone was stunned.

This......

Fools can tell that there must be something in this, but no one can say a word.

However, they also realized that this matter was inseparable from Li Chengqian.

This guy, not only did he not come back, but even Li Yuanjing was left behind.

This made everyone puzzled.

In fact, as long as Li Chengqian doesn't come back, Li Er may not do anything to Li Yuanjing.

On the contrary, Li Chengqian's toss is a bit of a superfluous move.

As for scolding Li Chengqian, hehe, no one is in Sun Moon Mountain, what Pu Xiruo does, he can push one, two, three, four, five.

"Forget it, it's not up to the mother, let them go." Li Er still waved his hand after all, with Li Chengqian's pearl and jade in front, Li Yuanjing couldn't come back, he didn't care anymore.

Immediately, Li Er asked people to start preparing for Li Yuan's funeral, although the two rebels did not come back, but for him, Li Yuan's funeral could not be sloppy.

This is also an opportunity for him to make a name for himself.

And when Li Yuanchang and the others learned that Li Yuanjing would not come back, one or two were also surprised, as long as Li Yuanjing could keep his Great Zhao Palace, then they would have one more way to retreat in the future.

……

At the same time, Tibet.

The great war between Subi and Tubo began without warning.

As the prince of Subi led a large army to attack Tibet like crazy, the Lun Keer monk of Tibet was stunned.

What the is going on?

However, this sluggishness was only a momentary thing, because they quickly reacted, this must be King Subi defected to Daming.

At least, it also reached an alliance with Daming.

"Is his brain trampled by a cow?"

Shang Nang said with a look of disbelief, "He and I are fighting in Tibet, no matter what the result is, we still have the final say on this land, in the final analysis, we are the masters of this land."

He thought that if he defected to Daming, he would be able to become the lord of this plateau?

Isn't this a tiger skin? ”

This concept has a very deep foundation in both Subi and Tibet.

For them, whether it is the final domination of the plateau by Tibet or the unification of the plateau by Subi, in the final analysis, the meat is still in the pot.

This is also the source of their previous tacit understanding.

But now, as soon as Subi does this, the whole thing is out of control.

You know, they have no chance of winning against Daming one-on-one, if you add Subi, hehe, then just wash your neck and wait for death.

"Inform Zamp that things have exceeded our expectations." Shang Nang immediately said, "At the same time, we also have to prepare for the worst. ”

At this point, there's not much they can do.

Of course, they didn't fail to guard against Subi, and the Lun Keer monk was in one place, isn't that the purpose?

And when Songtsen Gampo received the news in Luo, although he was also stunned for a moment, he quickly asked people to find Lu Dongzan.

As for the false proposition of whether Subi will fall to the Ming Dynasty, they have long discussed. Even for this, arrangements were made a few years ago.

At this time, after receiving the news, Songtsen Gampo did not seem too panicked.

After a while, Lu Dongzan came.

"Zamp." After giving a salute, Lu Dongzan waited aside.

Songtsen Gampo smiled and briefly introduced the matter of Subi defecting to the Ming Dynasty.

"Subi, this is a tiger skin!" Lu Dongzan said angrily, "They don't deserve to live in this land at all!" ”

Don't look at him angry, but his face really wasn't too flustered.

"Looks like I'm going to have to work hard for you again." Songtsen Gampo said, "Now, my Tubo is indeed not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, but come to think of it, the Tang Dynasty does not want to see the Ming Dynasty sit on the throne, right?"

After annexing my Tubo, isn't the Tang Emperor worried?

In the early years, you had been an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and this time you have sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty again, can you be sure that Tubo and the Tang Dynasty will form an alliance? ”

"Zampu rest assured." Lu Dongzan smiled when he heard this, "Weichen will definitely facilitate this matter." ”

Back then, Lu Dongzan asked him to send an envoy to Datang, and he didn't understand what it was for at first, but after thinking about it, wasn't it just to deal with the current situation?

The last thing I want to see the Ming Dynasty grow is actually not their Tubo, but the Tang Dynasty!

Therefore, for this task, Lu Dongzan is really confident.

After discussing it with Songtsan Gampo again, that night, Lu Dongzan hurriedly went straight to the Tang Dynasty.

As far as Tibet is concerned, there is no hurry now.

Regardless of whether Subi is connected with Da Ming or not, in a short period of time, the two countries will still guard against each other.

So, they still have time.

……

However, a few days later, when the war between Subi and Tubo was still stalemate, Lu Dongzan had already arrived in Chang'an and wrote a letter asking to see the Tang Emperor.

For Tubo to come at this moment, Li Er was not surprised, when even let people announce Lu Dongzan to the Taiji Palace.

Lu Dongzan didn't say anything long-winded, and directly put forward the idea that Tubo wanted to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty.

Hearing Lu Dongzan's words, Li Erxin said, you are here.

They are all human spirits, since he heard that Li Chengqian waved his troops south, Li Er knew that Tubo was coming, but he didn't expect him to wait so long.

As for the alliance, Li Er pretended to be unhappy and said, "I heard that your country didn't want to go north in collusion with the Subi rebels a few days ago?"

Didn't you forget that the Ming Dynasty was built by the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he dared to come to my Tang Dynasty to talk about an alliance in vain! ”

Lu Dongzan was not annoyed when he heard this, he knew that this was Li Er's increase in order to negotiate the conditions, so he immediately said: "Please also ask the Tang Emperor to calm his anger, although I did have some relationship with Subi in the early years of Tibet, but this time the Subi rebels waved their troops north, and I did not know about it."

And this Subi is really crazy, not only waving troops to the north, but now he is also waving troops to the south, and he is preparing to compete with my Subi. ”

He was afraid that Li Er didn't know the actual situation now, so he also took the opportunity to reveal the battle situation over there.

Regarding the news of Subi's southward departure, Li Er naturally also received the news, and when he heard the news, he sneered: "Don't I really know that Subi now has two factions, the old and the new?" ”

"Naturally, I don't dare." Lu Dongzan smiled, "Actually, Your Majesty and the foreign ministers know what is going on, but the reasons for this are too complicated to say.

I can't say it clearly. ”

As he spoke, Lu Dongzan took out an envelope from his sleeve cage and said, "The specific situation is all in this envelope, and His Majesty the Tang Emperor is invited to take a look." ”

When Li Er heard this, he waved his hand, and immediately a chamberlain walked over and took the letter to Li Er.

After Li Er took the envelope, he gently stroked it and said with a smile: "Ministry of Rites, first arrange for the Tibetan envoys to rest first, and then discuss the specific matters." ”

After Lu Dongzan left, Li Er smiled and threw away Lu Dongzan's envelope casually.

"Your Majesty, I haven't read this letter yet."

"Still need to see?" Li Er smiled and said, "Okay, in this way, the matter of forming an alliance with Tubo, Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites will talk about it."

Well, now Tubo is begging me Datang, and I can have more confidence, of course, no matter what the result of your negotiation is, we must ensure that Tubo and Datang can successfully form an alliance in a short time.

After all, there is not much time left for Tibet, don't wait for Tibet to be gone, you haven't come up with a charter yet. ”

Li Er was not interested in reading the letter, he didn't need to read it, just a light flick, and he knew that there was nothing clear in the so-called envelope.

And Lu Dongzan's move is nothing more than to give Li Er a chance to make a price.

This was also something he had consulted with Songtsen Gampo before he came.

On the top of the main hall, Li Er always has to hold his Tang Emperor's shelf, and these things are just a mess, so there is no need to waste time on this.

Besides, he is an envoy, where does he have the qualifications to negotiate with Li Er?

……

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Xiaogong and the officials of Honglu Temple launched fierce negotiations on the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

"Alliance?" Li Xiaogong was in front of the negotiation table and sneered, "Today's Tubo is suffering from internal and external troubles, and at this time, I have formed an alliance with my Tang Dynasty, and I don't know what An's heart is." ”

"The king of the county is not right." Lu Dongzan said with a smile, "Although there is indeed a war in my Tubo now, if it weren't for the fact that the prince of the Tang Dynasty has been supporting Subi and making wind and rain in my Tubo all these years, how could there be anything now?"

Moreover, if it weren't for the fact that he was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how could I not dominate the plateau and wave my troops north? ”

"Then hurry up!" Li Xiaogong waved his hand and said, "When you unify the plateau and wave your troops north, my Tang Dynasty will form an alliance with Tubo!" ”

He is not polite at all, and now it is not him who is anxious, what does he care.

Who wouldn't brag?

If it weren't for Li Eryou's explanation, he wished that Li Chengqian could dominate the plateau, after all, Tubo was also a great enemy!

Neighbors, naturally you have to pick a pleasing one.

As far as his personal position and national position are concerned, he feels that Da Ming is more pleasing to the eye.

Lu Dongzan was not embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "This matter is not urgent, it is still in the plot."

This time, although I Tubo is sincerely allied with the Tang Dynasty, it does not mean that it must be allied with the Tang Dynasty, before leaving, my family Zampu explained, if you can't make friends with the Tang Dynasty, then you will form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, which is not impossible. ”

The attitude of the two sides is very clear, one side is an alliance, you are not worthy, lower your posture and talk about it.

On the other hand, if we can't win, we will join, and you will do it.

In the end, this kind of negotiation is a competition of who can bear it better, but they don't have much time.

In the end, I don't know how to negotiate, but after Li Yuan's funeral, the news of the official alliance between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo spread all over the world.

There is a very strange article in the alliance book, the Tang clan and its feudal states and Tubo do not invade each other and become friends.

And this one is actually the most important one in the so-called covenant.

Of course, such a strange covenant is actually just to contain Li Chengqian.

If Li Chengqian dared to enter Tibet, then he would voluntarily give up the identity of the Tang clan.

If the Ming Dynasty does not send troops, hehe, it will be a Subi, how can it be the opponent of Tubo?

Perhaps, Tubo really has a chance to unify Tubo and form a real threat to the Ming Dynasty.

I have to say that this trick is indeed lacking in morality.

It's just that when Li Chengqian heard the news, he smiled.

That's it?

It's time for you to see what it means to be truly shameless.

Immediately, Li Chengqian asked people to find Qibi Shamen.

(End of chapter)