Chapter 325: Let Tubo turn over the river and the sea
Tuyuhun has collected more information than Li Xiang has mastered, after all, Tuyuhun and Tubo are neighbors, I don't know how many spies have been sent in the past, all the upper and lower levels have them, Li Xiang is very greedy for this intelligence network, of course, he also knows that he can't come directly, Midu Khan himself is in a state of psychological fragility, if you even want other people's intelligence networks, it is too greedy.
"This intelligence network of yours is very good, when I go to Tibet, first lend it to me temporarily, look at your face, I don't want you, just borrow it temporarily, of course it won't be borrowed in vain, how about I give you a thousand war horses?"
Li Xiang thought about it in his heart, what should be paid has to be paid, we are not hostile to Midu Khan now, you can't do too much, war horses are the lives of these grassland people, Li Xiang's grassland also has war horses, it is nothing to give him a thousand, after all, what we do is much more expensive than this thousand war horses.
"Your Highness, what are you talking about, if it weren't for your help, I don't know where I am now, it's very likely that it has become a skin, not to mention an intelligence network, everything I have can be shared with Your Highness."
When Prime Minister Midu heard a thousand war horses, there was a smile in his eyes, but he also knew that Li Xiang was not a loss-making goods, you took a thousand war horses from him now, and I don't know how much I will return in the future.
"Let's not pay so much attention to each other, since my words have been spoken, then just do it like this, and you go back to the king's grassland with this slip to find them and ask for horses."
Li Xiang's strip had already been written, and after repeated pushing, Midu Khan also carefully put it in his pocket, and a thousand war horses were not a decimal.
Li Xiang does this for a reason, once or twice you can force others to others, but after a long time, people will not be willing to cooperate with you, and they may not be able to give you all the information at that time, in case it is a little bad, maybe your life may stay in Tibet, so in this kind of thing, you can't save a penny of money that should be spent.
After this information, Li Xiang basically saw it clearly, and it was even more powerful than the information he got, in addition to a few big toasts, the heads of many tribes were also ready to move, of course, this is also a very normal thing, Songtsan Gampo wants to cut the power of others, why are people waiting in place?
"Is there something wrong with this Songtsen Gampo's head? He raised the tax by fifty percent all at once, and I am afraid that no one would be satisfied with it. ”
Li Xiang pointed to a main reason and said, it turned out that the leaders of the tribes all paid taxes to Songtsen Gampo, but now it has been increased by fifty percent all of a sudden, and no one is willing to give it to him, even the tribes around the holy city, they have begun to resist the central army of Tubo.
"Your Highness doesn't know, Songtsen Gampo is a great achievement, after he succeeded to the throne, he did expand a lot of land for Tubo, but the problem is that many places have not solved the problem at all, but it has become his land in name, these people are also willing to pay him a part of the money, and then be able to maintain a temporary peace, but this money is counted, if you ask for more at once, these people will definitely resist, Lu Dongzan only wants to increase by one percent when he leaves, Who knew that after harvesting this success, Songtsen Gampo thought that the people below did not have much ability, so he was ready to scrape another layer......"
Through Midu Khan's explanation, Li Xiang can be regarded as understanding what is going on, when Songtsen Gampo first started to increase taxes, it only increased by ten percent, so the head and Tusi below were not willing to fight against him, after all, he was the nominal king of Tubo, so everyone paid honestly.
But I just handed over the money here, and you immediately increased it by another fifty percent, and you also have to send officials to the toast masters, in order to find out the real strength of the toast masters, you don't ask for money to do this, you do it to death, so these toast masters can't bear it.
"According to Lu Dongzan's original strategy, there should be no room for these toast masters to grow within fifteen years, but it's a pity that Songtsen Gampo is blind to such a strategy."
Li Xiang said with a smile, for the Tubo country, the top and bottom are in war, but for the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo's great achievements can be regarded as a great help to us.
"A few days ago, Lu Dongzan has borrowed the way to go back, and it is said that he has stabilized the two troublesome Tusi, this person is very charismatic, and has a high reputation in various parts of the Tubo country, if he can, His Royal Highness should kill it."
What Midu Khan said is true, Li Xiang wanted to kill this guy several times, but in the end he didn't do such a thing, not that he didn't have that courage, it was purely that the consequences were too serious, in addition to the huge power of this person, he also had a high personality cult in the Tubo country, once he died in the Tang Dynasty, then the Tubo country would definitely pour out, and what he did before would be useless.
Of course, Li Xiang didn't know that the Tubo Kingdom was in chaos like this before, if we had known that the Tubo Kingdom was in chaos like this, then we would have to leave him behind desperately, we can only blame that there are not so many channels for receiving news, whether it is the line of the eldest grandson Wuji or the Cui family, there is no detail recorded here on Tuyuhun's side.
"People are already gone, don't talk about those useless ones, I summarized it a little, you can see if it's right, although there are many people who can make trouble, but in addition to the current six toasts, the others are just talking, and have not made substantive judgments, the strength of the six toasts is very weak, if there is no other support, it will last for two months at most."
Li Xiang didn't say any nonsense, but wrote out the names of some toasts while talking, and marked them, Midu Khan must have a deeper understanding of the plateau, Li Xiang also wanted this guy to help him judge, if you know the specific strength of each toast, Li Xiang will also know what to do on the plateau, we are not here to give marriage, we are here to let you Tubo turn over the river and the sea.