"The eighteen tribes of the Anbei Protectorate Prefecture present 8,000 war horses to congratulate His Majesty the Heavenly Khan on his blessed life."

Ashina Guligan, the special envoy of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, stepped forward and handed over the piece in his hand.

Above the main hall, the emperor's body suddenly sat up straight, looked at Ashina Guligan, and said, "The Anbei clans have a heart. ”

Eight thousand war horses, direct and rude, but won the heart of Li Zhi.

The Anbei Protectorate was not limited to the Turkic people.

Huifu, Duo Langge, Servant Bone Division, Baye Ancient Division, Tongluo Division, Sijie Division, Hun Division, Huxue Division, Xi Jie Division, Aqiu Division, Qixin Division, Tiele, all of them occupied the vast northern desert area and submitted to the Tang Dynasty.

"The Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has another top illusionist to celebrate His Majesty's birthday tonight." Ashina Guligan bowed again.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, in addition, Honglu Temple will give ......"

"Your Majesty." Ashina Guligan bowed down again, interrupted Li Zhi, and said, "I don't know if the minister can make a reluctant request." ”

"Speak." Li Zhi didn't pay much attention and raised his hand slightly.

Eight thousand war horses, the weight is too heavy, and Li Zhi doesn't care too much about the others.

……

"The minister hopes to visit Ashina Nishulu, the general of the left guard, and Ashina Gana, the general of the right guard. The minister brought some cattle and sheep from the grassland, and was willing to give them to the two generals, and at the same time greeted them. ”

After Ashina Guligan finished speaking, the faces of the ministers in the palace instantly became gloomy.

Ashina Nishu, grandson of the Turki Khan.

Ashina Gana, grandson of Jieli Khan.

In the second year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, Ashina Nishulu and Ashina Gana tried to escape from Chang'an back to the grassland, and during the Great War between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, a great war was set off in the grassland.

But unfortunately, he was finally captured by Li Xuan.

Li Zhi's face was still calm, his body leaned forward slightly, and he said lightly: "In Mobei, there don't seem to be many Turkic tribes. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there were originally four branches, but now there are only two left, two years of drought, the other two tribes have been disbanded, returned to Monan, and integrated into the departments of the Shan Yu Protectorate." Ashina Guligan's face was a little helpless.

Compared with Monan, the situation in Mobei is not much better.

Many of the Mobei tribes were once tribes under the command of the Turks, but since the extinction of the Eastern and Western Turks, there have been constant conflicts between these tribes and the Turks.

Fortunately, there are many Turkic people in Monan, but Mobei is not successful, there are only a few branches, and now there are only two left.

"The Mobei tribes." Li Zhi nodded slowly, he somewhat understood what Ashina Guligan wanted to do.

The two Turkic tribes, if they want to gain a foothold in Mobei again, need to rely on some additional strength.

In fact, the best way for the Turkic tribes to do so was to ask the emperor to give them an edict to stop the strife.

But the culprit of the current status quo of the Mobei tribes is the Tang Dynasty.

How Datang will make them quiet and stop.

What's more, Li Zhi's eyes looked at Li Xian, thinking of the good land that was scavenged, Li Zhi already had a plan in his heart.

The mind of the Turks, how he can't see through.

It is nothing more than an attempt to use the name of Turki and Jieli to reunite all the Turkic tribes.

They wanted to go to see Ashina Nishulu and Ashina Gana, just to help them escape.

But is it really that easy?

Back then, it was just because Datang was defenseless, so they finally let them succeed, and now, it is even easier for them to succeed.

What's more, Li Zhi's gaze swept over Liu Jinyu's body, and finally looked at Ashina Guligan gently, and said, "This matter is accurate, Di Qing, you go with him." ”

"Whoa!" Di Renjie stood up and gave up his hand.

The envoys of the various countries who were originally watching the play couldn't help but change their faces.

They have been in Chang'an for many years, and they have all heard of Di Renjie's name.

When this one was in Dali Temple, he already had the name of a detective, and after he became a servant of the imperial history, he was even more selfless.

Many times, even the emperor dares to confront him in person.

Obviously he was just a servant of the imperial history, but he made the momentum of the imperial historian, and the momentum of the people in the imperial history platform soared.

"Alright, you can step aside." Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, and Ashina Guligan immediately retreated.

……

The ceremony continued.

Turkic, Dashi, Persian, Tianzhu, Silla, Wa, Khotan, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Shule, Ryukyu, Annam, Chenla, Java, Hui, Tiele and other envoys from more than 40 countries took turns to present valuable gifts and sincerely wish the Tang Emperor a long life.

At the beginning, Li Zhi was still serious, but in the back, Li Zhi was already a little perfunctory.

His gaze passed over the ministers inside and outside the main hall and landed on the huge square outside.

The blade is cold and brilliant.

"The foreign minister Tubo envoy Zabala, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and wish His Majesty the Emperor a long life."

The familiar voice drew Li Zhi's attention away from other places.

"It turned out to be the envoy of Tibet." On the high platform, the emperor's eyes fell, and he said calmly: "I heard that the last time the golden Buddha sent by Tubo has cost the envoy a lot of money, and now the life of the envoy is getting more and more difficult, do you want me to make an order to let the Honglu Temple manage the three meals a day of the envoy?" ”

"It would be better if Your Majesty was willing to do so." Zabala directly agreed, and then, he took out two copies of this chapter from his sleeve, handed them forward, and said respectfully: "The foreign minister is shy in his pocket, and he wrote a Diamond Sutra by himself, congratulating His Majesty the Emperor on his long life. ”

When the envoys of the surrounding countries saw Zabala's current appearance, they couldn't help but laugh and sigh.

A few years ago, Tibet was a top power.

But only a few years later, Tubo has been pressed by the Tang Dynasty to beat at the doorstep.

The loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers made them almost lose control of the party and the local area of Tuyuhun.

Even in the Western Turks, the situation is precarious.

Although the Zabala people in the Tang Dynasty represent the country of Tubo, in recent years, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo have been at war endlessly, and few Tubo people can come to Luoyang, Chang'an.

At the beginning of the year, when the New Year's Day court meeting, the golden Buddha was presented, which was already the last weapon in Zabala's hand, which also led to the fact that he now has nothing to give to the emperor in his hand, so he can only write a Diamond Sutra by himself and give it to the emperor as a congratulatory gift.

A Diamond Sutra is just the most ordinary Diamond Sutra.

Li Zhi glanced at it, then looked at Zabala calmly, nodded and said, "Thank you to the envoy, there will be a dinner in the palace later, and the envoy may wish to drink a few more glasses." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zabala bowed heavily, then raised his eyes, looked at Li Zhi and said, "The foreign minister still has a matter, please ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

Li Zhi's brows furrowed slightly, and he nodded, "You say." ”

"The foreign minister wants to ask for the prince to marry Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping for me, and I ask Your Majesty for permission." Before Zabala's words were finished, in an instant, countless fierce eyes had fallen on him.

Among them, the three brothers Li Xian, Li Xian and Li Dan are especially important.

The other important ministers in the palace leaned forward at the same time, staring at Zabala, as if as long as Li Zhi came down, he would immediately tear Zabala apart.

The other envoys of the Fan State subconsciously held their breath at this time.

Li Zhi smiled, he smiled unexpectedly.

"State envoy, which prince are you courting, what is his surname, how old is he, what kind of heroic things he has done in the Tubo Kingdom, who is his mother, and what is the relationship with your current new Zampu?" Li Zhi leaned back slightly, and said with a smile: "If I support him to fight for the throne with your new Zampu, what do you think he has a chance of winning?" ”

I don't know how many people in the hall couldn't help but shudder for a moment.

Zabala just came to propose marriage on behalf of the prince, and between the words of Li Zhi, he wanted to ask for someone's life.

It's asking for someone's life.

With the support of the Tang Dynasty, that person can compete for the position of Tubo Zampu, so how can the new Zampu of Tubo still allow it.

As long as the emperor's words are transmitted back to Tibet, a life will be lost.

Facing the countless complicated eyes shooting from all sides, Zabala said calmly: "The prince's name is Juniper Mangpojie, nine years old, the son of Concubine Lu, and the biggest deed in his life is to serve as the new Zampu of our country. ”

Zabala's words sent everyone in the hall stunned at the same time.

Zabala turned out to be courting the new Tibetan Zampu.

Li Zhi's face became indifferent: "It seems that you finally admit that Mangsong Mangzan is dead." ”

"The foreign minister hereby handes over the letter of state, and my new appointment of Zanpu Chidu Songtsen will be enthroned in Raksha on the 18th of next month." Zabala took another piece of music from his sleeve and handed it forward.

Li Zhi glanced sideways at Wang Fulai, and Wang Fulai immediately stepped forward, took the piece seriously, and sent it back to the emperor.

Li Zhi opened it and glanced at it casually, then put it aside, and said: "Hezhou Thorn History, the inspection school Honglu Temple Shaoqing Yuanming, is now in the law, let him replace the Tang Dynasty to participate in the funeral of the predecessor Zampu and the enthronement ceremony of the new Zampu." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zabala breathed a sigh of relief, and then arched his hand again: "Your Majesty, the state of the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Weng son-in-law, now that my country's Zampu is growing up, Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty is also having a phoenix, and the foreign minister asks His Majesty to allow the foreign minister to propose marriage, conclude friendship between the two countries, and share the peaceful and prosperous world." ”

"Share the peace, the state of Weng's son-in-law." The corners of Li Zhi's mouth showed a trace of disdain, and his eyes were cold and said: "There are no heirs between Emperor Wencheng and Songzan, after the death of Songtsan Gampo, Tubo took Mengjie Qiga, the mother of Mangsong and Mangzan, as the queen mother, and the mother of Gongzan, Mangfei Qijiang, was the queen mother, although Wenchen Imperial Sister was also the queen mother, but she was driven out of the Tubo palace, if you hadn't concealed the news, I would have taken people back a long time ago......"

"Your Majesty, for decades, all the successive Zanpu in Tubo have been canonized by the Tang Dynasty, acknowledging the feelings of Weng and son-in-law, and all of them have holy intentions, Your Majesty must regret it." Zabala's words were sharp and unflinching.

Li Zhi leaned back, and said with a cold gaze: "If Tubo really recognizes the love of this son-in-law and recognizes my canonization, over the years, it will not repeatedly violate the Tang Dynasty frontier and annex the subject country, what friendship is there between you and me, and now that your new Zampu has ascended the throne, you have never asked for my canonization." ”

"Your Majesty, not now, but because of the chaos in the country, everything has not been decided, and when everything is settled, the lord of our dynasty will definitely send an envoy to Datang to ask for canonization, and at the same time formally ask Datang to give the princess as the queen of our dynasty." Zabala's words are soft and hard.

Li Zhi sneered lightly and said: "Then wait until your country is stable, in addition, ask for a kiss, let you Zampu come by yourself, Songtsan back then, came by yourself." ”

Zabala was stunned for a moment and asked their only lord to come to Datang.

Can you come?

(End of chapter)