[And the fall of Gao Changguo is another interesting thing.

The Silk Road in the Western Regions can be roughly divided into the North, the Middle and the South.

Among them, the line of Shanshan, Jingjue, and Khotan in the south of the province has been abandoned at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and as for the reason for the abandonment, Xuanzang wrote in the travelogue when he returned:

Niyang City has been swallowed up by the desert, and the surrounding area can only rely on a three or four miles wide Daze to live, the road is very difficult to walk, this Niyang City is the third century A.D. when the exquisite ancient country, most of the destruction is because of the desertification of the land, the oasis disappeared.

In this case, only the middle road and the north road can be walked, but these two roads are very close to each other, and Yiwu of the north road took the initiative to join the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

In this case, Gaochangguo actually became a choke point on the Silk Road, but not only did it not vote, but it also grinned with Erfeng.

Don't blame the cautious Erfeng for trouble.

The war in Ping Gaochang was almost settled by Erfeng alone.

In December of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, Taizong ordered the Tang Army Iron Cavalry to send Gaochang.

The ministers and ministers all advised: Your Majesty, how to fight so far away, it is not easy to defend after fighting, don't stop.

"The emperor doesn't listen".

In August of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Gaochang was destroyed.

Regarding Gao Chang's handling opinions, the ministers and ministers once again had different opinions.

Wei Zheng objected, believing that the first evil was dead, and it was enough to be restrained, and it was a waste of money to guard it, and the gains outweighed the losses.

He also said that if troops were sent to garrison, seventy or eighty of the hundred soldiers would die.

Chu Suiliang objected, believing that sending troops to defend this place would be a waste of money and labor, and suggested that the king of Gaochang should be established and his son should be hostaged.

"The emperor doesn't listen".

The judgment of Gao Chang is a rare incident in which the ministers of Zhenguan collectively look away, because this time is the period of rising national power in Tibet.

At this time, if Erfeng did not have the strength to take the lead in taking Gaochang against public opinion, then after the rise of Tubo, the window for Datang to operate the Western Regions would be completely closed.

At that time, if you want to run the Western Regions, the cost you need to spend may be tens or hundreds of times that of destroying Gaochang.

And after having a rest as a fulcrum, Zhenguan for 18 years of Yanqi capital protection, 22 years of extermination of turtles and set up four towns of Anxi.

Then in the fourth year of Gaozong Xianqing's extermination of the Western Turks, a series of military actions seemed to be a matter of course.

So later, Cen Wenwen also made a special effort to pat himself on the back: Gao Changzhi's pacification is all thanks to two people.

One is His Majesty's foresight, the other is Hou Junji's ability to fight, and as for the other courtiers, they are all helping!

Seven or eight out of ten deaths of Wei Zheng's utopian garrison did not happen, and in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Guo Xiaoke went to Xizhou as a assassin and wrote down what he had seen and heard.

Passing through the old capital of Gaochang, the soldiers at that time were all happy. 】

After reading it, Du Ruhui felt that he didn't have to look back, and he could imagine what kind of expression His Majesty had on his face now.

In fact, Du Ruhui didn't look back, and heard His Majesty's voice behind him:

"Xuancheng, do you think that this Gaochang Kingdom should not be destroyed?"

The voice is very kind, but the excitement contained in it can be heard by anyone who is alone.

Wei Zheng is neither humble nor arrogant:

"The minister thinks that since he has learned that the lord of Gaochang will come to pay tribute tomorrow, it is inappropriate to discuss such an issue now."

Li Shimin was bored with himself, pouting and smiling undiminishedly.

The wise decision itself is nothing, but the wise decision that overcomes the public opinion is affirmed by the younger generations after a thousand years, and the refreshing feeling is simply incomprehensible.

Didn't you see that even Hou Junji couldn't close his mouth with a smile?

How many generals dream of destroying the country? And now that the light curtain has been informed in advance, how can you not rejoice?

Hou Junji, who was so happy, even had an inopportune thought in his heart:

Do you want to simply stir up the tribute of the lord of Gaochang?

Otherwise, if His Majesty uses a little means to clean up the Gaochang Lord's dead heart, where will he go to find the merit of destroying the country?

But this thought was deeply pressed into his heart in an instant.

Li Jing, who had captured Jieli Khan with his own hands, looked as usual, more curious about the content of the light curtain.

Li Shiyun was a little sour, and retreated:

"Your Majesty, the ...... of Tibet"

"This matter needs to be considered in the long run." Li Shimin restrained his smile.

Previously, there was also intelligence collection for Tibet, and the merchants called the land of Tibet, and it was possessed by miasma.

Headaches, strained breathing, fatigue, difficulty in exerting strength, etc., are very strange.

Although it is known that it will be called high anti in later generations, it is still unknown how much effect that bowl of candy can have.

But as long as he has the opportunity, he definitely doesn't mind giving the other party a ruthless blow, Hexi's hatred, and his descendants are incompetent, but he remembers it in his heart.

At this time, Du Ruhui frowned and interrupted Li Shimin's imagination:

"Everyone, this record... There is a problem. ”

Everyone looked over and saw Du Ruhui pointing to Xuanzang's record in front of him and said:

"The light curtain said that Zhenguan had a famine for three years, and the government allowed the people to survive on their own, so Master Xuanzang went west."

"There was indeed a drought and locust plague in Xuzhou in June this year, but the Turkic war had already ended at that time, and there was no famine."

Li Shimin let out an "ah", and then understood: there was a deviation in the history of Datang and the light curtain.

If there was no famine, then such an edict would naturally not be issued, and Xuanzang would naturally still be in the Central Plains or the south, and it would be difficult to leave the Western Regions.

What to do? The ministers in the Ganlu Hall looked at each other.

……

And Datang's decision on Gao Changguo really suppressed the people in the Chengdu government.

"It's only been a year before and after, and you have destroyed his country?"

Liu Bei muttered in his mouth, and his heart was fascinated:

"This Datang really has the style of a strong man!"

He Liu Bei's battle of Yiling was also fought for almost eight months, and then he lost nothing.

Hanzhong and Yizhou both won, but they both fought for several years.

And Hanzhong was a miserable victory, and Yizhou folded Pang Tong.

It's far less neat than this Li Erfeng's destruction of the country!

So Liu Bei also admired this Tang Emperor more and more.

Zhang Fei whispered:

"Just ask that this Tang Emperor is old and not be like Emperor Xiaowu."

[The act of going to the Western Regions to learn scriptures was not decided by Master Xuanzang patting his head, this road has already been walked by someone in advance.

In 399 AD, this year was the third year of Long'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the first year of Changle in Later Yan, the sixth year of Emperor Later Qin, the twelfth year of Taichu in Western Qin, the second year of Tianxing in Northern Wei, the fourth year of Longfei in Later Liang, the third year of Taichu in Southern Liang, and the third year of Shenxi in Northern Liang. 】

"No, it's the same year?"

Zhang Fei looked incredulous, and counted carefully:

"Eight countries standing side by side?"

"Messed up like this?"

Even Kong Ming felt a little shocked, rubbed his face and said with difficulty:

"No wonder later generations gritted their teeth when they talked about it."

[This year, the Buddhist master Fa Xian set out from Chang'an, traveled to Tianzhu through the Western Regions, traveled to more than 30 countries, collected a large number of Sanskrit classics, and successfully returned to China after 14 years.

Because it was still a troubled time at this time, Fa Xian walked cautiously along the way.

When he was in Dunhuang, the local Taishou gave Fa Xian a lot of help, and this Taishou was named Li Wei, who was later forcibly recognized as an ancestor by Erfeng, so I have to say that the fate is also quite wonderful.

Later, Fa Xian wrote what he saw and heard along the way into "The Story of the Buddha's Country", and died five years after returning to China, and was called a revolutionary figure in Buddhism.

There is a small island in our current Nansha Islands that is named "Faxian Dark Sand" to commemorate this famous monk. 】

"The sea and the sky are the same, and the elegance is boundless." This is Kong Ming's exclamation.

And Mo said Kong Ming, everyone in the hall stared at the scenery in the light curtain, after all, they had never been to the beach.

It's an intoxicating blue with a small island mostly submerged in the sea, with only the head slightly above the surface.

And around this island, known as the "Faxian Dark Sands", two beautiful white ships are patrolling.

And there is a line of words under the light curtain, which Pang Tong read out directly:

"Faxian Dark Sand is China's inherent territory and has indisputable sovereignty."

Pang Tong's eyes were clear, and he exclaimed:

"This monk, born to go to a foreign country to seek classics, after his death, his name Yongzhen frontier, descendants do not forget his merits, it is also a good ending."

The light curtain slowly zoomed out, and the small islands that only protruded above the surface of the sea were gradually invisible.

Soon the picture had been replaced with a map that everyone had seen several times, and Kong Ming studied it:

"The meaning of this line is that all the territory of China in the future is within the scope?"

Liu Ba looked at it and felt a pity:

"This territory is drawn next to this big island, why don't you just occupy it, isn't it much better than this small island in the sea?"

Kong Ming remembered the messy things in the later life, and said leisurely:

"The past is more than a thousand years...... For thousands of years, the slave devoured the master, the state was insulted, and the vicissitudes of life. ”

[Master Xuanzang has such an obsession with going to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, because there is an example of Fa Xian first.

It's just that compared with the very low-key Fa Xian, Xuanzang's life is much more high-profile as if he was hanging.

After arriving in India, Xuanzang said that he would go to the best, successfully entered Nalanda Temple, and studied various Buddhist classics under the precepts.

After five years of intensive practice, Master Xuanzang set out again and traveled alone to dozens of countries in ancient India, and no one could debate him in Buddhist scriptures.

In India, Xuanzang wrote three thousand verses of "The Treatise on Hui Zong", refuting the views of the Buddhist master Shi Ziguang at that time, Shi Ziguang was ashamed, and asked Chandra Sangha to come to embarrass and hope to be ashamed, but Chandra Sangha was afraid of Xuanzang's power and did not dare to speak, and for a time Xuanzang's prestige was heavier.

Later, Xuanzang debated with the "Shunshi Theory" on behalf of Nalanda Temple, and the other party was speechless; Debated with Hinayana commentators and won again.

Eighteen Indian kings, 3,000 Buddhist scholars, and 2,000 foreign Taoists, none of whom could give Master Xuanzang a challenge, and for a time Xuanzang's reputation shook the Ganges.

It can be said that Xuanzang fully explained what it means to be a Buddhist scholar in India, and he alone oppresses India in Buddhism.

And in his spare time, Master Xuanzang also translated "Lao Tzu" into Sanskrit, making a wave of cultural export.

The experience of entering India was written by Xuanzang as the twelve volumes of "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", which provided sufficient material for Wu Chengen to write "Journey to the West" later.

At the same time, "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" has also become the most important historical document for the study of ancient India in modern times.

In our modern era, next to the Dacien Temple in the Tang Dynasty, there is a statue of Master Xuanzang.

This Buddhist master gazed affectionately at the Tang Dynasty that never sleeps in the south, as if he had seen the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty across thousands of years. 】

This chapter is written again with a lot of feelings, I'm sorry.

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