Datang Nongwang

Chapter 687 The Dynasty reprimanded Li Shimin

Li Chongyuan's reaction was a bit big.

Even the old lady looked at Li Chongyuan, "Yuan'er, although this matter is not a good thing for Xueyan, it must be a good thing for my Tang country. Over there, there is no need to worry about the Tubo invasion in the future."

Yes.

There is no need to worry about the Tubo invasion.

But the time of Tubo's invasion was only pushed back less than 20 years.

In less than 20 years, let a woman bear and resolve, is it good or bad?
As far as Li Chongyuan knows.

Songtsen Gampo, the current Tubo state, died in the same year as Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang state.

After the death of Songtsan Gampo, that is, Dalun of the Tubo Kingdom, Lu Dongzan, who was equivalent to the prime minister, came to power.

Moreover, as soon as Songtsan Gampo passed away, the Ludongzan clan began to take control of the Tubo Kingdom, and among them, and their descendants, they took control of the Tubo Kingdom for 50 years.

And these 50 years.

The Ludongzan family wanted to go north with all their heart.

to this end.

Just ten years after the death of Songtsen Gampo and Li Shimin, that is, in the fourth year of Xianqing, AD [-], the attack on Tang was launched.

Start this year.

The Tubo Kingdom started the road of encroaching on the territory of the Tang Kingdom.

"Aniang, this is not a good thing, it is not a good thing for Xueyan, and it is not a good thing for the court. Think about it, why did the Tubo Kingdom send people to ask for peace? Do you really think that after the marriage, there will be no war between the two countries? That's not what it means at all. The Tubo Kingdom is going to hibernate, and wants to divert Tang's attention so that it can handle the disputes in the Tubo Kingdom. Who is Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo? He would do such a useless thing ? Do you really think that he sent envoys to ask for peace, that he really wants to make friends with me, Tang?" Li Chongyuan looked at the crowd, thinking about the life of Songtsan Gampo in his heart.

Few people in the Tang Dynasty knew about Tubo.

Few people know about that Tubo Zanpu.

However, in his previous life, Li Chongyuan had roughly seen the life course of this Zanpu.

Everyone saw that Li Chongyuan seemed to have a lot of prejudice against this matter, and felt that what Li Chongyuan said was completely unreasonable.

Moreover, this is a court matter.

You are a small county magistrate, a small state recorder joining the army, where is it your turn to speak.

This is not.

After Li Chongyuan wanted to continue talking, the old lady gave up and said to him: "Yuan Er, this is a matter for the court, so don't worry about it. There are so many courtiers in the court, and the Holy One is extremely intelligent. Now that this matter has been decided, it must be a good thing.”

"That's right, fourth brother, don't worry about this matter. It just so happens that when you return to Beijing for the crown ceremony, you will also go to see Xueyan a lot. After Xueyan goes to Tubo, I don't know when it will be See you again." Li Chongji also expressed incomprehension of Li Chongyuan's unreasonable surprise.

And Li Chongyuan's second and third brothers, like them, persuaded Li Chongyuan not to get involved in this matter.

The only one who didn't speak was Wan'er.

Wan'er has a very good relationship with Li Xueyan.

And now.

Li Xueyan wanted to marry to Tubo, of course Wan'er was reluctant to give up.

And Li Chongyuan's words just hit her mind.

At this moment, Wan'er was looking at her fourth brother with wide eyes.

At this time, Wan'er felt that her fourth brother was so stalwart, even more stalwart than those ministers who were full of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Li Chongyuan looked at the crowd and sighed inwardly.

There is a good saying.

It's none of your business, hang on high.

This is no wonder for them, they don't know the situation in Tubo, they don't understand the situation in Tubo, and they don't understand the living environment in Tubo.

In Li Chongyuan's previous life, he had watched many documentaries.

As for the documentaries about the liberation of Tubo, Li Chongyuan also watched them a lot.

At that time, it was already in the 60s and [-]s, and it was already the [-]th century, and the situation in Tubo had not changed much. It can be seen how much better is Tubo in the present?

the next day.

Li Chongyuan did not go to Li Daozong's house, but was thinking of a way.

There is still a period of time for his crown ceremony.

When Li Chongyuan returned to Beijing this time, he didn't need to report on his work, and he didn't need to report to Li Shimin. After all, he had written a letter about it two or three months ago.

Therefore, there is no need to enter this palace.

To find ways to.

Find a way to stop the marriage.

This is the most urgent matter for Li Chongyuan at the moment, and it is also what Li Chongyuan thinks is the most urgent matter.

throughout the day.

Li Chongyuan hid in his mansion, locked himself in the study, and wrote about the current situation of Tubo Kingdom, as well as various cultural conditions of Tubo Kingdom.

But all day.

Li Chongyuan didn't think much of it either.

Li Chongyuan really didn't remember much about the current situation in Tubo Kingdom.

I only know some rough facts.

For example, Yang Tong, the noble forces in Tubo Kingdom, and the party members entrenched in Jishi Mountain.

In short, the Tubo country is not as peaceful as it seems on the surface at the moment. In fact, internal disputes continue.

If it weren't for the fact that Tubo Zanpu often rewarded the nobles in the country, there might have been civil strife in the country long ago.

But I have to say.

The rise of the Tubo Kingdom was initiated by the Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo.

From him, until the mid-to-late period of 800 AD, Tubo officially came to an end.

for these.

Li Chongyuan understood.

But even if he knew more about it, Li Chongyuan couldn't understand the current domestic situation in Tubo Kingdom, he could only know some generalities.

What Li Chongyuan wanted to know the most was to know whether the nobles in Tubo Kingdom really attached themselves to Songtsen Gampo, or what.

Furthermore.

And Songtsan Gampo's uncle, does he really support him, or what?

Furthermore.

Yangtong, a country in the west of Tubo Kingdom, will eventually be wiped out by Tubo, and just a few years later, but what is the current situation of this Yangtong country?Li Chongyuan still doesn't know.

As for the Subi Kingdom that has been conquered by the Tubo Kingdom, no matter whether the nobles in the country do not judge the subjects, do they really belong to it or what?Li Chongyuan still didn't know.

Li Chongyuan knew.

Songtsen Gampo's plan to unify the plateau will not stop.

But at this moment, sending envoys to discuss peace with the court of the Tang State must not really admire the women of the Tang State, and there must be other plans behind it.

At least.

In Li Chongyuan's thinking, they are all the kings of a country, and they were defeated by the Tang country once. Under such circumstances, sending envoys to make a marriage is either thoughtful or stupid.

And Tubo Zanpu couldn't be stupid, but had another idea.

Li Chongyuan can think so, the court officials must also think so.

Even Li Shimin would definitely think so.

But at the moment, everyone hopes that the border between Tu and Tang will be stable and there will be no more wars.

and.

So far, Tang has no way to attack Tubo.

after all.

Tubo is located on a plateau, and it is warlike and good at war.

Furthermore.

The Tubo Kingdom was still in slavery, and until the liberation of Tubo in the middle of the [-]th century, Tubo was still in slavery.

According to Li Chongyuan's understanding.

Most of the Tubo people used slaves to fight.

If a slave made meritorious service in the war, he would take off his status as a slave and become a commoner.

and so.

In order to be free, these slaves in the Tubo Kingdom naturally became warlike.

In addition, it is located on a plateau, so if you can't win, you will retreat.

This also made it impossible for Tang to invade Tubo.

If you can breathe to death, how can you attack Tubo and fight?

Day three.

Li Chongyuan went to the original Qin Palace and had a meal with Li Yuan.

After dinner, Li Chongyuan talked about Tubo sending people to ask for peace.

After hearing this, Li Yuan looked at Li Chongyuan without any expression on his face and asked, "What? Didn't you always care about your boat? Why did you suddenly care about this matter?"

"Uncle, you also know that Xueyan has a good relationship with me, and the relationship with Wan'er is even better, and Xueyan is only 15 years old this year. At 15 years old, she will marry me to a place where humans and animals live together like Tubo for my country of Tang. , doesn't uncle think it's cruel?" Li Chongyuan opened the topic.

Li Yuan still had no expression on his face, "You, it's better to build your boat well. It's better to pay less attention to the affairs of the court. This time, the Tubo Kingdom sent envoys to ask for peace. It was as early as a year ago. It has already been decided. Moreover, this matter is a matter of the court, uncle and I are just an idler, you tell me this, you don't want uncle to help you?"

"How can it be. My nephew and grandson just couldn't bear to see this matter, so I just vented my suffocation to you, uncle." Li Chongyuan talked to Li Yuan, not polite at all.

But it is.

It's really a good word for Li Yuan to call him Li Chongyuan.

Even if Li Chongyuan said this, or how he challenged Li Yuan in Li Zhuang, Li Yuan rarely turned his eyebrows coldly at Li Chongyuan.

If he didn't have an old father, Li Chongyuan would have doubted whether he was Li Yuan's illegitimate son.

Li Yuan waved his hand, "This is a court matter, and uncle can't help you. However, don't meddle in this matter, so as not to cause trouble."

When Li Yuan said that, Li Chongyuan actually believed that he would definitely get involved in this matter.

It doesn't matter whether it's for Li Xueyan or Tang Guo.

In short.

This matter has been mixed up by itself.

After leaving the original Prince Qin's mansion, Li Chongyuan returned to the mansion, took the things he had written, and returned to his home.

a few days later.

On the occasion of the Great Court Conference, Li Chongyuan was asked to participate in the Great Court Conference.

In the past, Li Chongyuan could go into the hall to listen to the ministers and court officials discussing state affairs.

And now.

He, Li Chongyuan, could only stand at the entrance of the main hall, listening to the voices inside.

This discussion, a discussion is an hour.

As soon as the discussion was over, with the sound of Wang Li, the officials below the fifth rank left the palace, and all the officials above the fifth rank stayed behind.

Just right.

Li Chongyuan's official position is at the lowest end of the five ranks, down from the fifth rank.

From the fifth rank, one is naturally eligible to stay.

Even if you don't talk about Li Chongyuan's state recorder joining the army, Li Chongyuan still has the post of the capital water order.

This is a serious official position on the fifth rank.

All the officials above the fifth rank stayed and continued the next court meeting.

And Li Chongyuan also came into the hall from outside the hall.

As soon as Li Chongyuan entered the hall, Li Shimin saw Li Chongyuan at a glance, with some displeasure on his face.

It has been several days since Li Chongyuan returned to the capital from Xisha Island, and Li Chongyuan did not come to the palace to visit him, which naturally made Li Shimin unhappy.

Li Chongyuan saw the scene where Li Shimin looked at him, and knew what Li Shimin's stare at him meant. However, Li Chongyuan stood behind the officials as if nothing had happened, listening to the next court discussion. what.

Big things to talk about.

Even small things need to be discussed.

When the big things are discussed, the small things are also discussed.

Fang Xuanling suddenly brought up the matter of marrying the princess of the Tang Dynasty to Tubo, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Tubo Kingdom, once again handed over the letter of diplomatic relations between the two countries to me yesterday, and still wants to invite Princess Shang. As for this matter, the Holy Majesty has already done so." It was agreed a year ago, I don't know if this matter can be replied to the Tubo envoy."

When Fang Xuanling mentioned this matter, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County not far away, changed his expression after seeing Fang Xuanling mentioning this matter.

Li Daozong.

Three years ago, that is, in the 11th year of Zhenguan ([-]), he was imprisoned because of corruption, and was demoted by Li Shimin, dismissed from his post, and dismissed from office.

It was only used again last year.

And this year, Li Daozong was appointed Minister of Rites.

Regarding Li Daozong's appointment as Minister of Rites, Li Chongyuan felt that Li Shimin had already planned to marry Li Xueyan to Tubo.

Otherwise, why did Li Daozong be appointed Minister of Rites a few years ago?
Because, Li Chongyuan knew that the Minister of Rites must go to any country to marry the princess.

Therefore, Li Chongyuan was extremely suspicious that the appointment of Li Daozong had been arranged several years ago.

Li Daozong's complexion changes all fell on Li Chongyuan's face.

A father sees his daughter marrying so far away from Tubo. He knows the reason, but he can't stop it.

Just as the people in the court were discussing about Li Xueyan's canonization, Li Chongyuan suddenly came out from behind.

When a small official like Li Chongyuan came out from behind, it made everyone a little confused. Therefore, even Li Shimin looked at Li Chongyuan, curious in his eyes that Li Chongyuan would come out, did he have something important to report?

Li Chongyuan walked slowly to the front of the center, glanced at the civil and military ministers on both sides, with some anger in his eyes, "My lord, I have something to report."

"What do you need to report!" Li Shimin felt that today's Li Chongyuan was a little different, as if he were two people from the previous Li Chongyuan, and he was suspicious.

Li Chongyuan's face was hard, and he took another look at all the court officials in the court, and then turned to Li Shimin, his eyes were about to breathe fire, and he said loudly: "My Central China's country is vast and vast, and the level of civilization has long been It surpasses all the countries in the world. The Tubo Kingdom is an uncivilized country on a plateau. The country sent an envoy to ask Princess Shang. Is it true that I want to marry a daughter of a clan to such a place where humans and animals live together!!! Holy Majesty , although the minister is young, he also understands what integrity is!!!"

(End of this chapter)