The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 588
The Tubo envoys came to Tai Sui at the order of Lang Ri Zanpu for two purposes. One was to compete with Zhang Zhung and gain Tai Sui's support first, and the other was to propose marriage to Tai Sui on behalf of Lang Ri Zanpu.

Proposing to Tai Sui was a strategy Da Lunang thought of for Langri Zanpu to break the situation. Once successful, he could use the power of Tai Sui to deter those who were not convinced inside, so Langri Zanpu did not resist.After all, the Sui Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world today. The Han people have been standing on the middle land for thousands of years. , but also believed that Tubo, which had not yet truly integrated, could conquer the city and loot the territory, direct his troops to Luoyang, and overthrow the Sui Dynasty.

He knows that the Central Plains are too big, and the Han people are also very strong. Throughout the ages, Donghu, Quanrong, Qianghu, Xiongnu, Rouran, and Turks were all powerful for a while, dominating the grasslands and deserts, but they have never been able to completely occupy the Central Plains. No matter how strong Tubo is , nor can it compare to these famous Hu people in history.

Why are the Han people able to prosper forever?

He and Shang Nang and other wise men think that it is not because of the vast territory of Middle-earth, the large population, and the countless money and food, but because of the long civilization and exquisite craftsmanship.

From the beginning of the Three Kings and Five Emperors, the Han people have been inheriting the essence of their ancestors. Up to now, they have been broad and profound. The Han army has military regulations and military orders, and the Han subjects are bound by laws. On the other hand, Tubo does not even have writing. How can there be civilization? explain?Although there were also restraining orders, they were all crudely made, and it was difficult to compare with the Great Sui.

Therefore, Langri Zanpu’s biggest intention is to covet the advanced civilization of the Sui Dynasty, and the fox’s fake tiger’s prestige is second. If we can get the treasures that have been passed down by the Han people for thousands of years, and the treasures that have been passed down for thousands of years, then the Tubo Kingdom will definitely be able to avoid detours for thousands of years. , All of a sudden, it was at the same level as the Sui civilization. The advanced farming and medical technology of the Han people, skilled craftsmen, excellent iron-smelting technology, perfect official system, perfect law, military law, promotion system... These are all It is what Tubo lacks, and everything can make Tubo's national power suddenly rise.

The Han people have always been extremely generous, especially those "big Confucians" who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and promote the thoughts of the country. They treat their own citizens with strict criminal laws and moral restraints, making the citizens enslaved like lambs; On the issue of dealing with foreigners, one or two claim to promote enlightenment and show benevolence, and they only need to bow their knees a little and say a few flattering words, and they will give what they want.

But after arriving in the Sui Dynasty, Lu Dongzan discovered that the emperors and officials of the Sui Dynasty, and the great Confucian scholars were not as arrogant as Zanpu and Da Lun thought. These people paid more attention to real interests. However, when I went to look inside, I found that most of them were collections of poems, the Analects of Confucius and other things that teach people to be kind. Books whose national strength is rising rapidly still need to follow the official path.

As for the death of the prince, it was a strategy that Lu Dongzan came up with, with the purpose of getting Da Sui to give an explanation, so as to take the initiative in the negotiation.

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Early the next morning, news of the death of the Tubo prince reached Yang Tong's ears. At the same time, there was also a conversation between the real prince and Lu Dongzan, which was also recorded by someone who was proficient in Tubo and Chinese characters.

"Tubo, it's such a good idea. They even got the prince's death out of the way, but they don't know that I'm not the kind of person who likes to be coerced by others."

After a long time, Yang Tong opened his mouth. He looked at Ling Jing and Yin Mingyue standing beside him, and finally fixed his eyes on Ling Jing, and asked: "I let the Black Ice Terrace develop outside the region, and asked the Black Ice Terrace to take the Great Sui The surrounding ethnic groups, large and small, have all found out, and Tubo is one of the key objects of concern, so let’s talk about the situation of Tubo.”

"My lord, after the Tubo kingdom divided up the party with Tuyuhun, there was a coup half a year ago, and the country was in chaos." Ling Jing bowed.

"Coup?" Yang Tong asked with great interest, "What's the specific situation?"

"The specific situation is not very clear, but it is roughly like this!" Ling Jing had already prepared his words and talked eloquently: "Langri Zanpu Nangri Lunzan is the second Zanpu of No. 30 in Tubo, and he is very talented. The leader of Tubo, before Langri Zanpu, there were dozens of large and small countries and countless tribes on the Tubo plateau. After he succeeded to the throne, he wiped out these small tribes and countries one by one in a few years. The strength of the tribes united together to create the magnificent Tubo kingdom. Like a snowball, it got bigger and bigger, wiped out the Subi tribe, unified the Tubo plateau, and jumped from the leader of a small state in the south of the mountain to the monarch of various tribes in Tubo. And these countries and tribes that used to be his enemies have become eagle dogs. Langri Zanpu is using this as a battle to rule the eight directions and four key areas, and he is invincible. Backfire on yourself."

"The nobles and tribal leaders of small countries in the past have now become Tubo nobles. They submit to the force and majesty of Langri Zanpu in the form of an alliance, but these people still have their own army and land, and they are following Langri Zanpu. Zanpu got great battles during the battle, and they benefited from the war. Therefore, they are very willing to follow the victorious Langri Zanpu in the battle. Bo and other former Subi nobles annexed the Jiqu River Basin and gave them territories and slaves. In this way, the status of the new nobles surpassed the previous nobles, and the royal power was greatly enhanced. But it also violated the old The interests of the aristocrats caused dissatisfaction among the old officials of Tubo, so they harbored resentment. These old aristocrats gathered together and staged a coup in an attempt to overthrow him. However, their rebellion was unsuccessful and was suppressed."

"It seems that Tubo's problems are similar to ours! They are all aimed at overthrowing the old clans and aristocrats." Yang Tong said with a smile.

In the past few years, he has also paid more attention to Tubo, knowing that it is a tribal alliance similar to Turkic. Langri Zanpu is the king of Tubo in name, but in fact he is closer to the leader of the entire alliance.Therefore, when he reused the newly joined tribes to strengthen the kingship, he encountered resistance from the old tribes, and the internal situation was not optimistic.

Over the years, the Great Sui has continued to grow, but with the current situation, the Great Sui wants to fight over, not to mention the loss outweighs the gains. Even if it is really defeated, it will not have the energy to govern for the time being. The issue of benefit distribution is endless.

Yang Tong is not very clear about Dazan Gampo who died in suspended animation in the Sui Dynasty.

However, Songtsan Gampo, another son of Langri Zanpu, is familiar to all. Later generations often say that Songtsan Gampo was a powerful figure who unified the Tubo Dynasty, but in fact, it was actually him who really laid down the great cause of Tubo unification. Father, Langri Zanpu merged various countries and tribes into the Tubo system. Even after his death, the various parts were scattered, but in name, these tribal countries are still Tubo. The reason is just like the current Sui, Tang, Wei, Like Chu, although everyone is independent, they are actually Chinese people, while Songtsen Gampo is exactly the same as Yang Yu who inherited the wealth of the Sui Dynasty.Therefore, after Songtsan Gampo came to power, what he did was to reunify the interior, and then he set about designing and establishing the political system of Tubo.

First of all, he established a new system dominated by royal power, which naturally suppressed the old aristocratic forces and fostered new aristocrats who obeyed him.Secondly, after dealing with the problems of old and new forces, Songtsen Gampo set about designing a new dynasty system.Specifically, it first imitated the Zhang Zhung script to establish the Tubo script, and imitated the official system, laws, and weights and measures of the Central Plains.As a result, Tubo changed from a loose slavery tribal alliance to a country with a complete system. Later generations often say that Songtsan Gampo was the founder of the Tubo Dynasty, and more refers to this level of system construction. And not just the unity of territory.

Generally speaking, Langri Zanpu and his son established the framework of the Tubo system, and the other gave Tubo its soul.To some extent, Langri Zanpu is the Qin and Sui Dynasty, and Songtsen Gampo is the Han and Tang Dynasties in history.

In history, Li Shimin married Princess Wencheng to Songtsen Gampo, and the dowry was very rich.Sakyamuni statues, treasures, gold and jade bookcases, gold and jade ornaments.Also for cooking food, brocade quilts with various patterns and patterns, 36 ten volumes of classics, more than 300 kinds of divination classics, clear mirrors for identifying good and evil, more than 60 works on construction and technology, more than 100 kinds of healing prescriptions, and four kinds of medicine Treatises, five diagnostic methods, six medical devices, various grains and turnip seeds, etc.

As a result, Tubo has obtained the cultural essence of the Central Plains for thousands of years at once. This move has allowed Tubo to achieve leapfrog development in the fields of politics, economy, culture, military, agriculture, industry, and medical care.

Later generations said it well and sang praises, praising Li Shimin for strengthening Sino-Tibetan friendly relations.But in fact, Li Shimin, who was so happy, raised a ferocious white-eyed wolf for future generations.

Because of the advanced culture of the Central Plains, Tubo’s national power was unprecedentedly strong, and it became the most powerful enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty. Later, it not only seized the Western Regions, the Hexi Corridor, cut off the Silk Road, and even broke through the capital, looting all kinds of treasures empty.

Based on the analysis of the monitored content, Yang Tong knew that what Langri Zanpu was going to do now was exactly the same as what his son had done in history, and he sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty to propose marriage, so he and Songtsan Gampo married Princess Wencheng Similarly, the purpose is to covet the cultural essence of the Central Plains.

In addition to Tubo, Japan, which is far away in the sea, also obtained poetry, agricultural books, Buddhist scriptures, history books, medical books, calendars and even construction and craftsmanship from Li Shimin. Get it all in your hand.

Today's Wa Kingdom, like Tubo, is in the era of slave society, and the gap with the Sui Dynasty is vastly different, but it is because they sent envoys to the Central Plains to study six times, which promoted social progress and jumped into the feudal era. and developed rapidly.Even the Wa country, which is far away in the sea, is like this, so it goes without saying that the surrounding alien races are naturally.

Of course, this is not to say that Li Shimin is short-sighted alone. In fact, Yang Guang has done the same.This is related to the characteristics of the entire era, not an isolated case.

They think that this is to spread the culture of the Celestial Kingdom widely, so that all the people in the world can feel the prosperity and strength of the Celestial Kingdom. They simply think that this is also a kind of culture, which should be shared and advanced industry, agriculture, and medicine should be used. Waiting for advanced knowledge to help others get rid of poverty and get rid of illness. It seems that such an unreserved gift can reflect the demeanor of a great country. They measure the alien race with the kindness of the Central Plains, and they don’t realize that the alien race will benefit from the industrial and agricultural medicine. He will turn into a wolf, until the alien army of "teaching with superior skills to control China" invades, and suffers a big loss, will think of the ancient saying "non-my race has different minds".

Yang Tong, who roughly guessed Tubo's intentions, didn't say much, but changed into a formal crown and royal robe, and received Xiangxiong and Tubo envoys in Shengwu Hall.Not only the ten ministers of the three provinces, the generals of the twelve guards, the generals of the twelve guards, the minister of the temple, even the fifth-rank Beijing officials and important generals were also recruited.

After all, it is about the death of a country's 'Prince', and the representatives of all countries are watching, so they should treat it with dignity.Therefore, not only the core civil and military forces of the Sui Dynasty gathered, but also the envoys of Tubo and Xiangxiong, and even the monarchs and representatives of various countries were invited to participate.

This can also be regarded as a preview of the upcoming Dachaohui.

From Yingtian Gate to the square in front of Shengwu Hall, there are [-] Xiaoguo troops lined up on both sides. Each Xiaoguo army is equipped with the latest ritual Mingguang armor, long halberd, and horizontal knife. They are not only gorgeous and beautiful, but also very strong and sharp. Of course, these are ceremonial weapons, and if they are really on the battlefield, the equipment of the Xiaoguo Army can definitely kill the elite divisions of the Eleven Legions!

"Your Majesty! The monarchs and envoys of various countries have arrived outside Yingtian Gate." A Xiaoguo military officer entered the hall to report.

"Xuan!"

Following Yang Tong's order, the solemn salute sounded, and Yingtian Gate was opened wide. Holy Martial Hall.

"Foreign ministers see His Majesty the Saint Khan."

"My minister sees His Majesty the Saint Khan."

The representatives of various countries paid homage. Most of the people who can be envoys to the Sui Dynasty know some of the etiquette system in the Central Plains. They know that the Sui Dynasty is now being received with a national ceremony, which is the highest standard of etiquette. If you put on airs at this time, that is not Embarrassing Da Sui, but embarrassing himself.

"You don't need to be too polite!" Yang Tong stretched out his hand to help.He said loudly: "Give me a seat!"

"Thank you, His Majesty the Saint Khan!"

After everyone got up, under the guidance of the censor and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they found their seats one after another.

Compared with the early dynasties after the Song Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty was obviously more humane.

It is said that during the early and early dynasties, the ministers had to get up at midnight to avoid getting up sooner or later, and went around half of the capital to the Meridian Gate. They had to wait in line from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] am before they could enter the palace.During this long wait, if someone coughs, spits or walks unsteadily, they will be recorded by the censor in charge of the picketing and wait to be dealt with.But the early dynasty of the Sui Dynasty seemed much more casual, as long as you were not late, you would be fine, and after entering the palace, you would still have your own seat.In addition, if you have enough time, you can go to the side hall to have breakfast first. This benefit has existed before, and it was not created by Yang Tong.

People of different races were deeply shocked by the large number of people and the grandeur of the early Sui Dynasty. When they looked at the two stacks of memorabilia neatly stacked on the imperial case, they all felt curious and wanted to see who the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty was. How to handle government affairs!

(End of this chapter)