Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1136 The Embassy

On the snow-covered plateau, reforms are in full swing.

The Tubo warriors traveled everywhere, cleared the land, declared it a kingdom, and let the people lease it.At the same time, the household registration population is counted, and the cattle, sheep, horses and livestock are counted.

At the beginning, the Tibetan farmers and herdsmen didn't know what was going on, but after the counting, it didn't take long for someone to come down to collect taxes.

Farmland output is taxed at ten, and herdsmen have to pay four taxes and one beef leg tax. After paying this tax, if they want to sell the grain produced in the field or sell their own cattle and sheep for other commodities , You have to pay another transaction tax, which is another ten taxes.

Many Tubo people who originally lived on the mountain were forcibly driven down the mountain, and they were asked to build cities, fortresses and markets in the valley.

The herdsmen watched those tyrannical noble warriors, one of the four cows was about to be taken away, and one of the four sheep was about to be caught.And even outside the northern pastoral areas, the Tibetans in the mountains and river valleys were ordered to adopt livestock for each household to serve the king.

Each household is required to raise one horse, one cow, one dairy cow, and one yellow ox. In summer, the grass is cut and dried into hay and handed over.

And these horses and three cattle raised according to the regulations have to pay a quarter of the buffalo tax according to the regulations, which is no less.

In the past, they also had to support the noble royal family, but it was not so heavy.

Not to mention that Zanpu also ordered the expansion of the army. Originally, there were 61 Dongdai, with a total of more than 12 people. Now it will be expanded to 2000, which means that a Dongdai actually has [-] people, divided into about [-] households.

The Tubo people dared to be angry but dared not speak out. They were used to being oppressed and did not dare to resist.

Especially those mages of the Bon religion, always ask them to be patient.

The most frightening thing is that these Bon religions who persuade them to be patient are not all good people.Because there is another clause in Zanpu's new decree, that is, every seven households must support one monk.

The monks are mainly Bon Buddhist monks, and there are also Chinese Buddhist monks and Taoist priests from Xincongzhong. Seven households have to support one monk, which is also a considerable expense.

Baiyuqiang, Miyao, Bailangqiang, etc. in the north of Luoxi also received a letter from the envoy sent by Tubo Zanpu. The letter contained a long list, requesting these vassal states that surrendered to Tubo to report to Tubo. The amount of money and materials paid for tribute is very large.

The feudal clans were dissatisfied.

And inside Tubo, there is also an undercurrent surging at this time.

Six ranks and seven formations, twelfth ranks, every nobleman is waiting for Zanpu to arrange them, but more and more rumors show that Zanpu intends to Those who used to belong to the country, such as Su Pi, were reused. On the contrary, the old nobles of their generations were rarely reused.

Dissatisfaction was spreading, and the old nobles began to conspire secretly.

The fact that Liu Lun and Zanpu shared the same fate made the nobles who got the news that they would be conferred high positions on Liu Lun think that Zanpu had bad intentions.

After all, although Tubo has the custom of burying people, they are mainly buried with slaves. Which of these big nobles is willing to commit suicide for Zanpu?

"Mi Yao said that it is not possible to raise so much tribute for the time being, and only send so much for the time being."

"It's only [-]%, is the medicine used to send beggars?" Nang Ri Lunzan looked at the list presented and was very dissatisfied.

"Where's Bai Lanqiang?"

"Bai Lanqiang directly refused the tribute, saying that we asked for too much, and they couldn't possibly give so much."

"Back to them!"

Nangri was about to send troops to attack Bailanqiang, but Dongzan immediately dissuaded him, "Zanpu, we are not ready yet, and now Bailanqiang and Qin are flirting. If we attack by force, they will immediately surrender to Qin." Besides, it has been agreed before that we must first increase troops and expand the army, collect and store materials, build ordnance, and then send troops to the west to destroy Xiangxiong, so as to solve future worries, and then send troops to the north to crusade against the Qiangs."

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In the corner of Luoxi City, there is a large courtyard with a tall red Qin flag standing in front of the gate.

In front of the gate, six Qin troops in Mingguang armor stood guard. This is the embassy of the Great Qin in Tubo. After the war with Tubo ended, Tubo got married to the princess and became a vassal. Therefore, the imperial court is now stationed in Tubo as a permanent envoy to contact Tubo, at the same time, also means monitoring the movements of the Tubo court and secretly collecting information on Tubo.

In addition to the resident ambassadors, there are more than [-] mission officials in the embassy, ​​and [-] Qin army guards.

"The Tubo people are trying to die!"

Yang Wen, ambassador to Tibet and member of the Ministry of Rites, said with a smile.

Wang Anguo, a member of the staff, was making tea beside him, "Dongzan Nagar was young, and he went to the Central Plains twice, and he really thought he had learned the essence of my Daqin governance. Don't you know, it's just learning how to walk in Handan."

"Yeah, painting a tiger is not an anti-cat. Look at what Tubo is doing now, and sooner or later something big will happen."

"It's good if something happens. Tubo is not in chaos. I think that some people's ambition will sooner or later be a problem for us."

So everyone laughed together.

"Newsletter, Ambassador, I went shopping just now, and when I came back, I found a letter in the car that someone had slipped in. My subordinates didn't dare to open it privately, so I handed it to the ambassador."

Yang Wen took the letter and found that there were five words on the envelope written by Mr. Yang.

"It's interesting to submit a book in secret."

Yang Wen opened it, and after reading it, an even weirder smile appeared on his face.

"ambassador?"

Yang Wen smiled, "Just now it was said that there will be chaos in Tubo, what do you think it is?"

"what?"

"There is a Tubo nobleman who wants to seek asylum."

"Find us here?"

"Ah."

"I committed a crime and want to escape to the Central Plains?"

"No, he wants to commit a crime, but he hopes to get my Daqin's help."

The people in the embassy are all Daqin people, the guards outside and the servants in the embassy are all brought from the Central Plains, and there is no outsider, so everyone can feel more at ease to discuss in this room.

"Hey, these guys are really brave."

"That was forced to the point of no choice. You see, the boy Dongzan of Nagar came up with a wicked idea of ​​Liu Lun and Zanpu sharing his fate. Who do you think is willing to be the Liu Lun?"

"But Nangri Lunzan is still quite young, even if we share fate, it's not a loss. After all, Liu Lun is equivalent to the minister of the imperial court."

"That's the same. Nang Ri talks about being young, but he will eventually die. These big nobles are unwilling to commit suicide and be buried for him. In their eyes, being buried is a slave. These old nobles who are as old as the Xiboye family , who can be qualified to be the head of the six major theories, they are all the patriarchs of the first-class nobles."

Yang Wen shook his head, reform is a good thing, but Gar Dongzan is still too young, and Nangri Lunzan is too hasty, just like his uncle Yang Guang, forcibly changed the Great Sui Empire.Otherwise, he wouldn't be just a Yuanwailang stationed in this snowy area now.

Thinking of him as the son of King Yang Xiong, who first served in the imperial court, he was granted the title of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, named Cheng'an County Duke, and served as the ambassador of Henan Province to suppress the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Feng Guan Guogong, and then came out as the general manager of Liangzhou. He made great contributions to comforting him.

It's a pity that Luo Siye broke through Chang'an soon after, Li Tang perished, and he became a subjugated official again.

Looking at the letter in front of him, Yang Wen and Yang Gongren smiled slightly, and put away the old things in his mind.

"We have to add fire and fuel to these noble people, so that they can be bolder and do it with confidence."

"Ambassador, it's too dangerous for us to intervene."

"There are dangers, but isn't that what my duty is to wait for the envoy here?" Yang Wen asked back, and now no one said anything.

(End of this chapter)