Princess Consort of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 300 State affairs
Different from his distress, the first thing Chidu thought of was the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As long as this useless prince is left on the plateau, he can get three months of military rations.

No matter what happens next, he wants to get the maximum benefit first.

Lun Qinling could only curse inwardly for being stupid, as envoy Zhou had no intention of agreeing to their request from the beginning to the end.Even if he is really stupid, can His Majesty Da Zhou allow him to be an enemy?

While he was still thinking about how to restore the current situation, another bad news came. General Dashi led the army to display under the Tubo Plateau, clamoring that the deadline for negotiations had come and he wanted to see their prince.

They came with the army, they must have guessed or knew what happened on the plateau, and they were worried that Tubo's open peace talks would actually fight against the Great Food with the Great Zhou, which would be detrimental to their prince.

There is no way, there is no trust between countries.

What Lun Qinling didn't know was that this general and the prince came to the Western Regions this time, which was a reconciliation trip arranged by the king for them.

Of the two princes of the Great Food Kingdom, the General has always supported the little prince.

But King Dashi doesn't like his cowardly young son so much, and hopes that through this war, the general will see the advantages of the eldest prince.

This is also the best time for the general to surrender his allegiance to the eldest prince. The two will let go of their previous suspicions and show off their talents in front of the new king.

It's a pity that Tubo's move is actually simple and necessary. The general has already arranged everything, but the prince insists on coming in person to understand this plateau.

The two agreed on a time, but at the last moment, no one came down from the Tubo plateau.

Therefore, the general immediately judged that something happened to the prince, so he led the troops directly.

If the king knew about the affairs here, he would be a huge dereliction of duty. No matter what kind of thoughts Tubo had, he had to take the prince back to the country, which was more important than the affairs of the Western Regions.

Lun Qinling sent envoys to inquire, but the big cannibals refused to enter, bluntly saying that if the prince is not seen in the dark, the war will officially start.

Lun Qinling was so angry that he didn't know who to talk to.

Finally, on the Tubo Plateau, the Dashi Prince was lifted down and lay motionless.

The general was immediately frightened. If something happened to him and the prince was alive, the king would be grateful to him for treating his family well.But if he was alive and the prince had an accident, ten heads would not be enough for him to lose when he returned home.

The big food doctor was helpless.

After inquiring about everything carefully, the general also knew that there must be something wrong with that glass of wine. No matter how chaotic Tubo is, the person who can poison the palace banquet must not be an outsider.

Therefore, no matter whether Tubo admits it or not, they are determined to take the blame for this matter.

The Western Regions are the interests of the country, and the princes are the interests of the royal family.

If he was an ambitious king, he would definitely choose the Western Regions, and he could use this as a condition to slaughter Tubo once.But the king was old, and pinned all his hopes on the young prince.

Tubo is on a plateau, easy to defend but difficult to attack, the general is very worried about the future of the country.

He ordered people to send the news and the poisoned prince back to the country. It would take a week even without stopping. When they set off, they only brought about two months of food. They negotiated in ten days and waited for a reply in ten days. It would take ten days for the actual battle to begin. Day, if the remaining one month fails to achieve results, the army will encounter an important crisis.

Even if the domestic treasury is full, the king will have to bear more pressure to start delivering a new batch of grain and grass.

Long-distance transportation costs a lot, and there are no major grain producers nearby.If the enemy targeted the grain and grass to attack, then this battle might be over.

In fact, he still has another option, which is to attack Tubo directly, and then return home regardless of success or failure.

One is to avenge the prince, and the other is to give everyone in the country an explanation for the expedition. This is a just battle, especially if the king can excuse Tubo's intervention so that the leader will not be too difficult.

If he waited for the king's order to come, it would be difficult for him to change his passive position.

But without the king's order, he could not command some generals. In order to welcome the prince, the generals and soldiers followed him. If he ordered to attack Tubo, the army would inevitably have a mutiny.

This delays.

Shen Sanwen was waiting for news in the Tubo military camp at this time.

He was holding Lun Qinling's handwriting, Zan Po and Gong Ren received him.

Gong Ren was careful, and naturally felt that his arrival was very strange.

But Shen Sanwen has been resting in the barracks, so there is no way to ask.

It wasn't until Lun Qinling's news about the Dashi envoy came that Shen Sanwen attacked the Dashi prince at the dinner party, but the Tubo people were at a loss and didn't know it.

Gongren couldn't sit still any longer.

Several visits were rejected by Shen Sanwen, and Gong Ren rushed directly into the spacious military tent.

"Why did the messenger come?"

Shen Sanwen sat leaning on the bed, watching the news coming from all around, the people he brought just surrounded him, and occasionally went out to get some eating and drinking utensils, Gong Ren felt relieved seeing that they didn't wander around.

At this time Gongren came to question him, but he didn't care, "Come for Zanpo and General Gongren."

Gong Ren asked suspiciously, "But Zhou Envoy only saw us once? For what?"

Shen Sanwen glanced at him, and said in an impatient tone, "Black Toothed Changzhi and Zhishensili are all generals in the Central Plains. I wonder if General Gongren is interested in serving the Great Zhou?"

Gong Ren sneered, "I'm not interested. I was born as a Tibetan, and I will be buried on the land of Tubo when I die. How can I do collaborating with the enemy and treason?"

Shen San asked hehe, "The time has come, and General Gong Ren has figured it out. That is the time for me to return home."

Gongren smiled and said, "That's good, envoy Zhou can stay here."

Shen Sanwen nodded, "Although I am a Zhou envoy, I am your father's distinguished guest. It is not good for you to barge in like this. Remember to get my consent next time."

Gong Ren frowned, "But, your followers all said that you were busy, so you will never see anyone for the rest of your life."

Shen Sanwen motioned him to calm down, "It's okay, it's impossible not to see each other in a lifetime, soon, don't worry."

Gong Ren left the camp with a smile, looking for Po Zan to discuss the matter of the Great Food Messenger, if there is a real fight, they will definitely contribute.

The two rode their horses out of the camp to inspect the surroundings, and they felt very comfortable riding on horses.

"Father said that the envoy of Dazhou poisoned Prince Dashi, and now he can't argue with it. Dashi won't really come over, right?" Gongren asked worriedly.

Zan Po sat down on the black horse and paced slowly, "Who knows, the embassy is watched by people, and the palace is even more tightly guarded. Everyone has left. How did you poison it?"

Gong Ren replied, "It's a bit evil. He also said that if we don't surrender to Da Zhou, he won't leave."

Zan Po's heart trembled suddenly, "What?"

Gongren asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Zanpo reined in her horse in a panic and went back to the camp, "Let's go back to the imperial city, the second brother is in danger."

As soon as Gong Ren heard this, he hurried back as fast as he could.

I didn't think about it before, but the timing of Shen Sanwen's question was obviously when they couldn't stay in Tubo.

There is only one possibility at such a time.

That's when the Tubo regime changed and the Gar family became the loser in this power struggle.

When Zhampo returned to the camp, he gathered 8000 soldiers in the army and began to torture their loyal city.

"You are the warriors of the Gar Clan, the elites of the Gar Clan. I, Gar Zhengzan Zangdun, have never treated you badly."

"No."

"If the Gar family dies, do you know what kind of ending is waiting for you? You will be reduced to the lowest slaves, with no clothes to wear, no meat to eat, and you will be beaten for working all day, and you will be killed if you don't like it. , are you willing to do this?"

"I don't want to."

"Then tell us now, are the enemies of the Gar clan your enemies? For the prosperity of the Gar clan, are you willing to raise your knives and defend your wealth and freedom?"

"Will! Will!"

One after another voices came from under the soldiers' spot, and it was very lively, which startled Shen Sanwen, who was resting wholeheartedly.

It seems that this Gongren still has some ability, Shen Sanwen thought to himself, but it's too late, Chidu and Lunqinling have already reached the point of life and death.

Following the sound all the way, Shen Sanwen saw Zan Po's last step to stir up the army's morale.

Zanpo raised her sword high, "Take the sword in your hand, and kill all the enemies who threaten Gar, kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Zan Po began to order troops, and at the same time, she saw Shen Sanwen appearing in her field of vision.

Zan Po stepped off the stage and approached him eagerly, "Isn't your envoy resting?"

"Too noisy, can't rest."

Zanpo asked anxiously, "Second brother, is everything okay?"

Shen Sanwen shook his head, "He's going to have something to do today, it's already noon, you shouldn't have time to rush there."

Before leaving, he received news that Lunyan and Chidu had invited Lunqinling to hunt.

Lun Qinling is an old bone, there is no intention of hunting, but the two are soft-hearted, and Chidu means to resolve the grievances between him and Lunyan, and at the same time discuss the reform of Tubo, Lunqinling is relaxed mouth.

He must have never thought that Chizuru wanted to do something, the day after he made the covenant with Prince Dashi.

Zanpo asked again, "How do you know that brother will have an accident today?"

Shen San asked with a chuckle, "It's a big taboo to be a leader with high achievements, and Lun Qinling is arrogant and domineering. As the Lord of Tubo, it's normal for Zanpu to want to regain his power?"

Zan Po cupped her hands at him and said, "If I can save my second brother, I owe you a favor, please advise."

When he found out about Lun Qinling's whereabouts, it must be much later, maybe he would still throw himself into the trap. Since Shen Sanwen dared to say that, he must know a thing or two.

Shen Sanwen ordered, "Let Gong Ren stay here with me, you go, if you can't come back, I will take him back to Da Zhou, what do you think?"

Zanpo asked, "Where is the second brother?"

Shen San asked back, "Chidu invited him to hunt, you should be familiar with the place, right?"

At this time, the counting of soldiers has been completed, and there are 8000 people each. Zan Po called Gong Ren, "I'm going back to the imperial city, you stay here. If I don't come back tonight, and no one comes back to report, you can go to Wang Xiaojie Wherever you surrender, the code remains the same."

Gongren frowned and questioned, "What if it's just Zhou Envoy's nonsense?"

Zan Po replied, "Second brother can't have anything to do, and you can't have anything to do either. I will take Zhou Shi back with me. If the second brother is well, it is good. If not, I will hand him over to the second brother."

Shen San asked those who were listening in a daze, what the hell?Sure enough, you still have to be a bad person, and being kind to the enemy is a fool.

"General Zanpo, it's the same for me to wait here. Just leave more soldiers for Brother Gongren. I won't run away."

But Zanpo did not listen to his advice, "If you are right, you are the benefactor of my Gar family, and I will never let you down."

Shen Sanwen's face turned cold in an instant, and a horrifying look appeared in his eyes, "You'd better pray that nothing happens to me, otherwise the consequences are not something Tubo can bear, and there will be no more Gars in the future."

Zanpo was not frightened when she heard the words, but her eyes became firmer, "If there is no second brother, there will be no Gar family, let alone Tubo, Zang Dun will definitely give up his life to protect you."

After the troops lined up, they each mounted their yaks and prepared to climb up to the plateau.

Shen Sanwen followed Zan Po depressedly, praying secretly, my little life is precious, gods, gods, Buddhas, Taoists, Taoists, gods and gods, God bless me, nothing will happen to me.

A lot of things happened in one day, Lun Qinling really had no intention of hunting, but he couldn't stop Chidu and Lunyan's "gracious" invitation.

It is really their promise that makes him very gratified. All these years of stubborn Lunyan have been enlightened. Is it closer to the real prosperity and peace of Tubo?

Just treat it as a big food accident, let's relax together.

The three of them rode horses and paced slowly in front. Although the plateau mountain road was rugged, the place where the imperial city was built was relatively flat, allowing horses to walk on it.The hunting of the people in the Central Plains is hunting, and their hunting is more of an outing in the wild.Over the years, there have been very few prey that can be hunted.

Lun Qinling asked, "Zanpu is really determined to reform the slave system."

Chi Du smiled and said, "I don't dare to say I am determined yet, but Qinling has proposed it for a long time, so I can try it first. If the reaction is too strong, I can only give up. If it is feasible, let's discuss it in detail."

Lun Qinling nodded happily, "Zanpu is wise."

In recent years, he has controlled most of the government affairs in Tubo, but when it comes to the issue of slaves, a group of people led by Lun Yan united against him, and Zanpu also publicly expressed his disapproval, which made Lun Qinling very constrained and unable to truly Implement these policies to every tribe.

Lun Qinling also had some doubts about this transformation, "How did Zanpu figure it out?"

Chidu secretly said, slaves are inherently lowly, so why give them freedom, they are prisoners of war, and inferior people from other tribes, it is not your turn to judge Qinling in Tubo.

However, he still maintained a smile on his face, and endured that he would be liberated on the last day, "The arrival of Prince Dashi earlier reminded me of my father. Let’s try the Tubo mentioned by Qin Ling.”

Yes, when Wang Xiaojie was a low-level soldier, he killed many Tubo warriors and was captured alive. Chidu sent him back to the country under great pressure because of his resemblance to Songtsan Gampo, and Lun Qinling because he was young He also chose to fulfill his filial piety. Unexpectedly, in the end, this man became a big enemy of Tubo.

Filial piety can always impress Zanpu.

Lun Qinling praised proudly, "Zanpu has grown up, and he can link filial piety with national affairs. There is hope for the future of Tubo."

Lun Yan was strangely silent at the side, looking at Lun Qinling is no different from looking at a fool, your good days are coming to an end.

Lun Qinling traveled with 2000 guards, 5000 elites, and [-] have been replaced by soldiers who are absolutely loyal to Zanpu. He still has [-] guards in the imperial city, and they prepared [-] people to hide here. Around, when they leave, Lun Qinling will undoubtedly die.

Stopping and stopping along the way, Lun Qinling explained his Tubo freedom policy again, which made Lunyan and Chidu despise him from time to time.

Finally, when he finished his ramblings, Chidu was very happy from the bottom of his heart, and bid him farewell, "What Lun Qinling said is very reasonable, I'll go back and sort out the specific method of this matter, and then write down the matters to be noticed and implemented, and wait After reading Lun Qinling, we will implement it."

(End of this chapter)