Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 661: Tubo Affairs
Tuyuhun reorganized [-] elite troops, crossed the Tuotuo River and Tanggula Mountains, and attacked Yemayi again and succeeded.

Yifu Maha led his army in Yema Yilin and Damu, and defeated Tubo, which was not fully prepared, and defeated the enemy in Dongdai. It was a rare victory for Tuyuhun.

In the direction of Nianga, the furious Shangwuru gathered [-] soldiers and horses, with white cloth strips on their arms, to fight to the death with Tuyuhun, who had no martial ethics.

Yifu Maha sneered, when Tubo attacked Tuyuhun out of nowhere, you didn’t seem to have talked about martial ethics, right?
However, Tuyuhun's combat effectiveness is still slightly inferior, and it is not worthwhile to fight head-on.

Yifu Maha decisively marched in with his army, crossed Tanggula Mountain, and with his ears in hand, he quickly returned to Fuqi City to ask for merit.

The fuming Shangwuru sent his troops to follow up, but at the dangerous passage below the Tanggula Pass, they were ambushed by powerful crossbows prepared by Yifu Maha, and suffered hundreds of casualties before withdrawing their troops.

This is usually the case on dangerous roads. If the opponent is prepared, no matter how many troops there are, it will only serve as a food supply.
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Luoxie City, Hongshan Palace.

With the sound of plain flags hunting, Zanpu Songtsen Gampo's coffin was slowly raised under the witness of the Tang Dynasty envoy and Youwuwei General Xianyu Kuangji, preparing to be buried back in Pibo City, the old capital of Tibet.

Among all the strange burial methods on the plateau, Dalungar Dongzan advocated following the tradition of Shibuyebu to bury Songtsan Gambo back to Zampu's ancestral land and bury him in the ground.

The Zanpu family is basically buried in the ground, which is insulated from secondary burials, water burials and sky burials.

The mausoleum of Songtsen Gampo is called "Muri Mupo".

Regarding the death time of Songtsan Gampo, the time given in Tibetan classics is the 23rd year of Zhenguan, and the Tang history records indicate it is the first year of Yonghui.

It is also possible that both parties were right, and the Tang Dynasty recorded the time when Tubo announced its funeral.

Considering the distance of the journey and the resistance of the changing seasons, it is not too difficult to understand that a year is crossed on the way.

Because Songtsen Gampo's son Kongri Gongtsen died young, the new Zanpu was Songtsen Gampo's grandson and Kongri Gongtsen's son Mangsong Mangtsen.

Mangsongmangzan's name was recorded as Qilibabu in Du You's "Tongdian". Throughout his life, the Gar family was in charge of Tubo power.

Mangsong Mangzan was still a child at this time, and the power was held by Dalungar Dongzan. The palace was controlled by his grandmother Mangsa Chijia. In the court, there were Shang Lun Chamo, Nǎng Lun, and Prime Minister Tong Tong. .

The two characters "Shang Lun" should be explained separately. "Shang" represents Zanpu's mother clan. When the word "Lun" appears alone, it only means a minister of the imperial court. Together, it means a relative official, also known as an uncle.

Nao Lun, also known as the internal minister, was in charge of official promotions and was equivalent to the official secretary of the Tang Dynasty.

Zanmeng Pogong Dongsa Chizun returned to the Jokhang Temple after his funeral.

The original name of the Jokhang Temple is Rhasa, which means that the goats carried the earth when it was built. The name Rhasa gradually evolved into the name of the city and became Lhasa.

According to research, the name of Jokhang Temple was changed later.

There are too many rumors about the Jokhang Temple and they are too mythical. It is difficult to find out the historical truth. Even Tibetan scholars are inevitably confused.

In the Jokhang Temple built by Pogong Dongsa Chizun, legend has it that there is a willow tree planted by Princess Wencheng herself, which is called Princess Willow by the locals.

This is more fantasy. Why did Princess Wencheng plant trees in the Jokhang Temple built by Dongsa Trizun?
Princess Wencheng lived in the Jokhang Temple, which was also built for her. The locals called it Ranmuqi and Jiadaraomuqie. It is one mile north of Barkhor Street, the turning road around the Jokhang Temple.

After the death of Songtsen Gampo, they had no choice but to move out of Hongshan Palace and live in a corner of the temple.

The wives of Tubo Zampu all praised Zangmeng, but there was only one Zangmeng who truly held power: Mangsa Chijia.

If you really think that all Zamons have equal status, you would be too young.

Xianyu Kuangji followed the ritual and went to Ramoche Temple to ask for an audience with Princess Wencheng and presented her with gifts from Emperor Yonghui.It is recorded in the history books that Princess Wencheng would only marry her to Tibet. Who cares how she spent the next 30 years as a widow?
The only good news is that Tubo does not have a damn step marriage system, so she does not need to imitate Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty.

"It's difficult to cross a thousand mountains. Don't look at your hometown, lest you shed a thousand tears." Princess Wencheng sighed softly, and a wisp of white hair appeared on her temples.

Marrying far away from Tubo was already difficult, but they had only been married for eight years, and they had to live in loneliness for decades.

How hard life is!

At this moment, Princess Wencheng had given up her thoughts of competing with Princess Honghua.

Even though Princess Honghua's husband is a bit mediocre, he is still lively and warm.

Changshi bowed and said: "Princess, please do not be sad. Although the consort is dead, there are still many ministers, visitors and maids accompanying him. Princess, please express your condolences."

The treatment of the two princesses who are getting married is not that of the princess, but that of the prince!
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This was the configuration for marrying a princess in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The princess had a certain amount of force in her hands and could speak with a strong backbone.

However, childlessness is an unsolvable problem.

I don’t know whether it was the cold weather that made it difficult to have children, or whether the Tibetans deliberately controlled the fertility of Zangmeng. With Songtsen Gampo’s many Zangmeng conditions, only one son, Gongri Gongtsen, existed.

Although it avoids the trouble of fighting for reserves, there is a risk of losing the Miao descendants.

Not to mention that the bloodline of the Xibu Yebu royal family is always relatively weak.

After the funeral, the second son of Gar Dongzan, Gar Qinlingzanzhuo, looked very angry.

"Father, Tuyuhun boldly raised troops this time. Without the secret consent of Tang Dynasty, how could he have the courage? Why not hold Tang generals accountable?"

The eldest son, Gar Zanshirudobu, said softly: "Qinling, you said it was a secret promise, how could you say it openly?"

"Actually, it's not necessarily a bad thing that Tuyuhun took advantage of Zanpu's funeral to raise troops. In the future, when we send troops, we will call the division famous in Chinese."

Gar Dongzan nodded: "Zanxi is right. When Zanpu is buried, it will be the time for Tubo and Tuyuhun to settle their grudges."

"With this as a basis, even the Tang Dynasty will not be able to intervene in disputes. This is a good thing."

This is a good thing to say. In the future, when Tubo raises troops to seek revenge, Datang can only watch.

In this regard, Emperor Yonghui is still a bit young.

Gar Qinling Zanzhuo raised his eyebrows: "In this case, I am willing to train an army for Dongben and go out to wash away this hatred for Tubo."

The third son, Gar Zhengzan Zangdun, shouted next to him: "I want to enter Dongdai too!"

Gar Qinling Zangzhuo patted Gar Zhengtsen Zangdun on the shoulder: "You are still young, learn more from the imperial minister Tunmi Sambuza, and help me fight when you grow up."

Tunmi Sambuza is the creator of Tibetan and one of the Tubo sages. Tunmi is the surname, and Sambuza is the honorific given by others, meaning sage.

Gar Zheng Zangdun was one of the famous Tubo generals, and was called Zan Po in Tang classics!
The reason why the Gar family was able to hold power in Tubo for a long time after Songtsen Gampo's death was that almost all of Gar Dongtsan's sons performed outstandingly!
Songtsen Gampo died, and Gar Dongtsen finally breathed a sigh of relief, no longer having to be cooked by a rabbit to death.

(End of this chapter)