The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

In [-], Tubo repeatedly invaded the area west of Tang Fengxiang, and the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo deteriorated.

After more than two years, that is, in the first year of Dali, in October, King Chisong Dezan of Tubo sent troops to attack Dashi (Iran) and invaded Tianzhu (India) in the south. The main strategic policy of Tubo military was changed to westward, and most of the troops were deployed. In the western Himalayas, the Tang Dynasty's military forces in the east temporarily slowed down.

To meet the strategic needs of stabilizing the eastern border, King Dezan of Tubo sent a mission from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to return the envoys of the Tang Dynasty detained two years ago.

The border situation at the moment is perilous. The powerful Turkic enemies continue to integrate the nomadic tribes from the Mobei Grassland in the Yinshan area to the east. The Turkic regime has become strong since the Kaiyuan period.At the same time, the forces in the customs were separated, and the power of independent warlords continued to increase, showing that local forces wanted to fight against the central court.

The central government of the Tang Dynasty gradually lost the ability to control the power of some local Jiedushi. At a critical moment of internal and external troubles, Daizong agreed to negotiate peace with Tubo based on the idea of ​​minimizing enemies with neighboring forces. Since the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the relationship with Tubo has been tense. The Tang Dynasty wanted to reduce the military pressure on the border and concentrate its main forces to guard against the Turks in the north.

The Tubo mission started in October and arrived in Chang'an in February of the following year (the second year of the Dali calendar) to meet with Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty and return the Tang envoys detained in previous years. At the same time, the Tubo envoys also discussed the alliance with the Tang Dynasty.

There was a Tubo prince in the Tubo mission. The mission stayed in Chang'an for more than two months. When the two countries signed an alliance agreement and the mission returned to Tibet, the Tubo prince was assassinated and killed in the Honglu guest house.Immediately after the first signs of reconciliation between the two countries, they were suddenly killed because of such an accident.

Daizong was extremely furious. Guo Nuan, as Jing Zhaoyin of Chang'an, was mainly responsible for the security of the Gyeonggi area. In May, the Tubo prince suffered an accident. The chief executive of Chang'an District did not do enough to protect the Tubo envoys. As a result, the Tubo prince was assassinated, and Guo Nuan, who was Jing Zhaoyin, committed a serious crime of dereliction of duty.

Daizong issued an edict to arrest the killer immediately, but at the same time, Guo Nuan was supposed to be punished. Later, all officials of the imperial court pleaded for mercy, so he was exonerated from the crime, and Guo Nuan was dismissed as a civilian.

In June, the case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice arresting the assassin still had no results. According to a series of inferences in the case, the high-level officials of the imperial court discussed in secret, and they all came to a reasonable conclusion without direct evidence:

The spearhead was pointed at the Turks. It is very likely that the assassins sent by the Turks assassinated the Tubo prince. The purpose was to destroy the friendly relationship between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, so as to increase the hostile forces on the border of the Tang Dynasty and reduce the threat of the Tang Dynasty to the Turks in the north.

In July, the envoys returned to Tubo and passed the sad news of the assassination of the Tubo prince to the Tubo king Chisong Dezan. Dezan lost his parents and children, and angrily blamed the Tang Dynasty for his fault.

In August, Tubo sent troops to invade Lingzhou on a large scale, and then captured Binzhou. Tubo soldiers pressed close to Guanzhong, and the capital was in a tense atmosphere of martial law.In that month, Binning Jiedu envoy Ma Lin led his troops to defeat them. One month later, Shuofang general Bai Yuanguang was ordered by Guo Ziyi to lead his troops to defeat the Tubo enemies in Lingzhou and Lingwu.

In the fall of September, the martial law in the capital ended, and Tubo shrank its troops back to defend the plateau. The crisis came to an end for the time being, and peace and stability were gradually restored in the pass. However, the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Dynasty in the west had a deeper grudge.

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Shengping Princess Mansion.

"Hehe, wife, come quickly, the vines planted in the small yard last year are already bearing fruit!"

A handsome man, rolled up the sleeves of his long shirt, rolled up his trousers, carrying a hoe, and beside him was a cute bookboy with a round face. They were busy tending the fruit trees in the yard, and the rattan trellis was covered with agates. There were bunches of purple grapes that were crystal clear and round. The man's face was filled with the joy of a good harvest, and he repeatedly waved to a beautiful woman outside the courtyard.

Looking closely at this moment, there is a smiling woman standing outside the courtyard, wearing a loose and comfortable silk dress, her lower abdomen is slightly bulging, her face is less youthful and soft than the past, and there is more maternal maturity, making her look extraordinarily charming.

The man waving is Guo Nuan, and the young man beside him watering the vines is Ah Fu. As Guo Nuan's assistant, Ah Fu is the chief bookkeeper in Jingzhao Mansion. After a year of experience, he has become mature. Quite a few, a thin blue beard grows from the corner of his mouth, and his round and lovely face has been honed to some edges. grown up.

The woman outside the courtyard is Princess Shengping. She has been pregnant with Guo Nuan's child for more than three months. Shengping, who is about to become a mother, has a faint happy smile on her face every day.

At this moment, after being dismissed from office, he has been idle at home for two months. The unofficial and light-hearted Guo Nuan has nothing to do all day long. Taken over Jingzhao Mansion.

Speaking of which, the personal relationship between Guo Nuan and Fifth Qi is pretty good, and I hand over the team I formed in Jingzhao Mansion to Fifth Qi. I believe that Wu Qi will treat Yan Ruoshui and Luo Yuan well by virtue of his friendship with Guo Nuan. More than 100 arresters.

As for the chemical factory and school he founded, everything was running smoothly. Guo Nuan handed over the management rights to Abu Alchemist, so he felt relieved.With Abu's excellent management ability, Guo Nuan rarely asks about the factory affairs, so he doesn't have to worry about it.Guo Nuan, who stayed at home after dismissal, looked leisurely and leisurely all day long, accompanying his wife Shengping to take a walk in the garden of the mansion every day.

In his spare time, besides spending time with his wife and unborn child in the Princess Mansion, he also planted a few acres of vegetables in the yard, and planted some fruits and vegetables. Guo Nuan was researching the invention of vegetables in greenhouses. Fresh vegetables can be grown in winter.

Of course, Guo Nuan has not forgotten the project of making hot air balloons. After having free time, Abu recently refined propane, the key fuel for hot air balloons, in a chemical factory. Within half a month, Guo Nuan worked out another Airbags, hanging baskets, and combustion heating devices are finally combined into a hot air balloon.

Leading Shengping and Afu around a few hundred meters above the ground, the people on the ground were surprised to see a big balloon rising from the courtyard wall of the Princess Mansion. Looking up, the scene was even more lively.

Sometimes I feel bored staying at home, so Guo Nuan went fishing by the river, hiked and climbed mountains with relatives and friends, and drove to Chang’an Commercial City to shop for treasures. commodity.

Guo Nuan would often go back to the Fenyang Palace to visit his mother, Wang, and chat with the old man, or if he was lucky, he would meet his third brother Guo Xi who was returning to the Palace on vacation, and he would open a few jars of vintage wine and set the table, taking advantage of the bright moon and the rare stars. On a beautiful night, the two brothers were drinking in the yard.

The two brothers talked about the government affairs of the court, the military situation at the border, and the trivial matters of the people's livelihood with laughter. ． ．To Guo Nuan who likes to live a leisurely life, getting drunk all night before resting is extremely pleasant.

Of course, home visits to friends are also indispensable, so Guo Nuan went to Zhang Hu's house to eat and drink, and the two buddies sat together to brag and fart.

Zhang Hu recalled the childhood that the two of them experienced together, but Guo Nuan didn't know the childhood past of his predecessor at all, he just traveled from modern times a year ago.

Like the girl next door who had a crush on each other in those years, every day the two of them scrambled to deliver snacks and wild flowers picked by the roadside to that cute little girl.

The two little boys lay down on the wall and wrote two identical love letters. Of course, except for the different signatures, one love letter had Guo Nuan's name crookedly written on it, and the other had Zhang Wei's name written on it. The buddies wearing the same crotch pushed each other to send the two love letters to the little girl, but both of them were too nervous because of their shyness, and finally they came up with the extremely fair way of a duel by force to decide the loser One party to complete this glorious and arduous task of sending love letters.

Over the past year on the back wall of the yard, the two had fought countless duels without a result, but their fighting skills had improved a lot, until the little girl moved out a year later, and the sad pair of buddies finally died because of shyness. Send out the love letter. ． ．

Zhang Hu also mentioned that when he was studying in Guozijian Academy, while his husband was not paying attention to the scriptures, the two of them peeked at the comics under the desk together, and they were often caught by the teacher when they were fascinated. People argue and argue that they are the ones who encouraged the other party to read comics, and it has nothing to do with the other party.

The unlucky Guo Nuan received dozens of blows with the ruler and board on his palm each time, and every time he was beaten to tears, he still tried his best to protect Zhang Hu, taking all the faults on himself.

But Zhang Hu is also a good buddy, and he took the initiative to stretch out his hand to ask his husband to give him dozens of slaps.Afterwards, Zhang Fu's trembling, red and swollen hands said to Guo Nuan stiffly: "If you have to share the same difficulties, it's worth it." ． ．

Whenever Zhang Hu cheerfully brought up Guo Nuan's childhood embarrassment, Guo Nuan repeatedly pretended to be stupid and said that he couldn't remember anything clearly, so Zhang Hu laughed even more happily, thinking that Guo Nuan was thin-skinned and refused to admit it ． ． ．

The days flashed like this, and it was the golden autumn of October.As usual, the day before yesterday to attend a friend's banquet and toss into the night, Guo Nuan lazily got up from the bed and kissed Shengping who was still sleeping soundly.Suddenly, a servant girl's shout came from outside the attic:

"My son-in-law, princess, a group of eunuchs has arrived in the mansion, and the father-in-law at the head is still holding an imperial decree! Get up quickly—"