The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1445 Visitors from Tubo
Zhao Xu was thinking about his own affairs in the house, and at the same time, there were people discussing something in the guest house, but the language they spoke was neither Khitan nor Chinese. If Zhao Xu were here, he would know that this was from later generations Tibetan language.

"Da Lun, what are we doing here? The Khitan people are not very good people. We brought so many gifts here, and they didn't show enough importance to us. Instead, the prince of Song, their emperor, came alone. I went to greet you in person."

A man who was about the same size as Dong Zhenhai muttered, but Dong Zhenhai was cleaner than him, because this man had a beard all over his face, and his age could not be seen.

Dalun is the official name of Tubo, and it is called Daxiang, which is like the prime minister of the Central Plains Dynasty.

"Abaza, for the sake of the future of our Great Tubo, do you have to be patient? We haven't achieved the purpose of our visit. Let's talk about it after all the dust settles."

This strong man is called Abaza, a very common name. The two of them are officials from Tubo. .

The term Tubo was first seen in the Chinese historical records of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that this Tubo, which is called "bod" in Tibetan, is the self-proclaimed name of the Tibetans.

According to a more common view, Fan is derived from the sound of "bon" (bon), a primitive religion believed by the ancient Tibetans;

Some people also believe that Fan means agriculture, as opposed to Zhuo (bro, animal husbandry).Tu, most people think it is the pronunciation of "Da" in Chinese, which is the transliteration of Tubo calling itself "Dabo" in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, it means a large agricultural country. Let’s understand it this way for now. People in the world know the name of Tubo, probably because of the marriage of Songtsan Gampo with Princess Wencheng.

In fact, Tubo and the Tang Dynasty were established in the same year, that is, AD 610. Tubo was a regime established by the ancient Tibetans on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and it lasted for more than 200 years from Nangri Lunzan to Langdama.

The Tubo Dynasty is the first regime in Tibetan history with clear historical records, and Songtsen Gampo is considered to be the actual founder of the country.

Under the unification of the Tubo Dynasty, the various ministries of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau condensed into a powerful force, and gradually stepped out of the closed inland plateau, which made the ancient Tibetan society vigorous for the first time. After all, a unified is always better than a scattered one.

The original fragmented and isolated development situation has been changed. Through the construction of systems, laws, post stations, etc., the regimes of various small states and tribal alliances have been integrated.

Due to the internal population flow and the expansion of social interaction, the Tibetan language and the entire cultural level have been promoted, and the cultural integration and growth of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have been realized.

The social production of Tubo is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry.Crops include barley, wheat, buckwheat, etc.; livestock include yaks, horses, camels, sheep, etc.; handicrafts include charcoal burning, iron smelting, rubber making, wool weaving, etc.

Look at this Abaza looks so rough, in fact, there is a reason for this. There is a beautiful legend about the origin of the Tubo nation.

The Tubo nation is an interesting nation. It is said that the Tubo nation is the earliest human being born from the combination of a macaque and a rock witch. Later, their descendants multiplied and reclaimed flat land and built cities in various parts of today's Tibet.It wasn't until Nie Chi Zanpu, the first Zanpu (king) of the Tubo royal family, descended from heaven that there was a distinction between monarch and minister.

Zedang, the capital of the Shannan region of Tibet today, is said to be the place where macaques and their children play; on the mountain near Zedang, there is also a "monkey cave" historic site.

No wonder the Tibetans have so much hair. It turns out that their ancestors have this kind of relationship.

Songtsan Gampo is the most famous and outstanding Zanpu in Tubo. He is the No.30 third king of Tubo, and also a Zanpu who brought Tubo into the sight of the Central Plains people. Since then, Tubo has continued to grow stronger.

Especially during the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo reached its peak. In 755, the "Anshi Rebellion" occurred in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong fled from Chang'an to Sichuan. Because the Tang Dynasty dispatched a large number of troops to deal with Tubo to quell the rebellion, the western defense was empty. Tubo took the opportunity to occupy Longyou, a large area of ​​Hexi Datang.

During the reign of Chisong Dezan, the jurisdiction of the Tubo Dynasty greatly expanded. It was roughly bounded by Longshan Mountain in the east and Tang Dynasty, Helan Mountain in Ningxia in the north, and Nanzhao in the south. After 790, Tubo occupied Beiting, Anxi, Tibet lost Beiting and Anxi decades later.

This is the most powerful Tubo, but things are always reversed, and then Tubo began to decline slowly.

However, Tubo refused to give up just like this, and continued to launch wars in all directions. Frequent wars weakened Tubo's national strength. Tang Dynasty generals Li Sheng, Wei Gao, Shi Jingfeng and others severely damaged the Tubo army many times.

After entering the 9th century, Tubo began to turn from prosperity to decline, and could no longer expand outward.In the first year of Changqing, Tubo Zanpu Keli Kezu sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to ask for an alliance and conclude a friendly alliance.The grand alliance ceremony was held successively in Chang'an and Luoxie, the capitals of the Tang Dynasty. The alliance text emphasized that they should always get along well.

In 820, the Tang-Tibetan Alliance Monument was established in Lhasa, and it still stands in front of the Jokhang Temple, which has become a precious evidence of the friendship and unity of the Han and Tibetan people.

After the end of the ninth century, the internal contradictions of the Tubo ruling class became increasingly intensified.The royal family competed with each other, causing Tubo to be divided. By 840, Tubo had actually existed in name only.

Not long after the founding of the Song Dynasty, a descendant of a Tubo tribal leader, Ji Siluo, established a political power in the Huangshui River Basin of Qinghai Province centered on Miaochuan (Qingtang). This was a local feudal regime dominated by Tubo and Qiang at that time. .

This is the newly established Tubo, but this Tubo wants to reproduce the style of the year, so they also want to expand their strength as soon as possible, especially now that the Central Plains are in war, they have a chance.

"We have just started, and when we reproduce the grand occasion of Tubo's submission to the world, all these things can be taken back. What are we afraid of? What we have to do now is to be patient. Today's sacrifice is to get more , Abaza, you are my number one warrior in Tubo, you must use your brain carefully when thinking about problems in the future."

Gar Qinling was teaching his guard a lesson, but then he also shook his head, because he knew that no matter how much he said, this guy would not listen, and would still go his own way.

"You know me in Dalun. I have a simple mind. As long as you say what you say, I will do it. As for those things, you have to consider them. I am only responsible for using force."

Abaza himself is indeed a reckless man, a simple-minded person who can only be a person who charges forward, and it is simply impossible for him to think more about things.

"Well, I didn't count on you either, as long as Khitan can help us this time." Gal Qinling really came to Khitan for a purpose, but he didn't know what purpose.

(End of this chapter)