Wentang

Chapter 739

The Tang Dynasty formally accepted the tribute from Tubo, and bestowed the Tang Tubo king's seal and canonization edict, and the two sides confirmed the master-slave relationship.

Then Honglu Temple came forward to call the envoys of Baoji, Xiangxiong, and Tubo to mediate the war among the three countries.

The most outstanding performer in this negotiation was Lu Dongzan. With his intelligence and a solid tongue, he kept the envoys of Baoji and Zhangxiong speechless, and won many favorable conditions for Tubo. .

But after all, Tubo was the initiator of the war. Even if Ludong praised the Canlianhua, this fact could not be changed. There should be some compensation.

Not only did they spit out the previously occupied territory, but they also had to pay huge amounts of money.

However, due to the fact that Tubo's national power was weak and unable to pay so much money for a while, under the coordination of Datang, it was changed to installment payment, which would be paid off within ten years.

The delimitation of national borders by the latter three countries, the signing of mutual non-invasion agreements, etc. are not worth mentioning.

The war plan against Tubo, which lasted for more than ten years, finally came to an end. The conservatives in the Tang Dynasty celebrated, thinking that they had controlled the situation of the country and tried a rare victory.

Although the main combat faction has opinions, it is hard to say anything.It's really that that area is too difficult to fight, and it's really not worthwhile to waste money and people for so many years.

Only few people know that Datang has dug another hole this time, planning to bury all the plateau and three kingdoms in one go.

Yue Shan is naturally of the Qing Dynasty, because this pit was brought up by him when he was talking about Tubo more than ten years ago, but the conditions were immature at that time and it was useless.Now Li Shimin changed his appearance and took it out.

To put it bluntly is very simple.

The environment on the plateau is so harsh that Datang is temporarily unable to manage it, and it will not be able to control it even if it is defeated.It is enough to turn it into a vassal land and establish a master-slave relationship, and it will be slowly operated and transformed in the follow-up.

But in this case, the plateau cannot be allowed to complete the unification, otherwise it will become a confidant of Datang.The triangle is the most stable structure, and the three kingdoms on the plateau are the most perfect form for Datang.

In order to prevent the three countries from colluding with each other to fight against Datang, they had to lay mines, so there was war indemnity paid in installments.

As long as war reparations exist for a day, it is impossible for Tubo and the other two countries to cooperate.Even if the high-ranking officials in Tubo could endure this, the people below would not be willing.

And really think that the Three Kingdoms are so obedient, and they will honestly stop fighting after signing the armistice agreement?Impossible, the hatred between the two parties is too deep to be restrained by a piece of paper.

The Three Kingdoms are naturally powerless to check each other. The Hexi Corridor leading from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions is safe, and there is no need to worry about being threatened or even cut off.

What Yue Shan didn't expect was that after the incident, Lu Dongzan came to visit again, with a very sincere attitude.This made him very curious, so he decided to meet him.

"I heard that Xiao Lun overwhelmed the envoys of Baoji and Zhangxiong during the negotiation, and saved the interests of Tubo. This matter was widely spread in Beijing and China, and even the sages praised you as an outstanding person. Only when I saw you today did I know the rumors It's true." Yue Shan said.

"Yue Wenshou is absurdly praised. I have the ability to speak out in front of you. You are the one I admire the most." Lu Dongzan said in a somewhat weird official language.

The name Wenshou first came from the scholars of the surrounding vassal states, and later spread to China, adopted by the new school, and then spread to more areas through the Tang Dynasty.

Many people, especially those in the vassal states, would call him Yue Wenshou.

After the two complimented each other and greeted each other, Lu Dongzan really started to ask for knowledge like a student.This surprised Yue Shan, but he still answered one by one.

At first Yue Shan thought he was deliberately using this to get closer, but the more we talked, the more surprised he became.

Lu Dongzan's research on Buddhism is very in-depth, and many questions he asks are very in-depth, and the angles are also very unexpected.Fortunately, he has also studied Buddhist things these years, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with.

However, as a person who is 'the head of a hundred schools of thought', when he answered many questions, he did not use pure Buddhist theories, but a mixture of various schools of knowledge.

Not only did Lu Dongzan not underestimate Yue Shan because of this, but he also admired his erudition even more.

As a politician, he is a pragmatist himself, and his deep knowledge of Buddhism is not because he likes Buddhism so much, but because he can only learn Buddhism and Buddhism in Tubo.

In the past few years, with the cultural infiltration of Baoji and Xiangxiong by the Tang Dynasty, many books have also been handed down to Tubo. Lu Dongzan took advantage of his status to collect relevant books and devoted himself to research.

The new knowledge system brought him a lot of inspiration and answered many previous doubts.It's just that the books that have been handed down in the past are incomplete, and there is no one to guide him. While solving some problems, it also brings him more doubts.

This time he went to Datang as an envoy, he bought a lot of books and prepared to take them back and study them carefully. Now that he has the opportunity to ask everyone like Yue Shan for advice, he will naturally not let it go.For several days in a row, he would come to ask for advice whenever he had time.

Yue Shan didn't refuse either, he taught him carefully, and even gave him some annotations of classics he wrote.

Some people may say, isn't this capital enemy?In the previous life, the Wa Kingdom became stronger by learning from China, and later ungrateful and retaliated against China, and the same is true for the stick and the monkey.

There is a misunderstanding in everyone's thinking here. First of all, it is not books on ideology that really support the enemy, but craftsmen and various production technologies.

Second, there is nothing wrong with cultural infiltration, what is wrong is that there is no follow-up action.

In the past, the Chinese dynasties only passively infiltrated the surrounding countries with culture, and did not think about further assimilating them, which finally caused backlash.

Datang is different, cultural penetration is only the first step.Let you first admit that Datang is your suzerain country, and let you use the characters, language, coins, etc. of Datang.

Then assimilate you through various methods, and finally achieve national integration.From then on, everyone, regardless of each other, is a part of the Chinese civilization, and they are all Tang people.

This method is used for the Siyi vassals, and it has been implemented in Baoji and Zhangxiong more than ten years ago, and it will be followed by Tubo.

What Yue Shan taught Lu Dongzan was originally what Datang wanted to do in the future, and it was not an enemy.And what he teaches are all cultural aspects, not involving any technology.

Another point is that Tubo is a Buddhist country.He received Buddhist education from top to bottom. The knowledge that Lu Dongzan learned from the Tang Dynasty can affect the top leaders of Tubo, and even cause the ideological division of the top leaders of Tubo.

In a word, when you are strong, except for giving free money, any strategy can deal a blow to weak forces.When you are weak, the seemingly free help from a powerful country may be deadly honey.

Lu Dongzan came here with a mission and it is impossible to stay for too long. After finalizing everything, he will return to China.

Before leaving, he visited Yueshan again. While expressing his gratitude, he also hoped that Yueshan could take care of the Tubo prince Gongsong Gongzan and his own son Qinling Zanzhuo. up.

Songtsan Gampo has no brothers and sisters, and his only child is Gongsong Gongzan, an only seedling. It is impossible for him to send his only son to Datang as a hostage.

In addition to taking care of a large number of entourages, some children of powerful and powerful people will also be sent over as playmates. Lu Dongzan's eldest son, Qinling Zanzhuo, is one of the entourages.

It was only then that Yue Shan understood Lu Dongzan's purpose of seeking him to study. It was true to study, and it was also true to find a backer for his son to draw affection.

Naturally, he will not refuse this kind of thing. I like things like cultivating heirs for you.I was afraid of arousing your suspicion when I did this, but now that you send the child to me in person, don't blame me for being rude.

So the two sides happily finalized the matter.

What Yue Shan didn't know was that Gong Song Gong Zan didn't live a long life, and died a few months earlier than Song Tsan Gampo, leaving only an infant child to inherit the throne.

Really a baby in swaddling is not an adjective. According to the time calculation, this child is the posthumous son of Gongsong Gongzan. Songtsan Gampo was only a few months old when he died.This gave Lu Dongzan and his son the opportunity to monopolize power.

However, this child is also a capable person. After growing up, he staged a coup and killed Lu Dongzan's son, regaining power.

What's interesting is that the other descendants of Lu Dongzan escaped and surrendered to Datang, and made great contributions to Datang.

It's just that the pattern of this life is completely different from the previous life, and everyone's fate has gone in a different direction, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

What Yue Shan learned about a certain person's life trajectory from his previous life is of no use and can only be used as a reference.

Now his advantage is only the knowledge brought by his previous life, and all he can do is to do a good job in the present and move forward step by step.

After the Tubo envoys left, Yueshan re-invested in the study of characters.

Not only the study of oracle bone inscriptions, but also bronze inscriptions, seal script, official script, etc. Through the study and understanding of these characters, he has a deeper understanding of the development of Chinese civilization.

If it is said that he stood on the long river of history and observed history macroscopically from the perspective of God.So now is to go deep into it and understand each era from a microscopic perspective.

Then connect these microcosms together to form a complete chain of knowledge, and gain a deeper understanding of the changes of the times.

Feedback to the books, I have a new understanding of the thoughts of the sages and even the development of the entire Chinese culture.

For example, in the past, he thought that all schools of thought had died out, and that was what was written in the history books, so he believed it.

But now he found that maybe the history books were wrong, or what they said was not accurate.The various schools of thought have perished, but their core of knowledge has not disappeared, but has been deeply imprinted on the Chinese civilization.

Has the Mohist’s idea of ​​praising the virtuous, doing things, and personnel is politics; the farming school’s persuading the mulberry to be sufficient for food and clothing;

No, they have always existed and have been affecting Chinese civilization.

It's just that at this time they are no longer Mohist, Yin-Yang, Miscellaneous, and Strategist, but have a common name, Huaxia Civilization.

Confucianism should have disappeared together, but the concept of Chinese civilization has not yet been proposed in this era, and the ruling class needs a kind of ideology to govern the country.

So Confucianism, which catered more to the needs of the ruling class, survived.

But by the arrival of the new era of the 21st century in the [-]th century, the concept of Chinese civilization has surpassed the scope covered by "Confucianism".Perhaps it is time for this term to withdraw from the stage of history.

When the new China absorbs the essence of Confucianism and completes its ideological transformation, it will disappear like Mohism, Miscellaneous and other schools of thought.

The rest is a unified Chinese civilization.

Of course, these are only Yue Shan's conjectures, it is not known whether they are accurate or not.

But it's a whole new way of thinking anyway.If this path can go through, then he really has the opportunity to lead the Chinese civilization to another path that is completely different from the previous life.

This new discovery excited him as much as it terrified him.

The excitement is that he has a chance to change, and the fear is that he does not know whether this change is good or bad.

But he is not ready to give up just like that. No matter whether this road is feasible or not, no matter whether the result is good or bad, we have to study it first before we can know.

And some time ago he told Li Shimin about the relationship between productivity, production relations and social structure.

The current production relationship in Datang was summed up after thousands of years of exploration, and it is the most suitable structural system for the current level of productivity.

He, a traveler, invented the blast furnace steelmaking, invented the steam engine, promoted the progress of chemistry and physics, and his productivity increased like a rocket.

Now these new things have just been born, and have not yet shown their due power.When they are applied on a large scale and productivity ushers in a full-scale explosion, the existing production relations will inevitably be destroyed.

If the Tang Dynasty could not establish a new set of production relations, I am afraid that it would not even be able to maintain the state for 200 years, and it would be replaced by a new dynasty.

This is definitely not what Yue Shan wants to see. No one knows what the new regime will look like, what if the capitalists take power.

The tiger he released had to be chained by himself.

So he abandoned all foreign objects and devoted all his mind to learning.

Later, the direction of his study was no longer limited to the knowledge of the ancients, but to conduct research in the long river of history.

From humans picking up the first stone to the rise of tribal civilization.From Xia, Shang and Zhou to Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, from modern history to modern history, from domestic to foreign countries.

And his original purpose of setting up the Text Research Institute has become less important.

The first batch of oracle bones, pottery fragments, bronzes and other ancient relics excavated from Henan Province were brought back. He only participated in the preliminary classification work, and the rest of the sorting, identification and transcription were all handed over to other people.

He turned around and continued to devote himself to his studies.

Others also wondered why he suddenly showed so little concern for Oracle?

Fortunately, Wang Ji was there, he knew Yue Shan too well, and he knew what was going on when he saw this situation.This is another new discovery, immersed in my own world.

He immediately told the people of the Institute of Characters about this matter, let them study it slowly without waiting for Yue Shan.The people at the Text Research Institute were relieved when they found out, and began to look forward to Yue Shan's new work.

Wang Ji not only told the Institute of Characters, but also everyone involved.The meaning is obvious, don't bother Yueshan if you have nothing to do.

The news that Yue Shan was going to retreat to write a new book soon spread, and the Xin Xue collectively cheered.Although the Ancient School was very worried, they also had some expectations that he would write something different again.

After Li Shimin heard the news, he also reduced the number of times he summoned Yue Shan. He would only send someone to consult him when he encountered a particularly serious matter.

Yue Shan once again lived a life at home—a two-point and one-line life in the academy.

(End of this chapter)