1213. Songtsen Gampo, strong debut

After reading this booklet, Li Pojun understood that these important ministers were all discussing fiercely with solemn faces.

"Songtsen Gampo actually made such a strong debut......". Li Pojun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered in a deep voice, although it seemed easy to shake the booklet slightly in his hand, but it could be seen from the slightly frowning brows and cautious expression that Li Pojun's heart was not relaxed.

It turned out that the news from the southwest was those things in Tibet, and Li Pojun had naturally been paying attention to such a bull as Songtsen Gampo.

Songtsen Gampo's father, Langri Nongzan, was the 32nd Zanpu of Tibet (equivalent to the Xiongnu's Shan Yu, the Turkic Khan), Langri Nonzan was also a promising king, during his reign, he used Qi Zanggu, Ba Yuzebu and other poor-born generals to seize the vast land of the Jiqu Valley, and then gave these emerging generals lands and slaves, so that these poor-born generals soon became new nobles.

These emerging nobles were all promoted by Lang Ri Praise, and they were naturally loyal to Lang Ri Praise, which greatly strengthened the royal power, but also angered the old nobles who had been inherited for a hundred years, and the old ministers and old nobles of Tubo were dissatisfied and resentful, and the purpose of Lang Ri Praise to promote the emerging nobles was to suppress these old nobles, how could they ignore the dissatisfaction of the old nobles, which is just like today's Tang Dynasty.

Batches of new high-ranking families were produced, such as Fang Du Chengqin and others who followed Li Shimin to fight the world, so as to suppress old families such as Guanlong, Shandong, and Jiangzuo, but Li Shimin obviously knew how to heat better than Lang Ri Praise, so he knew how to boil frogs in warm water, and slowly suppressed a group of people, instead of directly ignoring the reaction of the old nobles and suppressing them strongly, like Lang Ri Praise.

Lang Ri's strong suppression of praise did have some effect, the royal power was indeed concentrated, but it also completely angered the old nobles, since Zampu didn't let our old nobles live, then we didn't do anything.

Obviously, the strength of those old nobles who have inherited a hundred years of history is very strong, and soon, Tubo's Dabo, Gongbu, Niangbo and other places have been divided and independent, and they have their own affairs, and the situation is just like the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one word - chaos.

In the course of the rebellion, the lord of Tibet, the father of Songtsen Gampo, Langri Ronzan, did not know who poisoned him, and the monarch who was ambitious to strengthen Tubo died violently in the palace of Qiongjie in Shannan.

Fortunately, Lang Ri is not a real "widow" after all, and he is also supported by many people, especially the emerging nobles he promoted.

Tang Zhenguan three years, this year, the lord of Tubo Lang Ri on the praise was killed, the just unified plateau is divided again, this year, Songtsen Gampo was twelve years old, at this moment of crisis survival, he was not afraid to retreat, but actively wooed the emerging nobles, with the help of his uncle on Kol and the prime minister to grab the bag and other cronies, as the only son of Zampu, the legitimate heir of Tubo Zampu, ascended the throne of Zampu.

Li Pojun also knew this news, and he was glad at that time, and even thought of sending people to stir up the turbid Tubo chaos even more, such as secretly funding some armor resources of the rebels in Dabo, Gongbu and other places, but later the Northern Expedition was entangled in affairs such as pseudo-Liang and so on, and it was over.

Now seeing this booklet, Li Pojun didn't expect that the eloquent Songtsan Gampo would clean up the mess of Tibet in only three years, and in three years, it only took three years to integrate the fragmented Tibet.

Even Li Pojun has to admire, in the end it is a generation of heroes on the plateau, it is really amazing, you know, although Tubo is not big, but it is no less than the chaos at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is quite difficult to unify in three years, not to mention, Songtsen Gampo is not very old.

This thick booklet, full of ten pages, clearly recorded the memorabilia of the past few years in Tibet, Li Pojun read it intently, closed his eyes, and sighed, the male lord is the male lord, and he can't help but sigh how many heroes in the world there are.

After the twelve-year-old Songtsen Gampo ascended the throne of Zampu, he showed a series of excellent operations that proved his ability, and Li Pojun couldn't help but want to use the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd to cut him an apple.

In the face of the national turmoil, Songtsan Gampo was orderly and stable like an old dog, on the one hand, he actively deployed defenses, and adhered to the birthplace of the Tubo royal family such as Shannan Qiongjie and Zedang, and on the other hand, he tracked down the culprit who murdered his father Langri Lunzan, and after some investigation, he finally found out several old nobles who conspired and rebelled in the territory, and eliminated the internal hidden dangers.

Then Songtsen Gampo did not have the same impulse as a hot-blooded boy, and did not send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as his head was hot, and on the one hand, he rested the national strength, went deep into the people, cultivated and recuperated, rewarded the soldiers, and trained the army. On the one hand, it is necessary to dismantle the separatist forces of all parties through diplomatic means.

Finally, after his strength increased, Songtsen Gampo personally led a large army to cross the Brahmaputra River, and received the support of the Luoqi and Jiqu regions, and the Pengyu region took the initiative to surrender to him, the young hero.

In just a few months, like a tiger descending from the mountain, the hurricane swept away the leaves, and the separatist forces like chickens and dogs were wiped out one by one, and after three years of division in Tibet, it was reunified.

The reunification of Tibet, such a major event, the Tang Dynasty did not pay attention to it, so when Li Shimin received this booklet, he also hurriedly convened important ministers to discuss.

and specially called Li Pojun, because Li Shimin remembered that Li Pojun seemed to attach great importance to Tubo in the past. Every time he discusses the enemy country, Li Pojun is always extra cautious about this small country in the bitter cold land of the southwest, nonsense, as a strong enemy who has broken the Tang Dynasty Chang'an City several times in history, can Li Pojun not pay attention to it.

After Li Pojun finished reading it, when he was thinking about it, Li Shimin also looked at him.

"Prince, in the past, you paid a lot of attention to Tibet, now, what do you think?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, all the ministers looked at Li Pojun.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Li Pojun sat up slightly straight, no longer so lazy, but still replied respectfully: "There are all the good plans of the public present, and the children dare not speak falsely." It's one thing to say it or not, and it's another thing to be polite.

Li Shimin frowned, as if he was a little dissatisfied with Li Pojun's "politeness", and waved his hand: "But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

Seeing this, Li Pojun also smiled, looked at the booklet in his hand, and asked directly: "Dare to ask Ayah, who dedicated this booklet?" ”

"This is the sacrifice of the bull of Langya County." Li Shimin was stunned and said, "What's wrong?" What's the problem? ”

No wonder, Li Pojun nodded slightly, it turned out to be Niu Jinda's offering, so it is not surprising.

This booklet records the situation in Tibet in recent years in great detail, and Tibet is a remote and bitter cold place in the southwest, and it is very difficult to transmit any news in ordinary times.

In several conflicts with Tibet, the Tang army won many battles under the leadership of Niu Jinda, and Niu Jinda himself was guarding the southwest for many years, and made many meritorious contributions in the battles with Tuyuhun, Tubo and Fangren.

Moreover, Niu Jinda is now on the Jiannan side, bordering with Tubo, so it is not difficult to understand that he collected this information.

"And what does General Niu mean?" This is just a letter of information from Niu Jinda's dedication, not a song, Li Pojun doesn't understand what Niu Jinda thinks at the end, whether to inform the court of the situation in Tubo, or to ask for war or something else, but Li Pojun estimates that it is very likely to request troops.

Sure enough, although Li Shimin was a little unhappy with Li Pojun's repeated questions, he still threw a letter at hand to him, "Niu Jinda asked to send troops, and then disturb Tibet while it has not been completely stabilized."

Li Pojun raised his eyebrows, took a cursory look at Niu Jinda's majestic and high-spirited invitation to fight, then got up and said in a very formal voice: "Your Majesty, General Niu's play, the minister seconded the proposal."

Li Shimin was slightly surprised, and so did the ministers, only to see Li Shimin glance at the reactions of the ministers, and then raised his eyes and said, "Let's talk about it."

"From this booklet, it can be seen that Songtsen Gampo is eloquent and strategic, and it is not to be underestimated, and now that Tibet is unified, and Songtsen Gampo is a series of measures such as reforming the military, balancing the aristocracy, and strengthening the royal power, it is enough to show that his ambition is not small, if he does not take advantage of his current weakness, kill him, destroy his country, and capture his king, it will surely cause endless harm."

Li Pojun said righteously.

However, these are all big truths on the surface, and they are not enough to convince people.

As soon as Li Pojun finished speaking, he heard a cold snort, "What His Highness said, I don't dare to agree with the ministers."

Li Pojun glanced at it, it was Wei Zheng, I don't know why, although he knew that Wei Zheng was not a bad man, but when he saw the appearance of kicking his nose and picking his beard, Li Pojun just felt unhappy, "I don't know what Xuan Chenggong has to say?" ”

"Tubo is a vassal state of my Tang Dynasty, has always been respectful, every year to pay tribute, year after year to court, never show the slightest disobedience, but His Royal Highness killed one by one, one by one to destroy its country, capture its king, there is a loss of benevolence, this is a tyrannical act, it will lose people's hearts, but also let the four Yi subordinates feel cold and panic, and lose the royal way."

Although Wei Zheng is more than half a hundred years old, his beard is slightly white, but his body is extraordinarily straight, just like his integrity, awe-inspiring and unbending, his voice is sonorous and powerful, and his righteous words are righteous.

Li Pojun also had to admit that what Wei Zheng said was indeed true, after all, Tubo had not shown any disobedience so far.

Whether it is Lang Ri praise or Songtsan Gampo, the surface work is called a comprehensive, every year to pay tribute, year after year, even Li Yuan and Li Shimin's birthday are clearly remembered, and they come to give gifts respectfully every year, showing more filial piety than Li Pojun.

Such a loyal vassal country, if you attack without saying anything, it is indeed a nameless division, don't look at this "name".

If there is no reasonable name to send troops to attack, not to mention anything else, even the scholars and people of the Tang Dynasty will have a whisper, after all, the war still needs a fig leaf, and even the shameless Oriental thieves like the future generations will have to play the name of bullshit and common prosperity, not to mention the current Huanghuang Datang.

Seeing Li Pojun nodding slightly, he seemed to approve of his argument, and Wei Zheng also twisted his beard with a teachable look of relief.

But Li Pojun is still not convinced, after all, it is clearly written in the history books that Tubo has attacked the capital of the Tang Dynasty several times, and the number of raids on the border is countless, although it was the later Tang Emperor who did not give it strength, but if he did not take advantage of the fact that Tubo has not yet grown to suppress it, Li Pojun is really unwilling.

"On the side of the couch, let others sleep soundly. Ladies and gentlemen, as far as I know, Songtsen Gampo is by no means simple, and in my opinion, his talents and ambitions are no less than those of Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, and Li Khan."

Li Pojun said quite anxiously, seeing Li Pojun's appearance, the ministers were also a little confused, but they also knew that Li Pojun would not be untargeted, after all, Li Pojun's resourcefulness and ability were also well known.

Fang Xuanling frowned and exclaimed: "Songtsan Gampo, but the Yidi monarch in the year of the dancing elephant was so praised by His Royal Highness?" ”

"Three years to integrate the chaos, although there are some means, but the land of Tubo is only thousands of miles wide, and the number of people is only a million, but the land of the Tang Dynasty is just a place, His Royal Highness inevitably has some high regard for Songtsen Gampo, right?" Even the always gentle Yu Wenshi said with some disapproval.

Li Pojun could only shake his head and smile bitterly when he heard it, this is not to blame them, although all the ministers here are well-educated people, all of them are well-informed people, maybe when it comes to the customs and customs of a certain place in the Central Plains, historical allusions, this group of important ministers came with their mouths open, but Tubo is still too far away, this is the limitation of vision, just like before Li Pojun talked about Tianzhu, Persia and even England in the far away West, no one knows.

Although Tubo is a close neighbor of the Tang Dynasty, but the unification of Tubo has not been more than ten years, almost unified with the Tang Dynasty at the same time, there was no unified regime at all, they are all small tribes that operate separately, Tubo is also a tribe, but after Langri praised the unification of the ministries, the integration of the ministries was established The Tubo regime, until a few years later, Songtsen Gampo officially established the country, established a complete Tubo Dynasty, no longer a loose tribal regime.

The Yidi regime in such a bitter cold land naturally could not arouse the interest of the ministers, after all, to tell the truth, in the eyes of everyone, Tubo was too weak.

Now that Li Pojun has compared Songtsen Gampo with Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Likhan and others, the ministers naturally disagree.

Heroes cherish heroes, although they are hostile, Dou Jiande and others are defeated, but all the ministers are the heroes of the world, the one who doesn't know the ability of Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others, that is a moment of turmoil, in the troubled times where capable people come out in large numbers, which one of the heroes who can divide one side and build the country and claim the emperor can be simple, Dou Jiande, King of Xia, Wang Shichong, King Zheng, Turkic Khan Lili, take a look, which one is a great hero, Li Pojun actually said that Songtsan Gampo is such a milky boy who is not dry compared to them, The ministers scoffed.