Li Zhen is a master of acting, although he has already guessed the result in his heart, but the surprised look on his face has not been out of shape at all, at least it is more than enough for the Tubo envoys, but well, since it is acting, naturally he has to play a full set No, no, without waiting for the Tubo people to explain, Li Zhenke changed his face, his face darkened, and his eyes were as sharp as knives swept over the Tubo people. That evil aura mixed with a powerful coercion suddenly made all the people in Tubo breathless, even the strong Tubo prince Qulun Buzan was also chilling in his vest.

"What do you mean by that?" After a long silence, Li Zhen asked coldly.

"Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is angry, this thing, this thing ......" Lu Ci Zanpo saw that Li Zhen was about to have a seizure, and he had already panicked, at this time he heard Li Zhen's question, and hurriedly opened his mouth to try to explain one or two, but his brain was blank at this time, and he really couldn't find a good excuse - the original intention of the Tubo envoys was to spy on the reality of the Anxi army. Try to find out the strength of the Anxi army, after all, the guards are different from the prince, so that there are people watching there, and they can act cheaply, but they didn't expect that today's wheel Buzan had a whim, and his own martial arts were taught by the masters, and he wanted to meet the rumored Yue Wang Li Zhen, who was rumored to be the champion of the three armies, compared to a high and low, and then temporarily decided to go to the Anxi capital to go around, who knew that he was in a hurry, and when he arrived at the place, he found that he forgot to bring a token and an interpreter, and in the case of language barriers, a misunderstanding inevitably happened, obviously, How could this kind of Tubo's private attempt to test Anxi's truth be put on the table, but Lu Cizanpo was suffocated, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

"Huh?" Li Zhen knew the strangeness in her heart, and at this time, she was embarrassed when she saw Lu Cizanpo, and her heart was dark, but her face was still gloomy and terrifying, and she snorted coldly.

Lu Ci Zanpo is an official in charge of foreign affairs, and his mind is also a smart person, at this time, in a hurry, he also came up with an excuse, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness forgives your sins, this thing is like this, this time I came to congratulate His Highness to bring a lot of valuable gifts, hehe, Your Highness, you know, bandits are rampant in this desert, and I am afraid that the robbers will hurt His Royal Highness the Prince, so I have to let His Royal Highness the Prince disguise himself as a guard, just to protect His Royal Highness the Prince, in fact, there is no other intention, The reason for this is also to ask His Highness to have a lot of seas, a lot of seas. ”

, just wait for a team of more than 400 elite soldiers, which sand thief eats the bear's heart leopard and dares to rob easily, grandma's, with such a bad excuse to come out to coax people, it is not too bad? Besides, we have to prevent theft on the road, and when we get to our land, do you have to prevent Lao Tzu from robbing, nonsense! Li Zhen knew in her heart that none of what Lu Ci Zanpo said was true, but she didn't break it, but turned her anger into joy and said: "Oh, I see, haha, it seems that this king is wrong to blame the deputy prime minister, no crime, no crime." ”

As soon as she heard that Li Zhen no longer cared about this matter, Lu Cizanpo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a forced smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, it's me who waited for Meng Lang first, how dare I blame Your Highness, Your Highness, your noble family is busy, I won't bother much, farewell, farewell." ”

Do you want to go? Hah, there are no doors! Li Zhen was determined to take this opportunity to hold the Tubo envoys, how could he let Lu Ci Zanpo and others slip away, as soon as he heard that Lu Ci Zanpo was going to leave, Li Zhen laughed and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, this king has nothing to do, it is rare for His Royal Highness the Prince and the deputy prime minister to come to the door, this king should be good to live to exhaust the friendship of the landlord, Eighteen Lang, pass the order to go down, prepare for the banquet, this king wants to have a drink with the two distinguished guests today." Yan Shibai didn't talk much nonsense, bowed down and answered, and went to arrange a banquet without mentioning it.

"Your Royal Highness, this ......" Lu Cizan really didn't want to stay here with Li Zhen longer, but since Li Zhen had already opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything against it, so he hesitated for a moment and looked at Qulun Buzan. Although he did not understand Chinese, the interpreter on his side translated all the conversations between Li Zhen and Lu Ci Zanpo in a timely manner, and at this time, seeing Lu Ci Zanpo looking at him with an inquiring face, he was not polite, waved his hand, and said loudly in Tibetan.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Prince of my family said thank you for Your Highness's kindness, and you should not get drunk and go home." Seeing that Qulun Buzan had expressed his attitude, Lu Cizan hurriedly turned his head to look at Li Zhen and said with a smiling face.

"Well, this is very much in line with the heart of this king!" Li Zhen laughed out loud, and her laughter was full of sincere joy, but if the people in Tubo knew what Li Zhen was happy about, they would not be able to cry if they were afraid that they would not be able to cry.

Wine is fine wine, food is good food, Li Zhen is a person who will enjoy, there are many chefs in the house, countless fine wines in the cellar, the exquisite aspect of wine and food is that the palace can not be compared with Li Zhen's mansion, there is nothing to say about the details, in order to take care of the problem that the Tubo people will not use chopsticks, but also specially prepared spoons, knives, forks and other things for each Tubo guest, this song and dance together, as soon as the wine banquet opened, the group of Tubo people can be busy, that is, the self-proclaimed Tubo prince who does not match the diet is also waving knives and forks, Constantly launching a furious attack on the food in front of him, the wine is poured into the stomach one after another, that "extremely vicious" look, how can there be anything incompatible, everyone in Li Zhen's continuous persuasion of wine and singing and dancing, soon dizzy to not know the north and south, that is, the cautious Lu Ci Zanpo drank less wine, and was still a little sober.

It's almost time to get started! Seeing that the atmosphere of this wine feast had reached a high tide, and the gang of Tubo people were already half-drunk and half-awake, Li Zhen's heart moved, and once again picked up the wine bottle, and gestured to Qulun Buzan and Luci Zanpo: "Come, two distinguished guests and drink this bottle full, this king still has something to trust." ”

Although he didn't understand Li Zhen's words, he understood the meaning of Li Zhen's toast, and he didn't care about picking up the wine bottle in front of him and took a big sip of it, but Lu Cizan Po kept an extra eye, although he also raised the wine bottle, but he didn't drink, but looked at Li Zhen with a puzzled look on his face and said: "Your Highness is serious, I don't know if Your Highness has anything to do with our help, please make it clear, if the minister is within his ability, he should not shirk." ”

Oh, is this old fox quite sober! Li Zhen understands the meaning of Lu Ci Zanpo's words, which means that he is saying: You can help what you can, and you can't do anything about it, but what is within your power, and what is within your power, is it not what he Lu Ci Zanpo said? There is a lot of room for maneuver here, but Li Zhen didn't care, and said with a smile: "The deputy prime minister said it well, this matter is also simple, well, don't hide it from the two, this king has been busy fighting since he took charge of Anxi, and he has neglected civil affairs for a while, alas, ashamed, if he can't give the people a peaceful and stable life, how can he have more military exploits?" The left and right are just reckless soldiers, not worth mentioning, so this king plans to do something beneficial to the people's livelihood, money is not a problem, but there is an obstacle that makes this king hurt his brain, alas......"

"His Royal Highness is worried about the country and the people, and the foreign minister really admires it, but I don't know what His Highness is embarrassed about?" Lu Ci Zanpo knew that the wine that Li Zhen invited was not so delicious, although she didn't know why Li Zhen was so dignified, and she also knew that there might be an ambush in her words, but out of the duty of the guest, she still had to ask a pander.

"This, alas, how to say it." Li Zhen showed a look of hesitation on her face, and she just didn't make her words clear.

Seeing this, Lu Ci Zanpo had a bad premonition in his heart becoming stronger and stronger, and he was afraid that he would fall into Li Zhen's trap between words, so he immediately closed his mouth, pretended not to hear, and simply didn't speak, and the originally lively scene immediately appeared an embarrassing calm, but Lu Ci Zanpo didn't speak, and after drinking and getting up, he did turn Buzan to understand the translation's paraphrase, but sat up straight, patted his chest, and shouted loudly with a bold look, which was explained by the interpreter, Only then did Li Zhen realize that this guy had actually claimed that as long as Li Zhen was in need, he was indeed willing to do his best to help.

Oh, damn it, this idiot is easy to deceive, compared to the old fox Lu, this kid is just a chick. Li Zhen secretly laughed in her heart, but her face showed a look of excitement and said, "Okay! With the help of His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter will definitely be successful, come, drink! ”

"Your Highness, slow down." Seeing that things were getting worse and worse, Lu Cizanpo had to speak, and said before Li Zhen raised his glass: "Your Highness, you haven't said anything yet, it's not too late to drink this wine slowly." ”

"Hehe, that's right, what Vice Minister Lu said is very true." Li Zhen smiled and said: "This king intends to reclaim more land in Anxi, plant cotton alone, and establish a cotton cloth production base, everything has been planned, money and grain are available, and there is no shortage of ploughing cattle and ploughs, but the lack of labor is a big problem, which makes this king hurt his brain, hehe, don't hide it from the two, after the defeat of Ashina Thero's army, he hijacked the small tribes and retreated across the Tianshan Mountains, and now although my Anxi is at peace because of this, but the lack of labor is a serious reality, this fact is not enough for outsiders, but, The two of them are not outsiders, and this king will tell the truth, and only your country can help this king in this matter. ”

Most of what Li Zhen said is true, the Western Turks retreated through the Tianshan Mountains, took away hundreds of thousands of people, and formed a lot of vacuum in the south of the Tianshan Mountains. According to the habitual practice of the Tibetan tribes, once there is a shortage of slaves, they immediately start a war against other tribes and plunder the other party's population as their own slaves, so as soon as Li Zhen's voice fell, all the Tubo people in the room were dumbfounded, mistakenly thinking that Li Zhen was planning to declare war with Tubo, and they all had black faces and looked at Li Zhen without speaking.

Look, it's all misunderstood, isn't it? Ha, interesting! Li Zhen understood the customs of the Tibetan people, and when he saw everyone's faces, he knew that these guys were all crooked, but he didn't say anything to explain, but said with a smile: "This king knows that the trade of slaves in your country is a legal matter, so this king intends to trade with your country amicably. ”

There was little contact between Tubo and the Central Plains, only to Zhenguan four years when the Tang Dynasty exterminated Tuyuhun when there was a fight, since then, Tubo and the Central Plains had preliminary exchanges, but there was no large-scale business exchanges, and with Zhenguan 14 years after Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, the exchanges between each other are frequent, business and trade exchanges are endless, but because of the topography of Tubo, there are only three trade routes that can be passed, one is from Sichuan, but the terrain in that area is complex, the seedlings are fierce, the road is difficult, and the other is to go to the Western Regions, From Hotan along the southern line of the Silk Road, although most of this road is desert, it is really not easy, but compared to the Sichuan Road, it is still much stronger, and then there is a road through the land of Tuyuhun, directly to Guazhou, from the Yumen Pass into the pass, but the problem is that Tuyuhun and Tubo are fighting endlessly, this road is not open at all, therefore, the business road between Tubo and the Central Plains can be large-scale exchanges is the Hotan Road, and this road is now in the hands of Li Zhen, if there is no cooperation of Li Zhen, the landlord, This road is bound to be impossible, so obtaining Li Zhen's cooperation is a key problem, and this is also one of the core goals of the Tibetan envoys' trip, but Li Zhen proposed to use slaves as a settlement method, but the Tubo people were dumbfounded, and they didn't know how to answer for a while.

"I wonder how many slaves Your Highness needs, is there any limit?" Hearing that Li Zhen was not going to send troops to attack Tubo, Lu Cizanpo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not lose his vigilance because of this, and after thinking about it nervously, he asked in a deep voice.

Ha, almost! As soon as Li Zhen heard this, he immediately knew that the other party was already a little moved, and he was happy, but his face was very calm and said: "Slaves, naturally the more the better, hehe, this king is planning to reclaim the land in Quan'anxi, and it is a matter of trouble if there are fewer people, as for the restrictions, it is also simple, that is, I must not use my people from the Tang Dynasty as slaves, and the rest does not matter." ”

"Oh? That ......" Lu Ci Zanpo rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to ask, but he stopped again, turned to the east with a strange face, and said with a thick lip: "Is it okay for people there?" ”

Although Lu Ci Zanpo didn't say where it was, Li Zhen knew in his heart, in addition to the place of Tuyuhun, where else could there be, between these two countries because of the Tang Dynasty suppression, there was no big war, but the small wars were constant, Tubo dreamed of swallowing Tuyuhun into his stomach, and it was common for each other to fight grass and valley, and each had a large handful of slaves from the other country, which was not a secret to Li Zhen. However, with an extremely cautious expression on his face, he said: "This king has said, except for the people of the Tang Dynasty, the rest of the people and other kings don't care." ”

"That's good, hehe, that's good." Lu Ci Zanpo completely put her heart back into her stomach, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of goods Your Highness intends to trade with our country?" How does this method work? ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "Well, except for the iron weapons and weapons that are not allowed to trade according to the laws of the imperial court, there is no restriction on the rest, as for the settlement method, this king has never asked, if your country has the heart to trade with my Tang Dynasty friendly, this question can be agreed with the 'Yan Ji firm'." ”

Seeing Li Zhen say this, Lu Cizanpo was completely relieved, and raised the wine bottle in front of him with a smile and said: "Thank you Your Highness for your love, and the foreign minister would like to use this bottle to wish His Highness all the best, his body is healthy, and the clouds are straight up to the nine heavens." ”

Ha, you're a sycophant, but we love to hear that! Li Zhen didn't say much, laughed, raised the wine bottle in his hand, and was about to take a sip to dry, but when he saw that he had not spoken for a long time, he suddenly shouted a few words in Tibetan, and immediately stopped, looked at Qulun Buzan, and his face was full of inquiry.

"Your Royal Highness, my prince is saying that His Royal Highness is generous and wise, and he is the person he admires the most in his life, and my prince is willing to be friends with His Royal Highness forever, well, there is still one thing, I want to ask Your Highness for help." Lu Ci Zanpo hurriedly explained.

"Oh? His Royal Highness the prince has something to say, and the king should do his best. Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand what the Tubo prince wanted to do for a while, but he still said with a sincere face.

After listening to the translation's relay, his face showed a happy look, and he muttered a long paragraph in Tibetan in a hurry and quickly, and Lu Ci Tsangpo hurriedly translated: "Your Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the Prince of my family is worshipping under the door of Master Moru in the Jokhang Temple, in addition to practicing martial arts, but also deep rhyme Buddhist scriptures, but the Buddhist scriptures have always been scarce, and the oral tradition is full of errors, and now I Zampu has taken refuge in the Buddha, and intends to promote Buddhism throughout the territory, but because there are few Buddhist scriptures, His Royal Highness the Prince of my family wants to ask His Royal Highness to help print more Buddhist scriptures, You and I can exchange Buddhist scriptures for slaves, this reluctant request, and please consider it carefully. ”

Damn, there are such good things in the world, haha, this time it's cool! Li Zhen naturally knows that the reason why Songtsen Gampo will convert to Buddhism is actually because of his two concubines - Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty and Princess Nibhara (Nepal) are both people who believe in Buddhism, and the Jokhang Temple is one of the two temples specially built for Princess Wencheng to pray for blessings, and the other is the Xiaozhao Temple, the origin of the monks inside is very complex, there are not only the high monks who went to the Tang Dynasty, but also the monks from Tianzhu, as well as the local monks in Tubo, and the master of Moru is a high monk from Tianzhu, it is said that not only Buddhism is profound, A body of martial arts is even more clever to the extreme, and the reason why Songtsen Gampo wants to promote it throughout the territory is not entirely because he has converted to Buddhism, in fact, it is out of political needs - Tubo is also a nomadic people, and the clans generally believe in Bon, under the unity of politics and religion, the aristocratic leaders of each clan are the core figures of the sect, they actually don't buy much Songtsen Gampo, the account of Zampu, as for the lower class people because of their belief in Bon, they are blindly obedient to those clan leaders, The promotion of Songtsen Gampo's decrees was often blocked, and if Buddhism could replace Bon, the influence of those clan leaders could be erased from the roots, which is why Songtsen Gampo decided to promote Buddhism.

Li Zhen has never believed in religion, whether in his previous life or in this life, he doesn't believe in those god-nagging plays, all he believes in is strength, as for this and that, Li Zhen doesn't care about it at all, in his opinion, no matter what religion it is, as long as it is not a cult, it doesn't have to be specifically promoted, but there is no need to prohibit it, it doesn't matter if everyone loves to believe it or not, as far as the current request from Tubo is concerned, Li Zhen wants to help Songtsan Gampo a lot, not that Li Zhen wants to make more money, let alone Li Zhen's sudden kindness, wants to help Songtsen Gampo complete the heavy task of centralizing power, but Li Zhen is keenly aware that Songtsen Gampo's current work is focused on internal affairs, even if he has the heart, he is unable to carry out large-scale external action, the reason is very simple - forcibly promoting Buddhism will inevitably conflict with the Bon religion that the people originally believed, and civil protests are indispensable, not to mention how the upper nobles of the clan are willing to give up the power in their hands, so that within ten or eight years, the entire Tibet will inevitably be in turmoil, Although once Songtsen Gampo succeeds, the entire Tubo national strength will inevitably rise to a higher level, but the problem is that Li Zhen will not leave such a long time for Songtsan Gampo, five years, at most six years, it will be the time for Li Zhen to attack Tubo, before that, to stabilize the tiger of Tubo, for Li Zhen, it is a great thing that cannot be sought, but this kind of mind is in his own heart, but Li Zhen will not declare it, of course, Li Zhen will not immediately accept the request of Qulun Buzan, Just frowned, pretending to think about it for a long time, and then laughed and said: "Okay, this favor is the king's help, and when he goes back to look for the 'Yan Ji firm', he will do it at the same time, just say that the king can agree, come, drink!" ”

Seeing that Li Zhen finally agreed to his request, the Tubo people were immediately so excited that they couldn't control themselves, so they let go of the wine, and the guests and hosts drank to their heart's content, and they didn't mention the excitement of their own......

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