: Marriage

The court exchanged letters of the country with Tubo twice, and invaded in the Western Regions and Jiannan. The Tubo king Chidezanbu claimed to be young and defended himself in the letter: "My nephew replaced Princess Wencheng with Pian. Now Princess Jincheng is aware of the superiors and inferiors. How dare he be rude? He was also young and young, and was in vain to be slandered by the border generals, which made his uncle accusation."

The Tang Dynasty had decided to send Jincheng to the French in mid-April, so he replied to the letter: Princess Jincheng, my daughter, has long been in the palace, and she said it was far away, wouldn't she beg me? But as a parent, I am grateful to Li Yuan. If I sincerely pray and reconcile, I will be Ningyan on the side and rest in the military service. So I cut down on the deep compassion, and for the national plan, I was built outside the building, received a commendation ceremony, and surrendered to the Tubo and Praise.

Princess Jincheng was the daughter of Emperor Li Shouli, but was adopted by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and was considered the adopted daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. According to her nominal generation, she was actually the "sister" of her biological father. But since Li Shouli became the emperor, no matter how she counted it, the princess Jincheng was a real princess, which was unquestionable. So Li Shouli also felt a little sad.

Although Princess Wencheng, who was once married to Tubo, was actually just a royal family girl. Now she wants to give her a real princess. Out of father-daughter relationship, Li Shouli personally summoned Jincheng and rewarded many gifts. He also issued an order to make a dish of "red worms" for Jincheng to practice.

Jin Cheng was also unfamiliar with his biological father, and he couldn't even understand his seniority, so he could only call him "Your Majesty".

The father was having a relationship with the Penglai Palace, but Taiping, who was on the Zichen Palace, was discussing major events with the ministers. As soon as he received an urgent report from Longyou, a Tubo family set out from Shicheng Castle to attack the border, burned, killed and robbed along the way, and the Hexi Corridor was also threatened by him.

The ministers in the court were talking a lot. Zhang Shuo, the Minister of War, suggested that Cheng Qianli, the new Hexi Jiedushi, be the chief marching commander, and launch a war. However, most of the court officials did not support it, because since the late Wu Zetian, all the powerful generals who were good at fighting were cleaned up, and the new group of generals had not grown up and were really no one available. In addition, the military system of the government was severely damaged due to land annexation and destruction, and the military strength was greatly weakened. In the past, the moon was in the moon, but now because of insufficient troops, many soldiers have not returned home for several years or even ten years.

The most important reason why several prime ministers did not say it was that the political situation was unstable. The new regime should have been consolidated during this period. If a war broke out, it would definitely affect the stability of the court's structure.

Xue Chongxun was also present during the court discussion. Today he was calm and did not raise any objection.

Dou Huaizhen stood up and said, "The national policy of reconciliation cannot be changed for the time being. Use Jincheng to enter the foreign country, try to promote peace and win time. After our country stabilizes the dynasty and reforms the recruit system, it will not be too late to fight again. During this period, we only need to try our best to maintain the system of the four towns in Anxi to prevent the eastward expansion of Tubo, and the situation can still be controlled."

Xiao Zhizhong, who has a close relationship with Dou Huaizhen, also supported his suggestion. He said: "Tubo Zanpu has succeeded to the throne for more than ten years. Because he was young, he still couldn't control the country. Now he also needs time to rectify his internal affairs. In recent years, he has sought marriages many times. Therefore, Tubo has not yet had the desire to attack our country in large quantities. Stopping the troops will be beneficial to both sides."

Taiping pondered for a long time before saying, "Yesterday Your Majesty told me that he was reluctant to part with Jincheng and wanted to send him away in person. Now there are dangers in Longyou and Guanzhong. You must protect Your Majesty's safety. I decided to let the Minister of War Zhang Shuo lead the soldiers of the South Yamen to protect him, and the itinerary on April 15th will not change."

At this moment, Xue Chongxun held a polite manners and said, "Report to my mother, my son, please lead the Flying Tiger Regiment to defend His Majesty's side and side... and also send Princess Jincheng to see him off."

Taiping glanced at Zhang and said, hesitating for a while and said, "Okay, Your Majesty should also bring the imperial guards when he goes abroad, so you can go."

Xue Chongxun said: "My son is determined to be a mission."

After the group broke up, he came out of Zichen Hall and went straight to the imperial guards' residence at Xuanwu Gate, found Zhang Wulang, and asked him to prepare his itinerary to escort the emperor to see the bride.

On April 15, the first year of Changyuan, the emperor personally sent a marriage gang team to set off from Chang'an and sent many dowry. In addition to tens of thousands of pieces of silk, there were also a hundred craftsmen, Kucha band, and the entourage workers, many of them were "technicians" who were responsible for the most advanced agricultural and industrial technology of the Tang Dynasty. It really conformed to Xue Chongxun's view that marriage gangs once were equivalent to greatly improving the social productivity of Tubo.

A team of more than 2,000 people left Chang'an in a mighty manner and arrived at Shiping, Guanzhong. At this time, they received news that Longyoudao had entered Chang'an. The Tubo noble Lang family led their troops to break through Shanzhou and destroyed the city. After Li Shouli found out, he was very worried and decided not to continue traveling westward and to return to Chang'an.

After he stopped, he felt that the road to Jincheng was uneven, so he asked Zhang San to protect him. Zhang Shuo said with a stern face: "The things from the marriage team were originally given to Tubo. If they want to rob, they will not rob their own things. Your Majesty is at ease."

Li Shouli said with a slutty bow on his back: "It was given to Zampo from Tubo. Who knows if those below listen to Zampo?"

When everyone heard this, they looked strange and thought to themselves that he was talking about himself?

Zhang Shuo said, "The civil strife in Tubo has ended for ten years. Qinling (the general in the Battle of Dafeichuan) family was slaughtered by Zanpu. Now no one can disobey Zanpu's wishes, let alone robbing his people and things. Your Majesty should not be confused by the letters of the Tubo people."

At this time, Xue Chongxun noticed that the curtain of Jincheng's carriage moved gently and opened a corner. Xue Chongxun felt sad. She must have blamed herself for not saying a word and watched her enter the tiger's den.

However, Xue Chongxun did not act recklessly because of this. He clasped his fists to Li Shouli and said, "I asked the soldiers of the Southern Yamen to escort Your Majesty back to Beijing, and asked me to escort the princess the eastern section of the ancient road and go back after entering the Tubo border."

Zhang said a little unhappy and said, "I have led my army to protect His Majesty, and Imperial Guards will protect His Majesty."

Li Shouli thought for a while and said, "There is still peace in the pass, and there is no need to worry about my safety. But Jincheng made me very worried... I just asked him to send him a while, as the King of Hedong asked him to send him a few more people."

After all, he was nominally the emperor, and no one disobeyed his wishes for such a thing, so Zhang Shuo said nothing. After Li Shouli finished giving in, he watched the team travel west, and he himself was going to hide back to the capital.

Zhang said that after the group split the road, there were more than a thousand people and horses, carrying tens of thousands of silk, gold, silver, jewelry, and various objects, walking very slowly. At this speed, it would take no more than a few months to reach Lusa City (now Lhasa). The journey was long and hard, and no one wanted to live such a life. Jincheng, who grew up in the palace, was suffering so much.

The route is an ancient road that was found a hundred years ago. You can follow the northern bank of the Wei River and cross Longshan to Qinzhou, and go west to Niaoshi Mountain to Linzhou; go northwest from Lintao, cross the Yellow River through Hezhou and enter Qinghai; then go northwest through Longzhicheng to Shanzhou.

When everyone arrived at Shanzhou City, they could have taken a break to replenish supplies, but they saw that Shanzhou was ruined by the war.

I saw many officers and soldiers and people inside and outside the city carrying bodies with chariots, and some were digging holes outside the city. When everyone walked to the city gate, they saw a civil servant in red robe walking out with a team of cavalry. The civil servant looked at the people on Xue Chongxun's side, and took out a piece of paper and said, "Are you the team of Zhang Ge Lao, the Minister of War?"

Zhang Shuo came forward and shouted, "It's me? Who are you and what are you doing?"

The Guan'er dismounted and said, "Liu Ne, the governor of Liangzhou, is... summoning the people to bury their bodies."

Zhang Shuo said angrily: "Where is the governor of Longyou Dao, where is Tao Anmin?"

Liu Ne said in a deep voice: "Zhenzhou is in a fall, and the envoy Tao feels that he is not effective in fighting, and he has already committed suicide and apologized."

"Damn mediocre!" Zhang Shuo cursed angrily, "As such a major city was captured like a person, he could not escape death!"

Liu Ne was named after her, and she was slim and expressionless, but she said angrily: "The officials received the official document. Does Zhang Ge want to send the princess to Tubo to marry him?"

Zhang Shuo looked back at the messy city, and he was a little embarrassed and said a word.

At this moment, a shout came over: "You want to move a ladder, go find a sub ladder and take the child off." Everyone looked back and saw a long spear stuck in the city wall, and a child who was still in cradle was nailed there. I really don't know how it was hung up.

After the army was uproared, the round-headed general Li Kuiyong beside Xue Chongxun had the loudest voice and shouted: "Dear a fuck! Send the princess back to Chang'an, let's find the Tubo army to decide the outcome!"

The generals said angrily: "I've hit the door, why are you talking about? Just fight!"

Zhang Shuo said coldly: "What's the use of just shouting? Why didn't Tao envoy win? How could the court sit down and watch? Everything must be arranged, and wars and major plans are beyond your reach!"

Xue Chongxun said: "Although Shanzhou is destroyed, the road ahead is far away. Let's go to the city to rest first."

Zhang said that he agreed and summoned the governor Liu Ne to the city to find a slightly intact house and prepare food. Everyone followed the miserable streets to the city. Xue Chongxun said to Zhang Wulang: "Let everyone see what the foreign races did to us, and fight in the future, don't worry about your own fear of death!"

Everyone walked around the collapsed houses, and the corpses were all silent. The corpses of the people were basically not worn, and they were all humiliated before they were killed. It was the most miserable that there were female corpses in the corner of the wall, and their intestines were pulled out from their lower bodies, but they didn't know what kind of adultery they had encountered, which made them so miserable.

There is no humanitarianism in this medieval war. Once defeated, the civilians will suffer the most.

Zhang Wulang said angrily: "I think it's so fucking cowardly. Isn't it all going to marry and negotiate? Wars are still happening as soon as possible. What's the sincerity of Tubo?"

Liu Ne, a civil servant who brought them into the city, took the speech and said, "The border conflicts have never stopped in recent years. The Tubo people call it "Fighting Qiufeng". They come in and grab it if they have nothing to do. Especially when the horses are fat in autumn, there are enemies almost every day, and Zhucheng in Longyou also closes the city gate during the day... We heard that we wanted to marry each other and thought we could be safe for several months, but we didn't expect that others would not give face to this critical moment."

Xue Chongxun said calmly: "They knew that the Tang Dynasty was in a civil turmoil and were fearless, so naturally they could not control it for a moment."
Chapter completed!