In the first year of Yining in the Sui Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo was born in the royal palace of Jiangbamu Jueling. His father was the 32nd generation Zampu of Tubo, named Nangri Songtsan.
The common saying is that Xiongqiang is called Zan, and the husband is called Pu, so the Tubo monarch is called Zanpu. The word Zanpu has a religious meaning rather than a secular meaning. It mainly emphasizes that the power of Zanpu comes from heaven, which is the so-called "divine right of kings". The emphasis is on Zanpu.
The universal bloodline belongs to the divine system, and the monarchy comes from the gods.
When his son Songtsen Gampo was three years old, Nangri Songtsen sent troops to annihilate the Subi tribe, briefly unified the Tubo tribes, and became the co-leader of all the Tubo tribes from the leader of a small state in Shannan. But,
Due to his excessive status and low operational ability, the new nobles who conquered him, namely the original Supi nobles, rose up, causing dissatisfaction among the old Tubo nobles. The two tigers fought against each other and finally killed Nangri Songtsen.
It was under such circumstances that the twelve-year-old Songtsen Gampo ascended to the position of Zanpu. Three years later, in the sixth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo reunified the various tribes of Tubo and brought down those who were causing trouble.
The old and new aristocrats were purged and completely controlled Tubo.
Songtsen Gampo was fifteen years old at this time.
A solid protagonist script.
Then, this year, Songtsen Gampo, a young monarch, moved the capital to Luozhou.
No matter how you comment on Tubo, Songtsan Gampo has his own specific abilities. There is no doubt about this person's ability, otherwise he would not have reintegrated the entire Tibet in such a short period of time.
However, Tubo was still a baby at this time. It was surrounded by powerful tribes, such as Supi who had just returned to the country, the Xiaoyang tribe in the southwest, Dabu, Luozha, Gongbu, and the number one tribe in the south.
Strong enemy Dayang Tong.
Dayangtong is also called Xiangxiong Kingdom.
In addition, there are two major parts, Qiangtang and Duomi.
It can be said that Songtsan Gampo started with a collapse of heaven, but he turned things around and finally broke out a bloody path.
Luoxue Palace.
The sixteen-year-old Songtsan Gampo behaved very calmly, just like the meaning of his name. The word Songtsan means "dignity and dignity" in Tubo, and Gampo means "profound and majestic".
Today, Songtsan Gampo convened his close ministers to discuss Tibetan affairs. This is a habit he has maintained since he succeeded to the throne.
The ministers present include uncle Lun Ke'er, Da Lun (Prime Minister) Shang Nang, and Xiao Lun (Deputy Prime Minister) Ru Laijie.
"The rebellion in Subi has emerged. I want to completely pacify the land of Shubi. Can you teach me?"
The great commentator Shang Nang said: "Don't worry Zanpu. Although Prince Subi has been connecting with his domestic nobles in an attempt to revive the country, it is all in vain. The greed of the Subi nobles is far deeper than that of Nam Lake. As long as they are defeated
They, and comfort them, everything can return to the way it was. My idea is to take two steps.
First, he sent troops to defeat the Supi army, and then gave the Supi nobles a promise to allow them to retain their territory, but they had to pay tribute according to regulations.
Secondly, the people of Supi should be treated the same as the local people of Tubo, so that Supi can be completely pacified."
Songtsan Gampo nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "What Da Lun said is really good, so let's leave this matter to Da Lun."
"yes."
Immediately afterwards, Lun Keer said: "We got news from the Duomi tribe that Tuyuhun has been eliminated by the Tang Dynasty."
Although Tuyuhun was far away from Tubo, he also got a lot of news about Tuyuhun from the Domi tribe who were close to Tuyuhun. In terms of strength, Tuyuhun was definitely not much weaker than Dayangtong.
Correspondingly, because he was separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, Songtsen Gampo didn't have much impression of the Tang Dynasty. He only heard that the empire in the far east was very powerful, but he didn't have much impression.
"What's going on?" Songtsen Gampo asked.
Lun Keer shook his head, "I don't know. We have no contact with either Tuyuhun or the Tang Dynasty, and we don't know the specific reasons."
"Is this Tang Dynasty very powerful?" Songtsen Gampo asked again.
Shang Nang was older and knew a little more. He explained to Songtsan Gampo: "Zanpu, actually we don't know much about the Tang Dynasty, but what is certain is that that country was very powerful. They can
To eliminate Tuyuhun, it can be said that the strength is not much worse than that of Yangtong. But Zampu doesn’t need to worry too much, because that country is far away from us."
"Is it very far?" Songtsen Gampo pondered for a while and said, "I want to send someone to visit the Tang Dynasty and inquire about it."
Rulaijie said, "I can arrange it."
After a pause, he said: "Zanpu, there are some Tang Dynasty businessmen in the country, do you need to meet them?"
"Oh?" Songtsen Gampo was very moved and ordered: "Go and find the person."
"yes."
After Rulaijie went down, he found his deputy Lu Dongzan and told him to find some Tang Dynasty businessmen and send them to the palace, where Zanpu would receive them.
Lu Dongzan was ordered to go to the market to look for it.
At present, those who can trade in the Tubo area are ferocious and strong like monsters, otherwise Tubo's altitude sickness will directly kill the caravan.
Therefore, the number of these merchants is not large, only three or two are from the Tang Dynasty, and the rest are slaves hired by the Tang people from Tuyuhun. Such a team is called Tang merchants here.
Because the road was rugged and difficult to navigate, the products brought by Tang merchants were not many, but they were very precious. Needless to say, silk and porcelain, all of which could earn a sky-high price in the hands of the Tubo nobles. As for soap,
White sugar is out of stock right now, as much as there is available is sold, and the price is very expensive.
Distance creates beauty. Primitive tribes like Tubo had no resistance when faced with the products of the Tang Empire that entered feudal civilization.
Lu Dongzan quickly found the three Tang merchants. They were foreigners after all, and they came from the distant Eastern Tang Dynasty. They brought all kinds of rare goods, and their fame was equivalent to that of international internet celebrities.
It was very easy for Lu Dongzan to find these people.
"Ludong praises."
"Tang Yi."
"Don'er."
"Tang Umbrella."
After the four of them announced their names, Ludong praised: "I want to meet a few people in Zanpu, please come with me."
The three Tang businessmen looked at each other and Tang Yi said: "Lead the way."
Lu Dongzan nodded and led the three of them to the palace.
Along the way, Tang Yi and others squinted at the unfinished Tubo Palace with contempt.
Soon, Ludongzan took them to see Songtsen Gampo.
"Dear Zamp, I'm glad to have you meet me. May God bless you." Tang Yi said the unfamiliar greeting.
Learning the Tibetan language is a kind of torture for them.
Songtsen Gampo looked at them and nodded, asked them to sit down, and said with a smile: "This is the first time I see you, and I say hello to you."
When Songtsan Gampo looked at them, Tang Yi and others were also looking at Songtsen Gampo.
They originally thought that the sixteen-year-old Zamp would be very young, but upon closer inspection, they found that he looked very old, as if he was in his thirties.
"I heard that you are from the Tang Dynasty?"
"Yes Zamp."
"Can you tell me about your country?"
"Of course." Tang Yi said: "Your Majesty, your majesty, is great and wise. When you took over the throne, there was a powerful enemy in the north of our country. His name was Jie Li. He had more than 300,000 troops and millions of people at his command.
, repeatedly invaded our territory. His Majesty led the generals to attack him in one fell swoop and completely occupied the grassland..."
Practical bragging has become the instinct of Tang people who are outside businessmen. The more powerful they brag, the more awe and fear they get from the kings of small countries.