Chapter 75: Lu Dongzan's Ambassador to the Tang Dynasty
An hour later, Tang Yi finished talking about the glory of the Tang Empire over the years. As an audience, Songtsen Gampo was completely confused. Thinking about Tang Yi opening his mouth and shutting up about the number of the Tang Dynasty's enemies, he was extremely shocked.
Thinking about the vast territory and the splendid and prosperous culture of the Tang Dynasty, he yearned for it even more.
So, he asked: "I would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor of your country to marry the princess and bring good relations between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. What do you think?"
Tang Yi and others were stunned for a moment, then sneered inwardly.
Want to marry a princess?
Are you worthy of it?
"Dear Zamp, we are just businessmen, not envoys of our country. We don't know this kind of thing."
"Okay." Songtsen Gampo was slightly disappointed, but did not embarrass the three Tang people.
After chatting for a while, Songtsen Gampo asked them to go back.
After the Tang Dynasty left, Songtsen Gampo said to Ludongzan: "If I can marry a Tang Dynasty princess, we can gain a powerful ally. At the same time, we can also learn from the powerful culture of the Tang Dynasty and change the Tibetan culture."
What do you think about your own situation?"
Lu Dongzan thought for a while and said: "Although this is feasible, I am not optimistic about it."
"Why?"
"Because, if the Tang Dynasty was really that powerful, they would not be willing to form an alliance with us."
"That's right." Songtsan Gampo said thoughtfully: "Forget it, it's not time to think about that yet. Let's deal with the enemies around us first, and then think about the Tang Dynasty. By the way, this mission is
Tang Dynasty, are you willing?"
"Yes." Ludong praised: "I want to visit the Tang Dynasty and see if that country is really that powerful."
Songtsen Gampo nodded and said: "If possible, you can test whether Emperor Tang is willing to marry us."
"yes."
Let's say that Tang Yi and the others returned to the guest house and immediately closed the door.
"This little Tubo king is simply wishful thinking. He actually wants to marry the princess of our dynasty. Doesn't he know that since His Majesty came to the throne, our dynasty has long been no longer in alliance or marriage?" Tang Er said disdainfully.
"Perhaps he really doesn't know." Tang Umbrella said, "After all, he may have never left Tubo when he grew up."
"That's true." Tang Er sneered.
Tang Yi took out pen and paper from the box and interrupted them, "Stop chatting and quickly record what you have seen today. These will be handed over to His Majesty."
"yes."
The three of them quickly got busy.
Of course, they are not ordinary Tang merchants. Those who dare to come to Tubo to do business at this stage will not be those private merchants, only the court's elite merchants. On the surface, they come to Tubo to do business, but in fact they are recording everything about Tubo.
From basic topographic maps to language, humanities and customs, to Tubo's political structure, domestic ministers, number of soldiers and horses, etc.
Everything about Tubo must be recorded and then compiled and handed over to His Majesty the Emperor.
Generally speaking, Tibet currently focuses on animal husbandry and also engages in agriculture. Their animal husbandry is very unique, with yaks and dromedary camels as their specialties. Yaks are cold-resistant, hardy, and good at walking in mountainous areas. They are mostly pack animals.
The skin is strong and thick, and can be used to make armor. The Tibetan horses are of excellent breed and numerous in number. They are heavily armored with leather, so their cavalry is very powerful.
In terms of agriculture in Tubo, there is no rice but wheat. Wheat is highland barley cultivated by its ancestors. This kind of wheat is resistant to high cold and has high yield. It is also called black grain and is the staple food of the Tubo people.
A few days later, Tang Yi and others completed their business in Tubo and embarked on their way back to Chang'an. Also with them was Lu Dongzan.
This Lu Dongzan was very eager to learn, and he did not hesitate to bribe Tang Yi with a lot of money, hoping that Tang Yi would teach him Chinese. Tang Yi did not refuse, because he also needed to get more Tibetan news from Lu Dongzan.
Then there is the process of torturing each other.
Chang'an.
There haven't been many things going on in Datang recently, because everything is in harmony.
Li Zhiyun directed a memorandum from Fuqi Governor's Mansion, asking them to train the soldiers to familiarize themselves with the plateau climate as soon as possible, and also sent them 50,000 shi of grain for their training.
Regarding Tubo, Li Zhiyun has already begun to collect information. In his plan, he must send troops within five years. This is because he will not sit back and watch Tubo become stronger, and then wait for Songtsan Gampo to play the trick of sending troops first and then paying homage.
Even if he doesn't conquer the wasteland of Tubo, he will not let Tubo rise.
But how could we really not use it? Capturing Tubo would be equivalent to opening up a fast passage to Tianzhu. Only a fool would not do it.
After handling the government affairs, Li Zhiyun breathed lightly and stood up to stretch his muscles.
Strolling around the palace has become a daily pastime for His Majesty the Emperor. In the harem, Li Zhiyun would like to live in intoxication, but considering sustainable development, he now pays more attention to his health.
After walking around for a while, when it got dark, Li Zhiyun said casually: "Go to Zheng Cairen's place tonight."
"yes."
Zheng Cairen was one of the concubines newly accepted by the emperor. Her father was Zheng Renji, a general minister. To be honest, this woman was not his favorite, but the queen accepted her for him.
Sometimes Li Zhiyun feels quite emotional that his wife is becoming more and more virtuous.
Zheng Cairen actually had a history. In history, Li Shimin wanted to marry Zheng, but Wei Zheng said that Zheng Cairen was already engaged, and Li Shimin gave up.
I don't know whether there is an engagement or not.
Anyway, Li Zhiyun now knows that Mrs. Zheng has no engagement for the time being. He doesn't know where his wife found such a stunning woman to give to him, but he is very happy anyway.
Changle Hall.
Yu'er walked to Queen Yang and whispered: "Your Majesty has gone to Zheng Cairen's place."
Queen Yang nodded and smiled knowingly.
It is not bad for a husband to like young girls. Young ones are always easier to handle than those old ones. As a queen, she must have the style of a big woman. It is absolutely right to help her husband find a few young and beautiful girls.
"knew."
Yu'er slowly retreated.
Jin Yang walked over slowly and leaned against his mother.
"Mother, shouldn't you be angry if my father doesn't come?"
She is still young and doesn't understand very well.
Empress Yang didn't plan to say anything at first, but after thinking about it, she felt that her daughter was growing up soon and she had to teach her something, so she said, "Your father often said that you should prescribe the right medicine for the disease."
"Ah?" Jinyang said cutely, but he didn't understand very well.
The daughter didn't understand, so she didn't explain it carefully, so she asked instead: "Didn't you say last time that you wanted to embroider a cloak for your father? How about it?"
Speaking of this, Jin Yang said embarrassedly: "Queen Mother, I..."
"Forgot?" Queen Yang asked angrily.
"No." She defended in a low voice, and then said: "It's done, but it doesn't look good."
"It doesn't matter." Queen Yang said: "Your father loves you the most. Even if what you do is like a dog chewing it, he will think that what you do is really beautiful, and maybe he will even wear it to show off."
"Really?" The little girl's face was red and she was very happy.
"When has my mother ever lied to you?" After Queen Yang finished speaking, she added: "However, you are growing up now, and you can no longer be as willful as before, do you know?"
"My daughter is not willful," she said.
Empress Yang sighed: "You have to remember that your father is king first and then father. Just because he dotes on you doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. Last month, you rode a horse and collided with the teacher at school. This was wrong.
It’s your father who is taking care of your reputation, do you understand?”
"Oh." Jin Yang said, "Then I won't ride a horse in school next time."
"Um."
Then, Queen Yang continued to talk a lot about teaching Jinyang.