Chapter 77 Lu Dongzan wrote a diary in the Tang Dynasty
'After entering the desert, the weather became very dry and hot, and I had to eat a mouthful of yellow sand from time to time. This felt very bad. Tang Shang told me that if there was no water in the desert, I would die of thirst. At first I didn't I didn't believe it until I saw a dozen dried corpses.'
'Today, we entered Liangzhou. Here, I saw more Tang people. Most of them were merchants, and they had been to the far west. Among their teams, there were a lot of slaves from Various countries. At this moment, I thought that the Tang Dynasty actually liked to catch slaves like us. I even secretly rejoiced that the Tang Dynasty was nothing more than that.'
'After going deep into Liangzhou, I saw many Tang people in the city. Each of them was arrogant and did not even look at me. Some even regarded us as slaves and wanted to arrest us. Fortunately, a few Tang brothers helped us. Clearing up the misunderstanding. Through this, I learned that the Tang people were so arrogant everywhere because they had an emperor who loved them extremely. Every time a Tang person mentioned the Tang Emperor, they would bow to the east and salute. It's like going on a pilgrimage.'
'I didn't understand why, until Brother Tang Yi told me that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty told the world many years ago that every Tang person was his brother and sister, and no one was allowed to harm the Tang people at will, otherwise he would send troops to attack him. . Rumor has it that Tuyuhun brought about the disaster of destroying the country because of his unauthorized plundering of the Tang people on the Liangzhou trade route.'
'After entering Yuanzhou, Tang Yi told me that we were about to arrive in Chang'an. I was waiting quietly with excitement. But I didn't expect that as soon as I set foot on the official road of Yuanzhou, I was shocked. The smooth The flat and hard official road can ensure that any livestock can walk on it as if it were on flat ground. Tang Yi told me that this kind of road is called a cement road. I wanted to know more about the cement road, but the other party said that he did not know. Clearly, I feel very regretful and regretful. I hope that after meeting Emperor Tang, I can know more information about this kind of road.'
'When I entered the vicinity of the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, I saw something strange next to the cement road. Tang Yi said it was a rail carriage, which could travel thousands of miles in a day. I didn't believe it until I saw a few horses pulling it. Only when the huge carriage carried countless stones and wood did I completely believe everything he said. I don't know what a rail carriage is, I only know that that kind of thing transports materials very quickly.'
'I'm very sorry. The closer I get to Chang'an, the more things I see become incomprehensible. Whether it's the waterwheel or the chimney that emits terrible black smoke, I don't know what it does. Let me tell you one thing I saw. The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was very strange. Their knights wore full body armor, and even their palms were covered with iron fist gloves. I don’t know the combat effectiveness of this kind of armored cavalry, but I can clearly see that this kind of cavalry is covered in armor. It's a weapon. In addition to the spears in their hands, they also have scimitars and quivers in their horse bags, and they have long bows on their backs. Compared to the Tubo knights, the Tang cavalry seem to have more weapons.'
'The people of the Tang Dynasty were very arrogant. After they found out that I came from Tubo, they looked arrogant and even called me a barbarian. In addition, when writing this, I must record that the writing and language of the Tang people are very perfect. But we in Tubo do not have written language. We must have our own written language. This is very important.'
He wrote a lot of things, and it wasn't until late at night that Lu Dongzan closed the sheepskin. When he saw the books next to the table, he suddenly realized that he started recording things like "paper" again.
The next day, Lu Dongzan entered Chang'an and was completely dazzled. Everything in this imperial capital seemed to Lu Dongzan something that could only be seen in dreams. High-rise buildings, cement roads, pedestrians, and all kinds of silks
Accessories, everything was something he couldn't express in words.
He felt ashamed that Tubo was indeed incomparable to the Tang Dynasty.
After seeing the majestic imperial city, Lu Dongzan was completely silent. How can I put it, in his world view, the palace being built in Tubo was already very amazing, but when he saw the imperial city, he was
Really understand what it means that one mountain is higher than another.
Yang Shidao, the minister of Honglu Temple, looked at Lu Dongzan who was dumbfounded and did not urge him. He allowed the other party to continue to think deeply about the gap. After a while, Yang Shidao said: "Hundreds of years ago, this kind of palace had already appeared, and there were even
A bigger palace. In Luoyang, there is an imperial palace."
The Imperial Palace in Luoyang, in terms of scale, is larger and more splendid than the Imperial Palace in Chang'an. Although it has gradually deteriorated, there is no doubt that the scale is still there.
Lu Dongzan stopped talking, smiled, and followed Yang Shidao to the Honglu Temple Guesthouse to stay.
He didn't have to say anything. It would be great if he didn't show any timidity.
Everything in the Tang Dynasty crushed Tubo!
This was a fact that he didn't want to admit but had to admit.
The only thing that reassured him was that the Tang Dynasty was thousands of miles away from Tubo and there would be no conflict between the two countries.
Yang Shidao took the credentials brought by Lu Dongzan and went to Zhengshitang.
At this moment, in the political hall, Li Zhiyun and the six prime ministers were reviewing the news sent back from Tubo in detail.
After roughly reading, Du Ruhui said: "There are many powerful enemies around Tubo, so there is nothing to fear in the short term. However, the king has accomplished something at a young age, so we must be on guard. If Tubo is unified in the future, it will definitely cause harm to the Tuyuhun Governor's Mansion."
Impact, even spying on the Western Regions."
Chen Shuda said: "I don't think there is any need to worry, and His Majesty also said that if you want to guard against Tibet, you must first adapt to altitude sickness. The Fuqi Governor's Mansion is training troops, and I think we will be able to deal with it in a few years."
"Nip trouble in the bud." Xue Shu said: "Although Tubo is small at this time, it cannot be ignored to avoid it becoming bigger in the future and causing trouble for future generations."
"I second the proposal." Li Jing cupped his hands to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Tubo is isolated from the world, and it is difficult for our country to intervene in a short period of time. Once it is allowed to unify all the lands of Tubo, it will become a powerful enemy in the future. The high mountains on the plateau are not conducive to our war.
, we must make preparations in advance.”
Several prime ministers talked to each other and almost regarded Tibet as a potential powerful enemy. This situation is normal now, nothing else, the empire is too powerful.
As Li Zhiyun killed enemies again and again and plundered the population of foreign countries to feed the empire, the thinking of officials in the imperial court changed rapidly. Now many people even proposed to abolish labor service and replace all labor service with slaves, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty could devote themselves wholeheartedly
Production.
"Okay, let's make a plan in the next few days." Li Zhiyun said.
"yes."
At this time, Yang Shidao asked to see him.
"Call him in."
"yes."
Yang Shidao walked into the political hall and saluted the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Master Yang, is here to see you."
"No courtesy." Li Zhiyun asked, "What's the matter with Yang Aiqing?"
"Your Majesty, the Tibetan envoy Lu Dongzan has stayed at Honglu Temple and has brought his credentials."
Yang Shidao presented the letter of credence and Gao Liangzhong handed it to the emperor.
Li Zhiyun opened his credentials and saw that there were little question marks on his forehead.
What the hell is this?
Li Zhiyun calmly closed the copy of Tubo's credentials and laughed.
"The Tubo people are quite interesting. I can't understand what they wrote."
Upon hearing this, the ministers expressed surprise, and after getting the emperor's consent, they all looked at the credentials.
In the end, they all came to the conclusion that the horse was the dog writing.