Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 127 Returning to Shu

Walking into the hall, Li Shimin was holding a document, frowning and thinking.

Li Ke saluted and explained the matter of parting. Li Shimin took the document to read with Li Ke again.

"Come and help me find out the details!"

Li Ke took the document and glanced at it. It was a document for Songtsan Gampo to marry Datang.

It is written that Tubo Tsampo Songtsen Gampo admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty and wanted to become a brotherly state with the Tang Dynasty, so he asked the Tang Dynasty for marriage, hoping to form a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty.

Putting down the document, Li Ke said with a smile: "Father seems not very satisfied with this matter?"

Li Shimin raised his eyes and glanced at Li Ke: "What? With your knowledge, can't you see what Songtsan Gampo intends to do?"

Li Ke said with a smile: "He just suppressed the domestic rebellion, and now he wants to attack the neighboring small countries..."

"Not bad!"

Li Shimin nodded: "He wants to get married to my Tang Dynasty at this time, just to stabilize my Tang Dynasty, and don't interfere with his outward expansion!"

He sighed again: "Songtsen Gampo is not very old, but he has quite a appetite!"

Li Ke smiled: "Not only that, he also wants to learn the Central Plains culture and skills from the Tang Dynasty through marriage, and help him develop Tubo."

"Hmph! It's a good idea!"

Li Shimin frowned: "I will not agree to marry him!"

In history, Li Shimin did reject Tubo's request for marriage several times, but in the end Tubo unified the plateau and after his power grew, he still married Princess Wencheng.

This is also an important factor for Tubo to stabilize its political power and develop steadily.

Of course, Li Ke would not tolerate such a powerful enemy developing beside his couch, posing a threat to other Shu lands.

"Father, don't worry! I have already prepared for this matter!"

"Oh?"

Li Shimin was startled, he also recently received the news that Songtsan Gampo had suppressed the domestic rebellion, and he was aware of Tubo's plot when he received the marriage proposal today.

Unexpectedly, Li Ke had already taken precautions in advance.

His foresight is indeed commendable.

Nodding his head, Li Shimin said: "Well, Ke'er, you have always been far-sighted! This Tubo has indeed become a serious problem, how do you plan to deal with them?"

Li Ke smiled: "My son has already united with the Zhang Zhung Kingdom that is at odds with him, and provided him with weapons to help him resist Tubo!"

"Oh?"

Li Shimin thought for a while, and immediately praised: "This plan is very clever!"

Confronting Tubo with its powerful enemies can indeed greatly consume Tubo's energy.

"It's just...the plateau has a vast territory, and Tubo has become a big trend. I'm afraid a Zhang Zhung kingdom can't stop it!" Li Shimin was still a little worried.

Li Ke nodded: "That's right! Erchen's return to Shu this time is precisely to plan to deal with Tubo, continue to affect its development, and then find the right opportunity to give it a fatal blow!"

Li Shimin said with emotion: "Ke'er has taken so much trouble on this matter! If this matter requires the help of the court, you just say it's okay!"

For Li Ke, he didn't need Li Shimin's support for money, grain and military strength, but he couldn't ask Li Shimin to help him in policy when dealing with Tubo.

The matter in Beijing was over, so Li Ke took his new wife, eldest Sun Yan, and returned to Shu with the army led by Ma Liuzhi.

This trip, starting from Shu, fought all the way to the northeast, then turned to Youzhou, and then returned to Chang'an, the Shu army had run more than half of the Central Plains.

At this time on the return journey, everyone was homesick, so they quickened their pace, and not long after, they arrived at the Jiannan Daozhi Office, Chengdu Mansion.

Changsun Yan was very excited along the way, this was the first time she left Beijing, and everything she saw and heard along the way was novel.

For her, Chengdu Mansion was considered her new home, so when the army arrived at Chengdu Mansion, she stuck out the carriage, wanting to see what her husband's fiefdom looked like.

Just approaching the gate of the city, I saw many people gathered at the gate of the city.

Changsun Yan was curious, what are these ordinary people doing here if they don't want to live their lives well?
When the army approached, the common people cheered and jumped for joy, and they saluted Li Ke's carriage one after another.

Only then did Changsun Yan realize that they were all here to welcome Li Ke.

Only then did she smile: "I never thought that my husband is so loved by the people."

Li Ke raised his head: "That's natural! Don't look at how brave your husband and I are on the battlefield! This king kills enemies for the country and protects the safety of the people. The people are naturally happy."

It's been half a month since the marriage, Chang Sun Yan has long lost her shyness, she waved her hand and said: "My husband is killing the enemy in battle, but I can't see it, only those generals can understand it!"

Li Ke hugged her, and said with a smirk: "You can't understand how brave this king is..."

Changsun Yan was taken aback for a moment, and after seeing his smiling face, she realized that her ears were burning with embarrassment, and she pinched the soft flesh of Li Ke's waist and complained: "I don't understand, I don't understand!"

She leaned out of the car window again and looked outside.

At this time, there was a sea of ​​people outside the city gate, and everyone consciously lined up in two rows to make way for the army.

With smiles on their faces, everyone waved to Li Ke's carriage.

Seeing these common people with ruddy complexions and bright clothes, she couldn't help being curious: "Huh? Why do the people in your Shu land look more affluent than the people in Chang'an?"

Li Ke smiled and explained: "The people in Sichuan don't have to work hard for the landlord. Everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear, and books to read. They look refreshed!"

(End of this chapter)