Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Although she is a little beauty, she is too savage. Why marry her into the house?Do you offer it like your ancestors?

Save it!

Seeing Guo Ye's bewildered and embarrassed look, Kang Bao taught the kid a lesson, and then said in relief: "It's okay, it's okay, my little sister has a strong temper, and she'll be fine in two days. I'll come to see you today, It’s something else, you boy have to tell me the truth, don’t tell me the truth.”

Kang Bao changed the subject, and Guo Ye felt grateful for having a step to step down.

Immediately patted his chest and expressed his position: "Oh? What's the matter? Brother Bao, tell me, brother naturally knows everything about you and talks endlessly. Our brothers play with each other."

Kang Bao let out a satisfied "huh", looked straight at Guo Ye, and asked, "I heard that the Tubo leader of Laoshizi, named Samba, came to Tuva City to meet you this morning?"

This matter is not a secret, there is no need to hide it, Guo Ye naturally nodded in agreement.

Kang Bao asked again: "I heard that you are discussing building a bazaar on the border so that businessmen from the two countries can exchange goods?"

Guo Ye heard that it must be that Samba, the big mouth, was showing off to everyone when he was out of the city, and was passed on to Kang Bao's ears by someone with a heart.

But sooner or later everyone will know about it, and there is nothing to hide.

Immediately replied: "Exactly!"

After hearing Guo Ye's affirmative answer, Kang Bao's expression changed drastically, turning into a serious one, and he sighed heavily:

"Ah...brother, you are so confused!"

hold head high?

Guo Ye looked puzzled and asked, "Brother Bao, what's wrong?"

Chapter 258 Five-Year Plan

Guo Ye didn't understand at all why Kangbao had such a big reaction to the establishment of the two-country market.

He said softly: "Brother Bao, don't worry, what's going on? Speak slowly, I'll listen carefully..."

Kang Bao found a place, sat down on his own, and asked back with a solemn face and furrowed brows: "Brother, with your meticulous thinking, you really shouldn't have a big market with that Tubo man. You know that we and Does the Tubo people have anything to do with it?"

Guo Ye nodded silently, expressing his understanding.

Today, the Tubo people are on the road of rapid development under the leadership of Songtsan Gampo, the king of Tubo.

It seems that there is no war with the Tang Dynasty now, but Guo Ye knows the historical trend of the generals. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, the Tubo people will start sending cavalry to harass the Songzhou area, either to grab some food or livestock. noisy.

Until the 12th year of Zhenguan, after Songtsen Gampo accumulated enough strength, he ordered the Tubo Kingdom to raise heavy troops to invade Songzhou, officially starting the first battle between Tang and Tibet.

What is the purpose of Songtsen Gampo? Some people think that Songtsen Gampo wants to be the son-in-law of His Majesty Li Er, so he wants to show his strength in front of the future father-in-law to see if he is qualified to be Li Tang's son-in-law ?

Some people also think that in those few years, the Tubo country was unfavorable, and the wind and rain were not smooth, which led to poor harvests, starvation and death in the country, and millions of dead bodies.

So Tubo Zanpu was so hungry that he couldn't hold it anymore. He broke his jar and decided to take a risk. He invaded Songzhou and started a war with the Tang Dynasty. domestic.

Guo Ye directly vetoed the above two points of view.

If Songtsan Gampo went to war with the Tang Dynasty just for the above two points, then he would be the second king who can no longer be second, and he would not be penned in the history books.

The real purpose of Songtsan Gampo, the little white-eyed wolf, is to spit out the grain.

Because after the ninth year of Zhenguan, the expansion of the Tubo Kingdom has reached a bottleneck, and it must be pushed further outwards, and it is just that the unlucky Tuyuhun country is sandwiched between Datang and Tubo, and has become Songtsen Gampo's thorn in the flesh. , is also a piece of fat mouth meat.

Therefore, he came up with the idea of ​​Tuyuhun.

Although Tuyuhun's soldiers were weak, but fortunately, he was lucky. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, he was subdued by Li Jing, the military god sent by His Majesty Li Er, and he has always surrendered to Datang and loyal to His Majesty Li Er.

Songtsan Gampo knew that the small country of Tuyuhun had a great background, and the relationship with Datang was the younger brother and the older brother.With Tang covering Tuyuhun, how could Songtsan Gampo dare to act rashly.

Not daring to act rashly does not mean giving up the action. In order to test Datang's reaction, he even arranged for the nomadic cavalry to harass the area around Songzhou, until Zhenguan 12 years and then made a large-scale deployment of troops.

It is hoped that with the powerful military power of the Tubo Kingdom, Datang will have an equal dialogue and negotiation with him, and then give up the shroud of Tuyuhun.

Unfortunately, His Majesty Li Er is also a bloody man...

If you want to fight, I will fight.

Songtsan Gampo, this little white-eyed wolf, dared to wrestle with a giant like His Majesty Li Er, so naturally he would lose in a mess.

However, what was wrong with His Majesty Li Er, defeated Tubo, not only destroyed Tubo while the iron was hot, but also married Princess Wencheng to this barbaric land.

It opened a precedent for the princess of the Tang Dynasty to enter Tibet.

A generation of Tian Khan also had times when he made a foolish move, and Guo Ye felt very sorry.

However, with my little brother here, everything will change!

Princess Wencheng married Songtsan Gampo's little white-eyed wolf?It seems that the younger brothers are hundreds of times stronger than him.

"Brother, brother?"

Kang Bao saw that Guo Ye was habitually in a daze again, pushed him to wake him up, and then urged him to ask: "Do you know that the culture of the Tubo people is backward, let alone the ability to produce smelting knives and swords. Do you know that?" ? If this market opens, how many good things from our Tang Dynasty will flow into Tubo? In the future, the Tubo people will absorb the essence of our Han people, gradually become stronger, and even—"

"Even sending troops to invade and provoke us Datang, your market is the real culprit!"

Damn, Guo Ye twitched his eyebrows, and blurted out: "Brother Bao, you have such a big hat, brother, I dare not wear it."

Kang Bao said: "You're a smart man, I don't believe you didn't have my considerations and scruples. Is it possible that you really got into the eyes of money, and you want to help the evildoers and help the Tubo people become stronger?"

too excited!

Guo Ye looked at Brother Bao's mouth splattered, and his face was upright and loud, but he became a little calm.

Habitually shrugged, turned his mouth slightly at Kang Bao, and said with a smile: "Brother Bao, I understand what you said, and I have thought about it. But have you ever thought about it, even if there is no such a big market, the Tibetans would like to Learn from our Tang Dynasty's production and smelting, forging swords, military strategy, and formation of troops, can they have no choice? How can this be changed by a small market like mine?"

As he said that, Guo Ye pointed in the direction of Chang'an, and said, "Maybe, in the Imperial College and the Imperial College, there are scholars and literati hiding in disguise from the Tubo people, and they are learning the culture of my Tang Dynasty. Maybe in the Inside the yamen of the Ministry of Industry in Chang’an, there are secret spies from the Tubo people secretly learning my Tang’s casting technology.”

"Brother Bao, how can we stop these things?"

"What?"

Kang Bao was stunned for a moment. As Guo Ye said just now, he really didn't think about that at all.

Directly confused, he said: "Then what should I do?"

Guo Ye smiled and said, "Cold salad!"

Of course, this was a joke. He signaled Kang Bao to calm down first, stay calm, and then said softly: "Brother Bao, on the contrary, my big market where businessmen from the two countries exchange what they need can not only obtain heavily taxed silver, but also help you You solved the worry just now."

As he spoke, he walked to Kang Bao's side, held his shoulders, and said leisurely: "Since we can't stop the Tubo people from stealing their teachers, why not come and do the opposite."

Kang Bao was held down and couldn't stand up, so he raised his voice and shouted, "What? What are you talking about?"