I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

As soon as these words were spoken, there was horror at the table. They turned around and saw an eleven-year-old girl in red clothes and green skirt standing up. They immediately became furious.

They scolded the young lady, "How arrogant you are! How can you say such evil words!"

"You rude fellow! What nonsense are you talking about! Although the people's livelihood was in decline when the Tang Dynasty was first established, we had a strong army and a holy emperor who ruled the country and won many foreign wars. How can you say this?"

The young lady was very calm and said calmly, "Can you all be quiet for a moment and listen to me finish what I have to say?"

Li Zhao already knew who she was, but he still raised his eyebrows with interest and asked, "Which girl are you from? What's your name?"

The young lady bowed and said, "My father is Yan Zhaofu, the tutor of Prince Cao. I am the eldest daughter of Yan. My name is Yan Zhaofu."

Qingluan scratched his head secretly: "Yan Zhaofu, the tutor of Prince Cao? A tutor is an official of the sixth rank. Her family background and parents are not outstanding, she is just an ordinary young lady..."

"Wait, the last name is Yan..."

Sounds a bit familiar!

"Is she, is she Yan Zhenqing's aunt?" Qingluan was shocked.

She didn't know others, but Yan Zhenqing's name Qingluan was well-known.

The young lady in front of me was actually the one who taught Yan Zhenqing.

Li Zhao slowly transmitted his voice to her: "Yan Rushi, also known as Zhending, her father Yan Zhaofu, was a female historian for Emperor Wu and a female official of the Wu Zhou Dynasty because of his profound study of national history and extensive knowledge of the Classic of Rites."

The emperor was called Zhending, and the empress was in power. She sought a female historian. With her talent, she was chosen by the masters and was appointed to her side. She never looked back.

From the Inscription on the Stele of the Spiritual Road of Lady Yan, the Wife of Lord Yin, the Magistrate of Qiantang County, Hangzhou

"She is a female official of Wu Zhou and a close confidant of Wu Zetian." Qingluan was shocked.

Li Zhao was busy talking to Qingluan and left Yan Rushi alone for a while after she had introduced herself. The atmosphere at the table gradually became heavy.

Yu Dou Xuan Zun stopped talking after he asked the question. Others didn't dare to say anything and shut their mouths one after another.

As the sun gradually rose higher, Yan Rushi's back was covered with sweat. Then she heard Li Zhao say with a smile, "All phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and lightning. You should view them in this way."

Li Zhaofeng smiled and said, "Your name is very spiritual, and your views are also unique."

Yan Rushi breathed a sigh of relief: "Xuanzun, you are too kind. What I said is just my personal opinion. There is nothing special about it."

Li Zhao propped his elbows on the table and asked crisply, "Tell me, why do you think Princess Wencheng went to Tibet because the Tang Dynasty was incompetent?"

The god asked, and Yan Rushi dared not not answer. She looked up, her eyes filled with helplessness: "In the eighth year of Zhenguan, the Tibetan king asked for marriage, but Emperor Taizong refused."

"In the 12th year of the Zhenguan reign, the Tibetan king asked for marriage again, but Emperor Taizong refused again. The Tibetans were furious and used this as an excuse to send troops to Tuyuhun. They also defeated the Dangxiang and Bailang Qiang tribes and led 200,000 troops to station in Songzhou."

Yan Rushi's eyes darkened: "Songzhou is the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

Everyone instantly understood what she meant.

All the men and women had angry looks on their faces, and some of them were so angry that they even squeezed the golden cups in their hands into golden cakes.

"A mere Southwestern barbarian actually stationed troops in the territory of our Great Tang? How arrogant!"

Yan Rushi continued, "At the same time, Tubo sent envoys to Beijing and marched eastward to attack Songzhou, threatening that if the emperor did not agree to the marriage, they would break into Chang'an and take all of our Tang princesses back to Tubo."

Tubo did not say so in its official letter at the time, but its actual actions made its attitude clear - if the Tang Dynasty obediently sent the princess, they would negotiate and become relatives. If they still did not agree to the marriage...

hum!

Tubo can only learn from Zhu Bajie and stage a real-life version of the Gao Laozhuang bride robbery in the Tang Dynasty.

Tubo was so arrogant that it was almost shitting on the head of the Tang Dynasty. How could Emperor Erfeng tolerate this?

He immediately mobilized troops and sent generals such as Zhishisili, Niu Jinda, and Liu Jian to lead 50,000 troops to attack Tubo, and defeated Tubo in Songzhou.

Yan Rushi said: "Fortunately, our Tang Dynasty has many soldiers and generals, and Emperor Taizong is extremely powerful. He brazenly sent General Zhishi and others to defeat Tubo. Tubo quickly sent an envoy to apologize, but did not give up the intention of marriage."

When Qingluan heard for the first time the dark side of the history behind Princess Wencheng's journey to Tibet, she was shocked.

She sent a message to Li Zhao: "The Tubo wanted to forcefully seize the princess, but in the Battle of Songzhou, they were beaten so badly by the Tang Dynasty that even their mother couldn't recognize them?"

Historically, only defeated and weak countries would seek marriage alliances after losing a war.

Didn’t the Tang Dynasty win the Battle of Songzhou?

Why did you marry the princess off?!