Chapter 1239 Princess invites soldiers
Everyone, there is another news that I haven't informed you. Tubo Zanpu Nangri Lunzan died and was poisoned by the old Tubo nobles."
The emperor put down the teacup and released an amazing news easily.
"No wonder the Tubo princess was not seen in the drinking ceremony in the village today. Nangri Lunzan was poisoned. It seems that Tubo will inevitably be in civil strife." Hou Mo Chen Yi said. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Xutuo, "Taiwei, what do you think about this?"
As the Privy Council, Zhang Xutuo was responsible for the Privy Council, which divided the military power of the prime minister and controlled the military orders for the emperor. However, the Ministry of War that originally held military power was only left with the military power. In addition, the emperor's power had the power to select generals, and the military power of the three yamen and the military camps in charge of the commanding military power.
Therefore, the emperor had the most solid control over military power, and the prime minister only had limited military and political power.
This is actually the situation that has been restored to the Qin Dynasty. The court was led by the Taiwei, the prime minister was in power, and the censor and the chief minister supervised. However, at this time, the prime minister was more than a dozen prime ministers in the court and ruled internally and externally, so the prime minister was a group and the power was more decentralized.
The Taiwei only holds the power of military orders, and does not have the power of military regimes, dispatching generals, and commanding troops. In fact, through layers of structure, the emperor who came from military generals can be said to have a stronger grasp of the army than any previous dynasty.
Zhang Xutuo was called the Taiwei. First, he was indeed the commander of the army, and second, he was also the real Taiwei, the head of the Three Dukes.
"In general, Tubo Zanpu was still poisoned and killed. This is a good thing for me, Daqin. Although Nang Rilunzan, this man is young, ambitious. He fought with us before, but he finally retreated, but he was extremely decisive. Such a person is a very difficult opponent, and he is young. If he is given twenty or thirty years, I am afraid that the entire plateau will be unified for him. By then, he will become a very troublesome opponent. Fortunately, he is dead."
Emperor Luo Cheng did not give much praise to Nangri Lunzan, "Actually, he is the same as Yang Guang, but his ability is not as good as Yang Guang. He is too eager for quick success and is impatient in his work. He has not succeeded to the throne for a few years. However, all he valued were Niang Zanggu, Nongzhibo, Drepung Nashen, Ba Yuzebu, Qiongbo Bangse and other people from other ministries who had just joined when their father and son were in power. They were all new nobles, but Nangri Lunzan trusted them very much. One letter was to grant 10,000 or 20,000 households to them and let them manage large areas. This had long aroused the hatred of the old nobles."
"Now he supports Gar Dongzan to start promoting the comprehensive reform of Tubo. Moving the capital is more logical, and he also wants to imitate our Central Plains to build a central monarchy kingdom, expanding the army and setting up heavy taxes. He didn't think about it. When Tubo was in his father's hands, he was still a tribal alliance. It was impossible for Tubo Zanpu to control the country like my Central Plains monarch. Now, there is a sudden change. How can it be possible? When Yang Guang was the emperor, the reforms caused a rebound, let alone him."
"I can say that it is not surprising that he was poisoned!"
"Sage, how do we deal with it now? Will we interfere in Tubo?"
Luo Cheng shook his head.
"No hurry. Tubo asked for huge tributes from the Qiang Kingdoms that had been subordinate to Bailan, Miyao and other subordinates, and was preparing to expand its army to fight against Xiangxiong. Now that the Tubo king is dead, we are not in a hurry to send troops to Tubo directly. To be honest, Tubo and the snowy plateau, many of our soldiers are unable to adapt to the climate there, and the supply is inconvenient."
"Now that Tubo is in civil turmoil. If we directly send troops to Tubo, we will probably unite the Tubo people who have just been in civil turmoil. So at this time, we cannot do such a thing, and we have to add more fire to them and make them even more turmoil. We can also take this opportunity to contact Miyao and Bailan to try to get rid of Tubo, so that they can instead submit to our great Qin and become ministers and vassal states. There is also Subi. When the Western Turks were attacked, wasn't Prince Subi also arrested? Is it still in Anxi? Send him to Luoyang first, and we can support this Prince Subi to return to restore the country."
Zhang Xutuo nodded.
"What the saint said is that there are Qiangs in the Western Mountains. At present, Tubo is in civil turmoil and can no longer support them secretly. It just happened to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat them and force them to surrender."
"I'm suggesting that King Xiangxiong Li Mixia, see if he is willing to take advantage of the civil strife in Tubo. As long as Tubo and Xiangxiong fight, the two tigers will fight, and there will be a injury. When they fight out the real fire, no one can have the energy to covet the four roads of Qinghai, Anxi, Xishan and Yunnan in the Great Qin Dynasty."
However, Luo Cheng still emphasized again that we should try our best to control our strength, not to interfere directly, and not to expand it.
"The court has no spare time to have another plateau war now. We need to rest and recuperate. Let them fight with themselves and just watch the fun next to us."
Returning to the palace from the Imperial College, Princess Saimaga came to ask for a visit and asked the emperor about the specific situation in Tubo now.
"I heard it was very chaotic. After your father was poisoned, the old nobles now rebelled one after another, and the old nobles attacked each other. Now the Tubo group of dragons has no heads, and it is in chaos."
"Dabo, Gongbu, Niangbu and other places have been occupied by the rebellious old nobles, and the old capital Qiongba has also been occupied."
"What about my mother and my brother?"
"Your mother and your brother were protected by new nobles such as Qiongbo Bose to retreat to the back hiding, but the situation was worrying."
The princess cried and said, "Please ask the saint to enthrone my brother as Tubo Xinzanpu and send troops to help Tubo quell the rebellion."
"Your brother is only five years old this year. Can you take on this heavy burden in this chaos?" Luo Cheng asked.
"Please rest assured by the saint. My father is my younger brother, the son of Qi Zongnong, and my uncle Lunko and the minister Shangnang were both his teachers. He was very loyal and capable. Now my father has been poisoned and the country is in chaos. However, those sinister villains will not be able to be proud for long. As long as the situation is stabilized, they will soon be able to defeat the rebels and quell the rebels."
"But now it's not clear who poisoned your father. Not to mention that the prosperous old capital Qiongba has fallen into the hands of the rebels."
"Please send troops to the saint."
Luo Cheng twisted his beard, "I can issue an edict to enthrone your brother Qizong as the new Zanpu in Tubo, but the Tubo people may not be convinced. As for the fact that it is difficult to let the Qin Dynasty send troops, it is temporarily difficult. There are still Qiangs between the Qin Dynasty and the Tubo. The Qiangs originally surrendered to Tubo, but the situation is unclear now."
Luo Cheng had no objection to the princess' request to appoint his brother Qizong as the new Zamp. After all, although this Qizong was Songzan Gampo in history, his father died several years earlier than in history. He is only five years old now. At such a young age, appointing him as Zampo will only exacerbate the current civil strife in Tubo.
"Perhaps, I can issue an edict to King Xiangxiong Li Mixia, asking him to lead Xiangxiong troops east to Tubo to help quell the rebellion!"
The princess was shocked, "Sage, no. If Xiangxiong sent troops to Tubo to quell the rebellion, they would definitely take the opportunity to invade Tubo."
"Princess, don't be prejudiced when facing Xiong King. After all, Tubo and Xiangxiong have been in harmony for generations. Now, Tubo is in chaos, and the Qin Dynasty is beyond the reach of the Qin Dynasty. If Xiangxiong can send troops to quell the chaos, it can also solve the urgent problem."
"Please lend me tens of thousands of troops. I am willing to be the commander and lead the army back to quell the rebellion. After quelling the rebellion, I will return to Qin Palace."
Luo Cheng admired the princess' passion, but it was impossible to agree.
He patted the princess on the shoulder, "Let's leave the war to the men!"
Chapter completed!