Several cavalry galloped on the West Avenue of Beijing, and the knights tied red belts on their foreheads and colorful feathers on their backs. This means that the information conveyed was a very urgent border information to enter the capital. All the inns passing along the way should be given priority to arrange food and mounts. Those who dare to block the road can be killed without any quarrel.

Seeing this scene, pedestrians on the West Jing Avenue all avoided and made the road open. At the same time, they couldn't help but feel curious about what kind of emergency border relationship happened, and they actually used this level of transmission?

The Tang Dynasty's Chuanyi system has different levels and standards. The knights dressed up like this and were considered to have a high level of personnel. The highest level was only great victory and great rebellion.

While the outsiders were still curious and speculating, the relevant news reports had been sent to the large internal ban through the fastest channels.

Recently, some court officials have gone to the eastern capital Luoyang to prepare for affairs, and the hundred departments in the capital are also allocating matters for the stay. Even Chang Chao has stopped. Taking advantage of this rare free time, the saint has even changed into the clothes and plans to enter the shop for a few days, and ask his son how his recent study is in Zhaowenguan.

Suddenly, such a hurry-in-come message happened, and the saint had to change his clothes and hurried to Yanying's Palace.

In Yanying's palace, several important officials including Li Jiao, Minister of the Secretariat, Huan Yanfan, Minister of War, Grandpa, and Privy Councilor Guo Zhiyun had already been waiting here. When the saint entered the hall, they hurriedly reported the information.

"In early March, Tubo Zanpu swore all the tribes at Gongbu Xiongjiayuan, Shannan. At the meeting, the Nipola king reported that he was killed by Zanpu. On the way back to the lord, the Nipola tribes attacked the king's lord, and Zanpu also died in wars..."

After listening to Li Zhaode's report, Li Tong couldn't help but frown, and then picked up the detailed memorial on the desk and browsed it.

Although after the Qinghai War, Tubo no longer had the strength to fight head-on with the Tang Dynasty, it was still a powerful regime among the neighboring countries.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty did not relax its vigilance about the movements of Tubo. It set up a complete set of surveillance systems in Qinghai, Xikang and Nanzhao to ensure that any dynamics in the Tubo country could be known to the court as soon as possible.

In the past few years, although there has been a lot of news about Tubo, it is not very valuable. It is not that the surveillance efforts are not enough, but that there is really no major move on the other side that deserves close attention.

As the original strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo was dispelled from the momentum of external expansion after the Qinghai War. The Tuyuhun, which was originally annexed, was divided into the powerful Gar family. Although there were some attempts in the Southern Barbarians' edicts later, the efforts were obviously not enough.

Afterwards, the information about Tubo became boring, nothing more than the change of power of ministers in the country. Zanpu was busy putting out fires everywhere, and the chaos in the country was never calmed down, and he had no power to pose a substantial threat to the Tang Dynasty.

This time, the death of Zanpu in Tubo was caused by war, which actually had little direct relationship with the Tang Dynasty. However, the Annan Protectorate Office immediately obtained the information and reported it to the court, which shows that the Tang Dynasty has penetrated into the internal personnel of Tubo in the past few years. There will be no more cases where Zanpu died in the early years but was concealed for several years.

After reading the report, Li Tong lowered his eyes and looked at the officials in the hall and asked: "What do you think about the death of the foreign lord? "

Hearing the saint's question, Guo Zhiyun stood up and said, "Tubo has experienced frequent internal turmoil in recent years, and the country is noisy. The power of the lord of the king has become weak and difficult to recover. It is foreseeable to die from internal disasters. For this reason, the reason why the disaster is caused this time should have a deep meaning to be used as a guide. What we know now is that this deed has not yet been known about the cause and effect before and after. After the saint has asked, I have made a bold statement."

After hearing this, Li Tong nodded and signaled Guo Zhiyun to continue speaking.

The current situation in Tang and Tibet is different from before and after the Qinghai War in the past. The problems of Tubo have become secondary border matters. Therefore, he is too lazy to ask about the details of Tubo's situation in recent years. It is indeed necessary for special ministers to analyze it in order to have a detailed understanding of this matter.

"After the defeat of Qinghai, the foreign lord fled back to the country and first vowed to make a pledge with the Xiangxiong tribes of the Tibetans. Because of disputes between the Wei clans of the Eastern Region and other tribes and the Shannan tribes, they were able to stand outside and take on arbitration and maintain the overall situation..."

After being in trouble, the young man successfully boycotted the Isolated Gar family, a powerful family that had been in power for a long time, and Tubo naturally had political methods. Since he fled back to China on the Qinghai battlefield, a series of operating methods can also be regarded as textbook-style self-rescue.

He first reached an alliance with the Tibetan clans headed by the Queen Mother Wu Lu clan. He also used the Shannan army to stagnate and plunder Xikang and other tribes in the Eastern Region, which caused the defeat of Qinghai into a secondary issue, causing the strong ministers on both sides to hate each other, thus maintaining his own security.

Guo Zhiyun made contributions in Qinghai. Although he later transferred to office inside and outside, he always kept paying attention to the issue of Tubo. At this moment, he continued to say: "In the past few years, although there have been civil strife in Tubo, Zanpu has focused on the king's territorial territory and no longer has lightly left. Although the king's power is weak, the situation is becoming more stable. In the past, the alliances were held around Lusa City, and few were far away from the king's territorial territory.

This time, the alliance was vowed to Gongbu in Shannan. It was originally a strange thing. The king of Nipola was Zanpu's brother, and the king's arm was opened. In recent years, he has repeatedly invaded the Indian states and had no power and no power to fight against the foreign lords. Why did the foreign lords kill? This is a strange thing. Nipola was narrow and small, with weak armor and weak personnel, and could even intercept the foreign lords who were surrounded by elite troops. This is a three strange thing."

According to the frequent civil strife in Tubo, the death of the foreign ruler seemed destined, but after careful analysis by those familiar with foreign affairs, this matter revealed strangeness everywhere. Guo Zhiyun analyzed it and pointed out many doubts, but because he had too little information at the moment, it was difficult to get a complete explanation.

Li Tong also recorded several doubts that Guo Zhiyun had identified, and Fafu Lifanyuan continued to follow up on the investigation. But this was not the most important issue. After the death of the Fan Lord, the domestic power structure of Tubo will surely usher in a new round of reshuffle. What is important to the Tang Dynasty through this?

Among the areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty, the most directly related to the Tubo local area is Xikang.

After the end of the Qinghai War, the normal diplomatic relations between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were no longer normal, and the official exchanges were not resumed. However, in the Xikang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty still did a lot of things.

When the foreign rulers forcibly recaptured Xikang, they did not have a dialogue on their place. The Tang Dynasty used religious power to incite the people at the bottom of Xikang to form monk soldiers. After the Shannan army evacuated Xikang, they used their local power to take back Xikang City.

Xikang City, which was originally still prosperous, was almost in ruins after being destroyed by the British Lords and the wealthy chiefs of Shannan.

But the power of religion is indeed powerful. After the herdsmen and monks who were originally allowed to be plundered by the rich and powerful, they burst out with great enthusiasm for protection after recovering Xikang City. In just one or two years, they rebuilt Xikang City from the ruins, and the scale is even greater than the past.

After the reconstruction of Xikang City, the local people in Xikang were worried that they would be attacked by Tubo again, and repeatedly begged the Tang Dynasty to protect its city-state.

Unlike previous years, when using the internal struggle of the powerful and wealthy people in the Tubo country, the call for the Tang Dynasty to accept protection again came from the people. Of course, this is also because of the local armed forces in Xikang, the monk soldiers group has been dominated by the Tang Dynasty since its establishment.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty also responded to the local people's call, using Longnan Cao Ren's master as the Xikang guardian, leading three thousand Tang troops to settle in Xikang City, and formally incorporated Xikang into the Tang Dynasty's town defense system.

However, compared with other border defense areas, Xikang is still an enclave with ridges and ridges. Because it is close to Tubo, even if it relies on local power, it is difficult to establish a protected rule like the four towns of Anxi.

Compared with the powerful chiefs of the Tubo local states, the local power of Xikang is still very weak, and it is difficult to directly interfere with the situation within Tubo. At present, because the power struggle in Tubo is endless, the recovery and reconstruction of Xikang can be carried out smoothly.

This time, the death of Zanpu in Tubo is also a great news for Xikang's further operation. No matter what kind of power struggle will occur next, the relevant stakeholders will definitely need to invite a lot of help. Xikang may not be enough to become the party that formally participates in the competition, but it is also an extremely important bargaining chip.

If there is one thing that is bad, it is the timing. Originally, Tubo Zanpu's escape from Qinghai had already made Li Tong quite depressed, and he couldn't help feeling a little happy after hearing the news of his sudden death, but after careful consideration, his disgust for this guy became even greater.

Don’t die when you deserve it, and don’t die when you shouldn’t die!

The main direction of the Tang Dynasty this year was naturally to target the expedition of Turks in northern Mo. This expedition was already postponed. Now all the soldiers and soldiers have already taken their place, so you should not interrupt them because of other things.

If Tubo Zanpu could survive even half a year, Li Tong could make more powerful arrangements based on the progress of the war in Mobei, and even sent a side force to enter the territory of Fan territory, using Xikang as the advance base to directly wipe out the Wangtong District, the core of Tubo.

However, fighting on both sides is a taboo in military strategists. Without the breakthrough in the war in Mobei, the Tang Dynasty could not make long-term and large-scale personnel investment in Tubo.

So after some discussion, the monarch and ministers still reached a consensus, that is, to consolidate Xikang and wait and see what changes are happening.

But in fact, in addition to such a slightly passive attitude, there is also a more enterprising strategy, which is to formally incorporate Xikang into the Tang Dynasty's feudal system and directly enthrone the saint and Concubine De's son as Tibetan kings in the foreign vassals.

Li Tong didn't know if the ministers in the palace had such thoughts, but a similar idea flashed through his mind at some point.

The unique plateau terrain of Tubo is difficult to directly conquer through force, especially those powerful chiefs and states have all their forces, and even Zamp is overwhelmed. It is not as religiously domesticated as later generations, and it is still wild and difficult to tame.

Now the religious propaganda of the Tang Dynasty has taken the lead. If an external vassal can be established based on this, it can even use it to occupy the nest in the future and replace the Sitano family's rule over Tubo.

If such an idea becomes a reality, although we will face the problem of centrifugal force of the foreign vassal in the future, a Tibetan ruler with the blood of the Li Tangzong family will undoubtedly have more topics to talk about than the wild chiefs on the plateau and the imperial center.

But this idea flashed through my mind and was soon put behind Li Tong. It was not to give up this idea, but to think that his young son, who was still naive and ignorant, Li Tong was really reluctant to let it go, so he put it in the distance, and the world was separated.

But the development of the world will not be completely varied by human will. Although Li Tong is eager to love his son and is deliberately unwilling to mention similar topics, as the situation further develops, it may become an issue that cannot be avoided.
Chapter completed!