Chang'an.

Daming Palace, in the Hall of Eternal Life.

The ambergris rose, the smoke condensed but did not dissipate, and a refreshing fragrance floated in the hall.

Qin Qiong said slowly, "Nanji Luzan is the 32nd generation of Zanpu in Tubo, but to be honest, he is actually the founding king of Tubo. Before him, Tubo was just a yak tribe in the Yalong River Valley. Later, Nie Qi unified the Yak tribe and established the hereditary chiefs. Tubo began to expand rapidly, and from the eighth generation of Zanpu Budengjia, Tubo transitioned from the primitive stage to slavery............"

"In recent decades, the Yalong tribe, which originally lived in the Shannan area, gradually expanded to the Tibetan River area under the leadership of Dabnisai and Nangri Lunzan."

"When Nangri Lunzan attacked the throne, he was very ambitious and trained his troops and contacted the tribes. In the third year of Wude, he led his troops to conquer Subi's daughter country, and he was respected as Nangri Lunzan. It means that a king with politics as brilliant as the sky and armor as hard as a mountain."

"Nanri Lu Praises the unification of the plateau and valued the new nobles such as Supi and Shannan who made contributions in the war, which caused resentment from the old nobles of Yalong tribe. A few years ago, the father, the three ministers and the three ministers of the old nobles rebelled one after another, and took the opportunity to poison him to death, triggering a great rebellion among the various Tubo tribes. The Supi tribes who were originally conquered by him also took the opportunity to stand up and Tubo was trapped in civil strife."

The Supreme Emperor Li Yuan held a cup of tea in his hand, and he was very energetic. This Supreme Emperor, who was getting older and full of wrinkles on his face, had to give birth to seven or eight children every year, but he was indeed old.

Although the Supreme Emperor who lived in the Daming Palace was happy for a while, he soon became lonely again. The new palace was just a bigger and more luxurious cage.

When Qin Qiong returned to Beijing, Li Yuan specially asked someone to send a message to the emperor, saying that Qin Qiong would come to the palace to accompany him to reminisce about the past. Now there are not many old ministers in the capital to reminisce about the past. Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji, Qian Jiulong, Yang Mao and other old ministers now work mostly abroad.

"This foreign chief has some skills, but unfortunately he is a little radical. He reused the new nobles but ignored the old nobles. He acted similarly with Yang Guang of the previous dynasty, and his defeat was also common sense." Li Yuan said, "That's how Tubo was just a fool, and was destroyed?"

"That's right. After Nangri Lunzan was poisoned, Tubo fell into civil strife. His son Qi Zong Nongzan was only twelve years old at the time. He inherited the throne of Zanpu with the support of his father's close confidants such as his uncle Lunkoer and Daxiang Shangnang. This young Zanpu was very good. On the one hand, he stood firm in the Qiongjie area in Shannan, while pursuing those who conspired to poison his father. After some investigation, the leaders were found, and many old nobles were eliminated and hostile forces within the palace were eliminated. The power of the old nobles gradually weakened, and Yang Tong's attack was also resisted by the Niang family forces in the Nianchu River area."

"After the situation stabilized, he personally crossed the river to inspect the various places, and was welcomed and supported by some nobles and common people. The north quickly stabilized. Then he recruited and trained soldiers, pretending to be stable in the old nobles. After three years of endurance, he began to send troops to attack the rebellious old nobles in various places in the sixth year of Zhenguan. He quickly attacked and pacified the old nobles in various places one by one. Qi Zong Nongzan took all the land, people and army occupied under the jurisdiction of Zanpu. Supi and Yang Tong rebelled and independent tribes were also defeated step by step, and the plateau was unified again, and the prestige of the young Qi Zong Nongzan rose sharply."

"In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Qizong Nongzan moved the capital to the capital, and was respected by Songzan Gampo, which means dignity and dignity. After moving the capital, he married his sister to King Xiangxiong who had previously rebelled, and won him over it, and asked to marry the daughter of King Nipola in the south as the queen......"

"Although Qi Zong Nongzan was young, he acted decisively and ruthlessly. He killed all the rebels and ordered them to be exterminated. In the process of fighting against the rebellion, he personally recruited and trained an elite army that was completely loyal to him. He also imitated the military order system of our Central Plains Post Station, and set up post offices in various places in Tubo, using gold arrows as contracts, and the silver falcons expeditions. He also recruited and hired craftsmen from the Central Plains, Nipola, Western Regions and other places to create excellent armor and weapons for his army. The iron chain armor of the Persians was very exquisite. His clothes were covered with only two eyes, and strong bows and crossbows could not be injured......"

Li Yuan was just a topic of conversation with the distant Tubo and did not take it too seriously. After all, for him, Tubo was far away. Besides, he, abdicated emperor, could not get enough of his leisure.

He just wanted to chat with an old minister like Qin Qiong and recall the glory of the past. Anyway, he had not had a few days to live. He could already feel that he seemed to be exhausted.

Some people offer elixirs to the Supreme Emperor, but Li Yuan doesn't believe it.

There is no elixir of immortality in this world. Great emperors like Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of Han believed in this thing, but with their power, they could not find the elixir of immortality, so Li Yuan didn't think about it at all. He just wanted to live one day and be free for one day.

He ascended the Duke of Tang at the age of seven. When he was a teenager, he used his superb archery skills to kiss the Dou family. He had a peacock's eyes in the arrow, and he hugged the beauty in one fell swoop. Then he spent decades in the Sui Dynasty of his uncle Yang Jian, and finally endured it for many years under his cousin Yang Guang. Finally, he won the world in the storm of the late Sui Dynasty. Although many people called it a bargain and was not convinced, Li Yuan was very proud to judge heroes by success or failure. He was able to enter Guanzhong and win the world, of course, not just luck.

But in his later years, he actually made a change in Xuanwu Gate, with his brothers and feet traitors and his father and son fighting each other. Fortunately, his son did not kill his father, and after he abdicated, he became the Supreme Emperor for eight years.

"In recent years, I heard that the Khan of Xueyantuo Yinan in the north is very ready to move. My Tang army has fought several battles with the Tiel people in Yinshan. Although I have controlled the situation and did not let the situation get out of control, there is probably a big battle sooner or later. Your adopted son Qin Guozhong was named the Great Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khan by the emperor. He originally wanted him to build a fang in the north of the Mo River, but now he is blocked by Yinan and cannot go north south of Yinshan......"

"There is also Goguryeo. Your son Saburo, who was very capable of turmoil, sneak attacked and captured Beisha City. He cedeed hundreds of miles of land. Finally, he was forced to swallow his anger, but he was not convinced. Now they ceased to fight with Silla and kept dispatching troops from the south to the Liaohe line. It seemed that they wanted to find the place again, and they probably started fighting!"

"Sanlang robbed Beisha City in Liaodong, and then ran to the Donghai Liuqiu Island to make a desperate attempt. It is said that he had captured more than 200,000 islands from that island as slaves, leading Fuzhou and Quanzhou to become slave ports now, and countless slave merchants have gone there."

"He finished his troubles and went to Lingnan again. I heard in the Daming Palace that he fought with the Hu Shang from the sea, and then fought with Jucheng and Man in Annan, saying that he had caused hundreds of thousands of barbarians to rebel, which was very lively. This guy really could do anything!"

Li Yuan laughed.

"It's a pity that this kid is still in Yunnan. He has bitten a piece of meat from the Cuan hand and established a Tonghai Governor's Office. With the Jucheng Governor's Office, which was established in Jucheng, I have to accept this kid's tossing skills. It would be great if he returned to Beijing. Play mahjong and play hot pot together......"

The Emperor of the Supreme Emperor has been talking nonsense, "Shubao, your name is Shubao, my name is Shude, now we are both kings and ministers, just talk about brothers. I know that Sanlang is very capable, but you, a father, also better manage him. Although Erlang is quite good in character, he is relatively open-minded and tolerant among the emperor, but it is easy to break, and a tree attracts wind. Sanlang is too capable, which is not all a good thing. In the Tang Dynasty, he is not the only one who has the ability, right? If this minister is too powerful, the emperor will eventually be afraid of one day. Erlang is still young now, but in ten, twenty, and thirty years, when Erlang is old, Sanlang is still young. At that time, you said Erlang

Will this emperor be worried about Huailiang?" Li Yuan said these words to Qin Qiong in a rare way. "Actually, I admire Shubao. You are good at your ability, but what you are most aware of is this state of mind. Behind the Xuanwu Gate, there was no struggle for power, no power, and the courage to retreat. This mentality is not something that ordinary people can do. Look at Hou Junji and Yuchi Gong? When the palace changed, they forced me to be so ruthless. After that, they were also a villain and arrogant. Yuchi Gong went to Shannan for a few years and was still restrained. Hou Junji became even more aggressive. I dare say that this Hou Junji would not die well after all. Although Erlang used this kind of person, he would definitely deal with this person one day."

"I heard that Huailiang had expanded his territory in Annan's fiefdom before, and the emperor took away many of his captured places. This was a bad sign. This time the emperor showed mercy, but he must not be reborn."

Qin Qiong crossed his hands and thanked him.

"I thank the Supreme Emperor for his advice!"

Li Yuan waved his hand, "I said that we are just talking about brothers and brothers, no matter whether we are monarch and ministers, we have no outsiders anyway. I still remember that during the Central Plains War, you abandoned your wife and children and joined me. I have always remembered this friendship. You, Qin Qiong, have a great contribution to the Li family's country..."

"I heard that after you returned to Beijing, you told Erlang that you should be wary of Tubo? It would be better to take action first and propose to send troops to conquer Tubo?"

Qin Qiong replied, "The Qizong Lun Psychology is now ambitious. After quelling the rebellion, he trained troops, built armor and weapons, and married Nipola and Xiangxiong Kingdom. He is now preparing to march northward to annex Supi, Bailan, Dongnu and other Qiangs. He even directly sent envoys to Tuyuhun, demanding to marry Tuyuhun and ask Murong Shun to marry his daughter and to him. His ambition is obvious and he has to be guarded."

"Our Tang Dynasty must not sit idly by and watch Tubo invade and annex the Qiang, and make it bigger."

Li Yuan said disapprovingly, "Tuyuhun has been beside my bed in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, but it has not become a climate. What other threats can the small Tubo country on the snowy plateau? Let Tubo and the Qiang dogs bite the dogs. Let's sit on the mountain and watch the fight, so don't worry."

"You are also a life-long battle, and you are suffering from injuries. It's more important to take care of your health." Li Yuan said in a dark voice.
Chapter completed!