Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 220 Capture of Tubo
Ma Liuzhi was still surrounded outside the big camp, but Li Ke had led a small team to fight towards Luoxie City.

There were only a few hundred defenders in these cities, and they were unable to resist him at all.

Outside the city, the Tubo people surrendered.

Li Ke quickly took over the city defense and arrived at the Tubo Palace.

He quickly ordered the army to gather all the Tubo courtiers together.

The prime minister, Shang Nang, naturally couldn't keep it. Li Ke had previously learned from Xi Zuo that the person who passed the news to Ye first was Shang Nang.

As for other courtiers, they will be taken into custody and punished according to their crimes.

After packing up everything, Li Ke divided his troops and went to the homes of the princes and nobles to search for their property.

These Tibetan aristocrats have not engaged in production for many years, but they have mastered too many resources.

Li Ke ordered to divide the looted wealth into two halves, one half was used to reward the soldiers, and the other half was distributed to the poor people who were willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

He wanted to quickly win over the Tibetan people and facilitate the implementation of the next comprehensive transformation.

Not long after, Ma Liuzhi came back with Yexian's head.

Most of the Yexian Ministry surrendered, and the other half were burned to death. They have been completely defeated.

So far, the main forces in Tubo have been defeated by Li Ke.

Li Ke waited in Luoxie City for a few days with peace of mind, while waiting for the reserve army to come to take over Tubo.

At the same time, Ma Liuzhi was sent to the Western Front to take over major towns in Tubo.

The armies of the southwestern countries and the Zhang Zhung Kingdom are still attacking, and Li Ke doesn't want to be divided too much land by them.

Fortunately, before they withdrew their troops from Tubo, they never had an advantage. Now that they invaded and seized the city, they only got very little land.

These western frontiers are mostly desert lands, but Li Ke doesn't care.

Li Ke also made a covenant with the Zhang Zhung Kingdom and the countries in the Southwest, allocating the remote land they occupied to them, and they would fight for it by themselves.

These places are also uninhabitable, and they are in the middle, which is a buffer zone with the surrounding small countries.

And the main land of Tubo is all occupied by Li Ke, so naturally it will not be distributed to them.

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Li Shimin has been in a good mood recently.

The news of Li Ke's capture of Luoxie City had already spread, and Li Shimin was waiting for the vast territory of Tubo to be included in his territory of Tang Dynasty.

Although this news is known to everyone in Chang'an City now, he always wants to publicize it at the court meeting to show off.

Li Shimin had never been so eager for the court meeting, and he looked forward to it for a few days, and finally the day of the court meeting came.

"Your Majesty, it's not yet dawn! Why do you get up so early?"

Concubine Yang was going to bed that day, and she couldn't help being a little surprised when she saw Li Shimin get up and put on bright yellow court clothes.

It's still dark today, why is Your Majesty changing into court clothes in such a hurry?
Look at Li Shimin's look of anticipation, that pacing back and forth, wishing he could rush to the main hall right now...

Concubine Yang was a little speechless.

"Hang! Ke'er has made new military exploits. I am anxious to inform the courtiers of the good news!"

Li Shimin clasped his hands behind his back and explained in a deep voice.

"But... didn't the news spread long ago? I heard from the maids that the people in Chang'an City crowded the streets to celebrate Ke'er's military exploits!"

Concubine Yang said with a smile.

Li Shimin shook his head and said seriously: "My beloved, I don't understand. The rumors among the people are different from what I announced in front of the public!"

He shook his head, and said clearly: "I will announce it before the court, and this matter will be considered as a reality. Only Ke'er's military exploits can be announced to the world!"

After waiting in the harem for a long time, Li Shimin finally made it to the court.

Arriving at the court happily, the courtiers have lined up on both sides, waiting on the main hall.

The ministers shouted long live, after dealing with daily affairs, Li Shimin finally waited for the time to announce the good news.

He first took a look at the crowd, and seeing the faces of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others who were closest, he knew that everyone had received the news.

Li Shimin cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Did your ministers...have you received any good news recently?"

The courtiers all laughed, but no one spoke. Naturally, everyone wanted to leave the opportunity to announce the good news to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin had been waiting for a long time, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"I have good news to announce!"

Li Shimin stood up, turned his hands behind his back, and put out the score.

"The king of Shu, Li Ke, has sent a report to Tang, reporting that the Shu army has reached Luoxie City and defeated the main force of Tubo! Songtsan Gampo committed suicide and died. The vast territory of Tubo is already in my Tang Dynasty's pocket!"

"it is good!"

Cheng Yaojin was the first to yell. This yell was quite loud, but it had no emotion at all.

you do not say!When everyone received this news two days ago, they were indeed very excited.

But when is this, the news has spread throughout Chang'an City, so it's too late to announce it again.

But everyone can also understand Li Shimin that such a big event is most formal only when it is announced at the court meeting.

And the court meeting doesn't happen every day, and Li Shimin has been thinking about it for a long time these days.

Cheng Yaojin's voice was naturally to cheer.

He shouted loudly, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others also congratulated in unison.

For a while, the hall became lively, everyone applauded better, and the performance was enthusiastic.

Li Shimin accepted the compliments and congratulations from all the officials with a smile, and was very satisfied in his heart. After waiting for so many days, didn't he just wait for this moment?

At this time, someone suddenly stood up, raised his hands and shouted: "Your Majesty, I wonder how to deal with this Tubo land?"

Li Shimin looked down and saw that this person was Zheng Qian, the supervisory censor, and he was just a low-ranking official.

There are officials such as Yushi Dafu and Yushi Zhongcheng in the Yushitai. These supervisory censors are just junior officials in the Yushitai.

But after all, he is the censor. He has the privilege of reporting directly to the emperor when he hears something. He naturally has the right to report something to the emperor.

This Zheng Qian is a member of the gentry family, and they have always opposed Li Ke the most.

Seeing Zheng Qian approaching, Li Shimin knew that this person was looking for trouble for Li Ke again.

He thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "The Tubo war is not over yet, it's too early to discuss the land issue..."

He had shown his attitude, but Zheng Qian still didn't let go, and stepped forward with arched hands:
"Your Majesty, a large area of ​​Tubo's territory has been given to us, the Tang Dynasty. The King of Shu is brave and brave. The King of Shu will be able to capture the remaining areas on the western front very soon! This is the right time to think about the land issue!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone behind him stepped forward: "Yes! The territory of Tubo is vast, Your Majesty should think about this matter as soon as possible, and plan ahead!"

Many courtiers also echoed and supported Zheng Qian's proposal.

Li Shimin took a look and found that most of these supporters were from gentry families.

At this time, they wanted to discuss the issue of Tibetan territory, so naturally they were not concerned about national affairs.

They must be worried about Li Ke's power, so they don't want Tubo to fall into Li Ke's hands. They are afraid that after a while, they will find all kinds of reasons to prevent Li Ke from obtaining Tubo's land.

(End of this chapter)