Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 149 Li Shimin's Worries
Chapter 198 Li Shimin's Worries
Li Shimin is the emperor, and he must chat freely. When he heard the name Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help but ask his lord Liu Bei.

If it really doesn't work, just ask him if he knows Liu Chan.

The corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth twitched. If the person in front of him was not the emperor, he might have left in a hurry.

After taking a deep breath, he finally said, "Your Majesty, I...don't know Liu Bei."

"Then why do you call this name, don't you feel very pressured?"

"Eh... because... it was taken by my parents..."

Facing Li Shimin's more and more acute questions, Zhuge Liang's forehead was dripping with sweat.

Although his IQ is extremely high, no matter how high the IQ is, I'm afraid there is no way to answer his questions.

Because there is no normal one!

Just when Zhuge Liang was about to collapse, the maid came in again, "Your Majesty, the grandson is here."

Only then did Li Shimin stop asking, and said with a smile, "Call him in."

"Here."

After a while, Changsun Wuji walked in and was a little surprised when he saw Zhuge Liang, but he quickly recovered his emotions and bowed his hands to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty."

Li Shimin said: "The auxiliary machine is here, please sit down."

Changsun Wuji sat down, but his expression was a little awkward.

Zhuge Liang was very good at observing facial expressions, and by looking at his expression, he knew that they had something to talk about, so he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, my lord, grandson, I have to deal with the government affairs of Qianzhou, so I will leave first." gone."

Li Shimin nodded, and after Zhuge Liang left, he looked at Changsun Wuji and said with a smile: "This Zhuge Liang is a talent, I believe he can do something even in the court!"

Changsun Wuji nodded approvingly, "Yesterday, I went to inquire about it. Today's Qianzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes when King Qian came here."

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, "Tell me about it."

"Back then, when the governor of Qianzhou was Shen Liang, most of the people had no food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies."

"Afterwards, Qianzhou encountered a drought... That was the year King Qian came to Qianzhou... Qianzhou was short of food, so Shen Liang colluded with rich households, officials and businessmen to buy food outside, and then sold it to the common people at a high price!"

"After His Royal Highness King Qian arrived, he also asked the wealthy households to go outside to buy food..."

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned.

Changsun Wuji went on to say: "However, after His Royal Highness King Qian bought food, he distributed it unconditionally to the people of the entire Qianzhou... During that time, it was probably the most difficult time for Qianzhou..."

"In addition, Your Highness still remembers Xie Longyu and the others?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, "I remember, in the third year of Emperor Gaozu Wude, Xie Longyu sent people to Chang'an. At that time, Gaozu set his land as Cangzhou and appointed Xie Longyu as the governor of Cangzhou."

"In the third year of Zhenguan, Xie Longyu led the Xie clan to pay homage, and I even sent them out one by one."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's mind moved, "What do you mean..."

Changsun Wuji laughed and said, "Among the eight prefectures under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou, four prefectures are controlled by the Xie family. They seem to be the local emperors!"

Li Shimin sighed, "I didn't expect that the enfeoffment to win people's hearts that day would cause Chengqian such a big trouble."

Changsun Wuji said: "Not to mention trouble, His Royal Highness King Qian uprooted the Xie family not long after he arrived in Qianzhou, and took back the ruling power of the four states. Let me show my loyalty to His Highness... so far, Qianzhou has come under His Highness's jurisdiction."

Li Shimin was full of emotion, "The result is just a few words, but the process must be thrilling, and if you are not careful, you may be smashed to pieces."

"yes…"

Changsun Wuji sighed, "Compared to Qianzhou back then, it can definitely be said that earth-shaking changes have taken place today!"

Li Shimin immediately picked up the booklet on the side, opened it and read it.

From people's livelihood, taxation, military affairs, government orders, etc., Zhuge Liang listed them all, and the pros and cons are all in it.

"In Qianzhou now, the people's livelihood is fine, but the military is a bit weaker. 2 people...isn't enough..." Li Shimin tapped the chair with his fingers, his face lost in thought.

Changsun Wuji was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, Qianzhou is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Twenty thousand troops are enough, right?"

Li Shimin sighed, "Auxiliary machine, do you know that Qianzhou is a line of defense to the west of Datang?"

Changsun Wuji was startled, "Your Majesty, you mean Tubo?"

"Wolf ambition, we must guard against it. Before I sent people to conquer the Western Regions, I just wanted to build the west of the Great Tang into an indestructible wall of copper and iron!"

"Because of the relationship between the two parties, I can't do too much. Just like this Jieshouguan, only a few thousand people are appointed, but if Tubo and Datang turn against each other in a certain year, then they will take advantage of the Jieshouguan's loophole... Sigh ...I'm a little worried."

Changsun Wuji frowned, "Your Majesty, you really have to guard against it."

"Yes, there is no trace of Tubo's work!" Li Shimin sighed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Songtsan Gampo failed to propose a marriage, and assembled an army to attack Tuyuhun. The 20 army was defeated by the [-] army of the Tang Dynasty." Defeat, to be honest, will you be happy if it rests on you?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head. Even if he was scolded by an unrelated person, he would have to find his way back, let alone a war between countries.

20 against [-], but they were beaten to the ground. As the lord of the country, Songtsan Gampo may have sincerely wanted to form an alliance with Datang.

But Tubo’s system is different from that of Tang Dynasty. Tubo’s evolution from a loose tribal alliance to a powerful and unified political entity depends on the regular alliance system.

The monarch of Tubo, called Zanpu, and his ministers must make an alliance every year, or even several alliances a year. Every alliance must be presided over by Zanpu. The purpose of the alliance is to continuously consolidate the loyalty of the lords to Zanpu with certain rituals, so as to ensure the national political unity.

In other words, whether Tubo can be unified depends entirely on whether the tribes are loyal or not... um... it all depends on self-consciousness.

After Songtsan Gampo ascended the throne, he carried out reforms in Tubo. Those tribal leaders in the past have now become great nobles in Tubo.

However, because many people disobeyed Songtsen Gampo's rule, but Songtsen Gampo did not have much military power in his hands, in order to suppress these guys, Songtsen Gampo decided to cooperate with the nobles.

With the support of the nobles, Songtsen Gampo finally pulled the country back from the brink of fragmentation.

But after the initial stabilization, a fierce power game broke out between the Subi faction represented by Niang Shangnang and the Houzang faction represented by Qiongbao Bangse.

However, Qiongbao Bangse, who had a better means, used the hands of Songtsan Gampo to annihilate the Niang clan, and the Subi family fell into a slump.

But after that, Qiongbao Bangse was killed by Songtsan Gampo, so the post-Tibet system also disappeared for no reason.

Killed three regional aristocratic groups in a row, putting everyone in the Tubo nobles at risk, and at some point, the sharp sword will be chopped on their own heads.

Therefore, Songtsan Gampo could only use appeasement methods to prevent other nobles from dying.

But now, there are still many great nobles in Tubo. They are different from the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs in Tang Dynasty.

However, the nobles of Tubo have real military power under them. If they want to declare war, Songtsan Gambo will not be able to stop them!

(End of this chapter)