Chapter 1303 Lu Dongzan’s Sorrow (Part 2)
There are many factions in Tubo, and the social classes are much clearer than those in the Tang Dynasty. Slaves will always be slaves, and nobles will always be nobles. This has led to extremely serious social divisions. Although Songtsen Gampo, who had the full support of the Gar family, was extremely prestigious and powerful, he still could not completely suppress the forces based on tribes.
There is no way, Tubo is too vast, the population is too sparse, and the environment is too harsh...
How can we twist the loose Tubo into a rope so as not to consume the pitifully little energy of Tubo due to internal friction? This is a big problem that every generation of Zamp struggles with. Until Songtsen Gampo came to power, he discovered a simple and direct way, that is - war!
Constantly launching wars in all directions, using the dividends of the war to unite all classes in Tubo!
It has to be said that this rapid expansion has brought great benefits to the major powers in Tubo. All the scattered forces have been peacefully guarded by Songtsen Gampo. They have unprecedented unity, and this unity has made it even more difficult. Tubo's combat effectiveness reached a whole new level.
That’s why Tubo dared to send troops to Tuyuhun!
That’s why you dare to challenge Datang!
And using this strength to forcefully marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty was a clever plan presented by Lu Dongtsen to Songtsen Gampo. In any case, Tubo's barren land and sparse population doomed it to be impossible to continue the strategy of "fighting to support war" for a long time. Ludongzan, who had already been entangled with Songtsen Gambo's interests, knew that the only way to do this was to fight with Songtsen Gampo. Only by maintaining a close relationship with the Tang Dynasty could it maintain its oppression of all forces within Tibet in the future.
Unfortunately, despite all calculations, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty actually flatly rejected Tubo’s marriage proposal strategy! This powerful Emperor took an extremely tough stance regardless of Tubo's threats and provocations.
Threaten me?
Then fight!
The person who firmly believed in the Emperor of Tang Dynasty was Fang Jun in front of him...
Because of this, Lu Dongzan was once full of resentment towards Fang Jun.
But then, Lu Dongzan, who had Fang Jun's idea of "highland barley wine", completely abandoned the resentment in his heart, and he suddenly became enlightened!
Ludongzan is an ambitious person. The Gar family has always been the top existence in Tubo. Even Zampu of all generations must maintain respect for the Gar family and try their best to win over them. Even though the Gar family is powerful, it has never been strong in political demands. Lu Dongzan actually does not have much ambition, which has always been the case with his family.
On the other hand, his second son Qinling Zanzhuo behaved differently from his ancestors, full of ambitions for power and politics...
In Lu Dongzan's opinion, instead of pursuing the right to dominate the sky with one hand, we should put all our efforts on how to improve the living conditions of the Tibetan people. Rather than writing his name into history books and letting future generations comment on his merits and demerits, Lu Dongzan chose the latter without hesitation, or to carve his name into the hearts of the people and be remembered for eternity.
The original intention of the Gar family to assist Songtsen Gampo in unifying the various tribes of Tibet was to stabilize the chaotic situation in Tibet and strive for a peaceful and stable living environment for thousands of people.
Therefore, he vigorously promoted the brewing of highland barley wine in Tubo.
And the facts proved that his choice was right. With the successful brewing of highland barley wine, it was sold all over the Tang Dynasty, and a huge amount of wealth poured into Tubo!
But it was precisely this that led to violent turmoil within Tubo...
Lu Dongzan is not a fool. He naturally knows that the influx of a large amount of wealth into Tubo will make the heroes from all over the world look at him and salivate. This is probably the real intention of Fang Jun to launch the "highland barley wine plan" to offset the internal pressure of Tubo. war potential and ambitions for external expansion.
Since you can make money safely at home, who is willing to risk your life and plunder?
Once this wealth flows into Tubo, it will greatly stimulate Tubo's economy. At the very least, the price of highland barley, the raw material for highland barley wine, will skyrocket! Cheap grain hurts farmers. Once the price of food rises, the most direct beneficiaries must be the people. Even the slaves in those powerful families need to be given an extra meal because they have to open up a lot of wasteland to plant highland barley, right?
Lu Dongzan didn't care whether Tubo would gradually become content with peace and lose its ferocious fighting spirit and become a tiger without claws. As long as the people could benefit from it, he thought it was worth it. If you are not a Tibetan, you will never understand how barren the mountains and rivers are, and how desolate and desolate the vast plateau is!
It is a pity that Lu Dongzan still underestimated how great the benefits brought by highland barley wine, and even more underestimated how fragile the resistance of the Tubo nobles was in the face of the trend brought by this wealth...
"Now, the nobles in Tubo throw all the highland barley into the wine cellar. The slaves at home only eat some weeds and bran every day, and there is almost no grain for sale on the market..." Lu Dong praised. Face sad...
Who could have imagined that those nobles would become so crazy in the face of money?
They would rather starve to death the slaves and all the Tubo civilians than let out a grain of highland barley and throw them all into the wine cellar to make wine!
In just one winter, countless people died of cold and starvation in Tubo. Songtsen Gampo almost turned his hair gray due to worry, and even wanted to gather an army to annihilate several nobles to force them to relax food restrictions...
That is naturally impossible.
Although Songtsan Gampo has the power to suppress all the nobles of Tibet with his supreme prestige and the strong support of the Gar family, if he really does that, it will be tantamount to a crazy act that cuts off his own meridians, and the powerful Tubo will instantly fall into civil strife. , further pushing the people into dire straits...
Fang Jun said in surprise: "Really?"
Lu Dongzan looked at Fang Jun's happy face, and his face turned dark with anger, and he almost cursed!
Although I know that you have no good intentions when you launch the highland barley wine, and accepting the suggestion of highland barley wine is equivalent to acknowledging that you are willing to cooperate with Fang Jun's plan to turn Tubo from war to stable economic construction, but you are so nakedly gloating. Is it really good?
Lu Dongzan held back his anger and said angrily: "That concerns countless Tubo people. Like the Han people, they grew up under the blue sky and were blessed by Xinraomiwo Buddha! Every living being should live happily. All should be respected!”
Fang Jun sneered.
respect?
When you support your nobles with war support and looted wealth, have you ever thought about respecting others?
He didn’t know what kind of Buddha Xinraomiwo Buddha was. He wanted to ask Ludong to praise: Since you have received the blessing of Xinraomiwo Buddha, why don’t you ask it to bring you perfection and liberation? Come to Datang?
However, Fang Jun would not be stupid enough to ridicule such an issue involving faith.
He respects all gods in the world, even if he doesn't believe in any of them...
So he held back his sarcasm and asked: "Then why did the Prime Minister come here? Is it to increase the price of highland barley wine? Well, this can be considered. We are old friends. As long as the Prime Minister speaks, It’s not a big problem to improve a little.”
Lu Dongzan was so angry that he went crazy...
Still improved?
The current price has already made those nobles crazy. If it increases again, won't the Tibetan people not be able to eat a grain of highland barley? Although there are wheat and rice in Tubo, due to climate and soil constraints, the scale of cultivation is extremely rare. Once highland barley is completely controlled by the crazy nobles, who knows how many Tubo people will starve to death!
Lu Dongzan finally understood. Not only was Fang Jun full of intrigues, but he also had a vicious heart! In his eyes, only the Han people were human beings, and he didn't care about the life or death of the Tubo people!
Staring at Fang Jun, Lu Dongzan said: "I came here this time to ask you to give me a few words in front of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I hope that the Tang Dynasty can win the marriage proposal of Tubo and the two countries will forever become a country of husband-in-law. , with a piece of clothing and water, we will always be good neighbors, and we will never use a sword for a lifetime! ”
Fang Jun was stunned and glanced at Li Xiaogong, who was standing beside him. It was obvious that the prince knew Lu Dongzan's intention in advance and had no objection.
What's the matter with this Tubo man that he still hasn't given up on asking for marriage?
He is really ambitious and will not give up until he achieves his goal! I have a high fever of 39 degrees 5, toothache, and the torture is so miserable that I actually forgot to ask for leave... Starting from today, I will update at least twice a day, and if I have enough time, I will update from time to time. Well, I don’t have the face to ask for votes anyway… But if you really vote for me, then that’s true love, old man o((≧▽≦o)!!
(End of chapter)