Chapter 532 The Silk Road War (3)
The Persian prince knelt on the ground and said nothing, and the people in the court looked at him, and Gu Qing continued to speak to him, "What do the Persian prince think?"
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Li Er said in a deep voice, "I would like to ask the Persian prince to temporarily stop the inn, and the court must give Persia an explanation."
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Tang Dynasty!" The Persian prince replied loudly.
After the court dispersed, Wang Qin stopped Gu Qing and Chu Suiliang, "Secretary Order, Shangshu Ling, Your Majesty summoned him."
"Old Wang, why are your complexion getting worse and worse recently?" Gu Qing walked beside Wang Qin and said, "You should pay more attention to your health."
"If you have any trouble with Shangshu Ling, I will pay attention to your health." Wang Qin replied with a smile, still the same warm smile.
Wang Qin grew old very quickly, like an old man who had suddenly come from middle age, with many wrinkles on his face. Maybe this is the reason for the eunuch and his physical incompleteness caused him to look like this.
When Fang Xuanling came to Ganlu Palace, he had already been here.
"Come in." Li Er ordered.
Gu Qing and Chu Suiliang walked into the Ganlu Palace together.
"Do you think you should send troops now?" Li Er said.
There is something new in Ganlu Palace. A warm kang was built at the place where Li Er originally rested. It seems that it is several grades higher than the warm kangs of ordinary families.
Chu Suiliang bowed and said, "We should send troops."
Gu Qing came back to his senses, "I also feel that I should send troops."
"Summon Lu Dongzan in." Li Er spoke.
Lu Dongzan? Gu Qing was shocked and wondered, why is this guy in Chang'an?
Wang Qin left in a hurry, and after he came back, he brought Lu Dongzan, wearing Tubo clothes. He had a lot of vicissitudes of life. His face and skinny skin seemed to have changed his body. It seemed that the Tubo incident had a great blow to him back then.
When he came to Li Er, Lu Dongzan knelt as His Highness, "The criminal Lu Dongzan pays homage to Your Majesty."
Fang Xuanling walked up to Lu Dongzan and helped him up, "Thank you for your hard work over the years."
"No hard work!" Lu Dongzan said, "These are all things we should atone for our sins. Your Majesty the Tang Dynasty asked the criminals to recover the Tubo people. It was Your Majesty's grace that gave me the opportunity to atone for the Tubo people."
"What's going on in Tubo now?" Fang Xuanling asked again.
Lu Dongzan has been regaining Tubo's people over the years? After the battle of Tubo, he did not pay much attention to the trends of Tubo. Unexpectedly, Lu Dongzan has been regaining Tubo's people over the years.
"Return to the room." Lu Dongzan said, "Now, many people in Tubo are learning Guanzhong dialect. The newly grown children have more than 70,000 yuan and their strength is around 100,000 yuan. The grain harvest is stable and everything has been rebuilt."
Fang Xuanling nodded again, "Very good. If you were asked to lead troops to support Persia, how many troops can Tubo take out now."
"Return to the room." Lu Dongzan continued to reply, "At most, 50,000!"
"Thirty thousand is enough." Fang Xuanling sighed, "Tubo needs more strength to regain Tubo to restore vitality. All you have to do is to stabilize the Western Regions, send troops to conquer Persia, station on the Persian border and pay attention to the situation, and protect the Persian royal family as much as possible. When the Tang Dynasty is ready to send troops, he will fight against Dashi head-on. You Tubo must not fight against Dashi."
"Yes!" Lu Dongzan replied, "The criminal has another request."
"Say." Li Er said with a smile.
"The sinner wants to see our Tubo monarch, our Zamp, Songzan Gamp!" Lu Dongzan knelt down and said, "Please please let Your Majesty know! This is the only request of the sinner."
"I'm sure."
Fang Xuanling stood aside and stopped talking.
Gu Qing also stood aside and said nothing. Tubo almost shed blood and tears, and almost destroyed his country. The battles between corpses and seas are vivid in my mind.
When Tubo was asked to go to Persia first, Gu Qing and Chu Suiliang had no much opinion.
Walking out of the Ganlu Palace, Gu Qing followed Lu Dongzan's footsteps, "It's hard to get through these years."
Lu Dongzan also looked at Gu Qing. The young man had not changed over the years. He smiled bitterly and lived a life like that. "I knew that if Tubo lost to the Tang Dynasty, he would also lose to you."
"This is a bad word." Gu Qing also replied, "Even without my firearm, you Tubo is still no match for the Tang Dynasty. There is something called foundation. The foundation of the Central Plains has been preserved for many years, and there are many generals who can go to war in the Tang Dynasty. From this point, you Tubo cannot compare with the Tang Dynasty. General Li Jing, the famous general Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Li Daozong..."
"I know, I know the Tang Dynasty is very strong, I knew it back then." Lu Dongzan shook his head and sighed, "But it is all because of the firearms. The Tang Dynasty has firearms too strong! The demise of the Turks tells us that your sharp edge will sooner or later reach Tubo. We have only two roads, one will be the surrender, and the other will be war."
"It's obviously better, why should we take the most dangerous path?"
"It's too late to say anything." Lu Dongzan's voice was hoarse.
The two of them came to Dali Temple without realizing it. Di Renjie received the news first, and Lu Dongzan was going to visit Songtsen Gampo in Dali Temple.
"Teacher." Di Renjie saw Gu Qing step forward.
"This is Lu Dongzan. Take him to see Songzan Gampo." Gu Qing said.
Looking at the tall Dali Temple, Lu Dongzan lowered his head, "Please lead the way."
"Come on." Di Renjie said, "Songzan Gampo is very good at Dali Temple."
"Thank you." Lu Dongzan bowed again and walked into Dali Temple.
Gu Qing stood outside Dali Temple for a long time and hadn't entered. He turned around and was about to leave. He heard the old man's voice behind him, "Gu Qing, why don't you come in and sit down?"
Turning back, Gu Qing looked at the person coming, "It turned out that it was the Minister of the Dali Temple in front of him, and he was rude."
"Come in, I want to talk to you about something." said the Dali Temple Minister.
"Okay!" Gu Qing then stepped into Dali Temple.
When he arrived at a side room in the Dali Temple, Gu Qing sat down and looked at the old man, "I still remember that I met Dali Temple Minister because of Li Yuanchang."
"Yes." Dali Temple Minister said, "In the blink of an eye, you have been so many years. You are still as young and energetic, but I am old."
"I don't know what the Dali Temple Minister asked him to come here this time."
"It's not the business of that boy Di Renjie." Dali Temple Queen said, "Di Renjie is a good boy. He is impartial and capable of dealing with things. After so many years, he, the young master of Dali Temple, is very competent, and I am willing to hand over this seat to him."
Chapter completed!