The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 263 Lu Dongzan’s little thoughts

In the winter of the [-]th year of Zhenguan, the Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan arrived in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin gave Lu Dongzan a relatively high-level reception. Many people were surprised that Li Shimin had clearly defeated Tubo, so why did he choose to marry Tubo.

Because as we all know, marriage is a sign of shame. Only when you can't win, will you use marriage to pray for peace.

It's just that it's not that Li Shimin bullied the weak and feared the strong, and it's not that the Tang Dynasty couldn't defeat Tubo.

But it was not an easy task to destroy Tubo at that time.

First, although the Tang Dynasty and Tubo at that time were both in the early stages of their founding, Tubo had just formed a political power and its power had greatly increased. It was governed by a powerful leader like Songtsen Gampo. Its strength should not be underestimated, and it was not so easy to deal with!

Second, Tubo is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. During the Tang Dynasty, there were no Qinghai-Tibet Railways and highways today. Tubo also had a geographical advantage due to the high mountains and lofty mountains. The air on the plateau was very thin. A large army would definitely create a large number of plateaus that were not acclimatized to the soil and climate. In response, it was also difficult to transport grain, grass and baggage. Li Shimin knew that unnecessary casualties would be very high if he rashly exterminated Tubo. This was not a good deal!

Third, in 634 AD, Songtsen Gampo took the initiative to send envoys to make peace with the Tang Dynasty and wanted to intermarry with the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Shimin did not agree at the time and the subsequent battles took place. It can be said that this incident was the fault of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo He is not the main enemy of the Tang Dynasty. It is better to have one less enemy and one more friend through intermarriage!
Various reasons made Li Shimin agree to the marriage. However, when Lu Dongzan came, Li Shimin still made things difficult for Lu Dongzan and asked him five difficult questions.

The first problem: Li Shimin asked Lu Dongzan to identify a piece of wood of uniform thickness, which side is the head and which side is the tail.After pondering for a long time, Lu Dongzan ordered people to put the wood into the water. Then one end of the wood sank into the water and the other end surfaced. The answer was immediately revealed.

It turns out that the roots of the wood are denser, so they will sink into the water, and the top of the wood is less dense, so they will float on the water.In this way, Lu Dongzan solved Li Shimin's first problem.

The second problem: Li Shimin had a piece of beautiful jade. There was a very small, winding and narrow hole in the middle of the beautiful jade.Li Shimin asked Lu Dongzan to thread the silk thread through the jade.After looking carefully, Lu Dongzan smeared honey on both sides of the jade's holes.Then he placed the ants tied with silk threads on the jade.The gluttonous ant indeed passed through the hole with the silk thread.The second problem is easily solved.

The third problem: Li Shimin ordered people to mix up a hundred mares that had just given birth and a hundred foals that had just been born.This time Ludong Chan needs to distinguish each foal from the mare that gave birth to it.Lu Dongzan knew the habits of animals well and locked the foals in the stables without feeding them for two days.Two days later, the hungry foal found its mother on its own initiative.

The fourth problem: Li Shimin ordered a hundred hens and a hundred chickens to be mixed together.Lu Dongzan also needs to match them according to the relationship between mother and child.In order to solve this problem, Ludongzan ordered people to place the eagle imprisoned in the cage next to the chickens.The chickens, frightened by the eagle, ran to their mothers for shelter.

The fifth problem: Li Shimin asked a Tubo envoy to eat an entire roast lamb and drink a jar of fine wine in one day, and then the envoy had to return to the embassy where he was staying.Many envoys fell drunk before finishing a jar of wine.Some envoys drank a jar of wine but did not eat the whole roasted lamb.

Lu Dongzan also spent a lot of effort on this. He first ordered someone to connect his residence with the place where he drank and ate meat with a silk thread.Then he repeatedly practiced drinking and eating meat.In the end, Lu Dongzan, who had developed an astonishing appetite, solved the fifth problem raised by Li Shimin.

After these five problems were solved, Li Shimin was also very happy. He laughed happily and asked Lu Dong, "Lu Dong, you are a great talent. Tubo will definitely be more friendly with the Tang Dynasty if you have you." Today, I will be ready!"

Later, Li Shimin wanted to say which princess should be given to Tubo, but before Li Shimin could say anything, Lu Dongzan knelt down and said: "Dear Majesty Tian Khan, when we came, my king had already ordered , the Tang Dynasty is a state of heaven, so I dare not ask to marry the princess. My king just wants to marry a princess, please give me your permission."

"Oh!" Li Shimin smiled. At this time, Li Shimin still felt that Songtsen Gampo of Tubo was quite sensible and knew what level he was, so Li Shimin asked slightly: "Do you have a favorite? Princess?"

"It is my minister who wants to marry Princess Yong'an of the Tang Dynasty on behalf of my great king."

"Pfft!" After Lu Dongzan finished speaking, the whole hall was speechless. Li Shimin didn't know what to say. Here he heard Changsun Wuji scolding: "It's extremely rude. Princess Yong'an is only six years old and is still a child. , you also want to marry away, what kind of beastly language is this."

"Lu Dongzan, you dare to insult my granddaughter of the Cheng family. Your Majesty, I have requested an order from you to fight against Tibet until death."

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were red. How old is Li Duoduo? If you actually said such shameless words, then I would risk my life with you. These are simply not words that a human being can say.

In the back, Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, and Yuchi Gong all knelt down and asked for a fight to destroy the shameless country of Tubo.

This time Lu Dongzan was frightened enough. He really didn't expect that his request to marry Li Duoduo would arouse the collective anger of all the generals and officials in the Tang Dynasty. Some people would be surprised why Lu Dongzan wanted to marry Li Duoduo. child.

After all, Li Duoduo is too young. Although Songtsan Gampo is young at this time, he can still be Li Duoduo's father. In fact, he doesn't care who Songtsan Gampo marries. Anyway, marrying the so-called princess is just a delaying tactic. , his so-called marrying a princess means more things to gain.

Lu Dongzan is a very smart person. After he came to Chang'an, he discovered one thing, that is Li An's ability. This Li An is the father of Princess Yong'an. He has genius inventions. Li An invented many things. Things, and Li An loves his daughter very much.

Lu Dongzan thought that if he could marry Li Duoduo back, would Li An also follow Li Duoduo? If his Tubo could get Li An, could the national power be strengthened again?
It has to be said that Lu Dongzan had good intentions, but Lu Dongzan did not know how important Li Duoduo and Li An were to Datang.

After he said that he wanted to marry Li Duoduo today, he really aroused public anger. This public anger was not only the anger of military officers and civilian officials, but also the anger from Li Shimin. He found that this Tubo was really a bit too arrogant, and he Even if I give you a princess in name only, you still have to push it further. You want Li Shimin's heart.

How could this not make Li Shimin excited? He shouted angrily: "Lu Dongzan, do you know your guilt?"

(End of this chapter)