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Chapter 340 Princess Wencheng

"Princess Wencheng was a royal daughter of the Tang Dynasty. She was named a princess in the 15th year of Zhenguan and married to Tubo Songtsen Gampo."

"In fact, in the eighth year of Zhenguan, Songtsen Gampo sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to request the princess to marry, but Tang Taizong refused at that time. It happened that King Tuyuhun also went to the Tang Dynasty to meet him. After the Tubo envoy came back, he followed Songtsen Ganbu said that the reason why the Tang Dynasty did not want the princess to marry was entirely because King Tuyuhun was obstructing her."

"Songtsen Gampo naturally quit, and he also hated King Tuyuhun in his heart. In the 12th year of Zhenguan, he sent troops to defeat Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Bailanqiang. The army approached Songzhou. He also threatened that if he didn't send the princess to marry him, he would lead the army to Songzhou. The army invaded the Tang Dynasty. As a result, the menacing army was defeated by the vanguard force led by Niu Jinda."

"After the defeat, Songtsen Gampo became afraid and quickly retreated before the main force of the Tang Dynasty arrived. He also sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to plead guilty, proposed to marry the princess again, and sent an envoy with 5000 taels of gold and other various I planted jewels as a betrothal gift. This time, the Tang Dynasty agreed and sent Princess Wencheng to marry me."

"Princess Wencheng went to Tubo in the first month of the 15th year of Zhenguan. At that time, Songtsen Gampo led a group of ministers to welcome the princess and her entourage in Bohai, and presented the princess with a son-in-law gift to Li Daozong, the messenger who sent the princess for marriage, and then returned to Luoche with the princess, which is today. LS."

"Songtsen Gampo loved Princess Wencheng very much and built the Potala Palace for her in LS."

When Wuyou talked about the Potala Palace, he found some videos about the Potala Palace and played them.

On the sky, under the blue sky and white clouds, a white and grand palace stands on the top of the mountain, which makes people yearn for it at the first sight.

The camera panned to the inside of the Potala Palace. There were so many palace rooms, exotic decorations, and various paintings that made people shocked.

"The main building of the Potala Palace has 13 floors, a height of 117 meters, and 1000 palace rooms. It is magnificent and magnificent. It was later destroyed by lightning and war. After two expansions in the 17th century, it reached today's scale."

"Princess Wencheng was very knowledgeable and talented. She brought many books with her when she entered Tibet. After arriving in Tubo, she devoted herself to spreading Chinese culture, which made Tubo's economy and culture come out of primitive times and achieved considerable development. It also affected Tubo's way of life. This made various systems in Tubo become formalized."

"Songtsen Gampo also began to wear silk after marrying Princess Wencheng, and sent his children to Chang'an to study. At that time, Tubo had a custom of ocher noodles, but the princess didn't like it, so Songtsan Gampo ordered that no ocher noodles be allowed. He also asked the scribes who came with the princess to sort out Tibetan documents and materials, etc."

"It can be said that Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet ushered in a new era of good relations between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. Over the next two hundred years, there were constant exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and there was an endless stream of business trips. She also brought medical books and cooking methods. , various construction techniques, and turnip seeds. Therefore, Princess Wencheng is very loved by the Tibetan people."

"Until more than 1000 years later, the statue of Princess Wencheng was still worshiped by Tibetans, and her deeds were widely spread in the form of operas, murals, folk songs, etc."

"If the previous diplomats used force to intimidate and promote the domineering power of the Central Plains dynasty, then Xuanzang, Jianzhen, Princess Wencheng and other diplomats spread the Central Plains culture in a silent way, which played an important role in spreading the culture of the Central Plains. The role of cultural integration.”

When Wuyou talked about it, he couldn't help but tell some stories about cultural invasion.

Soon, the kings and ministers of all dynasties listened.

They had only heard of military wars and economic wars before, but had not thought of cultural wars.

Wuyou cited many examples, which made many people feel hot.

This is the real way to conquer others without fighting.

Wuyou smiled and said: "No matter which dynasty you are in, there are some great Confucians. If possible, let them lead their disciples to visit various countries, promote Confucian culture, slowly assimilate the surrounding countries, and then spread Confucian culture further and further. Maybe in future generations, the whole world will learn the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and everyone will speak Chinese and write Chinese characters."

What these words say makes people yearn for it.

"If we cooperate with economic war and trade war, the effect will be even better."

Wuyou added: "However, our advanced science and technology should be carefully preserved at home. This should not be publicized to the outside world."

Many emperors couldn't help but smile knowingly when they heard this.

After telling the story of Princess Wencheng, Wuyou rested for a while: "There is also a very powerful diplomat, he is Zheng He. We have told the story about Zheng He before, so we won't talk about it anymore now." "Okay, this is the end of this issue's story about diplomats. See you in the next issue."

After finishing speaking, Wuyou smiled and exited the live broadcast room.

She just exited and saw Qin Shihuang's message in the background.

"Fairy, can you send me some information about the Western Regions?"

After reading it, Wuyou smiled and packaged the maps of the Western Region countries that he had downloaded a long time ago, as well as information about people's livelihood, customs, etc., and passed them to Qin Shihuang.

"Your Majesty wants to open the Silk Road in advance?"

Qin Shihuang quickly replied: "Yes, but after the Qin Dynasty is stabilized, I will attack the Xiongnu in the north and conquer the Baiyue in the south. After completing these, I will conquer some small countries in the western region and open up the Silk Road."

"The fairy said before that cotton is suitable for planting in places with sufficient sunlight. I want to grow cotton in the Western Region and grow grapes for wine making."

Wuyou smiled: "Your Majesty has thought carefully."

Not only Qin Shihuang wanted information about the countries in the Western Regions, but people like Liu Che and Li Shimin also wanted it.

They had the same idea as Qin Shihuang, and also wanted to grow cotton in the Western Regions.

The military power of the Han and Tang Dynasties was strong, and it was not difficult to conquer the Western Regions. After conquering, they sent people to manage it and then planted cotton. Within a few years, the people of the Central Plains would have cotton clothes to wear in winter and quilts to cover them, even if it rained. Even if there is heavy snow, it can save many people from freezing to death.

However, the Song Dynasty was different.

The military power of the Song Dynasty was not good at all. It could not even defeat the Liao Kingdom. Xixia also established an independent country. They did not even have a place to raise horses, let alone grow cotton in the Western Regions.

Seeing the emperors of other dynasties in the emperor chat group happily discussing how to govern the Western Regions after conquering them, how to use military coercion, economic inducements, cultural assimilation, how to moisturize things and turn it into their own territory silently, those in the Song Dynasty The emperors felt sour that they might not be jealous for many years to come.

Wuyou watched for a while in the emperor chat group where many emperors were discussing how to launch a culture war and how to assimilate neighboring countries, and he watched with great interest.

After watching for a while, she reluctantly left.

Just after exiting, I heard the mechanical sound of the subsystem: "Host, a space-time with huge energy has been detected. The host can open it and absorb the energy."

Wuyou was stunned, a small space with huge energy?
How much energy is there?
The energy of small space is still great, what kind of space and time is this?
Could it be similar to Journey to the West?
But the world of Journey to the West has huge energy, but it can't absorb much, and there are so many monsters and monsters...

"let me consider it."

The system couldn't help but urge: "I hope the host will make a decision early and not waste the opportunity."

The system is in such a hurry, the energy of that time and space must be particularly tempting.

I have to say that Wuyou was also a little moved.


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