Capital Datang

In the 24th year of Zhenguan, Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tubo, died of depression. At that time, Tubo was surrounded by the Tang Dynasty from the northeast and west, and the south was facing the threat of Tianzhu. If it weren't for Datang and Tianzhu that needed Tubo as a buffer zone for the two empires, Tubo would have been wiped out by them long ago.

However, although Tubo was not destroyed, life became very difficult under the squeeze of the two empires, especially Tang and Tianzhu encroached on Tubo's territory from all directions. Although the land lost every year was not a lot, it was enough It was precisely because of this that Songtsen Gampo vomited blood. In the last few years of his life, Songtsen Gampo lived very aggrieved. Some people even later believed that the reason why Songtsen Gampo died in his prime was that The most important reason is the depression in the next few years.

After the death of Songtsan Gampo, his young grandson Mansong Mangzan took over the position of Zanpu, and the great minister Ludongzan assisted him. In fact, because the king was young at that time, the power of Tubo completely fell into the hands of Ludongzan. An old acquaintance of Li Yin has finally made his mark, holding the power of a country in his hands, which also makes him a little smug, and he is ready to use his own strength to lead Tubo out of the current predicament.

In fact, Lu Dongzan also did a good job. He changed Songtsen Gampo's conservative strategy and began to actively learn from Datang, develop his country's industry and commerce, and actively contact Datang and Tianzhu to strengthen exchanges between the two sides. , increase the understanding of Tubo by the two empires, and reduce the hostility among the three countries.

This series of measures by Lu Dongzan has indeed greatly improved the situation in Tubo. There are also a group of people in Tubo who have become rich due to industry and commerce, and the lives of the people have also been improved. Even Datang and Tianzhu The attitude towards Tubo has also changed, and the troops stationed on the borders of the three countries are also decreasing year by year, and everything seems to be developing in a very good direction.

But as Mansong Mangzan grew up, this situation finally changed. As the lord of the country, Mansong Mangzan naturally wanted to regain power from Lu Dongzan, and Mansong Mangzan was young and vigorous.He has long been displeased with the arrogance of Datang and Tianzhu, and he is naturally very disgusted with Lu Dongzan's move to befriend Datang and Tianzhu.

So under such circumstances, Mansong Mangzan prepared secretly for a long time, and finally launched a coup at a court meeting, killing Lu Dongzan and his two sons in one fell swoop, and then Mansong Mangzan quickly took control of the Tubo power and sent The Ludongzan family was slaughtered.

After Mansong Manzan took power.Immediately reversed Lu Dongzan's previous practice of taking the initiative to make friends with Datang and Tianzhu, and began to actively prepare for the battle.Moreover, there were several provocations on the border, which gave me a feeling of 'newborn calves are not afraid of tigers'.

Datang and Tianzhu naturally couldn't tolerate the provocation of the little Tubo, so in the tenth year of Li Zhi's accession to the throne, he joined forces with Li Yun and Li Zhen of Tianzhu to attack from the north and the south. Under pressure, the Tubo army organized by Mansong Manzan was completely vulnerable, and the army was defeated and the country was destroyed in just one month.

After the demise of Tubo, the land was divided between Datang and Tianzhu.But in this way, the border between the two countries will also meet.At the beginning, this situation also promoted the exchanges between the two countries to a certain extent. The southern parts of the Tang Dynasty could directly reach Tianzhu. Although the road on the Tubo Plateau was difficult, it was much closer than the sea route after all.

However, with the increase of such exchanges, some contradictions and disputes often appeared on the border between Datang and Tianzhu.At the beginning, it was just some disputes among the people, but then it slowly turned into a confrontation between small groups of troops, and even a conflict between the troops broke out later, which made the high-level officials of Datang and Tianzhu very embarrassed. The conflict was resolved after several rounds of negotiations between the two countries.But with this precedent, conflicts on the border between Datang and Tianzhu began to increase.

The above are the contradictions and conflicts between Datang and Tianzhu.Similarly, the same problem exists between Datang and Daqi, Daqi and Tianzhu, and even between Datang and the Mediterranean Empire.

For example, with the rise of Datang's navy in recent years, it has gradually strengthened its defense of its coastline. At the same time, Datang also needs to expand its sea power, which is bound to have an impact on Daqi's maritime supremacy.Therefore, the two countries had a lot of conflicts in the waters in the east of the Tang Dynasty and now in the south.

Also because of the issue of the sea area, the expansion of the Tianzhu navy also violated the interests of Daqi, so the two countries often had some friction in the Tianzhu sea area, and even this friction had already had a certain impact on the security of the Tianzhu sea area.

The conflict between the Great Tang and the Mediterranean Empire mainly stemmed from the territorial dispute between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. The Black Sea was the traditional sphere of influence of the Roman Empire. Therefore, in the eyes of the Mediterranean Empire, the land around the Black Sea also belonged to them. After conquering the Caspian Sea, they believed that the land around the Caspian Sea belonged to them. As a result, the land areas on both sides coincided with each other, and a battle for land began.

The two countries first held negotiations, but in the end they could not reach an agreement at all, and both countries refused to give up the ownership of this piece of land. After all, if this piece of land was lost, then Li Ke's Black Sea and Li Zhi's Caspian Sea would become very difficult. not safe.In the end, the land between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea became a joint area between the two countries, where both countries stationed troops, and conflicts and conflicts would break out from time to time.

Most of the conflicts mentioned above are territorial or territorial sea conflicts. In addition, there are also problems in commerce, population, economy, etc., which also plagued the five brothers Li Yin of the four empires. Even because of the problems in the relationship between these countries, they have already It affected the relationship between their brothers. For example, because of the southern border, Li Zhi and Li Zhen had a big quarrel. After mediation by Li Yin and Li Yun, although both of them nodded and admitted their mistakes, the relationship between each other My feelings are also much rustier than before.

In the imperial palace in Keelung, Taiwan, Li Yin sat behind the desk, tapping the fingers of his right hand on the table, as if he was thinking about something?Now Li Yin is over forty years old, with three short beards under his chin, he looks more mature and stable than before, but he has not been dragged down by those heavy government affairs these years, and he has been well maintained, so now he looks He looked like a young man in his early thirties.

Wang An, who was over sixty years old, was sitting on the sofa next to him, his eyes seemed to be closed, as if he had fallen asleep.According to the laws of Daqi, the prime minister can only serve two consecutive terms at most, and each term is four years. Liu Rengui, who had outstanding performance in political performance, was nominated by Li Yin, and more than half of the officials agreed, so he became Datang's second prime minister.

Although Wang An had stepped down as prime minister a few years ago and now serves as Li Yin's personal advisor, he still has a strong influence in Daqi.Besides, now he is still the teacher of the princes and princesses of Daqi, and holds the high position of Taifu. Sometimes a word from him may change a decision of Li Yin.

And beside Wang An, there was Liu Rengui, the second Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.Compared with Wang An's old age, Liu Rengui has just turned 50 years old, which is still quite young for the position of prime minister.In addition, Liu Rengui is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and he brought out the first firearms unit under Li Yin. Later, Daqi stipulated that civil and military forces should not belong to each other, so Liu Rengui completely gave up his military position and became a thorough civil servant.

Speaking of Liu Rengui's upright personality, and because he had led soldiers before, he was very tough in governing, and sometimes he didn't even give Li Yin face, and the two often quarreled in the court because of disagreements.One of them, Li Yin was so angry that he planned to remove Liu Rengui as the prime minister, and then questioned him.But I didn't expect that although Liu Rengui's character is old-fashioned, old-fashioned does not mean stupid. After receiving the news, he immediately published an article in the newspaper, comparing himself to Wei Zheng, never shrinking from the imperial power, and insisting on his own point of view is correct!

When Li Yin read this article, he first scolded Liu Rengui for treachery angrily, then raised his head and laughed a few times in the hall, and then exposed the matter, and never troubled Liu Rengui again.After all, people have already compared themselves to Wei Zheng. If Li Yin dared to question him, wouldn't he be telling others that he, as a son, is not as tolerant as Lao Tzu Li Shimin?

Although Liu Rengui has a bad temper, his style of doing things is very suitable for Li Yin's appetite, especially his military style, which is more suitable for stabilizing Daqi's current situation.

For example, a few years ago, the Japanese on Honshu Island rioted because they were jealous of the wealth of the Han people. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese participated in the riots. Fortunately, the army responded quickly, which did not cause too many casualties.Later, Liu Rengui personally ordered that all the Japanese who participated in the riots be hanged on both sides of the road. As a result, decades later, several mummified corpses could still be seen floating on both sides of some roads in Wazhou.With such a bloody example in front of them, all the Japanese are honest, and no Japanese dared to have any dissatisfaction with the government for hundreds of years.

In addition, when Liu Rengui expanded abroad, his methods became more tough. He incorporated those Americans who had surrendered into the army, and then used these people to open up American colonies. All Americans who did not want to surrender would be mercilessly attacked. If they were arrested and turned into miners, the situation of women was even more miserable.

It was also Liu Rengui's iron-blooded style that reminded Li Min of Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister of Germany in later generations. Therefore, at a court meeting, he personally called Liu Rengui the iron-blooded prime minister. As a result, this title was spread by the newspapers. For a while, Liu Rengui was the iron-blooded prime minister. His name spread throughout the world.

No matter how tough Liu Rengui's wrist is, he still has no right to deal with some matters, such as today's matter, he personally came to ask Li Yin to make up his mind, but Li Yin was also a little hesitant after hearing this, so he will The elderly Wang An also invited over, wanting to see what he thinks? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )