Chapter 319 The relationship between the Cui family

"Although the Tubo Kingdom claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops, it has to put 20,000 troops near its southern border. There are also more than 10,000 people at the border with Tuyuhun. There are still many people around their holy city. In fact, they can be used to quell the rebellion. There are not many people, and some of them are the troops of other chieftains. Songtsen Gampo may not be able to trust these people."

Yuchi Jingde seems to have seen what Li Xiang is thinking. He is also an outstanding general of the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty, so from these words we can know what Li Xiang is thinking. How can we people not pursue it?

"If we concentrate our efforts to counter the rebellion, we can only have 40,000 to 50,000 troops. These more than 10,000 people probably won't be able to hold on for long. By the way, what is the reason for this civil strife in Tubo?"

Li Xiang suddenly thought of an important thing. He had always thought about the problem from a military perspective. If you know that this matter was a rebellion by the chieftain, then it should involve the chieftain's vital interests.

"Isn't it the Prime Minister's idea? Before leaving Chang'an, he gave Tubo Zanpu an idea, which was to weaken the power of the chieftains below, send officials to the chieftains' territory, and prepare to get involved in tax collection... …”

After hearing what Cui Fu said, Li Xiang basically understood, which is what we Han emperors call cutting down the vassal vassal.

The Tubo Kingdom also encountered the same situation. The financial situation of the central government was worrying, but the chieftains below lived a very luxurious life. It would be uncomfortable for anyone else, so Lu Dongzan was ready to weaken the power of these chieftains. Just now It was really good at the beginning, because the movement was not very big at the beginning, and it did not involve the actual rights of these toast masters. But then the movement became bigger and bigger, so some people couldn't help it anymore.

"Then why didn't the other chieftains rebel?"

Changsun Chong said with some doubts, you must know that the interests of these chieftains are the same. If dozens of chieftains make judgments at the same time, the possibility of the existence of the Tubo Kingdom is estimated to be low. For us in the Tang Dynasty, they are divided into Dozens are the best.

"It seems that the Prime Minister has implemented some kind of trial policy. I'm not too clear about it. In short, it was carried out on the territory of a few chieftains first. For the remaining chieftains, Songtsen Gampo gave them a guarantee, saying that it was not Would change their current rules..."

After hearing this, everyone seemed to understand that Ludongtsan and Songtsen Gampo were implementing the strategy of dividing and controlling.

What's going on in the heads of those toast masters? Do you really think you can avoid the vassal reduction? This is absolutely impossible.

"No wonder this old guy has been extremely irritable these days. It seems that Zamp can't handle it."

Changsun Chong thought of the recent days, and at the same time he admired Lu Dongzan even more. There was such a big chaos in the country, and you still didn't come back because of a woman. If I were the emperor of Tubo, then I would simply kill you The guy got chopped.

"How many chieftains does your Cui family have a good relationship with?"

Li Xiang is too lazy to take care of Lu Dongzan. Even if he causes trouble for Lu Dongzan, it will only disgust him for a while. We must start from the foundation to make this turmoil last longer. At that time, even if Tubo If you want to challenge us, you have to see how much strength you still have. These days, strength is all about strength, and words alone are useless.

"Your Highness wants to contact them?"

Cui Fu is also a good person, and he immediately guessed Li Xiang's thoughts, but he did not answer immediately, mainly because he had been away from Tubo for a long time, and he was not sure how the relationship there would develop. There must be a certain amount of time.

"As a person from the Tang Dynasty, of course I hope that places other than the land of the Tang Dynasty will always be in war."

When Li Xiang said one sentence, everyone in the room became happy. Although they thought so in their hearts, no one ever said it out loud. The more vigorously you fight over there, the safer we will be here. Otherwise, we still have to worry about it. I have to guard against you every day. When you guys start fighting, you won't be in the mood to care about us. Maybe we can get a big advantage if we send troops later.

"Your Highness is saying that I have the same idea, but I have been away from Tubo for too long, and it would be too troublesome to exchange letters with them. Why don't I go first and understand the situation first?"

Although Cui Fu and Li Xiang met for the first time, this guy had already seen from the banknote that Li Xiang would not treat his subordinates harshly. As long as you are of use to him, he will never treat you badly. He would not be stingy with rewards, so this guy thought of taking the risk of returning to Tubo.

"Then you clean up, take the time to go back and read, and send me a message as soon as you hear the news. In addition, you and my people must establish a communication channel. No matter how much it costs, this channel only needs to be reliable. It needs to be Just say it if you want a piece of silver."

This is what Li Xiang wants, but he still doesn't know what they are thinking. If they are forced to retaliate against Tibet, some things may not be so good.

"Your Highness, we are here to see a bride off, not to fight."

Yuchi Jingde felt his heart beating faster. It was exactly what Cheng Chuliang said. As long as you are with Li Xiang, there will be various surprises every day. An unexpected situation may change your future. In the past, He still didn't believe it, but now he fully believed it.

"I didn't say we should go to war, but there is a war in the country right now. We must understand this information. After understanding the information, we have to do something. Tubo has always been a danger to us. If Without them, what would we be doing with Tuyuhun? They would have invaded it long ago."

Li Xiang looked innocent. Although he showed that he didn't want to fight, everyone could see that this guy was a warmonger. As long as the place he was involved in, you couldn't expect the place to be peaceful.

In addition to Cui Fu, Li Xiang also issued orders to Changsun Wuji's men. Although these people cannot get much high-end information, they should be able to collect some information on the market and integrate all the intelligence agencies in their hands. In order for them to speed up their progress in Tubo, Li Xiang had to figure out the scale of the rebellion and the attitude of other chieftains.

Yuchi Jingde and Changsun Chong were not idle either. Yuchi Jingde left the team first and rushed to Liangzhou at high speed. Li Xiang also sent a memorial back to Chang'an. Some things cannot be avoided by Li Shimin...