Chapter 325 Turning Tubo upside down

The intelligence collected by Tuyuhun was more than what Li Xiang had. After all, Tuyuhun and Tubo were neighboring countries. There were countless spies sent there, from both upper and lower levels. Li Xiang was greedy for this intelligence network. Of course, I know that I can't come over directly. Midu Khan himself is in a psychologically fragile state. If you even want other people's intelligence network, you are really too greedy.

"Your intelligence network is very good. When I go to Tubo, lend it to me temporarily. Look at your face. I don't want it from you. I'm just borrowing it temporarily. Of course, it won't be in vain. , how about I give you a thousand war horses?"

Li Xiang thought for a while and said, "You have to pay what you have to pay. We are not hostile to Midu Khan now. You can't go too far. War horses are the life of these grassland people. There are also war horses on Li Xiang's grassland. There's nothing wrong with giving him a thousand. After all, what we do is much more expensive than these thousand horses.

"What are you talking about, Your Highness? Without your help, I don't know where I am now. It is very likely that I have turned into a skin, let alone an intelligence network. What I have Everything can be shared with His Highness."

When Prime Minister Midu heard about a thousand war horses, his eyes clearly showed a smile, but he also knew that Li Xiang was not a loser. You have taken his one thousand war horses now, and you don't know how much you will pay back in the future. Anyway, The intelligence network was all working. Even if they were to deliver a piece of news to Li Xiang, it wouldn't require them to do anything. It was just that they felt a little uncomfortable.

"Let's not be too particular about it. Now that I've said it, just do it like this. Then you can take this note and go to the king's grassland to ask for horses."

Li Xiang's note had already been written, and after repeated rejections, Midu Khan carefully put it in his pocket. A thousand war horses was not a small number.

There is a reason why Li Xiang does this. You can force people to do it once or twice, but after a long time, people will not be willing to cooperate with you. They may not be able to give you all the information by then. If it goes wrong, your life may be left in Tubo, so you can't save a penny on this kind of thing.

After this information, Li Xiang basically saw it clearly, and it was even more powerful than the information he got. In addition to a few big chieftains, many tribal leaders were also ready to make moves. Of course, this is also a normal thing, Songtsan Ganbu wants to deprive others of their power, so why should they wait there?

"Is there something wrong with Songtsan Gampo's head? He suddenly raised taxes by 50%. I'm afraid no one would be satisfied."

Li Xiang pointed to one main reason and said that in the past, the leaders of each tribe paid taxes to Songtsen Gampo, but now it has been increased by 50%. No one is willing to pay him, even the tribes around the holy city. They also began to resist the Tibetan central army.

"Your Highness, you don't know. Songtsen Gampo is very happy with his achievements. After he succeeded to the throne, he conquered the north and south, and indeed expanded a lot of land for Tubo. But the problem is that many places have not solved the problem at all, and have only changed the name in name." It has become his land, and these people are willing to pay him some money, and then they can maintain temporary peace, but the money is limited. If you ask for more all at once, these people will definitely resist, and Lu Dongzan will leave. At that time, it was just a 10% increase. Who knew that after adding this 10%, Songtsen Gampo thought that the people below him did not have much ability, so he prepared to shave off another layer..."

Through Midu Khan's explanation, Li Xiang finally understood what was going on. When Songtsen Gampo first increased taxes, it only increased by 10%, so the leaders and chieftains below were not willing to Go against him. After all, he is the nominal king of Tubo, so everyone pays the money honestly.

But I just handed over the money, and you immediately increased it by 50%, and you also sent officials to the chieftains in order to find out the true strength of the chieftains. You are not doing this to It’s money, but it’s life-threatening if you do this, so these toast masters can’t stand it anymore.

"According to Ludongzan's original strategy, these chieftains should have no room to grow within fifteen years. It's a pity that Songtsen Gampo wasted such a strategy."

Li Xiang said with a smile, For the Tubo Kingdom, the whole country was in war, but for the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo's great success was a great help.

"Lu Dongzan has taken the road back a few days ago. It is said that he stabilized two troubled chieftains. This person is very charming and has a high reputation in all parts of the Tubo Kingdom. If possible, His Highness should It just needs to be done.”

What Midu Khan said is true. Li Xiang wanted to kill this guy several times, but in the end he never did such a thing. It's not that he doesn't have the courage, it's just that the consequences are too serious. In addition to his great power, he also has a high degree of personal worship in Tubo. Once he died in the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo Kingdom would definitely be outnumbered, and what he had done before would be of little use.

Of course, Li Xiang didn't know that Tubo was in such chaos before. If we had known that Tubo was in such chaos, we would have had to keep him at all costs. We can only blame us for not having so many channels for receiving news. Whether it is Changsun Wuji or the Cui family line, there is no detailed record in Tuyuhun.

"Everyone has left. Don't talk about the useless ones. I have summarized it a little. See if it's right. Although there are many people who can make trouble, except for the six chieftains at present, other people They just said it in words without making any substantive judgment. The strength of the six chieftains is very weak. If there is no other support, they can only persist for two months at most."

Li Xiang did not say any nonsense, but wrote the names of some toasts while talking and marked them. Midu Khan must have a deeper understanding of the plateau, and Li Xiang also wanted this guy to help Judge for yourself, if you know the specific strength of each chieftain, Li Xiang will know what to do on the plateau. We are not here to grant you a marriage, we are here to make you Tubo overturned.