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Text Chapter 184: Women from the Tang Dynasty will never be allowed to marry into Tibet

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    w Since the Han Dynasty, in order to ease the relationship between neighboring countries, especially the northern grassland peoples, the Central Plains dynasties have sent Central Plains women out countless times in the name of marriage to ensure short-term peace on the border.  Although countless literati have whitewashed marriage, they still cannot hide the shame caused by this behavior.

    From the Western Han Dynasty when the first eldest daughter was married to Modun Shanyu in the name of a princess, until the early Tang Dynasty, dozens of princesses had been married to the grasslands. For the so-called national justice, these poor women not only had to  Marrying in a foreign country, serving the rough prairie barbarians, she had to put down all her self-esteem and endure the bad habits of father's death and son's attack. Finally, under the blow of the grassland wind and sand, a Han woman like a flower withered away from home.  Thousands of miles beyond the Great Wall.

    Although the Tang Dynasty was powerful, it had never stopped engaging in marriage arrangements. However, compared to other dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, especially the early Tang Dynasty, had stronger marriage arrangements. For example, the marriage arrangements in the Han Dynasty were generally because they could not defeat others.  Therefore, women were offered to pray for peace, but in the early Tang Dynasty, it was completely different. This is also related to Li Shimin's character.

    Li Shimin was a proud and even arrogant emperor. His character determined that the Tang Dynasty would never use women to exchange for peace. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty usually crippled, defeated, or even killed the opponent directly.  If it is destroyed, then Li Shimin will come forward and marry the eldest daughter to the other party in the name of the princess. This is the case for Tuyuhun and Tujue, but now it is likely that there will be an additional Tubo.

    "Bah~, I will never let a woman from my Tang Dynasty marry into Tubo!" Li Min in the palace slapped the table.  He stood up and said with an angry look on his face.

    "Liu Lang, don't be too anxious. There is still time now. I just came to ask for my hand in marriage. Although there are signs of agreement from my father, at least it has not been finalized yet. We still have a chance!" Li Ke stood up and shook Li  He pushed me onto the chair again and persuaded him patiently.

    "In fact, in Li Ke's view, it is nothing to make peace with Tubo. After all, this kind of thing has happened since ancient times.  And it also deepens the ties between the two countries, so it¡¯s not worth the fuss at all.  But he didn't expect that when Li Min heard about this, he immediately lost his usual reason and started shouting at Tubo to kill him on the road.  And when the person who was sent out to inquire about the news came back to report, Li Min was furious and wanted to run to Honglu Temple now and kill Songtsen Gampo with his own hands.

    Songtsen Gampo did come for peace. To be precise, he came in the name of peace, hoping to repair the rift between the two countries caused by the Battle of Songzhou.  Moreover, after sending someone to inquire about the news just now, Li Shimin was very interested in the marriage. He had already discussed it with Fang Xuanling and others, and did not receive much opposition.  Even now, I am already considering marriage candidates.

    "Third brother, you don't understand. Tubo is a plateau wolf and cannot be raised well at all. Now that the Tang Dynasty is so powerful, we naturally don't need to be afraid of them. But today you also saw Songtsen Gampo, and only those eyes are  It can be seen that the other party must be a rare hero. If the marriage now gives the other party a chance to breathe, then I dare to say that in less than twenty years, Tubo will definitely become a close enemy of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Min  He couldn't sit down at all. As soon as he was pressed down by Li Ke, he immediately started wandering around the room again.

    What he said is not unfounded. During the reign of Li Shimin, the Tang Dynasty indeed made great achievements in military affairs. Except for Goguryeo, there were almost no major failures. Even Goguryeo cannot be said to be a defeat. It can only be said that it did not achieve the ultimate goal.  The strategic purpose was to regain Liaodong, which laid the foundation for Li Zhi to destroy Goguryeo in the future.

    However, during his reign, Li Shimin made a fatal mistake in diplomacy, which was to allow Tubo to develop. In addition, Princess Wencheng entered Tibet and brought with her a lot of advanced agricultural and industrial technologies, which caused Tubo's productivity to plummet.  Rising, it soon grew into Datang's most powerful opponent.

    During Li Zhi's reign, Tibet, which had sharpened its claws, began to compete with the Tang Dynasty for control of the Western Regions, and even threatened the security of the Overland Silk Road. This directly led to the second war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, which only  However, contrary to the result of the Battle of Songzhou, this war with Tubo was the biggest defeat in foreign wars since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and this was also the famous Battle of Dafeichuan in history.

    The Battle of Dafeichuan not only caused Datang to lose the four towns in Anxi, but also lost control of Tuyuhun, making Tuyuhun a separate branch of Tubo, which greatly increased Tubo's strength. After that, although the Tang army retook the four towns in Anxi, during the  There were also constant fights with Tubo, which greatly consumed the national power. Even later, even Chang'an was recorded as being captured by Tubo. Such a shame and humiliation was almost all caused by the marriage policy set by Li Shimin.

    "No, I'm going to see my father. I must make him give up the idea of ????getting married!" Li Min was also confused. He was not as calm and wise as before. He just wanted to mess up the nuptials as soon as possible, but he didn't do it at all.  I didn¡¯t think about the method.

    ?Fortunately, there was a calm Li Ke next to him. When he saw Li Min walking out, he immediately grabbed him and said, "Liu Lang, could you please wake up? Although I don't know why you don't want to marry Tubo, you should at least be careful.  Let¡¯s find a way, if you run to the palace to see your father like this, and your father asks you why you can¡¯t get married, how should you answer?¡±

    "This" Li Xun was stunned for a moment, and his head that had been dizzy just now finally regained some clarity.  The matter of marriage has existed since ancient times, and in the eyes of his emperor father, Tubo was already defeated by the Tang Dynasty. This time, he proposed marriage in a humble manner, which was just in line with Li Shimin's arrogant mentality.  If he tries to persuade him not to get married now, but he can't even find a reason to do so, after all, he knows the direction of future history, but others don't?

    "Brother Six, you are more familiar with things in the court than me. Please help me think about how to prevent the marriage with Tubo?" Li Min was caught in the rain and cold outside. At this time, he felt that his mind was in a mess and his temples were swollen.  I was in pain and couldn't think of any good solution, so I had to ask Li Ke for help.

    However, his question also stopped Li Ke, because in his opinion, no matter from which aspect, getting married with Tubo is a matter of great benefit and no harm, so Li Ke lowered his head and thought.  After a long while, he finally said helplessly: "Liu Lang, I don't know why you are so wary of Tubo, but from the perspective of my father, no matter whether it is war or peace with Tubo in the future, you can only do it now."  Appease, after all, since last year, the Tang Dynasty has wiped out Goguryeo and Gaochang, and severely damaged the Western Turks. Although the treasury is very full because of you, don't forget that fighting is not only about logistics, but also about the huge amount of troops.  Attrition, so in the next few years, our Datang will probably not have any major wars!"

    Li Ke analyzed the current situation very clearly. Indeed, after successive wars in the Tang Dynasty, even if the treasury had money, the supplies stored in the country had been almost exhausted, and even domestic prices began to rise. If the war continues,  It is likely to cause domestic instability due to excessively high prices.

    After listening to this, Li Min felt that the temples on both sides of his head were swollen even more. At the same time, his head was buzzing like a train passing by. He even felt a chill approaching all over his body. It seemed that the wind and rain were getting worse.

    At this time, Li Ke also noticed something strange about Li Min. He reached out and touched his forehead. He found that it was a little hot. At the same time, Li Min's face also had an unnatural flush. He didn't dare to delay anymore and shouted directly.  He called the royal doctor from the palace and quickly diagnosed and treated Li Min.

    After the imperial doctor prescribed medicine to Li Min, Wen Xin from the inner house got the news and hurried over, instructing the servants in the mansion to arrange for her husband, and then asked Gao Zhong to thank Li Ke on his behalf and send him back to the mansion, and then this  Then he personally boiled the medicine and fed it to Li Min.

    "Wen Xin, please don't let Xijun come. I have a cold, it's contagious!" Li Min was almost confused by the fever. He didn't even think about whether Wen Xin could understand what a cold is. He felt weak with his eyes closed.  said.

    "Don't worry, husband. Sister Xijun is very rich now. I have already asked someone to tell her not to come!" Wen Xin has become somewhat of a lady now. Although she is a little flustered because of Li Min's illness, she can handle it.  Thorough and organized.

    "That's good, that's it" After hearing this, Li Min felt relieved, muttered for a while, and then slowly fell asleep.

    It is said that illness comes like a mountain falling, and illness goes away like a thread spinning!  Li Min responded to this sentence this time. The illness that only occurred in the afternoon was already very serious in the evening. His body burned like a soldering iron, and the skin all over his body was glowing with an unnatural red color.  Seeing this situation, Wen Xin was so frightened that she didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Jing'er reminded her and hurriedly sent someone to invite Sun Simiao over. However, when the other party saw Li Min's situation, he suddenly laughed out loud.  Laughed, and then sent someone to get disinfectant alcohol, stripped Li Min naked and wiped it with alcohol to lower Li Min's body temperature.

    This method was something he heard from Li Min when he was chatting with him a few days ago. Unexpectedly, it was used on Li Min today, so it also made Sun Simiao sigh at the wonders of the world.

    As the alcohol evaporated, Li Min's body temperature dropped. Then Sun Simiao made some modifications to the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor. After boiling it, he drank it for Li Min. As expected, it had a great effect. Li Min's body temperature dropped again.  There was no big rebound.  Before dawn, Li Shimin took Concubine Yang, who had just given birth, to Prince Qi's Mansion to see his son. They saw that Li Min was already sleeping deeply, and after hearing from Sun Simiao that his condition was under control, he felt relieved.

    At this time, Concubine Yang didn't care about her dissatisfaction with Wen Xin. She held her hand and gave instructions for a long time, just asking her to take good care of Li Min. Finally, Concubine Yang reluctantly returned to the palace. After all, there was another person in the palace.  Xiao Shengping asked her to take care of him.

    Where did Li Min¡¯s illness come from?What a coincidence. Putting aside the Winter Games, Li Ke could find someone to take over, but the matter of preventing the Tubo marriage was suddenly delayed.  But on the third day after Li Min fell ill, Li Jingheng suddenly came to the door with a little girl crying!  To be continued.  If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.  m

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