Wu Zetian's intimidating words and the reactions of the ministers made Hanoi Whale and Sakao Homoto Shi Ji burst into a cold sweat. They were all extremely smart people. From Chen Yi's cold talk about Wu Zetian's words and the reactions of the ministers today, they read some meanings. Both of them knew that his mission to the Tang Dynasty could not be copied from the last smoothness, and some missions might be difficult to complete.

As the deputy envoy, Shi Ji, the Sakahe Ministry, who had been on the Tang Dynasty for the second time, knew this even more. From the day he came to Chang'an, he felt that the treatment he received this time was far from the last time. When he came to the Tang Dynasty last time, they received a warm hospitality. The day after they came to Chang'an, they met the emperor and queen of the Tang Dynasty. Then they visited many senior officials of the Tang Dynasty. None of the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty were neglected by them. The rankings at the New Year's Day ceremony were also very high, and the study tours that followed the delegation were well arranged! But this time it felt completely different. All the expressions of the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be deliberately making things difficult for them, and even the treatments of the tributes at the dynasty meeting were also given.

At the dynasty meeting on the New Year, the envoys of all foreign vassals would offer gifts selected by their country or tribe to the Emperor or Empress of the Tang Dynasty who presided over the dynasty. This was a convention. Gifts were more noble and would be sang promises in a special tone by the Ministry of Rites, and the envoys who offered gifts would feel more respectful. This time the gifts presented by the Japanese mission cannot be said to be unpredictable, but when the Japanese mission listed the present gifts in Hanyuan Hall, they did not hear the officials of the Ministry of Rites, especially the promises. After reporting the gifts presented by the Hanyuan Hall, they were ordered to leave. This disappointed Hanoi Whale who came forward to present the gifts, but there was no way. However, after hearing the gifts presented by some subsequent vassals, he finally felt a little relieved.

After all, Japan was poor and backward. Although the gifts it offered were considered precious, some of the gifts offered by the Tang vassal states that were much smaller than them were much more precious than them. They were less lost and felt ashamed.

When Wu Zetian presided over the banquet to entertain the ministers and foreign envoys who attended the meeting today, the Japanese envoys, Hanoi Whale, Sakao Hoshi, and Ishiji, were arranged in a less conspicuous position. Although it was not the most remote corner, this would be quite different from the previous year's Day. Several Japanese who were lucky enough to attend the Daydan Grand Session. They had no appetite for the exquisite banquet.

All the arrangements made them understand one thing, and this time they were treated coldly!

But Hanoi Jing and Sakao Hoshi Ji didn't know that the Tang Dynasty was planning a bigger incident at this time!

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The New Year's Day celebration did not last very long, and the banquet was not long. On such a special day, the ministers were all thinking about returning home, and they all wanted to go back to accompany their families?

However, after the banquet ended, several people failed to go home as they wished, one was Chen Yi, Pei Xingjian, Jiang Ke, Liu Rengui, etc., and two other special people, namely the Prince of Guide who was captured during the Qinghai Battle, the General Zanpo and his son Mangbuzhi of the Fuguo. Seeing these people, they thought of some of the things that they had secretly discussed with Wu Zetian before the New Year. Chen Yi knew why Wu Zetian summoned them to stay for today.

Before the Chinese New Year, Chen Yi talked with Wu Zetian several times about Tubo. Although the Tubo people were crippled by our Tang army in Qinghai and their vitality was severely damaged, they did not destroy their country. According to the information they received, the Tubo people are working hard to restore their national strength. This opportunity must not be given to them, and the Tubo people should not be given a chance to make a comeback. The benevolence and righteousness of the Tang Dynasty have been exhausted, and soldiers should be sent to suppress them.

Although the Tubo Highlands are high and cold, the border troops stationed in Qinghai have been almost adapted to the high-altitude areas. Entering the Tubo Highlands and directly reaching the city, the key is that they are not completely clear about the current strength of the Tubo people.

However, no matter what, the Tubo people can no longer be given the opportunity to cultivate and survive. The Tang Dynasty's national strength is very strong now. The last battle of Qinghai did not consume much national financial resources and basically had no impact on the Tang Dynasty's economy. In this case, Wu Zetian did not oppose the expedition to Tubo and extinguished its remaining power.

After the Qinghai Battle, the Tang Dynasty sent a captured Tubo Yaben to return to Luoshe City with the letter of the Tang Dynasty, and asked Qinling to lead the remnants to surrender. However, Qinling was unmoved and tried to assist Zanpu Manglun Mangzan to stabilize the situation in the Luoshe City area, and sent troops to suppress some forces trying to split and resist. According to incomplete information, the Luoshe City area had long been stable and Qinling's power had recovered.

Zan Po, the Tubo surrendered general who was named Prince Guide, was Qin Ling's younger brother and his brother of his father and mother. However, after being captured by our Tang Dynasty, he showed a very cooperative look and asked the court several times to Huiluo City to persuade Qin Ling to surrender and not to fight against the Tang Dynasty. However, his request was not answered. This made Zan Po very depressed, and a feeling of being dissatisfied by the Tang Dynasty court, which made him a little disheartened. He has been staying in the door for many years, which also made his son Mang Buzhi not be too arrogant and stay in the mansion more often to avoid being suspected by the court. However, this time, Chen Yi knew that Wu Zetian was preparing to use the chess piece Zan Po.

Wu Zetian summoned several ministers in the Golden Palace. Li Zhi still had no recovery. Sun Simiao almost sentenced him to death, saying that he could only lie in a coma in his life and could not wake up to the director. But Li Zhi's other physical condition was very good, and his eyes would occasionally open, but he had no consciousness and did not respond to anyone. He almost became a living dead. This was the result that Wu Zetian needed most. The emperor was not dead and could not manage the government at all. She could use Li Zhi's previous instructions to intervene in the government affairs openly and take power completely in her own hands. If Li Zhi died now, she would not be able to do so. The new emperor would definitely be established. Although Li Xian was a "good baby", he could not be at the mercy of Wu Zetian like Li Zhi on the sickbed. Many ministers would openly fight with Wu Zetian against Li Xian, the newly ascended emperor.

Today, Wu Zetian summoned several ministers to discuss matters at the Golden Palace where Li Zhi was lying, which was of course his special purpose.

Today is the New Year's Day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the emperor was unable to preside over the court meeting. Many court officials would guess what the current emperor is, and some people would even doubt whether the emperor was secretly killed by Wu Zetian. Summon several important officials to Li Zhi to discuss things, just to show them that the emperor is still alive, opens his eyes, and can still eat, but he just can't handle court affairs.

When the ministers arrived, Li Zhi just woke up and opened his eyes and looked at the ministers kneeling in front of the couch in a daze. He didn't react much. This way, Liu Rengui, Jiang Ke and others burst into tears. In the end, Wu Zetian asked them to go to the side palace to discuss matters on the ground because they were afraid of disturbing Li Zhi's rest.

"Dear friends, Tubo Zanpu ignored the many methods of retaliation and retaliation of our Tang Dynasty court. He was preparing to reorganize his forces to continue to fight against our Tang Dynasty. According to the information from Anxi, the Tubo people were doing things there. Today, the Japanese Palace reported that several of them came, so I would like to ask you how to deal with the actions of the Tubo people?" Wu Zetian did not make any polite decisions and directly explained the purpose of leaving the ministers today.

"Empress, I think we should take advantage of the time when the Tubo people's vitality has not completely recovered. We should launch a large army to attack the remnants of Tubo and march into some cities!" Chen Yi made his statement first.

"Empress, I will discuss it!" Pei Xingjian, who had exchanged opinions with Chen Yi on this, immediately expressed the same opinion.

Jiang Ke had no objection, but Liu Rengui expressed his concerns about entering Luoshecheng and marching in the high and cold land, but after Jiang Ke, the head of the Ministry of War, explained, he also gave up his concerns.

"Prince Guide, what about your opinion?" Wu Zetian's eyes fell on Zan Po.

"Empress, I am willing to lead the army to attack the remnants of Tubo, and I also ask the empress to agree to my request!" Zan Po immediately expressed his opinion. He knew exactly what Wu Zetian wanted to summon him today.

Wu Zetian looked at Zan Po for a few times and agreed with a smile: "Okay. I will allow you to invite you. After this New Year, you will prepare to enter some cities!"

Of course, Wu Zetian would not be relieved to let Zanpo lead the army alone to fight against Tubo, and would not let him be the commander of the army to march into Luoshecheng, but he would definitely let him go with the army. Before Zanpo surrendered, he had a high prestige in Tubo, second only to Zanpumangsong and Qinling. After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, he received very high glory and was named the prince. His son Mangbuzhi also served as a high-ranking official in the army. If the Tang Dynasty fought again with Tubo, his demonstration role and appeal would make some swaying Tubo leaders give up on resistance.

Since Zanpo was captured by our Tang army and was named Prince Guide by the court and General Guide, many of the former Zanpo's subordinates who fled after the defeat of the Qinghai Battle were also summoned and surrendered. Zanpo's role is obvious, and many of the situations in Tubo were learned from him, which made the Tang Dynasty know more about the situation in Tubo. In recent years, he repeatedly requested to lead the army to attack Tubo, but it was not approved by the court.

No one can figure out what Zanpo's attitude is for. Is he trying to make some achievements to make the big men in the court look at him with admiration, or did he have conflicts with Mang Song and Mang Zan and Qinling when he was in Tubo, and now he wants to take revenge.

The Tang Dynasty has always been tolerant of surrendered generals. There are too many Hu generals who have surrendered to be in the history of the Tang Dynasty. They are old but are still serving the Tang Dynasty. They are also in the Soul of Zhishu, Asanmo, Asansheer, Li Jinxing, Li Duozuo, Heichi Changzhi and many other people who Chen Yi knew or did not know. In the original history, Zanpo turned against Tubo Zanpu and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. They were not captured by the Tang army. After surrendering, Zanpo has always fought for the Tang army. His main opponent was also Tubo people, but Qinling had been killed at that time. However, Chen Yi did not know about this period of history.

If Zanpo leads his army to fight against Tubo and leads his army to the city of Lusie, this will be a huge blow to the morale of the Tubo army. This can also be regarded as a naked and naked strike against Qin Ling. If the two brothers meet on the battlefield and lead different troops to fight, it would be cruel and interesting. However, no one knows whether the two brothers will fight to the death or not, and what will happen to the outcome.

But what Chen Yi knew was that the main purpose of Wu Zetian using Zan Po this time was not to take advantage of his courage when fighting, but to take advantage of his understanding of the characteristics of the Tubo people, his influence in Tubo, and his relationship with Qinling. In general, he wanted to use Zan Po to persuade surrender to surrender Qinling, who had a good relationship with Mang Song Mangzan, but had a crack in his relationship with Mang Song Mangzan.

And Zan Po can completely bear this matter!

In the past few years since he came to the Tang Dynasty, Zanpo has fully appreciated the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the strong combat power of the army. He knew that with the national strength of Tubo, the combat power of the Tubo army was completely unable to compete with the Tang Dynasty. This is also the reason why he asked to lead the army to fight against Tubo, or lead a delegation to envoys to Tubo. He did not want his brother to become a prisoner of the Tang Dynasty like him, ruining his reputation for a lifetime, and even becoming a war criminal-level figure, which implicated him.

After Zanpo's son Mangbuzhi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with his father, he was not treated coldly and had been in the army. He has now served as the general of the Left Wu Guard. This time he will also go to Tubo with the army.

Compared to Zanpo, Mangbuzhi, who wanted to show his talents, was more adaptable to life in the Tang Dynasty. When he joined the army, no one discriminated against him. No one deliberately made things difficult for him because he was a surrendered general of Tubo. He would get rewards if he made contributions. It was no different from the treatment received by other generals of the Tang Dynasty. When he was in Tubo, his official position was not high, and he was even excluded to a certain extent due to some special reasons. Some people in Tubo were afraid that their family power would be too large and would always hinder them, especially those young descendants in Tubo. He was also because of

He could not bear the exclusion in Lusie City, so he went to Qinghai to stay with his father to station in Qinghai. However, because of some concerns, Zanpo could not be promoted to his son's official position. Because there was a big difference in the treatment he received in Tubo and the treatment he received after surrender, he felt that surrendering to the Tang Dynasty would give him more room to display his talents. His father's Prince Guide was just a comfort and demonstration nature, with the purpose of attracting the leaders and tribesmen of the Tubo to surrender, but he longed to make achievements, fight for the Tang Dynasty, and gain glory with his military achievements, rather than inheriting his father's.

Moreover, his life in the Tang Dynasty was many times better than when he was in Tubo. After several years of life, he had already treated himself as a Tang Dynasty man and worked hard to fully integrate into the Tang Dynasty and be recognized.

This is the common feature of most surrendered Hu generals. After the Hu people who surrendered to Chang'an, they all yearned to become real Tang people and be recognized by orthodox Han people. Qiheli did the best in this regard. The leader of the Qihe tribe who made outstanding contributions to the Tang Dynasty was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and was proficient in Sinology, and even more proficient than the Han people. He was praised by Li Shimin and Li Zhi and respected by court officials. Now his son Qibi Ming is also the Protector of the Qinghai Protectorate, which is in the third rank. Both father and son were granted marriages from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The power of role models is infinite, and Mangbuzhi longed for such glory as he could have.

Now that Wu Zetian has given them a chance, how can Zanpo give up easily! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)

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