Chapter 46: The War to Rob Daughter-in-law
The sun hangs hot in the air, emitting light and heat without hesitation.
Xu Qilin was so hot that he abandoned his horse and rode on the bus, and he felt much more comfortable in the carriage with ice cubes cooling down.
Xiaobo has always been taciturn. Chang'an, or Beixiang, is not a good memory for her. The closer she gets, the more nervous and heavier she feels.
Of course, Xiaobo is not only worried, he will only live a painful life helplessly. The change she expects to start testing after she lives in the manor for a day.
Seeing that Xu Qilin had also entered the car, he did not lie cross-legged or lie down, but instead sat on a soft chair fixed in the car to rest.
Xiaobo hurried up to wipe his sweat, hand over drinks, and then fanned Xu Qilin to cool off, serving him attentively and thoughtfully.
Xu Qilin is also used to being served and enjoys the treatment of such a young master.
Xiaobo saw Xu Qilin's very comfortable and enjoyable appearance, and felt that if he didn't say it at this time, he would probably have no chance again.
"When my fake mother bought my slave family, it was only a few cents of money." Xiaobo said softly: "If Xu Lang wants to buy a maid, it will be the same price. In the past few days, Xu Lang feels that my slave has served well?"
Xu Qilin looked at Xiaobo and understood what she meant: It’s not expensive, it only costs a few cents. If you want to buy a maid, don’t you also have to spend money? Do you think I’ve served well these days?
Xiaobo looked at Xu Qilin with anticipation and waited pitifully for his reply.
It’s really not expensive to buy a maid for a few cents, but it’s not cheap. If you catch up with any disaster and buy it from refugees, it’s even more costly.
But Xu Qilin felt that if she could buy it and let her escape from the sea of suffering, it would be nothing more than a little more money. Besides, having a few days with her will have some feelings and serving her well. She is quite used to it.
Xu Qilin reached out to touch Xiaobo's head and said, "If that fake mother is willing to sell it, the money will not be a problem."
Xiaobo fell to the ground with a stone, and immediately showed a happy expression and said repeatedly: "I am willing to sell it, but I am willing to sell it. Anyway, I am so stupid, and I can't learn words."
After pausing, she added: "Sister Yiyi will also talk to me. She is the top player in the yard, and her fake mother often wants to please her!"
To please Tang Yiyi is just to ask her to pick up more customers and make more money.
But when Xu Qilin heard Xiaobo say this, he felt that he had a great hope. Even if he was knocked out by his fake mother, he could bear it.
"When I arrived in Chang'an, I sent someone to invite Tang Yiyi and discuss it privately, so I know what to do." Xu Qilin still reserved something and did not dare to be very sure.
"Okay, it's best to do this." Xiaobo was happy, and he worked harder in the massage, and kept thanking: "Xu Lang, you are so good. I will definitely serve you well in the future. You can do whatever you want."
Okay, I am such a good person. But thank you so much, it is easy for me to have that bad idea.
Xu Qilin laughed, reached out and touched Xiaobo's face.
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Tubo has a vast territory, hundreds of thousands of victories, and his neighbors are afraid. His king is called "Zanpu", ministers are called "Shang", and royal family is called "Lun".
Although Songtsen Gampo sent envoys to repair the Tang Dynasty in the eighth year of Zhenguan, and the Tang Dynasty also sent ministers to the Bohai. However, the Tang Dynasty's monarchs and ministers had a very shallow understanding of Tubo.
In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Songtsen Gampo sent a special envoy to Chang'an to ask for marriage, but Li Er refused.
In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, it was a common thing to do with relatives and was also a common strategy for the court to appease surrounding vassal states. For example, Tuyuhun, Turks, Khitan, Uighurs, Xi and others, there were Tang Dynasty princesses who married each other.
According to statistics, there were 16 princesses who married to ethnic minority areas in the Tang Dynasty. Six of them were the emperor's biological daughters, while the others were the daughters of royal relatives or heroes.
For marriage, different times, there are different views and conclusions; when they are in different focus, they also have different understandings and evaluations.
Like the Tang Dynasty, why didn’t we regard marriage as humiliation? The reason is also very simple, that is, we have strength. We defeated our opponents, let our opponents run away to show their surrender and friendship, and took the initiative to propose to ensure that the Tang army would not beat him.
Therefore, in the eyes of the people of the Tang Dynasty, it was a condescending marriage, and the nature was different, so naturally it was not ashamed at all.
Like the ones in the early Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was not strong enough and had to use women to slow down conflicts and strive for safety. That was called marriage, which was humiliating and compromised.
But refusing to marry made Songtsen Gampo feel humiliated. He was very angry and dissatisfied.
The rising Tubo is much stronger than Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun has princesses, why can't I do it? Why, why?
Because of this, in order to make an excitement and show his strength to marry a princess, Songtsen Gampo led the Tubo army to defeat Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Bailan and other Qiangs, and attacked Songzhou of the Tang Dynasty, causing the Qiang chiefs in Yanzhou and Nuozhou to rebel.
Then, when this guy sent an envoy to come to propose marriage with great gifts, the opinions of the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were highly unified, that is, "beat".
OK, you lead troops to attack our city and send envoys to propose marriage? What's this called? Is it good to force a marriage? If you agree now, wouldn't you be afraid of you? If you use a woman to resign, you will be very embarrassed.
Even if you may be granted a marriage in the future, you must defeat you first. Otherwise, there will be no talks.
Look, this is the ambition of the people of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and it is a dependence on strength and confidence. You can consider asking for marriage, but you have to ask for it, be humble and have a generous bride price, so that is possible.
If someone like Songtsen Gampo feels that he is not vague and dares to come to the door, he has to beat him first, and then talk about the marriage proposal.
In front of the sand table, His Majesty Li Er summoned the Minister of War Li Ji, who was studying how to fight back against Tubo's "forced marriage" and let this guy know how much he weighs.
There were two top founding generals in the Tang Dynasty, and later generations collectively called them "Two Lis". One was "Ta Ta Heavenly King" Li Jing, and the other was Li Ji.
Li Jing pacified Xiao Xian in the south, assisted Gong Hun, destroyed the eastern Turks in the north, and defeated Tuyuhun in the west. He was the god of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he was not only able to fight, but also had outstanding military ideas and theories, and could be called a military strategist.
He has written many volumes of military calligraphy books such as "Li Jing's Six Army Mirror", which have been lost in later generations. Only later generations edited "Questions of Duke Li Wei of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty", which was included in the "Seven Books of the Martial Classics" during the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a representative work of ancient military science.
However, since Li Jing fought against Tuyuhun in the ninth year of Zhenguan, he was falsely accused of rebellion by Gao Zengsheng, the general manager of Yanzedao. Although the truth was found out, Li Jing had nothing to do.
Chapter completed!