Chapter 1008 Tang Dezong Who Missed ZTE
"This is Chang'an!" When he saw the gate of Chang'an City, Lu Shisi burst into tears and fell to his knees. When he walked out of the gate of Chang'an and went to the Western Regions, he was only eighteen. A nine-year-old boy, but now more than 20 years later, he is already a gray-haired old man. All the boys who went to the Western Regions with him died there, and now there are only a few blood-stained letters from home to accompany him Back to Chang'an together.
"Lu Yishi, don't be too sad." The senior brother comforted Lu Shishi by patting Lu Shishi's back lightly. Tears also flickered in his eyes. Speaking of which, he left Chang'an earlier than Lu Shishi. to be long.
"Master, both of you, please go to the post station to rest for a while, the miscellaneous family will enter the palace to play to His Majesty, everyone should wait for the news at the post station first!" Duan Mingxiu took them to the post station to settle down, and then said goodbye and left.
"Master Guo, do you think His Majesty will summon us?" Watching Duan Mingxiu go away, Lu Shisi asked Shen Long, he was full of expectations for meeting the emperor.
"The master will definitely see it, so we can't tell!" Shen Long secretly sighed in his heart. If it was Tang Dezong who had just ascended the throne, he would definitely summon him immediately when he heard news from the Western Regions. At that time, he still had the ambition to rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty , and now his ambition has been silent for a long time.
More than ten years ago, when Tang Dezong came to the throne, he looked like the master of a generation of Zhongxing. He chose to trust courtiers internally, thereby alienating eunuchs, and accepted the suggestion of Prime Minister Yang Yan to implement the two tax law; The foreign part accepted the suggestion of the famous Prime Minister Li Mi to "connect with Huihe in the north, connect with Yunnan in the south, connect Dashi and Tianzhu in the west" to fight against Tubo, defeated the Tubo army repeatedly, and successfully reversed the strategic disadvantage against Tubo.
In the second year of Jianzhong (781), Chengde Jiedu Envoy Li Baochen died. His son Li Weiyue asked Dezong to appoint him as the new Chengde Jiedu Envoy to succeed his father, but Dezong refused. Li Weiyue then joined forces with Tian Yue, the governor of Weibo, Li Zhengji, the governor of Ziqing, and Liang Chongyi, the governor of Shannan Dongdao, to rebel.
Dezong ordered Zhu Tao to stay in Youzhou and Li Xilie, the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, to quell the chaos; the army loyal to the Tang Central Committee had the upper hand at first, and Li Zhengji died of illness shortly after rebelling against him. His son Li Na continued to lead the Ziqing army, but was besieged; Liang Chongyi was defeated by Li Xilie Suicide; Li Weiyue's subordinate Wang Wujun rebelled, killed Li Weiyue and surrendered to the central government. Among the four towns, only Wei Bo's Tian Yue is still fighting against the central government, but he is no longer alone.
But at this moment, Wang Wujun and Zhu Tao led troops to rescue Wei Bo Tianyue and Ziqing Li Na, Tian Yue and others were able to recover, and then Li Xilie rebelled, and the scourge of the feudal town intensified.
In the fourth year of the founding of middle school, Yao Lingyan, the Jiedu envoy of Jingyuan, arrived in Chang'an with 5,000 soldiers. At that time, the Jingyuan soldiers left the station, most of them took their children with them, hoping to get a generous reward from the court when they arrived in Chang'an, but they got nothing until they left Chang'an city. At that time, Dezong issued an edict ordering Jingzhao Yin Wang Hong to reward the army. Jing Zhaoyin Wang Xiang only rewarded simple tea and light food. The soldiers were very angry and immediately launched a mutiny to drive Dezong out of Chang'an and take refuge in Fengtian.
After this incident, Emperor Dezong's ambitions gradually extinguished, and he began to appoint eunuchs as commanders-in-chief of the imperial army, and increased taxes on racks, tea and other miscellaneous taxes across the country, leading to growing public grievances. He appeases the many troubles in the feudal town, which makes the power of the feudal town stronger day by day, and misses a good opportunity to rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty.
If he hadn't made so many mistakes, perhaps the vassals and towns in the Tang Dynasty had been subdued. If he hadn't refused to unite with Huihe Khan because of his unpleasant meeting with Huihe Khan in the early years, perhaps the road to the Western Regions had been reopened.
It's a pity, it would have been nice if he could have come a few years earlier. At that time, Emperor Dezong was still ambitious, and he had a famous minister like Li Mi to assist him, and he also had famous generals like Hun Yu and Li Sheng.
ZTE Datang and the re-opening of the Western Regions may not be without opportunities.
But now, it's too late. An emperor who has lost his ambition will not be able to lead the Tang Dynasty back to the glory of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan. Li Mi passed away last year, and Hun Yan and Li Sheng are also very old. , it is impossible to rely on the strength of Datang to assist the Western Regions.
However, this does not mean that Shen Long's coming to Chang'an was a waste of time, if that was the case, he would not come back specially; the situation in Anxi Dufu Mansion is completely different from that in Datang.
Due to geographical features, the Western Regions are full of vast deserts, and there is no way to form a large area of densely populated areas like the Central Plains. Most of the people in the Western Regions gather in a few places with water sources, and the Silk Road that connects the Great Tang and the Great Food The road is like a silk thread, connecting the cities together.
Only with thriving commerce and trade can the Western Regions prosper. Otherwise, agriculture and animal husbandry alone would not be able to support many people in such a water-scarce place. With elite soldiers and strong generals, the countries in the Western Regions will obey the words of the Anxi Protectorate.
But now, Tubo has cut off the Silk Road. In the words of the merchants in the lobby in the advertisement, "business has become more and more difficult these years", and the countries in the Western Regions have also lost their interests. Some were transferred back to the Tang Dynasty, and the Anxi Protectorate lost its position in the Western Regions.
Now it is impossible for Tang officials to send reinforcements to the Western Regions, but reopening the Silk Road may not be impossible. When Shen Long came back, the line of Guazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Liangzhou that Shen Long took was cut off by Tubo, but the north belonged to Huihe At present, the relationship between Datang and Huihe is still good. The year before last, Tang Dezong married the eighth daughter Xian'an Princess Xian'an of Huihe to Changshou Tianqin Khan, and allowed her to change her name to Uighur; in the future, Uighur briefly defeated Tubo and reopened the Silk Road.
If the merchants are allowed to go north to Huihe and transfer to the Western Regions, perhaps the traces of Tang merchants can appear in the Western Regions on a large scale and continue to bring considerable benefits to the countries of the Western Regions. In this case, the Anxi Protectorate's right to speak will increase Bar?
Therefore, Shen Long's trip to Chang'an has several purposes. The first is to bring back Tang Dezong's will. Will the morale of the surviving soldiers of Beiting Dufu Mansion be boosted?
The second is to encourage more businessmen to return to the Western Regions through Huihe territory. To achieve this, Shen Long alone cannot do it. He needs the support of a family with great influence in Chang'an.
While thinking about it, someone from outside came to report, "Master Guo Jun, Mr. Dai please come to the mansion to explain."
Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao will be here, just as I was thinking about this, someone came to the door.
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