The situation of the battle soon turned around. Several groups of Songtsen Gampo's troops were scattered, but Songtsen Gampo has not been caught yet.
Xu Jingzong's words are very ambiguous, and this is also the information that the Foreign Affairs Council can get.
What exactly happened will not be known until the army from far away in Tubo returns.
After suffering this loss, Li Shimin would not rashly send another army to Tubo.
It was useless to persuade Li Shimin before. After suffering this loss, if he could learn a lesson, the emperor could still be saved.
After explaining some matters to Xu Jingzong, Zhang Yang went to Dongshi to buy some vegetables.
I still have a few crucian carp at home, which I can kill and eat at any time.
My wife likes to eat fish and steamed buns.
After returning home, he made two simple dishes. After the family finished eating, Zhang Yang spread out a map and looked at it carefully. In the afternoon, Aunt Yang received a message from Xu Jingzong. Three days later, on the last day of late April, Datang and Tibet officially began negotiations.
Seeing that her husband was still looking at the map, Li Yue stepped forward and asked, "This is the map of Tubo."
Zhang Yang nodded with a pen in his hand, sketched the border line of Tubo according to his memory, and then drew the line to draw a rough range from the Western Region.
"Right now, there are two things that the Foreign Affairs Council has not yet settled. The first is the Tibetan issue, and the Western Turkic issue."
Li Yue sat down and looked at the map and whispered: "The Western Turks are not peaceful, so the Western Regions will be difficult to pacify."
The northwest direction of the Western Region is the Western Turks, and Gaochang is at the junction of the two sides. Going down from Gaochang is the Western Region, and going up from Gaochang is where the Western Turks are.
The words are correct. To control the Western Regions is to pacify the Western Turks.
If there is a rebellion midway, the Western Turks will plunder the Western Regions again.
Zhang Yang looks like Gaochang, "My daughter-in-law has a sharp eye and she has taken a fancy to Gaochang. This Gaochang is the divine needle of the Western Regions and the Western Turks. There are also soldiers and horses stationed in Gaochang. Once the soldiers and horses become Gaochang, they can go north to conquer the Western Turks." Next time I can conquer the Western Regions."
Li Yue smiled and said, "I just mentioned the grape wine. It was my husband who bought Gaochang for a penny. Could it be that if I said I wanted the snow-capped mountains in Tubo, my husband would be able to buy them."
Zhang Yang scratched his head first, then smiled and didn't reply.
Seeing this, Li Yue looked at it again, "Husband, don't really think about how to buy the snow-capped mountains in Tubo."
Zhang Yang smiled dryly and said: "How is it possible? How could I think of such a thing?"
"Are you really not going to buy the snow-capped mountains of Tubo?"
"That's natural. It definitely won't happen. How can I buy it from Snow Mountain?"
Li Yue nodded with confidence. It was crazy enough to buy a Gaochang, but also to buy a snow mountain. Who would think of such a thing.
After thinking about this, Li Yue sat on the swing and read the scroll.
Make more rivets and fix the wooden piles. In order to build his new home, Zhang Yang feels that he has endless strength.
In the past three days, Zhang Yang still did not go to court, and the court did not send anyone to ask questions.
Li Shimin seems to be used to having such an obscure Minister of Rites, and he is also used to the Ministry of Rites being independent, so why don't he just ignore it?
"Today is the day for negotiations with the Tubo people. My husband needs to take good care of it."
Looking at himself in the mirror, Zhang Yang let his wife take care of his hair.
It was very uncomfortable to look at such a small bronze mirror. If I wanted to see my bun, I had to adjust the position from time to time.
"Can't our family prepare a larger bronze mirror?"
Li Yue combed her bun and whispered: "Bronze mirrors are very expensive. It costs a lot of money to buy such a small piece. My grandmother brought this from the palace when I was a child."
"Hasn't our family ever bought a bronze mirror?"
Li Yue nodded, "That's true."
"In the future, I will make a big mirror that can reflect the whole body, and..." Zhang Yang looked at the door, "It will be as big as this door."
"How much silver will it cost? It's too expensive. This mirror is enough."
Waiting for your hair to be straightened
After finishing it, Li Yue still wanted to arrange her bun.
Zhang Yang took the eyebrow pencil on the side and said, "I'll draw your eyebrows."
Li Yue looked up at her husband, smiled and nodded.
Pink white and dark black, Shi Fangze only. As early as the Warring States Period, there was this kind of poem to describe women's makeup.
Zhang Yang carefully painted his wife's eyebrows, which were not thick but neat.
If this was because she was anemic when she was a child, her hair and even her eyebrows were yellow when she was a child.
Zhang Yang lifted her chin with one hand and drew it carefully.
The room was quiet, and the couple looked at each other unavoidably.
Until the painting was finished, Li Yue looked at herself in the mirror.
Zhang Yang looked at his results and said, "Well, it looks more heroic this way."
Li Yue pursed her lips and looked at it for a long time, "No woman has such sharp eyebrows."
"There's none?"
When he walked out of the room, Li Yue did not change his eyebrows.
She has been weak since she was a child, but now she has such a strong family background and such a large fiefdom.
This gave her the aura that a big landowner should have, but what she lacked was the vigor and vitality that she should have. Drawing her eyebrows like this made her eyebrows more sharp, which further enhanced her aura as the owner of Lishan Mountain.
After walking out of the house, Zhang Yang walked all the way to the Diplomatic Academy in official uniform. Today was Songtsen Gampo's day of negotiation.
Go east from Zhuque Street, pass by Dongshi, pass by Pingkangfang, where is the Diplomatic Academy, and further on is the Imperial College.
There were many people standing at the entrance of the Diplomatic Academy, watching.
Since the last negotiation, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Commission in Chang'an City has become famous, and this negotiation has attracted the attention of many people.
Zhang Yang stood still in front of the courtyard. Songtsen Gampo was already here.
Xu Jingzong, Zhang Xiangxiang, and Zhang Dashu are also ready.
Fang Xuanling and Li Chengqian were still listening.
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Brother Xiang, long time no see."
Lu Dongzan bowed and saluted, "This time we in Tubo came to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty with absolute sincerity."
Sitting down at the main seat, Zhang Yang raised his eyes and looked around, then cleared his throat and asked, "What is the purpose of this Tibetan negotiation?"
Xu Jingzong whispered: "They said they wanted to cease the war."
"A ceasefire..."
Zhang Yang took another breath, "What about after the truce?"
"after……"
Xu Jingzong looked at Lu Dongzan again.
Lu Dongzan lowered his head and replied: "Of course the Tang Dynasty and Tubo can live in harmony."
Zhang Yang raised his eyes and saw the people watching at the door. They seemed to be watching a good show.
"What conditions can Tubo offer?"
"We Tubo are willing to cede land and hand over a thousand hectares of land near Hehuang to the Tang Dynasty."
"anything else?"
Upon hearing this question, Lu Dongzan looked troubled and continued: "The Tibetans are willing to donate cattle and sheep, and promise not to invade the Central Plains again."
Seeing that Zhang Yang remained silent, Lu Dongzan raised his head and asked, "Does Zhang Shangshu think it's inappropriate?"
Knowing that Zhang Yang always drinks tea when he is thinking, Xu Jingzong silently poured a bowl of hot tea and placed it on the table.
Picking up the tea bowl and blowing the tea leaves, Zhang Yang said loudly: "Prime Minister of Tibet, I have reminded you before that there are some things that cannot be decided by the Diplomatic Academy. As for the conditions you proposed, they are too childish."
"I don't know what Zhang Shangshu hopes that Tibet can offer us to stop the war between the two countries and allow the soldiers and people of the two countries to rest and recuperate."
Zhang Yang smiled instead, "Don't try to coerce me into recuperating, but your thoughts coincide with mine."
Li Chengqian felt guilty when he heard these words. They were both coercive and coincident. Is this a contradiction?
"Of course we at the Diplomatic Academy are negotiating with you from the standpoint of thousands of soldiers and thousands of people. When your Tibetan soldiers invaded Songzhou, let me
Our soldiers were injured and bleeding, which frightened thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty. "
"Not to mention the residents of Chang'an City, let's see if the people of the Tang Dynasty in sixteen villages in three counties and outside Songzhou City will agree!"
The Diplomatic Courtyard became quiet again.
"good!"
Someone outside the hospital shouted, but I don’t know who it was.
At this moment, all the officials in the Diplomatic Academy straightened their backs even more.
Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth, "What does the Foreign Affairs Council want Tibet to do?"
Zhang Yang took a deep breath, "First of all, you have to apologize. Let Songtsen Gampo apologize to everyone in Songzhou in the form of a credential, and set up a monument to record the matter for future generations."
Knowing Zhang Yang's methods, even knowing his behavior, hearing such a humiliating request.
Lu Dongzan's teeth were chattering.
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Can you do it?"
Lu Dongzan saluted again, "Please ask the Diplomatic Academy to come up with other conditions."
"No, an apology is a prerequisite. If Songtsan cadres don't apologize or erect a monument, this matter will not go through. Not to mention peace talks, even a truce is impossible."
Zhang Yang said loudly again: "We, the Tang Dynasty, have always hoped for world peace. This is also the goal of our Diplomatic Academy. It was you, Tibet, who unilaterally declared war on our Datang Dynasty and attacked Songzhou, causing tens of thousands of people to leave their hometowns. Now they don’t dare to go back and dare to ask the Prime Minister of Tibet if Tibet should apologize!”
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Zamp said at the beginning that this man might become Tibet's most difficult enemy.
At that time, Zanpu made a guess based on what happened to Tuyuhun. It was just a guess, and he never expected that this young man would become the Minister of Rites.
He didn't expect Zhang Yang to be able to stand here and negotiate with him, making a condition that no one could agree to.
"If Tibet can apologize for this, we can negotiate the next terms."
Lu Dongzan spoke slowly, "The foreign minister will write a letter to inform Zanpu of this condition. Please wait for Zanpu's reply."
After looking at everyone present, Lu Dongzan added, "Before that, can you please ask Datang to cease the war?"
A harmless smile appeared on Zhang Yang's face again.
Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this smile. It seemed that the war could be stopped, but the next words made his expression change suddenly.
"The blood of the soldiers cannot be shed in vain, and the tens of thousands of people in Songzhou cannot suffer in vain. The Tang Dynasty will not cease the war until Tubo Zanpu does not apologize to Songzhou and erect a monument! Before our conditions are met, this war will It won’t stop either!”
Zhang Yang's words came from the Diplomatic Academy. At this moment, everyone outside was stunned when they heard such words. What a strong young man. If all the young men of the Tang Dynasty were so unwilling to give in, why would the Tang Dynasty not be strong?
Lu Dongzan waved his sleeves and walked out of the Diplomatic Academy. At this moment, there was a roar of applause outside the courtyard.
Fang Xuanling watched the clerk record all the arrangements in the room, read it again to confirm it was correct, and said, "Let the ink dry and submit it to Your Majesty."
"Here."
Li Chengqian stood there for a long time without speaking.
After the spectators outside the hospital dispersed, many people in the hospital went about their business.
Lu Dongzan returned to the post house and wrote down the conditions proposed by the Foreign Affairs Commission today. At this moment, the eyes of the Tibetan prime minister were full of humiliation.
What he wrote was not to ask Songtsen Gampo to apologize to the tens of thousands of people living in Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty. He also wrote suggestions to Zampo. Never agree to Zhang Yang’s humiliating conditions. Once you agree to Tubo, With no foundation to stand on and no matter how many times they were warned, the Tibetan warriors would rather die in battle than apologize to the Tang Dynasty.
