Li Zhan left Ganlu Palace and returned to his palace.

Seeing Li Zhan come back, Changsun Wuji, Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Fang Xuanling, Yu Wenshi, Qin Qiong and others all surrounded him. Changsun Wuji took the lead and asked, "Have you had a quarrel?"

Li Zhan laughed: "No...why are you quarreling?"

"Don't hide it from us... We all know His Majesty's thoughts, he is more inclined to marry?" Changsun Wuji told the matter directly.

"I know...but in addition to marriage, the Tang Dynasty also needs ruling power. After all, the father was Tian Khan, a small barbarian in Tubo, and joined forces with the Tuyuhun rebels to attack our Suzhou.

That's right... Our Tang Dynasty lacks military expenditure, but if we don't fight in a battle, we will announce a marriage kinship. In the future, as long as there are barbarians to attack us, we will have a marriage kinship. There are many princesses in the Tang Dynasty, but none of them are forced to marry."

"Ah... So that's the case... His Highness Qin can see through it!" Fang Xuanling nodded slightly.

However, after Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Yu Wenshi said, "It's just that we really don't have military spending to support another battle, and Tubo is not a simple barbarian...they are very strong."

Not only did Yuwenshi and the famous generals such as Qin Qiong were also timid about Tubo.

Among all the dynasties in China, the Tang Dynasty was recognized as one of the most powerful empires. Emperor Tang was so powerful that he had strong combat power. He was in a strong position in foreign wars. His territory reached more than 12.3 million square kilometers at its heyday, which was the pinnacle of the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Even the powerful nomadic Turks and the overlord of Northeast Asia, Goguryeo, were destroyed in the entanglement with the Tang Dynasty for many years, which shows how powerful it is.

However, just when the Tang Dynasty swept across the surrounding countries, it encountered a strong enemy, Tubo. The two countries were in harmony and war, and until the Tang Dynasty destroyed the country, they could not do anything to Tubo.

Why was the Tang Dynasty, which was so powerful that even the Turks and Goguryeo were not rivals, could not conquer Tubo? In fact, the strength of Tubo at that time exceeded many people's imagination, and the reason why it was powerful was that Tubo encountered the following factors that were becoming stronger.

First, the climate conditions are far more humid than the present

During the Tang Dynasty, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was far less deserted and uninhabited than it is now. At that time, the climate of the plateau area was warm and the excellent climatic conditions promoted the first large-scale agricultural development in the history of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Yalong River Valley, the birthplace of the Tubo Dynasty, was a rare and rich place with abundant water and grass on the plateau.

In addition, the vast grasslands in northern Tibet also provide unique conditions for the development of animal husbandry, and cattle, sheep, and war horses can be obtained from here. The above all became the powerful material support for the Tubo Dynasty.

Second, the powerful strength formed by the unified regime

Before the Tang Dynasty, there was still a state of chaos on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with constant disputes and chaotic disputes. This situation was completely reversed after his outstanding monarch Songtsen Gampo ascended the throne. Songtsen Gampo completed the great cause of basically unifying the various Tubo tribes and laid the foundation for Tubo's strong roots.

Third, the continuous influx of new technologies

While Tubo completed unification, his horizons continued to broaden. Zampo all dynasties focused on introducing advanced technologies. Although the Tang Dynasty, which had the most advanced technology, prohibited the export of technology from the outside, the Tubo people at that time took a different approach and mastered many advanced technologies such as iron smelting and smelting from Central Asia and the Indians, which promoted the prosperity of military power.

Fourth, huge military reserves

Due to the great development of agriculture and animal husbandry, Tubo was able to feed enough population at that time. At its peak, the Tubo people reached more than 3 million. If other ethnic groups in its control were added, there would be nearly 10 million people. This was simply a superpower at that time. You should know that during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, due to the wars that had been in place for hundreds of years, the national population was restored to more than 15 million.

The huge population provided Tubo with enough military reserves to cope with the continuous consumption of war. According to historical records, the Tubo people quarreled the Tang Dynasty many times, and the army could reach 400,000. You should know that it was the high-altitude and oxygen-deficient Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It was already very terrifying that the army could have such a large number at that time.

It is precisely these conditions that made Tubo a major threat to the west in the Tang Dynasty. It was also one of the few forces that were difficult to destroy in the Tang Dynasty for three hundred years, which shows how powerful it is and how difficult it is.

It is also because of these reasons that Li Shimin was afraid of Tubo. Just because he was surrounded by Suzhou, he wanted to marry him.

"Haha..." Just when everyone was a little respectful of Tubo, Li Zhan smiled faintly and said, "Tubo is very strong, I admit it. However, I have the ability to destroy Tubo. Although I cannot catch up with the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, no matter how many people come to Tubo, I, Li Zhan, can lead the Tiger Army and the Tiger Army to drive out the territory of my Tang Dynasty."

"Zhan'er...you have to know that there are less than 16,000 troops from the Tiger Army and the Tiger Army?" Changsun Wuji looked at Li Zhan worriedly.

Li Zhan looked at Cheng Chumo and others on the side and shouted, "Are you afraid?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Chumo and Hou Guangliang... knelt down on one knee and shouted: "See Your Highness to the death..."

This scene made Li Dafu come over and smile and said, "Oh... I just have a simple meal, don't do this, get up, everyone gets up, today is a good day for Your Highness to be a father. Don't talk about the affairs in the court anymore. Come on... I'll bring a cup and toast you all."

Li Dafu came over to smooth things over, and finally everyone remembered the important things about coming to Li Zhan’s mansion today. With the food and drink, Li Zhan was still drinking too much tonight.

Seeing Li Zhan, who had drunk too much and didn't care about Tubo at all, Changsun Wuji and others didn't know what to say. According to Changsun Wuji's understanding of Li Zhan, Li Zhan should be confident, otherwise he wouldn't have been so indifferent to Tubo.

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At noon the next day, the drunk Li Zhan woke up faintly from his bed. He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yue'er and Hua Gu wipe him.

Maybe I vomited myself last night.

Li Zhan asked with a 'hmm': "When is it?"

"Oh... Your Highness is awake." Yue'er quickly replied happily: "It's already noon. Everyone has lunch. Are Your Highness hungry?"

"I'm not hungry yet... By the way, are the ladies and the children?" Li Zhan asked his wife and children.

"Everything is very good... Your Highness, don't worry... The little masters are all full. I just went to see it and I slept soundly." Yue'er smiled giggled.

Then, Hua Gu suddenly asked, "Your Highness, Miss Wei will not be really married to Tubo, right? I heard that the people in Tubo are all barbarians, they eat raw meat, and they drink blood."

Hua Gu's words made Li Zhan laugh, and then he touched the little girl's head with a doting touch: "Who did you hear?"

"Many people... say this, and I saw the wife crying, but the wife doesn't let us not tell you." Hua Gu looked at Li Zhan with her little head tilted.

Li Zhan nodded slightly. He also knew that his mother, Yue Niang, could not bear to let his daughter marry into Tubo, but Yue Niang did not tell his son that if Yue Niang asked Li Zhan, Li Zhan would definitely listen to Yue Niang. It was precisely because of this that Yue Niang was afraid of causing trouble to his son, so he hid his pain in his heart.

For Yue Niang, not letting Li Zhan be embarrassed is the biggest thing.

"I understand..." Li Zhan smiled and said, "Don't worry, whether it's Xing'er or you, Gu will protect you. You must be willing to get married, and Gu will prepare a dowry for each of you."

"I don't want it..."

Hua Gu and Yue'er said in unison.

"Uh..." This made Li Zhan stunned. Just when Li Zhan wanted to ask why, Old Ying's voice came from outside: "Have your Highness got up? The prince has been waiting outside for a while."

"Oh...!" Li Zhan immediately replied: "Get up, let Chengqian stay for a while, and I'll go right away."

After Li Zhan finished speaking, he said to Hua Gu and Yue'er: "Come on, serve me in dressing. You can't let our prince wait for a long time..."

"As for orders..." Hua Gu and Yue'er quickly moved faster.

After a while, Li Zhan was served, walked out of his room, followed behind Li Zhan, Yue'er asked, "Does Your Highness want to send you some food?"

"Well... Just send some soup cakes here."

"As for orders..."

In this way, Li Zhan walked into the room where Li Chengqian was waiting. What surprised Li Zhan was that the atmosphere in the room was not very good at this time. Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Changle and Gao Yang were staying in there together, and Gao Yang was still anxious and kept walking back and forth.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Zhan walked in with a smile.

After just letting Li Zhan enter the room, Gao Yang immediately rushed to Li Zhan and shouted: "Brother... hurry up and save Sister Sui'an...!"

The sister Sui'an mentioned by Gao Yang is actually Li Shimin's fourth daughter, Princess Sui'an. This Princess Sui'an is a miserable man. She married two people at the beginning. The previous son-in-law Dou Kui was from the Empress Taimu clan. She was the son of Dou Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was inherited from the title of Xindu. The princess and the son-in-law had a son named Dou Songtao.

But who knew that Dou Kui died early. At this time, the trend of the Tang Dynasty actually allowed a woman to remarry her husband if she died.

So Li Shimin asked his fourth daughter to remarry Wang Dali.

Wang Dali was of a low origin. During the Zhenguan period, he served as the captain of Xuanjie and was prepared for Qianniu. Wang Dali's great-grandfather Wang De and grandfather Wang Rui were several high-ranking officials, but his father Wang Lang only served as a clerk in Longxi County, Sui Dynasty and his writings.

Later, Wang Dali was appreciated by Li Shimin and rose to prominence, so he was able to be Princess Shang Sui'an.

When he heard Gao Yang say to save Sister Sui'an... Li Zhan frowned and said, "What happened?"

He followed Changle and said, "Brother... Sister Sui'an is so pitiful. He was bullied by the Wang family so miserably because Sister Sui'an insisted on bringing Songtao with her.

The Wang family has always been bad to Sister Sui'an!"

"Does Wang Dali want to die?" Li Zhan shouted angrily.

"It's not Wang Dali. Wang Dali is not in Chang'an now and has been sent to other places by his father. In fact, Wang Dali is very good to Sister Sui'an. He is not good to Sister Sui'an, but Wang Dali's brother and sister-in-law.

Sister Sui'an had some dowry in her hand, but these were given to Songtao in the future. However, the Wang family believed that Sister Sui'an's property should belong to the Wang family, so the family forced all the dowry in Sister Sui'an's hand to the Wang family.

But Sister Sui'an refused. Just now we found out that Sister Sui'an was about to give birth, but the Wang family deliberately refused to find a stable wife for Sister Sui'an. I went there, but the Wang family blocked her back."

"Li Chengqian...What are you doing for? Is your East Palace Liushi a decoration?" Li Zhan turned around and glared at Li Chengqian.

At this time, Li Chengqian stepped back and lowered his head and said, "Brother, forgive me. The East Palace dares not use swords and weapons. After all, the Wang family is a nobleman. If swords and weapons are used, it will make other nobles feel disappointed...!"

Without saying anything later, Li Zhan cursed: "Bastard, his sister is in danger of life and cares about the nobles. My Li family's royal family does not bully others, but whoever dares to bully my Li family's royal family, my Li family will definitely kill me...!

Li Chengqian...!"

"My brother is here..." Li Chengqian immediately bowed.

"Call Li Tai, Li You, Li Yan, Li Yun, Li Zhen, Li Zhi, Li Shen..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"As for the order..." Li Chengqian hurriedly ran out. He wanted to go to various palaces and palaces immediately to inform the news that Li Zhan was really angry this time.

Just after Li Chengqian left, Li Zhan looked at Li Ke, Changle, Gao Yang and said, "Let's go... to Wang Dali's mansion. Today I will not send troops as the King of Qin. My identity is the brother of Sister Sui'an. If anyone dares to touch my family, I, Li Zhan, will definitely not give up."

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“Get out of here…get out of here…!”

Li Chengqian rode wildly on his horse. For the first time, the prince lost his former dignity and kept rushing forward along the way. The first stop was the palace of King Li You of Qi. When he arrived at the door, the guards of King Li You of Qi were about to salute Li Chengqian.

But Li Chengqian rushed into Li You's mansion without saying a word.

At this time, Li You was watching the dance with his uncle Yin Hongzhi. At this moment, Li Chengqian ran in and shouted: "Sixth brother...sixth brother...!"

Li You was stunned and looked at Li Chengqian in surprise and asked, "Why is the prince here? Come and have a glass of water and wine."

"I won't drink anymore... My brother has an order and arrives at Wang Dali's mansion in half an hour. If anyone is overdue, my brother said, don't blame the labor and capital for not treating him as a brother." Li Chengqian finished shouting loudly.

Li You, who was already relaxed, suddenly jumped up from the chair and shouted, "I'll go right away... By the way, Prince, please go with me?"

"I have to go to other brothers, please go quickly. Brother is very angry this time, don't go too late!" Li Chengqian said.

On the one hand, Li You said repeatedly: I understand...!"

There are really few respectful attitudes.

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Chapter completed!