jdhmnovel Chapter 1100 The Only Answer
Chapter 1100 The Only Answer
"Will there still be Tubo in this world?" After hearing what His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said, Lu Dongzan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince of Chu... things have come to this point, why... why do you have to tease me anymore?"
"Since you have already pledged your loyalty, I will naturally give you face." His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that Lu Dongzan was too pessimistic. "Let's set up a Tubo Protectorate! Then you, Lu Dongzan, will be the Grand Commander! By the way, when you help the Tang army to destroy Tuyuhun, you will start as a Duke and end up as a Prince. How about this treatment, is it enough to satisfy you, Lu Dongzan?"
"..." Lu Dongzan actually knew that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had not lied to him, but he was even more aware of what he had to pay for such a generous reward: "Your Highness... Tubo... is not just about nobles like me. Those great Bon masters... they will not agree."
"What if they don't agree?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu put away his smile and said, "Lu Dongzan, in fact, haven't you and Songtsen Gampo always wanted to attack the Bon religion? What, do you think that I am not as good as you two?"
His Royal Highness the King of Chu was not wrong - ever since Songtsen Gampo conquered the Zhangzhung Dynasty and unified Tubo, the conflict between royal power and religious power was doomed.
"Your Highness, the King of Chu... that's not what I meant..." Lu Dongzan immediately revealed a panicked tone when he heard this: "I just think... maybe we can change this situation in a gentle way."
"I am quite gentle." After saying this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu turned his head to look at Yuan Tiangang who was trying to hold back his laughter beside him: "Gangzi, am I not gentle?"
"Your Highness...you are quite gentle." Gangzi was used to telling lies with open eyes.
"Take a look!" After getting a satisfactory answer, His Royal Highness the King of Chu turned around and spread his hands to Lu Dongzan: "Lu Dongzan, don't hold a prejudice against me."
"..." Lu Dongzan didn't know what to say now.
Especially when the other party came up with the term "Tibetan Protectorate", Lu Dongzan knew that things were going to get bad.
However, worse is yet to come.
“Lu Dongzan, I am really kind to Tubo.” Seeing that the other party did not speak, His Royal Highness the King of Chu continued, “You know Master Xuanzang, right? He is a great monk of our Tang Dynasty! He traveled west for more than ten years to obtain the Mahayana Buddhism and save all living beings!
Didn't you and Songtsen Gampo also send people to India to study? Then you should know how rare it is to find such a great monk.
Now, I intend to let this eminent monk stay in Tubo and give priority to saving you, the future citizens of the Tang Dynasty. Do you think this kindness is great? "
When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, Lu Dongzan was the only one who was shocked. The other people in the hall - especially Zhang Zhenxuan, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng - all looked incredulous.
"Don't look at me like that, you three." Upon seeing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu glanced at the three people and said impatiently, "They are family members after all. What's wrong with me being partial to them? Don't be jealous of Lu Dongzan. He will definitely prove with his actions in the future that my preference for him is worth it!"
"..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, Lu Dongzan wanted to draw his sword and chop someone.
Damn it! Who are you kidding? !
Do you really think that I am in Tibet and I don’t know that there has always been a “Buddhist-Taoist dispute” in the Central Plains? !
Leaving Master Xuanzang in Tubo, huh...
Are you sincere in letting others preach?
You are using this to merge Buddhism and Bonism - although this was also the plan that Songtsen Gampo and I had planned before, but...
King of Chu, King of Chu...you have taken all the benefits, and yet you are trying to make me feel grateful?!
Don’t you think about who will be responsible for this matter in the end?
Songtsen Gampo was about to be taken to Chang'an - it was already commendable that he could be blamed for being "arrogant and conceited, causing the King of Chu to be angry and come in person to teach him about his disrespectful behavior with the kingly way."
As for the blame that was thrown at me later, the "Tubo Protectorate", "helping the Tang Dynasty to destroy Tuyuhun", "Master Xuanzang went to Tubo to spread Buddhism" - shouldn't all of these be put on my head? !
"Lu Dongzan, why don't you look happy?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu hadn't slept well to begin with, so his patience was even more limited, and his tone was also aggressive: "Well, I will also abide by the rule of 'When two armies are fighting, do not kill the envoys' today - or you can go back now and summon all the princes of Tubo to have a blood-boiling, egg-to-stone battle with me?"
"Your Highness, you are joking..." Hearing this, Lu Dongzan hurriedly laughed and said, "How could I--"
"I'm not joking." His Royal Highness the King of Chu interrupted the other party before he finished speaking, "Lu Dongzan, I really admire you. If you were my retainer, I would definitely pay you tribute. But if you were my enemy...
If I don't squeeze all your value out of you and then grind you to dust, I will feel that I am too soft-hearted!
Lu Dongzan, do you think I am a kind-hearted person? "
"Your Highness...I understand." Lu Dongzan knew that there was only one way before him: "Everything will be done according to your wishes, Your Highness!"
"That's right!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu stood up from his seat, then walked down the stairs, came to Lu Dongzan, and helped him up from the ground: "As long as you do what I told you just now, all the credit can be attributed to you.
You can even write a letter to Chang'an and tell my father, the tyrant, that all this was your idea.
And by then, I will also support this statement.
I believe that the tyrant will give you and your descendants a good future."
"..." Lu Dongzan knew that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was sincere in his words.
But he also knew that once he did this, there would be no turning back.
“Lu Dongzan, the Tibetan Plateau must belong to the Tang Dynasty…” After seeing the hesitation in the other party’s eyes, His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly said, “Not only Tibetans, but also the Western Regions.
I don't care what you think, the fact is this - if you want peace, unification is the only answer!"