I have already established my power and prestige, so how did Li Shimin come back to life?

Li Shimin acted decisively and named this area Anxi Dao, implying that the stability of the Tang Dynasty would continue here. (This included most of present-day Kazakhstan, including eastern and southern Kazakhstan, all of Uzbekistan, including the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River basins, which are important agricultural and commercial areas, all of Kyrgyzstan, parts of Turkmenistan, and parts of northern Afghanistan and northern Iran.)

(There are two suspected places where Li Bai was born. One is the city of Suiye in Kyrgyzstan, which was historically part of the Tang Dynasty.)

May 3rd, the fifth year of Qianwu, was a day of great historical significance, as the Tang Empire and the Arab Empire officially connected on land.

The caravans between the two countries became increasingly frequent. Camels loaded with silk, porcelain and other Tang Dynasty specialties traveled westward in a mighty procession, while spices, jewelry and other rare treasures from Arabia also flowed into the Tang Dynasty in a steady stream.

Cultural exchanges also gradually increased. Arab scholars and Tang Dynasty literati exchanged knowledge with each other. Different ideas sparked brilliant sparks in the collision, adding new vitality to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

On the 22nd day of July in the Qianwu year, a touching event occurred at the foot of Songzhou City.

Yan Quan, the new governor of Songzhou, received an urgent message that a large number of Tibetans had gathered outside the city.

The Tubo people had previously experienced the tragic fate of national destruction and genocide. Their former national system had collapsed, and they had completely become a barbaric and backward tribe.

The land was originally barren and desolate, and in the past years, the Tang Dynasty did not pay much attention to it.

However, in the past two years, the climate has undergone miraculous changes. The temperature has gradually warmed up, and this Tubo, which was once considered a barren land, can now grow crops.

The fate of those Tibetan slaves who had been oppressed and treated worse than livestock also changed dramatically.

They broke free from the abyss of darkness and began to live like normal people. They worked hard on the land and grew a lot of food with their sweat and hard work.

In the past, they had never dared to imagine that the noble lords who were once high and mighty and oppressed them would have the same fate as today, wailing and screaming under the swords of the Tang army, and their heads rolling on the Loess Plateau, just like them.

The spark of hope was ignited in the hearts of these once oppressed souls, and all these changes came from the blade of the Tang Dynasty.

They were full of gratitude but didn't know how to express it. So, with the most simple emotions, they used the most precious food to pay tribute to the city of Songzhou to express their deep gratitude to the Tang Dynasty.

These Tibetans had very limited knowledge of the Tang Dynasty. They only knew that the majestic Songzhou City in front of them was the symbol of the Tang Dynasty, and they even naively believed that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty lived in this city.

In their pure hearts, the sun in the sky is everything to them, and it is the most noble and praiseworthy existence they can think of.

Therefore, they praised the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty as the sun of the tribe. In their cognition, the sun rises from the east, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is also in the east. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is the brightest and most dazzling sun in the east, and is the object of their admiration.

Yan Quan did not dare to slack off at all and immediately reported the matter to Chang'an.

His Majesty also attached great importance to it and responded quickly, ordering the retrieval of all Tubo lands, the abolition of slavery, and the establishment of the Tibet Road.

From then on, these slaves from the Tubo tribe officially became part of the Tang Dynasty, and they would start a new life under the protection of the Tang Dynasty.

At the end of the fifth year of Qianwu, the Tang Dynasty had added five new regions compared to the Zhenguan period, its territory had further expanded, its national strength had become stronger, and its reputation had spread far and wide. People all over the world were impressed by the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. It was truly a glorious chapter in the prosperous era.