Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"What else do you want to do?!"

First, the leaders and rulers of other forces on the plateau.

Now, it was his own civil and military officials who were at fault. Songtsen Gampo was so disgusted by Li Chengqian's shameless and disgusting methods that he gritted his teeth.

"If you're going to kill me, just do it cleanly. When Jieli and Tuli fell into your hands, didn't you kill them just as cleanly?!"

Li Chengqian ignored the guy.

Li Chengqian was not one to waste food. He ate enough for at least three people at every meal, but not a single grain of rice would be left in his bowl.

He winked at Wang De.

The latter immediately and respectfully led several eunuchs up, carrying another pot of wine, and poured a cup for the assembled Tibetan civil and military officials.

Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Chang'an, Galdonzan.

Thonmi Sambhuja, the Grand Minister and Minister of Education of Tibet.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chi Saidang Rugongdun.

Lunqinling, son of Gardonzan, commander of the Tibetan cavalry.

Niang Mangbujie Shangnang, the Tibetan garrison commander stationed in the Harsha colony.

Lhasang, the high priest of the Bon religion in Tibet...

The King of Da Ning only brought a thousand cavalry, but faced with the powerful force behind the Tang Dynasty, all the high-ranking and powerful figures from Tibet were obediently brought to Chang'an.

Everyone stared at the glass of wine in front of them, their pupils shrinking sharply.

Especially Gardonzan, who had been stationed in Chang'an for a long time, understood immediately upon seeing Li Chengqian's expression that what lay before him was a cup of poisoned wine.

Songtsen Gampo, realizing this as well, was instantly enraged, his face contorting in fury.

"I did all of this by myself, it has nothing to do with them! Li Chengqian, you..."

"Snapped!"

He struggled to get up, but instead received a strong slap from Murong Shun, the Prince of Ning, who had been on guard against him.

The blows made Songtsen Gampo's head buzz.

"Zanpu!"

"you......."

Several cries of sorrow rang out from among the Tibetan civil and military officials.

Li Chengqian didn't care whether he looked like a villain in a novel. He smiled faintly. At that moment, Wang De, along with a group of eunuchs carrying trays, came to Gar Dongzan and the others.

Place one in front of each person.

“I am a man who cherishes talent. Back then, the weakness of Tibet was known to the whole world. I didn’t even have the desire to send troops to fight you. But you people were able to follow the new policies of the Tang Dynasty and create the Tibet we have today by imitating them.”

"I highly approve of your abilities."

He smiled slightly, his gaze slowly falling first on Galdonzan.

"Lu Dongzan, I tried to win you over back then, wanting you to serve my Great Tang. Now I'm giving you another chance to choose. Even if Tibet is destroyed in the future, the Tibetan people will become the people of my Great Tang. Making them truly loyal to my Great Tang is a good thing that can make you go down in history."

All eyes fell on Galdonzan.

Gardonzan's face turned pale. Before him lay the poisoned wine of loyalty on one side and the official seal of the Tang Dynasty, a symbol of rapid advancement in his career on the other.

"I am willing to pledge my allegiance to you! I am willing to pledge my allegiance to you!"

Before Gardonzan could answer, anxious, yet difficult and obscure, voices of Tang language came from the crowd behind him.

But then they saw Lhasang, the high priest of the Bon religion in Tibet, squeeze out of the crowd.

He knelt down in front of Li Chengqian with a thud.

The "bang bang bang" sound was a series of kowtows.

When everyone turned around, they were shocked to find that all the Tibetan officials and civil servants had two choices, but only this Lhasang had the first cup of poisoned wine in front of him.

"Your Highness, I am useful. I am willing to serve the Tang Dynasty. Please give me a chance..."

Lasang wailed, but Li Chengqian merely rolled his eyes.

With a wave of his hand, Wang De summoned the old eunuch who had served Crown Prince Li Chengqian for many years. His eyes darkened, and a dozen or so young eunuchs rushed forward and pinned Nalasang down.

Then, someone brought over the poisoned wine, right before everyone's horrified and terrified eyes.

They poured it down his throat in ton after ton.

"Ooh! Ah... Ga!"

Poisoned wine is still wine, but at this moment, whether it was the Tibetan civil and military officials or the rulers of the various plateau kingdoms who were not allowed to leave, they all instinctively leaned back a few feet.

It seemed as if they were trying to avoid the alluring aroma of wine.

Li Chengqian's expression remained unchanged. He didn't even glance at the corpse with its eyes wide open in death. With Buddhism as a powerful tool to help pacify the plateau, the indigenous religion of Bon was of no use whatsoever.

"Gulp..."

Several highland kings were so frightened by the scene before them that their bodies tensed and they swallowed hard.

Cold sweat poured down my back.

Li Chengqian coldly looked at everyone, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Our Great Tang Dynasty appreciates your abilities and talents, but we don't necessarily need you.

Galdonzan looked pained, but his son, Lunqinling, standing behind him, became anxious and secretly nudged his father twice.

Seeing that the other party still couldn't make a choice.

He immediately gritted his teeth.

He stepped forward and knelt down on one knee in front of Li Chengqian with a thud.

"Your Highness, Lun Qinling is willing to serve you!"

“Lun Qinling, you…” Galdonzan stared at his son in horror.

Lun Qinling suddenly turned around, looking at him with a disappointed expression.

“Father, our Gar family is not Songtsen Gampo’s loyal followers. Haven’t you always taught me to be loyal to a truly capable and wise monarch?”

“It was Songtsen Gampo who couldn’t control his desires and wanted to covet more land. Father, you did try to persuade him!”

A hint of appreciation appeared in Li Chengqian's eyes as he looked at this young man who was only in his twenties or thirties.

Those who know the current affairs are handsome.

Songtsen Gampo clenched his fists and stared at his opponent, but the latter, Lun Qinling, met his gaze without any fear.

“Zanpu, don’t blame me. When we attacked Harsha, I tried to persuade you, but you didn’t listen to me at all, nor did you heed my father’s advice. Even I was just a hostage kept by your side to keep my father in check.”

“I am skilled in archery and horsemanship, and have the courage to fight on the battlefield, but you want to treat me like a caged canary, wanting to waste my potential…”

It's clear that Lunqinling had long harbored resentment towards Songtsen Gampo.

At this moment, in front of everyone, he launched into a tirade against Songtsen Gampo, seemingly with a sense of catharsis.

Li Chengqian became increasingly satisfied.

"Do you want to go into battle and kill the enemy?" he asked.

Lun Qinling bowed his head obediently, but his voice was firm and powerful: "I want it! I dream about it!"

Li Chengqian nodded. He was a simple, ruthless killer who craved battle.

Wang De casually poured out the poisoned wine, while Lun Qinling stood aside, carrying his tray bearing his official seal and token.

With Lun Qinling stepping forward, especially with the other party's statement that "our Gar family is not Songtsen Gampo's loyalist," many people were given a way out.

Immediately, under Songtsen Gampo's piercing gaze, the pragmatic Tibetan civil and military officials made their own choices.

Finally, Gar Tongtsen and Thonmi Sambhota let out a long sigh.

He picked up the tray in front of him, then knelt down...

A cup of poisoned wine was placed in front of Songtsen Gampo.

"This wine is painless. After drinking it, you will feel as if you are asleep, and you will also be much more dignified."

Li Chengqian looked calmly at Songtsen Gampo, who had already lost all his cards.

He ultimately failed to tame this ambitious wolf king.

Songtsen Gampo ultimately died because of his ambition.

........

On the day of Gengshen in the eighth month of the seventh year of the Zhenguan era, the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo, harboring disloyal intentions again, was captured by the Tang army and sent to Chang'an in chains. At that time, the chieftains of various tribes on the plateau—including Nepalese chieftain Udaya, Zhangzhung king Li Mixia, and the Eastern Women's Kingdom Medo Yangjin, totaling twenty-seven kingdoms—gathered before the Hanyuan Hall to jointly impeach him. The Censorate received over a hundred petitions from the Tibetan people, detailing the harm caused by the king's tyrannical rule and conquests. Crown Prince Chengqian, acting as regent, convened the three departments for deliberation and, on the grounds of "ingratitude and disloyalty, disrupting the peace of the snowy land," ordered him to be poisoned on Zhuque Street, along with his sister Samaga. An imperial edict ordered that they be buried together with royal honors at Longshou Plain north of the Wei River, with a tomb shaped like the sun and moon, and the inscription "Tomb of the Rebellious King Songtsen Gampo and his Sister Samaga" carved on the back of the stele.

The Tibetan Empire subsequently fell, having lasted for 217 years.

On the day of Jiaxu in the ninth month, the former territory of Tubo was divided into the Zangyuan Circuit, and the border troops of Longyou, Hedong, and Hexi were assigned to assist in its defense. Li Xuanyun, the prefect of Shanzhou, was transferred to be the prefect of the Zangyuan Circuit, and was further granted the title of Grand Master of the Palace and Military Governor of Tubo, establishing his own government in Lhasa. Xuanyun was a direct descendant of the Li clan of Guzang, and had previously built the Chishui military city while stationed in Qinghai, possessing deep knowledge of the Qiang and Rong tribes. The Crown Prince specially bestowed upon him a saddle made of gold-threaded burl wood, decreeing: "The snowy land has just been pacified; no one but you can govern it."