History of Tang: Reject Navi? The "victim" of partisanship
preface
There are thousands of choices on the road of life, each of which leads to a different answer, and we are thinking at the fork in the road, because one wrong step is a disaster; one wrong step is a lifelong regret.
cause
Li Deyu served as the envoy of Xichuan Jiedushi: In 830, Li Deyu was demoted to the position of Envoy of Xichuan Jiedushi, and later resisted the invasion of Tubo in Xichuan.
▲Li Deyu
outcome
Cow monks and children resigned: In 832 AD, Tang Wenzong became more and more dissatisfied with the cattle monks and children, and the cow monks and children also noticed it, so they decided to resign personally.
▲ Cow monks and children
disposal
1. Changes in border areas
After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline, and the once invincible Tang Dynasty has become able to be bullied by neighboring countries. In the Xichuan border area of Datang, it was close to Nanzhao and Tubo, and for this reason they repeatedly violated the border of Datang.
Nanzhao and Tubo even brutally killed the people of the Tang Dynasty, and there was still a rivalry between the parties within the imperial court, and the war between the cattle monks and Li Deyu was also on the verge of breaking out, but Li Deyu was young after all, and he could not fight the cattle monks and children, so in the end Li Deyu was defeated and was sent to Xichuan to serve as the envoy of Xichuan Jiedushi.
▲Nishikawa Jiedushi
Although li deyu came here because of the official defeat, But Li Deyu was not discouraged, watching the Tang border being bullied a lot, at this time Li Deyu was determined to revitalize the momentum, stabilize the border, and prevent other countries from invading.
It has to be said that Li Deyu was still very successful, And Xichuan had gradually stabilized, and at this time, the deputy envoy of Tubo Weizhou began to surrender to Li Deyu because he was not satisfied with Tubo's rule.
Li Deyu was worried about this plan, so Li Deyu went to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to make a decision, but after the cattle monks and children saw the news, they were very worried that Li Deyu would enter the dprk again, so they tried their best to obstruct it.
▲ Victoria
2. The cattle-plum controversy
The Victorian deputy envoys surrendered sincerely, so they brought Victorian soldiers and horses and seals to Chengdu, where Li Deyu was stationed, and Li Deyu saw that they were sincerely surrendering, so he decided to accept it and sent someone to Victoria to inspect.
Victoria was the border area between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty, and it can be said that the geographical location is very important, so everyone is cautious, and the emperors at the imperial court also feel suspicious.
Niu Monks and Children just took advantage of the emperor's suspicious nature to tell Tang Wenzong that Tubo had a vast territory and that it was nothing to lose a Victoria, but he was afraid that he would make friends with Tubo now, and if Tang Wenzong accepted Victoria, it would be easy to break this pattern of friendly coexistence, so he should not accept Victoria.
But the court officials said that they could take Victoria, and that Victoria was surrendered, not attacked by us. Seeing Tang Wenzong swaying from side to side, the cattle monks and children spoke again, saying that if they really accepted Victoria, it would be easy to break with the Kansai region of Tubo at that time, and it would be easy to have another war.
When Tang Wenzong heard about it, he was also very worried about the occurrence of war, so he decided not to take Victoria, but this put Li Deyu in a dilemma in Xichuan.
▲ Tang Wenzong
Because Li Deyu knew that the deputy envoy of Victoria really wanted to surrender and did not have any plans, and when Li Deyu was preparing to surrender, he also repeatedly said that he would definitely report to the imperial court, and the surrender would definitely be done properly.
However, Li Deyu did not expect that the imperial court would not accept Victoria, and the words he had expressed to help the deputy envoy of Victoria had become a vain statement.
Although Li Deyu was not satisfied, the emperor's order could not be violated, and he could only refuse to accept victoria's surrender at will.
▲ Li Deyu stills
3. Victoria's Sea of Blood
The Tang Dynasty did not accept the surrender of Victoria, and the Tubo on the other side also knew about the surrender of Victoria, so they went on a killing spree in Victoria and wantonly slaughtered the city, not even sparing the baby.
Tubo's purpose was to warn those who wanted to surrender through bloody means, so Victoria became a sea of blood, and the screams resounded throughout Victoria, and the life of three hundred people in victoria was buried in tubo's hands.
Although the Tang Dynasty only refused to accept Victoria, Tubo's bloody means made the surrounding small countries see it, and they said that they would follow Tubo closely and would not leave Tubo.
▲ Tubo
Many tribes have even thought of defecting to the Tang Dynasty, and after seeing the matter in Victoria, they all bowed to Tubo's men. Moreover, at that time, Datang had agreed with Tubo not to invade again, and as a result, after this incident, Tubo did not keep his promise and attacked Luzhou.
Soon after, Emperor Wenzong of Tang recalled Wang Jianyan, who was serving as a supervisor in Xichuan, and realized that there was no conspiracy to surrender Victoria, but simply dissatisfaction with Tubo's rule.
Moreover, after Li Deyu let the deputy envoy of Victoria return, Tubo's bloody means were terrible, which led to Tubo gaining people's hearts, and the surrounding tribes or small countries did not dare to surrender to Datang, so this matter was still done by Datang.
When Tang Wenzong heard about it, he was also very remorseful, so he began to complain about the cattle monks and children, because if it were not for the instigation of the cattle monks and children, now Victoria was already the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it could still win the hearts of the people.
At this time, the chancellor also took the opportunity to say that the cattle monks and children were only blocked in order to prevent Li Deyu from having merit, which made Tang Wenzong even more disgusted with the cattle monks and children.
▲ Cow monks and children stills
brief summary
The rejection of Nawi caused the Tang Dynasty to lose the opportunity to expand the plate, and also made the Tang Dynasty's border areas without security.
【References】
1. Old Book of Tang, Biography of Li Deyu
2. New Book of Tang, Biography of Li Deyu
3. Zizhi Tongjian