What were the problems when the emperor of the Tang Dynasty met with the Tibetan envoys?

I think the Tubo envoy asked by the landlord refers to the question that Songtsan Gambu sent envoys to ask for relatives.

Many years ago, Tubo Zambson Zagambo was born. He is a talented holy king with both civil and military skills. At the age of sixteen, he personally took charge of state affairs. He worships the culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and has long wanted to send someone to Chang 'an to get married.

One day, Guelton, the chief minister of the Holy King, praised: "It is said that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had a princess with 64 kinds of talents (the ideal requirements of Tibetans for women), with excellent appearance and virtuous temperament. She is indeed the best concubine for Zamp. Why not send envoys, bring gifts and seek marriage? "

The holy king was very happy when he heard this, so he appointed Gail as the marriage envoy and immediately prepared to go to Chang 'an. At the same time, he took out seven gold coins and a pair of armor inlaid with rubies and gave it to Gail, saying, "These seven gold coins are gifts for the Tang emperor, and this armor is a dowry for the princess. With all your wisdom, I believe I will succeed immediately. "

When the holy king saw him off, he took out three secret letters and said to Gail, "If you go to the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty will definitely give you a problem. Submitting these three letters may be helpful to you. " Say that finish, give three secret letters to Gail, and give horses and needed items.

On the eighth day of April in the Tibetan Fire Monkey Year, Gail bid farewell to the Tibetan king and led a hundred knights to Chang 'an. After a long journey of several months, I came to Chang 'an, Han Kyoto.

Chang 'an City is square, with a gate in the southeast and northwest. There are many palaces in the city, resplendent and magnificent, surrounded by walls more than ten meters high and moats more than fifty meters wide outside the walls. At the four corners of the city wall, there are exquisite and ingenious drum towers. There are towering cornices and animal ridges on the gate, and the arrow tower with carved beams and painted buildings is extremely magnificent. Gail and his entourage nodded in praise, and admiration came to their hearts.

At this time, the envoys of neighboring countries have already arrived here. The envoys of India's Buddhist countries live in the East Gate, the envoys of Hall's powerful country live in the North Gate, the envoys of Persian financial countries live in the West Gate, and the envoys of Gesar military forces live in the south, with nowhere to rest. They are temporarily placed in an inn opened by a woman in the northeast corner.

In order to please the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, courtiers of various countries took out a large number of rare treasures as gifts and dredged them with gold and silver jewelry. They soon met the emperor and were warmly treated. However, when the Tibetan envoy Gail asked for an audience, he was refused and asked to continue waiting in the same place.

On the morning of the seventh day, Emperor Tang went out of the palace by bus, and the clever Gail immediately went to wait in front of the palace. Wait, wait, wait until the sun goes down, and then I see Luan Jia coming back. When approaching the palace gate, Gail met the yellow satin sedan chair in front and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please accept the heartfelt blessing of the Tibetan king!" " Take the opportunity to present a gift with both hands: "Although these seven gold coins are not rare, they are cast with the Big Dipper to show the respect of the Tibetan king for your majesty;" This armor is a treasure handed down from ancient times by Tubo. Whenever people and animals suffer from plague, wear it around the city for a week, which can eliminate all diseases; If there is hail in the sky, you can wear it to patrol the fields and avoid the hail disaster; Fight the enemy, and you can win every battle with it. Now, as a dowry for your majesty, please marry the princess to our Tibetan king Song and praise her! "

The Tang Emperor dotes on the princess, and the envoys of the four countries have overwhelmed him. Now suddenly, a special envoy of the Tibetan king appeared, feeling like a flock of fried sheep, and suddenly it was a mess, but it was inconvenient to refuse in person. After some meditation, don Juan came up with a way:

"It's not difficult for me to promise you to propose to the Tibetan king, but there is a question for you to go back and ask your Tibetan king. You should bring his calligraphy back within one month." Tang Gaozong deliberately paused, and then said, "You ask him, when did the Tubo Kingdom formulate the Ten Good Kings Law? If it is made, it can be implemented and the princess can marry him. "

Gal was shocked when he heard the news. Han and Fan are separated by thousands of miles in Qian Shan, and at least they have a trip to Wan Li. Even if you ride the best horse and run day and night, let alone a month or three months, it's hard to finish. When he was in a dilemma, he remembered the instructions of the Tibetan king when he left. Gail boldly replied: "Your Majesty, this matter is not difficult, and it will not take a month." Gail also deliberately paused, took a leisurely look at the Tang Emperor, and then said, "Your majesty's question has been answered in a letter from our Tibetan king. Please have a look. " Present the first letter with both hands.

Tang Huang paused, then looked at it. He saw a few lines written in gold juice on magnetic blue paper: "Your Majesty, wise emperor, you have strict king laws, but we don't have Tubo. If your majesty likes the Ten Good Kings Law and is willing to marry the princess to me, I can be five thousand incarnations, and I can do it in one day and execute it immediately. " Don Juan was confused after reading it. How did he know the question I was going to ask in advance? On second thought, maybe it's just a coincidence. I ask again, "Go back and ask him when the Tubo can build a temple. If a temple can be built, my daughter will definitely marry him. Come back quickly, don't delay. " Say that finish, he waved to Gail, motioned for him to step down. However, Gail still knelt still, took out the second letter from his pocket and handed it in, saying, "It's not worth running back and forth to ask that sentence. My king's answer has been brought."

Don Juan was secretly taken aback. He quickly finished the letter, seeing that it was clearly written and the answer was clever. Don Juan was even more surprised, but he pretended to ask the third question calmly. Gail took out the third letter and answered it watertight.

These three letters perfectly answered the emperor's questions. Make the Tang emperor wake up slowly from the indecision and panic. He raised his longan and looked at Gail again and again from top to bottom. He admired the Tibetan king. It seems that the matter of choosing a husband for the princess cannot be rushed, and it needs long-term consideration. So, he promised to consider this proposal, waited for the notice, and hurried up and entered the palace.

Don Juan went back to the palace to discuss with the queen, prince and princess which country to marry. Don Juan likes Buddhism to protect the country, saying that the princess is going to marry the Indian Buddha. The queen is a person who likes wealth, so she said that the princess would marry the Persian wealth country. The prince was brave and said that he would marry the princess to the master. The princess herself began to want to choose a handsome and tall man, so she became interested in King Gelsall. But today, when she saw three secret letters from the Tibetan king, the balance in her heart obviously sank to the Tubo side. These heartfelt words are not convenient to tell parents directly, so the method of "comparing wisdom" is put forward to inspect the marriage messenger and choose a good marriage.

Emperor Tang readily agreed to the princess's suggestion. The next day, he personally summoned the envoys of various countries and announced in the temple: "I treat all wedding envoys equally, regardless of relatives or friends, regardless of thickness." In order to choose the best husband, everyone will compete for wisdom. Whoever wins will marry the princess to their king. "

Say that finish, don Juan took out a piece of walnut-sized, crystal clear pine otolith. There are two holes in the waist and lower part of the pine ear stone, which are as thin as needle eyes and arc-shaped. Then he took out a red silk thread and said to the envoys, "whoever can thread the silk thread into the hole of the jewel will win."

People often say that quick wits are used. In order to gain time, Gail said to other envoys, "Dear envoys, you came to China first and got the favor of the emperor. So please take the exam first. Say that finish, Gail looked down and came up with a threading method. Suddenly, he found an ant running on the ground. Gail's face lit up at once. She reached out and took out a little sugar residue from her pocket and scattered it on the ground. When ants see such good food, they enjoy it and never run around again.

At this time, the envoys of India, Persia, Gesar and Hall used awls, bristles, ropes and other tools to thread one by one, and no one could get in. Finally, it was the turn of the clever Tubo minister Gail. He unhurriedly picked up the ant from the ground, tied one end of the silk thread around its waist, and then put the ant on the hole of the jewel. With a gentle blow, the ants dragged the silk thread slowly through the hole with the wind, and the green pine otolith was worn on the red silk thread, which was particularly bright. "Your majesty, I have done as you told me. Please marry the princess to our Tibetan king! " Don Juan hesitated for a moment and ordered to try again.

The next day, Emperor Taizong asked the guards to distribute 500 sheep to the envoys of the five countries, and asked them to kill 100 sheep in one day, eat the meat, knead the sheepskin into leather, and whoever won would marry the princess to the king.

Guergen and his knights each killed a sheep, cooked the meat and cut it into small pieces, then let everyone form a circle and eat the meat with salt. When eating meat, the person in front rubs the sheepskin seven times, and then passes it on to the person behind, so on and so on. They rubbed it while eating and passed it on. Before the sun goes down, the meat is finished and the sheepskin is polished. At this time, other envoys were still eating meat, and of course they couldn't help rubbing sheepskin. Seeing the outcome, Emperor Taizong came up with the next topic: "I will give you one hundred hens and one hundred chickens each, and whoever can tell the mother-child relationship between them will win."

As soon as the emperor's voice fell, the guards sent 200 chickens. In the face of this messy flock of chickens, the envoys shook their heads again and again, and some kept waving their hands, indicating that they could do nothing. Guergen guards picked up distiller's grains and spread them evenly on the ground. At this moment, I saw pairs of chickens pecking together. One is a chicken pecking at the neck in panic, and the other is a hen. Distinguish between mother and child.

Gail won again, but the emperor still has a game to play. He pointed to a pile of logs in the distance and said, "Tomorrow, whoever can tell the roots and tips of these logs will win."

The next day, Gail rushed into the palace and saw the envoys talking around the Woods. It turns out that these Woods are all the same thick at the head and tail. Without saying a word, Gail directed his entourage to throw all the wood into the lake. I saw one end of the wood sinking into the water and the other end floating on the water. Gail pointed to the wood on the lake and said, "The sinking end is the root, and the floating end is the treetop." Although Don Juan admired Gail's cleverness in his heart, he had to try again for the sake of caution.

The next day, Emperor Taizong ordered 100 mares and 100 ponies to say to the envoys of various countries, "Who can find out their mother-child relationship?"

The envoys of all countries looked at each other, but there was nothing anyone could do. Only Gail came forward and said, "I'll do it." He chained the ponies in the stable so that they wouldn't see the mare's face, and he didn't give them fodder or water all night. The next morning, he put the pony in front of a group of mares. The ponies are hungry and thirsty, so they go to their mother for milk. In this way, their mother-child relationship was suddenly found out.

One night, gongs and drums came from the palace. Other ministers heard the drums and entered the palace one after another. Only Gail stayed motionless in the shop. Seeing his honesty and kindness, the female shopkeeper was very sympathetic. Now seeing him motionless, she stepped forward to remind him that the gong and drum of the envoy were heard in the palace. Gail suddenly realized this and hurried out of the inn with his entourage. At this time, it was late and the bright moon was in the sky, and Gail suddenly became careful; He thought that if the moon sets in the west, it is the easiest to get lost in the dark, so it is best to get ready as soon as possible. He asked his entourage to make many marks on the way to the palace.

When Danguel came to the temple, he looked around, but he saw the lights and candles shining and the feast was ready. When the emperor saw Gail come in, he invited him to sit down until late at night. At this moment, Tang Xing got up and announced: "Dear envoys, please go back at once. Whoever gets to his place first will win. "

The envoys were drunk for nine minutes, so they hurried out of the palace, and then the cold wind blew and made a fool of themselves. Besides, although Gail was a little drunk at that time, he borrowed a lantern from the eunuch in the palace before leaving the palace, and soon found a place to live along the way. The next day, Emperor Taizong personally announced to everyone that Minister Gail had won again.

After winning all six competitions, Gail said, "Your Majesty, I have won many competitions every time. You should keep your promise and marry the princess to my Tibetan king." However, Emperor Taizong said: "The previous competitions can only show your Xiao Zhi Xiaohui, which is nothing; . Now I've decided to invite you to the East Gate tinker in three days. Who can find a princess from 300 beautiful women? I will honor my promise on the spot. "

Gail went back to the store and moped all day. Discovered by the female shopkeeper, Gail confided her distress: the princess's wedding was blocked many times, but fortunately, we all won, and now we have to choose one princess in a hundred. I've never seen a princess. How to choose? If it fails, it will be in vain. The female shopkeeper was very moved and decided to help sincerely, but she was afraid of being known by a military adviser who could pinch and calculate in the imperial court. Gail taught her how to deal with it. The female shopkeeper, who was the wet nurse of the princess in her early years, described the physical characteristics of Princess Wencheng very clearly. Gail took the shopkeeper's words to heart.

In the third place, 300 beautiful women as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade were neatly arranged in the East Campus, and the onlookers surrounded the East Campus. After listening to three shots, Emperor Taizong solemnly announced that the envoys of various countries elected the princesses in order.

Indian envoys were dazzled by this beautifully dressed and bejeweled team. He thought, the emperor's princess is always different from the general maid, just find a beautiful and gorgeous woman to insure it. So, he chose two women with luxurious clothes from the team and proudly led the factory out. Then, the envoys of Persia Gesar and Hortu, like the Indian envoys, chose the most beautiful "princess" in turn.

Gail saw that all the other envoys denied the princess, and a hanging heart fell into her stomach. He came to the front of the team with an arrow shaft in his hand, looking from beginning to end, looking, looking, looking. When he found the 294th woman, he saw bees and butterflies hovering around, smelling fragrant. When he looked carefully before he left, it was really nice. Look at her, her slim figure is neither tall nor short, her simple dress can't hide her youthful style, her oval face is thin, and her eyebrows are bright and vivid like pearls. Gail couldn't restrain her inner excitement and made a deep gift to the princess. He grasped the princess's cloak with an arrow shaft and said, "Dear princess, Song Zambu, king of Fan Ye and Tibet, sent me to invite you." The words sound just fell and the princess meekly walked out of the factory.

Emperor Taizong was very happy to see Gail leading the princess, and ordered the palace gate official to announce the imperial edict on the spot:

"I, Princess Tang Emperor Wencheng, formally betrothed Tubo and Tubo King Songzan Gambu, set out another day and got married in Losom (Lhasa). Respect this. "

At that time, firecrackers exploded and cheers thundered, and the whole Chang 'an was as lively as a pot.

When Tang Dazong returned to the palace, he saw his daughter with a sad face and tears in her eyes. He came forward to comfort him and said, "Song Zan, the king of Tibet, is a handsome boy who can predict the future. He is indeed a rare monarch in the world today; Gail is resourceful. He has won many competitions, which shows that Shine Wong has a good eye for pearls and he knows people well. You are the queen of Tubo, you are very useful! "

Hearing this, the princess flew up with a rosy blush on her face and a surprise in her eyes. But at the thought of leaving my parents, it is hard to see them again, and tears roll down like broken beads. As soon as Don Juan saw it, he understood his daughter's feelings and sincerely comforted: "Tubo is located in the plateau, rich in products, but backward in culture and still very poor. You brought the culture and technology of the Tang Dynasty to Tubo, taught them to grow grain, develop crafts, recite Buddhist scriptures, establish the law of kings, and enrich the people and strengthen the country; When you become a queen, you must respect the king above, love the people below, be consistent in words and deeds, be modest and prudent, and let the Tibetan and Han nationalities live in harmony and friendly exchanges from generation to generation. This is your best return to the Tang royal family. "

The princess was inspired by her father's teaching. Immediately came the Tubo envoy Gail, who inquired about the geography, climate, folk customs and customs of Tubo in detail. Seeing this, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was overjoyed. He immediately called ministers, set a date for people to hide, and hosted a banquet for the envoys in Tibet. He also ordered the minister of civil and military affairs to make the princess's dowry and gifts day and night.

The following summer, Emperor Tang led the queen and members of the royal family to bid farewell to Princess Wencheng. In the cheers of the civil servants in the Qing Dynasty and the whole city, the princess bid farewell to her parents, got on a wooden cart with a white horse, and asked the minister Gail to lead the cavalry. Accompanied by 500 maids, servants and craftsmen, she marched on Tubo with the grain seeds, Chinese classics, Buddhist scriptures and statues and various production tools given by Emperor Taizong.

The princess arrived in Lhasa, surveyed and built Jokhang Temple, and planted Liu Tang in front of it. Then he held a special grand wedding with the holy king Songzan Gambu. In Lhasa, there are thousands of people and hundreds of song and dance performances, which is an unprecedented grand celebration.