How much gold did Songzan Gambo give the Tang King to make Princess Wencheng his wife?

The story of Princess Wencheng in the Tang Dynasty entering Tibet to marry Tubo Zampson Zagambo has been circulated for more than 1000 years. According to legend, King Songzan Gambo of Tibet sent an envoy named Lu Dongzan to Chang 'an to propose marriage. At that time, Turks, Persia, Hall, Cossacks, Tubo and other forces all sent envoys to Chang 'an to propose marriage. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty discussed with his ministers and came up with several difficult problems to test these envoys.

The first problem is to put 100 pony in the middle and 100 mare tied around. Let the messenger tell each pony's biological mother. The angel of the king of Tibet asked people to feed the mares with good forage and make them full. The big mare barked at her pony to nurse. So the Tibetan king's emissary solved this problem with no effort. The second problem is to pass a thread through a piece of jade with a curved hole in the middle. The angel of the Tibetan king caught a small ant, first glued a thin thread to the ant's foot, and then put some honey on another hole in the jade. The ant smelled the smell of honey, quickly went in along the curved hole, and of course won again. The third problem is to dig out a big wood with roughly two ends, so that the seven messengers can distinguish which is the treetop and which is the root, and tell the truth at the same time. The other messengers read it again and again, measured it again and again, but they couldn't say it. The messenger of the king of Tibet told people to put wood in the river. As soon as the wood floats, the front is light and the back is heavy. The light is the tip, and the heavy is the root, which is very clear. The cleverness of the emissary of the Tibetan king surprised the emperor and he liked him very much.

Finally, there is a question: 500 girls dressed exactly the same, who can recognize this princess? The other messengers chose the most beautiful one, but they all admitted their mistakes. The envoy of the Tibetan king learned from a group of old women that the princess loved to wear perfume since she was a child and often led bees to fly over her head. At the suggestion of the old woman, the angel of the Tibetan king recognized the princess from 500 girls. The emperor was very happy and agreed to betroth the princess to the king of Tibet. The angel of the Tibetan king met the princess and said, "When you go to Tibet, you don't need to bring anything else. You just need to bring some food seeds, hoes and craftsmen to help us grow more and better crops in Tibet." So Princess Wencheng went to Tibet, and the emperor gave her 500 loads of grain seeds, 1000 loads of hoes and plows, and hundreds of the best craftsmen.

Is this story true? How was Princess Wencheng married by Songzan Gambu in history?

In fact, Songzan Gambu chasing Princess Wencheng is playing hooligans. Because Songzan Gambu is authentic Gao Fushuai, rich and willful!

In the eighth year of Zhenguan (AD 634), Songzan Gambu sent messengers to Chang 'an to pay tribute to Li Shimin, the son of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Songzan Gambu was also a local bully. "Its neighbors, Yang and Qiang, are in the same place." Of course, Li Shimin was very happy. Such a rather strong little leader sent someone to show his kindness. Although he has more power, more servants and more money, he is a man of status after all. He always wants to bleach himself, do good deeds and serve others, and he can't beat others easily. Fighting is sacrificing one's own economy. So Li Shimin sent Feng Dexia to Tubo for a friendly return visit with his letter. I didn't know something was wrong!

After Feng Dexia arrived in Tubo, he chatted with Songzan Gambu very congenially. "Old Tang Book" contains: (Songzan Gambu) Seeing Dexi. I didn't say how happy, but it should be very high (I don't know if there is any translation), just take the oath in Taoyuan. Chatting, I don't know how to let Songzan Gambu know that there are many daughters of the emperor, so many that they are given away everywhere (in fact, Li Shimin does have 2 1 daughters, and two of them died early, 1 died before 12 was married. ) and they are all beautiful. In particular, "I won the praise of Turks and Tuguhun, won the princess, and sent money to beg for fainting, but the emperor refused."

I don't know if the messenger who accompanied Feng Deya to Chang 'an to propose marriage was wronged in Chang 'an or was bought by Xue Yantuo. When he went back, he lied to Songzan Gambu and said, "When I first arrived in Chang 'an, the emperor attached great importance to me and promised to marry the princess to us Tubo. Unfortunately, the damn King Tuguhun entered the palace to meet the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The villain can't hide his kindness. In front of the emperor, he said you were ugly, short and dirty, and that we Tubo were poor and could not afford to eat. The scenery is not good, the weather is cold, and the princess will be unbearable when she comes. After hearing this, the emperor never mentioned marrying the princess again. "

Songzan Gambu became angry when he heard it. Damn it, King Tuyuhun dares to lie to me. Brother Yao is from Gao Fushuai. Such vicious slander, aunt can endure, uncle can endure ... and endure! It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge!

After four years of forbearance, I finally couldn't help it. In the twelfth year of Zhenguan (638), "I am angry, attracting sheep and * * *, and I can't be arrogant. I walked in the shade of Qinghai and took all its animals. " We also attacked Tangut and Bai Lanqiang and defeated them. "At this point, he is not satisfied, and his anger is uncontrollable. So he "sent 200,000 soldiers into Kousongzhou, ordered messengers to pay tribute to the shining armor, and said that he would welcome the princess." He released words that "if the princess doesn't come, I will go deep. "

Hearing this, the governor Han Wei couldn't stand it. You, a rural local tyrant, will marry our goddess Datang. If I kill you, maybe the emperor will marry the princess to me as soon as he is happy! It's a pity that he is too YY to weigh the strength of both sides. "Light slap a thief, or lose. This is a big mess for the Qiang people. They are all rebels and thieves. " In particular, Congwoshi, the secretariat of Kuozhou, and Bali, the secretariat of Zhou Nuo, took the lead in inciting the surrounding Qiang tribes against the Tang Dynasty. However, at the same time of "endless fighting", his ministers successively remonstrated and demanded withdrawal, but they did not listen, so they hanged themselves for eight generations. It's a pity that all these ministers died in vain, because Songzan Gambu was really red-eyed for the princess, and he wanted to grab a princess back to be the "fortress lady" anyway.

Li Shimin won't give up, boy. You were still drinking milk when my uncle rebelled. (According to legend, Songzan Gambu was born in 6 17, and it was in 6 17 that Li Shimin encouraged his father Jinyang to rebel. ) In the Tang Dynasty, Hou, a senior official of the official department, served as the marching manager of Taohe River. The right leading general lost his wits, the left leading general Niu Jinda went out of the wide waterway, and the left leading general Liu Jian was the marching manager of Taohe River, leading Tang Jun to attack. Niu Jin led the vanguard troops to "kill their battalion at night and behead their thousand troops" in Tang Jun, and defeated the Tubo army. This battle frightened Songzan Gambu. Then, before the arrival of Tang Jun's main force led by the latter, Songzan Gambu withdrew from Tuguhun, Tangut and Blanchard, and sent envoys to apologize. Moreover, Songzan Gambu saw the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty from this melee and decided to propose marriage peacefully instead. Li Shimin agreed this time. In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, "Praise means giving Lu Dongzan as a gift, donating 5,200 yuan and beating hundreds of treasures." The Potala Palace was built on the red hill at an altitude of 3,700 meters northwest of Luomou to welcome the princess.

Although Li Shimin promised well, she didn't want to marry her daughter so far away. So I found the daughter of a distant relative and made her a princess. (but much better than the Han emperor. I'm not just looking for a maid-in-waiting to replace me. I'm still related to my family. ) In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin sent Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County and the minister of rites, to escort Princess Wencheng into Tubo, and took Sakyamuni statues, treasures, scriptures and 360 volumes of scriptures as dowry. Songtsan Gambu and his troops rushed to the White Sea to meet him. "Seeing Daozong, I am very respectful to my husband." Tang named him "Tai Wei of the West Sea" and later named him king.

At the wedding, Nong Zan saw the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty wearing gorgeous costumes and beautiful shapes, and "pitching with shame." But when I returned to Lhasa and saw the beautiful princess, the boy was proud again. "My father and ancestors didn't marry to the countryside. Today I'm going to marry Princess Datang, which is lucky. Build a city for the princess to show off future generations. " In order to please the princess, Songzan Gambu not only "built cities and buildings", but also asked Li Shimin to allow him to send people to study "poems" and "books". I also asked the literate people in China to make a list. "

Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet was the first time that the Tang Dynasty established formal ties with Tibetan rulers. During the reign of Songtsan Gambo, Tubo and Cheng Tang were allies, and there was no more war. Throughout his life, Tubo stopped moving eastward and turned to the western regions and south. "(In May of the 22nd year of Zhenguan), Tubo praised Pa for breaking the kingdom of Tianzhu, and sent an envoy to offer victory."

In 650 AD, Songzan Gambu died. In the first year of Yonglong (680), Princess Wencheng died of smallpox, and the Tubo Dynasty held a grand funeral for her. Tang sent envoys to Tibet to offer condolences. Up to now, Lhasa still preserves statues made by Tibetans in memory of her.