hsntnovel Chapter 2414: Bone scraping to cure poison
Chapter 2414: Bone scraping to cure poison
Li Shen and Li Shimin began to plan against Tubo a long time ago.
This was also the first time that Li Shimin took the initiative to change his strategic thinking and no longer directly crushed his opponents as before.
In the past, when the Tang Dynasty went to war, it would directly send troops to anyone who disagreed. Since the destruction of the Eastern Turks, the Tang Dynasty has become stronger and more powerful than ever before.
At the same time, we adopted the policy of using barbarians to control barbarians, using barbarians to fight barbarians and reduce the consumption of national strength.
This is what made the Tang Dynasty grow richer and richer, and it did not engage in excessive military spending.
The same thing happened when they fought against Xueyantuo, destroyed Tuyuhun, and destroyed Gaochang. Even when they attacked Goguryeo, they dispatched 30,000 Khitan cavalry.
Most of the people who were used to conquer the Tiele tribes were also barbarians.
But after Li Shen's rise, Li Shimin gradually discovered that Li Shen's strategy was unique.
First, disrupt the local internal situation, causing chaos, unstable political power, and loss of unity. Only when the situation becomes too chaotic should troops be sent to attack.
First, it can reduce casualties on our side; second, it can prevent the local areas from forming effective resistance; third, it can uphold justice under the banner of rescuing the people.
The Goguryeo incident made Li Shimin fully aware of these advantages. Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo three times but failed.
As a result, one of his sons used some tricks and took it away in two years.
Li Shimin, who always used violence to solve problems, saw another way to solve the problem.
So when Li Shen proposed the plan again, Li Shimin cooperated very well.
He entered Tubo from Shu and contacted several large tribes in the name of merchants. He did not talk about making them rebel, but just gave them the cheapest supplies.
Food, weapons, cloth, and silk allowed several tribes to grow quietly and foster ambitions.
Zhangzhung, Nepal, Bhutan, Yangtong, Qiangtang, Dangxiang, and Sunboru are all Li Shen's cooperation targets.
They all once had glorious histories and were independent tribes.
For example, the Zhangzhung tribe was once an ancient country, and Sunboru was formerly called Subi, which is the legendary country of women, with women as kings.
These tribes wanted to restore their former glory, and Li Shen was just providing them with support.
After more than a year, the effect seems to be significant. Even Songtsen Gampo was assassinated, which shows how tense the situation in Tubo is.
"How could this happen? It's just a sectarian dispute. How dare the Bon sect assassinate the Tibetan king? It's simply too bold.
This unforgivable crime must be severely punished." Li Shen's face was filled with righteous indignation.
It seemed as if he was really speaking up for Songtsen Gampo.
"That's right. It's outrageous. A small sect dares to be so rampant and assassinate the Zamp. If it were in the Tang Dynasty, they would be slaughtered."
Ashina She'er immediately agreed when he saw Li Shen's eye signal.
“Your Highness Prince Ji is right. Our Zamp also thinks the same and has begun to suppress and expel Bon religion.
However, the Bon religion insisted that this was their personal behavior and had nothing to do with the Bon religion, so we should not be too strong.
Bonism emerged relatively early and has a large number of followers, making it easy for riots to occur."
The Grand Chancellor also nodded in agreement with Li Shen's point of view, but Songtsen Gampo did not agree with the purge.
According to his opinion, the Bon religion must be killed.
"I am also thinking about the overall situation. I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Prince Ji." Songtsen Gampo smiled lightly.
"Zanpu, I'm afraid that you consider the overall situation while others don't. If there is no one behind this, I will never believe it.
The person behind this must be investigated and punished. I hate people who plot and scheme behind the scenes the most. If the Zamp needs any help, please feel free to ask.
This king will definitely do his best and give it his all."
Li Shen looked at Songtsen Gampo sincerely, his eyes full of indignation about this matter.
Songtsen Gampo also looked at Li Shen with emotion:
"Thank you, Prince Ji. If I can survive this time, I would like to become your sworn brother.
If he comes to Tubo someday, I will treat him with the courtesy of a Zamp."
"Hahahaha, don't worry, Zamp. I will do my best to cure you. We will have a good time drinking and chatting in the future."
The two men had their own ulterior motives and were testing each other. Songtsen Gampo was worried that Li Shen did not want to punish him, but Li Shen had to appease Songtsen Gampo first and find a way to bring him back.
Just then the doctor came in with a medicine jar in his hand.
Wang Xuance came to Li Shen and nodded slightly.
"Quick, give Zamp a good treatment. Don't be careless. You must cure Zamp."
Li Shen gave an order to the doctor.
The doctor agreed and came to the bedside:
"Your Highness, it will be painful later. Someone needs to hold the Zamp down and not let him move."
Li Shen looked at the Grand Chancellor, who immediately waved his hand and several followers came over.
"Zanpu, it will hurt a lot soon. If it becomes unbearable, just scream. By the way..."
Li Shen took out his handkerchief and rolled it into a roll. "Zanpu, bite this."
Songtsen Gampo glanced at Li Shen and shook his head:
"It's okay, this little pain is nothing." He refused Li Shen's handkerchief.
Li Shen wanted to say that my handkerchief was clean, but when he saw Songtsen Gampo's determined eyes, he had to give up.
He ordered the doctor:
"let's start."
The doctor took out a scalpel from the medicine box and a small bottle. After opening it, a strong smell of alcohol wafted out.
Li Shen knew that this was for wound cleaning, and the bottle should contain alcohol.
After everything was ready, the doctor began to work. He put the scalpel into the bottle and stirred it.
Then he took out the scalpel, reached out his hand and started scraping the dead flesh around the wound with the scalpel.
"Ugh!!" Songtsen Gampo groaned and his body shook reflexively. Several followers immediately held Songtsen Gampo down.
"Your Highness, I wish to remove this infected rotten flesh and then disinfect and clean it."
The doctor explained the steps to Li Shen while he was doing it. In his heart, Prince Ji was a top figure in the medical field.
This theory of infection was proposed by His Royal Highness Prince Ji.
"Yeah." Li Shen nodded pretentiously. He had seen wounds disinfected, but he had never seen dead flesh scraped off.
Songtsen Gampo's wound was seriously infected, and the doctor carefully removed the dead flesh.
Until the bright red new flesh underneath is revealed.
"Shi Tou, go and help." Seeing the blood flowing out, Li Shen immediately gave the order.
"Yes." Shi Tou hurried over and wiped the blood from the wound as instructed by the doctor.
Li Shen gritted his teeth as he watched, how painful must it be?
Songtsen Gampo was indeed a man. No wonder he achieved such great success without saying a word or shouting.
This should be similar to what happened when Guan Erye scraped his bones to treat poison, right?
I just wonder if Songtsen Gampo will still be so tough when the alcohol is burned later.
(There is no clear record of the cause of Songtsen Gampo's death. One theory is that he died of plague, while another is that he was assassinated.
The plague theory is more mainstream, while the assassination theory is recorded in Tibetan texts and some books of Bon religion.
Choose the second option for plot reasons.)