When Li Yuanxing stood at the entrance of Tiangongfang and communicated with the time machine, a personal guard ran over.
"Your Highness, General Qin from Chang'an City sent someone to deliver a message. Something big has happened!"
"Big thing?" Li Yuanxing was stunned for a moment. Big thing! It's hard for Qin Qiong to say something big. What does this mean?
He grabbed the letter and tore it open. Li Yuanxing read it quickly, but he didn't understand it at all. It's just that the Western Turks sent a special envoy to Chang'an. What kind of big deal is this?
"Where is Princess Mingyue?" Li Yuanxing asked.
"Go back to your highness, in the study!" the guard replied, arranging and preparing the sedan chair.
Li Yuanxing got on the sedan, and the two strong sedan bearers rushed to Li Yuanxing's study. Li Yuanxing usually walked slowly, but when there was an emergency, you couldn't let a prince rush around the yard.
Li Yuanxing stopped before entering the study courtyard and said to the bodyguard: "Let Ling Ye go directly back to the backyard and tell her that I am going to Chang'an. It may take a few days. Let them decide who will accompany me!"
The bodyguard ran away.
Li Yuanxing pushed the door open and entered the small study, and said directly: "Brother Shubao sent someone to deliver an urgent message, saying that something big happened. The Western Turkic envoy arrived and entered Chang'an City in two days. He just listed the other party's
The composition of the personnel and the general situation of the team, I don’t understand, what a big deal this is!”
The Western Turks occupy a larger area than the Eastern Turks.
Moreover, the Western Turks occupy the location of modern Urumqi, where there is a large area of land that can be planted. Especially the Tianshan Mountains are still under the control of the Western Turks.
If we talk about big things, the cooperation with Tianshan is a big thing, so Li Yuanxing decided to stay in Chang'an City for a few days.
Wu Zhao took the letter and read it quickly, then said to Qiuxiang: "You two go and get ready. I am going to Chang'an with Your Highness, so go quickly!"
After Qiuxiang and Chunlan went out, Wu Zhaocai said: "They want to come and get married!"
"What?" Li Yuanxing snatched the letter and read it repeatedly.
Wu Zhao said at this time: "According to historical records, the Western Turks should have proposed peace to the Tang Dynasty at this time. But in history, it was ruined by Jieli Khan. Now that Jieli no longer exists, they will naturally go smoothly.
Coming to Chang'an, isn't this a nuisance?"
"Go to hell!" Li Yuanxing cursed.
"Are you going to sacrifice a poor young girl to achieve your political goals? Are you going to use a woman to exchange for a few years of peaceful development for the Tang Dynasty? My Royal Highness, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, where is your pride?" Wu Zhao stood
On the table, he was at the same height as Li Yuanxing, staring into Li Yuanxing's eyes and speaking loudly.
Li Yuanxing clenched his fist tightly. He knew very well that those bullshit civil servants would definitely choose to get married.
Historically, marriage has been a very good strategy.
Just buying a woman for a few years of peace is worth doing more than doing business.
The Han Dynasty had a marriage alliance, and it was because of the marriage marriage that the Wenjing rule was established and enough wealth was accumulated for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The Sui Dynasty had a marriage, and because of the marriage, the Sui Dynasty restored the glory of the Han people.
Marriage is one of the most wonderful strategic methods in politics.
"The Tang Dynasty newspaper said that if you don't make peace, you won't cede territory..." Before Li Yuanxing finished speaking, Wu Zhao interrupted him: "This is just your attitude. Even the royal family has this attitude. Civil officials also have this attitude for their own benefit."
It will put pressure on you. In order to please you, the Seventh Family even sent their own daughter as a gift, what do you say!"
Li Yuanxing's honor guard entered Chang'an City an hour and a half later.
Along the way, Li Yuanxing said nothing.
In the palace, Li Er was sitting behind the desk in the study, flipping through the watches as if nothing had happened.
In the imperial study room, unlike in the past, there were no eunuchs or palace maids. The number of imperial guards around was half of the usual number. Water had been boiled on one stove, and cold water had just been put on the other stove.
Wu Zhao did not go to the study room with Li Yuanxing, but entered the harem with Cui Yanyan and Lu Qiuyu.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty has been waiting for His Majesty." Eunuch Gao greeted Li Yuanxing in the garden and said softly as he walked: "Your Majesty is in a very bad mood today after General Qin came. Your Majesty will definitely feel relieved when Your Majesty comes."
Li Yuanxing stopped, pursed his lips and thought for a moment: "Go and get ready, I will have a drink with my brother tonight!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Gao retreated.
Entering the study, Li Yuanxing closed the door with his hands behind his back: "In the past few days, I have been worrying about the fields in the village, which will be plowed in the spring. It's not a big deal, but it's not too small. But at this time, someone is causing trouble for me!"
Li Er put down the watch in his hand: "So, what are Wulang's preparations?"
"Brother Chen, I don't know how long I can hold on?" Li Yuanxing was telling the truth.
Once the aristocratic families discovered that just sending a woman could solve the problems they had tried so hard to solve but could not solve, the life and death of a woman seemed insignificant.
Li Er picked out one of the seals and put it on the table: "Brother, I have known about this for ten days. It's just that no one has ever told you. Wu Lang is really hard at work in Yaozhou!"
"Then why do you let me know now?" Li Yuanxing asked back.
Li Er suddenly stood up, swept all the watches and seals on the table to the ground with one sweep of his hand, then picked up the copy left on the table, walked out of the desk, and handed the copy to Li Yuanxing's hand.
Li Yuanxing opened it and saw that it was the seal on Honglu Temple.
The Goguryeo envoy first asked for a consulate but was rejected, and then discovered that there seemed to be more Goguryeo slaves in Chang'an City, and among them there was a woman with a price tag of eighty guan, who turned out to be the daughter of the city lord of a city on the border of Goguryeo.
When they found out that those cities had been completely turned into flat ground, they formally submitted a document to Honglu.
While Li Yuanxing was looking at the watch stamp, Li Er went to the bookshelf and took out another copy and slapped Li Yuanxing hard on him.
Li Yuanxing has read them all.
"Goryeo is going to declare war on the Tang Dynasty?" Li Yuanxing suddenly laughed.
"That's right. Once the Tang Dynasty went to war with Goguryeo, it had to form alliances with other states. Goryeo defeated the Sui Dynasty three times. It can be said that the fall of the Sui Dynasty was largely due to its defeat by Goguryeo.
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Li Er is very serious, and one of the enemies he attaches great importance to is Goguryeo.
Li Yuanxing understood that if there were enemies to the east, then an alliance would need to be formed in the west. At this time, it was impossible for the Western Turks not to make an unreasonable request.
"What is the emperor's plan?"
Li Er smiled and laughed loudly: "Brother Wei, let me tell you what you want to do, Wu Lang. Brother Wei, prepare to punish you with an additional salary of three to five years. General Tiance of the Tang Dynasty actually asked Brother Wei what he thought about foreign enemies.
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Li Yuanxing also laughed: "Brother Huang gave me a good suggestion!"
"Suggestion!" Li Er suspected that he heard wrongly and asked, "What advice did Brother Wei give you?"
"How does the emperor understand the meaning of existence of scoundrels, gangsters and idlers!"
"Just the meat on the hob!" Li Er replied angrily, and then stared into Li Yuanxing's eyes.
Li Yuanxing touched his body and forgot to take the cigarettes when he came out. He went to Li Er's table, dug out a few cigarettes, lit the cigarettes, and Li Yuanxing asked with a smile: "If I make a fool of myself, brother Huang, give me a cigarette."
Is it over?"
"Nonsense, the nonsense of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty and General Tiance also represent the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Er's words were very clear. No nonsense was allowed. This issue must be considered clearly. Li Yuanxing's identity was too special. So Li Er also understood that there were some things that he could not help Li Yuanxing end.
Li Yuanxing scratched his head several times: "It's troublesome, it's really troublesome!"
"Tell me, what are you going to do?"
"In the war, the Tang Dynasty was preparing to declare war on Goguryeo. Then look at the reaction of Goguryeo. They were not afraid of the Tang Dynasty attacking Goguryeo because it was too difficult to supply supplies along the way. Only one tenth of ten loads of grain could be transported. So they
Dare to declare war on Datang. On the contrary, if we don’t fight, Datang will lose too much face.”
Li Er nodded. If Datang did not have enough deterrence, the contract just signed in the northern grassland would probably be invalidated.
The actions of Emperors Wen and Jing of the Han Dynasty were quite reasonable.
Trading a woman for a few years is a very cost-effective transaction.
"Brother Emperor, what if we go the other way and announce to the outside world that Tang Dynasty accepted Goryeo's declaration of war?" Li Yuanxing asked again.
Li Er sneered a few times: "It's a joke. If a small country declares war on a big country, if the big country doesn't send troops to teach the small country a lesson, it will lose face."
This is the gangster that Goryeo plays. No matter what, they fight a purely defensive war, which is extremely detrimental to the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the Western Turks are also wolves. They will take this opportunity to raise prices with the Tang Dynasty.
"One more year will be enough!" Li Yuanxing let out a long sigh.
Li Er also said: "So, it is more cost-effective to exchange a woman for this one year. Brother Wei can predict that within five days, the Tianying Pavilion will propose a marriage proposal to brother Wei!"
"What would happen if Brother Huang stood on top of Chang'an City and slapped himself in the face several times in front of the people of Tang Dynasty?"
How could Li Er not understand what Li Yuanxing said?
"Brother Wei has said that he won't get married, surrender, cede territory, or pay compensation. But do the aristocratic families care about brother Wei's face? For the sake of profit, they will slap brother Wei hard on the face.
, He will even fight for his brother with strong hands." Li Er smiled bitterly and shook his head: "For the great cause of the Tang Dynasty, so what if I slap him with a slap in the face."
Li Yuanxing's heart also sank.
"It seems that the emperor has made up his mind. If necessary, will he agree to the marriage proposal?"
"Don't underestimate the world's nobles!"
Li Er said something very sad.
And it’s also true. Especially in the early Tang Dynasty, the power of the gentry was too strong.
Li Yuanxing did not answer, but walked to the door and opened it: "Send someone to remind you, why are the food and wine not ready yet?" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)