Ever since the emperor reprimanded the Goguryeo envoy, the situation here has become completely different. The streets of the capital suddenly became tense, and the imperial army began to gather outside the city. There was a sense of war at any time.
Of course, the people were very happy. In their view, the Goguryeo envoys were disrespectful to the emperor in the Jinluan Palace. This meant they looked down on our Tang Dynasty, so they had to be killed. Our Datang's foreign wars have been going on all these years.
Shengli, who are you, Goguryeo, to be disrespectful to our emperor? Aren’t you tired of living?
This is the legend that ordinary people heard. On that day, the Goguryeo envoy came to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Who knew that during the conversation, he was disrespectful to the emperor of our country.
As for what he said, the common people don't know. They only know that the Goguryeo envoy was too courageous. If he didn't have the support of their domestic emperor, how could he have such courage?
At this moment, the Goguryeo special envoy has been sent to the sky prison. He doesn't know what mistake he said that day, which actually caused the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to lock him up. He vaguely remembers that he did not make a mistake that day, and what he said was just Goguryeo.
Some of the gifts from the Tang Dynasty were just not mentioned as tribute.
Is this also wrong? Goguryeo itself was not a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. The exchanges between the two countries should be between neighboring countries. Although there have been constant border frictions in recent years, there has been no major war after all.
So when he came to Chang'an, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. But after meeting Li Shimin in the main hall that time, he was thrown into this place and was labeled as disrespectful.
This Goguryeo envoy also knows the criminal laws of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to say that you are disrespectful, then this is a serious crime. Fortunately, you are not a minister of the Tang Dynasty. If you were a minister of the Tang Dynasty, just this Tang Dynasty
If you are disrespectful, your whole family may be killed.
Conspiracy, this must be a conspiracy.
"ah……"
Screams came from the side of the laborer. People from the Imperial City of the Tang Dynasty were interrogating people from the Goguryeo mission. They insisted that there were spies in the mission. Even if they were sent as agents, how could they be placed in the mission?
This is already the eleventh person. A total of thirty-five people have come from Goguryeo. Now everyone has to take turns for interrogation. Everyone who is pulled out is intact, but after coming in, there is not a good piece of skin on his body.
None. One can only imagine how many punishments people in the Tang Dynasty used.
"Sir, can we still get out of here alive? Do we know the situation here at home?"
A follower next to him said with some fear, as their number is getting smaller and smaller, they may soon be on top of him. According to the frequency of one person every two hours, they should be on top of him by this time tomorrow.
When the people below heard someone talking, they all hurriedly gathered around. After all, in their eyes, the Lord is a very capable person, otherwise the King of Goguryeo would not be able to send him as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty.
When they were in Goguryeo, many people thought that sending an envoy to the Tang Dynasty was an honorable thing. Almost all countries in the world thought so, because the Tang Dynasty was indeed at the forefront of the world. If given the chance, one could still go there.
If you go to see the world on the streets of Chang'an City, you will be able to brag to your children and grandchildren for the rest of your life when you return to Goguryeo.
They came with such a mood. Who would have expected that they would be thrown into the sky prison the next day? So far, they have not revealed any substantive crimes, but Datang has not released them.
.
"Whether the country knows it or not has nothing to do with us. We people must find out something about it, otherwise they will accuse us. You will suffer with me this time.
I can't thank you enough in this life. If I'm lucky enough to meet you in the next life, I will repay you well."
Goguryeo Ambassador Zhang Qixiong said helplessly, this person also wanted to complete the task well and hoped to conclude a border agreement with the Tang Dynasty. Even if Goguryeo suffered a slight loss, they did not want the Tang Dynasty to focus on them. At this moment
The Tang Dynasty is like a fierce tiger. Can the country targeted by him still survive?
So this time they sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, they actually brought an agreement with very favorable conditions, and were even able to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year. As long as the Tang Dynasty stopped targeting them, then Goguryeo would have won a glimmer of hope.
But is it that simple? You, Goguryeo, have been constantly harassing the people on the border with the Tang Dynasty in the past days. You have killed countless of us since the Sui Dynasty. Now that your strength is no longer good, you just want to conclude an alliance.
An agreement was signed, and then no one from the two sides approached the other. Is there such a good thing in the world?
If you cause trouble, you just want to avoid it with the minimum cost. If Datang doesn't have that ability, then your thinking may be passable, but now Datang is full of power, and you want to use this method
Hide away or stop dreaming.
When the King of Goguryeo sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Qixiong had already suggested it to the King of Goguryeo. Now it is of no use at all. We should be well prepared for the war and wait for the arrival of the Tang army, instead of being filled with internal intrigues and step by step.
to weaken our strength.
"Sir, did the Tang Dynasty know about the fight between the king and the prime minister?"
A follower below whispered, in the past six months, Goguryeo has not been stable from top to bottom. Prime Minister Gaeyuan Suwen and the King of Goguryeo are constantly fighting, and the two sides are fighting from above the court to outside the court.
, almost everyone was involved in the struggle.
Originally, the strength of the imperial court was one-sided. The Prime Minister held more than 90% of the power. Even if the King of Goguryeo was dissatisfied, he had no choice. However, the King of Goguryeo suddenly got a share of power more than half a year ago.
With the help of mysterious power, the King of Goguryeo's strength began to grow slowly. If a person has no strength, he can endure anything. But if his muscles slowly swell, then you
It was impossible for him to endure it.
So with the help of this mysterious force, the King of Goguryeo sounded the clarion call to regain power. Naturally, Prime Minister Gaeyuan Suwen was unwilling, and the two sides fought fiercely at all levels for a long time...