This time to express condolences to the Turkic envoys, the tone of Li Jiancheng and others was to accept weakness. If they can fool the Turks, they will fool them.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng, Pei Ju, and Liu Wenjing behaved very mildly. But this gentleness has a limit. When Gu Duolu brazenly fired the gun and said that he wanted Li Yuan to be the next Yang Guang, everyone was angry.
Chu Luo is not Shibi, Li Yuan is not Yang Guang, and the Tang Dynasty is not the Sui Dynasty!
It's okay to talk too loudly, but there is a problem if you talk too loudly without limits. The Turks have always made no secret of their ambitions, including their threat to the Tang Dynasty.
Pressing forward step by step, they have no way out.
Although the former Sui clan is useless, if it is handed over to the Turks, where will it put Li Yuan's face and where will it put the dignity of the Tang Dynasty!
If the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty and could not even protect the former Sui clan, it would be a joke. It would also become a stain on Li Yuan's life!
Although Li Yuan's life has too many stains, it is absolutely impossible for him to agree this time. Because this is contempt for Emperor Tang!
Li Zhiyun's bold words immediately aroused Pei Ju's heart, and he immediately whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear: "Your Highness, the Turks are afraid of the strong and bully the weak. You must not bow down to them, otherwise they will only push their limits."
Li Jiancheng nodded, stood up, and walked to Gu Duolu.
"What the King of Chu said is what Gu said. If the Turks want to fight, thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty will be ready to fight!"
The Turks have always only obeyed the strong, and they would only treat the strong as equals. Li Jiancheng's repeated concessions and submissions had made Gu Duolu despise the Tang prince from the bottom of his heart.
But this time, he didn't dare.
Because Li Zhiyun's words made him tremble all over.
Compared with the population of the Tang Dynasty, the population of the Turks was indeed much different. If the Tang Dynasty was really bent on fighting the Turks to the death, it would not be acceptable to the current Chuluo Khan.
Gu Duolu left Li Jiancheng and looked at Li Zhiyun.
"Who are you?"
"Tang Dynasty, Li Zhiyun."
It was obviously impossible to get a result acceptable to both parties in this conversation. So the two parties strategically ended the conversation and agreed to talk again in three days.
After leaving Honglu Temple, Pei Ju looked up at the dazzling sun, then lowered his head and passed by the King of Chu who was walking side by side with the prince.
"To compare with the gods in a mortal body, what a king of Chu!"
Wude Hall.
The prince told Li Yuan the process of the meeting.
At this time, Liuxiang, the King of Qin, the King of Chu, Pei Ju and others were all present.
"What a thief!" Li Yuan was furious, "The Turkic dog dared to threaten me with Yang Guang, how brave he is!"
"Your Majesty, calm down." Pei Ji consoled him: "The world is in chaos. The Turks have nothing to fear. They feel they are superior to others. If they choose one side and support them, they will be able to spy on the Central Plains Divine Cauldron. This is a barbarian trail that has existed since ancient times. Your Majesty does not need to be angry about it. We must look at the past.
Xiongnu Rouran, if you look at the Turks today, they will all be withered bones in their graves."
Li Yuan looked at Li Zhiyun and said, "King Chu, you said it well. If the Turks dare to invade, Chuluo Dog's head will be beheaded and hung in Beique!"
"Father, you are too flattering." Li Zhiyun cupped his hands and said, "I think that if the Turks ask for the former Sui clan, they may very well want to reestablish the former Sui State and go south to fight for hegemony. I ask my father not to agree."
"My son seconded the proposal." Li Shimin said: "What the King of Chu said is reasonable. The Turks have wanted to peek into our Central Plains Divine Cauldron for a long time, and their ambitions are obvious. Don't be careless."
Pei Ji frowned and said: "Your Highnesses have temporarily put aside the fury of Thunder. Everyone knows the Turkic ambitions. However, the Tang Dynasty is still weak at this time and must not meet the Turkic swordsmen. Otherwise, it will only benefit Wang Shichong and his ilk. I ask your Majesty to think twice."
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"You can't say that." Liu Wenjing retorted: "Chuluo has recently succeeded to the throne, and the people within the Turks are uncertain, so they may not be able to go south with all their strength. Moreover, Shibi's son Shibobi failed to succeed as the Turkic Khan, and he must be certain in his heart.
Dissatisfied, Chuluo is also wary at this time, whether he will go south with all his strength is open to question."
"Joke!" Pei Ji snorted coldly, "How can the safety of the Tang Dynasty be entrusted to the hands of the enemy? Prime Minister Liu's statement is totally ridiculous!"
Liu Wenjing was furious and asked Pei Ji, "Does Prime Minister Pei want to hand over the former Sui clan?"
Pei Ji said: "If the Sui clan can be exchanged for the peace of the Northern Territory of the Tang Dynasty, I think it is not impossible. When the Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, we can also send troops to the north to wipe out the remaining thieves!"
To submit or not to submit, this is an urgent question.
If you hand it over, you will have to suffer the corresponding consequences. If you don't hand it over, you will still have to suffer the corresponding consequences. In short, Li Yuan is in a dilemma.
Pei Ji advocated handing over the clan, while Liu Wenjing advocated not handing over. The remaining six ministers of the political affairs hall, Dou Wei, Dou Kang, and Chen Shuda, naturally followed the footsteps of the King of Qin and had the same attitude, not to hand over.
Xiao Yu, on the other hand, strongly opposed the handing over of the former Sui clan.
As for the prince, his attitude was ambiguous and wavering.
Although Pei Ji was the only one who surrendered, his reasons were very good. As long as he surrendered, the Turks would have no reason to send troops to the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty could wholeheartedly unify the world.
The party that refused to surrender included Dou Wei, Dou Kang, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Liu Wenjing, the King of Chu, and the King of Qin. Although they were more powerful, the reason was rather pale. Moreover, if they really did not hand over the former Sui clan, they would have to do so.
Facing the threat of Turkic soldiers and horses.
Among them, Liu Wenjing simply opposed Pei Ji, while Xiao Yu objected because of his relationship with the former Sui clan, not because of his absolute consideration for the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, Li Yuan obviously didn't care about this. Although he was angry, he was still not dizzy. He knew that Pei Ji was right.
The Tang Dynasty cannot completely break up with the Turks yet.
But so many people opposed it, which made him hesitate.
After arguing for a while, there was no result. Li Yuan could only give up temporarily and decided to go back and think about it carefully.
However, in private, he secretly approached Pei Ji to discuss it.
"Do you think you should hand someone over?"
"It should be handed over to someone." Pei Ji said without hesitation, "All the pros and cons were discussed in the Wude Hall just now, and I have already explained them all."
Li Yuan was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, I know what you said makes sense, but if you hand someone over like this, how can I explain it to the courtiers and the people?"
Lao Li still cares about his reputation.
Pei Ji said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a plan to get the best of both worlds."
"Come quickly."
"Your Majesty, I think the King of Chu is right. The Turks wanted to join the Sui clan in order to reestablish the former Sui State. In this case, your Majesty might as well hand over the country to the Turks."
"Yang You?" Li Yuan suddenly frowned, "If you hand Yang You over to the Turks, won't this cause me trouble?"
After Yang You abdicated, he was demoted to the title of Duke of Jin and placed under house arrest in Chang'an. Li Yuan had been sending people to monitor Yang You closely because he was worried that Yang You would cause trouble for him. Now that Pei Ji said that he would hand Yang You over to the Turks, how could he not be angry.
"No, on the contrary, this is to solve trouble for His Majesty." Pei Ji said.
"What do you mean by this?"
Pei Ji explained: "As long as Yang You is in Chang'an, the remnants of the former Sui Dynasty will not be eradicated, and your majesty will not be able to let go. If Yang You is handed over to the Turks, they will be happy to accept it, because Yang You is Yang Guang's grandson.
, is most suitable for restoring the former Sui Dynasty. In this way, the Turks will definitely no longer target our dynasty, and your majesty can also use the hands of the Turks to get rid of Yang You."