Silla was beaten by Baekje and Goguryeo. There was no need to wait for Silla envoys to ask for help. Li Zhiyun had already discussed it three times with the ministers of the political affairs hall and the six departments and nine temples. The strategy they finally formulated was very simple.
wait!
What are you waiting for?
Of course, it will be until Silla is beaten to the point of dying, or even destroyed. At that time, the Tang Dynasty will be able to intervene in the Three Kingdoms of the Peninsula under various names, and then use a large army to suppress the territory, destroy the Three Kingdoms of the Peninsula in one fell swoop, and make them disappear completely.
Be it Silla, Baekje, or even Goguryeo, they are all countries that must die.
Of course, Datang could find any excuse to destroy them now, and there was no need to wait for a legitimate excuse.
So why wait?
Of course, it would be easier to wait until they beat each other to death, and then take advantage of their weakness to strike again.
Why go head-on when you can take advantage of a weak point?
Although the three countries on the peninsula were not tough together, the lives of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could not be squandered at will.
As the strongest hegemonic empire in the known civilized world, the Tang Dynasty did not need a reason to destroy anyone it wanted to destroy, it only needed to ask whether it wanted to do so.
Just think about it and you will die.
And the three countries on the peninsula are the ones who must die.
I won’t kill you today, not because I can’t kill you, but because I don’t want to kill you for the time being.
Is it clear enough?
Whether the officials of the Tang Dynasty quarreled, fought each other, or even Li Zhiyun got angry, it was just a show, a big show in which the three kingdoms of Goguryeo watched the fight indifferently.
Everyone is shameless. Although they want to kill all the three peninsula countries immediately, after all, they are the sons of the Tang Empire in name, and they have to pretend. Otherwise, how will it be recorded in the history books in the future?
'The emperor and his ministers had long wanted to destroy Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, so they looked on with cold eyes and ignored Silla's envoys asking for help.'
It doesn’t sound good, it doesn’t sound good!
This is how it should be recorded.
‘The envoys of Silla asked for help, but the ministers of the empire had different opinions, and even fought with each other in the court, and the emperor became angry and fell ill!
Later, when Silla fell, the Tang Dynasty felt its sincerity in paying homage to its overlord in the past, so it sent troops to destroy Goguryeo and Baekje to avenge them!'
Listen, listen!
What beautiful words, what a perfect and bright image!
As an ancestor, you have to set a good example for your descendants, right?
Although smart people in later generations will definitely sneer when they read this brief history, and they see clearly that the emperor and his ministers just waited for the three countries of the peninsula to fight each other to death, and then took advantage of it.
However, don’t tell the truth when you see it!
History is like this. How many short histories contain amazing information, not least of which is the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhiyun wanted to break up with him directly, but he thought it was unnecessary. After all, if he could achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties, why not do it.
As for image role models, he doesn't care, but his ministers care very much. They sincerely hope that His Majesty the Emperor will become an eternal sage, so naturally they cannot let His Majesty the Emperor directly break his face.
Keep up your appearance, Your Majesty!
Now that His Majesty the Emperor is 'sick', the Silla envoy can only stay in Chang'an in a daze.
Of course, when the court ministers fight each other, there are some personal grudges, but everyone is polite and sensible, and they restrain themselves.
Otherwise, today is not about drinking together and bragging, but about swearing.
The officials of the Tang Dynasty fought each other, causing the wise and great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to fall ill, which completely interrupted the Silla envoys' plan to ask for help. Although they did not have much confidence in asking the Tang Empire to send troops at the beginning, at least, they were dreaming
The Tang Empire would send people to scold Goguryeo and Baekje, and then order them to withdraw their troops!
However, the development of things was far beyond their expectations. At first, the Silla envoys tried hard to persuade and hoped that the Tang Dynasty would send troops directly. However, after the emperor stopped re-opening the dynasty, they instead hoped that the Tang Empire could send envoys to stop Goguryeo and Baidu.
Ji continued to attack Silla.
"Du Xiang!"
Du Ruhui, who had just got off work, turned black at the shout. He knew that the voice was Jin Dayou, the envoy of Silla.
He couldn't figure it out. With so many officials out of office, why did Mao only look at me and shout, "I'm easy to bully, right?"
hateful!
I heard nothing!
Du Ruhui continued walking forward, pretending not to hear someone calling him from behind.
"Prime Minister Du, please stay!"
Here it comes again, the other party shouted again.
Du Ruhui still pretended not to know and continued walking.
"Prime Minister Du, I am Jin Dayou!" This time, the other party directly announced his family name.
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Jin? You're fine." Du Ruhui turned around and clasped his fists towards Silla envoy Jin Dayou.
No more fun, right?
Jin Dayou rushed over with small steps, with a flattering smile on his face, "Xiang Du, I have reserved a room at Zuimeng Building in Pingkangfang, why don't we go there for a drink first?"
Who am I?
Du Ruhui raised his eyebrows and coughed: "No, if you have anything to do, just say it here."
Do you have any brains? You actually asked me such nonsense in front of Guangyun Gate. Am I shameless?
Du Ruhui seemed to be able to feel the colleagues around him who were off duty looking at him with eyes like, "So you are like this Du Ruhui."
"Okay then, I will disturb Prime Minister Du." Jin Dayou asked: "Prime Minister Du, when will His Majesty the Emperor recover from his illness?"
He also worked hard in Chang'an and knew that Du Ruhui was the emperor's right-hand man and a close confidant, so he tried his best to make friends with him in order to achieve his goals with the help of Du Ruhui. But it was a pity that Du Ruhui was too smart, so he
He had no idea what to do. Whether it was sending money or beautiful women, the other party was indifferent.
Du Ruhui gave Jin Dayou the feeling of being a bit out of touch and very helpless.
"Well, I don't know about this." Du Ruhui sighed, looking very vicissitudes of life, "His Majesty is very angry this time. You have also seen what happened at the court meeting. For the sake of His Majesty's Holy Body, we all think that His Majesty should be allowed to
Take good care of your health, otherwise His Majesty will be involved in government affairs before he recovers. None of us can bear this responsibility, nor can we bear it, even if you say yes or no."
"Yes, yes, yes." Jin Dayou nodded repeatedly, and immediately looked confused: "But Prime Minister Du, our country is in danger, please ask Prime Minister Du to rescue us."
"I know, I know. If I have a chance to see His Majesty, I will ask His Majesty what he means. You should go back and rest first."
After saying that, without giving Jin Dayou a chance to get entangled, Du Ruhui ducked away.
Jin Dayou's face was gloomy and uncertain. To be honest, he didn't know whether Emperor Tang's illness was real or not. Because he had witnessed those famous scenes of Tang officials fighting each other. If such a thing happened, as the ruler of the Nuo Empire,
Even if you are angry, it is understandable.
But for some reason, he always felt that the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were deliberately neglecting him and even ignoring the current situation in Silla. Although there was no evidence, he could tell it from the indifferent Tang ministers.
Of course, as an envoy of a small country, he was very helpless when facing the suzerain. Because he was not qualified to ask the suzerain to do anything, he could only ask the suzerain to help him.
This is the tragedy of a small country. Being beaten is a common occurrence. When asking for help from the overlord country, you must maintain a respectful attitude, or even beg.
Even if the overlord doesn't agree, he can't have an attack, and he has to keep his smile on his face.
At the foot of the majestic imperial city, Jin Dayou's figure looked very humble, even small and invisible.
Tang Chen, who saw him, had no intention of going over to talk. After all, this kind of envoy from a foreign country had little value in making friends.
More importantly, who else in the world is the enemy of Datang?
Who else is qualified to be Datang’s enemy?
Who else can become Datang’s enemy?
No!
There is no one who can fight!
If that's the case, then why should we take the foreign ministers seriously?