Solange naturally didn't believe that Lin Xuan didn't know the purpose of his coming this time, but now that they had something to ask for, they naturally didn't get angry and said: "The Western Turks launched an attack on me, Xue Yantuo, with the intention of unifying the grassland. I, Xue Yantuo, are great
Khan was personally granted the title by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Yantuo was also a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, so we would like to ask the Tang Dynasty to send reinforcements to help us defeat the Western Turks."
"What your envoy said is wrong. At first, Xue Yantuo and other tribes could not stand the oppression of Jieli Khan, so they were willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and asked for help from the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty not only sent troops to help you destroy the Eastern Turks, but also granted the title of Yi Nan.
For sweating."
"What's the result? You, Xue Yantuo, have invaded our border with the Tang Dynasty every year. Now that you are in trouble, you have come to the Tang Dynasty for help. Do you think people in the Tang Dynasty are all fools?" Lin Xuan said coldly.
Solange looked at Lin Xuan in shock. He originally thought that Lin Xuan was just a playboy who was sent to the border as a consort to get gold.
But Lin Xuan's words made him understand that Lin Xuan was not as simple as he thought.
"The Chief Manager is joking. I, Xue Yantuo, have always been a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. Coming to the Tang Dynasty to plunder is also a private act of those tribes. The Great Khan also reprimanded them after knowing it." Solange said.
Naturally, he would not admit this. Anyway, Yi Nan did not give the order, but he did not stop it.
Lin Xuan sneered and said: "I don't believe what you are saying at all. People from every family on the border of the Tang Dynasty died because of your robbery. If the soldiers on the border knew how to help you, they might even mutiny. If you
If you are here for this purpose, then don’t say anything, there is no way I can agree to it.”
Solange looked at Lin Xuan's face carefully, feeling surprised and uncertain.
What Lin Xuan said before made him feel that Lin Xuan was not that simple.
In this case, can't Lin Xuan see that helping Xue Yantuo is the most beneficial thing for Datang?
Could it be that Lin Xuan said this deliberately to get more benefits?
But Solange didn't see anything from Lin Xuan's face, only anger and determination.
This made him confused for a while what Lin Xuan was planning.
If Lin Xuan knew what Solange was thinking, he would probably burst into laughter.
Do you think I’ve watched all those TV movies for nothing?
My acting skills are very good, okay?
Solange was moved. He heard that officials of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of their size, liked to hire some counselors. Could it be that what Lin Xuan said before was told to him by counselors?
Yes, that must be the case. Solange came up with a possibility.
Solange came to look around and found that apart from him and Lin Xuan, there were only maids waiting in the hall. In addition, there were several soldiers guarding the door.
The maid simply ignored it, and Solange came to take a closer look at the soldiers.
Even though Solange looked down upon the Han soldiers, he had to admit that these soldiers were elites and were rare warriors on the grasslands.
In this way, Solange felt relieved when he came. Naturally, those maids could not be counselors, and there was no problem among the soldiers.
The reason why he thought so was that he heard that the literati of the Tang Dynasty were very thin, and that the soldiers had a sense of bravery that the literati did not have.
Solange was determined. He felt that as long as the person who helped Lin Xuan to make suggestions was not there, it would not be very simple for him to fool Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan didn't know that Solange was so worried. Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time and looked around, he became a little anxious.
Could it be that I refused too simply and he gave up?
However, Lin Xuan soon gave up this idea. He was eager to use Xue Yantuo's request for help and intervened in the grassland war openly. This would not only avoid arousing the suspicion of the Western Turks, but also obtain first-hand information in time, which would be helpful for his subsequent plans.
Very helpful.
And Xue Yantuo was also anxious to ask Datang to send reinforcements to help fight against the Western Turks.
So it's impossible for Solange to give up so quickly.
Sure enough, at this moment, Solange spoke.
"The General Manager should know how the Eastern Turks treated the Tang Dynasty. Now I, Xue Yantuo, and the Western Turks are keeping each other in check, so the borders of the Tang Dynasty will be relatively peaceful. Once the Western Turks unify the grasslands, they will definitely surpass the Eastern Turks and the Tang Dynasty."
There will never be peace on the border," Solange said.
Many people did not have a clear idea of how strong the Eastern Turks were at that time. All they knew was the Weishui Alliance. The Eastern Turks almost reached Chang'an, but within a few years, the Eastern Turks were destroyed by Li Shimin.
There are records of a total of six princesses getting married in the Sui Dynasty, four of whom were married to Turks.
The Sui Dynasty only existed for a few years. If the Turks were not too powerful, why would they have such frequent marriages?
After the death of Princess Anyi, Princess Yicheng married the Turkic Qimin Khan and continued to maintain the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turks. After the death of Qimin Khan, she married his three sons, Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan.
, Jieli Khan.
Because of this relationship, Li Yuan was worried that the Eastern Turks would intervene when they rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, so he spent a lot of money and treasures, and nominally became vassals, in exchange for the Eastern Turks not interfering when they rebelled against the Sui Dynasty.
Even though Li Yuan unified the world, he still paid tribute to the Eastern Turks every year.
It's just that this period of history was very shameful to Li Tang and was deliberately covered up.
Otherwise, after Li Shimin destroyed the Eastern Turks, Li Yuan would not have attended the celebration banquet in person.
Because Li Shimin helped him wash away this shame.
Getting back to the topic, because of the strength of the Eastern Turks, the Sui Dynasty had to make peace many times, and the early Tang Dynasty had to pay tribute many times, so the Tang Dynasty could not allow the emergence of an "Eastern Turk" again.
This is also the reason why Solange is full of confidence in this mission.
But he didn't expect that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would directly ask him to come over and talk to Lin Xuan.
"I wonder if your envoy has ever heard of a saying from the Tang Dynasty that says there is no such thing as a free lunch." Lin Xuan pondered for a while and said with a smile.
He didn't continue to hold on, otherwise Solange would really think that he was unwilling to agree, and he would be in trouble if he turned around and went to Chang'an.
There is now intermittent information about the grassland, and now that Xue Yantuo has come to Datang for help, Lin Xuan is worried that Xue Yantuo will not be able to survive.
Solange came to know that Lin Xuan was asking for benefits. He had already prepared these when he came, and said with a smile: "Of course we won't let Datang Bai help us. As long as Datang helps us repel the Western Turks, we Xue Yantuo
I am willing to give 30,000 horses and 50,000 cattle and sheep as a gift of gratitude."
Lin Xuan sneered inwardly, thinking that such a thing would be enough to kill a beggar.
If these things were valued according to the Tang Dynasty, they would already be considered very rich.
But to Xue Yantuo, it was nothing.
This is just like the iron and salt from the Tang Dynasty, when transported to the grassland, their value will increase ten times or even dozens of times.
A million horses for all the tribes in Xueyantuo may be an exaggeration, but there are definitely 500,000 or 600,000.
With such a great opportunity, wouldn't it be a pity not to take advantage of them?
"If that's the case, then please come back." Lin Xuan said lightly.