Datang Library

Chapter 900
Honglu Temple, which has been idle for many days in the Tang Dynasty, seems to be particularly lively today, because a group of envoys came to visit.

Different from the Tang Dynasty in history when all nations came to court, in this era, because of the incitement of Bai Fan, the butterfly's wings, the national power of the Tang Dynasty increased sharply, and the external expansion was rapid. Basically, all the bordering tribes were knocked down and gathered on their own territory.

Now there is only Western Turkic, a foreign neighboring country, but it has been four years since the Tang Dynasty issued a ban on severing diplomatic relations. Back then, Li Er even sent someone to let go of the cruel words. The next one to destroy the country is Western Turkic. Who knows After being persuaded by the ministers, I waited for three years, and then the Boling Cui family leaked the bombing thunder, so the issue of the Western Turks was delayed again and again, and I never took action.

Li Er on the side of the Tang Dynasty anxiously looked at the map all day long, but the officials pretended not to see it, because the old saying goes that wars lead to death, and basically no one wants to fight except generals.

The Western Turkic side was also terribly frightened. They were worried for three years, but they became more and more daring when they saw that the Tang Dynasty was full of wind and rain. Expand westward to plunder in order to survive.

And the Western Turks took down 36 countries in the Western Regions. At this time, Persia is bordering on the west. Persia's national power is not weak, but after many years of development, it has now come to the end, so there is no such thing as the early Persian Empire. Wei, was soon defeated by the Western Turkic cavalry.

So in desperation, the Persian country had no choice but to find a way to survive, but to the west of them was the newly-emerged Arab Empire. This era was called the Great Food Kingdom by the Tang Dynasty. The Arab Empire and Persia were old enemies, and they always wanted to annex Persia.

So in the end, Persia could only implement the method of long-distance and short-term attack, crossing the Western Turks, and asking for help from the Tang Empire in the east.

His Majesty Li Er received the envoys from Persia at the Great Court Meeting of the Tai Chi Hall. Because they spoke Persian, Tang Honglu Temple sent Tang Shanzhi, who is good at many languages, to accompany him as an interpreter.

"I don't know what is the purpose of the Persian envoy coming to our Tang Dynasty? You and I have had business contacts in the past, and we can be regarded as friendly countries." Li Er asked.

The Persian envoy whimpered and gestured, and after talking for a long time, Tang Shanshi translated to Li Er and the others: "Your Majesty, he said that the Western Turks are invading their country, and they want to ask us for support."

Wei Zheng asked, "This red-haired official has been talking for so long, why did he just say that?"

Tang Shanzhi quickly explained: "I'm not very proficient in foreign languages. I can't translate some of his bitter local dialects, but the general meaning is this."

Everyone thought to themselves, there is no need to listen to the words of bitterness, and we are not interested. This Tang Shanshi can know many languages ​​at a young age, he is indeed a talent, and he is worthy of being the grandson of Tang Jian of Honglu Temple.

Li Er said: "People from Persia came to ask for help. In my opinion, we should fulfill our promise to Western Turks four years ago and send troops to attack Persia and destroy Western Turks in one fell swoop."

"Think twice, Your Majesty. I think this is not a good time to send troops. We should wait and observe before making a decision." Wei Zheng quickly stood up and stopped him.

"Your Majesty, please think again." Many civil servants followed suit to advise.

Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, this matter is a bit strange. It stands to reason that he should ask for help from his own neighboring country in the west when he asked for help from Persia. Why did he come to our Tang Dynasty instead of asking for help? And according to the intelligence, this person seems to have come empty-handed. "

"Hey, the auxiliary machine is careful, I, the Tang Dynasty, has all over the world, why do I care about mere gifts? It is the way of a sage to stop fighting the world." Li Er explained.

"Your Majesty, this red-haired boy is not a saint like us. He wants us to send troops with empty teeth? What a joke! It can be seen that they have no sincerity, let alone peace of mind." Du Ruhui said.

At this time, Changsun Wuji had already walked in front of the Persian envoy and asked.

The old fox is such a shrewd person. He already knew the general idea after asking a few questions until the Persian envoy was sweaty on his brow.

"Your Majesty, this person is trying to deceive us. Their own country is in dire straits and they can't take care of themselves. They are also being attacked by neighboring countries in the west and Western Turks in the east. It is impossible to stop the destruction of the country, and it is impossible to cooperate with me Exterminate the Western Turks, so we must not be fooled this time." Changsun Wuji said.

Li Eryi listened, okay, this red-haired man is so cunning, the Western Turks invaded you, what did he do with me?With a flick of his sleeve, Tang Shanzhi rejected the Persians.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the man hurriedly apologized, took out something from his pocket and handed it over, saying it was a gift.

"Hehe, I just said that this person doesn't look like a good person. If you don't force him, he even wants to take the gift for himself." Changsun Wuji took it and said with a smile.

But looking down at the things on the paper, he was a little dumbfounded, this, this is not...

"Auxiliary machine, what is it on the paper? Could it be some kind of treasure? What makes you look like this?" the civil servants asked.

"What kind of treasure is this? Isn't this the secret recipe of Thunderbolt leaked from my Tang Dynasty? This Persian is so good at doing business, he bribed us with our things?"

Listening to Changsun Wuji's explanation, everyone's faces darkened. Isn't this what the Boling Cui family leaked to the west to hurt people in the Western Regions?Good guy, dare to show off?
Li Er said angrily: "Come here, throw this person out. Datang declares that Persia and Persia will be hostile countries from now on, and there will be no friendship."

In this way, the Persian envoy was kicked out of the Tai Chi Hall in a daze, and he even thought that it was Datang who accepted the gift and then turned his face and refused to recognize anyone.

"Your Majesty, I think that the Tang Dynasty can watch from the sidelines when the Western Turks expand westward. It is just a matter of time to make a move to drive away the tigers and wolves, so that the Western Turks can beat down the barbarians in the west, and then our Tang Dynasty will attack the Western Turks. You can take over a larger site and benefit from it.

Conversely, if we attack the Western Turks now, they will definitely stop expanding and return to the army to rescue them. Then we will besiege Wei and save Zhao. We don't have such good friendship with the western barbarian countries, so there is no need to rescue him. "

After listening to Changsun Wuji's words, Li Er clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, the words of the auxiliary machine are very suitable for me. It is a good way to drive away the tigers and wolves. Then I, Tang Dynasty, will wait for him to west Turkic for a few more years. All the powerful enemies have been leveled, and if we go to take over all the territory, it can be regarded as his Western Turks serving as a vanguard officer for us to unify to the west."

As for whether it is possible for the Western Turks to strengthen themselves through continuous plunder and counterattack Datang in the future, this is not a concern to everyone. The Western Turks are just a thunderbolt, and absolutely have no strength to counterattack Datang.

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