bastard seizes tang

Chapter 612
In the 14th year of Zhenguan, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is a spring feast.

In Chang'an City, north of Taiji Palace, outside Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin ordered officials from the imperial court and envoys from various countries to come to a banquet. Three to five hundred people gathered here bustlingly. In addition to the busy servants in the palace, more than a thousand people gathered under Xuanwu Gate. There are so many people.

Some of the envoys from various countries were court envoys from various countries and ethnic groups, and some were simply the kings of the country who came to congratulate them in person. These people were dressed in different colors.Clothes of different styles are dizzying and dazzling, which must be available in the prosperous dynasty.

The protagonist of today's banquet is naturally the Tang emperor Li Shimin, and the second is the prince Li Ke who also declared his prestige among the countries and ethnic groups in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone came early, before Li Shimin arrived, Crown Prince Li Ke and Crown Princess Wu Meiniang were sitting in their seats, and envoys from various countries came to visit them from time to time.

Xue Yantuo, Eastern and Western Turks, Huihe, Khitan, all the ethnic groups in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, those who stood up on the stage, and those who wanted to gain a foothold in Mobei, all circled around in front of Li Ke to meet Li Ke, so that Li Ke would not be surprised.

Although there were many envoys who came to meet with Li Ke, Li Ke's attention was not on them. He just dealt with the matter, and Li Ke's eyes still glanced at the direction of the Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan from time to time.

Wu Meiniang was the closest to Li Ke, and she observed carefully. She watched Li Ke look at Lu Dongzan from time to time, and asked Li Ke in a low voice: "Is the prince looking at Tubo Lu Dongzan?"

Li Ke nodded and said, "Not bad."

Wu Meiniang joked: "The crown prince won't win Lu Dong's approval, is it possible that he is still possessed by a demon?"

Li Ke shook his head and said: "Lu Dongzan is from Tubo, and he is loyal to Songtsan Gampo. I didn't even think about taking him into my sect. It's just that he has been very quiet recently, and I feel a little weird .”

Among the envoys of various countries, Tubo Lu Dongzan was the one that Li Ke focused on. Li Ke once ordered the minister of rites, Sun Chong, to send people to Honglu Temple to monitor Lu Dongzan's whereabouts every day, and immediately report any abnormalities. Dong Zan was very honest, he even rarely went out to visit officials of the Tang Dynasty, except for the lively places like Dongshi and Xishi, he usually stayed in Honglu Temple.

If Lu Dongzan can achieve great things, he will not give up lightly. Although Li Shimin politely rejected Lu Dongzan's marriage proposal in person, but according to Lu Dongzan's temperament, he shouldn't just let it go. Li Ke is really puzzled .

Wu Meiniang asked: "The marriage failed. It is a good thing that Tubo can't marry our princess of the Tang Dynasty. Why is the crown prince still so interested in Tubo?"

Li Ke said: "If Meiniang thinks that the prosperity of Tubo is directly related to whether I am married to the Tang Dynasty, then I am wrong."

Wu Meiniang asked again: "What does Sanlang mean?"

Li Ke solemnly replied: "Ten years ago, the Tubo royal family suffered a sudden change. Former Zanpu was assassinated. Songtsan Gampo became king at the age of 13. In just ten years, Tubo will be revived and the plateau will be dominated. He can't rely on it." It is the favor of other countries. Tubo relies on the terrain of living alone on the plateau, and it is also the British lord who is in the country, and the virtuous ministers are obedient. If my Tang Dynasty makes peace with him, it will only be icing on the cake, and it will only give him ten more years to completely settle on the plateau."

For Songtsan Gampo and Tubo, Li Ke never dared to underestimate them from the beginning to the end. Even in Li Ke's eyes, Tubo's threat to the Tang Dynasty was even lower than that of the Turks under the control of Jieli.

In terms of military strength, it is natural that the Turks were far superior to Tubo in the past, but Jieli was arrogant and conceited, while Songtsan Gampo was humble and respectful; What is rare is that Tubo has a unique geographical advantage, and it is not easy to destroy it.

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Ke's solemn expression, and burst into a "puchi" laugh.

Seeing this, Li Ke asked puzzledly: "What I told you is serious business, what is Meiniang laughing at?"

Wu Meiniang asked Li Ke: "The prince keeps saying that Songtsan Gampo is young and talented, but there are young and talented people in the world who can be around the prince? In Meiniang's opinion, even though Songtsan Gampo is great, he is only a hero in the world. , how can you compare with the crown prince?"

Li Ke regards Songtsan Gampo as a confidant and a serious trouble, saying that Songtsan Gampo is like the hero of the plateau, but in Wu Meiniang's eyes, Songtsan Gampo's actions are just following the general trend, and Songtsan Gampo himself is quite talented Together with the ministers and ministers, we have today's situation.But Wu Meiniang felt that Li Ke was different. Li Ke established a heir as a concubine and overturned the general trend of the dynasty.

Li Ke listened to Wu Meiniang's words, and there was a smile on his face. Compared with others, there is nothing in this world that is more important and gratifying than his beloved wife's recognition of him.

Li Ke held Wu Meiniang's palm, and said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "What Meiniang said is that in my Great Tang Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with Tubo. Tang, for the future of Yun'er, sweep away this great trouble in the Southwest."

Li Ke is the prince, so Li Shimin's throne will naturally be passed on to him in the future, and Li Fan is Li Ke's eldest son. If Li Ke succeeds in the future, Li Fan will be the logical prince. Li Ke said that he would go to Tibet for Li Fan This great trouble in the Southwest naturally makes sense.

While Li Ke and Wu Meiniang were talking, Li Shimin finally arrived, but today Li Shimin's presence caused quite a commotion in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, because this time Li Shimin did not come here alone, he was by Li Shimin's side , there is another person walking with him, this person is Li Ke's biological mother, the imperial concubine Yang.

Since the death of Empress Changsun, the empress of the Tang Dynasty has been vacant for three years. Li Shimin and Empress Changsun are childhood sweethearts, and they have unique feelings for Empress Changsun.

But there is no queen in the country, after all, something is wrong. Some officials in the court mentioned this matter to Li Shimin, and proposed to establish another queen, so as to secure the harem and the world.

Concubines in the harem, apart from the queen, are headed by the four concubines, the noble concubine Yang, the concubine Shu Wei, the concubine Yan, and the concubine Yin, and among the four concubines, the noble concubine is the head.

If another queen is established, Li Ke's biological mother, the noble concubine Yang, is naturally a well-deserved candidate for the queen. First of all, Yang is a noble concubine second only to the queen. The Yang family is taking care of the harem; secondly, the eldest son of the Yang family, Li Kenai, is the crown prince, and it is perfectly reasonable to make Concubine Yang the posthumous name, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

It's just that although people in the court have been mentioning this matter to Li Shimin, Li Shimin has never responded to the matter of setting up another queen, and others can't guess his thoughts. I attended with Yang, but I don't know why.

(End of this chapter)