Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Qin Wenyuan, as if he hadn't noticed anything, said with a smile: "In that case, let's officially start today's Council of Nations. Just like before, everyone can speak freely."

As Qin Wenyuan finished speaking, the Turkic prince Qihela stood up impatiently.

He said, "I have an idea."

Qin Wenyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. This fit was a bit too hasty.

Anthony, however, cooperated with a smile on his face: "What's your idea?"

Qihela deliberately glanced at Qin Wenyuan, then turned his head to look at other people, as if he was asking for Qin Wenyuan's opinion.

He said: "In this world, everyone is fighting for profit, so why are wars constantly going on? Even if it is driven by profit."

"So, in my opinion, it is impossible to make both sides equal. After all, the difference between big countries and small countries is too big. Big countries have achieved their current status through the efforts of countless people. How can they be willing to share their interests with small countries for no reason?"

"And small countries are afraid of big countries, because the existence of big countries also threatens them, and they are also threatening big countries..."

Qihela paused for a moment and continued, "To put it bluntly, it's just a piece of meat. It just depends on whether the big country wants to eat it or not."

"So, I think that conflicts of interest between big countries and small countries are absolutely inevitable, and this cannot be solved by just a few words."

"Small countries cannot defeat big countries, and big countries covet small countries, so the atmosphere is always tense, and small countries are in a state of panic all day long!"

"In this case, why don't we resolve it through peaceful negotiations?"

Anthony cooperated very well and said, "What method?"

The envoys from small countries seemed to realize something and their faces turned completely bad.

Qin Wenyuan, on the other hand, still had that faint smile on his face, which gave Chihela and Anthony the feeling that it was still within their expectations.

Qihela glanced at the unfriendly envoys from small countries and said calmly: "I think that big countries and small countries will provoke disputes over interests sooner or later. In this case, why not use peaceful negotiations now... and let the small countries take the initiative to give up some interests to the big countries!"

"In this way, when big countries gain benefits, they will not covet the interests of small countries."

"And small countries, by paying some price, can also gain the friendship of big countries. From now on, they don't have to worry about what big countries will give them, and they can also focus on development. So... this is a win-win situation. What do you think?"

Brush it!
As soon as Qihela finished speaking, the faces of the envoys from small countries all changed.

Among these more than 100 countries, most are small countries, and there are only a few large countries.

Even Tiele, a country sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, can be considered a medium-sized country.

So you can imagine how many small countries there are.

Among these 106 countries, at least more than 70 can be considered small countries.

Therefore, Qihela's words directly angered more than seventy envoys.

But these more than seventy envoys were not united in their purpose.

Although Qin Wenyuan had used various strategies to break up the alliance between these envoys, there were still some small countries that supported powerful countries such as the Turks and the Arabs because they were affiliates of the Turks or the Arabs.

Therefore, the real targets of Qihela were the more than 30 envoys who were deceived by Qin Wenyuan and the more than 20 envoys who were unwilling to believe anyone and were very wary of everyone.

Because their own interests were involved at this moment, they all started to argue.

"Nonsense!" This method makes absolutely no sense.

"That's right. Why should we pay the price? Why don't the big countries put aside their ambitions?"

"Is it unreasonable to be weak?"

The envoys retorted with red faces.

But Qihela just sneered when he heard this: "Don't mention it, if you are weak, you really have no reason."

"If you were not weak, then now would be the time for you to exploit other countries, not for other countries to exploit you. So... being weak is the original sin!"

Even though Qihela had some brains, he was still a straightforward Turk at heart. He sneered at the words of the envoys from these small countries.

Envoys from major powers, such as Anthony, also sneered.

When the envoys from these small countries heard this, they felt extremely aggrieved and indignant, but they... had no way out.

Because they knew that although what Qiheila said was unpleasant...it was not wrong.

Being weak is the original sin!
Now they have refused, but once these powerful countries really reach an agreement, as long as the powerful countries send troops... it will not be just a small price to pay, the entire country may be lost.

Countries are always so cruel and ruthless.

Their hands were clenched into fists, their nails dug into the flesh, and bright red blood dripped from their fingertips, falling to the ground, forming a pool of red.

They gritted their teeth but couldn't utter a word. They didn't dare to object.

They were really afraid of angering these powerful countries and actually destroying their countries.

The atmosphere suddenly became tragic.

When Xu Gou saw this scene, he was filled with mixed feelings.

He had thought about the cruelty of diplomacy, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

And now, no matter who it is, they can see how shameless Qiheila's proposal is.

Just like the Baekje envoy before, they were shameless to the extreme, but these envoys from small countries did not dare to refuse, and could not refuse.

Because no one cares what they think.

This reminded him of what happened on the first day. At that time, the Baekje envoys also had the same idea to deal with the Tang Dynasty.

If it weren't for my young master who crushed the alliance of various countries in advance, if it weren't for my young master who killed the chicken to scare the monkey... perhaps, these small countries today would be the future of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, he realized how much the young master had done for the Tang Dynasty and what kind of disasters the Tang Dynasty had avoided.

Likewise, he also realized how important it was for his country to be strong.

Otherwise, just like this... watching other big countries causing their country to lose territory just because of a few casual words, how desperate and helpless it would be.

Chichara and Antony were very satisfied with the performance of these envoys from small countries.

Anthony looked at Qin Wenyuan with a smile and said, "It seems that all the envoys have no objection to this proposal."

"Then Sir Qin..."

He looked at Qin Wenyuan and finally stated his purpose: "What do you think, Lord Qin? Do you agree with His Highness Turkic's proposal?"

Qihela also looked at Qin Wenyuan with an impatient look in his eyes.

He was waiting for Qin Wenyuan to nod.

As long as Qin Wenyuan nods, those envoys from small countries will completely despair of Qin Wenyuan and the Tang Dynasty!
At that time, he would make a reversal, oppose his own proposal, find a scapegoat, and solve the case of the Baekje envoy.

And then……

Qihela's eyes were full of pride.

Then, everything will return to normal, and these envoys from small countries will once again approach me!

Will be hostile to the Tang Dynasty!
Afterwards, one hundred and six countries put pressure on the Tang Dynasty together!

The Tang Dynasty will become fish on the chopping board, to be slaughtered at will!

How much benefit can a small country get?

Only the Tang Dynasty is worthy of their efforts this time!

The fit is waiting.

Anthony was also looking forward to it with a smile.

The envoys from small countries looked despairing.

Qin Wenyuan, facing all of them, looked at them expectantly, maliciously, indignantly, or indignantly, and said calmly: "I refuse. The Tang Dynasty... opposes!" "I refuse. The Tang Dynasty opposes!"

Qin Wenyuan's calm words echoed directly in the quiet hall.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, as if they didn't understand what Qin Wenyuan meant.

but the next moment --
An uproar suddenly broke out!

"What!?"

Qihela's expression changed first. He almost jumped up. He looked at Qin Wenyuan with wide eyes and said, "Qin Wenyuan, you...what did you say?"

"Did you make a mistake?"

This is different from the agreement!

This is completely different from what they imagined!
Anthony's eyes flickered at this moment.

He couldn't help but stare at Qin Wenyuan.

But Qin Wenyuan's expression remained calm, as if the person who just spoke was not him at all.

This made Anthony think of something and his face suddenly changed.

"Could it be..."

Anthony is much better than the old fox. At this moment, he thought of many situations, and no matter which situation it was, it was out of his control.

"Oops!"

Anthony felt terrible.

But there was no expression on his face.

At least, he wasn't as shocked as Chihra was.

As for the envoys from small countries, their eyes immediately lit up.

This time, not only the thirty-odd envoys who were sent to Wen Nuan by Qin Wenyuan at the beginning, but also more than twenty extremely vigilant centrists, all looked at Qin Wenyuan with shining eyes.

Qin Wenyuan met their bright gazes, smiled gently, and said, "Your Highness, the Turkic Crown Prince, your ears are not clear. I suggest you clean your earwax."

"I only said eight words. Your Highness, I guess it's not impossible that you can't understand it, right?"

When Qihela heard Qin Wenyuan's sarcastic words, his face suddenly became gloomy.

He also understood, and he said: "Qin Wenyuan, you...are you going to regret it?"

"Regret? What regret?"

Qin Wenyuan looked confused and said, "Your Highness Turkic, please explain clearly. What happened to me that I regretted it?"

Looking at Qin Wenyuan's pretentious appearance, Qihela was really angry and wanted to bite him.

Especially when he saw that those centrist envoys also sided with Qin Wenyuan at this moment, his face became even uglier.

He could not help but say angrily: "Just yesterday, you, me, and Anthony, we——"

But before Qihela could finish his words, he was interrupted by Anthony.

Anthony said righteously: "Your Highness Turkic, please don't slander me. I don't know whether you and Lord Qin have agreed on anything in your private meeting, but I have never met you alone."

"what?"

Qihela was stunned for a moment.

Then the whole person jumped up.

He jumped up and shouted angrily: "Anthony, you...you, you betrayed me?"

Anthony said calmly, "I don't understand what His Majesty the Turk means."

In his heart, Anthony wanted to curse Qihe: "What is this idiot yelling about? Does he have to let everyone know about our private calculations? Qin Wenyuan obviously knew about our calculations and just played along with us!"

"You have no way to deal with Qin Wenyuan now. The best way is to shut up. Yelling like this will only cause trouble!"

He really wanted to curse Qihe to death.

And Qihela finally understood at this time.

Qin Wenyuan never believed them at all and didn't fall into their trap at all!
At the critical moment, Anthony also betrayed and abandoned himself.

"Damn it! Bastard!"

His eyes turned red. The crazy thoughts in the Turkic people's bones made him want to chop Qin Wenyuan and Anthony with a knife.

But his reason was trying its best to suppress him and prevent him from being impulsive.

Otherwise it will be bad!

Just like that, Qihela endured for a long time before he finally slammed the table in front of him and sat down angrily, breathing heavily, barely suppressing the murderous intent in his heart.

Anthony finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Qihela didn't pull him into the water again.

But when she looked at Qin Wenyuan, she could no longer smile that brightly.

But Qin Wenyuan still had that brilliant smile.

He had a constant smile on his face from beginning to end, which made Anthony curse in his heart, thinking that people who smile are not good people!

Qin Wenyuan took in the performance of Anthony and Chihela.

Although Qihela has some brains, the characteristics of the Turkic people, such as impulsiveness and irritability, are still very obvious.

Anthony, however, reacted the fastest and was extremely smart in getting rid of any possible subsequent troubles.

This person is really worth paying attention to.

He is much more dangerous than Chihela.

It seems that the Arab Empire did not choose him randomly.

Qin Wenyuan's mind was full of thoughts, but his face showed no abnormality. He looked at the envoys and said, "My Great Tang loves peace the most. We were once weak and suffered the ravages of war. We know the helplessness of small countries very well, and we don't want to cause countless people to be displaced and suffer because of our own ambitions."

"So, unless someone really provokes our Tang Dynasty and repeatedly provokes our Tang Dynasty, just like Tuyuhun...challenges our Tang Dynasty's bottom line, otherwise our Tang Dynasty will never take the initiative to invade any country!"

"Therefore, His Highness Turk's proposal is against the harmony of heaven and against the principles and bottom line of our Tang Dynasty. I'm sorry that our Tang Dynasty cannot agree to it!"

Qin Wenyuan finished speaking.

The envoys from small countries suddenly had tears in their eyes.

They felt they had found a soulmate.

Looking at Qin Wenyuan's expression, which was full of gratitude and admiration, they felt extremely guilty for having doubted Qin Wenyuan before because of some rumors they heard.

But precisely because of this, they trusted Qin Wenyuan even more.

They also became more dependent on the Tang Dynasty.

They felt that compared with the Turks, the Tang Dynasty was really a much better country.

Worthy of their trust and following.

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly to the envoys from small countries, with an extremely gentle smile on his face.

No matter whether the Tang Dynasty will conquer these small countries in the future, at least for now, we should speak more nicely.

(End of this chapter)