Capital Datang

In the Taiji Hall of Taiji Palace, Taizong Li Shimin was discussing the government affairs with his ministers, and they happened to be talking about the marriage of Tubo.

"Your Majesty, now Tubo is getting stronger and stronger, and has defeated several surrounding countries and tribes. Now Tubo Zanpu is in love with the heavenly dynasty, and has sent people to propose marriage many times. This is a great opportunity to win Tubo, so I believe that Tubo should be granted Propose!" Kong Yingda, who was thin and thin, stepped forward and said.

"This matter is absolutely impossible!" Before Kong Yingda could back down, Shang Shu's left servant and Fang Xuanling stood up and objected.

"Fang Xiang, there has been a marriage for a long time. In ancient times, there was a good story about the Qin and Jin Dynasties. There are also precedents in my Tang Dynasty where princesses married Turks and Tuyuhun. Why can't they marry Tubo?" Kong Yingda is not young, but He still had a fiery temper, and he didn't back down from Fang Xuanling, who was known as the head of civil servants.

"Your Majesty Kong doesn't know something. It is precisely because Tubo's national strength is growing that it often shows disrespect to Tang Dynasty. If you agree to marry the princess to Tubo now, it will only fuel Tubo's arrogance, which is not good for the country or the people. "Fang Xuanling was recuperating very well, she was not angry at Kong Yingda's questioning, and explained her opinion very calmly.Capital Datang 31

Although what Fang Xuanling said was very reasonable, Kong Yingda was not so persuasive, so he argued with Fang Xuanling by citing scriptures.The ministers in the DPRK were also divided into two factions. One group, headed by Yu Zhining and other orthodox Confucian scholars, sang praises for the marriage and supported Kong Yingda, believing that the marriage would help deepen the diplomatic relations between the two countries.The other faction is dominated by advisers such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji who helped Li Shimin conquer the world. Their ideas are the same as Fang Xuanling's, and they all oppose making peace with Tubo.

The two groups are important officials of the imperial court, Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining rely on their numbers, while Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji have fewer people, and the two are usually at odds, but they are all in positions of authority. In the first generation, everyone's words carry a lot of weight, so the two groups of people quarreled evenly, and no one could convince the other.

Those who did not participate in the quarrel in the court were left with some centrists and those military generals. The centrists stood there pretending to be stupid, agreeing with both sides, but they did not express their views clearly. They were all oily old foxes, while the generals were They hugged their shoulders to watch the excitement, and they couldn't talk about the affairs of the court at all, unless they were going to fight with knives, then it was their time to play.

Li Shimin was also caught in a dilemma by the opinions of the two groups of people. In fact, he also had his own plans. After the war was eliminated, the enemy in Li Shimin's heart was only Goguryeo. In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang sent dozens of troops Wan attacked Goguryeo, but still ended up defeated.If he can defeat Goguryeo and complete the unfinished business of the former Sui Dynasty, it will prove that the Tang Dynasty is stronger than the former Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty will be more logical.

But if you want to conquer Goguryeo, you will definitely need to raise soldiers from all over the country.In this way, it is necessary to appease the countries around the Tang Dynasty first, so as not to be disturbed by these small countries when they conquer Goguryeo.He thought that after destroying the Turks in the north and conquering Tuyuhun in the southwest, there would be no rivals around the Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that there would be another Tubo army rising up. Come on, his desire to conquer Goguryeo does not know when he will postpone it.

But if it is a marriage, what Fang Xuanling said is also very reasonable. Tubo thinks that after defeating a few small countries in the surrounding area, it will be able to challenge the Tang Dynasty head-on, and it will be provocative from time to time. If you agree to the marriage now, in the eyes of others , It is indeed an act of showing weakness, which will not only fuel Tubo's arrogance, but also damage Datang's face.As a proud emperor, Li Shimin never hoped to exchange his daughter for peace. Although some princesses were married to Tuyuhun and Turkic nobles before, they were all actions to win people's hearts after conquering them, which is completely different from the current one. .

In fact, in essence, Li Shimin is also a person who must take revenge. How powerful the Communist Party was back then, it was because Jieli Khan took advantage of the change of power in the Tang Dynasty and directed his troops at Chang'an, forcing him to set the Weishui alliance. Forcing the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to the Turks, Li Shimin was ashamed and humiliated. Later, after three years of hard work, he finally sent troops to destroy the powerful army in the third year of Zhenguan. Beicai retires after he succeeds, and he is ashamed of the past.Regarding Tubo's previous provocations, Li Shimin kept in mind that as long as he had the opportunity and strength, he would never mind destroying another country.

When Li Shimin was undecided, suddenly the yellow gate outside the hall came in to report that Li Ke and Li Min had brought helpers to ask for an interview.Li Shimin felt strange, but Li Min didn't say anything first, Li Ke was a son who knew how to advance and retreat, and he was discussing matters in the palace by himself, so he shouldn't come in and disturb him for no reason?

"Tell them to come in!" Li Shimin said holding back the doubts in his heart.

As soon as Li Ke and the others entered the palace, Li Shimin was startled immediately, and the ministers who were arguing around him also stopped, looking at this group of miserable dandies in shock.Li Ke was the first to enter the hall with a limp, while Li Yin behind was carried in, clutching his stomach and moaning in pain. Cheng Huailiang, with two panda eyes, and Qin Huaiyu and others The people are all dressed in beggar clothes, and there are bloodstains on the exposed skin, which looks very scary.Also carried in were Li Xiaojie, Li Jingheng, Yan Bei and others, because these guys were the worst, had been beaten the most just now, and looked the most miserable, so it was most appropriate to pretend to be seriously wounded.

"Father, please be the master for your ministers and all the brothers!" Li Ke is also very professional in acting, and he threw himself on the ground and burst into tears as soon as he came up. The people behind him also cooperated very much. They take revenge.Li Yin was secretly laughing on the stretcher. At first he was worried that these people's acting was too fake, but he didn't expect that all of them were actor-level characters. Even Li Ke, who is usually a good-looking king of Shu, actually had tears when he cried. There is no need for eye drops or other aids at all. This is definitely a good actor with great potential. It seems that he will have to dig more in the future.

"Bastard, look at all of you, get up and answer me!" Li Shimin was also taken aback by the miserable appearance of his two sons. Li Ke, who was like himself, only knew how to crawl on the ground and cry, and he didn't look like a prince at all. The anger in his heart was even stronger, and he couldn't help shouting angrily.

"I want to report to my father, it's not that the servants and others are disregarding manners, but those Tubo people are really bullying people too much. They not only insult my sisters with rude words, but also beat the servants and the others with arrogance and unreasonableness. Although the servants tried their best to resist, but Still outnumbered, beaten into such a state by them, I have no choice but to ask my father to be the master, to seek justice for my son and others." Li Ke was crying with tears flowing down his face, but his words were very clear. Li Yin recited all the words he had thought up in advance, and put all the responsibility on the Tubo people.

Cheng Huailiang and others also yelled loudly, and even rolled up their clothes to let the surrounding ministers see their injuries, so as to win the sympathy of others, causing chaos in the hall.Their fathers or grandpas were standing on both sides, seeing the miserable appearance of their sons and grandsons, their faces were full of anger, but it was inconvenient to show it in the court because of face.

"Shut up! What's going on here, Ke'er, please report the details!" Li Shimin looked at the chaotic crowd below and shouted, and then they calmed down, and turned to Li Ke and asked.

Li Ke felt that the effect was almost done, and Li Yin also secretly gestured to him, meaning that it was up to him to perform now.So he stood up and wiped away his tears, and told the story in detail. Of course, he made some small changes, such as deliberately emphasizing the description of the arrogant attitude of the Tubo people. The phrase insulting the Tang princess in the group fight this time also turned into a loud provocation from the Tubo people in Chinese, without paying attention to the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

"Bah~" Li Shimin punched the dragon case in front of him angrily, and roared furiously: "Tubo boy, how dare you despise my Tang Dynasty so much, do you really think that my Tang Dynasty is weak and can be bullied?"

"Your Majesty, I would like to lead my Tang's tiger and wolf masters to pacify Tubo in one fell swoop, and capture that Zanpu boy alive and present him to Your Majesty." Cheng Yaojin and his group of generals who feared that the world would not be chaotic clamored one after another. Finally, they hadn't been moved for a long time, and their bones were almost rusted, and they wished that there would be a big battle now.

"Your Majesty, calm down. Although Tubo is disrespectful to me, Tang, but now is not a good time to go to war!" Seeing the generals going crazy, Fang Xuanling was afraid that Li Shimin's head would also go crazy, so he hurriedly jumped out to persuade him.Capital Datang 31

"What Mr. Fang said is true. The battle with Tuyuhun the year before last has consumed more than half of our Tang treasury. Now we have an empty army in the Tang Dynasty, but no money and food to help. It is really not easy to start the war lightly!" Wei Zheng also stood up and said.Other ministers also advised one after another, except for those generals, almost no one agreed to start the war.

After roaring a few times, Li Shimin also knew that now is not the time to start a war with Tubo, but the anger in his heart couldn't come out, so he couldn't help saying angrily: "Tubo children are too deceitful, don't bring up the marriage again, and cancel the agreement with Tubo again." The border market of Tubo, prohibit Tubo people from entering the territory of our Tang Dynasty!"

Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin had dispelled the idea of ​​going to war, so he no longer insisted. Although the cancellation of the mutual market would also cause losses to Datang, it would be a greater loss to Tubo, who could not even supply their own iron, and it was a way to vent their anger. Method.Kong Yingda, a stubborn old man, wanted to say something, but was held back by his friend Yu Zhining. Changsun Wuji hadn't spoken since Li Yin and the others came in, squinting his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

It was a good morning court, but it was messed up by Li Yin and the others. Li Shimin didn't have the mind to discuss matters, and he was about to retreat with a wave of his hand.But at this moment, the captain of the Jinwu Guard, Wei Chi Baolin, came to report that the Tubo ambassador was causing trouble in the city. Now that he has been arrested by them, what should I do if I come to ask for instructions?But there was no mention of the tragic situation in which all the Tubo people were beaten to death.

Li Shimin was in a fit of anger, yelling loudly that all these Tibetans should be taken to prison.Yuchi Baolin responded loudly, and then went out backwards, but he didn't forget to sneak a glance at Li Yin and the others when he went out, and Cheng Huailiang secretly gave him a thumbs up.This guy Yuchi Baolin also often hangs out with Cheng Huailiang and his group, and Li Min also met him at the Five Kings Banquet last time, but he is the captain of the Jinwu Guard, and he happened to be on duty today, so he couldn't go to the banquet.I didn't expect that such an incident happened today, and it happened that he could be of help.Anyway, he doesn't have to take any responsibility. After all, he only arrests people, and no one asks him if the arrested people are injured. Even if they are investigated in the future, they will not be able to find him.

After the Tubo people were dealt with, the early court disbanded, and Li Shimin ordered the names of Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and several other civil and military officials to stay.Cheng Huailiang and his 'wounded' were also taken care of. Li Ke and Li Yin originally wanted to withdraw with the main force, but they didn't expect to be called by Li Shimin's name. stayed.Li Yin screamed in his heart that something was wrong, maybe he was going to be in trouble this time? . ..