The road to technology

Chapter 481: Another Princess

But it was said that Li Shimin had finalized the matter of learning scriptures, and immediately returned to the palace, and then ordered all the ministers to hold a grand court meeting the next day.

Li Shimin wanted to hold a grand court meeting at this time, not only because Master Xuanzang went to the west to learn scriptures, but also because he had to deal with a major event.

The time soon came to the next morning, when all the civil and military officials were assembled, and after performing the etiquette, Li Shimin spoke first: "Last year, the king of Tubo sent an envoy to this dynasty to marry the daughter of my clan as his wife. An alliance, a good relationship between the two countries."

"Hmph, I didn't agree at that time. The Zanpu of Tubo, that is, Songtsan Gampo, was very angry when he learned that I didn't agree, so he sent troops to the east. Although Tubo was slavery, the military was quite serious. Strong and strong, he captured Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Bailanqiang all the way, and Bingfeng approached our land of Songzhou, and threatened to attack Songzhou if we did not agree."

When Li Shimin said this, he stopped and looked around at the officials in the Xuanzheng Hall. Some of these people knew about it, and some didn't.

For example, Ye Liangchen, who was already used to this body, didn't know.It wasn't until she heard about Songtsan Gampo that she realized that there really was such a thing in history. It seemed that the Tang Dynasty married Princess Wencheng, but how could such a thing happen in the world of Journey to the West?

At this moment, Ye Liangchen was thinking about how to join the westbound team to complete the task assigned by the system, but when Li Shimin said this, she became a little curious, so she asked, "How was the result?"

Li Shimin respected Ye Liangchen very much, because he already knew that this woman was hand-picked by his big backstage, so he not only let her hold an important position, but also let her participate in state affairs.

The effect after he did this is also very obvious. Over the past year or so, Datang's technological level has improved by more than 01:30 points.

Li Shimin smiled proudly and said: "Of course I didn't scare you too much, so I sent Hou Junji as a general and led a large army to fight. As a result, before Hou Junji arrived, the Tubo army was defeated by my frontier soldiers and retreated. Tubo sent envoys to bring gold and silver treasures to apologize. But Tubo Zanpu is also a scoundrel, and even at this time he still asked his envoys to bring up the matter of marrying the princess."

"Of course I won't agree, so Tubo Zanpu simply invaded our borders again. Originally, there were Hou Jun gathered there, and I didn't care about the Tubo army like chickens and dogs. However, what happened next made me I can't have peace, it's really hateful!"

Ye Liangchen's crisp voice sounded: "Hou Junji is a famous general in the world, could it be that he was defeated by Tubo?"

Ye Liangchen frowned as she spoke, because as far as she knew, this was the incident of Tang marrying Wencheng in Tubo, and the result of the incident was self-evident, that is, Princess Wencheng married Tubo.

According to Li Shimin's current attitude, if it weren't for the Tang army's unfavorable war, how could it be possible to marry the princess.

At this time, a loud voice from among the courtiers yelled, "What kind of bullshit is defeated by Tubo? Then there will be symptoms such as headache, insomnia, loss of appetite, fatigue, and difficulty breathing. And once our troops withdraw, he will come back again, so annoying!"

Ye Liangchen didn't know this guy who dared to swear in court, so she looked at Li Shimin suspiciously, because Li Shimin didn't reprimand him.

As if sensing Ye Liangchen's doubts, Chu Suiliang, who is now serving as an advising doctor, stood up and said: "This is Lu Guogong, Cheng Zhijie, who is now the governor of the six states of You, Yi, Tan, Ping, Yan, and Gui, and the governor of Youzhou. , I just returned to Chang'an to report on my work not long ago."

Ye Liangchen nodded his head to express his understanding, isn't this Cheng Yaojin, and now he has changed his name to Cheng Zhijie, no wonder he can spray dung on the court.

Cheng Zhijie continued to yell: "That Tubo Zanpu still uses this as a basis, claiming that he is blessed by some kind of Buddha, and made our army sick. It is really abominable."

Li Shimin went on to say: "It is true that when his army retreated, our army could not pursue it, so we had to retreat and stick to it. However, Tubo also only avoided the most important and ignored the less important. It made our soldiers and people on the frontier exhausted, so I thought about it."

"Your Majesty, this is altitude sickness, there is a way to deal with it." Ye Liangchen said directly, she didn't want Li Shimin to marry the daughter of Tang Dynasty.

"Oh? Mr. Ye is worthy of being a giant of science, and he can understand the truth after just listening to a few words. If Mr. Ye really has a way, it will be easy to defeat Tubo."

Ye Liangchen thought for a while, then said: "Of course it's true. After the court meeting, I will gather the relevant altitude sickness knowledge and corresponding methods into a book and present it to Your Majesty."

Speaking of this, Ye Liangchen paused, pondered for a while before continuing: "But I also have one thing to ask."

Li Shimin: "Once Mr. Ye asks for anything, I will grant it. Please come to me, Mr. Ye."

Ye Liangchen said directly: "I want to travel westward with Master Xuanzang. Firstly, I can spy on the information of various countries along the way and draw a map of the mountains and rivers of Nanfangbuzhou for Your Majesty. Second, I want to use this westward journey to improve my experience and learn more , in order to make something for His Majesty in the future that can receive the knowledge left by the ancestors of the human race on Mount Tai."

Ye Liangchen felt that instead of sneaking into the team halfway, it would be better to let Li Shimin get him in, which seemed justifiable.

Li Shimin hesitated for a long time after hearing the words, and asked: "If so, after Mr. Ye left, Datang Science and Technology may make slow progress, and I really don't want to give up."

Seeing Li Shimin's attitude, Ye Liangchen secretly thought there was a way, so she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the development of science and technology cannot be seen by one person alone, and civilization can only be progressed if we blindly rely on it." With the power of one person, I am afraid that the technology tree will be crooked in the future. Besides, I will not come back after I go. Don’t forget, Your Majesty, I am different from Master Xuanzang. I will come to Chang'an often when I find time, so your Majesty need not worry."

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, but he announced: "I still need to think about this matter, and we will discuss it after a while."

So this court meeting ended.

In the days that followed, Master Xuanzang had already started to prepare the objects for his journey to the west, and at the same time bid farewell to the monks of Huasheng Temple.

Seeing this, Ye Liangchen was very anxious, but she had no choice but to continue to wait for news from Li Shimin. She even thought that if Li Shimin refused to agree, she might just leave and find another way.

Just when she was trying to find another way, Li Shimin's notice arrived.

The meeting place was still the Xuanzheng Hall, but at this time, not all civil and military officials were present, only a few important people came.

Ye Liangchen recognized these people, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji.

After Ye Liangchen arrived, Li Shimin went straight in and said frankly: "Mr. Ye, I want to make you Princess Wencheng, and I will send another army of Tiance and Cangyun as guards to follow Master Xuanzang to the west, and at the same time seize the princess in the name of marrying Tubo." During the state affairs, I ordered Duke Wei to be the commander-in-chief, and the army will respond later to scare Xiao Xiao, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)