Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 514 Negotiations
A little embarrassed by Princess Honghua's reprimand, Li Qinzai couldn't help but start to reflect on himself.

That's right, it's really a bit too much to keep catching Tuyuhun and plucking wool. Isn't this pinching soft persimmons?
But having said that... soft persimmons are delicious.

"Your Highness, forgive me, everything is a misunderstanding, the main reason is that Tuyuhun is close..." Li Qinzai sincerely defended.

Princess Honghua exploded in anger: "If you are close, you deserve to be robbed?"

Li Qinzai kept silent. No matter in terms of geographical location or labor cost, the proximity really deserves to be robbed. This should be the consensus of the simple and kind people for thousands of years, right?

Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests. The problem is that the masses of people are not rabbits.

"Your Highness has just come to Liangzhou, please go to the Governor's Mansion to rest, and the next official will hold a feast for His Highness the Princess."

Princess Honghua snorted resentfully, walked in, and murmured dissatisfiedly: "... I haven't returned to Chang'an for more than 20 years, how did the children of Chang'an become like this?"

Li Qinzai followed behind her, hurriedly clearing up the bastards in Chang'an: "Your Highness, I am the only one who has become like this."

"To shut up!"

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Princess Honghua has been married to Nuohebo Khan Khan for more than 20 years. Strictly speaking, her position is already on the side of Tuyuhun.

This is also the reason why Nuohebo Khan sent her as envoy today.

That's why Princess Honghua accused Li Qinzai of robbing Tuyuhun when they met today. In previous years, when Tuyuhun robbed the border people of the Tang Dynasty, she never heard her condemn her husband.

It is understandable that as a married daughter, of course she can only speak from the standpoint of her husband's family. If the husband and wife still stand on the standpoint of the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years, the princess will probably not live to this age.

After entering the Governor's Mansion, Princess Honghua sat first, accompanied by Li Qinzai, followed by Pei Shen.

Pei Shen's face is still a bit gray. The burning of the official warehouse has a great impact on his career. Kuai Ma has returned to Beijing to report, and the court's punishment has not yet come down. Whether this governor can continue to work depends on his horoscope. Coincidentally.

The border town was barren, and there were no singing, dancing and entertainment at the banquet in the governor's mansion, and the food and drinks were quite simple.

Princess Honghua was probably used to barbecuing meat in Tuyuhun, but she didn't mind. She ate and drank as soon as the food and wine came to the table, her every move was full of heroism.

Among the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, this one took the path of opening and closing.

Li Qinzai stood up and toasted a glass of wine. Princess Honghua held the barbecue in one hand and the wine cup in the other.

Li Qinzai had an illusion in a trance, feeling that he had come to Liangshan Heroes Gathering Hall, and the person in front of him was not Princess Honghua, but Brother Honghua.

In addition, Tuyuhun robbed Datang, and Li Qinzai also robbed Tuyuhun. Everyone has done business without capital, and the name of Juyi Hall is well deserved.

So, Tubo is Fang La?Is it time to discuss Zheng Fangla?
"The emperor sent you as an envoy. Now that you have arrived in Liangzhou, why did you not enter Tuyuhun for mediation?" Princess Honghua asked straight to the point.

"On the way to Liangzhou, I felt the wind and cold, and I couldn't bear to trek..." Li Qinzai stroked his forehead with one hand, and raised his orchid fingers with the other, posing in a very weak pose.

Princess Honghua squinted her eyes, and said with a sneer, "I drank the wine just now, and I can't tell that I'm feeling cold at all."

"...Back to the light."

"Okay, let's talk straight, why the delay?"

Li Qinzai sighed, "His Royal Highness, the time for me to be sent as an envoy has not yet come."

"What opportunity are you waiting for?" Princess Honghua was a little angry: "Most of Tuyuhun has fallen into the hands of Tubo, and the country will be destroyed if it is delayed for a few days. Nuohebo Khan has been waiting for reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, but the reinforcements No, not even the envoys, so the Son of Heaven wants to watch me Tuyuhun destroy the country?"

"If Tuyuhun is in the hands of Tubo, what good will it do for Tang?"

Li Qinzai said in a deep voice: "Your Highness must know that this year's drought in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, the grain harvest has failed, and the Wang Shi has no food to support. He cannot withstand a big war. If Tuyuhun wants the Tang Dynasty to send troops, can he provide the Wang Shi with food and grass?"

Princess Honghua froze, her face flushed immediately.

Tuyuhun was not a land of grain production in the first place. Now that two-thirds of the country has fallen, it is already very difficult to support the country's army. How can there be extra grain for the Tang army?

Seeing that Princess Honghua was speechless for a long time, Li Qinzai cast a sympathetic look.

We are all poor friends, why do you think I have what you don’t have?
Um?There seems to be some ambiguity...

After a long while, Princess Honghua said again: "But you should at least go to Tuyuhun to mediate, and the emperor will let you be his envoy. Is this how you deal with errands?"

Li Qinzai frowned: "Your Highness is teaching me how to do things?"

Princess Honghua was stunned for a moment, and then jumped up: "Bold! How dare you be so rude to me!"

Li Qinzai said tit for tat: "Your Highness is the envoy of Tuyuhun now, and I am the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. Did I say something wrong?"

"My palace is the princess of the Tang Dynasty!"

"You are the wife of Khan Nuohebo!"

Princess Honghua sat down heavily, tears welled up in her eyes: "More than 20 years ago, Emperor Taizong personally said when he sent me to marry me that I will always be the princess of the Tang Dynasty and his daughter forever."

Li Qinzai's tone eased, and he said in a low voice: "Since it is the princess of the Tang Dynasty, can His Highness look at this matter from the standpoint of the Tang Dynasty? Whether the war between the two countries can be mediated, and when it will be mediated, the emperor has his own arrangements. Everything must be in the interests of Datang."

"What about Tuyuhun?"

Li Qinzai smiled: "What can Tuyuhun give Datang?"

"Isn't it enough to guard the northwest for the Tang Dynasty and contain Tubo?"

Li Qinzai said leisurely, "Datang can do these things himself."

Princess Honghua was taken aback, and stood up suddenly.

This sentence contains a lot of information, and the implicit meaning is that Datang can take Tuyuhun over and designate it as its own territory.

"You, you... Is this what you mean, or what the emperor means?" Princess Honghua asked in surprise.

"Haha, don't be alarmed, Your Highness. What I mean by this official is that Datang needs to benefit, and there is no reason for countries to help each other for no reason."

Princess Honghua narrowed her eyes and said coldly: "What do you want?"

"I want a reason to be famous as a teacher, and the name that Datang should have."

"Tuyuhun has always recognized Tang as the suzerain state, isn't this title enough?"

Li Qinzai was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "If the Tang Dynasty makes Tuyuhun the fief of Khan Nuohebo, the Khans of all dynasties must accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty. I wonder if His Highness can accept it?"

Princess Honghua smacked it, and then said furiously, "So you have such an idea!"

Turning into a fief, and a vassal state, the nature of the two is completely different.

A vassal state has autonomy, a country name, and a monarch and ministers, but the fiefdom, to put it bluntly, is part of the land of the Tang Dynasty. Like the fiefdom of the vassal king, it must accept the canonization and rule of the Chang'an court, including the military, administrative and taxation. To hand over to Chang'an.

In a word, Datang wanted to swallow Tuyuhun in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)