Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 159

This time to condolences to the Turkic envoys, the tone of Li Jiancheng and others is to be soft. If you can fool the Turkic people, you will be fooled.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng, Pei Ju, and Liu Wenjing behaved very mildly.But there is a limit to this kind of gentleness. When Gu Dulu unscrupulously fired a cannon, saying that Li Yuan would be the next Yang Guang, everyone was angry.

Chu Luo is not Shibi, Li Yuan is not Yang Guang, and Tang Dynasty is not Da Sui!
Cheering up is okay, but talking up without limit is a problem.The Turks have always made no secret of their ambitions, including their threat to Datang.

Pressing every step of the way, they have no way out.

Although the former Sui clan is useless, if it is handed over to the Turks, where will Li Yuan's face be placed, and where will the dignity of the Tang Dynasty be placed!

It would be a joke if Tang inherited the Sui system and could not even keep the former Sui clan.It will become a stain on Li Yuan's life!

Although Li Yuan's life has too many stains, but this time, it is absolutely impossible to agree.Because this is contempt for Emperor Tang!
Li Zhiyun's bold words immediately aroused Pei Ju's heart, and he immediately whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear: "Your Highness, the Turkic people are afraid of the strong and bully the weak. You must not bow down to them, otherwise they will only make progress."

Li Jiancheng nodded, stood up, and walked in front of Gu Duolu.

"What the king of Chu said is what I said alone. If the Turks want to fight, the thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty will stand by and wait for death!"

Turks have always only obeyed the strong, and they will only treat the strong as equals.Previously, Li Jiancheng repeatedly backed down and succumbed, which made Gu Dulu despise the Tang prince from the bottom of his heart.

But this time, he didn't dare.

Because of Li Zhiyun's words, he trembled all over.

The population of the Turks is indeed much worse than that of the Great Tang.If the Tang Dynasty really focused on fighting the Turks to the death, it would not be acceptable to the current Chuluo Khan.

Gu Duolu left Li Jiancheng and looked at Li Zhiyun.

"who are you?"

"Tangren, Li Zhiyun."

It is obviously impossible to obtain a result acceptable to both parties in this conversation.So the two sides strategically ended the conversation and agreed to talk about it three days later.

Leaving Honglu Temple, Pei Ju looked up at the dazzling sun, then lowered his head and passed the King of Chu who was walking side by side with the prince in front of him.

"You can stand shoulder to shoulder with a god with a mortal body, what a king of Chu!" '

Wude Hall.

The process of the meeting was told by the crown prince to Li Yuan.

At this time, Liu Xiang, King Qin, King Chu, Pei Ju and others were all there.

"What a thief!" Li Yuan was furious, "How dare the Turkic dog threaten me with Yang Guang, how brave it is!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Pei Ji comforted: "The world is in chaos, and the Turkic people feel confident and superior. If you choose one side and support it, you will be able to spy on the gods of the Central Plains. This is a barbarian trail, which has existed in ancient times. Your Majesty does not need to be angry about it. It depends on the past. The Xiongnu are soft, look at the Turks today, they will all be dead bones in the grave."

Li Yuan looked at Li Zhiyun, "King Chu, you are right, if the Turks dare to invade, they will definitely kill Chuluo Goutou and hang it in Beique!"

"Father is too famous." Li Zhiyun cupped his hands and said, "I think that the Turkic people who demanded the former Sui clan would most likely want to restore the former Sui state and go south to fight for hegemony. Father, please don't agree."

"My son and minister agree." Li Shimin said: "What the king of Chu said is reasonable. The Turks have been wanting to spy on my Central Plains God Cauldron for a long time, and their wolf ambitions are clearly revealed. Don't be careless."

Pei Ji frowned and said: "Your Majesty put out the fury of the thunder for now. Turkic ambitions are well known, but at this time the Tang Dynasty is still weak, and you must not meet the Turkic swordsmen, otherwise you will only take advantage of Wang Shichong and others. Your Majesty, please think twice." .”

"You can't say that." Liu Wenjing retorted: "Chuluo recently succeeded to the throne, and the Turkic people's hearts are uncertain, so they may not be able to go south with all their strength. Besides, Shibibi, the son of Shibi, failed to succeed the Turkic Khan. Dissatisfied, Chu Luo is also apprehensive at this time, whether to go south with all his strength, I can't say."

"What a joke!" Pei Ji snorted coldly, "How can the safety of the Tang Dynasty be entrusted to the hands of the enemy? Xiang Liu's words are absurd!"

Liu Wenjing was furious and asked Pei Ji, "Could it be that Pei Xiang wants to hand over the former Sui clan!"

Pei Ji said: "If you can exchange the former Sui clan for the peace of the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, I think it is not impossible. In the future, when the Tang army is strong and strong, we can also send troops to the north to wipe out the remaining thieves!"

To pay, or not to pay, that is the looming question.

If you hand it over, you will have to bear the corresponding consequences.If you don't pay, you still have to bear the corresponding consequences.In short, Li Yuan was in a dilemma.

Pei Ji advocated handing over the clan, while Liu Wenjing advocated not.The six ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, the remaining Dou Wei, Dou Kang, and Chen Shuda, naturally followed in the footsteps of King Qin, with the same attitude and no handover.

Xiao Yu, on the other hand, strongly opposed the surrender of the former Sui clan.

As for the prince, his attitude was ambiguous and vacillating.

Although Pei Ji was the only one who handed over, his reasons were very good.As long as it is handed over, the Turks have no reason to send troops to Datang, so that Datang can unify the world wholeheartedly.

On the side that did not hand over, there were seven people: Dou Wei, Dou Kang, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Liu Wenjing, Chu Wang, and Qin Wang.Although there are many people, the reason is relatively pale.Moreover, if you really don't hand over the former Sui clan, you will face the threat of Turkic soldiers and horses.

Among them, Liu Wenjing simply wanted to oppose Pei Ji.Xiao Yu objected because of his relationship with the former Sui clan, not because he was absolutely considering the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Li Yuan obviously didn't care about these things.Although he was angry, his head was not dizzy. He knew that what Pei Ji said was right.

Datang is still unable to completely tear himself apart from the Turks.

But so many people objected, which made him hesitate.

After arguing for a while, there was no result.Li Yuan could only stop the court temporarily, and decided to go back and think about it.

However, in private, he secretly consulted Pei Ji again.

"Do you think it's worth handing over?"

"It should be handed over to someone." Pei Ji said without hesitation, "All kinds of pros and cons were discussed in the Wude Palace just now, and I have already explained them all."

Li Yuan was silent for a while, before he said: "Actually, I know what you said is reasonable, but handing over people like this, how will I explain to the courtiers and the common people?"

Lao Li still cared about his reputation.

Pei Ji said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have a plan to get the best of both worlds."

"Come quickly."

"Your Majesty, I think the king of Chu is right. The Turks want the former Sui clan to restore the former Sui state. In this case, your majesty might as well give the Turkic state bus to the Turks."

"Yang You?" Li Yuan frowned suddenly, "Give Yang You to the Turkic people, won't this cause me trouble!"

After Yang You abdicated, he was reduced to Duke Feng and imprisoned in Chang'an.Li Yuan has been sending people to closely monitor Yang You, because he is worried that Yang You will make trouble for him.Now that Pei Ji said that Yang You would be handed over to the Turks, how could he not be angry.

"No, on the contrary, this is to solve the trouble for His Majesty." Pei Ji said.

"What do you mean by that?"

Pei Ji explained: "As long as Yang You is in Chang'an, the residual roots of the former Sui Dynasty will not be eradicated for a day, and His Majesty will not be relieved. If Yang You is handed over to the Turkic people, they will definitely accept it, because Yang You is the grandson of Yang Guang. , is most suitable for restoring the former Sui Dynasty. In this way, the Turks will definitely not target our dynasty again, and Your Majesty can use the hands of the Turks to get rid of Yang You."

Hearing this, Li Yuan immediately became quiet.

(End of this chapter)