Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2168
Chang'an City.

Some merchants returned to Chang'an City from Xiliang.

With their return, the news about the Dangxiang tribe spread in Chang'an City one after another.

And some officials in the DPRK heard about it the day they returned to Chang'an City.

After they heard the news, they were a little shocked, and immediately after, they understood what was going on and what consequences it might cause.

The next morning, an official stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with Dangxiang."

"What happened?"

"Dangxiang intercepted the merchants of our Tang Dynasty and robbed their goods. Now, they have cut off the Silk Road."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes froze, and he became very angry.

"What, the party members dared to intercept my business trip in Datang, and even plundered their property. These party members are really brave. It's really unreasonable."

Li Shimin looked at the ministers and asked: "My dear friends, the party members are very cunning. They surrendered to our Tang Dynasty before, and now they are doing this kind of thing. It is obvious that they want to make an enemy of my Tang Dynasty. What do you love? , what should I, Tang, do?"

Li Shimin asked, and Prince Li Chengqian stood up and said, "Father, the Dangxiang people have wolf ambitions. Keeping them in existence will become a hidden danger to our Tang Dynasty. Therefore, what I want to say is to kill the Dangxiang people directly, so that no future troubles will come."

In their Great Tang, whoever offends them will have to pay the price, and the price is blood. Qin Tian has proved this point with various killings. If he offends them, he will destroy them.

Never believe that a capricious tribe, country or individual will really surrender to their Datang.

Therefore, as long as conditions permit, then stop talking nonsense and kill them directly.

It can be said that Li Chengqian has completely inherited this kind of decisive killing and this kind of practice of not taking chances with others.

However, after he finished speaking, some people in the DPRK and China soon raised objections.

"Your Majesty, the people of the Dangxiang clan are really hateful, but if they are to be exterminated, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary pressure on my Tang Dynasty. As far as I know, the reason why these Dangxiang people do this kind of thing is because they follow the The king of Xiliang had some disagreements. After all, they used to live relatively freely in their own place, but after the king of Xiliang went, he restricted them a lot, and many of their tribal people were attracted to Liangzhou city by Qin Tian. , This is simply to cut off the future of those Dangxiang tribes. There is a reason for them to do this, so what I mean, those Dangxiang people don’t really want to fight against our Tang Dynasty, just a little appeasement can make them obedient , If that’s the case, why do we have to go to war with them, once we go to war, the consequences will be unpredictable.”

After the official finished speaking, some officials immediately followed suit.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, for these people, we should first appease them. Don't let them make trouble in our Tang Dynasty. After all, the effect of appeasement should be faster. If we send troops to destroy them, it will take less than a year. I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed." Well, if this is the case, the Silk Road will be suspended for a while, and many merchants may go bankrupt because of this, so we should appease them."

"Extremely, extremely, we should appease the Dangxiang tribe and let them return the property of my Datang merchant as soon as possible."

"........."

Everyone kept talking, and there were not many people who agreed with Prince Li Chengqian's approach. After all, the battle was really fought, and the Tang's food, grass, money, etc., I don't know how much to prepare, and people will die again by then.

To tell the truth, many people in the Great Tang Shangwu hope to realize some of their dreams by building military merits, but that also depends on the value of this battle. Since today's party issues can be solved without sending troops, why send troops?

There were some quarrels in the court. Although there were not many people who supported the dispatch of troops, some military generals in the court were very powerful. Even if only a few people supported it, it was more influential than a group of literati who said that they opposed it.

They said so, but no one was convinced.

Li Shimin saw the crowd quarreling like this, but he got a little tangled up.

He didn't know what choice to make. Those party members actually did such a thing. He also wanted to destroy them, but as he got older, his courage became less and less than before. Now he is very The idea of ​​giving birth to gold and iron horses is less.

Therefore, if he sent troops, he was still a little worried.

But if you don't send troops, you can't swallow this breath. The so-called appeasement makes people feel uncomfortable no matter how you hear it.

However, at this moment, Gao Shilian stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Dangxiang tribe is in Xiliang territory, so this can be regarded as a Xiliang matter. Since it is a Xiliang matter, it should be handed over to Xiliang." Let’s get it done, Xiliang now also hopes that the Silk Road can be opened, so Qin Tian must be in a hurry, so it’s more appropriate to let him come.”

Naturally, Gao Shilian wanted to cause some trouble for Qin Tian. The Dangxiang tribe had a lot of soldiers and horses, so they turned against Qin Tian in this way. If Qin Tian wanted to settle this matter, it would be impossible without some blood.

And he believed that Li Shimin definitely didn't want to take care of this matter. If it was handed over to Xiliang, it would weaken the power of the king of Xiliang. This must be in line with Li Shimin's inner thoughts.

After Gao Shilian said this, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then felt that what Gao Shilian said was very reasonable. The Dangxiang tribe was in Xiliang, so this matter should be left to Xiliang. In this way, no matter Xiliang is Whether to attack or win over, it has nothing to do with Datang.

At this time, more and more people agreed with Gao Shilian's words. ,

"That's right, that's right. What Master Gao said is very reasonable. This matter should be handed over to Xiliang and let Xiliang handle it by himself."

"Yes, this matter should be handed over to Xiliang."

"........."

Everyone kept talking, Li Shimin thought for a moment, and said: "This matter is nothing more than a small matter to the king of Xiliang. If this is the case, leave this matter to Xiliang. Open the Silk Road as soon as possible.”

Now Li Shimin is more or less relieved. If this matter does not need their Datang to take action, he hopes that Qin Tian can directly destroy those tribes of Dangxiang. Li Shimin does not like people like Dangxiang, so he can destroy them If so, it is a good thing.

After Li Shimin said this, although Prince Li Chengqian felt something was wrong, his father had already spoken, and he had nothing to do.

After talking about this matter, today's morning court is over, and the ministers leave one after another, as if they don't know anything about the Dangxiang tribe.

(End of this chapter)