Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 966 Silla Kingdom

At the end of March, spring has gradually come to an end.

Chang'an is still prosperous.

At this time, Jia Zhang, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, had already arrived in Silla.

Silla Kingdom was just a small country before, and the small ones were inconspicuous, and no one took them seriously.

However, due to the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Silla Kingdom took advantage of the situation to rise and became a force that cannot be ignored in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, their regime is basically similar to that of Datang.

Such a country will always be a hidden danger for Datang, because they have the conditions to become a dynasty, and they even make Li Shimin feel more uneasy than the Turks.

No matter how powerful the Turks are, they have not formed a unified regime. It is true that there are Khans, but they are also an alliance of different tribes. It will be easier to defeat them.

But Silla is different. They have the conditions to become a dynasty, and this dynasty may gradually become stronger and affect Datang.

Li Shimin wanted to take action against Silla, not only because Silla did not come to pay tribute and did not give him face, but more importantly, he wanted to get rid of this hidden danger.

But for now, Datang is not the time to use troops against Silla.

That's why they sent Jia Zhang here.

After Jia Zhang entered the Silla Kingdom, he came to Gyeongju City, the capital of the Silla Kingdom.

Qingzhou city is not big, and it can't even be said to be particularly prosperous.

The Silla Kingdom is a very small area, and it was developed after the convenience of water conservancy and transportation. However, if it develops again, the surrounding countries are not strong and prosperous enough, and Silla will not be able to compare with Datang.

Gyeongju, the capital of Silla, is similar to an ordinary prefecture in Datang.

After Jia Zhang came to Qingzhou City, seeing the appearance of the capital city of Silla Kingdom, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and his heart became even more angry.

"Hmph, a small kingdom of Silla, only about the size of a prefecture or county in Datang, dare not give me face in Datang, it's really ridiculous, ridiculous."

Maybe it was because the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, or maybe it was because all nations came to the court. Now Jia Zhang is very proud, and he is very proud. He looks down on other barbarians and other small countries.

And he felt that he could show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty better if he was more domineering.

After staying in the post house in Gyeongju City, Jia Zhang sent someone to send some of their postings to Silla, and all he had to do was wait for Silla to summon him.

This is the practice of envoys. It is not said that after the envoys come, they can directly meet the king or emperor of a country.

Unless the country is particularly powerful, and the country where the envoy is sent is particularly weak, the emperor of this country still wants a strong country, so he will treat the envoy as a guest.

Silla didn't even go to pay tribute, and it seemed impossible for them to treat Jia Zhang as a guest.

Therefore, Jia Zhang can only follow the rules.

Not long after Jia Zhang arrived in Gyeongju City, Silla had already received the news, and the first to get the news was Tian Yigeng, the power minister of Silla.

"Master, our Silla Kingdom did not go to pay tribute, but the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy here. It seems that they want to raise a teacher to ask for a crime."

Jia Zhang is now the general and prime minister of the Silla Kingdom, and he is not only amazing in force, but also talented in governing the country and so on.

He conspired in Silla for a long time before he finally took control of the real power of Silla.

Tian Yigeng is in his forties, tall and tall, with slender eyes. When he is not busy, he looks like he is squinting his eyes, but when he opens them, his eyes don't look too small.

The person who spoke was a young man in his thirties. This man was thin and had a mustache. He looked a bit funny, but he was Tian Yigeng's brain truster, Cui Biao.

The reason why Tian Yigeng was able to control the real power of Silla was related to Cui Bujian's strategic support.

Hearing that the Great Tang sent envoys, Tian Yigeng's eyes narrowed slightly: "The Great Tang sent envoys to question the crime?"

Cui Bujian nodded: "Yes, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty looked very angry. When he lived in the post house, he didn't show any good looks."

Speaking of this, Cui Bujian said: "Master, when we first took control of the real power of the Silla Kingdom, we did not go to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute in order to worry about the king Cui Xianzhi asking for help from the Tang Dynasty. Now they have sent envoys here. What can we do? That’s right, if the king sees this envoy and this envoy returns to Chang’an City, then maybe the Great Tang will come to fight our Silla Kingdom.”

After Cui Bujian finished speaking, Tian Yigeng snorted immediately, and said, "One battle is one battle. Is the Silla country still afraid of their Tang Dynasty? Our Silla country has a superior terrain, and it is not easy for the Tang army to defeat us. Back then Didn't Emperor Sui Yang send 30 troops and return without success?"

Regarding Datang, Tian Yigeng was conflicted in his heart, he was afraid, but not afraid, he wanted to provoke him, but he didn't dare to provoke him.

But if Datang really came, he really wasn't afraid.

After he finished speaking, Cui Bujian said: "Master Xiang is not afraid of Datang. This subordinate knows it, but if war can be avoided, we should try to avoid it as much as possible. Otherwise, Master Xiang's power will be difficult to control. Master Xiang thinks It’s not too late to fight the war, after you sit on the position of king of Silla.”

Today, Tian Yigeng controls the real power of the Silla Kingdom, but a person who has power in his hands will never be satisfied. If he wants real power, he also wants face. Moreover, he also wants his descendants to control Silla forever. country.

Then the only way, of course, is to be king.

If he can become the king of Silla, then his descendants can inherit everything from Silla, right?

Tian Yigeng has been preparing for the throne all the time. What he means is to let the current king of Silla, Cui Xianzhi, give up the throne after everything is stable, which is what Tang people often call the Zen throne.

He learned this method from Li Yuan. Back then when Li Yuan became emperor from Tang king, wasn't it the emperor of Sui Dynasty who abdicated the throne to Zen, so he also learned it.

However, now that he is only in control of power, many officials and famous people in Silla do not recognize him, and Cui Xianzhi is definitely not a young emperor who is easy to bully.

Therefore, if he wants to become the emperor, he still has a lot of things to do.

In this way, if there is a war with the Tang Dynasty, the matter of him becoming the king of Silla will be ruined, and even if it does not, it will take a long time.

This kind of situation is not what Tian Yi wants to see more.

After hearing Cui Bujian's words, Tian Yigeng thought for a moment, then nodded: "You're right, it's really not a good time for Silla to fight Datang, so in your opinion, we How should we deal with this Great Tang envoy?"

"Master Xiang, it's easy to deal with this matter."

(End of this chapter)