The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 167 Envoy (for collection recommendation)

After the meeting adjourned, Li Yuan immediately reprimanded Li Jiancheng and said, "The little common people complain and deny everything, and it doesn't affect their own family. But those in power must first consider the interests of their own country. When you have no other choice, you must patiently listen to everyone's opinions and learn from them." Find the most suitable solution. But you deny everything with a word of national righteousness. What is the difference between this and a reckless man? If you don’t interact with the Turks, what will the interests of my Tang Dynasty do? And where do they come from? Yes, I know too National righteousness is above all else, but the premise is that you must be strong yourself, otherwise it is unrealistic empty talk! No one will listen to your nonsense."

Li Jiancheng was silent.In fact, what he wants to say is: Even if the Tang Dynasty and the Turks have no intersection at all, the Turks will still attack the Sui Dynasty. After forming an alliance, the Turks will not get anything, but the Tang Dynasty will also not get any real benefits, so why risk anger? Yang Tong's risk, to sign this dead letter?Once the alliance is formed, Yang Tong can use the name of righteousness, and Guangming is tearing up the peace treaty. At that time, all the efforts of Datang will be in vain, and next time, will he let Datang go?Since there is no benefit at all, is it not bad enough to dislike Datang's reputation?It's just that it doesn't make sense to say these things now, what else can he say besides keeping silent?
Seeing that he stopped talking back, Li Yuan looked a little better, "I don't need to talk about you about this matter, now that the snowstorm in Guanzhong is severe and many people have died, you should focus on disaster relief first! "

"My son obeys the order."

Li Jiancheng clasped his fists together. When he walked out of the hall, the icy cold wind cleared his mind. Looking back at what he had just done, he suddenly found that his father was no longer a father who tolerated his children's waywardness. The emperor who lives and dies the people of the country, and then the head of the family, I must not make this mistake of opposing for the sake of opposing in the future, so as not to be looked down upon.

"Brother!" At this time, Li Shimin hurried over, clasped his fists and saluted, "How to deal with the Turkic matter?"

Li Jiancheng did not hide anything, and explained Li Yuan's decision in detail.

After hearing this, Li Shimin said angrily: "Since our Tang Dynasty was established, we should act in a glorious manner. This so-called alliance is all false. It has no meaning at all except to anger Yang Yu and lose a sister of the emperor. Could it be that the eldest brother also persuaded No father?"

"I was almost kicked out because of my opposition." Li Jiancheng shook his head, smiled wryly, and changed the subject: "What do you think the Turks and the Sui Dynasty will be like?"

Seeing that the matter has come to this point, Li Shimin knew that he was powerless to change his father's decision, so he walked slowly in the heavy snow with Li Jiancheng, and said in a deep voice: "The nomads have always been a country where all the people are soldiers, and they have as many troops as there are young and strong , This is the origin of the theory of millions of people who control strings. Turkic is a loose tribal alliance. In addition to the more than 30 tribes of Turkic itself, it also controls the northern and southern Shiwei, as well as more than a dozen Tiele tribes. When they are strong, Tiele submits to the Turks, and when they are Turks, they will stand on their own. Therefore, whether they are suddenly powerful or not depends on whether they can control Tiele."

"Although the Turkic army of more than 30 troops was defeated in Mayi that year, Tiele sent few troops, and the loss was not large. The biggest loss was actually the Turkic itself. After the war, the Turkic headquarters was divided into three, and they were no longer able to control Tiele. It was divided into four, which led to the rapid silence of the Turks."

"However, no one would have imagined that Chuluo and Jieli were able to put aside their previous grievances and work together to annihilate the main force of Tiele's tribes, making them submit to their own subordinates again. Although the Turks today are not as powerful as before, they have been twisted into a war in the war. It is more solid than the original era. Once it returns to the previous level, it will be several times more terrifying."

"But it was at this critical point that Chuluo Khan died of illness suddenly, which enabled his brother Jieli Khan to ascend to the throne. Tiele's tribes would not respect Xieli, who had no majesty at all, and it was very likely that he would appear again. This is a sign of alienation, which can be seen from the fact that Jie Li married Princess Xue Yantuo as Ke Dun. He wanted to consolidate his Khan position through marriage. But the grassland people have always respected the strong, and this marriage is not reliable at all. This put the Turks in an extremely dangerous but delicate situation."

Although the two brothers have their own desires, they are very wise. Everything is for personal gain without harming Datang's interests. In terms of safeguarding Datang, the two have the same thinking, so they often exchange their opinions. Regarding the current situation, neither of them has reservations in front of this kind of big right and wrong.

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "What the second brother said is very true. The newly enthroned Jieli Khan is very aware of the crisis facing the Turks and knows what to do. If you want to completely stop Tiele's ministries from centrifuging and restore the immediate crisis, the only one The best way is to use a brilliant victory to establish the supreme prestige, because of this, Xieli turned his eyes to the south, and climbed up from where he planned to fall."

"But he has no certainty of victory, so he intends to take advantage of the opportunity of the civil war in the Central Plains to stir up disputes between our Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. If our Tang Dynasty takes the opportunity to send troops, then his pressure will be reduced by at least half, and he will face a situation with only half his strength. In the Sui Dynasty, his chances of winning were much greater. So, he sent two envoys to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, using some useless blank papers to ask my Tang Dynasty to contain the Sui Dynasty for him! As for our life and death, he didn’t care at all. I even hope that Guanzhong, Guannei, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou will fall into chaos again so that he can profit from it. I am very worried that once the covenant is drawn up, the Turks will announce it to the world. In the face of Turkic attacks, it is no problem to stick to it for a year or two, so I am very worried that the Sui Dynasty will deal with us first."

Having said this, Li Jiancheng looked shocked.

Li Shimin also agreed with Li Jiancheng's words in his heart, and his face turned ashen. This kind of behavior by the Turks is simply letting Li Tang die.

"See Father!"

"See Father!"

The two brothers said three words at the same time, then hurried back into the palace, facing Li Yuan, and explained their analysis.

"What a Turk, actually intends to play tricks." Li Yuan yelled, gritted his teeth and said, "How do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Seeing Li Yuan's signs of letting go, Li Jiancheng said with great spirit: "Father, the Turks fought for more than a year after the Mayi battle, and their strength was greatly reduced. There are millions of armored soldiers, so the Turks still have strength, and with Tiele attached, Xieli's 30 troops are fully available, Xieli is ambitious, and his next step is to go south to fight against the Sui army."

"Father! Brother is right." Li Shimin continued: "The Turks have always had the intention and ambition to plunder the Central Plains. We don't have to deliberately form an alliance with the Turks to avoid ridicule from the world! We can verbally promise to trade with the Turks, but we can use There is no reason for business, let them help us take Hexi down! And we can also tell them some information, let them understand the general situation of the Central Plains, understand the internal situation of the Sui Dynasty, as long as the time is right, Jieli will naturally go south to attack the Sui, and then we will go west Now is our chance. If the Sui Dynasty cannot defeat the Turks, let alone the nine prefectures in Guannei, we can recover even Bingzhou."

Li Yuan was very excited.

Seeing that Li Yuan was tempted, Li Jiancheng saw hope, and took advantage of the victory to pursue him: "Father, although we do not form an alliance with the Turks, we can still do some superficial etiquette, such as sending someone to congratulate the new Turkic Khan on his enthronement. To be realistic, without angering Yang Tong, and at the same time showing our sincerity in forming an alliance with the Turks."

Li Yuan thought for a while, and also felt that the two sons' practical and false method was more beneficial than forming an alliance, so he readily agreed, "Very well, let Yong'an County Wang Xiaoji go to Turkic as an envoy. Instead of me, congratulate the new Turkic Khan on his ascension to the throne."

Li Jiancheng also suggested: "In addition to this, we should send people to Yecheng to say that we have no intention of forming an alliance with the Turks."

Li Yuan frowned, and asked Li Shimin, "What does Erlang think?"

"My son agrees with the elder brother's suggestion. Form is stronger than people. A man can bend and stretch. It is not a shame to bow his head for a while. The one who laughs last is the king."

"Who can do it?"

"Xiao Yu and Yuwen Shiji."

Li Yuan laughed loudly and said: "Xiao Yu is Yang Guang's brother-in-law, Yuwen Shi and Yang Guang's son-in-law, and now they are all surrendered to me in the Tang Dynasty. It is very interesting for these two people to go to the Sui Dynasty. They went to settle the previous grievances."

(End of this chapter)