bastard seizes tang

Chapter 477
The senior official Tizhen almost emptied Xue Yantuo's national power, and only then did he gather 15 cattle, sheep and livestock to go south to welcome his relatives. It was a difficult journey, and it took more than [-] days of trepidation to reach Lingzhou.

But when the official Tizhen arrived outside Lingzhou City, he was sent back before he even saw Princess Pu'an, or even entered Lingzhou City.

To use force, Tizhen's high-ranking officials don't have the courage. Not to mention that Lingzhou was originally an important town in Shuofang with heavy troops, even if Li Daozong was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, Tizhen's high-ranking officials would never dare to offend. According to Li Daozong's words, he went back to Xue Yantuo first.

This matter is really important, and the senior officials of Tizhen did not dare to delay at all. He left Kungu and a group of people to drive the remaining cattle and sheep back to Dujun Mountain, while he himself rode lightly and returned north. Discuss this matter with Yi Nan first.

Bingzhou, Taiyuan, Xuanweng Mountain Bieyuan.

The road back to the north is far away, and the high-ranking official Tizhen is still on his way back north. Xue Rengui, who ambushed the high-ranking official Tizhen in the Gobi, has already returned to Taiyuan.

In order to avoid suspicion, Li Ke handed over the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to Ma Zhou and Li Ji after he left Jinyang City, and he himself used the excuse of going on an outing here to accompany Wu Meiniang in the other courtyard.

Left and right Li Ke is the local military and political chief, and there is no one with a higher rank than Li Ke in the whole of Hedong. Even the imperial censor will not have the time to impeach Li Ke for this matter, so Li Ke is waiting here leisurely. After waiting for ten days, on the tenth day, Xue Rengui finally came back.

In the inner hall of the other courtyard in the mountains, as soon as Xue Rengui came back, he went to the hall to meet Li Ke.

"The last general, Xue Rengui, will hand over the order to His Royal Highness." In the inner hall, Xue Rengui bowed down when he saw Li Ke sitting in the upper hall.

Li Ke raised his hand to let Xue Rengui stand up, and then asked: "How? How is the matter going?"

Xue Rengui replied: "The last general raided the senior official Tizhen in the Gobi, burned his fodder, and destroyed his waterwheel. Given the situation of the senior official Tizhen at that time, it was absolutely impossible to save him."

Li Ke then asked: "Oh, did you see it with your own eyes?"

Xue Rengui replied: "After destroying his waterwheel and fodder, the general followed Xue Yantuo's people for two days. During these two days, tens of thousands of dead cattle and sheep were discarded every day, and there will be more in the future. But to the south is the jurisdiction of the Lingzhou Army, and the last general didn't dare to follow for a long time, so he withdrew back."

When Li Ke heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Xue Rengui: "The wind and sand in the desert are the heaviest, and the cattle and sheep are hard to live. In addition, Xue Yantuo's people are short of drinking water. Most of these cattle and sheep will not be able to get out of the Gobi. , it's ruined."

Xue Rengui said: "Unless the high-ranking official Ti Zhen has the ability to change out of thin air, there is absolutely no possibility for him to get the betrothal gift."

Li Ke smiled and said: "No, even if Ti Zhenda's senses reach the sky, he won't be able to produce more cattle and sheep. The entire Yu Dujun Mountain has been emptied, and he can't give Xue Yantuo people the winter reserves. Let's change."

Hearing this, Xue Rengui said, "We definitely don't have enough betrothal officials to get married, but the marriage of the two countries has already been put on the agenda for my Tang Dynasty. The mission of the marriage has gone to Lingzhou, and I will worry about whether the senior officials of Tizhen will have something else." Ways to make this happen."

Li Ke shook his head and said: "Rengui is too much to worry about. For Xue Yantuo, the father is quite dissatisfied, and he has long wanted to conquer. It was only because of the lack of national power in the Tang Dynasty and the lack of national power headed by the prince. There are many people who are in harmony, so the marriage is approved. Now that Xue Yantuo has shortened the marriage gift, it is giving the father the opportunity to refuse the marriage, and the father will never agree to this matter."

Li Shimin was a martial artist and made great military achievements, while Xue Yantuo was in Mobei and stared at Monan, making Li Shimin uneasy all the time. This time, Xue Yantuo lost the dowry, which not only gave Li Shimin a reason to divorce, but also seriously injured Xue Yantuo's national strength. Li Shimin will never do it again. The matter of Yun and relatives.

Xue Rengui cupped his hands and said: "In this way, Your Highness and our Hebei army can show their talents."

Li Ke said with a smile: "That's right, you send people to pay close attention to the matter of the marriage, and you need to inform the king as soon as you have any news."

"No." Xue Rengui immediately agreed.

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Not long after Xue Rengui returned to Hedong, the news of Xue Yantuo's short-term employment also reached Chang'an.

In the Taiji Palace and Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin summoned the prime ministers of the three provinces and Li Jing, who had just returned to Beijing from the Western Expedition, was about to discuss the settlement of Tuyuhun. In the hands of Li Shimin.

"Yi Nan dares to be so contemptuous of my Tang court and my Tang princess!" The marriage of the two countries is a major event, so although Li Shimin summoned all the prime ministers to discuss matters, Li Daozong's urgent memorial was sent to Li Shimin. In his hand, Li Shimin only glanced at it twice, then became furious, and slapped the memorial on the table.

The Great Tang victory against Tuyuhun was a matter of great joy, and today is the day when Li Jing went to Beijing to present his victory, Li Shimin was in a good mood, but after reading Li Daozong's memorabilia, his joy turned to anger, and the officials were naturally puzzled.

"I don't know what happened? But what's wrong with what Yi Nan did?" Right servant Du Ruhui asked Li Shimin first.

Li Shimin replied: "Daozong was ordered by me to bring the princess north to Lingzhou to get married, but Xue Yantuo, Pasha Tizhen, a high-ranking official, was presumptuous, and the dowry gifts he brought were so short, he simply regarded me as nothing in the Tang Dynasty."

Du Ruhui frowned slightly when he heard the words, and then asked: "How much is there a shortage? It made His Majesty angry."

After all, Lingzhou and Yudujun Mountain are thousands of miles apart, and 15 livestock will inevitably be killed or injured if they are transported all the way. A little less is also reasonable. Du Ruhui doesn't know how much less, so I asked this question.

Li Shimin replied in a deep voice: "The two countries make peace. I want 15 cattle, sheep and livestock, but Xue Yantuo brought less than [-], which is less than [-]%."

"It's unreasonable, Xue Yantuo is a barbarian from the north, it's God's grace for me to allow the marriage, he dares to be so contemptuous." Li Shimin's words fell, and everyone in the hall couldn't sit still, and they all spoke out and scolded.

At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji, who advocated the marriage at the beginning, was sitting among them, and his face was also very ugly. He never thought that Xue Yantuo's obvious request for a marriage would end up like this in the end.

Li Shimin raised the memorial in Yang's hand, and said: "I think that this wind will never rise. If this matter is abandoned, how will our Great Tang rule the world in the future and make all nations submit?"

Li Shimin's words caught my ears, and Cen Wenwen, the servant of Zhongshu who was at the banquet, found an opportunity, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, what Yi Nan and Xue Yantuo have done is to despise my Great Tang Tianwei, please break off the marriage. Pay tribute to Xue Yantuo, in order to dampen his power, and let all foreign countries know that I, the Great Tang Tianwei, must not be violated."

As soon as Cen Wenwen's words came out, everyone in the hall responded one after another, even Wei Zheng, who had always been against the war, was like this. Xue Yantuo's short-term employment was indeed a slap in the face of the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin responded immediately: "That's right, I will tell the world immediately, my Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo will break off marriage and tribute, in order to cut off their power, I will send a decree to the east of the river, let Chu King Monan prepare for war, I want Xue Yantuo to pay the price for today's contemptuous act. "

(End of this chapter)