Man Tanghong

Chapter 494 Marriage?Don't even think about it!
"Then... what should I do?"

Quan Xu suppressed the astonishment in his heart and asked hesitantly.

He was a smart man, and he knew that Li Yuanji had called him here this time not only to learn about the inside story of Tang and Turkic marriage, but also to have other orders, so he asked Li Yuanji before Li Yuanji took the initiative to bring it up.

Li Yuanji was very satisfied with Quan Xu's attitude, and said with a smile: "Since Jieli doesn't really want to get married with my Tang, but wants to take advantage of my Tang, then don't get married."

Quan Xu said in a daze: "Your Highness means... let the minister destroy this marriage?"

Li Yuanji said cheerfully, "How can it be called sabotage? It's about setting things right."

Quan Xu clenched the teacup he had just picked up, and said hesitantly: "In this way, Jieli will be put on fire, and he will have no choice but to send troops."

Li Yuanji glanced at Quan Xu and said, "What are you afraid of? If Jieli really dares to come, just hurry back."

Quan Xu opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Li Yuanji continued, "Don't worry, without my second brother, I, Da Tang, can still eat Jie Li, a hairy pig."

In the eyes of Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and even most Tang people, there seems to be only one God of War in the Tang Dynasty, and that is Li Shimin.

But in Li Yuanji's eyes, Datang had too many gods of war.

For example, Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and other commanders who have shined brilliantly in history, they are capable enough to succeed Li Shimin and become the new God of War in the Tang Dynasty.

People like Ren Gui and Xie Shufang who did not shine in history but have the ability to command are also capable enough to succeed Li Shimin and become the new God of War in the Tang Dynasty.

People like Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong and others who seem useless also have a certain ability to command, and they are also capable enough to succeed Li Shimin and become the new God of War in the Tang Dynasty.

So if Xieli really sent troops southward, Datang could choose many commanders, not necessarily Li Shimin.

In this matter, there is only one thing Li Yuanji needs to do.

That is to persuade Li Yuan to let go of the military power tightly held in Li's hands.

It only takes a little bit, and Li Yuan can see how fierce the generals of the Tang Dynasty are.

Quan Xu didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking, and thought that what Li Yuanji said was that he was going to take the lead in person, so he readily agreed.

"I understand, I know what to do."

Although Quan Xu didn't know Li Yuanji's ability very well, and he didn't appreciate Li Yuanji's past achievements very much.

But Li Yuanji is still his lord no matter what. Li Yuanji has made a decision. Apart from supporting him, he still supports it. This is the attitude that a courtier should hold.

Li Yuanji didn't know that Quan Xu was thinking badly. Seeing that Quan Xu agreed, he nodded in satisfaction, indicating that Quan Xu could leave.

Quan Xu didn't stay any longer, and after getting up and saluting, he left Jiudao Palace.

After Quan Xu left, Li Yuanji slowly got up and looked in the direction of Chang'an City, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

In his opinion, Datang is good in everything, but it is not good to like marriage.

Especially the fact that he likes to marry other girls is even worse.

Counting the actions of the successive emperors of the Tang Dynasty in terms of marriage in history, it is not difficult to see that the emperors of the Tang Dynasty did not care about the face of the Tang Dynasty or the wishes of the girls themselves.

As long as they feel that marriage is beneficial to Datang, they will choose marriage without hesitation.

And because they love their own girls, when they get married, they never choose a marriage partner among their own girls, they only choose girls of the right age from other clan families, and then marry them as princesses.

This is how the famous Princess Wencheng in history came about.

She is not Li Shimin's daughter at all, but Li Daozong's daughter.

Li Yuanji felt that this approach was shameless.

An emperor, since he decided to get married, he should marry his own girl. What's the matter with marrying someone else's girl as his own?

You love your girl, but don't others feel sorry for other people's girls?
If you can't bear your own girl, why do you want to get married?
Just for that little respite?
The problem is that the exchanges between countries are never determined by a woman's marriage, but by the national strength of a country, the strength of a country's soldiers and horses, and whether they can obtain the required benefits from each other after the exchange. decided.

In history, Songtsan Gampo married Princess Wencheng, was it Princess Tuwencheng?

No.

It is the dowry of Princess Tuwencheng.

When Princess Wencheng married into Tubo, she not only passed away, but also brought a lot of Tang culture and technology with her.

Relying on these cultures and technologies, Songtsan Gampo gradually led Tubo to become a threat to the Tang Dynasty.

Without these cultures and technologies, even if Songtsan Gampo unified Tubo, the threat to the Tang Dynasty would not be as great as it was in history.

Therefore, what Songtsen Gampo wanted from the beginning to the end was the culture and technology of the Tang Dynasty.

And what Datang needed was that Tubo would not disturb Datang's frontiers, so that Datang could deal with Turks, Tuyuhun and many other great enemies with peace of mind.

Therefore, Princess Wencheng's marriage to Tubo was not a marriage at all, but an exchange of interests in the name of marriage.

Datang gave Tubo culture and technology, and Tubo gave Datang border stability.

Princess Wencheng is in the middle, just a medium.

A medium that allows Datang and Tubo to have a reasonable excuse to exchange interests.

Li Yuanji is sure that as long as the benefits given by Datang are sufficient, even if Datang marries a pig, Songtsan Gampo will happily enshrine her as a princess, and declare to the whole world that marrying a pig is According to the tradition of the Tubo people, pigs are envoys bestowed by the most worshiped gods of the Tubo people, allowing pigs to enjoy superhuman treatment in Tubo.

Just like the treatment Niu enjoyed at Ah San's place.

This kind of thing sounds incredible, but as long as the interests are in place, it will definitely appear.

It's like Liu Xiu called the islanders Japanese, and the islanders readily accepted this title after learning the culture and technology of the great Han.

Just like Wu Zetian called the island country the book, the people of the island country readily accepted this title after learning the culture and technology of the Tang Dynasty, and it is still used today.

As long as the islanders are allowed to learn advanced culture and advanced technology on this land, the islanders will agree to whatever the ruler of this land calls an islander.

They will gladly accept the title given to them by the master of this land, and regard it as a kind of glory, and after changing their appearance, they will publicize it to their citizens.

Don't they know that the word 'wo' is extremely insulting?

they know.

But they don't care.

Why?

Because this word allows them to learn the advanced technology and culture they want.

As long as they are allowed to learn advanced technology and culture, Liu Xiu will not only call them Japanese, but even call them pigs, they will happily accept it.

Wu Zetian didn't say calling their country the foundation, even if it was called the Pig Country, they would gladly accept it.

This seems to be a strong country bullying a weak country, but it is actually an exchange of interests.

Be it the Eastern Han Dynasty or the Wu Zhou Dynasty, they felt superior to others in this exchange of interests, and the island countries got the culture and technology they wanted in this exchange of interests.

Some people may think this statement is far-fetched, but it is true.

Because no matter whether it was the Eastern Han Dynasty or the Wu Zhou Dynasty, there was no powerful navy that could travel across the ocean and launch a fatal blow to the mainland of the island country.

Therefore, even if the islanders did not accept the various titles given to them by Liu Xiu and Wu Zetian, Liu Xiu and Wu Zetian could not do anything to them.

Therefore, after the islanders wanted the culture and technology of the Central Plains, but could not offer an equivalent exchange, they gave their reputation without hesitation.

The islanders don't care about this thing, but the Han people care about it the most, so the two sides hit it off and got what they needed.

This is the exchange between countries.

All that is needed are benefits, and all that is sought are benefits, and everything else is just a bonus.

When the interests and strengths are unequal, the interests have to be redistributed through war.

Datang now has the initiative to redistribute benefits through war, and also has the ability to obtain greater benefits through war, so there is no need to marry.

Historically, the reason why Li Shimin was killed by the Turks to the Weishui River at the beginning of his ascension to the throne and was forced to sign the Weishui Alliance was not because the Tang Dynasty was not strong enough, nor was it because the Tang Dynasty did not have the ability to fight the Turks.

It was because Li Shimin had just ascended the throne through usurping the throne, and he had not completely controlled all the power, so he couldn't make the Tang Dynasty unite, and naturally he couldn't fight the Turks.

But now, Li Yuanji doesn't think that Datang needs to go through the Weishui alliance again, and he doesn't think that the Turks can kill to the Weishui River in one go.

If the Turks dared to use swords, he would not mind imitating Kou Zhun in the Song Dynasty, putting a knife on the necks of Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin, and taking them to the border to fight the Turks.

Therefore, there is no need for Datang to make peace with the Turks now.

There is no need for the direct members of the Tang royal family to do such shameless acts as marrying other girls.

"Your Highness, did you instigate Quan Xu to secretly sabotage my marriage between Tang and Turks?"

Quan Xu's execution ability is very high, and within two days after returning, he successfully disrupted the marriage that Li Jiancheng had facilitated.

Ling Jing rushed to Jiudao Palace to inquire after hearing some rumors.

Li Yuanji didn't answer Ling Jing's question in a hurry, but asked Ling Jing to sit down, ordered someone to bring Ling Jing a jug of chilled wine, then nodded and admitted: "It was indeed my order."

Holding the wine, Ling Jing said in astonishment: "In this way, the rumors in Chang'an City are not groundless."

Li Yuanji took two sips of chilled wine with the jug, heaved a sigh of relief, and asked, "What kind of rumors are these?"

Ling Jing was sweating profusely. After wiping the sweat off his forehead and taking a sip of iced wine, he said with a wry smile: "There are rumors that His Highness ruined the marriage, and that His Highness did this to Deliberately provoked a war between me, the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks."

Li Yuanji nodded without much reaction, and continued to ask: "What is the reaction of my elder brother, what is the reaction of my second brother, and what is the reaction of my father?"

Ling Jing said dumbfoundedly: "The sage just scolded you for making a fool of yourself while enjoying the coolness in the sea pool, but His Royal Highness kept saying that you should give him an explanation.

As for His Royal Highness King Qin, he said that you have done what he wanted to do but has not yet done. "

(End of this chapter)