Man Tanghong

Tai Chi Temple.

Li Yuanjigao sat on the throne, and after listening to Li Gang's explanation of the purpose of the Turkic envoy's visit, his face was in disbelief.

"You mean, the Turks brought an equal weight of gold and wanted to exchange it for their Ke He Dun Yicheng?"

Li Gang sat at the bottom, nodding with the same disbelief.

Li Yuanji stared at Li Gang and asked, "Why did they do this?"

Li Gang pondered and said: "Probably want to use this to save some face."

After all, in the previous wars, the Turks not only returned in a big defeat, but also captured Little Khan and Ke He Dun.

Turks can be said to have lost all face.

If Ke He Dun can be exchanged for gold, it can barely save some face.

Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "So, Tuli and Xiao have given up?"

Especially Tuli.

That is the little Turkic Khan, the son of the former Turkic Khan.

Say no to no more?
Can Jieli agree, can Sunishi and other great chiefs who are better than the previous Turkic Khan agree?

Li Gang thought about it: "It should be like this..."

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "So, Jieli should have integrated all the tribes under Tuli's command, and has completely weakened Tuli's influence on Turks, so whether Tuli returns will not affect his influence on Turks. rule?"

Li Gang stroked his long beard and shook his head, "Xieli should have just integrated all the tribes under Tuli's command. It is not easy to completely eliminate all the influence of Tuli on Turks."

Tuli is not only the little Turkic Khan, but also the son of the previous Turkic Khan.

And the former Turkic Khan was another hero.

Even if Xieli could eliminate Tuli's personal influence on Turks, he could not eliminate the influence of the previous Turkic Khan on Turks.

Therefore, it is not so easy for Xieli to completely eliminate Tuli's influence on Turks.

Li Yuanji nodded in agreement and said, "Then you said that Turkic wanted to exchange Yicheng, did he simply want to save some face, or did he have other ideas?"

Although Yicheng, the Kehe Dun, had a certain influence in Turkic, but with the Turkic political structure, Yicheng, the Kehe Dun, had very limited influence.

After all, Turkic is a country jointly established by multiple tribes, and the clansmen of the tribes are the foundation of power.

A Turkic aristocrat without the support of his tribe is just a nobleman who can't do anything and can't influence anyone.

It is dispensable to the Turks, and it is not worth the Turks spending a lot of money to redeem it.

Yicheng used to have a powerful country as her backer, so she had great voice and influence in Turkic, but now this backer has collapsed, and there is nothing to support her to have voice and influence in Turkic.

So Turkic spent a lot of money to buy her back, and now it's just to save some face, it's obviously not worth the candle.

"Your Highness is saying that there may be other things that we don't know?"

Li Gang subconsciously grabbed his beard and questioned.

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "If I were Jieli, my Kehe Dun was plundered by other countries, I would definitely not spend a lot of money to redeem her. Because this Ke He Dun has lost all support and cannot help me. , is no longer young.

I will re-select Kehe Dun among the various Turkic clans.

In this way, I can not only get a solid ally, but also deepen my control over the Turks. "

Li Gang was startled, nodded his head and said: "If you think about it carefully, it's really so..."

After all, an old-fashioned Ke He Dun who has lost all support, can't give Turks any help, and has a huge ethnic group behind him, can give Turks a lot of help, and is still young and beautiful Ke He Dunxiang?

As long as Xieli is not extremely stupid, he must know how to choose.

"Then what do you really think about the Turks?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Gang and asked again.

Li Gang was immediately stunned by the question, and after holding his beard in silence for a long time, he hesitated and said, "Could it be that Yang Zhengdao made some kind of deal with Xieli?"

Right now, within the Turks, it seems that only Yang Zhengdao can influence Xieli and let Xieli make such a decision.

Li Yuanji shook his head slightly and said, "It has been six or seven years since Yang Zhengdao escaped to Turkic. I'm afraid that everything in him has been squeezed out by Xieli. I don't think he still has enough bargaining chips to make Xieli do this." Decide."

Li Gang asked thoughtfully: "Then what does Your Highness think Turk really thinks?"

Li Yuanji didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a moment.

I am asking you, not you, my prime minister!

"It seems that His Highness doesn't know either, why don't you invite the Turkic envoys to ask?"

Li Gang also realized that he had said something wrong, and asked with an embarrassed smile.

Li Yuanji hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Now that the matter has come to this point, we can only call the Turkic envoys to ask.

Anyway, if you can't guess it, you can only look for flaws in the Turkic envoys.

"Send an order to Honglu Temple to order the Turkic envoys to meet in an hour."

Li Gang immediately issued an order to the little eunuch guarding the gate of the hall.

The little eunuch bowed in agreement, and quickly left the Tai Chi Hall.

……

An hour later.

Li Gang recruited Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Ling Jing, Ma Zhou and others to the Hall of Tai Chi, ready to find flaws in the Turkic envoys.

Li Yuanji also ordered people to recruit Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, Li Daoli, Li Jing, An Xinggui, Li Shiji, Shi Wanbao, Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others to accompany him.

After Zhao Chengyong got the news, he specially changed into a shiny armor and stood guarding the door of the shop.

Ever since Yu Wenbao was promoted to the county magistrate and became an important general in Qianniuwei, he could no longer be the commander of the guards, so Li Yuanji transferred Zhao Chengyong to Yongwang's mansion as the commander of the guards, and sent Yan Yunqi under his command to be the commander of the guards. Together into Yongwangwei.

The current number and scale of Yong Wangwei is almost catching up with the prince's sixth rate. Not only are there many soldiers, but also many generals.

This was a good thing Li Yuan did when he came out to preside over the overall situation during the previous war, and he placed him at the Wucao East Gate east of the Wude Hall. Now some people have begun to call him Wucao soldiers.

The name sounds very stretched, but the strength is quite strong.

Once there is any trouble in the palace, they can react immediately, and they can fight against a hundred with one.

Because the place where they were stationed was right next to the arsenal of Taiji Palace, they could pull out a lot of powerful weapons anytime and anywhere.

Like a strong crossbow, only one is equipped on three or five crenels in the imperial city, and there is only one box of crossbow guns, and one team shares one.

They are a luxury, they can have one person, and they are also equipped with chariots.

The same number of soldiers and horses will be easily crushed to the ground by them.

A larger number of soldiers and horses faced them, and they would easily be crushed by them in a place like the palace where they could not give full play to their strength.

It can be said that Li Yuan turned Yong Wangwei into a monster without telling anyone.

That is to say, this monster belongs to and is loyal to Prince Yong's mansion, otherwise Li Yuanji would have dismantled them long ago.

"call……"

Li Yuanji sat firmly on the throne of the Tai Chi Hall, looking at the luxurious lineup, he let out a deep breath.

The lineup for destroying the country is ready, and the Turkic envoys can be invited to come up.

If the Turkic envoys are knowledgeable, they will quickly explain everything they know.

If you don't know how to be interesting, I will kill you and destroy Turks by the way until you tell me!
"An audience with the Turkic envoy!"

"An audience with the Turkic envoy!"

"..."

After shouting three times, the Turkic envoys, led by the Minister of Honglu Temple, strode into the Taiji Hall with a meteor.

After seeing the lineup in the Tai Chi Hall, the whole person froze in place, not daring to take a step forward.

"If you want to set up a valley, it's time to salute Your Highness, don't be rude."

Seeing that the Turkic envoy Yugu was stunned in place, the minister of Honglu Temple leaned slightly towards Yugu, reminding him in a low voice.

Yugu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, resisting the fear in his heart, and walked into the hall step by step.

He can also be regarded as someone who has seen the big world. If it is an ordinary scene, he will not blink his eyelids.

But Datang's all-bully lineup was really not an unusual scene, he just took a look at it, and his heart began to tremble.

He really wanted to know what Datang was going to do, whether he wanted to bully people like this? !
"Yugu has met His Royal Highness King Yong of the Tang Dynasty..."

After standing still in the hall, Yugu lowered his head slightly to show respect.

He didn't claim to be a foreign minister, and he didn't say he had seen it.

He is the son of Jieli, the prince of the Turks, and he is on the same level as Li Yuanji in terms of status. Unless Li Yuanji goes further, bowing his head is considered the highest courtesy.

Li Yuanji put one hand on his knees, leaned forward slightly, stared at Yugu and said, "Are you the son of Jieli, the prince of Turkic?"

It was impolite to ask this question, but Yugu still answered 'yes' politely.

Li Yuanji nodded, and continued: "I heard that your father is going to exchange the same weight of gold for your Kehe Dun?"

Yugu nodded with an ugly face, "Yes..."

This is a shameful humiliation for Turkic. It is considered very good that he escaped without hiding his face, and it is reasonable to have an ugly face.

"It's all changed? Is there such a rule on the grassland?"

Cheng Yaojin interrupted abruptly, his voice was not loud, but everyone in the hall heard it.

Yugu's body shook slightly, but he didn't speak.

Qin Qiong glared at Cheng Yaojin, and signaled Cheng Yaojin to shut up, now is not the time for him to speak.

Cheng Yaojin scratched his head with a playful smile.

Li Yuanji didn't respond, and continued to stare at Yugu and asked, "I really want to know, what is your father's intention in replacing you Ke He Dun?"

Yugu raised his head slightly, and said with a face of humiliation: "Of course it is for the reputation of my Turks..."

These words are not entirely true, but Li Yuanji still nodded and said: "Oh, so it is for the reputation of your Turks..."

Before Yugu could speak again, Li Yuanji said again: "After you Turks were defeated in Huai'an, do you still have any reputation to speak of?"

Yugu gritted his teeth all of a sudden, lowered his head little by little, without saying a word.

The defeat of Huai'an dealt a huge blow to the Turks.

This defeat not only ruined the tens of thousands of Turks who controlled the strings, but also ruined the qualifications of the Turks to gallop across the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, and even ruined the capital of the Turks to wantonly invade the Tang Dynasty.

Not only that, the little Turkic Khan, Ke He Dun, was also captured and taken away.

This is a great shame and humiliation to every Turkic.

So when Li Yuanji mentioned this matter, Yugu couldn't face it calmly with his head raised.

Li Yuanji sat up slowly, stared at Yugu, and said in a cold tone: "I don't believe that your father exchanged the same amount of gold for your Kehe Dun for the sake of reputation, so I hope you will tell me the truth."

Yugu prepares to raise his head to deal with it.

Li Yuanji said again: "If you refuse to tell me the truth, or even lie to me, I will not only not agree to your request, but I will also let the generals of my Tang Dynasty go to you Turks to get back the money you deceived me. cost!"

"The minister is willing to go!"

Zhao Chengyong immediately jumped out to invite Ying. The armor he wore added a lot of power to him.

However, no matter how powerful he is, he can't scare the generals sitting in the hall.

Cheng Yaojin was the first to wave his hands at Zhao Chengyong in disgust and said, "Go, go, how can you, a magistrate, have the place to talk about such things."

"Yes! When we are all dead?"

"You are only worthy of being a vanguard general!"

"What kind of vanguard general? A brigade commander will die!"

"What brigade commander? If we go together, he is only worthy of being a team leader!"

"..."

Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, Shi Wanbao, and Li Xiaogong all said with disgust.

As far as Li Shentong, Li Jing, Li Shiji and others are considered stable.

But even so, Yugu trembled a few times in fright.

After Huai'an was defeated, whether he, his father, or other Turkic chieftains, through Yang Zhengdao, they all supplemented their knowledge in various aspects of Datang.

So he can roughly see who is talking, what kind of record they have, and how many soldiers and horses Datang can equip for them if they go out together.

Just one person who helped Datang pacify Jiangnan, defeated their Turks in Shizhou, and pacified Li Yi's Hejian County King Li Xiaogong of Datang, Datang can equip him with [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.

If Shi Wanbao, Su Dingfang, Hou Junji, and Cheng Yaojin who spoke first were counted, it would be hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses poured into Turks together, and with the current situation of Turks, it was impossible to stop them.