My servant in the Tang Dynasty is Li Shimin

Chapter 105 What Tubo asks is extremely absurd!

In the next few days, Habayashi guards would go in and out of the palace from time to time to report various matters to Li Shimin.

Including the ground breaking of the Daming Palace, the construction of the Beiting Protectorate's Mansion, reforms, sweet potato promotion experiments, Quyuanli, and the latest trends.

In short, everything is thriving.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard the good news, and became more and more grateful to Wang Yuan.

He has decided.If you have the opportunity, you must go to Lantian County in person, and give Wang Yuan a super important gift to express your gratitude!
"If you pass on my will, other aspects can be temporarily slowed down. After all, those things can't be completed in a short time."

"But the promotion of Sweet Potato and Quyuanli is the most important thing, we must hurry up!"

"Your Majesty orders!"

After Habayashi led the order to leave, Li Shimin had more expectations in his eyes.

However, just when he was about to roll up his sleeves and tweet Sweet Potato and Quyuanli to save the whole people of Tang Dynasty from famine.

But something big happened.

It was sunny and sunny outside, but inside the imperial study, Li Shimin looked at an urgent document from the border on the table with an incomparably dignified expression.

He had already read the content of the document, but his heart was still in shock.

There is only one thing written on it, that is, the snow-covered plateau Tubo Kingdom sent a team of envoys.

There are more than 300 people who want to pay a friendly visit to Datang.

Moreover, this team of envoys was personally sent by the new king of Tubo who had just ascended the throne!

Now the defenders at the border are asking him whether to let the Tubo delegation go.

"Back when the Siyi worshiped, Tubo refused in every possible way and pretended to be deaf and dumb. Why did they send envoys here again?"

"What does the new king of Tubo mean?"

Li Shimin frowned, for some reason, he always felt that there was something tricky about it.

However, he didn't think too much. After half an hour, Li Shimin summoned all his important officials to the imperial study.

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Li Jing and others were all present to discuss the matter together.

After everyone circulated the documents, they all looked dignified.

No doubt they also guessed the depths of the matter.

Not coming when it should come, but coming when it shouldn't be, no matter how you look at it, it's not normal!
"Everyone, what's your opinion?"

Li Shimin asked, and for a while, everyone expressed their concerns.

Wei Zheng, in particular, directly expressed his opposition to the release, urging Li Shimin to expel the Tubo mission on the grounds that "if he is not of my race, his heart must be different".

No matter what conspiracy and tricks Tubo has, as long as its missions are not allowed to come in, let's see what the so-called new Tubo king can do!
After hearing this, Li Shimin was a little moved.

However, he did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Fang Xuanling who was silent the whole time.

"Xuanling, what do you think about this matter?"

Different from Changsun Wuji's insidious and cunning, Wei Zheng's iron mind, Du Ruhui's old-fashioned, and Li Jing's decisive attack, Fang Xuanling's strategy can be said to be the best among the people present.

The story of Fang Mou's decision is not in vain.

"Your Majesty, although those who come to Tubo are not good, those who are good will not come."

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment, then continued:
"However, I feel that it is better to let it go. After all, this matter may involve the restoration of the Silk Road."

"Besides, my Tang Dynasty is mighty and mighty, and His Majesty has just been honored as Heavenly Khan by the grassland nations."

"If the Tubo mission is refused entry at this time, it is likely that some rumors will be born among the people and be used by the remnants of the Eastern Turkic Party in the Northwest Grassland."

"The Beiting Protectorate's Mansion has just started construction, and it will take at least a year to complete. There can be no disturbances in the Northwest Grassland now."

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, all the officials nodded in agreement, and even Wei Zheng did not object.

This is indeed reasonable.

"Then do as Xuanling says!"

Li Shimin nodded and made a decision after thinking about it.

"Pass down my decree, ask the border to arrange a team of soldiers to protect the safety of the Tubo missions throughout the process, and order all states and counties along the way to let them go."

"There is also the etiquette preparation for Dahonglu Li Daozong to welcome him, there must be no mistakes."

"The security of the imperial city and the law and order of Chang'an City must also be strengthened, and there must be no accidents!"

"Remember, even if it is to let go, but this matter is very important after all, you must not relax!"

"After all, this Tubo did not participate in the pilgrimage of the Siyi, and he probably came here with wolfish ambitions!"

"Your Majesty orders!"

Everyone said yes again and again, expressing that they would keep these words firmly in mind.

Immediately afterwards, many courtiers left the imperial study one after another, and each went to work on related matters.

After everyone left, Li Shimin sat down helplessly, his face full of helplessness.

"This Tubo is really annoying, and it will disrupt my major affairs!"

In Li Shimin's eyes, even if there are ten "upstarts" like Tubo, they are not half as important as the promotion of sweet potatoes and Quyuanli.

It's a pity that for the sake of Datang's so-called "majesty", Li Shimin had to allocate manpower to handle this matter carefully.

It's really too much trouble!
In this way, after a burst of intensive arrangements, the Tubo mission finally arrived in Chang'an City five days later and was received by Li Daozong.

In the morning of the next day, the gates of the majestic imperial city were opened to welcome the three envoys of the Tubo mission, one officer, two officers, and three envoys. Numerous Imperial Guards and Habayashi Army came out and stood on both sides of the gate, their eyes full of fighting spirit!

Ordinary people, even if they just take a look at it, their legs and feet will go limp and their whole body will feel cold from fright.

In fact, this was indeed the case, the two deputy envoys were already trembling like two chicks.

There is no doubt that Li Shimin wanted to give this Tubo who pretended to be deaf and dumb when he was worshiping in Siyi a blow!

However, the envoy of Tubo turned a blind eye to this, and his expression was still extremely calm.

He walked in the middle of the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty, and he was completely different from the two deputy envoys behind him, as if he walked through the land of no one!
In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin sat on the throne, and all the civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty were under him.

He looked at this Tubo envoy who was walking leisurely from among thousands of forbidden troops, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

But Li Shimin didn't take the initiative to ask his name, this is the majesty of the Tang emperor!
Name, you have to say it yourself!

The Tubo envoy raised his head, his pupils shrank slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked the two deputy envoys to present the tribute gifts.

Immediately, he brought the two deputy envoys to kneel down and salute:
"Envoy Lu Dongzan, pay homage to His Majesty the Holy Son of Tang!"

"I am here on behalf of the new king of Tubo, Songtsan Gampo. I have important matters to ask the Holy Son of Heaven to complete!"

"Say!"

Li Shimin only replied with one word, without any fluctuation in his eyes.

Li Shimin naturally knew who this Songtsen Gampo was.

It's just a kid who just turned 12 this year and just became the king of Tubo.

Because of this, Li Shimin didn't want to know more about him at all.

He is not qualified enough!

"Honorable God Khan!"

Seeing Li Shimin's indifferent expression, Lu Dongzan shrank his pupils, saluted again, and looked at Li Shimin:
"Songtsan Gampo's minister relayed that the turmoil in the world has subsided not long ago, and the Tang Dynasty has just destroyed the Eastern Turks and become a country of all nations, and its national prestige spreads far and wide."

"But if we continue to wage war like this, I'm afraid thousands of souls will be in danger of hanging upside down. The flames of war will go against the laws of heaven!"

"Because Songtsan Gampo wants to join hands with you, the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, to end the turmoil of the past century, to give the world a peaceful and prosperous world, and to give the people a place to live!"

"You mean, the new king of Tubo wants to make Tubo form an alliance with my Tang Dynasty? Recognize my Tang Dynasty as the suzerain country?"

Changsun Wuji stood up, frowned, and looked at Lu Dongzan seriously.

When the other civil and military officials heard the words, they made eye contact with each other, and they were also a little moved.

If Datang and Tubo form an alliance, it will be a great thing if they can join forces.

Most importantly, in this way, the Silk Road also has the hope of restarting!

The reason why the Silk Road has been interrupted for hundreds of years is because there are countless countries entrenched on the snow-covered plateau, staring at the Silk Road and constantly plundering it.

Those who dare to walk the Silk Road in this era are fools with their heads pinned to their waists!
In fact, it is not that the dynasties of the Central Plains have not thought of conquering these countries in the past, but they took advantage of their geographical advantages. Although their strength is very weak, they are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, the Central Plains army is not good at plateau combat by nature, and they will vomit and diarrhea when they go to the snowy area, and their combat power will drop to less than [-]% at least.

Because, from ancient times to the present, no matter whether it is Sui or Tang, they have nothing to do with the countries in the snow region.

Therefore, Tubo was given the opportunity to take advantage of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to sweep the snowy plateau and completely unify the entire snowy plateau!
However, although the size of Tubo is far smaller than that of Datang, but as a powerful country occupying the snow-covered plateau, its strength is far superior to that of Eastern Turks, and it is qualified to have an equal dialogue with Datang!
If the alliance is formed, there will be endless benefits for both parties!
Even Li Shimin's face softened a little.

If Tubo is willing to surrender and become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, then the rudeness of not participating in the Siyi pilgrimage before will naturally become a misunderstanding.

"That's right!"

Lu Dongzan nodded as expected, smiled and continued:
"Songtsan Gampo really intends to make Tubo a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but he doesn't want it to be just an ordinary alliance."

"I want to go a step further with Datang. While enshrining Datang as my suzerain of Tubo, I will form an alliance with in-laws, which will be good forever!"

In-law alliance?

Li Shimin, who was a little excited at first, immediately became sharper after hearing this word.

He looked at Lu Dongzan, and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty the Son of Heaven, it's actually very simple!"

Lu Dongzan smiled and said neither humble nor overbearing:

"Songtsan Gampo heard that Li Lizhi, Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty, is about to marry and is about the same age as him, so he has long wanted to marry her, so he specially sent envoys to propose marriage to Princess Changle!"

"I hope that Tian Khan will be able to fulfill my wish, so that I, Tubo, and Datang will be forever good friends!"

"Absurd to the extreme!!!"

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