The Tang Dynasty: The Concubine of the Holy Soldier

Chapter 656 All Stolen from Datang
Chapter 656 All Stolen from Datang
After all, for those tributes, they naturally don't have so much background in Western Turks.

Half of them were snatched from the Turkic people, and the remaining half were snatched from the Tang Dynasty.

Now that the king of Beiliang made it clear, the envoys of the Western Turks were even more frightened.

Fearing that Bai Jingyi would be dissatisfied, he would kill him immediately.

Bai Jingyi said disdainfully to the envoys of the Western Turks: "Oh, you should take back those tributes as soon as possible, my Tang Dynasty has no shortage of them! What's more, this general will definitely lead an army to fetch them!"

These words can be described as huge.

The envoys of the Western Turks still lay on their stomachs and did not dare to move, because the current Tang king had not spoken yet.

There might be some turning points for things.

And the ministers behind him have already talked about it.

"This Western Turk actually took back the cattle, sheep, and gold that had been robbed of my Tang Dynasty, and was able to get my Tang's protection. It's simply ridiculous!"

"Presumably the Holy Majesty also understands this truth. Keeping these Western Turkic people as officials must be breeding tigers!"

"They can treat their own people so harshly, presumably their loyalty to my Tang Dynasty is just a temporary appearance!"

Li Er also frowned at this moment.

After all, Bai Jingyi's words are true.

Turkic grasslands are scarce in resources, and there is nothing but cattle and sheep.

How could there be fifty thousand gold?

Presumably the gold belongs to my Tang Dynasty, and now I take it back directly, and I want to become a vassal state of Datang.

It is indeed a wolf's ambition, and now the Turks are in civil strife, and the East and West Turks have been fighting each other for a long time.

Now seeking the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty is just relying on the military strength of the Tang Dynasty and wanting to take the opportunity to eliminate the other party.

Li Er was thinking in distress, should he or she want these tributes?
Bai Jingyi's words must be true, Li Er also believed that his Northern Liang Army could attack the entire Turkic Grassland and take back these tributes.

But if these tributes were in the hands of the Beiliang army, wouldn't it directly strengthen Bai Jingyi's strength?

If he attacks me directly at that time, wouldn't I just have to do nothing?
And the ministers of the aristocratic family, seeing the turning point finally appeared, also realized that now is the best time for King Beiliang.

The prime minister, Wang Gui, stood up and said directly, "My lord! The Turks' tribute is nothing more than wolfish ambition! They would rather exploit their own people than pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. On the surface, they are submitting, but secretly they are doing whatever they can to achieve their goals!"

"Those Turkic people who were deprived will naturally become refugees. As long as the Turks become my Tang Dynasty's vassal state, then those Turkic refugees will also become my Datang's refugees! There are so many refugees in my Datang, it is impossible to Solve it, if we distribute food and grass to these Turkic refugees, wouldn’t it be self-defeating?”

The ministers of other aristocratic families also hurriedly said: "My Majesty, I feel that what the King of Beiliang said makes sense. These envoys from the Western Turks originally had evil intentions. Most of the tributes they sent were from my Tang Dynasty. Snatch it away, and the rest belong to their people. They just pushed the boat along the way and gave this favor away!

"If we have to wait until they become the vassal state of my Tang Dynasty, then those Turkic people who have been plundered will naturally become refugees of my Tang Dynasty. The food and grass in my Tang Dynasty are already very insufficient. How can I distribute them to those people?" Turkic refugees?"

"My lord! My Tang Dynasty is already short of food surplus. If I take this tribute but don't save the Turkic refugees, what will happen to the reputation of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I feel that the king of Beiliang is right. After the next year, the Beiliang army will be able to capture the Turkic grasslands. By then, won't these tributes still belong to the Tang Dynasty? Why do you need to include Turkic as a vassal state?" ? Isn't this cutting off your hands?"

Qin Qiong also hurriedly said: "Report to the Holy Majesty, what the King of Beiliang said is very true. If the Holy Majesty wants to bring the Turks into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, then the Tang Dynasty will naturally not ignore these Turkic refugees. If they want to control them, they will have to sacrifice The rations of the people of the Tang Dynasty are used to help the Turks, isn’t this helping the Turks recover?”

Looking at the current situation, Cheng Yaojin also bowed and cupped his hands and said, "My Majesty, Your Majesty is wise! Don't be fooled by these hateful Turkic beasts! These beasts can treat their own people so ruthlessly, if The Holy Majesty still wants to distribute the rations of the people of the Tang Dynasty to those Turks, so wouldn’t that just feed the Turks? By then, wouldn’t you be asking for trouble for yourself?”

Yu Chigong also said: "My Majesty, if you want to feed the Turkic refugees with the grain and grass of the Tang Dynasty, you will be fooled by these Turkic beasts!"

Even Li Jing, who is usually taciturn, hastened to say: "My Majesty, if my Tang Dynasty is included in the Western Turks at this time, it will only increase troubles. I will use my Tang Dynasty's national power to support the Turkic enemies until they recover." Yuan Qi will definitely attack Datang again, my lord! You can't do it!"

The envoys of the Western Turks had an extremely ugly expression. They did not expect that their strategy would be seen through by the King of Beiliang.

They originally wanted to be empty-handed white wolves, using the cattle, horses and gold robbed from Datang, plus the cattle, horses and gold in the hands of the Turkic people as tributes, in order to ask Datang for help.

Wait until Datang assisted the Western Turks to eliminate the Eastern Turks.

So as long as the Western Turks have the help of the Tang Dynasty, they will definitely become stronger and stronger.

At that time, if they attack Datang directly with their backhands, the Western Turks will not lose anything.

But I didn't expect that the abominable King of Beiliang was so smart that he saw through the plan of the Western Turks at a glance.

This made the envoys of the Western Turks start to panic, and they didn't even dare to look up at these ministers.

Especially Bai Jingyi, when his eyes met Bai Jingyi, cold sweat broke out all over his body.

That kind of gaze seemed to be staring at him, as if he was about to attack his own life at any moment.

Those Fusang, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje envoys behind them watched this scene very happily.

After all, the Western Turks are also a very powerful enemy for them, if they are included in the vassal state by the Tang Dynasty.

Didn't Datang's national power increase again?At that time, even if Datang wants to send troops against them, I'm afraid they won't even have a chance to resist!
What's more, they were the main targets of the banquet.

Now that the envoys of the Western Turks jumped out to attract firepower, they felt more at ease.

The eldest son of East Turkic looked at the scene in front of him.

His heart became more and more refreshed. It seems that the King of Beiliang really didn't have the slightest affection for these Western Turks.
The trick may be on the way.

Also being Turkic, the envoys of Western Turkic were attacked by everyone above.

(End of this chapter)