Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 88 Chu Suiliang's Objection
Just as Li Er was about to agree to the request of the Goguryeo envoy, he asked Wang Yuan to accept the platinum that Goguryeo tributed to him.

A servant trotted over and saluted, "I would like to inform you all! The servant of the Huangmen, Chu Suiliang, is begging to see you outside!"

"Why is he here! Xuan!" Li Er asked his servant to bring Chu Suiliang here without thinking too much.

"No!" The servant ordered to retreat, and led Chu Suiliang who was waiting outside.

Because Chu Suiliang came to see Li Er at this time, Li Er did not accept the platinum tribute from Goguryeo for the time being.

Before Bai Jin arrived and handed it over to Wang Yuan, the internal servant, and Li Er hadn't agreed to the envoy's request, the Goguryeo envoy had to step aside and talk about their affairs after Li Er finished handling the political affairs.

"My minister, Chu Suiliang, sees Your Majesty!" Chu Suiliang saluted, seeing that Li Er hadn't accepted the tribute from Goguryeo, he was relieved, and fortunately he caught up.

"Why did Aiqing come to see me?" Li Er asked.

With Chu Suiliang's character, if nothing happened, he would not come to the emperor's house to chat about family affairs.

"Your Majesty! I heard that Quangai Suwen's envoy came to pay tribute to His Majesty. Is there such a thing?" Chu Suiliang asked.

When Chu Suiliang asked Li Er, the Goguryeo envoy asked Chu Suiliang's identity to the Honglu Temple Cheng beside him.

"That's right! The envoy is beside you!" Li Er stretched out his hand and pointed at the envoy next to him.

Chu Suiliang glanced back, and the envoy hurriedly saluted when he saw Chu Suiliang looking at him.

Turning his gaze back to Li Er, Chu Suiliang said, "Your Majesty! I'm here today to prevent you from accepting tribute."

As soon as Chu Suiliang finished speaking, Li Er felt a little dissatisfied. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, what's the problem with accepting the tribute from a small country?Why do you, Chu Suiliang, stop you.

Li Zhi was at a loss. It is not normal for the great Tang Dynasty to accept tribute from a small barbarian country. Why did Chu Suiliang stop him? What kind of medicine did he sell in his gourd.

The envoys of Quangai Suwen jumped their feet. The purpose of their visit this time was to prevent the emperor of the Tang Dynasty from sending troops to Goguryeo, so they paid tribute to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and expressed their submission.

They are not yet ready to fight Datang. Once Datang's army attacks Goguryeo, they may not be able to defeat Datang's army.

If they were disturbed by Chu Suiliang in front of them, how would they explain to their big Mo Lizhi when they went back.

Chu Suiliang's next sentence made them feel as if they were falling into an icehouse, and they were very frightened, for fear that Li Er would agree to Chu Suiliang's suggestion. Even Li Er and Li Zhi didn't expect Chu Suiliang to say that.

"I not only want to prevent His Majesty from accepting Quan Gai Suwen's tribute, but also ask His Majesty to arrest these people and put them in prison." Chu Suiliang instructed the envoy.

Li Er was stunned for a while, then came back to his senses and asked: "It's too much for you to do this!"

"I, Goguryeo, want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty. I don't want to see the people of the two countries die because of the war. How can you say such a thing? Could it be that you..."

"Shut up, Zier small country, you barbarians who don't know etiquette yet dare to talk nonsense in front of His Majesty the Great Tang Emperor. There is no room for you to speak nonsense in front of His Majesty."

Before the envoy finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Suiliang. Chu Suiliang talked eloquently and reprimanded the envoy. The envoy blushed and dared not say another word.

"Okay! Aiqing, please tell me your opinion, why did you prevent me from accepting the tribute." Li Er said, and finally relieved the envoy.

"Your Majesty! Quan Gai Suwen killed King Rongliu of his lord, and was not tolerated by the nine barbarians. Your Majesty wants to attack him with the army of justice, but now he wants to accept his tribute."

"What's the difference between this and the Song State in the Spring and Autumn Period when the State of Song destroyed the State of Gao and captured the Ding, and then feared that the State of Lu would send troops to attack the State of Song, so they gave the State of Gao to the State of Lu in order to bribe Duke Heng of Lu."

"Therefore, I cannot accept Your Majesty's acceptance of Quan Gai Suwen's tribute, please think twice." Chu Suiliang said.

When it comes to Gao Ding, one has to mention Song and Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Gao State is the vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty. The first generation of the king is the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou. To the east of it is the State of Lu, and to the west is the State of Cao. Because everyone’s surname is Ji, these three countries are brotherly countries, and they live in peace with each other. .

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the rites and music collapsed, and Gao was weak, so he had to rely on Song. Later, Song sent troops to destroy Gao, and moved Gao Ding, a national treasure used by Gao to worship the ancestral temple, back to Song.

This made the State of Lu unhappy. The State of Gao and the State of Lu are countries of brothers. You Song State didn't even say hello, and it was destroyed as soon as it was said. You didn't take Lu State seriously at all.

So the State of Lu, under the slogan of avenging the country of brothers, united Qi and Zheng to send troops to attack the State of Song, but the State of Song could not withstand the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.

Among the Three Kingdoms, Lu State was the strongest. In order to protect itself, Song State offered the Gao Ding from Gao State to Lu State, in order to bribe Lu Henggong to let him retreat.

Duke Heng of Lu who got Gao Ding was full of joy, so he stopped the attack on Song State, and withdrew his troops back to Lu State, and Song State thus got rid of the fate of being destroyed.

Through this incident, everyone finally saw Lu Henggong's face clearly. On the surface, he was fighting for the country of brothers, but in fact he was greedy and dissatisfied that Song State had gained benefits and did not share them with him.

In fact, Chu Suiliang was using Lu Henggong's example to warn Li Er not to do something like Lu Henggong.

Once Li Er accepted Quangai Suwen's tribute, it was tantamount to indirectly admitting that Quangai Suwen's behavior of killing the king and deceiving the people was correct.

In this way, if there is any reason for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty will go from holding the banner of righteousness high to being in the company of rebellious officials and thieves who kill the king.

Li Er suddenly came to his senses, and felt that what Chu Suiliang said was very reasonable. He raised the banner of justice and planned to send troops to attack Quangai Suwen. Same color.

At that time, how will the people of the world think of him as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty? What will he do if other small countries affiliated to the Tang Dynasty follow suit in the future?
Therefore, on this issue, Li Er adopted Chu Suiliang's suggestion, resolutely rejected Quangai Suwen's tribute, and continued to send troops to attack Goguryeo.

"Thanks to Aiqing's reminder, otherwise I would have made a big mistake." Li Er said sincerely.

"This is a matter of my duty!" Chu Suiliang said.

Li Er looked at the Goguryeo envoy and said: "You and Cao are all serving King Rongliu. They have official titles. Quan Gai Su Wen conspired to rebel and kill the king. You can't avenge King Rongliu, but now you are helping the rebellious officials and thieves to lobby and deceive our great country. , is simply a heinous crime.”

"Come here!" The guards who heard His Majesty Li Er's call rushed in.

"Put the emissary down and put him in the prison!" Li Er ordered.

The guards couldn't help but step forward and detain a group of Goguryeo envoys, no matter how much they struggled and complained, it was useless.

(End of this chapter)