Datang all-rounder

Chapter 201

In the past few days, the city of Chang'an looks no different from normal days, but this is just what the common people see. For the ministers in the court, there is a trace of uneasiness and anxiety hidden under the calm.

The prince's accident made everyone very depressed. Comrade Li Er planned to deal with it in a low-key manner at first, and kept the matter within a small range. However, the prince's status is too special, so he wanted to hide it It is also impossible to keep it a secret for a long time, and after thinking about it, I still made the matter public, but the matter of the prince chasing and beating was replaced by a careless walk.

For a while, all the ministers in the court knew about this matter, and all kinds of opinions came up. Based on their understanding of the prince, they all knew that this matter would not be so simple, but because it is an internal matter of the royal family, it is not good. On the bright side, we can only discuss it in private and guess what caused it.

However, regarding this matter, all the ministers are still on the sidelines, wanting to see how Comrade Li Er will deal with it. After all, everyone knows that it is unrealistic to restore this broken foot to its original state. A hundred years later, Comrades Two will be succeeded by the crown prince, and he will become the first sick emperor in history.

As time passed day by day, the ministers did not see the slightest movement from Comrade Li Er, and gradually understood that Comrade Li Er did not intend to abolish the crown prince. People dare to say it easily, but their moods begin to be depressed to varying degrees.

Wang Ke does know that Comrade Li Er has not lost the last bit of patience with the prince, but this day will come sooner or later. For him, there is no need to worry about the prince now, because what happened to the prince this time will As an introduction, as long as he does things that annoy Comrade Li Er a few more times, then the days when he can still stay in the crown prince's position will not be long.

What Wang Ke hopes most now is that Li Ke can perfectly complete the task of this negotiation.At that time, when Li Ke returned to Chang'an, he would become a hero in the eyes of the ministers, and his weight in Comrade Li Er's heart would increase a lot. Compared with what the prince did, it must be much more positive. Comrade Li Er should also pay more attention to it!

On this day, in front of the main hall, the courtiers who are usually scattered in various departments gathered here. Even Wang Ke, who always gets up very late, came here early. The day when the two comrades reported was also the first non-military means of negotiation for the Tang Empire, and the Tang army was able to enter a territory that was not its own. For the Tang Empire, this would be a milestone day.

Comrade Li Er was also happy in his heart, so he asked the ministers of the DPRK and China to come to the hall early in the morning. He wanted these ministers to spend this wonderful moment with him.

Following the eunuch's cry from the eunuch outside the palace gate, "The emperor is here!" All the ministers filed in, civil and military officials stood left and right, and knelt down to Comrade Li Er who was sitting on the dragon chair on the high platform, and waited for Comrade Li Er to order Ping to die Only then did he stand up, his eyes fixed on Li Ke who was standing outside the palace gate, waiting for Comrade Li Er's call.

Comrade Li Er sat on the dragon chair, looked over the heads of the ministers and landed on Li Ke, and said in a gentle tone: "Chuan Ke comes to see you."

Eunuch Yang on the side hurriedly sang the announcement loudly, and Li Ke walked into the hall briskly while Eunuch Yang was singing the announcement loudly, knelt down to Comrade Li Er and saluted: "My son Li Ke, in the name of the father, go to Negotiations with Tuyuhun are now over, and I am sending orders to my father!"

Comrade Li Er said with a smile in his eyes: "Ke'er is alive, please tell me and the ministers about the situation of this trip."

Li Ke thanked En and stood up, clasped his fists to Comrade Li Er and the ministers in the palace, and then said: "Although the negotiation with Tuyuhun took a long time, it achieved good results. Adding some additional conditions can be called a very successful operation. This is also the result of the careful planning of the emperor and the adults."

Now Li Ke has also learned what Wang Ke said, but before saying anything, he should flatter Comrade Li Er first.Although Li Ke knew that he was Comrade Li Er's son, the effect of saying it might not be as good as Wang Ke's, but it was much better than not saying it, at least it made Comrade Li Er's impression of him much better.

Sure enough, when Comrade Li Er heard Li Ke's behavior, the smile on his face grew stronger, and he said cheerfully: "Ke's mission to Tuyuhun this time can be dealt with on the fly, and he can argue for the interests of the Tang Dynasty. It really is a lot of credit, and after the story is finished, I will reward myself!"

After Li Ke quickly thanked him, he explained in detail how the matter was done this time.Although the ministers of the DPRK and China knew some of the process from the daily delivery of the mansion newspaper, no one had seen it in full. Now that Li Ke said it, they knew the detailed process of this matter, and everyone heard it. With relish, there was a sound of exclamation from time to time.

At this time, Comrade Li Er heard about this for the first time. Originally, when Li Ke returned to Chang'an yesterday, Comrade Li Er wanted to ask Li Ke to enter the palace to talk to him first, but he thought that he would ask Minister Qi to listen to the lecture together today. I did not do so in an eager mood. Today, I listened to Li Ke's report with all the ministers, and my mood was the same as that of everyone else. Following Li Ke's narration, my heart went up and down, without a moment of peace.

After Li Ke finished speaking, Comrade Li Er leaned back and said relaxedly: "Ke let's listen to the treaties signed this time one by one, so that everyone knows how great our victory in the Tang Dynasty is. Big!"

Li Ke cupped his hands and said to Comrade Li Er: "I will obey the royal father's order!"

Li Ke took the copy of the contract that Eunuch Yang sent up, opened it and read it one by one.The ministers of the DPRK and China have never seen this treaty, even Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others who can read every memorial on weekdays, because after Li Ke arrived yesterday, Comrade Li Er directly sent someone to arrest Li Ke. The memorial that had already been written was sent to the palace, but it was not delivered step by step according to the normal procedure, so this is why the copy of the treaty was taken out by Eunuch Yang today.

The previous clause did not attract much attention from all the ministers present, because these people already knew what was going on in this negotiation, and now they heard that Tuyuhun agreed that the troops of the Tang Empire would enter the territory of Tuyuhun to assist Tuyuhun in carrying out the negotiations. Defense, including the number of troops, where they are stationed, and how long it takes to change defenses, is nothing exciting anymore, because in the eyes of these people, this is a normal thing, and this is what Datang wants. If the goal is not achieved, it cannot It is said that the original plan has been completed, but the more they listened, the ministers became more and more frightened. They did not expect that Li Ke would actually get so many benefits on the basis of the original plan.

I only heard Li Kerian say: "During the period when the Tang army was stationed in Tuyuhun and assisting Tuyuhun in defending against Tubo, all the expenses of the Tang army will be provided by Tuyuhun. In addition to the normal expenses of the Tang army, the other The maintenance of the barracks and all expenses during the defense change period are also included. If Tuyuhun cannot pay in full and on time, the Tang army has the right to expropriate the local area of ​​Tuyuhun."

At this time, all the ministers realized that in fact, Datang only needed to send troops, and all other expenses would not be considered. It is the same as in the country, carrying out the expropriation work on its own, which invisibly treats Tuyuhun as a province of the Tang Empire.

At this time, there was a lot of exclamation in the court, no one thought that this fledgling Li Ke could actually do such an astonishing move.

Comrade Li Er had expected the ministers to do this for a long time, and after letting the ministers sigh for a while, he said: "Don't worry, my lords, it's not too late to discuss after Ke finished reading."

Hearing Comrade Li Er's words, everyone realized that this is not over yet, and there are still good things to come. It seems that Datang has benefited a lot from this negotiation!Everyone stopped talking immediately, and Wang Ke and Li Ke, whose eyes were staring straight, let's see if he had anything else to say.At this time, Wang Ke was also a little stunned. He also did not expect that Li Ke would have such skills and be able to get so many benefits.Now he is also eager to know how much benefit this negotiation has brought to Datang.

Li Ke saw that everyone was silent, so he opened his mouth and said again: "Since the operation of the Datang army is purely to maintain the safety of Tuyuhun. After the Datang army moved in, they would give Datang 500 million taels of silver or materials of equivalent value as compensation every year."

As soon as this clause came out of Li Ke's mouth, all the ministers were stunned. Is this Tuyuhun stupid or what? They have already paid for all the expenses when the Tang army settled in, and now they have to pay every year.Such a good thing can happen unexpectedly, it's really such a sudden happiness!Now the ministers are silent, not because they don’t want to speak, but because they don’t know what to say. Seeing that Li Ke still has some clauses to read, he can’t say anything, because judging from the current situation , the further back this is, the scarier the terms will be.

Without Comrade Li Er's reminder, Li Ke read directly: "If Tuyuhun requests the assistance of the Tang army when Tubo invades, all Tuyuhun troops will unconditionally accept the control of the Tang army and be dispatched by the Tang army. After the war, for the officers and soldiers who were killed or injured with the Datang army, the roster will be provided by the Datang, and Tuyuhun will provide compensation and compensation."

This one is also quite scary. Once the war starts, Tuyuhun has to resist by himself. If he wants to ask for help from the Datang garrison, it is tantamount to handing over the entire Tuyuhun to Datang. After the war, he will have to fight against Datang. compensate.If Datang is not authentic, come here to be a bit shady, and report more names when providing the roster, Tuyuhun can't ask for an inspection, and can only suffer from this dumbness.

Now the ministers present are a little numb. After the surprise just now, the ministers just listened to the terms Li Ke read out, waiting to see what more incredible terms Li Ke could say.

Li Ke looked at Comrade Li Er, who was leaning on the back of his chair, and read out the last item aloud: "Because Tuyuhun cannot absolutely control the territory under its jurisdiction, it is decided to cede 15 million mu of land in the northwest of the territory. Give it to Datang, who will take over the area after the army enters Tuyuhun."

The faces of some of the ministers present have changed. This is too incredible. They actually got such a large piece of land. Last time when the Eastern Turks were wiped out, Datang dispatched an army of 10,000+, and many people were killed or injured. Well, although that piece of land is bigger than this one, it was bought with human life. This time it was just talking, no one was killed or injured.

Comrade Li Er already knew the result yesterday, and now seeing the reaction of the ministers, he was very happy, and said triumphantly: "What do you think?"

How else can I feel? Now all the ministers have been shocked by the treaty signed by Li Ke, and they can't say anything in their hearts.

Wang Ke now has only one thought in his mind: "Unequal treaty! This is completely an unequal treaty!"

However, Wang Ke did not feel sad because this was an unequal treaty, because this was the first time he knew that his own country had placed humiliation on others.In his memory, only more than 1000 years later, countries have sent humiliation to their own people. He has never seen his own country be able to put itself above the pain of others arbitrarily.This can only be done by a strong country, and it can only be so simple when it is strong enough for everyone to look up to.

(End of this chapter)