Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

On this day, finally came the prince's birthday.

Sure enough, as Li You expected, the Prince's Birthday Banquet was a very grand palace banquet, but among the civil and military officials, only high-ranking officials were eligible to participate, and they had to prepare invaluable gifts.

There are many feasts, and it can be said that the mountain treasures are full of delicious food. Since it is Li You's own birthday, Li You, of course, also appeared on the stage to give instructions to the royal chef several times, so that the grade and quality of the overall dishes reached a new high.

All the civil servants and military generals who are qualified to participate in the Prince's birthday are already in place. Many ministers and officials carry valuable birthday gifts, and only a few people who claim to be honest officials carry relatively cheap things.

But...the people who came were not just themselves.

"No wonder the mother-in-law said that if the prince's birthday banquet was not held, many people would be dissatisfied... So that's the reason."

Li You looked at the group of girls with beautiful makeup who were following behind the ministers and officials, and couldn't help sighing.

They are undoubtedly the daughters of major officials and eunuchs. Every time the prince's birthday banquet, many noble families will bring their unmarried daughters to sing and dance for the prince, hoping that they will be favored by the prince at this banquet. A concubine or concubine.

At the beginning of the dinner, Li Shimin naturally wore a royal robe and sat firmly in a high position.

Li You sat at the bottom right, and the rest of the princes and princesses were again, and the civil and military officials sat on both sides again, enjoying the delicious wine and food, and the atmosphere was not harmonious...

"If you don't sing a poem with such a beautiful scenery, wouldn't you waste such a beautiful scenery?"

Seeing such a beautiful scenery, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but propose.

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words: "Indeed, such a beautiful time, I wonder if Aiqing has a good sentence? Why don't you say it to help?"

Fang Xuanling quickly waved his hand and smiled: "This is the birthday of the crown prince. If the minister writes a poem first, wouldn't it be grandstanding? Why don't I ask His Royal Highness to write a poem first, and how would the minister respond to the previous poem? ?"

"Master Fang is very polite. Master Fang is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable. Gu is incomparable. Since this poem was first proposed by Master Fang, it is better to let Master Fang write a poem first, or let Gu learn later. , I wonder what Master Fang thinks?"

Li You waved his hand and immediately threw the pot back.

If there is no need, Li You is really too lazy to come out and write poems and fu. Anyway, his talent name has already spread all over the world, and it will not benefit Li You at all to write any world-shattering masterpieces.

"His Royal Highness actually said that he wants to learn from the minister... If someone who doesn't understand it hears it, they will think that you are humiliating the minister."

Fang Xuanling twitched the corners of his mouth. Who knows the talent of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?The most powerful poet in the Tang Dynasty!

Now he said that he wanted to follow behind to learn from himself. Although he knew it was a shirk, Fang Xuanling still had a sense of humiliation that he was playing an axe in the class.

However, Fang Xuanling is Fang Xuanling after all, he is not hypocritical, he immediately stood up and said: "Since the crown prince speaks like this, then the minister should be respectful rather than obeying his orders. Let's write the previous song first, and I hope His Highness Haihan will show more mercy."

Fang Xuanling coughed, cleared her throat, and was about to recite a poem, when suddenly a panicked shout came from outside.

"Your Majesty, the big thing is bad! There is an urgent report on the military situation in [-] miles. The Tubo raided me in Songzhou. Please send troops to reinforce the emperor quickly!"

Chapter 774 The future is completely different

"what?!"

After hearing this, Manchu Wenwu stood up in shock!

"It's actually Tubo? How could this happen?!"

"I don't have any friction between Tang and Tubo recently?"

"I chose to fight at such a time! Damn it!"

All of a sudden, everyone looked different, they didn't expect such a big event to happen today!

Although I don't know why, the Tubo attacked Songzhou to disrupt the Tang Dynasty, which was a top priority.

After listening to the words of the soldiers who came in, Li Shimin's face became gloomy. It seems that this time the Tubo people went south is not easy.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the request for help from the Admiral Han Wei of Songzhou, please take a look at it." The soldier knelt on the ground and panted.

When Li Shimin looked over the documents, the audience was silent, and everyone didn't even dare to take a breath.

Only Li You was hit the hardest. His wavering expression even made many officials who were familiar with Li You looked sideways-His Royal Highness has always been the one where Mount Tai collapsed and his color remained the same. What happened this time?

"Tubo raided Songzhou...Isn't this the Songzhou Battle in the [-]th year of Zhenguan!?"

They didn't know that what really shocked Li You was that this war that was supposed to start in the [-]th year of Zhenguan was started two years earlier in the [-]th year of Zhenguan!

"What the hell is going on here?"

Li You quickly memorized the information about the Battle of Songzhou in his mind, and his unforgettable power made him remember it clearly even if he just glanced at it in the past.

The Battle of Songzhou was the first battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo. In the [-]th year of Zhenguan, the Tubo fought against the Tang army in Songzhou on the grounds that the Tang Dynasty refused them to marry the princess, hoping to force the Tang Dynasty to marry the princess.

Regarding the reason for sending troops, both Tang Shu and Zizhi Tongjian said that Tubo's marriage proposal was rejected, and the messenger maliciously provoked it.

Thinking of this, Li You's expression also calmed down a little, because he probably thought of the reason.

"It seems that because of what I have done after crossing over, a huge butterfly effect has gradually begun to form, and even Datang abroad has been affected!"

Li You couldn't help but recall that the previous Tubo envoys returned in defeat in front of him, and it is very likely that a large part of the reason for the early war was here.

After all, if he hadn't been born out of nowhere, the Tubo envoy would not have been completely defeated, which would surely make Songtsan Gampo feel embarrassed.

Of course, Li You reckoned that there may also be a very key reason - that is, Datang's response to the three major disasters was really good!

"Assuming that I didn't cross over..." Li You calculated silently, "Then Datang must have been severely affected by the disaster, and at least one or two years will never recover its vitality!"

As a result, when Datang's national strength was seriously declining, the threat to Tubo was naturally greatly reduced, and Songtsan Gampo did not need to attack Datang in such a hurry, so it was possible to delay it until the [-]th year of Zhenguan.

But it is precisely because of the appearance of Li You that Datang has recovered from the impact of the disaster at a speed that shocked the world.

Besides, Li You felt that there was only one last reason left.