Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

"it is good!"

Seeing Li You's figure, Li Shimin hurriedly put the tea he was holding but hadn't taken a sip back on the imperial case, and hurriedly waved his hand to tell Li You not to salute.

It seemed that he was very excited, so excited that he couldn't even control his arms.

"Envoy, please repeat what you said to me just now to the prince!"

Li Shimin stood up and ordered the messenger.

The messenger raised his head slightly, saw Li You, and immediately kowtowed in Li You's direction.

"His Royal Highness, Xue Yantuo is already in chaos! Prices are soaring and can no longer be controlled. Many ordinary people have risen up and become kings. I am afraid that in a while, Xue Yantuo will become a place of chaos!"

While speaking, the messenger burst into tears, and his voice was extremely sincere and full of sincerity.

"So Xue Yantuo has nothing else to ask for now, but to ask that Your Majesty and His Highness can take pity on Xue Yantuo's innocent people, and let our bilateral trade return to the old! I, Xue Yantuo, will always remember the kindness of the Tang Li royal family, and I will never forget it! "

"Hmph..." Li You sneered, "Do you still want to invite Gu back? Do you think that the dignified and dignified Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty can be summoned by Xue Yantuo?"

It was obviously you who came here in the first place, okay?

The messenger refrained from speaking, and there was a hint of despair on his face.

He wiped the tears from his face with his hands, lowered his head and said, "I beg His Royal Highness for mercy, I, Xue Yantuo, are willing to pay any price!"

"Look up!" Li You said coldly.

The messenger raised his head blankly, and a pair of sharp eyes caught his eyes.

"You just said that Xue Yantuo is willing to pay any price?"

Xue Yantuo's messenger was forced by the momentum for a moment, and said weakly: "Go back to Your Highness, yes... yes."

"Okay, I'll give you a handwritten letter later. You take the handwritten letter back to Xiazhou City and hand it over to the local officials. Then you tell Xue Yantuo Khan to let Xue Yantuo's defenders disband on the spot, and then let Tang Jun of Xiazhou City took over Xue Yantuo's defense work!"

"What?!" The envoy Xue Yantuo was shocked when he heard the words, "You... what do you mean?"

Li You said softly, "What do you mean? Didn't you just say that Xue Yantuo is willing to pay any price?"

"Then from now on, you Xue Yantuo will be officially included in the territory of Datang, and every Xue Yantuo will become a citizen of Datang! This is the price, do you understand?"

Xue Yantuo's messenger was stunned and asked tremblingly: "Then... I don't know how our Lord Khan of Xue Yantuo arranged it?"

Li You smiled, patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Gu Gu guarantees Yi Nan's lifelong glory and wealth, and the Tang Dynasty will treat him favorably, and then he will be named a marquis, so he can live in Chang'an in peace. , to become a rich prince."

The messenger Xue Yantuo trembled and said in a trembling voice, "This... this is impossible!"

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"Why not? Don't you know that the Fugao Hou of Goguryeo lives in Chang'an now and enjoys wealth and wealth? Gu can completely build another palace for the Yinan Khan next to Fugao Hou's mansion, so that he is not so lonely. ."

When Li You said Fugao Hou, the messenger Xue Yantuo understood that there was no room for manoeuvre.

There was a hint of sadness in his eyes, and he asked with the last meager expectation: "His Royal Highness, it is impossible for Lord Yinan Khan to agree to such a condition! Hands up!"

"Although Xue Yantuo is in chaos today, Lord Yinan is still Xue Yantuo's khan, so Lord Khan must prefer Xue Yantuo to rot in his hands, so that in the end he is still the supreme ruler of Xue Yantuo! I can't ask you to change your request..."

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Li You's eyes moved when he heard the words, and he didn't expect Yi Nan to really raise his hand and surrender and offer the Nuoda's Xue Yantuo obediently.

Although Li You's goal was to subdue Xue Yantuo and become a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, if he said so directly, it might not be possible to negotiate smoothly.

But if before that, the excessive requirement of merging into the Tang Dynasty territory that Xue Yantuo completely loses national sovereignty is put forward, then Xue Yantuo's request to surrender to the Tang Dynasty's vassal state, in comparison, is like Li You's exceptionally gracious demotion condition. !

Thinking of this, Li You pretended to snort coldly.

"Do you want to change your request? Do you think you Xue Yantuo still have the qualifications to bargain in front of my Tang Dynasty! The last chance for you, Xue Yantuo will submit to the Tang Dynasty and become a vassal of the Li Tang Dynasty, this is the minimum condition!"

"...Yes." Xue Yantuo's face turned pale, "I will tell Yi Nan Khan, thank your Highness for your kindness!"

Li You turned his head to look at Li Shimin, and saw that Li Shimin also had a hint of joy on his face. When he saw Li Shimin nodding at him, he knew that Li Shimin had entrusted this matter to himself.

Chapter 948 Headlines and bitter tactics

"That's fine," Li You said slowly, "from now on, you, Xue Yantuo, should take the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain state, pay homage to the Tang Dynasty every year, and come to the dynasty every year!"

The expression of the envoy Xue Yantuo changed slightly, and he asked pleadingly: "The matter of the Yinan Khan that I just mentioned, I wonder if the Khan can be allowed to live in Xue Yantuo forever? After all, I am a native of Xue Yantuo. I hope your majesty and your majesty will be fulfilled!"

Seeing that the king who was surrendered from another country has settled in Chang'an, if Yi Nan also became a khan who lost control of his own country, it would be no different from the merger of Xue Yantuo into the Tang Dynasty, and how could he go there? ?

"That's right, if the messenger is all right, he can leave the imperial city."

Li You didn't bother about this trivial matter, and ordered the expulsion with a smile.

Xue Yan "[-]" Tuo messenger let out a long sigh, feeling only physically and mentally exhausted.

When Yi Nan sent him on an envoy, he was already so overwhelmed that he seemed to be a few decades old, so Xue Yantuo's messenger could already predict Yi Nan's answer.

That is to say, from today, Xue Yantuo is no longer a complete sovereign country, it will become a subsidiary country that needs to obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty!

In addition, Xue Yantuo has to hand over a considerable amount of year-old coins every year, and every year, in front of all countries in the world, he pays tribute to the Tang Dynasty!

In the end, thousands of thoughts turned into a sigh, and the messenger Xue Yantuo bowed slightly to Li You and Li Shimin and backed away.

Li Shimin walked around the case excitedly for several times, and the happy expression on his face was about to fly out.

He finally walked up to Li You, moved his lips, but didn't say anything, just patted Li You's shoulder with his hand.