freenovelworld Chapter 662 What a pity
Chapter 662 What a pity
Chapter 662 What a pity
If it weren't for the need to keep Qilao Battelle to stabilize the Western Turks, Li Shimin really wanted to kill him.
As for the impact of killing the messenger, he didn't care at all.
Compared to killing a brother and imprisoning a father, killing an envoy is nothing at all.
"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Qilaobateer saluted and said.
Li Shimin's gloomy face eased a little and said: "I have thought about the proposal of Western Turkic, and agreed. As long as Western Turkic declares it to be a vassal state of Tang Dynasty and sends envoys to send tribute, Datang will not interfere with Western Turkic. The matter between Turkic and Xue Yantuo."
Qilao Battelle was taken aback, when he came, Nishu told him that Datang could not agree to the conditions of the Western Turks, and he also felt that what Nishu said was reasonable, but now that Datang actually agreed, he was a little at a loss for a while.
The most important thing is that Nishu didn't say what to do if Datang agreed, so he didn't know how to respond.
Li Shimin saw that Rabaatar did not speak, and said with some displeasure: "What? Could it be that what you said before was lying to me? Western Turks have no idea of becoming a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty at all?"
Speaking of the latter, Li Shimin's tone already carried a trace of murderous intent.
Qilao Batel gave a shock, came back to his senses, and quickly said: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty misunderstood, and the foreign ministers lost their minds for a while due to surprise. Naturally, the Western Turks did not dare to deceive His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
In any case, let's deal with the present first.
Anyway, it's just a verbal promise now, as long as the Western Turks don't announce it to the outside world and don't send people to pay tribute, they can't be regarded as a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking about this, Qilaobateer also calmed down, and said, "Since His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty agreed that the Western Turks should become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, why did the Tang Dynasty send troops to help Xue Yantuo?"
Li Shimin pondered for a while, and said: "No matter what, Xue Yantuo is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Xue Yantuo asked the Tang Dynasty for help and sent a large number of cattle, sheep and horses as tribute. If the Tang Dynasty turns a blind eye, how will other countries see the Tang Dynasty?"
"If I really want to help Xue Yantuo, it is impossible to just send [-] cavalry from the border."
After listening to Qilaobateer, he believed Li Shimin's words.
During the time he was in Chang'an, he deployed manpower on all the main roads leading to the grassland in Chang'an, and Datang did not show any signs of mobilizing troops.
Most of Datang's frontier troops were infantry used to defend the city, and it was Datang's limit to be able to mobilize [-] cavalry.
And the grassland is flat, there is no danger to defend at all, even if the Tang Dynasty sends infantry, it will not be of much use, how can two legs catch up with four.
Now it seems that Datang sent [-] soldiers and horses there just to save the suzerain country's face.
A sliver of disdain flashed in Qilaobatelle's heart, the Han people just love face.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are at war, what should we do if we encounter soldiers from the Tang Dynasty?" Qilaobatar asked out the hidden worry in his heart.
He was worried that when the Western Turks attacked Xue Yantuo, if Datang's cavalry were killed or injured, what would happen if Datang continued to send troops out of anger.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have explained it, they are just doing it for show, they will not really help Xue Yantuo."
After a pause, Li Shimin sneered and said, "Xue Yantuo is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but the tribes under him plunder the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty every year. How can I help him?"
Qilaobateer suddenly realized, no wonder Li Shimin agreed not to help Xue Yantuo, because he wanted to take advantage of the Western Turks to clean up Xue Yantuo.
To say that he had doubts about Li Shimin's agreement to the Western Turks becoming a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty before, but now he is completely relieved.
"I hope Western Turks will not be like Xue Yantuo in the future." Li Shimin said.
"Don't worry, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I, the Western Turks, sincerely surrender, so naturally I won't do so." Qilaobatar said solemnly.
Li Shimin sneered in his heart, he had already seen clearly the nature of these alien races.
Since ancient times, all dynasties have suffered from it.
Naturally, Li Shimin would not believe the so-called guarantee of Qibaatar.
After dismissing Qilaobateer, Li Shimin said coldly: "Notify Baiqi, after the Western Turkic envoy leaves, all those tails will be disposed of, and no one will be leaked."
Qi Laobatel arranged for people to monitor all the main roads, so he couldn't hide it from Baiqi, but Li Shimin didn't want to startle the snake, and let Baiqi secretly monitor.
After Qilao Batel left, there was no need for those people to exist.
"Yes." Li Mu took the order and went down to make arrangements.
Qilao Batel returned to Honglu Temple, arranged some things, and then applied to Honglu Temple to return to China.
Honglu Temple received Li Shimin's instruction, and did not obstruct it, and directly agreed.
Just when Qilaobatel left Chang'an, the memorials of Hou Junji and Lin Xuan were delivered to Li Shimin's desk almost at the same time.
Li Shimin read Lin Xuan's memorial first, and then read Hou Junji's.
Hou Junji's memorial was very simple. He wrote down in detail how he made Tubo retreat. At the same time, he also asked Li Shimin to return to the court.
Although there is information provided by Baiqi, if there is no extraordinary vision, it is impossible to think of a solution so quickly from the information.
Li Shimin has always valued Hou Junji very much, and wanted to train him to be a mainstay for the future emperor.
It's a pity that Hou Junji's desire for power is too strong.
Li Shimin knew before that Hou Junji had a strong heart for power, but he didn't care.
All the emperor can give his ministers is money, titles and rights. It is not a bad thing to be keen on power. As long as the emperor can control it well, the ministers need to devote themselves to contributing to the Tang Dynasty if they want to gain more power.
What he didn't expect was that Hou Junji would get together with Li Tai.
Li Shimin collected his thoughts and directly approved Hou Junji's request.
Now that Tubo had withdrawn its troops, it didn't make much sense for Hou Junji to stay there. On the contrary, it would increase the burden on the court.
After finishing these tasks, Li Shimin ordered the main officials of the three provinces and six ministries, as well as generals such as Cheng Yaojin, to be summoned.
When these officials came to the palace, they saw that not only the main officials from the three provinces and six ministries had arrived, but also many generals, so they knew that something serious must have happened.
After all the people arrived, an internal officer came to inform them to go in.
Everyone quickly adjusted their appearance, lined up and entered the hall.
"Your Majesty, I will see you." Everyone bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "I called you this time because of the news from Lin Xuan that the grassland may change at any time, and I want to discuss the matter of going out. This time, I want to clear the grassland in one fell swoop, so that there will be no more worries in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty." .”
"Your Majesty, I request to go to battle." Cheng Yaojin said first.
Yuchi Gong glared at Cheng Yaojin, cursed secretly, and was preempted again.
But he did not delay, and also asked to fight.
The rest of the generals were not to be outdone, and asked to fight one after another.
Li Shimin was very satisfied with the fighting spirit of the generals, and said: "This time Li Daozong will be the commander in chief, and Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong, Niu Jinda... will go out with the army."
Li Shimin read out the names of more than 20 people in a row.
"The ministers obey the order."
(End of this chapter)