The statue of Guanyin is solemn and compassionate, but the eldest grandson Meier is worried.

After a period of silence, Qin Xiao asked softly: "The saint has decided?"

"There shouldn't be any big changes." Changsun Meier thought for a moment, then showed a faint smile and said: "Does the saint want to send you to Jiangnan as an errand?"

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Although there is no final decision, the saint has this intention."

"Actually, it's not a bad thing to stay away from Kyoto." Changsun Meier said quietly: "Do your own business well in Jiangnan. As long as you don't make any big mistakes, the saint will naturally protect you." She turned to look at Qin Xiao, and hesitated to speak.

He stopped, and finally no words were spoken.

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment, and finally asked: "Sister Sheguan, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Changsun Meier was startled and looked at Qin Xiao in surprise.

Qin Xiao sighed: "If you really go to Bohai, you will be far away from your hometown, and naturally you will not be happy."

"It is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. Personal life and death are not important." Changsun Meier said softly: "The saint has decided to send troops to Xiling within three years to take back the territory that originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Before that, naturally,

We must plan carefully. Bohai is located in the northeast of our Tang Dynasty. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and are brave and good at fighting. If we cannot stabilize the northeast side, there will be huge hidden dangers in recovering Xiling in the future."

Qin Xiao frowned and said: "So the saint decided to use women to marry, hoping that the Bohai Kingdom would not move its troops until then?"

"The saint does have this intention." Changsun Meier said: "The saint is far-sighted and should have started planning to conquer Xiling long ago. That's why he issued an order to Bohai earlier and asked them to send a mission. At that time, the marriage between the two countries should have been decided."

He looked up at the Guanyin statue and said softly: "The envoy has arrived in Kyoto. The marriage is inevitable and it is impossible to change it."

Qin Xiao hesitated to speak, and finally sneered and said nothing.

"Why are you laughing?" Changsun Meier frowned.

Qin Xiao sighed: "There are some things I shouldn't have said, but... I have nothing to hide in front of Sister Sheguan." After a pause, he said: "I have nothing to do with Bohai Country.

I also did some research and found out that the power of the Bohai Kingdom is in the hands of Moli Zhiyuan Gaijian. Yuan Gaijian is not only ambitious, but more importantly, cunning and capricious."

Changsun Meier asked: "Do you know him very well?"

"When I was in Hangzhou, I met some merchants who were doing business in the north. They knew a lot about the situation in the north." Qin Xiao said: "The northern grasslands are divided into various Tusun tribes, extending to the Black Forest area in the east. According to me

As we know, the Black Forest is vast, and there are more than a dozen tribes in Tusun who have been living in the Black Forest. Although it is adjacent to the Bohai Kingdom, they have always been in peace. However, after Yuan Gaijian took over the power of the Bohai Sea, he used various means over the years

, annexed the Black Forest and put the Black Forest under the control of the Bohai people."

Changsun Meier nodded slightly and said: "The palace also knows about this. However, the Bohai people and the Tusun people are at odds with each other, and it will not do any harm to us, the Tang Dynasty."

"Before Yuan Gaijian annexed the Black Forest, he created discord and divided the Tusun tribe in the Black Forest. In order to win over several powerful tribes, he even ordered the Bohai nobles to marry noble women from the Tusun tribe." Qin Xiao looked solemn.

He said softly: "Not only that, Yuan Gaijian himself also married a Tage from the Tusun tribe, which is what we call a princess."

Changsun Meier looked at Qin Xiao with a pair of beautiful mist-like eyes and said nothing.

"But later when we found an opportunity, Yuan Gaijian was not merciful to those Tusun tribes who had allied themselves with each other." Qin Xiao sneered: "According to those merchants, after the Bohai Navy captured the Black Forest, Yuan Gaijian went on a killing spree.

His so-called in-laws showed no mercy, and Tusuntag, who had become his concubine, was killed by him with his own hands using a bowstring...!" At this point, he realized something and did not continue.

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The eldest grandson, Meier Bingxue, was smart and naturally knew what Qin Xiao meant, and said, "Are you worried that even if the Tang Dynasty and Bohai marry, if there is a chance, the Bohai people will not estimate the in-law relationship and will still take advantage of it?"

"It's not that I'm worried. In my opinion, things will definitely happen." Qin Xiao said: "The people of Bohai are capricious. If you want them to kneel on the ground and stay safe, there is only one way, and that is to make the Tang Dynasty so powerful that they will be afraid and beaten.

Let them hold their heads high, otherwise they will never be honest. They took the initiative to ask for marriage and formed an in-law country. In my opinion, they did not want to live in harmony with the Tang Dynasty, but they wanted to use the relationship of in-laws to obtain benefits from the Tang Dynasty.

More interests may even confuse Datang."

Changsun Meier frowned and said, "Confusing the Tang Dynasty?"

"Bohai has been expanding in recent years, and its ambitions have long been revealed." Qin Xiaodao: "They must be worried that if they continue to expand unscrupulously, it will arouse the alarm of the Tang Dynasty." After a pause, he whispered: "Sister Sheguan, say

I should not say that the Tang Dynasty today cannot be compared with that in its heyday, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. If the Tang Dynasty really concentrated its efforts on Bohai, Yuan Gaijian would definitely not be able to withstand it."

Changsun Meier smiled calmly and said: "That's natural."

"So Bohai and we are related by marriage. Naturally, they don't have to worry about the Tang Dynasty attacking them." Qin Xiao sighed: "We, a country of etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, have an marriage relationship, even if Bohai does something that shouldn't be done.

The Tang Dynasty will treat you with tolerance for whatever you do, and Yuan Gai Jianxin knows this very well. He uses his in-laws as a cover to expand his power, and after getting married, he can also divert the attention of the Tang Dynasty, so he can achieve multiple things with one stone."

Changsun Meier stared at Qin Xiao with soft eyes. Qin Xiao felt a little embarrassed by her, touched her cheek and asked: "Sister Sheguan, I...did I say something wrong?"

"You are already very smart to have such knowledge." Changsun Meier sighed softly: "Do you think the saint doesn't understand what you said?"

"If the saint understood Yuan Gaijian's intentions, why would he still want to use marriage to make the Bohai people stay safe?" Qin Xiao frowned.

Changsun Meier said: "Because in the saint's mind, the threat of the Utuos is much greater than that of the Bohai people. If the imperial court now devotes its energy to the northeast to restrain the expansion of the Bohai people, then there will be no spare power to deal with it.

Xiling. During the time of Emperor Wuzong, with the strength of the empire at that time and the wisdom of His Majesty Emperor Wuzong, it took ten years for the Bohai Kingdom to completely surrender. This also shows that the Bohai people are not easy to deal with." He paused.

After a pause, he continued: "Bohai's current strength, even the Tang Dynasty, cannot subdue it in a short time. Once it spends another ten or eight years in the Northeast, and then looks back to Xiling, it will have become

After losing the territory of the Wutuo people, it is almost impossible to conquer Xiling."

Qin Xiao's expression became even more solemn.

"Once Xiling falls into the hands of the Wutuo people, our Tang Dynasty will directly face the threat of the Wutuo Khanate. At that time, we will have to set up defenses in the west." Changsun Meier sighed quietly: "The money spent at that time was enough.

The empire was dragged down. Although Li Tuo recognized the traitor as his father, both sides had their own agenda. Li Tuo was not willing to be controlled by the Wutuo people for a while, and the people of Xiling still wanted to be with the Tang Dynasty for the time being and were not tamed by the Wutuo people.

There is still time to use troops against Xiling within this year, and delaying it will only cause greater harm to the empire."

Qin Xiao understood and said: "Does the saint want to conquer Xiling first, stabilize the situation in the west, and then free up his hands to deal with the Bohai people?"

"The Bohai people are indeed capricious." Changsun Meier said: "But they still bully the weak and fear the strong. The Tang Dynasty is not the Tusun tribe in the Black Forest. Even if Yuan Gaijian is ambitious, he does not dare to act rashly without an absolute opportunity. The imperial court

If we send troops to Xiling, if we gain the upper hand and the situation is favorable, Yuan Gaijian will never dare to harass us in the northeast, unless... By then, the battle of Xiling will be retreated steadily, and the Bohai people may take advantage of the opportunity to invade."

Qin Xiao looked solemn and said: "So, the saint wants to take a gamble?"

"With the current national power of the Tang Dynasty, we can only take a gamble." Changsun Meier said: "As long as the war in Xiling goes smoothly, there is no need to worry about the threat from the Bohai people."

Qin Xiao was horrified, thinking that the saint's bet was too great. Once he failed, the entire Tang Dynasty would be in danger.

However, now that Datang is surrounded by wolves, it is really difficult to come up with a perfect strategy.

"Since the Bohai people's decision to send troops depends on the battle situation of the Tang Dynasty in Xiling, why should we marry them?" Qin Xiao asked softly.

Changsun Meier thought for a moment and then said softly: "Yuan Gaijian has great power in Bohai. Have you ever thought that no one would be jealous of him with such power?"

"You mean...Bohai King?"

"That's right." Changsun Meier nodded lightly: "Bohai Yongzang King proposed to the Tang Dynasty several times. It seems that he just hopes to get along with the Tang Dynasty, but there must be other plans behind it. After Emperor Wu Zong conquered the Bohai Sea, the whole Bohai Sea

Divided into seven, and granted seven marquises, Yuan Gaijian eventually cut off all of them, but he must have made countless enemies in the country. He had monopolized power, and King Yongzang became a puppet in his hands. Is this Bohai leader willing to do so?

At his mercy?"

Qin Xiao realized something and whispered: "Sister Sheguan, are you saying that King Yongzang asked Datang to marry him in order to make Datang his backer through marriage?"

"There will definitely be a group of people in Bohai who want to get rid of Yuan Gaijian." Changsun Meier's beautiful eyes glowed with wisdom: "These people will definitely have King Yongzang as their backbone, but Yuan Gaijian's strength

It is too strong, and King Yongzang would not dare to act rashly. But once he is married to the Tang Dynasty, King Yongzang will have a lot of confidence with the Tang Dynasty behind him, and even Yuan Gaijian will have some scruples."

Qin Xiao thought that from this point of view, there was another hidden meaning behind this marriage.

"The saint actually didn't think that King Yongzang could really cut off the Yuan Gaijian family." Changsun Meier said slowly: "But as long as King Yongzang is not completely at the mercy of Yuan Gaijian, and can even restrain Yuan Gaijian, then this
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