In the Taiji Hall of Taiji Palace, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin was discussing government affairs with his ministers, and what happened to be discussed was the marriage between Tubo and Tubo.

"Your Majesty, Tubo is becoming more and more powerful and has defeated several surrounding countries and tribes. Now Tubo Zanpu is secretly interested in the Celestial Empire and has sent people to propose marriage to Tibet many times. This is a great opportunity to win over Tubo, so Wei Chen believes that Tubo should be allowed to marry him.

Please marry me!" Kong Yingda, a skinny man, stepped forward and said.

"This is absolutely impossible!" Before Kong Yingda could retreat, Shangshu Zuopu Shefang Xuanling stood up and objected.

"Prime Minister, the marriage has been arranged for a long time. There are good stories about the Qin and Jin Dynasties in ancient times. In our Tang Dynasty, there was a precedent of princesses marrying Turks and Tuyuhun. Why can't they marry Tubo?" Although Kong Yingda is not young anymore, but

He still had a fiery temper and did not flinch when facing Fang Xuanling, who was known as the leader of civil servants.

"Lord Kong is unaware of something. It is precisely because Tubo has become increasingly powerful and has always shown disrespect to the Tang Dynasty. If we agree to marry the princess to Tubo now, it will only encourage Tubo's arrogance and be detrimental to both the country and the people.

"Fang Xuanling was well rested. She was not angry at all in response to Kong Yingda's questioning and explained her opinions very calmly.

Although what Fang Xuanling said was very reasonable, Kong Yingda was not so easy to persuade. He quoted scriptures and argued with Fang Xuanling. The ministers in the court were also divided into two groups. One group was headed by Yu Zhining, a group of orthodox Confucian scholars.

The couple sang hymns in support of Kong Yingda, believing that the marriage would help deepen the diplomatic relations between the two countries. The other group was mainly composed of counselors such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji who helped Li Shimin conquer the world. Their ideas were the same as Fang Xuanling's and they were opposed to the marriage.

Tubo marriage.

Both groups were important officials of the imperial court. Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining relied on their large numbers to gain strength. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji had smaller numbers, and the two of them were usually at odds with each other, but they all held high and powerful positions.

Seniors, everyone's words carry a lot of weight, so the two groups had an evenly matched argument, and no one could convince the other.

The only people in the court who did not participate in the quarrel were some centrists and the generals. The centrists stood there pretending to be dumbfounded. They agreed with both sides but did not express their opinions clearly. They were all slippery old foxes, while the generals were

Holding their shoulders and watching the excitement, they had no say in what was going on in the court, unless it was time to go to war, then that would be their time to show off.

Li Shimin was also caught in a dilemma by the opinions of the two groups. In fact, he also had his own plan. After destroying the Japanese, the only enemy left in Li Shimin's heart was Goguryeo. In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang sent dozens of troops.

Wan attacked Goguryeo, but still ended up defeated. If he could defeat Goguryeo and complete what the previous Sui Dynasty failed to accomplish, then it would prove that the Tang Dynasty was more powerful than the previous Sui Dynasty, and it would be more logical for the Tang Dynasty to replace the Sui Dynasty.

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But if you want to conquer Goguryeo, you will definitely need to mobilize all the troops from the whole country. In this way, you must first appease the countries around the Tang Dynasty, so as not to be disrupted by these small countries when conquering Goguryeo. He originally thought that he had destroyed the Turks in the north and conquered Tuyuhun in the southwest.

After that, there were no rivals around the Tang Dynasty, but unexpectedly another Tubo army emerged. If he and Tubo were to turn against each other now, it would definitely involve a lot of troops from the Tang Dynasty. In this way, his desire to conquer Goguryeo would not be known yet.

When will it be postponed?

But if there is a marriage, what Fang Xuanling said is very reasonable. Tubo thought that after defeating several small neighboring countries, it could challenge the Tang Dynasty head-on, and would make provocations from time to time. If it agrees to a marriage now, in the eyes of others,

, is indeed an act of weakness, which will not only fuel Tubo's arrogance, but also damage the face of the Tang Dynasty. As a proud emperor, Li Shimin never wanted to use his daughter to exchange for peace. Although there were princesses before

Marrying into Tuyuhun and Turkic nobles was an act to win people's hearts after conquering them, and was completely different from the current nature.

In fact, in essence, Li Shimin was also a man who was determined to retaliate. The country was so powerful back then because Jieli Khan took advantage of the change of power in the Tang Dynasty and raised troops to attack Chang'an, forcing him to establish the Weishui Alliance.

Forcing the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute of gold and silk to the Turks, Li Shimin was deeply humiliated. After three years of hard work, he finally sent troops to annihilate the powerful Turks in the third year of Zhenguan. In order to capture Jieli Khan, the army pursued him all the way to the desert.

Beicai retired after his success, averting the shame of the past. Li Shimin remembered Tubo's previous provocations in his heart. As long as he had the opportunity and strength, he would never mind destroying another country.

Just when Li Shimin was hesitant, suddenly someone from the yellow gate outside the palace came in and reported that Li Ke and Li Min were bringing helpers to ask for an audience. Li Shimin was surprised. Li Min didn't mention it first. Li Ke was a son who knew how to advance and retreat. He was discussing matters in the palace by himself.

, he shouldn’t come in and disturb you for no reason, right?

"Xiao and the others come in!" Li Shimin said while holding back the doubts in his heart.

As soon as Li Ke and the others entered the palace, they immediately startled Li Shimin. The ministers who were arguing around him also stopped and looked at this group of miserable dandies with shocked expressions. Li Ke was seen limping for the first time.

One entered the hall, but Li Min was carried in behind him, clutching his stomach and moaning in pain. Cheng Huailiang had two panda eyes, and Qin Huaiyu and others were all dressed in beggar clothes, with exposed

There were still bloodstains on the skin, which looked very scary. Also being carried in were Li Xiaojie, Li Jingheng, Yan Bei and others, because these guys were the weakest, had been beaten the most just now, and looked the most miserable.

The wounded are most suitable.

"Father, please make the decision for me and my brothers!" Li Ke was also very professional in acting. He fell to the ground and cried loudly as soon as he came on. The people behind him also cooperated and howled, asking Li Shimin to do it for him.

They took revenge. Li Min snickered secretly on the stretcher. Originally, he was worried that these people's acting was too fake, but he didn't expect that all of them were movie king-level figures. Even Li Ke, the usually sanctimonious King of Shu, actually cried when he cried.

Tears flowed out without the aid of eye drops or the like. This is definitely a good actor with great potential. It seems that he will have to explore more in the future.

"Damn it, look what you are all like, get up and answer me quickly!" Li Shimin was also shocked by the miserable appearance of his two sons. He felt hurt and angry in his heart, and saw that he was usually in high spirits.

Li Ke, like himself, could only crawl on the ground and cry. He didn't look like a prince at all. The anger in his heart became even stronger, and he couldn't help shouting angrily.

"I would like to report to my father, it is not that I, Chen, and others have no regard for their manners, but that those Tubo people have gone too far. Not only did they insult my sisters with rude words, but they also took the lead in beating I, Chen, and others. Although I tried my best to resist, I still can't.

I am still outnumbered and beaten like this by them. I have no choice but to ask my father to make the decision and seek justice for my son, minister and others." Li Ke cried with tears streaming down his face, but his words were very clear, and he immediately said

Li Min recited everything he had planned in advance and placed all the blame on the Tubo people.

Cheng Huailiang and others also shouted loudly, and even rolled up their clothes to let the surrounding ministers see their injuries, in order to win the sympathy of others, causing chaos in the hall. Their fathers or grandfathers were standing on both sides.

Seeing the miserable state of their sons and grandsons, everyone's faces were full of anger. It was just because of their dignity that it was inconvenient to do so in the court.

"Shut up! What the hell is going on? Ke'er, please report the details!" Li Shimin looked at the chaotic crowd below and shouted loudly. Then they calmed down and turned to Li Ke and asked.

Li Ke felt that the effect was almost done, and Li Min also secretly gestured to him, meaning that it was up to him to perform. So he stood up and wiped away his tears, and told the story in detail. Of course, he did some

Small changes, such as specifically amplifying the description of the Tubo people's arrogant posture, changed the name of the first to attack the Tubo people. In particular, the insulting sentence of the Tang Dynasty princess that triggered the group fight also became the Tubo people in his mouth.

The man directly shouted provocations in Chinese, without paying any attention to the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

"Bang~" Li Shimin punched the dragon case in front of him angrily, and roared furiously: "Young Tubo boy, how dare you despise our Tang Dynasty like this? Do you really think that our Tang Dynasty is weak and can be bullied?"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the tiger and wolf troops of the Tang Dynasty to defeat Tubo in one fell swoop, and capture and sacrifice that Zanpu boy alive to Your Majesty." Cheng Yaojin and other generals who were afraid of the world's chaos all clamored.

Finally, they haven't moved for a long time, their bones are almost rusty, and they wish they had a big battle to fight now.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Although Tubo is disrespectful to us, the Tang Dynasty, now is really not a good time to start a war!" Seeing the generals going crazy, Fang Xuanling was afraid that Li Shimin would also go crazy if his brain got hot, so he jumped out to persuade him.

"What Mr. Fang said is true. The battle with Tuyuhun the year before last year has already consumed more than half of the Tang Dynasty's treasury. Now that the Tang Dynasty has a large army, but no money and food to help, it is really difficult to start the war easily!" Wei Zheng also stood up and said.

Other ministers also gave advice one after another. Except for the generals, almost no one agreed to go to war.

After Li Shimin roared a few times, he also knew that now was not the time to start a war with Tubo, but he couldn't get rid of the bad breath in his heart, so he couldn't help but said angrily: "The Tubo child has deceived people too much. Don't mention the marriage again, and cancel the marriage."

Tibet's border market prohibits Tibetans from entering our territory of the Tang Dynasty!"

Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin had given up the idea of ​​starting a war, so he no longer persisted. Although canceling the mutual trade would also cause losses to the Tang Dynasty, the losses would be greater for Tubo, which could not even provide its own iron weapons, so it was a way to vent his anger.

Method. Kong Yingda, a stubborn old man, wanted to say something, but was stopped by his friend Yu Zhining. Changsun Wuji had been silent since Li Min and the others came in. He squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

What was originally a good morning court meeting was turned into a mess by Li Min and the others. Li Shimin had no intention of discussing matters and was about to leave the court with a wave of his hand. But at this moment, Wei Chi Baolin, the captain of the Jinwu Guards School, came to report that the Tibetan ambassador was causing trouble in the city. Now,

People have been captured by them. Now we come to ask for instructions on how to deal with it? But they did not mention the tragic situation of all the Tibetan people being beaten to death.

Li Shimin was furious and shouted loudly, demanding that all the Tubo people be taken to the prison. Yuchi Baolin responded loudly, and then walked out backwards, but when he went out, he did not forget to glance at Li Min and the others, while Cheng Huailiang secretly rushed

He gave a thumbs up. Yuchi Baolin also often hangs out with Cheng Hualiang and the others. Li Min also met him at the Five Kings Banquet last time. However, he is the captain of the Jinwu Guards and he happens to be on duty today, so

He couldn't go to the banquet. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen today, and he would be able to help. Anyway, he didn't have to worry about it. After all, he only arrested people, and no one asked him whether the arrested people suffered.

If he was injured, even if he was investigated in the future, he would not be held accountable.

After dealing with the Tubo people, the morning court dispersed. Li Shimin named Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and other important civil and military officials to stay. Cheng Huailiang and the others were also taken care of by the "wounded". Li Ke and Li Minben

He wanted to withdraw with the large army, but he didn't expect that his name was called by Li Shimin. Regardless of their "serious injuries", he actually left the two brothers behind. Li Min secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong.

Less bad?
Chapter completed!