Several things discussed with Ashina Mudan were not going well. I don't know if Ashina Mudan did it deliberately and wanted to leave all the problems to be solved during the alliance meeting.
As for Ashina Peony's mission this time, the theme is probably the alliance.
Of course, Li Po was very excited to be able to go out for a walk, but to meet the Turkic Khan? He had never thought about it that way, so it made him very upset.
He could imagine the reactions of his ministers after hearing this. There must be some who are in favor and some who are against, and their reasons will be very good.
Now that you know the result, you still have to find someone to discuss it. Alas, there is nothing more helpless than this.
As Li Po walked forward slowly, he thought absently, it has only been a few days, and there is not much joy left in Dingding World. If the days continue like this, what will be the taste?
On the way to Qingning Palace, I "accidentally met" two groups of people. They were all newly promoted concubines. They were really young, around 14 or 15 years old. They were so well-informed. They knew that the emperor was coming to the harem, and his family background was definitely not good.
Simple.
I guess I didn't plan on "falling in love at first sight" with the emperor. I just wanted to get acquainted with him in front of him first.
It was almost half a month after the draft ended, because Du Fuwei came to vote, Dou Jiande surrendered, plus the Turks came to envoy, the queen was pregnant and other things, there were too many happy events, which distracted Li Po's attention, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter.
In other words, the first draft of the Tang Dynasty ended without any sound. After that, there were many palaces and hundreds of people came out, but there was not much excitement.
On the other hand, many people from outside the country have worked hard to prepare for this draft.
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The years in Qingning Palace are peaceful and peaceful.
The empress was raising her child honestly, and the imperial concubine Ashinarong really couldn't live in Qingning Palace. Apart from being in charge of the military power of Zuo Qianniu Preparation Mansion, she didn't care much about anything else.
Two of the three ladies are former members of the Han Dynasty, and they are deeply in awe of the queen. Apart from being a bit playful, they have no major problems. Due to the Gao family's misfortune, Gao Bao'er, the concubine of the Virtue, is now careful to say hello early and ask for instructions late.
She looks like a palace concubine, but more like the queen's daughter.
When the newlyweds first enter the palace, even if they are a little careful, they will not be able to take advantage of the queen. After they stay in the palace for a long time, they will naturally understand the queen's status in the emperor's mind, as well as the queen's majesty.
Don't worry about anything.
To put it simply, the situation in the outer dynasty is excellent, Li Po has basically secured his position, and the harem has become more stable. This is how people's hearts are. When the king is wise and the ministers are virtuous, the internal and external affairs will naturally become more stable.
A stable and stable people's hearts will feed back the achievements of the emperor.
On the contrary, when people are in panic, everything inside and outside is in a mess, and they have no way to deal with it, the emperor and his ministers will become at a loss, dizzy and confused, and they will become more and more stupid and incompetent.
This process takes place in the Central Plains one after another, like reincarnations, and no one can escape.
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In the spring, the palace was full of greenery. Walking there, feeling the vitality of the vegetation, and the palaces looming in the distance, Li Po gradually calmed down.
Ashina Peony posed some problems for him, but as long as the essence of any problem can be traced, it is not difficult to solve it.
Why would the Turkic Khan want to form an alliance with him? What problems can be solved by meeting in person, and who can it be shown to? Who will benefit more?
These questions ultimately converge into one place: do both countries need peace?
For Datang, the answer is obviously yes.
The great battle in the third year after Emperor Kaihuang's founding was a fight to the death by Yang Jian and his ministers. The background was that Shabolu Khan's wife, Princess Qianjin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who was later known as Princess Dayi, repeatedly requested Shabolu Khan to send troops to help the emperor.
Her family's revenge.
Shabolu Khan had just ascended to the throne and wanted to make great achievements, so in the first year of Kaihuang's reign, he launched an army to attack the Sui Dynasty. Seeing that the resistance of the Sui people was not too fierce, in the second year of Kaihuang's reign, he launched an all-out southward invasion.
It is said that more than 400,000 troops were mobilized at that time. Turkic cavalry invaded from Liangzhou and Lingzhou in the west to Bingzhou and Youzhou in the east. Unprecedented destruction was caused along the Great Wall, and all cattle, sheep, and people were plundered.
This led to the Sui's desperate counterattack three years ago. It can be said that it was a lucky success, because even if the Sui army was defeated along the way, it would shake the foundation of the former Sui's rule.
The Tang Dynasty is similar to the former Sui Dynasty. Both have just stabilized and their national power cannot be compared with that of the Turks.
But there are more differences. Even though the Sui Dynasty had not yet unified the world, its national power was much stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty. The war at the end of the Sui Dynasty was a catastrophe, and everyone was exhausted after fighting.
Moreover, Yang Guang's unscrupulous labor service and military conquests deeply destroyed the social structure of the entire Central Plains. The Tang Dynasty was undoubtedly built on ruins, and the exhaustion of national power was shocking.
In addition, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks was relatively harmonious. The Turks did not have any momentum to invade the south and did not need to face the severe situation that they had during the founding of the Sui Dynasty.
In fact, based on these two items, Li Po could think that he had almost no choice. Since the Turkic Khan had sent out the invitation and was unaware of the danger, he might have to go there himself.
This is the essence of the problem. The other pros and cons will become clear after discussing it with others.
In other words, the focus of the discussion with his ministers was not the question of whether to go or not, but the question of what to discuss after meeting with the Turkic Khan.
If you think about it this way, it becomes much simpler.
The other reason is why the Turkic Khan wanted to see him. What happened in the Turkic country required the Khan to be more willing to reconcile with the Tang Dynasty, and even to have an interview in person.
Li Po couldn't understand that he was quite well informed about the Turks, but he didn't notice anything.
The Turks faced no less problems than the Tang Dynasty. For example, their fellow tribesmen in the Western Regions were always disobedient. The Eastern and Western Khans had too much power, and there were always signs of going off on their own.
When a woman becomes a Turkic Khan, the situation she faces will not be smooth sailing. This is also one of the important reasons why Turkic people have been relatively turbulent in recent years.
It is said that they have to deal with their old enemy in the north...etc.
In fact, the nature of the grassland empire meant that they could not go far. Li Po believed that as long as they could be blocked at the Great Wall, they would collapse within a few years.
Of course, that was an ideal situation. The collapse of a powerful steppe empire might have spillover effects that would make the Tang Dynasty unable to survive.
Wandering into the Qingning Palace, Li Po thought about it, so he said fiercely in his heart, since he wants to meet, I will go and get Dingxiang County back.
It was barely his hometown, how could he be left outside all year round? Even if he didn't come back, he still had to make it a buffer zone and build some beacon towers.
There are also Yulin and Hetao areas... Ashina Qiuluo has been around for a while, and there seems to be nothing left. If you want to rebuild the Yulin Racecourse, you have to kill Ashina Qiuluo first.
From now on, I have to send people to visit the Turkic royal court frequently. As for relatives, if they don't move around often, they will have trouble... If they get along well, they can stir up troubles when they find an opportunity, and get rid of those guys who hinder the good relations between the two countries without bloodshed.
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Just like when Ashina Mudan came to Chang'an, she caused great harm to the Bohai Gao family... Now that she comes again, no one dares to have a secret meeting with her.
She actually dared to complain about Gao Shen's case. Damn it, when she leaves, the people she left behind in Chang'an will also be killed.
These people are said to be very dishonest. Some time ago, it was said that some people went to the Dugu family and wanted to marry the daughter of the Dugu family and become my brother-in-law. I really don't know how to write the word "death".
The more Li Po thought about it, the angrier he became. In fact, it was mainly because he felt offended by the Turks' strength. He was already the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, no longer a small frontier general.
If you want to open a border market, I have to let people trade. If you want my son, come here and ask for it. If you want to form an alliance, then let me go all the way.
I'm not your slave. I can come and go as soon as you call him. Damn it, just wait for me to calm down. Then you can catch all your bullshit khans and big ones to Chang'an. Humph, we can't say we're in the north.
Also have some filial sons for fun.
The attendants saw the emperor's face covered with clouds, and immediately became silent and moved away from him.
Li Bi, who had a slightly bulging belly in the distance, came over surrounded by palace people. Li Po immediately changed his expression when he saw her. When he got closer, he smiled and said, "It's such a long way out, don't be tired."
The people in the palace paid tribute to the emperor and the empress one after another. Li Bi walked next to him and said, "I just came out to relax. I heard they said that my husband was receiving Turkish envoys. Why did he come to the harem?"
The couple walked side by side, and Li Po said casually: "There is nothing to talk to her about. Besides causing trouble for others, what else can a Turkic visitor do?"
Li Bi looked at her husband's expression and couldn't help but laugh, "Since you have nothing to say, why do you still drink so much?"
Li Po also laughed, "If drinking can make her talk less, it doesn't hurt to drink more."
Li Bi gently stroked her belly and asked curiously: "What did she say that made her husband so upset?"
Li Po didn't hide it either, "The Turkic Khans want to form an alliance with me, but I don't know what they think?"
Li Bi was shocked, "Like Yang Guang?"
Li Po nodded, "That guy Yang Guang is making noise all over the world, but he just wants to show off his power. But I think he's too far behind. If the trip goes through, he should be going to pay homage to the Turkic Khan?"
In less than thirty years, the situation has reversed to this point. Are you angry or not?"
Li Bi immediately became worried. This was not a trivial matter, and it was very dangerous. How many years had it been since Yang Guang was besieged in Yanmen?
However, she was still amused by her husband's tone, "Husband, please don't belittle yourself. Yang Guang is stupid and a tyrannical king. How can he be compared with my husband?"
Why did the Turkic Khan propose this alliance? Could it be that he also wanted to declare that his martial arts failed? If that is the case, my husband should be happy. Yang Guangyin’s lesson is not far away, and the death of the Turkic Khan is not far away.”
Li Po couldn't help but laugh, looked at his wife and said, "I really can't say for sure, they are all from the Yang family..."