The Minister of Honglu Temple hesitated for a moment, and then said with an even weirder expression: "They want one thousand one hundred and twenty-three iron pots, sixty-eight carts of linen, and twenty-one carts of Yuanyi..."
The Minister of Honglu Temple said a lot in one breath, just like announcing the names of dishes.
There are so many things, and the types are so complex, that people who make them are baffled.
Li Gang knew some of the inside story, so after listening to the report from Honglu Temple Minister, he just silently pondered there without any other reaction.
Li Yuanji also knew the inside story, so when Honglu Temple Minister reported it, he silently picked up the book that had been placed on the imperial eucalyptus for a long time without reading it, and quickly started to read it.
After a long time, Li Yuanji put down his book and said to the minister of Honglu Temple: "You go down and wait first. I want to discuss with Mr. Li to see if we should agree to the Turks' conditions."
The Minister of Honglu Temple was full of doubts, bowed and left the Tai Chi Hall.
After the minister of Honglu Temple left, Li Yuanji frowned, and Li Gang also frowned, stroking his gray beard and said in a deep voice: "Jieli actually got together with the Tuyuhun people. This is not good for us."
This is not good news."
Li Yuanji nodded and said nothing.
The conditions put forward by the Turks contained a large number of numbers, and the source of these numbers was Tang Jian.
This was the method he taught Tang Jian to secretly deliver messages. This method was incomprehensible to the Turks, so when the Turks proposed conditions, they would not discover the secret.
In this way, the news delivered by Tang Jian can be accurately transmitted back to Datang.
According to the news sent back by Tang Jian, the reason why the Turks used gold to redeem their Kehe Dun was at the request of the Tuyuhun people.
After Empress Xiao was captured by the Tang Dynasty in Yicheng, Yang Zhengdao used his own channels to contact Guanghua who was far away in Tuyuhun, and asked Guanghua to mediate, and asked Tuyuhun Khan to come forward and persuade Jieli to want to
The solution is to exchange for Yicheng.
In exchange, Tuyuhun would provide the Turks with support of 300,000 shi of food, 30,000 swords, and 2,000 pairs of armor after Jieli was exchanged for Yicheng.
For Xie Li, this deal was profitable no matter how he looked at it, so Xie Li agreed without even thinking about it.
He also summoned his capable men to discuss how to get Yicheng back.
During the discussion, an envoy from the Western Turks came to Jieli and suggested that Yicheng could be exchanged for an equal weight of gold and silver according to the redemption method in the Far West.
Jie Li chose to adopt this method when other capable people had no good solution.
However, since the value of gold and silver of the same weight is very high, Jie Li did not want to bleed a lot, so he blackmailed Yang Zhengdao and others, as well as Tuyuhun again.
He asked Yang Zhengdao and others to contribute some gold and silver, and asked Tuyuhun Khan to agree to form an offensive and defensive alliance against the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Yang Zhengdao and Tuyuhun Khan agreed to these conditions for unknown reasons.
Not only that, after Tuyuhun Khan agreed, he sent people to the Turkic royal court and killed the white horse with Jieli to make an oath, which was the conclusion of the contract.
Tuyuhun and the Turks officially became allies in dealing with the Tang Dynasty.
From now on, if Datang goes to war with any of them, it will have to face both of them.
One of them is to the north of Datang, and the other is to the west of Datang. If Datang wants to go to war with them, it must divide its troops into two groups and attack them from the north and the west respectively.
This was a test for Datang's baggage transportation.
That's why Li Gang said this was not good news.
"Why do you think Guanghua is so determined to exchange for Yicheng? Why did Tuyuhun Khan spare no effort to support her?"
After being silent for a long time, Li Yuanji suddenly looked at Li Gang and asked.
In this matter, what Tuyuhun Khan did was a bit strange.
Tuyuhun Khan was obviously very thankless in this matter.
He didn't understand why Tuyuhun Khan did this.
After Li Gang thought about it for a while, he hesitated and said: "Perhaps welcoming Yicheng back to the Turks will have some unexpected benefits for them?"
Li Yuanji asked: "What unexpected benefit? You can't use Yicheng's influence in the Turks to invade the Turkic territories, right?"
This kind of thing, let alone a righteous act, may not be possible even if Tuli returns.
After all, Jieli was very careful about his "country, mountain and country". Even his nephews Tuli and Sunisi were closely guarded by him.
As an outsider, Yicheng, even if he was a Turk, Kehe Dun, could not even think of seeking any benefits for Tuyuhun under Jieli's nose.
"That's impossible……"
Li Gang shook his head and sighed: "Jieli doesn't even want to let his nephew go, so how could he let Yicheng, an outsider, seek benefits for Tuyuhun?
Chen speculated that Guanghua wanted to use Yicheng's influence in the Turks to strengthen the cooperation between Tuyuhun and the Turks. In the past, the Turks had strong soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people who controlled the strings. They could suppress the Tang Dynasty with their own strength.
Can't help but feel angry.
Therefore, even if Tuyuhun wanted to cooperate with the Turks, it would have to depend on Jieli's mood.
But things are different now. The Turks were defeated in Qingzhou. The people who controlled the strings were killed by us, and hundreds of thousands of people were captured. The strength of the Turks was greatly reduced, and they could no longer compete with the Tang Dynasty on their own.
Under such circumstances, if Tuyuhun gets involved again, Jieli, even if he is unwilling, will have to reach a cooperation with Tuyuhun to deal with the counterattack of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully and said: "In other words, Tuyuhun has always wanted to cooperate with the Turks, and wanted to use the power of the Turks to defend our country, and even invade our country, but they did not dare to do so rashly
Go to the Turks, fearing that the Turks will rebel, or use them as dead soldiers to weaken their strength, and finally annex them.
So they want to use Yi as a bridge and let Yi Cheng mediate between them to avoid the Turks going back on their word and avoiding the risk of the Turks using them as dead soldiers or even annexing them?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Gang nodded slowly.
But Li Yuanji felt that this matter was not that simple, but he couldn't guess what else was going on here, so he didn't talk about this topic anymore, but said in a deep voice: "Then how do you think we should deal with it?
"
Li Gang stroked his beard for a moment and laughed happily, "How else can I deal with it? I just don't agree to them."
Li Gang was referring to not agreeing to trade with Jieli and not returning Yicheng to the Turks.
This method may seem crude, but it is by far the best way to deal with the alliance between Tuyuhun and the Turks.
Without Yicheng to mediate, no matter what the purpose of the alliance between Tuyuhun and the Turks was, it would be impossible to achieve it.
"Then let's leave it at that. However, Tuyuhun and the Turks have formed an alliance, and it is very likely that they will join forces to invade the Tang Dynasty, so we must guard against it."
"..."
Li Gang pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "Then let Liu Hongji be on guard, and then transfer Li Jing to Liangzhou to take charge?"
After the previous abrupt battle, Liu Hongji had been sitting on the Great Wall outside Xiaoguan, reminding Liu Hongji to take precautions, which indeed played a certain role.
But it cannot have all the effects.
Because if the Turks wanted to go south, they could not only go south from the end of the Great Wall where Liu Hongji was in charge, but they could also go south from the end of the Great Wall where Li Shenfu was in charge.
If we really want to talk about it, the risk at the end of the Great Wall where Li Shenfu is in charge is actually higher than where Liu Hongji is in charge.
Because at the end of the Great Wall where Li Shenfu was sitting, there were not only Turks, but also the Liang division.
Liang Shidu had always acted as the Turkic vanguard in many previous turkish wars.
Therefore, if the Turks move south again, they will definitely let Liang Shidu serve as the vanguard, and the place where Li Shenfu is stationed will be even more dangerous.
Therefore, while reminding Liu Hongji, Li Shenfu should also be reminded, and a powerful assistant must be sent to Li Shenfu.
"We can't just remind Liu Hongji and not my Uncle Wang. In comparison, if the Turks go south again, they are more likely to come down from my Uncle Wang."
Li Yuanji said with emotion.
Li Gang was stunned for a moment, nodded and agreed: "What your Highness said is reasonable, but I was negligent..."
Li Yuanji continued: "Besides, it is not appropriate for Li Jing to go to Liangzhou to take charge..."
Although Li Jing's position in the Tang Dynasty became more popular after capturing Yicheng, Empress Xiao, and recovering the imperial seal, he could not send such a talented general to Liangzhou just because Liangzhou needed it.
Do the work of a mediocre person.
In the Tang Dynasty, only military generals who were not outstanding in ability and were old and old were suitable to guard the city.
Those who have outstanding abilities and are still very young are very aggressive. Letting them slaughter cities and annihilate countries is the best arrangement. Letting them guard or serve as a bench will only weaken their energy and be a waste.
Suspicion of talent.
"Forehead?!"
Li Gang was stunned again and said hesitantly: "Then who are you going to let go?"
Li Yuanji thought for a moment and said, "Just Huang Junhan!"
Although Huang Junhan is not well-known in history books and does not have much writing in novels, in reality, his abilities are still very outstanding.
Otherwise, he would not have repeatedly played the role of military commander during the war with Li Shimin.
You must know that Li Shimin has many talented people under his command, and those who compete with him for the command of the march are all famous figures in history.
The fact that he can suppress these big shots and sit firmly in the position of marching commander shows how powerful he is.
That is to say, as he gets older, his energy is no longer so compelling, and his aggressiveness is no longer so strong.
Otherwise, he shouldn't be sent to take charge of Liangzhou.
Because it is really overkill.
This means that in the early Tang Dynasty, there were so many outstanding civil servants and generals that it was okay to occasionally use a great talent in a small way.
If this had happened in the middle or late Tang Dynasty, a great talent like Huang Junhan would have been enshrined.
