While Li Shimin was slandering Su Dingfang in his heart, he couldn't help but ask.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong also had doubts on their faces.
They still have a certain understanding of this Ashina Simo.
After all, the Turks had been the great enemy of the Tang Dynasty for a long time. As the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty, they naturally had to understand all the important figures of the Turks.
And this Ashina Simo impressed them deeply.
After all, after being an emperor and becoming an emperor, he is still alive as his concubine. This is the only one in the world.
Li Yuanji nodded and smiled: "Yes, Ashina Simo!"
Li Shimin was surprised and asked: "Isn't Ashina Simo in Mobei? How come you are here?"
Mobei is not close to Daizhou. It is at the junction of the three countries of China, Mongolia and Russia, and it is thousands of miles away from Daizhou. It is not only separated by Jieli's ruling area, but also by Sunisi's ruling area.
As the wife of the Turkic emperor, Ashina Simo was the target of Jieli and Suni's unwary defense. It was not easy for him to come to Daizhou.
Li Yuanji didn't know how to answer for a while.
Because he didn't know how Ashina Simo came here, let alone how Liang Luoren got in touch with Ashina Simo.
All he knew was that when Liang Luoren asked to see him, in order to avoid his refusal, he took out Ashina Simo as a bargaining chip.
And he also wanted to bring Ashina Simo under his command, so he agreed to Liang Luoren's request, and he didn't know the rest.
"Why don't you say anything? Don't you know?"
Seeing that Li Yuanji didn't reply for a long time, Li Shimin couldn't help but continue to ask.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Shimin and said angrily: "If you want to know if I know what it has to do with you, just ask him directly when he comes later."
When Li Shimin heard this, not only was he not angry, but he jokingly said, "It seems you really don't know."
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong also laughed, but due to their status, they could only suppress their laughter and could not laugh as unscrupulously as Li Shimin.
Li Yuanji glared at Li Shimin fiercely, wanting to deal with Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was obviously a little distracted, and he started to lose his temper in front of him.
It is estimated that he has given out too many colors recently, and Li Shimin thought he could open a dyeing room.
However, because of the hard work Li Shimin had done for him recently, he decided to forgive Li Shimin this time.
So he ignored Li Shimin and told Zhao Chengyong: "Send someone to interrogate him immediately. The rest will continue as before."
Zhao Chengyong knew the inside story, so he didn't say anything and hurriedly sent someone to interrogate him.
When the moon came over the willow branches, the people he sent out brought back the news.
"Your Highness, after interrogation by the scouts, it was found that the number of troops led by Liang Luoren was only five hundred, and the rest were led by Ashina Simo."
Zhao Chengyong stood by the bonfire and bowed to report.
Li Yuanji nodded and ordered: "When they arrive, bring them over. As for their men and horses, you can find a place for them to rest first."
Although Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo brought many people with them, most of them were guards. The number of people he needed to see was only a handful, so there was no need to gather them all under the big willow tree.
Moreover, once there are too many people, words and opinions will become mixed, and not only will things not be accomplished, but bad things may also happen.
Zhao Chengyong agreed and went down to deliver the order.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong put down the wine bags in their hands at this time, stood up and bowed and said: "I will go on guard first..."
It's not that they are avoiding suspicion, it's their duty.
Their only mission on this trip is to protect the nobles in the team.
Now that the time has come for them to take action, they naturally can no longer sit still.
Li Yuanji nodded and let them go down.
After the two people left the campfire, one went north and the other went west.
As for the east and south, they don't need to be on guard.
Because both the east and the south were the boundaries of the Tang Dynasty, if the Turks or people under Liang Shidu emerged from the east or south, then the officials of Daizhou, Yizhou, Taiyuan Prefecture, and Hebei Province would be in big trouble.
Therefore, for the sake of themselves and their people, they will also do a good job in the defense of Daizhou, Yizhou, Taiyuan Prefecture, and Hebei Province, and will not give any loopholes to the Turks and Liang Shidu people.
"Are you confident in convincing Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo?"
After Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong left, Li Shimin suddenly asked.
Li Yuanji asked in confusion: "What does second brother mean by this?"
Li Shimin stared at the bonfire with firelight shining in his eyes. He said in a heavy and erratic voice: "If you are confident to convince them, then we can continue as usual.
If you don’t have the confidence to convince them, then you should prepare early..."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then pondered: "Second brother means, if they are not willing to be recruited by us, we will keep them here?"
Taking advantage of the opportunity of inviting people to meet to kill people is a bit like the Hongmen Banquet.
It's just that there are advantages and disadvantages to killing people like this.
The advantage is that it can easily help Datang defeat two enemies.
The disadvantage is that from now on, no one will believe Datang's solicitation, and no one is willing to meet with Datang people in private.
Overall, the disadvantages far outweigh the benefits.
Therefore, Li Yuanji did not agree with Li Shimin's idea.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, if they are not willing to be recruited by us, then there is no need for us to keep them."
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked, "Have you ever thought, second brother, that if we do this, who will trust me in the Tang Dynasty in the future, and who will be willing to meet with my people in the Tang Dynasty in private?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and sneered: "My father has done this kind of thing too many times, and the reputation of our Datang has been ruined for a long time. Now that you want to protect the reputation of our Datang, do you think it's too late?"
Li Yuanji was speechless by Li Shimin's words.
Indeed, Datang has no reputation at all in this regard.
All the good reputation that he could have earned was ruined by Li Yuan.
After Li Yuan killed all the bandit leaders he had recruited, Datang lost any credibility in this regard, let alone a reputation.
So if you start pretending to be a good person now, you may not be able to win people's trust.
"Why, you can't make a decision? I can help you."
Li Shimin suggested.
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and shook his head: "Forget it, just because my father has ruined the faith of the Tang Dynasty, it does not mean that we must follow his father's methods and continue to ruin the faith of the Tang Dynasty.
We can start from our generation and re-establish trust in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin sneered and said: "A woman's kindness!"
Li Yuanji wanted to curse.
Your grandma is such a kind woman with legs?!
You, Li Shimin, treated the Tibetan generals much better than I did in history. What qualifications do you have to criticize others?
Also, don’t you understand the principle behind buying horse bones with thousands of dollars?
If the Tang Dynasty wanted to recruit Tibetan generals and make the Tibetans work for the Tang Dynasty, they had to buy horse bones.
In history, how did Qibi Heli fall to the Tang Dynasty?
After seeing that the Tang Dynasty treated Ashina Simo, Ashina Sheer, and Ashina Sunis very well and did not shout or kill them, he took the initiative to lead hundreds of thousands of tribesmen to fall over.
Datang became one of the most loyal Tibetan generals in Datang.
Therefore, Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo not only couldn't kill them, but also treated each other with courtesy. Even if they didn't want to turn to the Tang Dynasty, they still had to send them out of the Tang Dynasty.
Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty leave a good impression in the hearts of Turks and Liang people.
After the Tang army invaded the Liang Kingdom and the Turks, the desperate Liang generals and the Turkic chiefs, Teller, would not sink their boats and compete with the Tang Dynasty to the death.
"My second brother doesn't have the kindness to a woman. He is a good man who kills brothers, brothers and nephews."
Li Yuanji said angrily to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin was so angry that he immediately stood up, blowing his beard and staring, wanting to fight with fists and kicks.
Talking about killing brothers and killing nephews is his weakness. Whoever mentions him will worry about him.
If he had succeeded, he probably wouldn't have cared about these words.
The problem is that he didn't succeed.
When someone mentioned this issue, it was as if they were mocking him. Could he not be impatient?
Li Yuanji ignored the furious Li Shimin and looked at Liang Luoren, where Ashina Simo would appear.
This looked like it lasted more than an hour.
More than an hour later, the moon had climbed to the zenith, and the moonlight shone down from the big willow tree, giving it an indescribable tenderness.
It's a pity that people under the big willow tree can't feel it.
Because the firelight under the big willow tree surrounded all the space around the big willow tree, leaving no chance for the moonlight to take advantage of.
So what people under the big willow tree can see and feel is only the light of the fire.
"Your Highness, Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo have arrived..."
Zhao Chengyong took the lead and rushed to the big willow tree to report.
I don’t know how Zhao Chengyong negotiated with Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo. Both of them happily left a group of followers under their command, with only six or seven
The guard arrived under the big willow tree.
"Foreign Minister Liang Luoren..."
"Ashnasmo..."
"I have met His Highness King Yong, and I have met His Highness King Qin."
"..."
After the two men and their guards arrived under the big willow tree, they took the initiative to salute.
Liang Luoren is a full ritual, and Ashina Simo is a half ritual.
It's not that Ashina Simo doesn't understand etiquette.
On the contrary, Ashina Simo is a rare cultural person in Turks. He also likes Chinese culture very much and is familiar with the etiquette of the Han family.
Otherwise, Jie Li would not have sent him as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty.
But because the two people have different identities, the etiquette they perform is naturally completely different.
To the Tang Dynasty, Liang Luoren was just a foreign minister, or a foreign minister with a low status. Now he was on the side of asking for help, so he had to show full courtesy.
Ashina Simo is different. He is the Prince of Heshun County who was personally named by Li Yuan.
There are princes and princes in the Tang Dynasty. Although they are lower than the princes, they do not need to call themselves ministers in front of the princes.
"General Liang, Prince Heshun, there is no need to be polite."
Li Yuanji stepped forward to greet them enthusiastically, holding up Ashina Simo with one hand and Liang Luoren with the other, and said happily, "I have heard about these two great names for a long time, but when I saw them today, they are indeed extraordinary."
