While exchanging pleasantries, Li Yuanji looked carefully at Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo.
He had met Liang Luoren in person at Weizeguan, but he had not seen it at that time, but he had seen Liang Luoren's portrait.
Liang Luoren himself is very different from the portrait. He is thinner and older than the portrait.
It can be seen that his stay in Liang Guo in the past two years has not been satisfactory.
He has never seen Ashina Simo, nor has he seen his portrait.
However, Ashina Simo is indeed as expected from the legend, he does not look like a Turk, but like a barbarian.
He has a hooked nose, deep eye sockets, curly brown hair, tall and muscular appearance.
Li Yuanji felt that if he were more stupid and rich, standing with Ashina Simo, he would be more like a brother than standing with Li Shimin.
"Don't dare, don't dare, foreign ministers and others don't have any great names, but the name of His Highness King Yong is even more famous."
Liang Luoren said humbly, as humbly as a long-term worker who came to meet the landlord.
Ashina Simo seemed very excited, his eyes were shining brightly, and he said with a bit of stutter: "Are you the former His Highness King Qi of the Tang Dynasty, and the current His Highness King Yong of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Yuanji didn't understand why Ashina Simo was so eager, but he still nodded politely and said with a smile: "Yes, I am the former King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty and the current King Yong of the Tang Dynasty."
Ashina Simo did not hide his excitement at all and said: "I have wanted to see you for a long time, and I finally met you today."
Li Yuanji wanted to be polite, but Li Shimin came up to him at some point and said in a slightly amused and teasing voice: "He has found someone of the same kind..."
Li Yuanji instantly understood why Ashina Simo was so eager when he saw him.
In appearance, he indeed looks more like an Ashinasmo tribesman than a Turk.
After all, everyone has curly hair, hooked noses, and deep eye sockets.
But he does not agree with this statement in his heart. He is a pure Han Chinese at heart.
Not to mention that he traveled through time and became the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty. Even if he traveled through time as Genghis Khan, he would not change his ethnicity or bloodline.
So he rolled his eyes at Li Shimin without any trace, and warmly invited Ashina Simo to sit down.
"Come, come, General Liang, Prince Heshun, sit down and talk."
After Liang Luoren and Ashina Simo sat down, Li Yuanji greeted Zhao Chengyong to bring him the slaughtered cattle and sheep, drinks, and said with a smile: "You two have come thousands of miles away, and you have traveled a long way.
You must be tired now, sit down and have a rest and eat something before talking."
Liang Luoren was still very reserved and politely said that he was not tired and had already eaten.
Ashina Simo was not so reserved. He nodded vigorously and said that his barbecue skills were excellent and he wanted to demonstrate it to everyone with his own hands.
After taking away Zhao Chengyong's barbecue job, he kept saying that when he went to Chang'an City in the past, he originally wanted to demonstrate his barbecue skills to Li Yuan, but unfortunately he never found the opportunity.
It can be seen that he really loves Datang.
Perhaps because he has always been regarded as an alien among the Turkic Ashina clan, he desperately hopes to gain a sense of identity from other places.
Li Yuan called him to the imperial couch and held his hand to play with him as if he were his own nephew. It obviously had a great influence on him.
While Ashina Simo was grilling meat passionately, Li Yuanji added firewood to the fire and asked Liang Luoren, who was sitting next to him, with a smile, "General Liang, I really want to know why you insist on seeing me?"
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When Liang Luoren heard this, his expression straightened up, and even his sitting posture became more upright, and he said in a serious tone: "To be honest, it is because of the incident in the border market of Daizhou that the people in Liang who were willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty had troubles in their hearts.
.They were afraid... afraid that the Tang Dynasty would kill the donkey, so there was a backlash, so the foreign minister had to boldly ask to see His Highness."
Liang Luoren was obviously hesitant when he said, "Slay the mill and kill the donkey." He probably used the wrong words and it was just plain offensive.
But what he wanted to say was obviously more important than making people unhappy, so he said it anyway.
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "I can understand this. After all, the surprise attack on the border city was your cousin's impromptu initiative. You didn't know the news in advance, so you were sent to the border city and had a conflict with Cheng Yaojin and others. Cheng Yaojin
It's right for you to be concerned when others start to strike harder."
Liang Luoren said with some gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding..."
He was also forced to do so.
If those people hadn't forced him to ask Datang for a promise or go to Liang Shidu to report him, he wouldn't have wanted to ask Datang to meet Li Yuanji.
After all, those people couldn't recognize their own status and thought that they were just a figure no matter in the Liang Kingdom or the Tang Dynasty, but he was able to make others recognize his status.
He knew very well that in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, Master Liang was just the governor of a large state, and they were at most the left officials under the governor.
Therefore, they are not qualified to ask to see Li Yuanji, let alone bargain with Li Yuanji.
So he was very afraid that Li Yuanji would think that he was like those people, a frog in the well who wouldn't know his last name even if he got a little color.
Now that he heard Li Yuanji's words, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
This at least proves that Li Yuanji understands his difficulties and does not regard him as someone who is trying to push his limits.
"But have you ever thought that in my heart, no one else in Liang is important except you?"
Li Yuanji changed the subject, stared at Liang Luoren and asked with a smile.
The famous eldest grandson Wuji in history was sent to Jiaozhou to dig land. What did those stinky fish and rotten sweet potatoes from Liang Guo mean?
Can it still compare to Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others?!
In the early Tang Dynasty, there was no shortage of talents, and it could even be said that there was a lot of them. Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Zhi did not use the direct descendants of various aristocratic families in history. They only used some collateral descendants, or those who had contributed to the country.
, must be used.
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Therefore, to the Tang Dynasty, the civil and military ministers of the Liang Kingdom were no different from smelly fish and rotten sweet potatoes.
You can pick and choose what you want and treat it as a belly wrap, but there is really no need to spend a lot of money to recruit them.
Liang Luoren was shocked when he heard this. He wanted to say a few words, but found that he couldn't say anything. He subconsciously wanted Ashina Simo to say a few words for him to avoid the atmosphere being awkward. But he looked at Ashina
While thinking about it, I found that Ashina Simo and Li Shimin were chatting enthusiastically, and they looked at Li Yuanji from time to time.
No matter how you look at this guy, he looks like a meat bun. Even if he hadn't been the matchmaker, he would probably be rushing to deliver it to the Tang Dynasty pot.
So this guy can't help him with anything, he can only rely on himself.
"Your Majesty...what do you mean by your Majesty's words?"
After hesitating for a long time, Liang Luoren asked with difficulty.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "That's the literal meaning. If you agree to submit to the Tang Dynasty, then I can now replace my Majesty the Tang Dynasty, accept your submission, and officially grant you an official title.
As for other people, it doesn't matter to me. I don't care at all what they think or what they want to do.
You can deal with it however you like.
After I, the Tang Dynasty, conquered the Liang Kingdom, I will only recognize you, and leave the rest to Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and others to identify them with swords and guns."
Liang Luoren swallowed his saliva subconsciously and stuttered: "Your Highness, you mean that the entire Liang Kingdom will only recruit me?"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded.
Liang Luoren didn't know what to say for a while.
Call it a good thing. He alone has all the means of survival in Liang, which is a bit unethical.
It's not a good thing. He was the only one in the entire Liang Kingdom who got the promise of the Tang Dynasty and got a way to live. He should be happy, but he couldn't be happy at all.
"Think about it for yourself. The reason why I came to see you is not because I, the Tang Dynasty, need the help of you and other people in the Liang Kingdom to conquer the Liang Kingdom. But I think you are a talented person and I want to recruit you."
For own use.
As for other people, I don't care.
Without your help, I, the Tang Dynasty, will conquer the Liang Kingdom."
Li Yuanji patted Liang Luoren on the shoulder, said something serious, and then got up and went to find Ashina Simo.
He is more interested in Ashina Simo than Liang Luoren.
Because Ashina Simo was a person who was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, and he was also a person who could help the Tang Dynasty rule the Turks and help the Tang Dynasty manage the Turks.
It is far more suitable than Jieli, Tuli, Sunisu and others.
Jieli, Tuli, Sunishi and others are more suitable to wear colorful clothes and come out to dance for everyone when the Tang Dynasty entertains envoys from all nations.
"temple……"
Liang Luoren opened his mouth to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them out. He could only sit there, tangled in thought.
"Prince Heshun?"
Li Yuanji walked to the bonfire with a smile, took a rabbit from Zhao Chengyong to roast, and asked Ashina Simo who was chatting with Li Shimin with a smile.
Ashina Simo was very enthusiastic and said with a bright smile on his face: "Just call me Simo!"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded: "It seems that you are very compatible with my second brother?"
Ashina Simo glanced at Li Shimin and said with a frank smile: "When I went to Chang'an City to pay homage to His Majesty in the fourth year of Wude, I met His Highness the King of Qin."
Li Yuanji didn’t care about Ashina
Simo did not correct the matter of calling Li Shimin His Royal Highness the King of Qin.
In front of outsiders, he always had to give his second brother some face.
Otherwise, it is easy for outsiders to laugh at you.
"I heard from Liang Luoren, are you willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty?"
When facing Ashina Simo, Li Yuanji did not beat around the bush, but asked straight to the point.
Judging from Ashina Simo's performance, he is not the kind of person who likes to meander, so it is better to go straight to the point.
Ashina Simo nodded happily and said with a smile: "I have admired the Central Plains culture since I was a child and have always wanted to live in the Central Plains."
Li Shimin curled his lips inappropriately at this time and said: "There are many people who admire the culture of the Central Plains, and not everyone can live in the Central Plains. For example, the Japanese gave their wives and daughters to the people of the Tang Dynasty, so they could barely live in the Tang Dynasty."
A year and a half."
This sounds exaggerated, but it is true.
After the Japanese arrived in the Tang Dynasty, they did have a tradition of giving away their wives and daughters. If their wives and daughters could be taken in by the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, they would be so excited that they could not find the north.
The main reason why they did this was to seek seeds and use this method to open the door to the Central Plains culture and learn from it.
After all, the cultural people in the Central Plains are all face-saving people. They send their wives and daughters to their homes. If you don't teach them something, it will be a bit embarrassing.
It is precisely because of this that the Japanese learned a lot in Datang.
Until later generations, many customs and culture of the Japanese still retained the legacy of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
That is to say, the Song Dynasty was more restrictive, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties also had sea restrictions. Otherwise, the Japanese might have been able to integrate the culture of the Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
However, Li Shimin was not qualified to use the Japanese as an example to criticize Ashina Simo, because he had a son who wanted to serve as a general under Ashina Simo.
In terms of shame, Ashina Simo admires Han culture and thinks of living in the Central Plains. It is not shameful. Li Shimin's son thinks of being a general under others, which is shameful.
The heir of a dignified empire, or the heir of a powerful empire, does not think about how to inherit the empire, but instead thinks about being a subordinate of the empire's thugs. Is there anything more embarrassing than this?