"Next time I invite Your Majesty to go to Lishan Mountain to escape the summer heat, your Majesty will definitely come too."
After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he walked into the palace. The prince sighed in his heart that the status of eunuchs in the palace was the lowest.
After leaving the palace, he was looked down upon even more outside.
At this moment, facing Zhang Yang, I felt something different in my heart. This feeling of being respected was something I hadn't seen for a long time.
When I walked into Wude Hall, I suddenly felt a chill.
Li Shimin was holding a scroll in his hand. Zhang Yang bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Tubo Zanpu and Songtsen Gampo have brought it to you."
Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, "Zhang Yang, how do you solve this problem of life and death?"
"Why does Your Majesty ask this?"
"I think this question has a profound meaning. Sometimes when we face a choice, we don't know whether this decision is right or wrong, let alone what this decision will bring to us, and the person who gives advice is like the guard at the door.
, whether their words were right or wrong, this reminds me of those days."
The same decision was made when facing Li Jiancheng, and the decision to ambush Xuanwumen also carried huge risks.
Once it fails, Li Shimin will face another scene.
Zhang Yang subconsciously looked at Songtsen Gampo behind him. Did His Majesty deliberately put on a serious look?
Even the tone of voice is a bit higher.
Speaking of the big countries around the Central Plains, the Turks were severely beaten and will not be able to recover within ten years. The only one who can compete with the Tang Dynasty is Tubo.
Tubo had a large land but a small population, and now Songtsen Gampo has also been defeated.
As an opponent and a defeated general under Tian Khan, is Your Majesty deliberately trying to show off?
"Can you solve it?"
Hearing His Majesty ask again, Zhang Yang said loudly: "I don't know how to solve this question, but when my teacher taught it to me, he said that there are many ways to answer this question. Maybe after some time, I will be able to answer this question."
I can figure it out."
Li Shimin put down the scroll in his hand and said, "Okay, I'll wait for that day."
Seeing the gaze of Tian Khan, Songtsen Gampo saluted with Tubo etiquette, "Tian Khan!"
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Songtsen Gampo, there was indeed a conflict between Ludongzan and the Foreign Affairs Council at the beginning, but you should not have started a war."
Songtsen Gampo raised his head again and said, "As someone with the important responsibility of Tubo and the wishes of many people, being a Zanpu is not arbitrary."
He said that the cause of this war was beyond his control.
Li Shimin stared at this man who was about the same age as Zhang Yang. Such a young man was actually the king of Tubo.
As long as such young people don't make mistakes, they will definitely achieve greater success in the future.
Li Shimin suddenly laughed.
This laughter is very weird.
"I have always upheld the intention of coexistence and friendship with all countries, and hope that Tibet and Tang Dynasty can always live in harmony in the future."
Standing aside, Zhang Yang felt helpless. It was not possible to live in harmony. The Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions and the snow-capped mountains west of Tubo were both good barriers to the Central Plains.
Taking down this barrier is inevitable, and it is also the best barrier against the rising West.
Internally, there can be no more wars in the west of the Central Plains, and externally, it can resist the rising ancient Western countries.
This is an interest that will affect future generations for thousands of years. The mountain is right there and it will never move. This is a unique condition given to the Central Plains by God.
It is the roof of the world and the most reliable barrier in the Central Plains.
Whatever you say must be included in the territory.
In the next conversation, Tian Khan and Songtsen Gampo exchanged greetings.
Tian Khan talked about how difficult it was to pacify the Central Plains back then, and how heroic he was in conquering the Turks in the north.
And Songtsen Gampo talked about his admiration for the Central Plains.
It is a good thing that Tian Khan and Tubo Zamp had a happy conversation.
He also talked about the current situation in Dashi and Persia.
Dashi has indeed been expanding, and the four most powerful haris of Dashi, which means generals, can be regarded as the successors of Muhammad, the leader of Dashi.
The war has continued into Europe, and the Great Eclipse is now at its peak.
In the original history, Datang did have a battle with Dashi.
The outcome of that battle affected the Central Plains and even the entire Eurasian continent.
It is also a turning point in world history.
I thought that if the Tang Dynasty had not stopped its conquests at that time, Wang Xianzhi might have already reached Europe.
But the conversation that followed sounded more and more strange.
Until His Majesty said that he wanted to be worthy of brother Songtsen Gampo, Zhang Yang sighed.
The sigh was not loud and fell into His Majesty's ears very clearly in the quiet Tai Chi Hall.
The original conversation stopped because of this sigh.
Li Shimin slowly raised his head, "Why are you sighing?"
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "I feel it and I can't help it."
Songtsen Gampo frowned and didn't understand what was going on, but he saw Tian Khan staring at Zhang Shangshu without saying a word.
After a long time, he finally could no longer remain silent. Li Shimin sat down again and asked, "Do you think my words are inappropriate?"
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, "Your Majesty had such a pleasant conversation with Tubo Zanpu, I am very happy in my heart."
"I am not a person who cannot listen to advice. It is my idea to open up the avenues of speech and accept advice widely. It is also what I should do to listen to the opinions of my ministers."
Your Majesty is still putting on a show...
"Then I will tell you directly?"
"Say." Li Shimin looked calm and took a sip of tea confidently.
Zhang Yang clicked his tongue and said, "I just can't figure out how your Majesty's problem of randomly identifying relatives comes from."
Li Shimin held a mouthful of tea in his mouth and did not swallow it for a long time.
"Your Majesty, you can have brothers within or outside the four seas, but can you have a sense of boundaries?"
After finally swallowing the tea in his mouth, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "What kind of boundary?"
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said: "The Foreign Affairs Council handles the diplomatic relations between the two countries. I have to say something. The two countries are at war. Your Majesty wants to recruit your younger brother randomly and I can't control it. But the king is the king and the minister is the minister. Since Tubo wants to submit to the Tang Dynasty, then
He should be a minister, not an elder brother or younger brother."
Li Shimin's original smile had long since disappeared, and turned a bit more bluish-black.
Zhang Yang's words continued, "Furthermore, once this sense of boundary is gone, your Majesty has been busy in and out of the Diplomatic Academy for three years. Does the meaning of these three years mean that your Majesty recognized a younger brother? Is it possible that Zamp
After returning home, everyone said that Tian Khan was his brother, so is he a minister? How will the Foreign Affairs Council handle this relationship in the future?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Shimin slowly put down the tea bowl in his hand.
"Your Majesty! There are so many relatives in the clan and such complicated clan relationships. Don't you have enough headaches? If you really want to recognize your relatives, just let Tubo Zampo be your godson. This will be better. The relationship between father and son is better than that between monarch and minister.
The relationship is stronger.”
Xu Jingzong started coughing violently and stopped after coughing for a long time. "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for being disrespectful in front of you."
Li Shimin finally swallowed the tea in his mouth, "When did I say that I don't recognize the emperor and his subjects?"
Zhang Yang said with emotion: "Your Majesty just wants to be brothers with Zanpu. I think this approach is inappropriate. Since Tubo has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and the soldiers and horses are passing through Tubo, does it depend on the face of Tian Khan's younger brother?"
?Isn’t this relationship between superiors and subordinates chaotic?”
"Zhang Yang, you are so presumptuous!" Li Shimin clapped his hands and stood up, "You have opposed everything before. I just want to call Songtsen Gampo a brother in private."
"Your Majesty is the Khan of Heaven, even in private."
Seeing Zhang Shangshu's resolute attitude, Xu Jingzong wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to say something else, but saw His Majesty walking quickly, so he had to swallow his words and lower his head.
Li Shimin laughed angrily, "You have told the Central Government about the expedition against Xue Yantuo without permission, and I haven't argued with you yet!"
Zhang Yang stood up straight, "Your Majesty, it's okay if you don't say anything. I tried to persuade him several times not to attack Xue Yantuo rashly."
"The attack on Xue Yantuo is a civil and military decision of the Manchu Dynasty. Can you deny it?"
"The attack on Xue Yantuo is a decision made by His Majesty and Zhongshu Sheng. This matter has not been discussed by the Taiji Palace. How can it be said to be a civil and military decision of the Manchu Dynasty? Your Majesty just announced it in the main hall."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"Your Majesty said that whoever is talking nonsense, I kindly advise you. If Tian Khan can't listen, then don't listen. Why are you pretending?"
Li Shimin's brows jumped and he shouted angrily: "Who do you think is pretending!"
His voice was loud, and the deepness he had pretended before was completely broken now.
The guards and eunuchs outside the palace were so frightened that they all looked into the palace from the corner of their eyes to see what had happened.
Zhang Yang was neither humble nor arrogant, "I say Your Majesty is just pretending."
"It doesn't matter if you say something else wrong with me. I have always been honest and receptive! I have been kind to my ministers in the past few years. Isn't it that I am too polite to you on weekdays?"
"Your Majesty has never been polite to me."
"You secretly detained Yi Nan Khan! I haven't punished you yet!"
Did the Foreign Affairs Council secretly detain a local khan? Or was it Xue Yantuo's khan?
Songtsen Gampo heard another incredible thing. He had long heard that this Yinan Khan had disappeared since he left Chang'an City in the sixth year of Zhenguan.
I thought he died somewhere.
Unexpectedly, it was in the hands of the Foreign Affairs Council.
"The crime of governing ministers?" Zhang Yang looked at the emperor, "When your Majesty advocated letting the Yinan Khan go back, the Foreign Affairs Council opposed it. Did your Majesty think about the consequences of the matter at that time? After you have used Xue Yantuo, you will not turn around.
You ignored him and suppressed Xue Yantuo and then went to appease the Turks. You have forgotten that Xue Yantuo helped the Tang Dynasty to hijack the Turks."
"Throw it away after using it, and don't forget to bring Xue Yantuo's opponent with you. Isn't your majesty a scumbag?"
Li Shimin didn't understand what scumbag meant, but at first glance he knew it wasn't a good word.
Zhang Yang's words continued, "Everything has to be settled by Your Majesty at the Diplomatic Academy. Is it easy for us to go up and down? If I hadn't detained people back then, how could Your Majesty be able to attack Xue Yantuo so legitimately now?"
"Do I still want to thank you?"
Li Shimin clenched his fists with both hands, "Don't think that I don't dare to kill you!"
Zhang Yang snorted coldly: "A hundred pounds is here! Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want!"
Seeing Xu Jingzong retreating in twos and twos, and Songtsen Gampo also retreating, he asked in a low voice: "Is this how the Tang Dynasty usually handles political affairs?"
Xu Jingzong replied: "What do Zanpu think?"
Songtsan Gampo said again: "I have always thought that people in the Central Plains are polite, reasonable, and kind to others. If they are righteous, they will have friends from far away..."
Looking at the monarch and his ministers who were quarreling in front of him, Tian Khan's face was red, his forehead was so angry that veins were popping out, and even his neck was red.
Seeing that a fight was about to start, Songtsen Gampo looked puzzled, "Do the officials of the Tang Dynasty also quarrel with red faces like this when they have different political opinions and decide on major affairs in the court?"
The quarrel between His Majesty and Zhang Shangshu continues.
Xu Jingzong said sadly, "Occasionally, but usually it's fine."
"That's it." Seeing the quarrel in front of him, Songtsen Gampo found it more and more enjoyable to watch, and gained insights, "The Tang Dynasty and Tian Khan are both special."
He saw Li Shimin pointing at him and talking about the expedition against Xue Yantuo.
Zhang Yang took a step forward and said, "Mobile troops are mobilized to attack Xue Yantuo. How many troops and horses has your Majesty prepared? Fifty thousand, sixty thousand? Or a hundred thousand troops? Does your Majesty know how far it is to attack Xue Yantuo from Yinshan Mountain through the Turkic Grassland?"
"These matters are arranged by the Ministry of War and Household Affairs and the Ministry of Public Affairs, so you don't need to trouble your Rites Department."
"Hahaha……"
Hearing the laughter, Li Shimin's eyes widened with bloodshot eyes, "Are you laughing at me?"
"How can Tian Khan not be laughed at?" Zhang Yang looked to the north, "We are going to attack Xue Yantuo. Does your majesty know where Xue Yantuo's important resources are? Do you know how to take advantage of them? And your majesty knows after the battle.
How does it end?"
Li Shimin was silent, unable to listen to anything said at this moment, and now he wanted to hang this boy in front of Chengtian Gate.
"Xue Yantuo has huge mineral resources. These minerals can bring many benefits to the Central Plains. Moreover, you have to be careful about the wind and sand in Mobei when you go on an expedition. It is the windy season now. Have you ever thought about these things?"
"Your Majesty, the Diplomatic Academy is currently compiling geography, which will describe the customs, geography, and customs of various places in the Central Plains and even outside the customs. This is the most precious. Now some records have been compiled into a volume. His Highness the King of Wei presided over it. Zhang Da
Compiled by Su Dairen."
"It is also necessary to compare the many experiences and classics outside the customs. If your majesty has time, you can read more and analyze more. It is also useful. An emperor can be uneducated, but an emperor cannot be uneducated!"
"I have read as many books as you!"
"The teacher taught me to be humble, and Your Majesty should also be humble. Don't think that you have studied a lot."
The guards did not know when they were standing in front of the palace. As long as His Majesty gave an order at this time, they would rush forward and capture Zhang Shangshu.
The emperor and Zhang Yang had a quarrel in the Wude Hall. The prince knew the stakes, and the news soon reached the queen's ears.
Queen Changsun was sitting in the Li Zheng Hall and had just coaxed little Sizi to sleep. The children had developed the habit of taking a nap in Lishan, and now they have to take a nap in the afternoon.
Listening to the palace maid's report, Queen Changsun whispered: "How's the quarrel going?"
The palace maid bowed and replied, "The guards in front of the palace are ready. As long as His Majesty gives the order at this time, the guards in front of the palace will capture Zhang Shangshu."
When Wei Zheng pointed at His Majesty's nose and scolded him, Your Majesty tolerated it and did not quarrel with him.
First, Wei Zheng is old, and second, His Majesty needs these advices to decorate the court.
"Songtsen Gampo is here too?"
"Yes."
They even quarreled in front of the Tibetan monarch. If word got out about this, Khan would probably lose face.