It is not easy to make people vomit out the food they have eaten.
What's more, it's the territory that the country has taken over?
At that moment, Fuyu Yici secretly clenched his fists.
But in the territory of the Tang Dynasty and in front of Li Shimin, he really didn't dare to be too presumptuous, let alone refute Li Shimin's face to his face.
So he could only smile dryly and said: "This... I'm afraid I can't make the decision myself. I have to wait until the country discusses it with the minister..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Chengqian on the side waved his hand and interrupted him.
"As far as I know, you, Fuyu Yici, are a very popular person in China."
"If you say something, how many people in the court will refute your face?"
Li Chengqian raised the corner of his mouth, looked at Fuyu Yici and said, "And this should be done sooner rather than later. After all, we really don't want to see brothers killing each other among you." ??
"Now one of you is the prince of Baekje and the other is the princess of Silla. Both of you have important positions in your own country."
"I don't think so. How about you two sign a settlement document here and let your father be the notary for you two?"
Hearing this, Fuyu Yici gritted his teeth with hatred.
It's obvious that Li Chengqian is on Kinderman's side.
But he also knew that if he signed this document today, all his previous efforts would be in vain.
At this moment, his mind was running rapidly, thinking of countermeasures.
After a short time, Fuyu Yici smiled slightly.
He said: "It would be great to have His Majesty as a notary public."
"But this is not a trivial matter after all. It involves more than a dozen cities."
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, both of you are experienced in the battlefield. Naturally, you should know that when troops and horses are moved, money and food are like running water."
"Now that the Tang Dynasty asked our country to return the city, our country is also willing to return it, but after all, we can't let us suffer too much..."
Hearing this, Kinderman also rolled his eyes.
Isn’t this guy too shameless?
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Now that you have invaded other people's countries and occupied their cities, you are still asking for military expenses from them?
But Buyeo Yiji obviously doesn't care what Kinderman thinks.
At the moment, his attention was also on Li Shimin and Li Chengqian.
Just listen to him saying slowly: "The soldiers killed and wounded in our army, the people killed and wounded in our country, the money and food consumed, etc., all still need to be made up for."
"So if we want our country to return the city, we must at least let Silla make up for the losses of our army."
Fuyu Yici looked straight at Li Shimin and said, "This is not too much, your Majesty."
Hearing this, Li Shimin also heaved a sigh of relief.
After thinking for a moment, he immediately said: "This request..."
"This request is absolutely unacceptable, Father!"
Before Li Shimin could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Chengqian.
How could he not see that this was Fuyu Yici's strategy to delay the war?
Maybe even if Silla gives money, Buyeo Yiji will come up with some other names to continue to occupy the city.
In this way, it was not just Silla who was slapped in the face, but also Li Shimin.
But Li Shimin didn't think about it in that regard, and at the moment he was just angry because Li Chengqian interrupted him.
Li Shimin was also a little unhappy and asked directly: "Why not?"
"It's because Silla and Baekje are all vassal states of our Tang Dynasty."
"Now, our vassals of the Tang Dynasty are fighting a civil war, and we, the Tang Dynasty, have stepped in to mediate, but some people are openly asking for war compensation. Doesn't this treat our suzerain country, the Tang Dynasty, as nothing?"
"If in the future, everyone follows suit and invades other countries first, then once we, the Tang Dynasty, step in to mediate, we will make them pay compensation. If we, the Tang Dynasty, sit back and ignore it, we will firmly occupy the city and leave the city to the left."
You won’t lose any money at all.”
Li Chengqian looked straight at Li Shimin and said, "Is this kind of bandit behavior in line with etiquette and law? Does it comply with the rules of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Shimin was also stunned when he heard Li Chengqian's words.
He is not a fool. How could he not think of the pros and cons after being reminded like this?
But he also knew that if he decided this matter too arbitrarily at this moment, he would definitely cause people to gossip and say that he favored Silla.
Li Shimin was also a guy who was always good at blaming others, so he simply turned his attention to the ministers in the room.
"Being listed as your beloved, what do you think of this?"
After hearing this, Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and echoed: "His Royal Highness is right."
"If this matter is tolerated, it will inevitably breed the ambitions of people with evil intentions in the future."
"And if things happen like this every time, then where is the power of the Tang Dynasty? Where is the power of His Majesty the Emperor?"
And after Changsun Wuji finished speaking, an unexpected person also stood up.
This person was no one else, it was Wei Zheng who was known to be upright and would rather break than bend.
"Silla has paid tribute to our Tang Dynasty for decades and is our steadfast partner."
"Now it has been bullied, and also bullied by its own family. As the patriarch of this family, Your Majesty must say something fair."
"This war was initiated by Baekje, and the party that suffered the disaster was Silla."
"So I also feel that this matter is inappropriate, especially asking Silla to pay compensation..."
Wei Zheng straightened his hands towards Li Shimin and said, "Speaking of it, this is like a fight between your two children. Do you want the one who got beaten to pay compensation to the perpetrator?"
Hearing his words, half of the ministers present, not to mention Li Shimin, turned pale.
Even the two guys, Li Chengqian and Li Ke, looked embarrassed at this moment.
What is this guy saying that is not good, yet he brings this up?
complete After all, everyone knew that Li Chengqian and Li Ke really had a fight.
Although that incident has nothing to do with this one, it didn't last long, so it's hard not to think about it in that way.
Although everyone knows that his nature is like this, he never knows how to save face for others.
But now that he said this directly in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and foreign envoys, wouldn't that make it impossible for Li Shimin to come to power?
Li Shimin waved his hand directly and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, I understand."
After saying that, he also looked at Fuyu Yici and said: "My minister has already said it, what else do you have to say?"
"this……"
Fuyu Yiji also didn't expect that his delaying strategy would be seen through by others.
But now that things have reached this point, it means there is no turning back.
Buyeo Yiji lowered his head and said: "If we can't get anything, will our soldiers die in vain?"
"I'm afraid this will not be conducive to the rule of the Buyeo royal family in Baekje, and I'm afraid that our people will resent the royal court because of this."
Upon hearing this, without waiting for others to speak, Kinderman took the lead and said: "You deserve it!"
"We thought you were allies, and we have even been grateful for your original support."
"But I didn't expect that you would harbor such wild ambitions."
"Not only did you not respond to our kindness to you, but you even responded with malice!"
Kinderman pointed at Buyeo Uij and said, "Do you Baekje people have any humanity at all?"
She felt comfortable scolding him at the moment, but how could she know that her words were playing into Fuyu Yici's hands.
"Your Majesty, judging from Her Royal Highness the Princess's attitude and words, you should know that this matter will not be clear for a while."
I saw that he ignored Kinderman at all, but went straight to Li Shimin and said: "I think it is better to wait until after returning to China, I will ask the country to write a detailed report and submit it to the court, and then deal with the matter..."