Next, Li Chengqian's purpose was very clear, which was to open up business routes in the Western Regions.
But how can business lines be so easy to develop?
Especially in terms of the current situation, all the countries in the Western Regions are under the shadow of the Western Turks.
As far as the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks is concerned, how could the Western Turks easily let the countries in the Western Regions give up their trade routes?
Of course, Li Chengqian didn't expect to resolve this matter peacefully.
After all, what kind of character is that guy Zhao Youlin?
Li Chengqian can think of it with his toes.
This guy will never give himself the green light.
So in the final analysis, he still has to figure this out on his own.
Li Chengqian looked at the people in front of him.
He said: "Right now, our first priority is to open up the trade routes to the Western Regions."
"You must also know very well about the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks."
"So this time, I am not going to negotiate with the Western Turks, but start with the small countries under the Western Turks."
Li Chengqian's plan is reasonable.
Everyone nodded again and again.
Wu Yougou was the first to ask: "Your Highness, where do you think it is better to start?"
"Right now, there is only one place that suits us best."
"That means the Gaochang Kingdom did not join the Tang Dynasty, let alone the Western Turks."
Li Chengqian waved his hand directly and asked someone to bring him a map.
He asked everyone to gather around, then pointed to the location of Gaochang Kingdom and said: "Gaochang Kingdom has a special geographical location. They are located right between us and the Western Turks."
"It is also for this reason that Gaochang Kingdom has lived under the shadow of our Tang Dynasty and Western Turks for many years."
"According to my investigation, their economy is very backward, especially in the past few years when the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks has deteriorated, which has made their life even worse."
"We may not say that people are starving now, but they are not rich either."
"So, Gao Changguo is relatively easy to deal with."
Li Chengqian looked at the crowd and said, "The real difficulty is dealing with future troubles. "
Hearing this, everyone raised their heads and looked at Li Chengqian.
To be honest, the worst thing Li Chengqian did was to send Changsun Chong back to Chang'an City.
To this day, everything he says has to be explained in detail, otherwise these rough guys will really not understand.
However, this is not that difficult.
At most, it’s just a few more words.
Li Chengqian said directly: "If Gaochang State surrenders to us, it will inevitably attract revenge from the Western Turks."
"And the Western Turks are currently at war with Xue Yantuo, and the war situation is stalemate. They will definitely not directly send troops to intervene."
"I judge that the last ones to send troops must be some of the surrounding small countries."
Li Chengqian raised his head again and scanned everyone's faces: "So everyone, are you prepared for the war that may break out at any time?"
Upon hearing this, these rough guys became energetic.
Ask them to plan something, and they may not be able to do it.
But let them fight, and each one is better than the other.
At that moment, the first person to speak was Cheng Hualiang.
He said bluntly: "If the war starts, I, Xiao Cheng, am willing to be His Highness's vanguard."
"The same goes for me, Liu Qi."
Liu Qi looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Besides, the soldiers under my command can't wait to go to the battlefield and serve the country. Your Highness, just focus on your career."
Hear these words.
Li Chengqian's face finally showed a smile.
He said: "You guys are really a bunch of war lunatics. If you don't fight, you'll be scratched all over your body, right?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all laughed.
Don't look at Liangzhou, a place with a vast territory and sparse population, but its people's living standards are low.
But Liangzhou people are all bold and heroic.
, not afraid of life and death, let alone war.
It can be said that the entire Liangzhou Army is composed of a group of fanatical war elements.
And in this current era, these people are indeed needed to expand the country's territory.
With these generals mobilizing themselves in the army, everyone can be mentally prepared.
Then Li Chengqian will have time to arrange everything he wants to arrange.
The current king of Gaochang Kingdom is Qu Wentai, who was frightened to death by Hou Junji in history.
If you ask this person whether he is famous or not.
That is indeed something, but this fame is not his own fame but brought to him by his wife.
His wife Yuwen Yubo was the marriage princess of the Sui Dynasty, named Princess Huarong.
This woman can be regarded as a strange woman. She first married Qu Boya, the king of Gaochang, and the couple were harmonious and loving.
This period was also the honeymoon period between Gaochang Kingdom and the Central Plains Dynasty.
Not only were there frequent exchanges, Yuwen Yubo also spread the Central Plains culture to the people of Gaochang.
After Qu Boya died in the second year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, his son Qu Wentai succeeded to the throne.
According to the tradition of the Western Regions, a son should not only inherit his father's position and wealth, but also his wife, so Yuwen Yubo married Qu Wentai.
Later, Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, and the Tang Dynasty began to flourish.
Gaochang was already adjacent to the Tang Dynasty, so it did not dare to show its disobedience at this time.
Especially after the Tang Dynasty successively destroyed the Northern Desert Turks and the Tuyuhun, they did not dare to make mistakes.
In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Qu Wentai simply went to Chang'an City in person to meet Li Shimin.
Yuwen Yubo was even more aware of the matter and directly gave Li Shimin a large gift and asked to join the Tang Dynasty clan.
What does it mean?
This means that she does not want to be the marriage princess of the Sui Dynasty, but wants to be the marriage princess of the Tang Dynasty.
And considering Li Shimin's character, how could he refuse when he saw her being such a humble person?
At this moment, Li Shimin An imperial edict was issued to give Yuwen Yubo the surname Li, and also changed her title to Princess Changle.
After that, Princess Huarong not only paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty with jade plates, fox furs and other items, but also reported news about the Western Regions in real time, allowing the Tang Dynasty to keep abreast of the developments in the Western Regions.
Therefore, it is not wrong at all to say that he became famous through women.
And Li Chengqian didn't mince words with the other party.
He directly sent a letter to Qu Wentai, King of Gaochang, in the name of Datang.
In the letter, he only said one thing.
That is to open the country's borders and allow merchants from the Tang Dynasty to enter.
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Gaochang, the royal capital.
When Qu Wentai received Li Chengqian's letter, he felt very complicated.
Open the country's gates and let merchants from the Tang Dynasty enter the country.
In a certain sense, this opened up the trade routes in the Western Regions.
But he was both happy and frightened at the same time.
I am happy that after being a vassal state for so long, the Tang Dynasty is finally willing to do business with me.
What is worrying is that the Western Turks are now big and powerful. If I resume trade with the Tang Dynasty now, wouldn't it be equivalent to slapping the Western Turks in the face?
If that guy Zhao Youlin starts to blame, how can my small place withstand the wrath of that behemoth?
The same can be said.
If the Tang Dynasty were rejected, the final result would most likely be the Tang Dynasty's army pressing down on the country.
And based on Datang's record in waging wars with foreign countries in recent years.
I am afraid that even his Gaochang Kingdom will not be able to withstand the Tang Dynasty's attack for a few days and will fall completely.
Therefore, Qu Wentai is really confused now.
He didn't know whether he should write back to Li Chengqian.
And this is the helplessness of small countries. When doing big things, they are in a dilemma.
Just when Qu Wentai was looking worried.
There was a sudden sound outside, and then a middle-aged woman in luxurious clothes walked in from outside.