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Chapter 646
Chapter 646
It can be said that Wei Zheng has no selfishness at all, and he is only thinking about Datang.
"Your Majesty, I think I should meet the envoys of the Western Turks first, and see what they will say." Changsun Wuji said.
"Zhao Guogong, what do you mean? No matter what benefits the Western Turks promised, it was just a way to slow down the army. If this is the case, what do you see them doing?" Cheng Yaojin said dissatisfied.
"That's right, I don't think I should see them, so I just send them away." Yuchi Gong agreed.
Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong took the lead, and other generals also stood up to oppose Changsun Wuji's words.
They are all waiting to go to the battlefield to make meritorious service. Although Changsun Wuji just said to meet, who knows what tempting conditions Western Turks will offer. What if Li Shimin is tempted and agrees?
Li Shimin already roughly understood what Changsun Wuji meant, but he didn't stop it.
If all civil and military officials were in harmony, he would not be able to sleep.
As for the battle between civil and military, as long as it is not too excessive, he will generally not stop it.
It can be said that civil servants and military generals are opposed, on the one hand, because of the relative importance of civil and military, and on the other hand, because of the emperor.
Sometimes the emperor is like a referee, and he is also the kind of referee who can decide the outcome with one word.
No matter how many parties the subordinate ministers are divided into, as long as they are not on one side, they must perform well and strive to win the support of the referee.
On the contrary, if they are all of one mind, wouldn't the referee be useless?
Faced with the objections and doubts from everyone, Changsun Wuji showed no expression, and said, "Western Turks sent envoys to delay my Tang Dynasty's dispatch of troops, so as to destroy Xue Yantuo as soon as possible. If Datang doesn't give Western Turks a chance, how dare Western Turks A decisive battle with Xue Yantuo?"
"Mr. Zhao is right. I also think that I should meet the envoy of the Western Turks." Fang Xuanling said.
He can naturally think of things that Changsun Wuji can think of.
Although Changsun Wuji ranked first in the ranking of Lingyan Pavilion's heroes later, it does not mean that he is better than Fang Xuanling in terms of resourcefulness.
"In that case, let's meet." Li Shimin said.
Now that he had made a decision, Li Shimin didn't delay too much, and after letting these confidantes go down, he summoned Qilaobateer.
Qilaobateer thought that Li Shimin would not see him so soon, and planned to arrange for people to publicize the purpose and conditions of the Western Turkic mission, arouse public opinion, and force Li Shimin to meet him, but he did not expect Li Shimin to summon him so soon, so he hurriedly cleaned up After a while, he came to the palace with the servants in the palace.
"Foreign ministers have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty." Qilaobateer performed a prairie etiquette.
Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "I don't know what the Western Turks are going to do at this time?"
"Returning to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Khan sent me to the Tang Dynasty this time to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Turks are willing to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty." Qilaobatar said.
"Oh, this is a good thing. I'm sure. Nishu and I are old acquaintances. I wonder if he can come to Chang'an to catch up with me." Li Shimin looked very happy.
"Forehead."
Qi Lao Battelle was a little dumbfounded, I said this, shouldn't you ask the conditions first?Just agree directly?
And what Li Shimin meant was that he wanted Nishu to come to Chang'an, how could this be possible.
Not to mention that Western Turks didn't intend to really become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, even if they were, it was impossible for Nishu to come to Chang'an in person.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I have been divided from the Turks for a long time, and now the Great Khan is busy with the unification of the Turks and has no time to come to the Tang Dynasty." Qilaobateer said hastily.
"That's it." Li Shimin said with some disappointment: "As for the time and amount of tribute to be paid by Western Turks after becoming a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, I will arrange people from the Ministry of Rites to discuss with you. You should go back first."
"and many more."
Qilao Batel quickly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, since the Western Turks are already a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, can the Great Tang not intervene in the internal affairs of our grassland?"
Li Shimin sneered in his heart, he naturally knew what the Western Turks were up to.
Li Shimin doesn't care about the so-called vassal state.
At the beginning, Xue Yantuo was supported to prevent Western Turks from dominating the grasslands, and now he will not give Western Turks a chance.
"But Xue Yantuo is also a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. I have promised Xue Yantuo to send troops to help them. If I don't send troops, wouldn't it be a breach of my promise?" Li Shimin said with a embarrassed face.
"But my Western Turks are now also a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty." Ashinasheer said.
Li Shimin said with a troubled face: "Yes, Western Turks are also a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, I can't send troops to attack my vassal state, but if I don't send troops, I will lose my trust in Xue Yantuo. This makes it very difficult for me."
"How about this, why don't you just stop fighting and make peace? If you are afraid that Xue Yantuo will disagree, I will send someone to talk to them."
Qi Lao Battelle almost vomited blood out of breath, why Xue Yantuo disagreed, Xue Yantuo was afraid that they would retreat now.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I, the Western Turks, are full of sincerity in being a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty does not seem to have the slightest sincerity." Qilaobatar said in a somewhat blunt tone.
Li Shimin said coldly: "Why, are you questioning me?"
A trace of panic flashed across Qilaobatar's face, and he said: "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand, but I, the Western Turks, want to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty with all sincerity, but the Tang Dynasty refused to even agree to this request, and the Great Khan also refused to accept it." Can't convince the various tribes below."
Although it is said that the war between the two countries does not come at any time, but Qibaatar has stayed in the Tang Dynasty a few times, and has also heard about the history of the Han people.
There are many incidents of killing messengers in history. If Li Shimin was annoyed, and he really killed him, wouldn't his death be in vain.
Li Shimin's face softened a little, and said: "I am also very happy that Western Turks can become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but Xue Yantuo is also a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and I also promised Xue Yantuo to send troops to help them. So I have to think carefully about what you said. .”
"Yes, yes, the foreign ministers will wait first, but I don't know if they will send troops before His Majesty makes a decision?"
The purpose of Lao Battelle is to delay the speed of Datang's dispatch of troops. As long as Li Shimin does not send troops, he hopes that Li Shimin will think more about it.
"Don't worry, I won't send troops now." Li Shimin said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor." Qilaobateer said happily.
Of course, he won't believe Li Shimin's words so easily. The Western Turks still have some secrets in the Tang Dynasty, as long as the military camps monitoring Chang'an show no signs of mobilization of troops and horses.
After Ashinasheer returned to Honglu Temple, he immediately found a few confidantes, and after explaining to them, asked them to hide their tracks and report to them in batches.
He did not write the letter, or if these men were caught, his purpose would be revealed.
These people are dead men. If anything goes wrong, they will commit suicide immediately without leaking the secrets.
He divided it into several batches to ensure that even if someone was discovered, the letter could still be sent back.
(End of this chapter)