In the past two years, Tuyuhun had been plundering the silk trade routes, leaving the merchants of the Western Regions without a guarantee of safety and severely affecting the development of the Great Tang's foreign trade!
Tuyuhun's actions had seriously affected the Great Tang's plan to earn money from the Hu to support its soldiers.
After the various countries wrote to him, Li Shimin summoned Murong Fuyun to reprimand him and threatened him to stop looting.
He even said a bunch of great principles, teaching them that if they wanted to develop, they had to stop their animal behavior and join formal business activities.
However, barbarians were barbarians. How could they understand so many principles?
Murong Fuyun was furious. On the surface, he let people go to Chang 'an to offer sacrifices to express their submission.
Since they had paid tribute, logically speaking, they were vassal states.
Who knew that the Tuyuhun army would attack Langzhou the moment the envoy returned from Langzhou?
Although the loss wasn't great, this kind of behavior was really infuriating!
If it wasn't for the fact that they had just fought a war and had only recuperated for three years, they would have long fought their way to his hometown.
Murong Fuyun knew the situation in the Great Tang, yet he still shamelessly issued a letter of credence!
If they didn't want to rob the Silk Road and harass the border, they would have to marry a princess to his son!
Now that Zhangsun Wuji had told them all about the Great Tang's difficulties, he was determined to be a soft-willed man!
As soon as Zhangsun Wuji finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin jumped up!
"Why don't you send your daughter over?”
"Are you still human?"
"Since ancient times, the big shots have been the ones to make the decisions, so it's up to the big shots to protect them, even if they bleed and sacrifice themselves.”
"Asking a woman to exchange for peace, I, Old Cheng, am the first one who can't do it.”
Chu Suiliang narrowed his eyes and smiled faintly."Brother Zhijie, you've gone too far. They want a princess, but our daughter isn't a princess.”
"This kind of thinking is unacceptable!"
"I…"
Cheng Yaojin was not stupid, but he also felt that he had gone a little overboard.
If Li Shiming was a little stingy and stupid, he would be blamed for treason.
His own daughter could become a princess in a marriage alliance. What did this mean? It meant that he wanted to be the emperor!
Zhangsun Wuji smiled sinisterly. He hated Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong to the bone.
Why did Princess Changle run away from the wedding?
Did Princess Changle and a personal maid who used to be the captain of the female guards just go out to roam the world?
It was all because of these two elders who supported their son to be a bodyguard!
He was clearly ruining his Zhangsun Clan's plans. He really deserved to die!
Zhangsun Wuji smiled maliciously, then smiled kindly and said,""Your Majesty, please don't blame me. Brother Zhijie is straightforward and has no intention of overstepping his boundaries.”
Cheng Yaojin glared at him, reminding Li Shiming to think in that direction!
This bastard is not a good person!
Cheng Yaojin opened his mouth and scolded,"You motherf * cker!"
Gao Shilian reminded him again,"His mother is also the Empress 'mother, the Emperor's mother-in-law!"”
Cough cough!
Qin Qiong coughed lightly and glanced at Cheng Yaojin. How did the goods that were usually eloquent and boastful fail today?
That's true. Hacking people with an axe was his main profession. How could he compare to so many professional mouths!
"Your Majesty, you know best what kind of person Zhijie is."”
How could Li Shi Min not know that it was a relationship that had been forged through the mountains of swords and seas of blood when they had protected each other's backs?
Moreover, Cheng Yaojin was a big hooligan.
No one would have the thought of rebelling.
Cheng Yaojin hinted that his son helped Li Lizhi escape the marriage, but he still helped Li Shimin.
Zhangsun Wuji didn't dare to criticize him, so he deliberately picked on Cheng Yaojin. He understood.
Li Shi Min smiled,"I only know how to speak my mind. I just want you to learn how to put yourself in my shoes."”
"The princesses are zhen's daughters. zhen only wants them to marry nearby so that we can see them for a long time.”
"If they get married, that means they have to die outside!”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Gao Shilian and the others were especially unhappy with Li Shimin's one-sided behavior.
Zhangsun Wuji frowned. They were the ones who caused his son to only marry the daughter of an emperor and a servant girl who was drunk.
He thought about it!
No, did Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin appear to be upright on the surface and deliberately let those two boys accompany Li Lizhi to tour the mountains and rivers to get the moon first?
As for whether she married Qin Huaidao or Cheng Chusi, the result was almost the same.
The relationship between Old Cheng and Old Qin was obvious.
"No!"
"We absolutely cannot let Princess Chang Le marry the descendants of generals like you. That way, you will be closer to the imperial power.”
"If I, Zhangsun Wuji, can't get it, you guys shouldn't either. Just give it to Tuyuhun.”
When Zhangsun Wuji thought of this, the corners of his mouth curled into a faint evil smile.
Zhangsun Chong and Zhangsun Wuji didn't discuss anything. When Zhangsun Chong saw Li Lizhi, he knew that his father would definitely do this.
Zhangsun Wuji was smart and liked to play politics. He would definitely not let a stumbling block sway in front of him.
If it doesn't work for me, it will only be destroyed!
This was the true understanding of Zhangsun and his son!
Then, he cupped his hands at Li Shiming and said,""Your Majesty, I know that you love your daughter dearly.”
"You are a good father!"
"But, where do we get so much food?”
"On the long journey to the plateau, the soldiers will definitely not eat as much food as the Turks.”
"And horses. We mostly use Turkic Dun horses now. Can horses on the plains adapt to the plateau?”
"Yes, sir!"
"They can't break in, but it's fine even if we lose.”
"But if we want to fight, we have to win. This concerns the face of the Heavenly Khagan!”
"If not, we won't fight!"
"Marrying the princess over is really a delaying tactic. After we are fully prepared, we will fight fiercely and settle the country with one battle!”
After the phone call, what he said was reasonable and well-founded. Those factors also existed objectively.
He actually brought up the words 'Heavenly Khagan.'
Ever since the Eastern Turks were destroyed, the surrounding Hu had honored Li Shimin as the Heavenly Khan.
This hat was glorious, but this hat was also very stressful.
This was indeed the principle. If they wanted to fight, they had to win. Otherwise, losing their reputation was a small matter, but losing the prestige of the Great Tang was a major matter.
Li Shi Min was well aware of the Hu's nature. If you were strong, he would kneel; if you were weak, he would fly up and eat you!
There was no other way. He could only continue to be strong!
Therefore, he could not lose!
It was difficult!
Li Shi Min was in trouble!
"That's all for today. We'll discuss it again tomorrow morning.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Strong Man Faction and the Soft Bone Faction looked at each other, then cupped their hands and left.
"If the rations are not enough, we can still think of a way. At most, the people of the country will tighten their belts.”
"But this is not suitable for the climate."
This was an unsolvable problem for Li Shi Min.
He sat alone on the chair, his brows tightly knitted. The tea he was drinking had lost its taste.
In fact, in 670 AD, the Tang War God Xue Rengui had suffered a loss at the plateau, losing to the Tubo Marshal Gar Qinling.
"Imperial Father, Imperial Father, your son is back!”
Just as Li Shiming was at a loss, Li Lizhi bounced back!
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