The Turkic envoy arrived the next day.
Court meeting.
All the officials in Taiji Hall went to court. Only Li Ke, the king of Qin, said that he was ill and would not come.
Then the Turkic messenger entered the hall with the golden saber.
The eyes of the officials burned like torches as they stared at these barbarians. If looks could kill, the Turkic emissary would have been blasted into cosmic dust by now.
"Greetings, Emperor of the Great Tang!"
A group of Turkic envoys bowed to Li Shimin in Taiji Palace before handing over their credentials.
Li Shimin took the Turkic credentials from his eunuch and opened it.
"First, the Great Tang pays tribute to the Turks every year with a hundred thousand dan of grain, ten thousand rolls of silk, and ten chests of gold, silver, and jewelry.
Second, cede Youzhou and Qingzhou…Nearly ten states.
Third, the Great Tang would bow to the Turks!”
To sum it up, it was compensation, ceding territory, and bowing down!
Li Shi Min's face turned dark after reading it.
Pa ~
The next moment, Li Shimin threw the Turkic letter to the ground.
"Jie Li is bullying our Great Tang?”
"Why does the Emperor of the Tang Empire say this?"
The Turkic mastermind's expression did not change.
"In terms of land area, the Great Tang is larger than the Turks. In terms of population, the Great Tang has more people than the Turks. How could Khagan bully the Great Tang?"
"Humph! You have a sharp tongue!"
Li Shi Min snorted.
"Go back and tell Jie Li that I will never agree to his conditions.”
"I advise the Emperor of the Great Tang not to speak in anger and think twice before acting!”
The Turkic leader was calm and collected.
"Right now, your Great Tang is suppressing the great clans, but at the same time, it is also facing a fierce counterattack from the great clans.
The internal part shook violently, and it could be said that it was a huge internal problem.
And our Turkic cavalry can march south at any time. At that time, the Great Tang will be destroyed and its empire destroyed.”
"Are you threatening me?"
Li Shi Min roared like an angry lion.
"I'm just stating a fact.”
The Turkic mastermind's expression remained unchanged.
"Oh!
I've heard that the Third Prince of the Great Tang, Li Ke, is an unknown person. The current situation of the Great Tang is all his doing.
In order to prove the friendship between the Turks and the Great Tang, I suggest that the Emperor of the Great Tang send His Highness the King of Qin to the Turks as a guest.”
"What?
Let my son go to your Turks as a hostage!”
Li Shi Min stood up immediately.
Wasn't the so-called being a guest a hostage?
"Vile creature, you're going too far!"
The hot-tempered Cheng Yaojin couldn't hold it in anymore.
He instantly exploded, rolling up his sleeves and charging at the Turkic mastermind.
"Don't be rash!"
Qin Qiong grabbed Cheng Yaojin tightly.
If two countries fought, they would not kill the envoys. Killing the Turkic envoys would not solve the problem, but would only expand it.
"How hateful! How hateful!
The Turks have bullied our Great Tang too much!”
The entire imperial court was in an uproar.
The Turks wanted the Great Tang to cede territory and pay reparations, and now they wanted the Third Prince to be a hostage.
What did he take the Great Tang for?
Although the Third Prince, Li Ke, was not of pure blood, he was the most talented of Li Shiming's sons.
Now, he was being asked to go to the Turks as a hostage, and a Turkic mastermind dared to make a request to the Great Tang Emperor. This was no longer bullying.
Instead, he was stepping on his nose and even standing on his head to pee and poop.
"If I don't destroy the Turks, I swear I'm not human!”
War God Li Jing bit his finger and wrote the bloody word 'kill' on the pillar of Taiji Palace.
He used this method to express his determination to destroy the Turks.
"It's our incompetence that has humiliated His Majesty!”
Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and the others growled.
"Humph!"
However, there were also some people in the hall who looked on coldly and even gloated. They were all ministers related to the aristocratic families.
"Hey! Emperor of the Great Tang, please consider this carefully and give us an answer as soon as possible. Otherwise, our Turkic cavalry will not be able to wait.”
The Turkic mastermind coldly laughed.
After saying that, he left with his men.
……
Political Affairs Hall.
Li Shi Min looked at Li Shen Tong, Li Jing and the others and asked.
"Everyone, what are the chances of our Great Tang winning against the Turks?”
Everyone spread out the sand table and started to deduce.
"Your Majesty!
With the stirrups and horseshoes invented by the Third Prince, it seemed that the Great Tang's military power was no weaker than the Turks.
In addition, the Turks are currently covered in snow, and their days are not easy. Normally speaking, if war breaks out, our Great Tang has at least a sixty percent chance of victory.”
Imperial Uncle Li Shentong came to a conclusion.
"Sixty percent?"
Li Shi Min was delighted.
"Your Majesty!
That was normal.
Don't forget about the aristocratic families. The majority of the Great Tang's military had their eyes on the aristocratic families.
Once the army was mobilized on a large scale, the aristocratic families would have trouble both internally and externally!”
At this moment, the War God Li Jing explained.
If the Turks were the only enemy, the Great Tang would not be afraid, but if the great clans were added, it would be a problem both internally and externally.
He didn't dare to fight at all!
"In other words, this battle cannot be fought at all.”
Li Shi Min smiled bitterly.
"In the end, I have to bow to one side, the aristocratic families or the Turks.”
"Your Majesty, we are incompetent!"
Li Shentong, Li Jing, and the others blamed themselves when they heard this.
"Forget it! Forget it!"
Li Shi Min waved his hand.
"Jie Li is just asking for an exorbitant price, it's not like there's no room for negotiation.
I'll deal with him for a while and agree to some of his conditions to stabilize him first.
Once we get rid of the aristocratic families, our Great Tang will be united. I will be the first to destroy them.”
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