The Great Qin Imperial City, Xianyang Palace.
The First Emperor of Great Qin was sitting behind a large table, reading a memorial in his hand.
Beside the table was a small mountain of memorials.
Ever since the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, ascended the throne, he had been diligent in government affairs. This was something that everyone knew.
Below the main hall, a man with a calm expression but a faint hint of wisdom was kneeling on the seat of His Highness in the Prime Minister's official uniform.
This person was none other than the prime minister of the Great Qin Empire, the representative of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy and Legalism-Li Si!
Ying Zheng seemed to have finished marking the memorials in his hands. He raised his head and glanced at Li Si, then said with a smile,"
"Minister Li, do you know why I called you here?”
Li Si lowered his eyes and cupped his hands.""This lowly subject is stupid, this lowly subject does not know!"
"You don't know?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Si, who was kneeling on the ground, and snorted." You don't know? I can see that you are very clear in your heart, but you are unwilling to tell me!”
"I don't dare!"
Hearing this, Li Si really knelt on the ground.
"Get up!" Ying Zheng gave Li Si a meaningful glance, his dragon eyes flashing with a sharp glint as he said calmly,"
When Li Si heard this, he could only get up.
Seeing him get up, Ying Zheng no longer beat around the bush.
"What do you think of the matter discussed by the officials in the court today?”
When Li Si heard this, he finally let out a long sigh. Then, he organized his thoughts and said,""This lowly official believes that what the various lords in the court have said today is actually somewhat reasonable.”
There was a difference between saying it yourself and only saying it after the emperor asked.
Li Si knew why the First Emperor had summoned him into the palace, but he really couldn't say it directly.
"Oh?" Above them, Ying Zheng gave a soft 'oh' and continued," Then tell me, what are their reasons?”
Li Si pondered for a moment before replying,""This humble subject believes that the marriage alliance with Li Tang is both acceptable and unacceptable!”
"The Li Tang Empire is located to the east of Great Qin. Although they occasionally have conflicts with Great Qin at the border, it doesn't matter. Now that the empire had just conquered the six countries and unified the world, its internal stability was not yet stable. The people needed to rest and recuperate. It was not appropriate to start a war.”
"Moreover, I heard that the princess of the Li Tang royal family who came for the marriage alliance is called Princess Changle. She is the favorite daughter of the current Emperor of the Great Tang Empire, Li Shimin. She is the eldest daughter of Empress Zhangsun of the Great Tang Empire.”
"With such a status, he is worthy of all the young masters.”
"In addition, if the marriage alliance between Qin and Tang is successful, it will be of great help to us in our fight against the Dayuan Empire in the north!”
"Therefore, if we were to marry, it would actually be quite beneficial to us. Yes!"
Hearing this, Ying Zheng pondered for a moment, then said,""Then what if I can't?"
Li Si continued," You can't do that. Actually, it's the same reason as 'ke'."”
"Li Tang is currently at the peak of his power, and the Eastern Turkic Empire is no longer a threat to him.”
"And that Princess Chang Le is the favorite daughter of the current Li Tang Emperor.”
"On the other hand, Great Qin has only just unified the six countries and become an Empire.”
"At this moment, the Great Tang Empire wants to marry us. I'm afraid they have some ulterior motives!”
"I wonder what they are planning?”
Li Si said nothing more.
The hall fell into a brief silence.
Above them, Ying Zheng slowly said again,""In that case, in your opinion, should Great Qin agree to this marriage alliance or not?”
When Li Si heard this, he knew that he did not manage to hide.
Li Si had not said much about this matter in the court these past few days. He only hoped that he would suggest this to the First Emperor when the news of the investigation in the east came back.
However, the Great Tang envoy was returning to the Great Tang tomorrow.
They hoped that they could bring back Great Qin's letter of credence.
It was best if the young master could also set off with the betrothal gift to the Tang Empire and personally ask for a marriage proposal from the Tang Emperor, Li Shimin.
In such a short period of time, it was difficult for everyone to make a decision.
In fact, the Emperor had already made up his mind whether or not to marry through marriage. It was just that this suggestion had to be raised by someone, and this person's status was not low.
Now, there was no one more suitable than Prime Minister Li Si.
Thinking of this, Li Si did not hesitate and bowed to the First Emperor.""This humble subject believes that this marriage alliance is a good thing for Great Qin. Therefore, this humble subject believes that we can agree to the marriage proposal of the Great Tang envoy.”
"Besides, they're marrying, and we're marrying! "Even if there are schemes, they will be difficult to carry out in Great Qin.”
Hearing this, Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out loud and said," Haha, Prime Minister, you're right. They are marrying, we are marrying, why should our Great Qin be afraid of coming?!
"Moreover, if you're even afraid of such a thing, you'll be able to do it. Wouldn't the other empires look down on Great Qin? How could he talk about standing at the peak of the world and suppressing other countries!”
"Alright, I'll get someone to write a letter of credence and agree to the marriage alliance with the Li Tang Empire.”
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