"Li Xiang never meant to annex Goguryeo, not in the past, not now, and not in the future!" Gu Han said. "But Doctor Park, General Tan, Goguryeo will always be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, won't the two of you have an opinion on this?"

Park Zicheng and Tan Daozhen glanced at each other and nodded.

Goguryeo was originally a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty and had been paying tribute to the Tang court, but it was interrupted over the years.

"The Tang Dynasty also did not want to interfere in the internal affairs of Goguryeo." Gu Han said with a smile: "Even if any of you are the lord of the country, we don't want to interfere, but there is one thing, this lord must be canonized by the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, we will not recognize it." ”

Gu Han's sentence was carefully studied, and it was really a. What does it mean to not interfere in internal affairs? You have to admit who the head of the country is, so is it still called non-interference in internal affairs? When it is not necessary, I don't bother to pay attention to who you are, but when it is necessary, isn't it that I want to make whoever is the lord of the country, who is the proper and legitimate ruler of the country?

With such a big tail in his hand, he can pinch you whenever he wants.

"Good, so we're on the big picture." Gu Han said happily: "Then let's talk about the second point, Li Xiang asked the Tang Dynasty to have the right to garrison troops in Goguryeo." ”

"Didn't Gu Sima just say that he would not interfere in my country's internal affairs in the future? Why are you asking to station troops in our country again? Park Zicheng was full of color.

Gu Han said: "Doctor Park, first of all, this is for your sake." ”

Looking at Gu Han's innocent expression, Pu Zicheng said: "I have never heard of an independent country, and there are foreign garrisons. ”

Gu Han turned his face to the end, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Doctor Park, Li Xiang said that the Tang Dynasty will not interfere in the internal affairs of Goguryeo in the future, but you are still our vassal state, what is a vassal?" I'll be vulgar, that is, we are mothers, and you are sons. Now there is chaos around his son, there are many bandits, and his son's own force value is not very good. At this time, we, who are mothers, naturally want to help our son on the horse and send him on another ride, only until he is safe and strong, then this mother can rest assured. We don't want to leave it alone in the first place, and if Goguryeo is in chaos again, will we send a large army to protect you and quell the civil strife for you? If that's the case, it will not only cost a lot of money, but it will also suffer even more losses, not us, right? ”

Hearing such rude words, Park Zicheng's face suddenly turned pale with anger, and he couldn't speak, just panting heavily. Tan Daozhen glanced at Pu Zicheng and said in a low voice: "What Gu Sima said just now is that the Tang Dynasty's garrison in Goguryeo has a time limit. Once the peace in our country is over, the army will be withdrawn, right? ”

"That's pretty much what it means!" Gu Han nodded again and again: "Do you think our Tang Sergeant is not homesick?" Would you like to live in such a remote and cramped place without wanting to be reunited with your family? Naturally, as long as Goguryeo singing and dancing was leveled, the army withdrew. ”

"If that's the case, it's not that you can't think about it, but I think that neither I nor Dr. Park can make decisions about this matter, and we need to go back and tell the lord and the prime minister." Tan Dao Ji Dao.

"Yes." Seeing that the other party was relieved, Gu Han immediately put on a smiling face, "Since both sides have this will, let's talk about the location of the garrison." It's good that the two of you will tell you together. ”

"I don't know where Gu Sima has taken a fancy to?" Pu Zicheng took a deep breath, the size of the two sides is too disproportionate, and at this time, the lord of the country is in danger, if something really happens, the lord is gone, Datang can naturally canonize another lord in a grand manner, it is very likely that it is the current minister of state Tan Daoji, then there is really no room to clean up.

After all, the current lord of the country, Li Zaidao, was officially canonized by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Only then did he react, the point that Gu Han said first was a trick used to trap him firmly.

"Seoul, the capital of Goguryeo, was the garrison of the army. As for the cost of building a military camp, considering the current financial difficulties of Goguryeo, even if Zhang Zhongwu is expelled at that time, I am afraid that it will not be able to slow down in a short time. Gu Han said very generously.

But the two envoys were concerned about something else.

"What Gu Sima just said is the army, is it possible that the sailors will also be stationed?" Park asked loudly.

"Of course!" Gu Han took it for granted: "Is there still a sailor in Goguryeo?" Not at all! And the safety of the water, I'm afraid you are even more powerless. Although the combat effectiveness of your land division is a little worse now, there is no problem in dealing with ordinary thieves, but on the water, you are completely blank, in the past two years, if it weren't for our sailors swimming around the Goguryeo Sea, those pirates, the likes of the Waguan, would have gone ashore a long time ago, right? We have already thought about building a port in Incheon when the time comes, and our sailors will be stationed there to ensure the maritime security of Goguryeo. Rest assured, the cost of building the port is also our expense. When the sea is really safe, our sailors will naturally withdraw, and then you can still get a port for nothing, right? Such a good deed, such a grace, you really appreciate our Li Xiang's generosity and magnanimity. ”

This time, even Tan Daozhen was so angry that his face turned a little pale.

However, since the Lu division has been allowed to settle in, but with one more water division, it is just that there are more lice and no itching, and there are more debts without worrying. The only hope is that the country can be settled as soon as possible, and the other side can also be asked to withdraw its troops.

"There's one more thing you two need to know." Gu Han said: "We are stationing troops in your country, and that is for the security and stability of your country, and for the stability of your rule. Considering your country's financial difficulties, we have paid for the construction of ports and military camps ourselves, and in any case, the mother should pay some money for the son. But when you are a son, you can't always gnaw at the old, don't you say? So for the first two years, we paid for the garrison military expenses ourselves. But from the third year onwards, you will have to bear this military expenditure. Can't make us work hard and make us pay for it, right? ”

Pu Zicheng looked at Gu Han who was shameless and complacent, and asked after a while: "I heard that Gu Sima studied in Wuwei Academy and is a personal disciple of the Zhang family?" ”

"Exactly! The teacher's words and deeds, Gu someone dare not forget it for a while! Gu Han hurriedly turned around and hugged his fist in the direction of Wuyi.

Park Zicheng was completely speechless, and Tan Daozhen hung his head and clenched his fists.

It's a pity that people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

"If Li Xiang has any other requirements, Gu Sima will say them together, right?" Park Zicheng inhaled, inhaled again, calmed himself down strongly, and said to himself in his heart, don't be angry, don't be angry. The current situation is difficult, and when we get through this most difficult period, everything can always be discussed.

"When Zhang Zhongwu is expelled and Liaodi is recovered, of course we will help Goguryeo restore its economy." Gu Han smiled and said: "So Li Xiang proposed to encourage large-scale commercial exchanges between the two sides, the two sides do not levy each other's tariffs, and the people of the two countries can travel freely and do business freely. ”

Park Zicheng nodded, and finally heard something that was of substantial help to Goguryeo, it is conceivable that after driving away Zhang Zhongwu, what Goguryeo lacked most was silver, a large amount of silver money and a large number of materials, and Goguryeo's things wanted to be sold to the Tang Dynasty, if there were no tariffs, they could sell more things and make more money. If the common people of the two countries can do business freely, the Goguryeo merchants can go directly to the Tang Kingdom to get back more materials that Goguryeo needs, so as not to let those black-hearted merchants of the Tang Kingdom deliberately raise prices and seek huge profits.

"Li Xiang said that it is necessary to cultivate the feelings of both sides, so the Wuwei Academy of the Tang Dynasty will give Goguryeo a hundred places for free admission every year, and the two of them must also know the name of our Wuwei Academy, and when the time comes, these people can also become the pillars of your country, well, if they want to be officials in the Tang Dynasty, they are also guaranteed to be treated equally." Gu Han said with a smile.

"Thank you very much." Park Zicheng finally arched his hand this time and expressed his gratitude. Of course, he knows how difficult it is to get into Wuwei Academy, if it is really based on the exam, I am afraid that there are only one or two people in the whole country of Goguryeo who can be admitted, and what is taught there is the method of governing the world through the country, where a large number of Goguryeo talents enter, and return to the country after studying, it will naturally be of great help to the country. Even if these people stay in the Tang Dynasty as officials in the future, their hometown is Goguryeo after all, which will be of great help to the friendship between the two countries.

"These are all big frames. But with a big framework, it's much easier to go into detail later. The general direction is set, and the rest are some trivial matters, which are easy to solve, but it is only a matter of method. Gu Han didn't expect that this time the lion opened his mouth so easily to achieve his goal, and he was happy in his heart. However, it can also be seen from this detail that the other party is really a bit of a dead end.

This is very good, if it weren't for this, how could it seek greater benefits for Datang.

Next, let's discuss carefully how to kill Zhang Zhongwu! The first step, of course, is to kill the elite of the 10,000 Liao army of Zhang Chengyou in Goguryeo. ”