On the Golden Palace of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, the Turkic envoys and the ministers of the Tang Dynasty were discussing the matter of seeking peace.

Li Yuan first ascended to the throne, the Tang Dynasty is not very stable, just finished the war, and the treasury is empty, if there is a war with the Turks, there will definitely be a shortage of food and grass, and some of the generals left by the previous dynasty have not completely obeyed him, so if the war starts, then the Tang Dynasty will be in danger

It's at stake. Therefore, under the current circumstances, we can only negotiate peace with the Turks first, cultivate and recuperate, and raise troops.

Dear Your Majesty of the Tang Dynasty, this time we are sincere to talk about peace, our Khan's request for peace is to hope to make peace with the Tang Dynasty, our prince is willing to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty, and second, the Tang Dynasty must give us 100,000 taels of gold every year, and the third Tang Dynasty

We must pay a tribute of 100,000 horses of silk every year, and fourth: Datang must give us a tribute of 100,000 carts of porcelain every year. Fifth: Datang must pay us a tribute of 100,000 horses every year.

These five conditions, except for marrying a princess, any other condition needs to shake the country's foundation. Give it to them, and it will cut off your own way. What you need to recuperate is money and materials, and when these are gone, how can you fight the enemy.

No, resolutely no, you can't agree to anything. Some said that if there is a war, then it will be time for the common people to suffer, and the civilian officials will basically advocate peace, and the military attachés will take the lead in the war. Noisy.

The Turkic envoys smiled treacherously when they saw that the ministers of the Tang Dynasty were arguing. In fact, they all knew in their hearts that it was impossible for Datang to come up with so many things. Of the five conditions, they will be satisfied if they can meet three.

At this time, Yu Shinan came out and said to the Turkic envoys: Your conditions are too harsh, can you talk about it and reduce it?

We are not so unkind, knowing that Datang has just finished the war, and the treasury is not so rich. We are benevolent and know that Datang is full of talents, so today we have some problems, if Datang can solve one, then we can reduce one condition, how

。 The envoy said

After discussion, all the courtiers agreed that this could be agreed, and they would not suffer any loss, but if they didn't dare to agree, wouldn't it be an admission that Datang was incompetent?

Please tell us your problems, and we'll solve them for you. Datang is full of talents. Li Yuan said

At this time, the Turkic envoy took out a colorful square and said, "This thing is something that our country thought the merchant got by chance when he was doing business, and this big square is composed of many small squares, and these small squares can be turned

Demonstrate it to everyone with your hand, and then say, "All you need to do is turn these six sides to the same color." Which of you can do that?

I'll try it, and as he spoke, Li Jiancheng walked over and took the square and began to tinker with it, and after tinkering with a stick of incense, he still couldn't get it right, and his face became more and more ugly.

Yu Shinan saw it, then walked over and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, let Weichen try it."

Li Jiancheng handed the square thing to Yu Shinan.

Yu Shinan's hand also began to rotate after the result, and after a period of time, his face became more and more ugly, and he began to shake his head and said: Old and incompetent, I can't solve it.

At this time, Li Shimin came out, took the square thing from Yu Shinan's hand, looked at it for a while, and then began to rotate it, and after a while, one side was completed, all of them were the same color, and after a while, the noodles were completed, and all the ministers in the hall began to face

Rouse. However, the Turkic envoys were very calm and unhurried, and there were many people who could complete the three-sided, four-sided, and even roof-like thing in their place, and it was difficult to complete the uniform color on all six sides, the smartest people in their country

It took three years of research to complete, how could the Tang people be so smart, just look at it, and smile disdainfully when they think about it.

After a while, Li Shimin finished one side again, and at this time, these ministers were very happy, a little thing, how can I Datang. Someone whispered.

The Turks looked at the happy ministers and smiled silently.

But after a long time this time, I saw that Li Shimin's hand kept turning, but the face on his face became more and more ugly. Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, the joy on the faces of all the ministers slowly faded into worry.

After a while, Li Shimin returned the block in his hand to the Turkic envoy and said: I still haven't been able to solve this thing for a while. Then he turned his head and bowed to Li Yuan and returned to his place.

Li Yuan looked at all the ministers present, but everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak.

At this time, the Turkic envoy stood up again and said: "Your Majesty the Tang Dynasty, we will not ask your country to solve the problem immediately, we will give you seven days, you can find your most intelligent and powerful people in your country, and we will still be there in seven days."

What do you think of this great hall?

Okay, that's it, Li Yuan said.

We can tell you the questions first, and you will tell us the answers in seven days. The Turks said

So can you tell me the next topic? Li Jiancheng said to the Turkic envoy

At this time, a tall and thin Turkic man with a high nose stood up and said: Datang people love dance and ink, and I also like Datang culture.

After he said this, all the Tang Dynasty ministers looked disdainful, comparing poetry pairs with them, wouldn't it be a big knife in front of Guan Gong?

Can you please ask the question? Yu Shinan asked

Okay, my uplink is very simple, just five words: "Three Lights, Sun, Moon and Star," the Turkic said

Everyone began to look down and think, this is indeed extremely difficult. "Three rays, sun, moon and stars", the word "three" is used in the upper link, and the lower link should not be repeated. And there are only three words under the "three lights", then, no matter which number you use to match, the following follows

The number of words, either more than three or less than three.

Your country does not need to rush to the lower link,

Our third question is: There are 100 mares and 100 ponies, and there is a way to find out their mother-child relationship.

The fourth question is: We will arrange a hundred women with the same makeup, costumes, and figures, and our princess is also among them, and you need to find our princess, there is only one chance.

The fifth question is: If you can find the princess in the fourth question, then our princess will compete with your Datang luthier to play the piano, and if you can't do the fourth question, you will lose the fifth question.

The Turkic envoys gave all the topics one by one.

The ministers in the Golden Palace all bowed their heads and pondered, including Li Yuan himself, who was also frowning.

The Turkic envoys looked at the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they all showed ugly expressions on their faces, and said with an indifferent smile: "Dear Your Majesty of the Tang Dynasty, we will leave the problem here today, and we will come back in seven days, and now we will go back to the post station to rest."

Go, the envoy has come from afar, he should be tired, go back. Li Yuan said with a wry smile on his face

After the Turkic envoys left, Li Yuan looked at the ministers in the hall, all of them shook their heads, looked at Li Jiancheng and then at Li Shimin, and understood in their hearts that each of the five problems made by the Turks could solve one of the five problems present.

The dignified country of the Tang Dynasty is full of talents, but it was stumped by a few questions of the little Turks, which not only lost Li Yuan's face, but also lost the face of the entire Tang Dynasty. If you can't answer a single question

Come, and in the future, I will send so many gold and silver cloths.

Prince, King Qin, the first four questions, the two of you are each responsible for two questions, no matter what method you use, you must solve it, if you can't solve it, then you are responsible for the property that needs to be given to the Turks, if you can solve it, I will have a heavy reward. The last question is more than the piano art

Cui Jiu come on, he is the first piano sound in Datang, I believe it will not stump him. Let's do it first, retreat. Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin and said.

Everyone bowed down in unison, and then left the main hall one after another.