Chapter 696: Jieli Comes Again
Li Chengqian quickly went to the Taiji Palace, and at this time the palace was already full of civil and military officials.
As soon as they saw Li Chengqian's appearance, they saluted together.
"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Humane.
"Why are you still outside and not going in?"
Seeing that everyone didn't mean to go in, it made people very confused.
Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty hasn't come here yet, just let us wait here first." ”
Li Chengqian asked, "Oh? So why did you let this king come this time? ”
Li Chengqian was a little unhappy, because he was still dating Wu Zetian, and he was called over like this, and he was more or less unhappy in his heart.
Du Ruhui said: "I heard that the Turks have a messenger, and Your Majesty has not yet been free to come out to see him." ”
Li Chengqian's first reaction was Tuli.
"Turkic? But the Turks sent people? ”
Fang Xuanling said: "No, it's Jieli!" ”
"At this time, he sent a messenger, it must not be a good thing! Let's see how this king responds! ”
Li Chengqian said.
He is now the backbone of Datang, and his decisions are often the most important and correct.
He is also the only person who can make a decision except for Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty orders the ministers to enter the meeting!"
At this time, a small yellow door ran out and shouted.
After everyone looked at each other, they entered the court.
When they entered it, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat on the upper seat.
"Ministers meet Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen!"
The ministers shouted.
"Erchen greets Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen!"
Li Chengqian also saluted.
"Excuse me!"
Li Shimin waved his hand.
"Today, a messenger has come to my Tang Dynasty, and I will meet with all Aiqing and others!"
"Yes! Your Majesty! ”
And Li Shimin then said: "Let the messenger come in!" ”
Xiao Huangmen shouted at the top of his voice: "Xuanjieli envoy is here!" ”
A moment later, a strangely dressed middle-aged man entered the court.
"The Turkic envoy Paleken has seen His Majesty the King of Tang!"
The emissary's tone was flat, and there was not enough sincerity to exist.
For now, the Turks and the Tang Dynasty are enemies, and there is no need to give too much sincerity.
But because of this guy's performance, everyone is also very unhappy with him.
"What is the matter with Jieli looking for my Datang?"
Li Chengqian said directly.
Unexpectedly, Na Paleken ignored Li Chengqian's existence.
"Who are you? Palegen only talked to the Tang king. ”
This guy obviously doesn't train the prince.
Li Chengqian didn't say anything yet, but Cheng Yanjin couldn't bear it.
"Bold, you dare to be rude to me towards the crown prince Li Chengqian, believe it or not, Lao Cheng, I'll cut you now!"
When Paleken heard this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and said:
"Prince? But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, who advocated the wool trade? ”
This is awesome, Li Chengqian is really famous, and the Turks hundreds of kilometers away know his deeds.
This is not surprising, like the Khitans also know the same?
Li Chengqian thought in his heart, I really don't want to be famous! But in fact, he is famous.
"What? Does Datang still have a second prince? ”
Li Chengqian said angrily.
"Disrespectful!"
Palegen suddenly became respectful, which had never been done before.
You must know that he has no respect for Li Shimin and Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian glanced at Li Shimin and Empress Eldest Sun.
I didn't see anything unusual, after all, his reputation outside may have surpassed that of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin didn't have anything unusual?
But it was Empress Eldest Sun who saw where it was.
Then he said: "Gao Ming's reputation spreads far, the better his reputation, the greater His Majesty's heavenly prestige!" ”
With this explanation, Li Shimin wants to be angry, but he is afraid that he can't be angry.
After all, Li Chengqian is his own son, and no matter how awesome he is, he is also his own son.
Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin had no special reaction.
Then he said to Paleken: "Paleken, do you think this king has the qualifications to listen to what Jieli wants to say?" ”
"The prince of the Tang Dynasty, please call Jieli Khan!"
"It's not important to be called, let's say, what does Jieli want to do?"
Li Chengqiancai doesn't care what kind of khan he can't khan, everyone is an enemy, and he still wants to be honored by you? What a joke.
"I, Jieli Khan, learned that the Khitans had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so I wanted to exchange the Liang division for all the surrendered Khitans and territories."
As soon as Li Chengqian heard this, he knew what was going on.
So he said coldly:
"Hmph, you khans really want to exchange a useless person for the Khitan? It's too whimsical. ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, on this matter, Paleken wants to hear what King Tang means, not your opinion."
Paleken also knew that Li Shimin was higher than Li Chengqian, so he said so.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin said: "The meaning of being clever is the meaning of me!" Everything is determined by a clever meaning, can you understand? ”
"What!"
Palegen was very puzzled, how Datang was like this.
How can there be a prince who is more awesome than the emperor!
Li Jing explained directly: "This is the Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty are of the same heart, so that the Tang Dynasty can be so strong!" Therefore, the meaning of the prince is the meaning of His Majesty, understand? ”
At this moment, everyone is constantly refreshing Paleken's cognition.
It is not so much that Li Shimin let Li Chengqian behave, it is better to say that Li Shimin does not want to talk to Paleken, he just needs to be high, and let Li Chengqian deal with the rest.
No matter how awesome the messenger is, he is just a messenger.
"What else do you have to say now, Paleken?"
"Please give my Khan a reason!"
"Reason? It's a simple reason. The Khitan tribe is a different race from your Turks, and now come to submit to my Datang, what reason do you have to ask for it! Liang Shidu was originally a Han man in the Central Plains, occupying my Tang land, oppressing my Tang people, the Turks accepted him and sheltered him, the Tang Dynasty raised troops to crusade against Liang Shidu, you always sent troops to rescue, Liang has been like a fish swimming in a kettle, sooner or later we will be wiped out. Even if he can't be eliminated for a while, he will not be exchanged for the surrendered Khitan people. Not to mention the land! Does this king make sense? Do you understand? ”
Li Chengqian's remarks won the unanimous agreement of everyone.
That's right, Liang Shidu is also not a good climate, why can he be a bargaining chip?
"Is there no room for negotiation?"
Palegen asked.
"Leeway? Yes, yes? It just depends on whether you are willing to accept it? The so-called diplomacy and trading are based on the basis of your affection and my willingness, and this room depends on our conditions, can you agree? If you can, it's all good to talk about! ”
When Li Chengqian said this, Paleken was puzzled.
But the ministers could already foresee that Li Chengqian was going to dig a pit for the Turks to jump again.
In Li Chengqian's view, Datang will never suffer.
Everyone also wanted to know what Li Chengqian wanted to do and why there was still room for maneuver.