Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Heaven-Sent Opportunity: The Secret of Goguryeo
Quan Wensheng looked at Gao Yuqi hatefully, and was not of the same mind as him, although he refused Li Tai's request, but the wording was soft and half-pushed, which was far from his tough attitude of refusal.
Li Tai is cunning like a ghost, so doesn't this imply that Li Tai has broken each one?
Or maybe the two are in cahoots and have agreed on some shady things behind their backs?
Seeing that Li Tai's words were resolute and his attitude was three points tougher than his own, Quan Wensheng had no choice but to bow his head and say: "Your Highness, fifty miles is not fortified, and the border between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty is more than 400 miles, and the radius is 20,000 miles!"
The land within a radius of 20,000 miles wants Goguryeo to give it up, which ...... It is difficult for a small envoy to die!
The Tang Dynasty, the upper kingdom, Goguryeo, and the minister of the lower state.
Your Highness is so bullying the weak and cutting down the state, isn't he afraid that the Tubo, Western Regions, Turkic, and Xue Yantuo tribes will be frightened? ”
A radius of 20,000 li is more than 10,000 square kilometers, and this number of Goguryeo is indeed painful.
Li Tai sneered: "In the bitter cold land of Liaodong, if you say that a radius of 20,000 li is a radius of 100,000 li, what benefit will my Tang Dynasty gain?"
This fifty-mile undefended zone is not only to punish the ambitions of Goguryeo and the Wolves, but also to prevent the Tang Dynasty from being stabbed in the back by Goguryeo and the Wolves when dealing with Xue Yantuo.
The conditions of the Tang Dynasty have been opened, whether it should or should not be, it all depends on Goguryeo's thoughts.
Hundreds of thousands of Tang sabers have been unsheathed, if Goguryeo knows and is interested, the army will naturally follow the original plan and let the Great Wall sword point at Xue Yantuo! ”
He narrowed his eyes and said with a fierce look of compassion: "Hey, if Goguryeo doesn't comply, it proves that Goguryeo harbors evil intentions for the Tang Dynasty!"
These hundreds of thousands of troops can only clean up Goguryeo first, so as to ensure that there are no worries! ”
This is a half-truth, after the Eastern Turks were killed by the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo took advantage of the situation to rise, and his great khan Yi Nan swelled so much that he made waves in Mobei and provoked constantly.
Where can the violent temper of the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers get used to him, Lao Li made a decisive move, and ordered Li Tao to command the army last year, and united with the Eastern Turk Ashina Simo to beat Yi Nan.
The war ended with Xue Yantuo suing for peace, but although Xue Yantuo was defeated, his foundation was still there, and he was still a powerful force that could not be ignored in Mobei, and the threat to the Tang Dynasty made Lao Li Mang stab him in the back.
Now that the situation in Mobei is temporarily calm, Xue Yantuo is licking his wounds, the restored Eastern Turks are trembling, and the entire army of the Tang Dynasty is waiting for an opportunity to give Yi Nan a hard blow.
They are all mixed in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and Goguryeo is naturally aware of the international situation north of the Great Wall, if Goguryeo provokes the Tang Dynasty too much and forces the Tang army to turn its guns, then it will really want to cry without tears.
Quan Wensheng's angry expression disappeared slightly, and he turned to plead in a sad way: "Your Highness Mingjian, if there is no defense for such a big thing within a radius of thousands of miles, the foreign minister cannot be the master, and he can only reply after the agreement between the lord of the country and Mo Lizhi." ”
Li Tai said impatiently: "If you can't be the master, don't be the master, when will it be Goguryeo's turn to beak when the Tang Dynasty acts?!"
Lone emphasizes again, you have three days to think about it, and if there is no reply to Datang after three days, you will send troops to Liaodong!
Remember, this is Datang's ultimatum and not a consultation with you!
Honglu Temple, send-off! ”
Honglu Siqing sent all the envoys out of the hall with a solemn face, and Quan Wensheng and Gao Yuqi turned around step by step out of the Xuanzheng Palace.
Beji Changxing looked at Li Tai again and again, and then looked at Quan Wensheng's back in fear, and finally followed without saying a word.
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After the envoy left, Li Shimin left his eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng, San Li, Zhang Jian, and Cheng Yanjin, and several people continued to discuss follow-up matters.
Li Shimin sighed and said: "Qingque'er, your performance today is like a villain in the market, where is the appearance of a prince of the Tang Dynasty."
A good diplomatic affair will make you eat alive and look like a bandit.
If I hadn't promised you beforehand that everything would be up to you, I would never have allowed you to act so recklessly! ”
Although Lao Li is domineering, throughout his life, in foreign affairs, whether it is diplomacy or conquest of barbarians, he has never taken the initiative to provoke other countries for no reason.
For the sake of the interests of the Tang Dynasty, he did everything to calculate the affairs of the vassals, and Lao Li and the Tang Dynasty monarchs never disdained it.
This is a typical traditional Chinese concept of defensive and counterattack diplomacy, which must pay attention to the fame, courtesy, and courtesy of the teacher in everything, and value the face of the Celestial Empire more than the interests.
As for the so-called diplomacy in which the aliens abused me thousands of times after the Tang Dynasty, and I treated the aliens like my first love, to put it mildly, it was no longer diplomacy!
Li Taizheng said: "My father's words are wrong, and the matter of diplomatic relations with foreign envoys is a comprehensive game of the country's comprehensive national strength.
If you can obtain huge national interests without harming a single soldier, what if your sons are eaten alive, extorted and robbed, and bear the infamy of the ages?
The sages have clouds, and the people are suffering; Death, the people suffer! ’
If the people can suffer less from the swords and soldiers, and the soldiers can have less tragedies buried in other places, the sons are also willing to be pointed out by thousands of people! ”
These words made Li Shimin's monarchs and ministers fall into silence, the founding monarchs and ministers of every dynasty, because they have experienced the chaos in the world and seen the suffering of the people and have no way out, and finally exposed the harm caused to the rule of the dynasty, more or less will have the idea of being close to the people and sympathizing with the people.
Li Tai's selfish diplomatic viewpoint without any international morality, while attacking the diplomatic concept of Lao Li and others, everyone had to admit that this was a strategy that was beneficial to the country.
Zhang Jian was the first time to discuss the country with Li Tai in private, and he had not yet adapted to Li Tai's style, and sighed: "A good one, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer! ’
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Our group of old bones and dead people have been rolling in the pile for decades, but they have not seen it thoroughly without His Royal Highness King Qin.
Yes, if my Tang soldiers are immortal and the people don't have to bear heavy conscription, they can make foreign races surrender and gain huge benefits, and the ministers are willing to be a villain who cheats and abducts for the sake of Datang!
However, the old man really couldn't think of any sage who had said such compassionate words, and asked His Highness to give him advice, otherwise the old man would not be able to sleep tonight. ”
The plague god has already walked cleanly, and everyone present understands that Li Tai will be relocated to the king of Qin in two days, and he is commensurate with the king of Qin in private.
"Haha, it doesn't matter who said it, Zhang Gong has this consciousness that I don't go to hell and who goes to hell, which is the blessing of the people of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Tai wiped his sweat, of course you haven't heard the words of the Yuan Dynasty.
Li Tao said: "King Qin, today's events are full of evil energy from the inside out, why does the old man feel that you have already laid out your pockets, just waiting for Goguryeo and the Tatar people to drill in?"
There are no aliens here, can you give a bottom and let our group of old men take a reassuring pill and be more down-to-earth? ”
Li Shimin said with a smile: "Nan Gong is right, there are only Tang monarchs and ministers here, and now that the lid has been lifted, you can tell everyone about your little fox's plan." ”
Li Tai also smiled: "Father and Cheng Gong are also clear about this matter, so it's better for you and Cheng Gong to talk about it." ”
"Do you want to tell me?" Li Shimin didn't pick up Li Tai's stubble, and ordered Cheng to bite Jin's general.
Cheng Biting Jin was unusually today, his mouth was firmly sewn and he didn't say a word.
At this time, he shook his head again and again and said: "Your Majesty is laughing, this matter is planned by His Royal Highness King Qin, and the ministers only know one and don't know the other, and it is not beautiful to make jokes."
King Qin, you are a little tired, tell the big guys to understand, the old man is also very itchy about your future plans. ”
Li Tai smiled and shook his head and looked at Cheng Biting Jin, the old man was like a mirror in his heart, he gags with himself and Lao Li on weekdays, and he is willing to be the background at critical moments.
If he doesn't know whether to steal the limelight of King Qin, the emperor's small shoes will be enough for at least a year.
It is absolutely no accident that this goods can live to the end of his eighty years of life, and he can still be in command of the army when he is dying.
Putting away his thoughts, Li Tai said: "Uncles, this matter has indeed been planned for a long time.
Since the First Battle of Kunlunju, Tai has made up his mind to get rid of Goguryeo, which is of course a personal enmity between Quan Wensheng and Tai, but the root cause is that we are facing a God-given opportunity! ”
"A godsend?
What do you mean by that?
Qingque, you also understand that the main opponent of the Tang Dynasty is Xue Yantuo, and Goguryeo can't take care of it for the time being, and the old man doesn't think that now is a good time to destroy Goguryeo. ”
The eldest grandson Wuji was dissatisfied with Li Tai and Cheng Yanjin's plan to destroy the country, and his uncle didn't know about it, and only participated in the insignificant role in the second half.
Although what he said was true, it did not mean that Li Tai and Cheng were biting the golden cold water.
Li Tai knew it and said with a smile: "What my uncle said is reasonable, and Tai also thought so that day.
Quan Wensheng plotted against me, and he hated that he couldn't break his body into ten thousand pieces, and in addition to being furious, he could only plan in the long run because of the identity of the other party's envoy.
Then I found Cheng Gong to listen to the news, Cheng Gong was the governor of Youzhou, and he knew a lot about the affairs of Liaodong.
After going all out, let's get a clean look at the bottom of the Goguryeo people, hehe, guess what?
It doesn't matter if you don't check, we've got an amazing secret! ”
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