Li You asked curiously: "Uncle, you are brainless in your speech, what is it, why did I harm others?" ”

Li Daozong was even more unhappy when he saw his innocent face, and he said, "Your Highness, what are you doing, pretending to be stupid?" ”

In fact, Li You knew what he said, and he still regrets this matter. At the beginning, he knew that Li Xueyan had some affection for him, but this cousin's was not suitable. According to historical records, he wanted to find a good marriage for Li Xueyan, so he facilitated her meeting with Songtsam Ganbu, and sure enough, the two of them did become a couple.

There is another reason why Li You did this, he didn't think of attacking Tubo at that time, but just hoped that as in history, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo would keep peace, so that this marriage would still be a good marriage.

Unfortunately, the situation was stronger than people, and he didn't realize that things would develop to this point at the time.

This matter is also related to Li Ke, he saw that Li You married a lot of foreign princesses, and he also moved this mind, and under the operation of Quan Wanji, he married a princess in Nepal.

There is a very strange phenomenon in history, all the great powers in the world have the same attitude towards their subjects, they are all shearing sheep. The vassal state had to pay tribute to the suzerain, and every year it had to hand over a large amount of goods, provide beautiful women, and labor labor.

For example, the Southern Song Dynasty declared itself a vassal to the Dajin Kingdom and had to hand over a large number of New Year's coins every year.

This is not the case with the Han Chinese.

For example, the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty had many vassal states, and every year they would symbolically pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty with a pitiful amount of goods, and the Tang Dynasty boasted of being a great power, a state of etiquette, and rewarded vassals far more than those tributes. And even gratuitously aiding so-called friendly countries.

After having a large number of vassal states, make peace with them, give them property, and just ask them to submit superficially and not make trouble.

This kind of behavior of slapping a swollen face and becoming fat is really not good or bad.

Take Tibet as an example, after the Tang Dynasty made peace with Songtsan Ganbu, Princess Wencheng brought a large number of advanced culture of the Tang Dynasty and the most advanced science and technology at that time to Tibet, which quickly improved the level of science and technology and culture of the entire Tibet, and helped Tibet progress from a backward slave country to a semi-slave and semi-feudal country. After the Tubo became strong, after the death of Songtsan Ganbu, there were many wars with the Tang Dynasty, during and after the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo took the opportunity to control the eighteen prefectures of Longyou and the four towns of Anxi, and once captured Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

This policy of the Tang Dynasty was later when the national power declined, and all the vassal states betrayed the Tang Dynasty.

However, in the current situation of the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty, there are still benefits.

Tibet is poor, Nepal has to hand over a large amount of property to Tibet every year to pay tribute, but also to provide women, labor, wars and send troops. The heavy burden makes them miserable.

If Nepal submits to the Tang Dynasty, it will not only be relieved of a heavy burden, but also get a lot of benefits, and whoever becomes the king of Nepal, he will also choose the Tang Dynasty. Choice, Nepal has Li Ke's way, so he climbed the big tree of the Tang Dynasty, broke away from the control of Tubo, and turned to submit to the Tang Dynasty became a powerful driving force.

Li You contacted Li Ke, and in order to strengthen Nepal's determination to switch to the Tang Dynasty, after reporting to Li Shimin for approval, Li Ke had already sent a southern expeditionary army to Nepal to settle down.

For the same reason, Wang Xuance's strategy against other vassals of Tibet was also relatively smooth.

Li You's thinking was based on the lessons of history, and he also provided help to his vassals, but the goal was to annex them eventually.

Li You said to Li Daozong: "Uncle, I won't pretend to be stupid with you, let's talk about this issue today." ”

Li Daozong didn't look for Li You to settle accounts, he knew Li Shimin's thoughts, and it was certain that Tubo would surrender, and it was really no wonder that Li You was in this matter. He just wanted Li You to find a way not to let his daughter Li Xueyan suffer in the future.

He said, "Your Highness, Snow Goose is your cousin, you can't ignore it." ”

Li You said: "The matter of Sister Snow Goose is my business, in fact, I also regret this matter, and I didn't expect that things would develop to this point." Let me ask you, do you think the snow goose is suitable for Songtsam ganbu? If you don't feel right, it's too late to regret it. ”

Speaking of which, Li Daozong was really a little unhappy, he had already seen that his daughter liked Songtsan ganbu, if they were to be separated, Li Xueyan would probably be very painful.

Besides, now that the whole world knows that he Li Daozong is going to marry Songtsan Ganbu, and in the end he can't get it done, where will he Li Daozong's face go?

He said, "Your Highness, is it appropriate for you to say this?" ”

Li You said: "I understand, the snow goose girl likes Songtsam ganbu. In that case, we still have to make this marriage happen. ”

Li Daozong said: "The minister is looking for you to come up with ideas. ”

Li You scratched his head and said, "I won't tell you, this is really a troublesome matter. However, no matter how troublesome things are, we must also get a good result.

Let's talk about what the best outcome is, and then work towards it. ”

Li Daozong asked: "Can't our Tang Dynasty maintain the status quo with Tibet?" ”

Li You asked, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

Li Daozong thought about it carefully and shook his head silently. After a while, he said, "Your Highness, just say, what should I do?" ”

Li You said: "The best result is for Songtsan Ganbu to accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, and Tusbo to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty." ”

This matter is obvious. The war in Goguryeo is about to end, and next, Li Shimin's mind will be used on the Taishan Zen Ceremony.

This is one thing that Li Shimin is most proud of. If anyone gives him eye medicine at this time to make him unhappy, with Li Shimin's pride and the huge national strength of the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely be a killer.

Therefore, the best result at present is that Songtsan Ganbu can surrender to the Tang Dynasty, so that Li Shimin will feel comfortable and will not immediately attack Tusbo.

With Songtsen Ganbu's current situation, this is probably the best outcome. If Songtsen Ganbu can surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty and Tubo are at peace, this marriage is also a very good choice.

Li Daozong was still a little worried, worried that it would affect Songtsen Ganbu's feelings for Li Xueyan.

Although Li Daozong didn't say it, Li You also knew what he was worried about, and he comforted: "It shouldn't be, Songtsam Ganbu and the Snow Goose Sister are in love, and this result is not caused by her, Songtsam Ganbu is also a heroic husband, and it will not affect his feelings for the Snow Goose sister."

Besides, if Tusbo can really surrender to the Tang Dynasty, in order to maintain relations with the Tang Dynasty, Songtsam Ganbu should take more care of the Snow Goose Sisters and promote friendship with the Tang Dynasty. ”

When Li Daozong heard him say this, he was in a much better mood. He also understands this truth - the weaker Tubo is, the more he cares about the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, and the higher Li Xueyan's status, the better his life will be.

He said, "Of course that's good, but can Songtsen ganbu accept it?" ”

Li You smiled: "I'm afraid things can't help him." He's a smart guy and I think he'll accept it eventually. Of course, we need to work together to achieve this result. ”

Li Daozong asked: "Said: "Your Highness, what do you need the minister to do?" ”8)