Li You was very enthusiastic, and he said to Queen Jindeman: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are getting younger and younger. ”

Jindeman saw Li You in front of him, stronger than 3 years ago, his handsome face was full of the mature charm of male xing, not only that, but also a kind of domineering that had been in the top position for a long time.

She said: "Your Royal Highness the King of Qi, thank you to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and thank you for personally leading the army to relieve the siege of Silla. ”

Li You smiled and said: "Your Majesty is polite, Silla was originally a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and it is appropriate to rescue you." ”

In fact, Silla originally claimed to be a vassal to the Sui Dynasty of the Central Plains Dynasty, but after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Silla did not pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and supported sending people to copy the dynasty to meet Li Shimin, verbally expressing his submission to the Tang Dynasty, and did not sign a formal agreement.

As soon as Li You said this, Jindeman suddenly felt bad. She smiled and said: "Your Highness is joking, I, the friendly country of Silla and your Tang Dynasty, am very grateful for your help from the Tang Dynasty." ”

Her attitude is very kind, but she shows her attitude in her words - the Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty, and my Silla Kingdom is independent.

In order to clear up her relationship with the Tang Dynasty, she nodded slightly and motioned for the prime minister to come out and speak.

The fat prime minister said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, Her Majesty the Queen of my family, in order to express my gratitude to the Tang Dynasty. This time, I specially brought 200,000 quintals of grain and 500,000 Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty, as well as some gifts for His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness. ”

Li You smiled and said, "In this way, on behalf of my father, I thank Her Majesty the Queen."

Kindman said: "In this case, just after the big war, there are still many tedious things in this kingdom that need to be dealt with urgently, so I will go back first." ”

Li You smiled and said: "I'm not busy, I have already prepared a sumptuous reception banquet for Her Majesty the Queen, and His Majesty the Queen still has to give me this point."

Besides, I still have a lot to say to Her Majesty alone, our army has just conquered Baekje, and I still don't know how to govern the people here.

The people of Baekje and the people of Silla are of the same race, and Her Majesty has a wealth of experience in governing Silla. ”

Jindeman heard what Li You said, although she was eager to get out, but she didn't dare to mention it at this time, she said: "If His Royal Highness King Qi needs it, this king is willing to help with this." ”

Li You smiled: "Then I will thank Her Majesty the Queen." ”

After speaking, he said to Cheng Chuliang: "Sima Cheng, Her Majesty will live in the Governor's Palace in the future, and you will be responsible for Her Majesty's safety." If anything goes wrong, I'm going to punish you. ”

Cheng Chuliang hurriedly got up and said: "Don't worry, the prince will protect Her Majesty the Queen and the ministers will definitely protect it tightly, even a sparrow will not be able to fly in, and no one will hurt Her Majesty." ”

The prime minister knew the meaning of their words: that is, if a sparrow could not fly in, then it would be impossible for a person to go out.

Queen Kindman and Jae glanced at each other, ready to discuss how to get out of danger when they returned.

Next, Li You held a grand reception dinner for Queen Jindeman and others.

The day after the dinner, Li You did not show up.

On the third day, Li You still did not appear.

Queen Kindman was really in a hurry. She sent the prime minister to find Cheng Chuliang and asked, "Where is your Royal Highness King Qi?" Why haven't you seen him for a few days? ”

Cheng Chuliang said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has gone to the front line to survey the terrain. ”

The prime minister "chuckled" in his heart and asked, "Where did His Royal Highness King Qi go?" ”

Cheng Chuliang said: "I don't know about this, he may have gone to the Goguryeo border, or maybe he went to the Silla border." My official position is too low, and I can't know such important news. ”

The prime minister said: "Since His Royal Highness King Qi will not come back for a while, then, Her Majesty the Queen of my family will leave." When His Royal Highness King Qi returns, please tell him that Her Majesty the Queen of my family welcomes him to the palace of Silla Jinseong. ”

"Wait, Prime Minister. Please inform Her Majesty that you cannot leave here for the time being. Now Baekje has just returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the law and order situation is still very chaotic.

My lord has explained, I must protect your safety. If something happens to you, I can't afford to be responsible. ”

When Queen Kindman came, she brought with her a guard of 500 people, all of whom were elite warriors of Silla, and the prime minister thought that he could protect Her Majesty's safety.

So he said, "You don't have to worry about this, we have our own ways to ensure the safety of Her Majesty."

Cheng Chuliang said: "This is not good, without the order of His Royal Highness King Qi, no one is allowed to step out of the Governor's Palace." ”

The Prime Minister had no choice but to go back and report to Her Majesty.

Next, Cheng Chuliang simply disarmed Queen Silla's guards, and then put Queen Silla and others under house arrest in the guest house.

In fact, Li You did not leave the Governor's Palace, he was in the Mansion of the Marshal of the Eastern Route Army in the courtyard next door.

Hou Junji said with a smile: "Your Highness, Her Majesty the Queen is next door, and you don't want to talk to others?" ”

Li You smiled embarrassedly.

Don't look at Li You's ruthlessness, he forcibly put the Queen of Silla under house arrest, but let him bully the queen in front of him and force the queen to agree to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty, he still can't do such a thing.

But he didn't need to do such an embarrassing thing himself.

On this day, Wang Xuance and Sima Jiong came to meet the fat prime minister of Silla, and from then on, one of the two sang red face and the other sang white face, and began negotiations with Silla.

After 12 days of negotiations, Queen Kindman was forced to settle terms with the Tang Dynasty.

1. Silla maintained a high degree of autonomy and maintained its original political system, except for the military and foreign authorities.

2. The status and title of the Silla royal family shall be retained until the queen is 100 years later, when the royal title will be abolished, and the successor will be canonized by the imperial court as the king of the county, and the title can be inherited from generation to generation.

3. According to the total amount of cultivated land, 1/5 of the same amount of taxes in the interior of the Tang Dynasty shall be paid to the household department every year.

4. Free trade between the Silla region and all parts of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty was a country with multiple systems, with a system of counties and counties in the interior, a system of feudal states, a system of vassal states, a system of governors, and now an autonomous region system.

Liaodong, Yingzhou.

Li Shimin received a letter from Li You and said with a smile: "My son, there is really a way, in such a short time, he actually defeated Baekje and Silla." ”

General Li Jing praised sincerely: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Qi fights a war based on wisdom, not just military strategy, but what he called the military, political and economic integrated war, it seems that this method is more effective than a simple military crusade."

However, the minister is old, and the minister may not be able to learn these methods of His Royal Highness King Qi. Hehe. ”

Li Ji admired Li You's resourcefulness very much, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister has carefully studied the overall strategy proposed by His Royal Highness the King of Qi to conquer Goguryeo, and feels that it is an effective method. The minister suggested that it be adopted. ”

Li Shimin was originally worried that the Tang army would suffer too many casualties due to the stubborn resistance of the Goguryeo people, but after analyzing Li You's proposal, he also thought it was feasible.

He smiled: "This time, let's take Li You's method of fighting as one." I am also looking forward to seeing the Goguryeo people surrender with hunger. Ha ha. ”

At the beginning of September, Li You called Hou Junji, Zhang Liang and others and said to them: "The next thing is up to the two of you, I want to leave here and go to do another thing." ”