Chapter 32: The Banquet Proceeds (1)
After the Turkic Sacrifice Ceremony of Sacrifice to the Heavens, Emperor Taishang was taken down by the palace people, changed into regular clothes again, cleaned up, and prepared to go to the Linde Palace.
The Lundeok Hall has always been the palace's largest entertainment venue, and has always been used for banquets.
The protagonists of the palace banquet have always been those dozen people, and the supporting roles will change every time, but today's protagonists have added dozens of people, that is, the envoys of various states, Jieli Khan, and the former Empress Xiao of Sui.
Sitting at the top of the place, Li Yuan felt that the civil official column was a little strange, and after being told by the tea smoke next to him, he learned that Du Ruhui and Du Xiang were not feeling well this morning, and hurriedly returned to the house after worshipping the sky.
The banquet was hearty, and the ministers surrounded the British Duke Li Ji, the Duke of Weiguo Li Jing, and the fierce general Su Dingfang this time, and they toasted one after another, talking about how a few people showed their might to destroy the Turkic Yunyun.
In addition, some generals are easy to brag when they drink high, and wantonly belittle the Turks, and finally annoyed the Western Turkic envoy Mo Keduo who was on the side, and he said in broken Chinese: "Respected Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, although the Khan of my Ashina Department is not as good as Tang Yong and the four seas, but the Ashina Department has millions of people, and there are still more than 300,000 Turkic wolves to ride, starting from Yinshan in the east, reaching Dashi in the west, touching Tibet in the south, and reaching Tianshan in the north are all the grasslands of my Ashinabu. ”
When the Eastern and Western Turks separated, the Western Turks were still relatively weak, but after decades of development, the Western Turks encompassed the entire Western Regions.
Moreover, the Tang Dynasty defeated the Eastern Turks, relying on strange soldiers, they did not think that the Tang Dynasty soldiers could face the Turkic wolf cavalry, and all those who wanted to block them in front of the Turkic wolf cavalry were torn to pieces!
After finishing speaking, Mo Keduo's tone slowed down a little, bowed slightly, and said: "Tongye Hu Khan once wanted to make peace with your country in the first year of Zhenguan, but because Mo Helu, a traitor to Ashina, you and I left regrets, and I went to Tang State under the order of Ye Hu Khan, and I am willing to continue the agreement between the two countries with His Majesty the Emperor and make peace." ”
In the second year of Zhenguan, Tongye Hu Khan was killed by his uncle Mo Hedu, and then Mo Helu established himself as Khan, but because most of the people in Ashina did not obey him, he supported the heir of Tongye Hu Khan, that is, the Khan of Wanton Yehu.
And this rebellion of the Western Turks did not end until the fourth year of Zhenguan, so the Western Turks could not take into account the fact that the Eastern Turks were exterminated by Li Jing.
"And pro? Ashina is indeed a Turkic rebellion, and Ben Khan has long thought that you are unreliable, and he hates that he failed to lead a large army to destroy you at that time. Jieli Khan's face turned red, and he pointed at Mo Keduo and cursed.
But he didn't scold for long, and after being glared at by Li Shimin, he immediately retracted his stupid body, kneading and tearing the roasted whole sheep in his hands, and pouring a sip of wine from time to time.
If you want to have such a good banquet in the future, I am afraid it will not be easy.
"And pro?" Li Shimin looked at the envoys of the Western Turks and smiled slightly, he was ready to cultivate for a few years, and then destroy the Western Turks again, the Western Turks were entrenched in the Western Regions for an unknown period of time, and he was not used to seeing the Silk Road, a source of wealth.
As for the pro-woman, just choose a palace maid to marry when the time comes.
However, he was not allowed to talk about these things at the banquet, waved his hand and said: "Ashina has always been close to the Tang Dynasty, and I know it, but the matter of peace and affinity is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and we will discuss it later." ”
"Since that's the case...... the Western Turkic envoy Mo Keduo smiled slightly, his eyes swept to the Tuyuhun envoy, and then said: "Su Wen Tang has many fierce generals, and General Su Lie has the courage of ten thousand people, who once faced the 30,000 pro-army of Jieli with two hundred soldiers, and was undefeated for three quarters of an hour.
But I don't know if there is a warrior in my Ashina department? ”
Li Yuan, who was on the side, also raised his interest, looking at this Turkic man in a left coat, he was very curious, where did he dare to compare with Su Dingfang?
Although Su Dingfang is not as famous as other generals in the Tang Dynasty at the moment, he is also a rising general.
Being able to break through the tooth tent of the Khan with 200 cavalry is simply terrifying.
"Yes, the emperor of the Tang State didn't dare to compare with the Turks?" Tuyuhun stood up, drank a glass of wine, and said defiantly.
The current Tuyuhun and the Western Turks are in the confrontation stage, and some time ago, the Western Turks' Khan of the Western Turks had just been defeated by Tuyuhun.
But hungry wolves always have a winner or a loser, and they don't want a tiger to look at them at any time, snatching the fat from their mouths at any time, or even devouring them.
At this moment, it is even more important to stand together.
"This matter ......" When Li Shimin hesitated, Su Lie stood up and arched his hand: "The last general is willing to go out of the station to cheer up my Tang Dynasty!" ”
"Ayuki! General Su is indeed a hero in the country. The ministers sighed.
"In that case, I will prepare fine wine and wait for Su Aiqing's victorious return." Li Shimin stood up and praised, and his eyes turned to the crown prince Li Chengqian next to him, "Prince Chengqian's poetry is excellent, and he can make poems to help him do it." ”
Li Chengqian's color changed slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Li Yuan, but after seeing the Emperor Taishang nodding lightly, even though he was panicked in his heart, he still smiled and said: "Erchen should follow it and prepare paper inkstones." ”
There is an emperor in everything, as stable as an old dog.
After the palace people put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the Emperor Taishang walked to Li Chengqian's side, his old face twitched, and he coughed dryly: "Since Chengqian wants to write poems, this old man will also help him sharpen his ink." ”
The two of them looked at each other, their eyes looked at their hearts, and they were embarrassed.
Although Li Yuan had a manuscript in his heart, he really couldn't open his mouth in front of everyone, but he couldn't help but let Li Chengqian agree.
So this ink grinding and grinding has been grinding for a long time.......
"Grandpa Huang, what should I do? Cheng Qian couldn't hold on. Li Chengqian changed his angle, avoided everyone's gaze, and said in a low voice.
"Hens." Li Yuan said.
"......" Li Chengqian.
What to do? It's obviously impossible to make a real move.
Jiang Lang, who was exhausted by Jiang Lang, was hacked for a thousand years because he wrote a poem, and his level dropped.
was supposed to drink wine, and meat should be eaten, but because the two of them had been delayed for a long time, their eyes were fixed on the two grandchildren.
Li Yuan was also panicked, the punishment for helping people to cheat and being caught was not much better than cheating, he panicked a lot, but there was a faint smile on his face, when he saw Jieli Khan drinking with his head bored, he suddenly had a plan.
Suddenly, his face changed, he walked to Jieli Khan's side, glared at him viciously, and said, "Jieli, what are you doing here?" ”
Jieli's hand holding the roast mutton was frozen in mid-air, looking at Li Yuan blankly, and his heart was furious, but he had to bow his head under the eaves and whispered: "Emperor Taishang, Jieli didn't look at you, I just drank wine, didn't do anything, really didn't do anything." ”
"Really? But why do you look at so-and-so? Li Yuan asked again.