As mentioned last time, Emperor Zhenguan Li Shimin summoned this Tuyuhun envoy Murong Yuanwen in the Taiji Palace. The command of "Chuan Tu Gu Hun envoy to meet the ministers" was sung at the mouth of the small yellow door and handed to the outside of the hall. I saw this Murong Yuanwen, holding the national letter, pacing this small square step, and trotting to the front of this Taiji Palace.

Although he has lived in Chang'an for a long time, he has never entered this palace. When I saw it today, this Daxing Palace is really magnificent, rigorous but not luxurious, majestic but not exaggerated, meticulous and generous, and tolerant and tolerant!

After he entered the Taiji Palace, he walked more than ten steps, thinking that this had reached the right position away from His Majesty, and then bowed down and bowed: "Tuyuhun envoy Murong Yuanwen came to worship His Majesty the Great Tang Dynasty Khan on the order of the Khan, and respectfully asked for Sheng'an" and presented the letter of state with both hands.

Li Shimin had seen too much of the envoys of these countries, so he casually replied: "Saint Gong'an." Flatten, get up and speak". Then he motioned for Xiao Huangmen to take the credentials.

After Murong Yuanwen thanked him, he immediately got up and stood. I saw that Li Shimin flipped through a few pages of the national letter that was presented, and then put it on top of the imperial case, and said: "Come on, what is the so-called matter of this visit."

Murong Yuanwen hurriedly returned: "On the one hand, this year's grassland is rich in pasture, and the cattle and sheep are also very fat, and the Khan specially selects high-quality cattle and sheep to present to Your Majesty!" On the other hand, because the grassland culture was relatively backward, he wanted to send the children of the nobles to Chang'an to learn poetry, calligraphy and etiquette, as well as engineering and farming knowledge. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he glanced at the ministers and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what is your opinion on this matter?" ”。

Because he was in charge of the affairs of the southwestern feudal domains, this Li Daozong took the lead in saying: "The younger brother thinks that since this Tuyuhun wants to learn from my Tang Dynasty, it is a good thing. For edification benefits all things. Let the countries of the Western Regions learn the culture of my Tang Dynasty and educate the people, on the one hand, you can show the strength of our Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, you can also let them know the foundation of the strength of my Tang Dynasty, so that the Western Regions can better live in peace with my Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Shimin turned to look at Wei Zheng, wanting to hear his opinion. Wei Zheng thought for a while and said: "After all, this is a situation where all countries come to the court, which is conducive to sparseness rather than blocking, Tuyuhun has this humble gift, it is not easy to refuse!."

Seeing that the ministers and ministers had no other objections, Wang Xuance, who was sitting at the bottom, did not wait for Li Shimin's eyes to sweep to him, and he played his different views: "Weichen thinks that it is okay for the countries of the Western Regions to come to learn poetry, calligraphy and etiquette, but in the face of my advanced smelting, agriculture, engineering and other micro-ministers of the Tang Dynasty, they think that they cannot easily accept each other for the time being, after all, these disciplines are the foundation of the country's statehood, if all the countries in the Western Regions have learned, in case of another incident, how can our country deal with itself, please think twice!" ”

This passage of words immediately made the court talk a lot, some were right, and some were not. However, most of the ministers do not seem to understand this Li Shimin's ambition, since the opening of the country, it has always been a curse, and only by convincing the countries of the Western Regions can they show the great power atmosphere of all countries coming to the dynasty.

At present, the countries of the Western Regions have been divided and ruled, and most of them are the territory of our Datang, and they should be treated equally. Wang Xuance has always supported the use of broad and profound Chinese culture to conquer the countries of the Western Regions, and today's different discourse is the deliberate arrangement of Li Shimin yesterday, which is to see the reaction of this list of ministers and Tuyuhun envoys.

What a shrewd person this Murong Yuanwen was, when he heard such words, he immediately trembled and knelt down again and replied: "I, Tuyuhun, have already returned to His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, and I have always been happy and convinced, and I dare not have the slightest second heart. I, the people of Tuyuhun, are Your Majesty's subjects, and in this territory of thousands of miles, Your Majesty is the most famous monarch, how can we rebel against Your Majesty. What we want to do is to have more time to feel the culture of our Datang when we have a full meal, and we don't want anything else, I hope Your Majesty will not misunderstand! ”

After Li Shimin heard these words, he met several important ministers of the humerus and was satisfied, so he agreed to this request on the spot.

One thing has been settled, and another thing has started! Murong Yuanwen was quite happy to see that Emperor Zhenguan was refreshed, and it seemed that it was time to report this matter of harmony. So he knocked again: "My Khan still has a private matter, and I entrust the ministers to come to His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

When Li Shimin heard this, he thought: What does this mean, this has come to my main hall, what else can be said and not said, it is still a private matter. Then he said: "If you have any private matters, then let's play them together!" ”

This Murong Yuanwen then squinted at Li Jingheng, and then boldly played: "Up to now, I am the Khan of Fushun, and I have four out of twenty, although there are a few beauties, but they are all people under the identity, so there is a temporary lack of queens. This time, the ministers came, hoping that His Majesty the Heavenly Khan could give a princess to enrich the sky of Tuyuhun and illuminate the dark night of Tuyuhun. I, the people of Tuyuhun, must be grateful for the love of His Majesty the Heavenly Khan! ”

Li Shimin was embarrassed when he heard this, what kind of private matter is this, this is obviously a state affair, and this is a peace relationship that wants to change the law. Although there is no princess of the right age to marry him for the time being, but after thinking about it, it is not suitable to refuse like this, after all, this Tuyuhun is also sincerely begging. looked at the ministers who were talking about it, so he returned: "Let us discuss this matter first, and you can go back to the Honglu Inn for the time being to rest, and I will reply to you when there is news." ”

This Murong Yuanwen never expected that it would be such an ending. Because of the conversation with Li Jingheng a few days ago, he felt that Li Shimin would definitely refuse. I didn't expect them to have to discuss it, it seems that there is a turning point in this matter, thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little more happy in my heart, and then after kowtowing and thanking him, I withdrew from this Taiji Hall.

With a "retreat", all the public leaners also retreated, and when leaving, Li Shimin signaled Li Daozong and Wei Zheng to stay and wait at the Hongwen Pavilion.