Chapter 687: The key is in Baekje
Li Xiu has been focusing on the grievances between Silla and Baekje, and by the way, Goguryeo, the great enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty, has also been mentioned, no matter how dull Gao Biaoren is, he also feels that Li Xiu has something to say, and it must be related to Silla or Baekje, but he can't figure out Li Xiu's thoughts for a while. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing that Gao Biaoren didn't speak, Li Xiu smiled again and said: "High envoy, you must have guessed that Silla and Baekje have been mentioned many times in my words, in fact, compared to the Wa Kingdom, Silla and Baekje are more important to our Tang Dynasty, do you know why?" β
"This ......" Gao Biaoren hesitated again when he heard Li Xiu's question, and then said tentatively, "Could it be ...... Is it because of Goguryeo? β
"Yes, it's because of Goguryeo!" Li Xiu slapped the table at this time and said, "Now that the Turks have been destroyed, it can be said that one of the most powerful enemies of my Tang Dynasty has fallen, but in addition to the Turks, there are also Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Tubo and other strong enemies around, especially Goguryeo, when Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo were all in vain, countless good men from the Central Plains died in Liaodong, and Goguryeo is entrenched in the northeast, forming a huge threat to the Yanyun area, with my understanding of Your Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely send troops to solve the strong enemy of Goguryeo in the future!" β
"I see, what does the horse mean is that my envoy this time can actually contact Silla or Baekje and lay the foundation for dealing with Goguryeo in the future?" Gao Biaoren spoke again at this time, and at the same time, a shocked expression appeared on his face.
"Yes, that's what it means, the Wa Kingdom is just a small country overseas, there is no need to worry about it at all, in contrast, Goguryeo is the biggest threat to my northeast of the Tang Dynasty, although Goguryeo's strength has weakened over the years, but it is still not to be underestimated, plus Goguryeo is mountainous, and the winter is extremely cold, it is not easy to deal with them, but if we can win over Silla and Baekje, we can have two more helpers in the future!" Li Xiu nodded with a smile.
"But...... However, I heard that Silla had already sent envoys, and it seemed that it was because of Goguryeo, so was it necessary for me to contact Silla? Gao Biaoren asked again puzzled at this time, Silla's strength is much worse than Goguryeo, and it has been suppressed by Goguryeo all these years, so he has already sent envoys to come, in order to hug Datang's thighs.
"The Silla people did send envoys to come, and they also wanted to let our Tang Dynasty come forward, so that Goguryeo would not dare to do anything to them, but in the past, our Tang Dynasty's main energy was on the Turks, so Your Majesty has never given the Silla people a quasi-letter, and now that the Turks are newly destroyed, my Datang can completely free up my hands to deal with Goguryeo, and your envoy to the Wa Kingdom this time happens to be a good time to contact the Queen of Silla." Li Xiu said with a smile.
Silla is now the queen in power, and during the Tang Dynasty, Silla and other countries did not have much contact with the Central Plains, and the domestic economy and culture were very backward.
"I see, thank you for the advice!" When Gao Biaoren heard Li Xiu's words, he immediately said excitedly, although his mission this time was mainly to the Wa Kingdom, if he could contact Baekje and Silla by the way, it would also be a great achievement.
In fact, the envoy is far away from the country, and he has the right to make decisions, such as Wang Xuance who destroyed a country more than ten years later, this guy's original mission was to send an envoy to Tianzhu, but he didn't expect a coup d'Γ©tat to occur in Tianzhu, the new king of Tianzhu not only robbed Wang Xuance's mission, but even imprisoned him, and later he and the deputy envoy finally escaped, and Wang Xuance was also a ruthless person, and contacted Tubo and Nepal and others in a fit of anger, gathered thousands of cavalry to push all the way, and destroyed Tianzhu alive, Li Shimin did not blame afterwards, on the contrary, he also rewarded him greatly, which shows the power of the envoy.
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, envoy Gao, in fact, I hope you can have a good relationship with Baekje more than Silla!" Li Xiu suddenly smiled again at this time, and his smile was a little sinister no matter how he looked at it.
"Baekje?" Hearing Li Xiu's words, Gao Biaoren couldn't help but show a surprised expression again, among the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje, Goguryeo's strength is the strongest, even if Silla and Baekje join forces, they can only barely confront Goguryeo, Silla's strength is second, and the weakest should be Baekje, otherwise it will not be defeated by the Silla people, and a large area of territory has been seized, so Gao Biaoren didn't take Baekje to heart just now.
"Yes, it's Baekje, although among the three northeastern kingdoms, Baekje's strength is the weakest, in comparison, Silla seems to be more suitable for wooing, but Silla was obviously allied with Baekje before, but in the end it was treacherous and stabbed Baekje in the back, which made Baekje lose a large amount of territory, so I'm also worried now, if we destroy Goguryeo, will this Silla also stab us in the back like it did with Baekje?" Li Xiu said very seriously at this time.
This is not unfounded, the Silla people are not good birds, their descendants in later generations will not be said, even the Tang Dynasty has been on Silla's time, for example, before the destruction of Goguryeo, Silla was a stammering of the Tang Dynasty, and even their queen personally sent embroidery to Li Shimin and Li Zhi father and son, and dressed herself like the maid of the Tang Emperor, but after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, Silla slowly pushed the power of the Tang Dynasty beyond the Korean Peninsula, although it was still friendly with the Tang Dynasty, but it was no longer under the control of the Tang Dynasty, It is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty sending troops to help them conquer the Korean Peninsula in vain.
"What the horse said also makes sense, the Silla people are treacherous and indeed untrustworthy, but the Baekje people don't seem to have any dealings with our Datang, how can I win them over?" When Gao Biaoren said the end, he couldn't help but show a worried expression, after all, Baekje was too strange to Datang.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, after Baekje was attacked by Silla, the situation in the country must be worse, and Silla wants to be friendly with our Datang, and Baekje does not have such an idea, I heard that during the Mudeok period, the king of Baekje once sent someone to visit the emperor, so he was named the king of Baekje in Obifang County by the emperor of Taishang, so it can be seen that Baekje also hopes to have a good relationship with our Datang, so if you can meet the king of Baekje this time, as long as you express a little kindness, I think the other party will definitely not let go of this opportunity!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time, but behind his smile, it seemed to be a little cold.