"Your Majesty, I heard that these two Persian missions are genuine, why is this happening?" Li Xiu pondered for a moment, and then took the initiative to ask, since Li Shimin turned the topic to the Persian mission, then he could also take this opportunity to clarify the matter of the Persian mission. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Hearing Li Xiu ask about the two Persian missions, I saw that Li Shimin was also a little helpless at this time: "The two Persian missions are indeed true, but one comes from the sea and the other comes from the land, at first I thought that the Persian king was worried that one mission would not be able to reach the Tang Dynasty, so he sent two, but it took two days to finally figure out that although the two missions are true, the people who sent them are not the same, in other words, Persia has actually split into two forces, and both have sent missions to the Tang Dynasty, turned out to be met by chance in Chang'an. ”

"Sure enough!" Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, the matter was the same as he guessed, but then he asked very curiously, "Your Majesty, I heard that the king of Persia is still a child, which of these two missions represents this king of Persia?" ”

"It's the Persian mission you sent, speaking of which the Persian king is really strange, he actually sent a woman as an envoy, and I don't know if there is really no one available, but the origin of this woman should not be simple, although she did not confess her origin when she met me, but it should be a Persian royal family, and the relationship with the Persian king is very close, in addition to the national letter, she also brought a letter from the Persian king, but the Persian king is too young, although the letter was written by himself, but the content of it is probably taught to him by others." Li Shimin also explained with a smile at this time.

"The people who came from the sea were the people of the king of Persia, and those who came from the land should be the real power faction within Persia, after all, there had been civil strife in Persia long ago, and five kings were changed in five years, and now the Persian king is in office, and he will definitely not be able to suppress the real power faction in the country, and even be controlled by the real power faction in turn, but the Persian royal family is definitely not reconciled, so he bypassed the real power faction and sent a mission from the sea!" Li Xiu spoke again at this time, and he finally understood the origin and background of these two missions.

"Yes, after the mission from the sea arrived in Chang'an, it has been begging our Tang Dynasty to send troops to help Persia survive this catastrophe, but Persia is too far away from us, and sending troops from the land needs to pass through the countries of the Western Regions, as well as the territory of the Western Turks, which is not too realistic at all, and the risk of sending troops from the sea is greater, maybe a storm will wipe out the whole army, so I didn't agree with them at all, but it was not easy for them to run so far, so in the end, I discussed it with Wuji and decided to help them with a batch of weapons and armor, It can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness. ”

When he said this, he saw Li Shimin pause for a moment, and then spoke again: "But now there is another Persian mission from the Western Regions, which makes me not know who to give this batch of weapons and armor, and now the two missions are not only arguing over who represents Persia, but also fighting for this batch of weapons, and I am also very troubled by this matter now." ”

"What do the other ministers in the court mean?" Li Xiu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then asked.

"Most of the opinions of the ministers in the court feel that they should be handed over to the envoys sent by the king of Persia, but I think that the king of Persia is young, and he is facing a big enemy outside, and he is likely to not be able to hold out. When Li Shimin said the end, his face also showed a somewhat calculating expression.

Hearing this, Li Xiu finally understood Li Shimin's plan, it turned out that his eyes were no longer limited to the Western Regions, but to the more distant Persia, which made Li Xiu both shocked and admired, no wonder Li Shimin would be called the Heavenly Khan, this kind of vision alone is not comparable to ordinary people, but Li Shimin's misestimation of the situation in Persia, he thought that Persia still had the possibility of turning the tables, but he didn't know what kind of enemy Persia was facing, you must know that even the Tang Army was defeated by the Arabs in the future, This also led to the complete loss of Dominance of Central Asia by the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but show a solemn expression, and after a while, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that with the current situation in Persia, I am afraid that it will not be possible to turn the tables in the future, so for us, it doesn't matter who we hand over the aid materials to!" ”

"This ...... Are you sure that Persia will not have a chance of a comeback? Li Shimin couldn't help but show a surprised expression when he heard Li Xiu's words, if someone else told him, I am afraid he would still be suspicious, but Li Xiu's vision is extremely accurate, and he will not make mistakes almost every time, which is also one of the reasons why Li Shimin values Li Xiu very much.

"I can't say it's very certain, but at least seven or eight points, in addition, I think the situation in Persia is actually rotten, even if our Datang can send troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to change the result, so it is not very important whether to aid or not, if Your Majesty really wants to help the Persians, you can invite the Persian king to Datang to avoid, and there may be a chance to restore the country in the future." Li Xiu also spoke again at this time.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Li Shimin couldn't help but show a contemplative expression, and after a long while, he finally spoke: "I understand what you mean, and I will also consider your suggestion carefully!" ”

After Li Shimin said the above words, he shifted the topic to other places, such as asking Li Xiu about what he saw and heard about going to the south, as well as Su Ya's birth, and Li Ke's situation in Yangzhou, and Li Xiu also answered them one by one.

In the end, Li Xiu got up to say goodbye, and Li Shimin personally sent him out of the main hall, from beginning to end he never asked anything related to Li Chengdao, and seemed to have no idea about Li Chengdao's return, which made Li Xiu finally put his mind at ease and left the palace in a carriage.

Whether he left or returned to Chang'an, Li Xiu was very low-key and did not attract too much attention, of course, there were a few people who paid attention to him who knew the news of his return, but they also knew that Li Xiu was happy, except for some friends, few people came to disturb him, but Princess Pingyang went to visit Li Yuan a few times, and later Li Xiu also went with him, because Li Yuan's health was not very good, although there were no major illnesses, but minor illnesses were constant, which made Princess Pingyang also very worried.

But on this day, Li Xiu happened not to go out, but someone came to report that it was a Persian envoy who came to visit!