Chapter 415: The Dispute with Relatives (2)

Above the golden palace, there was no sound. I could only faintly hear the rapid breathing of many courtiers, and the crown prince Li Yu stared at Ye Hu with gloomy eyes, and secretly sneered in his heart. But he wanted to see how the emperor would deal with the aggressiveness and aggressiveness of the Hui people.

Ye Hu was not afraid, and continued to shout loudly: "On that day, Your Majesty promised to marry the princess, and the courtier's father Khan was looking forward to the **** in Mobei, waiting for the princess to go north. In the past few months, my father Khan has sent three letters to his ministers, asking them to ask His Majesty to marry! ”

The emperor laughed awkwardly, but was speechless for a while.

What else could he say? At the beginning, he promised them one by one in front of the Hui envoys, and he also sent the prince of Dunhuang to express himself, and his edict was used as evidence, and it was impossible to deny it.

All the ministers maintained a strange silence, Li Mi frowned slightly and glanced at Ye Hu, and said in his heart that these Hui people really have to make inches, they have just been awarded the title of prince, and they have made a lot of wealth from the Central Plains.

However, Li Mi also knew that this was not the time to turn his face with the Hui people at all, even if Datang suffered a little loss, he had to quickly pacify the Hui people, so as not to catch fire in the backyard.

Ye Hu is not a fool, as soon as he looks at the emperor, he knows that Datang has the posture of regretting marriage. Ye Hu's eyes rolled, and he remembered the strict orders given to him in the letter that Mo Yan had given to him two days ago, so he simply fell to the ground and continued to shout loudly: "Father Khan sent a marriage proposal from Huifu, and asked His Majesty to marry according to his promise!" ”

Ye Hu took out the marriage proposal sent by Mo Yan from his arms and held it high.

The emperor had to ask the little eunuch to go down and fetch it, but he didn't open it. You don't need to look at it, it's nothing more than some unnutritious marriage proposal clichés.

Ye Hu couldn't stand on the ground. put on a posture that if the emperor does not give marriage today, he will not forgive. All in all, he had to get the emperor's attitude of marrying him no matter what today, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to Mo Yansi. In fact, Mo Yansi can't wait for Hui.

The Tang Dynasty and the Hui Dynasty were not in harmony, but in Ye Hu's opinion, it didn't matter. Mo Yan sipped, he didn't want a woman from the Tang Dynasty at all - even if the emperor's daughter was noble, it didn't have much value to the Hui people, but the Tang Emperor's dowry to his daughter was quite solid, and the Hui people would never let go of this amazing wealth.

In the past, how could there be a princess and county lord of the Tang Dynasty who was not rich in dowry? During the reign of Emperor Taizong, the dowry of the princess who was close to Tibet was almost equivalent to the financial income of the Tang Dynasty for several years, which was a huge wealth.

Li Heng sighed lightly: "It's not a trivial matter to marry the princess, Ye Hu, you go back and wait patiently, Rong Zhen and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs will discuss and discuss." ”

Ye Hu sighed and got up slowly, but said awe-inspiringly: "Your Majesty, the 50,000 Hui Iron Cavalry is still on standby in the Central Plains, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, Hui Hui's subordinates will definitely go north to quell the rebellion, and it is necessary for Your Majesty and the court to go to the soup and fight the fire!" ”

"The minister is in the post house, patiently waiting for His Majesty's marriage. Retire! Ye Hu walked away.

The emperor's face became a little embarrassed.

Ye Hu's words actually contained a bit of threat, and the emperor was in a dilemma. If you don't give marriage, you are going to break your promise and break your promises; And when he gave marriage, he was unwilling and thought it was a big loss of face. More importantly, the 50,000 troops of the Hui Dynasty stopped in the Central Plains, and if they were not careful, they would cause a mutiny, and the 50,000 iron cavalry would go on a rampage, or cause trouble in Chang'an, or take Luoyang directly, and they would stab the Tang Dynasty in the abdomen.

The Hui people are brave and good at fighting, with more than 100,000 soldiers. Once the Hui people and Datang tear their faces because of this, and Mo Yansi leads the main army south, Datang will once again fall into the stormy war.

The Anshi Rebellion has not yet subsided, and if you become an enemy of Hui again, it can only be a dead end.

Ye Hu left with a few threatening words, and after he left, above the main hall, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty quarreled over this matter and quarreled.

More than half of the courtiers led by the crown prince Li Yu agreed with the peace and suggested that the emperor give the princess of Ningguo to Mo Yansi to appease the Hui people, so as not to have another war with the Hui people, and at the same time avoid losing trust.

However, the ministers of the Qing Dynasty, led by Li Mi and Du Hongji, were resolutely opposed, believing that peace was a kind of humiliation and compromise, surrender and betrayal, and that they should rightly reject the Hui people, and instead reward the Hui people for their help in the war. Du Hongjian even proposed that troops should be dispatched again to supplement the northern front, so as not to be driven straight into by the Hui cavalry.

The two sides fought for each other, and neither of them would budge.

The emperor sat on the Danqi, in fact, it was a little like sitting on pins and needles. He somewhat agreed with the opinion of the crown prince Li Yu, and he was very worried that he would tear his face with Hui Hui, causing him to turn against Hui and start a sword fight.

"Your Majesty, although the Hui people have helped to fight and quell the rebellion, the imperial court has already paid a heavy price. Hui Hui took hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass from the Central Plains, and his wealth is countless, if he continues to indulge his greed and let him gain an inch, then where is the majesty of my Datang? ”

"What's more, the ambition of the Hui people and wolves has always been eyeing the Central Plains, if the imperial court unlimitedly subsidizes their grain and grass and heavy wealth, the ministers are worried that it is a tiger that will bring disaster to the Tang Dynasty sooner or later!" Du Hong gradually said with emotion.

"Du Xiang, do you know that if you can't meet the request of Hui and your relatives, you will lose your trust in others, and you will have to start a sword in an instant? Now the main forces of the imperial court are on the front line of the counterinsurgency in Hedong, Henan, if the Hui attack from behind, what will the imperial court rely on to resist the Hui iron cavalry? Li Yu smiled coldly and bowed down to the emperor: "Father, the son thinks that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and use the princess to marry the Khan, one shows the national strength of my Tang Dynasty, and the other can consolidate the alliance with the Hui, which will help the world to recuperate." ”

Li Heng sighed lightly, and he slowly cast his gloomy gaze on Kong Sheng, who had been maintaining a strange silence.

A group of courtiers quarreled and shouted at each other, but Kong Sheng was indifferent, did not express any opinions, and did not participate in the dispute with relatives. This made Li Heng feel a little strange.

"Kong Sheng, what do you think about this matter related to the Hui people and relatives, tell me about it." The emperor directly ordered the generals.

Kong Sheng let out a sigh of relief.

He is very repulsive to this humiliating and pro-policy which is a manifestation of the cowardice of the state. In fact, it was a bit nonsense to expect peace and relatives to consolidate the alliance, judging from the greedy and warlike nature of the Hui people, if they wanted to attack the Central Plains, how could they give up the invasion just because a princess was there?

The Hui people asked for peace at this time, which was nothing more than taking advantage of the fire to rob, and what they were seeking was not a princess and a woman, but a rich dowry of the Li Tang Dynasty, to put it bluntly, it was still driven by interests.

But this was the emperor's original promise, which made Kong Sheng a little speechless. This is also the main factor in his failure to express his personal opinion.

But since the emperor asked in person, he could not remain silent.

Kong Sheng slowly went out of class and bowed down: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he will humiliate the country, damage the national body, and promote the national strength of the Hui, and the minister will resolutely oppose the harmony." ”

Kong Sheng's attitude turned out to be so resolute, which surprised both the emperor and the Manchu civil and military forces. Du Hongjian and others are happy, Kong Sheng's identity is different, and he is highly valued by the emperor, Kong Sheng stands on the side of himself and others, and undoubtedly has more power to influence the emperor.

Li Heng frowned: "The matter of harmony is very important, I ......"

The Emperor said this, and then stopped.

Crown Prince Li Yu strode out of class, looked at Kong Sheng coldly and said indifferently: "What General Kong said is too radical. Harmony is a necessary means of friendship between Hui and the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years, and it is also a gift from the father to Hui Hui, not to mention damaging the national body. Does the general know the consequences of refusing to return to the peace of the family? ”

"The Hui army of 100,000, if the army goes south, we have An Qingxu Shi Siming's rebels in front of us, and then there is the Hui army attacking, and the enemy is on the back, how can we be embarrassed? Regardless of the safety of Datang Society, what is your intention to oppose peace and proximity so much? ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different. If it is the ambition of the wolf son and the intention to plunder the Central Plains, even if he kisses the princess, what is the use? Now, it is clear that Hui is taking advantage of the fire to rob, and what they are trying to do is not to marry their relatives, but to give money and grass to the court. ”

"Your Royal Highness knows that the cost of the princess's dowry is no less than five million, and now that the imperial treasury is empty, how can it continue? Your Majesty, Hui Hui's marriage proposal was intended to obtain a reward from the imperial court, and at the same time open up the beginning of an unfair mutual market. As far as the minister knows, for every good horse that Hui Hui pays tribute to the imperial court, he will ask for forty pieces of silk, such a huge expenditure will drag down the imperial treasury, but it can fatten the national strength of Hui Hui......" Kong Sheng looked calm and talked eloquently.

His words are obvious - be friendly and kissable, but who will bear the cost of the dowry of the princess? With the current weak treasury strength of Datang, it is simply a fool's dream to come up with such a huge dowry. And if the dowry does not meet the requirements of the Hui people, even if the Hui people marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, they will also turn their faces and deny people.

Li Yu sneered: "The matter of harmony did not start from this dynasty. The princess of the Tang Dynasty married Fanbang, more than a dozen people, and repeatedly created a prosperous era of friendship between the Tang Dynasty and Fanbang, why should the general be so alarmist? ”

"As for marrying the princess, the household department has a way to raise it, so there is no need for the general to worry."

Kong Sheng sneered in his heart: Okay, you come to raise the dowry, in that case, why should Lao Tzu bother with such idle things? Anyway, there are so many princesses in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the emperor's daughters, there are also the daughters of the clan, there are princesses everywhere in Chang'an City, and there are one or two relatives, what is it?

Thinking of this, Kong Sheng chuckled: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister is just talking about personal opinions. As His Majesty said, the matter of harmony is very important, and although the minister personally opposes it, he cannot influence the decision between His Majesty and the court. No matter how His Majesty decides, whether he is friendly or not, the minister will do everything he wants, and no longer lie about right and wrong. ”

Kong Sheng bowed to the emperor and slowly retreated to the middle of the class.

His attitude is very clear, opposing but personal opinion, whether it is friendly or not, depends on the imperial court, and he can not do anything about it personally.

Kong Sheng announced that he had withdrawn from the dispute over whether to be with his relatives. This made Li Mi and others a little embarrassed. The weight of Kong Sheng in the emperor's mind can be imagined, and even the emperor and the crown prince refused to listen to Kong Sheng's words, so if these courtiers continue to oppose and defend the dignity of the Tang royal family, they will lose their basic meaning. (To be continued.) )