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The ministers were stunned for a moment, and then the hustle and bustle began.

"I want money, I want women."

"That's right, money, women."

"Yes, yes, I want money, I want women."

“…………”

Men only seemed to be interested in these two things, and when everyone understood what Li Zhi meant, they all said that they wanted money and women.

Li Zhi was suddenly dumbfounded, these old things, one is more indecent than the other, asking for money and women, and you can say it.

But then, Li Zhi nodded and said: "Well, okay, I want money and women, and this matter will be handed over to the British Duke and Tang Marquis to negotiate with Tubo, of course, we don't fund them for grain and grass, trade should be done or done, and many things in Tubo are quite good." ”

Li Zhi has not lost his mind, trade with Tibet is a mutually beneficial thing, don't gamble on the benefits, that is not the strength that a wise king should have.

As soon as Li Zhi said this, everyone understood what was going on, so they didn't say anything else, and immediately responded.

The edict was hurriedly sent from the capital Chang'an, and soon sent to Li Ji and Tang Zhou, who exchanged news after reading it, and finally decided to negotiate with the Tibetan envoys at Jianmen Pass.

After the two decided, they sent someone to inform the Tibetan envoys, and Li Ji led people to Jianmen Pass.

Li Ji had also been to Shu before, but when he came back at this time, he was shocked.

Although the war broke out in Shu for more than half a year, it seems that this place is more prosperous than before, after coming, I met a lot of merchants along the way, and there are many merchants in a place, then this place will be relatively rich.

Li Ji looked at it all the way, and after reading it, he touched his beard and said with a smile: "The Tang family kid is really a capable person, and he has started Shu in such a short time, which is really not to be underestimated." ”

When he came to Jianmen Pass, Tang Zhou was already waiting with someone.

Although Tang Zhou is famous and has a lot of credits, Li Ji is an elder after all, and he is still a national prince, Tang Zhou, Cheng Chumo, and Wei Chi Baolin dare not slack off, and they have to be greeted at the city gate no matter what.

Li Ji put these juniors quite hearted, and stepped forward to joke: "Oh, the Tang family kid is handsome again, oops, the Cheng family kid's beard is a lot more luxuriant, oops, Yu Chi Baolin, you inherited your father's ability, when you were in the war, your father and Mrs. Black and White were ...... Gee...... You kid......"

As soon as Li Ji said this, Tang Zhou didn't care, he was already very handsome, but Cheng Chumo rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, I have a thick beard, that means that I have a manly taste, as a man, what's the matter if you don't grow a beard?

As for Yu Chi Baolin, she was a little embarrassed, it was obvious that Li Ji was talking about him and Ding.

However, everyone also knew that Li Ji was purely greeting, so they didn't care, and they all had to hurriedly step forward with a smile: "Oh, the British Duke is here, welcome to ......"

"Oh, the British defeated Tibet in one fell swoop, congratulations......"

British Gong Li Ji pouted, these boys are better than the other, and they refuse to blow the loss.

After everyone finished greeting like this, Tang Zhou welcomed Li Ji into the mansion where he worked in Jianmen Pass.

After sitting down in the living room, Tang Zhou ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, mainly considering that Li Ji might be a little hungry after a long journey.

After sitting down, Tang Zhou said: "British Princess, what do you think of the Holy Lord's order to ask for money and women?" ”

Li Ji naturally knew that money and women were common to men, who didn't want it, but he didn't dare to say that about Li Zhi, so after a slight pause, he said: "This naturally has deep meaning." ”

Cheng Chumo heard that asking for money and women still had a deep meaning, and couldn't help but pout, in his opinion, asking for money and asking for women have a deep meaning.

"Oh, I don't know what that means?" Qin Huaidao is one of the more old-fashioned among these people, he can understand asking for money, but he doesn't agree with asking for women, so he wants to hear the deep meaning of what Li Ji said now.

Li Ji's expression tightened slightly, and he glanced at Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou also wanted to hear it, Li Ji knew that he couldn't erase it, so he could only exert his quick wit.

"This asks for money, naturally it is to fill the treasury of my Datang, you must know that the war launched by Tubo has caused heavy losses to my Datang, how can they do it if they don't pay a price?"

As he spoke, seeing that everyone had no reaction, Li Ji continued: "Moreover, if you ask for Tubo's money, they will develop slowly, and it will not be easy to attack my Datang in the future." ”

Still no one reacted, but Li Ji couldn't think of any other reason for a while, Tang Zhou smiled at this time: "If you want money, it's understandable, we spent money on the war, and we died, so it's normal to ask for some compensation, but what's the meaning of asking for a woman?" ”

"This ...... This one...... If you want a Tibetan woman, you can make their population grow slowly, and over time, you won't be able to fight with my Datang, don't you say? ”

After Li Ji finished speaking, Cheng Chumo suddenly sighed, and then said with a look of enlightenment: "Oh, it turns out that this asking for money and women really has a deep meaning, and the saint is really high." ”

Qin Huaidao pursed his lips, but didn't say anything more.

Tang Zhou smiled: "It's okay to ask for money or women, but you also have to be willing to give it to Tubo, you know, although Tubo has withdrawn from the army, there are many people who can fight, and the retreat is just to avoid their development and follow-up. ”

Tang Zhou just said his opinion, but after he said this, Cheng Chumo suddenly shouted: "If it's not good, it's not good, we're afraid that they won't be able to Tubo, fight, hit their hometown, and take Princess Wencheng back, it's true, how did this Princess Wencheng do it, and let Tubo praise fight with our Tang Dynasty." ”

Cheng Chumo naturally didn't know about Tang Zhou's bag drop, as soon as he said this, Tang Zhou didn't want to continue the topic, Li Ji was an old fox, in case he saw something, it would not be good.

"Well, let's hear what the British have to say."

Li Ji thought for a while and said: "Asking for money and women, naturally it will not be too easy, this is undoubtedly equivalent to weakening the strength of Tubo, they will definitely not be happy, but it is not impossible, as long as the method is appropriate, we can act at the opportunity." ”

This is equivalent to not saying it, but everyone can't find fault with it, so they can only respond like this.

After everyone said these things, Tang Zhou asked Li Ji to eat, this Li Ji was indeed hungry, and after seeing the food that Tang Zhou ordered someone to serve, he was immediately unwelcome.

The others were all military generals, and they didn't care, and they all immediately followed suit, but Tang Zhou smiled bitterly, thinking, according to the distance between Tubo and Jianmen Pass, their envoys should be able to arrive in three days, right?

At that time, I am afraid that it will be another war without gunpowder.

But is there anything to be afraid of, not afraid of war, but also afraid of negotiations?