Chapter 48: The Turkic Demands (Part II)

Outside Chang'an City, a Turkic general came to the city wall of Chang'an City empty-handed, and then shouted in Chinese: "I am a general under the Turkic Jieli Khan, and I have come to see your Tang Emperor!" ”

Soon, the soldiers on the city tower consulted Li Shimin, and then this stubborn thinking power was hung up by the soldiers on the city tower with hanging baskets, and then he was searched. And made sure that he didn't have any weapons, and then took him to the palace. And he had been taking the opportunity to observe the crowd around him, and found that there were many soldiers in Chang'an City, which had surprised him. And the stubbornness and loss of thinking can't help but sweat for the battle of Chang'an City this time, Chang'an City is not easy to fight this time.

However, he knew that he was on a mission this time, so he didn't have any fear and came directly to the Tang Palace. And when he entered the Tang Palace, Li Shimin, who found that he was still the prince for the time being, and many civil and military officials came. However, he didn't panic when he lost his mental strength, and walked directly into the Taiji Hall.

"Get on your knees!" The soldier said to the obsessiveness.

However, he said: "My Turks can invade Chang'an at any time, and I will not kneel down to a monarch who is about to perish!" ”

"Ridiculous, you Turks want to attack and enter Chang'an, but I have 200,000 troops in Chang'an, who is afraid of you Turks?" A young civil servant said angrily.

And Chen Fei frowned, and scolded this civil official in his heart for being a **. When people stimulated you, you took the initiative to confess to them that there were 200,000 troops in the city, which was equivalent to leaking all the information. Originally, the Turks knew that there were enough troops in Chang'an City, but they didn't know how many troops there were, but now they actually took the initiative to talk about it, isn't this a **? This guy didn't see so many people and didn't speak, what are you doing in such a hurry to reveal your loyalty!

Sure enough, Li Shimin glared at the official fiercely, obviously very angry at his behavior of taking the initiative to disclose intelligence.

And the stubborn Sili heard the 200,000 army, and was also a little moved, but he still didn't do too much unfriendly behavior. After all, there are 200,000 troops in Chang'an City, so this plan can be said to be aborted. Next, it's just a matter of seeing how much benefit can be extorted.

"The Turkic envoy is obsessed with his mental strength, and King Gu wants to ask, when the Tang Dynasty and the Turks formed an alliance, why is it that now the Turks actually violate the alliance and ignore the friendship between the two countries, and actually come to invade our Datang?" Li Shimin asked righteously.

And Zhi Sili immediately said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, we Turks are actually here to make the two countries more friendly, so we came here to make goodwill with Datang." We want to make it easier for us to help each other and get through this difficult time! Our Turkic Jieli Khan admires the Tang Dynasty very much, so we ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to marry a county lord to give us Jieli Khan, and then give a dowry of 10 million yuan, so that our Turks and the Tang Dynasty can be close to each other and friendly for future generations. Our 200,000 troops are here to welcome our relatives, and we also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to fulfill them. ”

Chen Fei was also speechless for a while about this obsession, who said that nomads were rude and direct? This guy is obviously a cunning guy, and all kinds of political and diplomatic rhetoric are very familiar and so brazen. It was obviously a Turkic invasion, but as a result, the Turks admired the Tang Dynasty and wanted to ask the Tang Dynasty to marry a county lord, that is, Li Shimin's daughter. As for the good show is still to come, that is, you must marry 10 million yuan to be considered finished. As for this 200,000-strong army, that is, they came to greet their relatives. To be able to say this kind of thing is simply to turn black and white upside down. Chen Fei had to applaud this kind of shameless guy, this kind of words actually came from a nomadic general.

And according to the words of this stubborn thinking, the Turks did not plan to attack Chang'an this time, because they knew that their strength was not good, and it was impossible to break Chang'an. So they changed their minds, that is, they extorted money and forced Li Shimin to marry their daughter, which can be regarded as selling their daughter's money in exchange for peace.

This is no different from the harmony of the Han Dynasty, that is, marrying his daughter to the Hu people, and then the Hu people promised not to attack the Central Plains. As for how effective this promise will be, it is not known. However, this time the Turks can be said to have come to the city, forcing the prince of the Tang Dynasty to marry his daughter to give them the khan, and also extorted 10 million yuan. This 10 million yuan is a lot of money, almost all the wealth in the current Datang treasury. If you take Datang's current financial income as an example, it is almost equivalent to Datang's financial income that has not eaten or drunk for several years.

This is a big deal, after all, it is impossible for the government not to spend any wealth, after all, it will cost a lot of taxes to rebuild the country in the future. And the emperor still has to collect wealth from taxes, which is also a very important place. Therefore, 10 million yuan of money cannot be taken out without more than ten years of accumulation. But now the Turks have suddenly forced the Tang Dynasty to take it out in the name of dowry, which is simply blackmail. If Datang really agrees to this condition, then I am afraid it will be harmony, and it will also spend money to buy peace.

If Li Shimin really did this, then Li Shimin's prestige would be swept away. As for Chen Fei, a descendant, of course, he will not be able to tolerate this kind of thing. Although Chen Fei was a small soldier in later generations, he still received a nationalist education, and he would never tolerate the country taking money and his own country's princess in exchange for peace, so Chen Fei would never tolerate it.

The stubborn thinker immediately said: "His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, think about it!" I'll go out first, and I hope you'll get back to me within a day, or I'll be able to marry the princess by my own means. When the time comes, it will not be what we both expect. Please also ask the prince of the Tang Dynasty to think about it, it will be good for all of us. ”

Obsessed with his strength and left immediately, obviously although he was arrogant, he also knew that this place of right and wrong could not stay for long, so he ran faster than a rabbit.

And Li Shimin and the ministers of the imperial court all had gloomy faces, obviously very indignant at the Turkic demand. actually blackmailed 10 million yuan, this is too dark. And asked Li Shimin to marry a daughter, which was simply heartbreaking, making Li Shimin feel as if he had been slapped in the face, and his face still felt hot. After all, the Turkic Jieli Khan is already in his forties, almost twenty years older than Li Shimin. But this guy actually wants to be Li Shimin's son-in-law, and Li Shimin is so angry that he almost faints.