Chapter 899: Refusal
Lu Dongzan and Zhi Zhi Sili arrived in Chang'an City almost at the same time, Honglu Temple arranged the two missions together, obviously not afraid of collusion between the two families, Lu Dongzan is also a person who understands, at this time, regardless of whether the two sides collude or not, but in Chang'an City still maintain a cold attitude on the surface, in secret, Lu Dongzan still has a wary attitude towards the Turks.
"General Ashina, if the Khan knew that you had escaped safely, he would be very happy." Obsessively looking at the man in front of him, his weakened face, his thin body, although he has eaten a lot of great things during this time, but several years of hard work have made him suffer a lot of vitality, and it is still difficult to recover in a short period of time.
"Hey, I really didn't expect to come back alive now." Ashina Simo looked around, sighing slightly, just now he was still in the Tibetan mission next door, taking advantage of the night, came to the Turkic mission, soon, he will take advantage of this opportunity to leave Chang'an, back to the long-lost grassland. For a while, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.
"I'm afraid that at this time, Li Xin still doesn't know that you have escaped, what a stupid Han man." Qi Bi He Li said proudly. He already knew that Pei Lin had already made a roster, and on the roster presented to Li Xin, there was no name for Ashina Simo, and at this time, Jinyiwei had not made any movement, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that Ashina Simo had escaped the catastrophe this time.
"This place can't stay for long, early tomorrow morning, General Ashina will leave Chang'an immediately and return to the grassland, the khan needs two." Zhi Zhi Sili said: "I just got the news, two months after Li Xin prepares, in mid-August, to sacrifice the soldiers buried in Helan Mountain, Pei Lin is already ready to do it at that time, and Datang will definitely fall into chaos." ”
"The Great Khan is ready to do it at that time?" He Li said with some surprise. It was thought that Jieli Khan was preparing to attack Tuli. Unexpectedly, it was just under the banner, but in fact, he wanted to deal with Li Xin.
"Yes, the Tang Dynasty has Li Xin, and it is very difficult to deal with the Tang Dynasty, only when Li Xin dies, the princes compete for the throne, and the civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty will fall into civil strife, and there is no time to take care of others, so that we can have the opportunity to attack the Central Plains. Therefore, the Great Khan needed two such generals to lead the army to attack Chang'an for him. "Obsessiveness is obviously a close confidant of Jieli Khan, and he knows some of Jieli Khan's plans.
"I think how wise Li Xin is, I didn't expect that such a person would be rebelled by his own subordinates." Ashina Simo was silent for a while, and sighed: "Such a person is eloquent, although he enslaved our Turkic warriors to build a gallop road for him, but in the Tang Dynasty, the people still support him. At the very least, there is no abuse of people's power. He is very good to the people, although he is an enemy, but I have to admit that he is a respectable emperor. ”
"The wiser he is. The more threatening it is to us. "Qibi He Li's face was gloomy, which is why the Turks, the Tubo, the Goguryeo people, and even the people within the Tang Dynasty wanted to kill him, after all, he was a strong, wise, and ambitious emperor. Not everyone likes it, especially the enemy.
"Unfortunately, I can't see this anymore. I'll be in the grassland tomorrow and can't wait to get back to the grassland. Ashnasimo sighed.
"But such a person is definitely not a good thing for us Turks." Qibi He Li said dissatisfiedly: "I believe that the Tubo people are also like this, there are not many roads from Tubo to Helan Mountain. ”
"What do you want to do?" Ashina Simo said with a little nervousness.
"Since we want to play, let's play a big one, so many people want Li Xin to die, so we will fulfill these people. If the Tubo people send heavy troops to attack Helan Mountain, plus some means of the Kwantung family, they will definitely be able to kill Li Xin. Qi Qi He Li said in a low voice.
"Yes, what Qi He Li said makes sense, if Li Xin doesn't die, we will be unlucky." Obsessed with his thoughts, he snorted coldly.
"Well, I don't think Lu Dongzan is a simple character, as long as you contact him, he will definitely agree, after all, it is impossible for Li Xin to agree to marry a woman from the Tang Dynasty to Tubo." Qi Bi He Li said disdainfully: "How the Tubo people calculate, others don't know, but I know, but I just want to follow the prestige of the Tang Dynasty and tie up with the Tang Dynasty, on the surface it is to surrender to Li Xin, but in fact, it is to use the Tang Dynasty's candidates to marry to help the Tubo people, and the Tang Dynasty's dowry personnel will become the source of Tubo's progress, just like when the Yan family married into the grassland." ”
"Forget it, Qi Mo Li, let's go! If you don't leave, you will be suspicious of Jinyiwei. Ashina Simo didn't want to stay any longer, so he pulled Qibi He Li out of the Turkic room, glanced around, and finally entered the Tubo room.
Li Xin summoned the envoys of the two countries the next day, and for Li Xin, the envoys of the two countries were just going through the motions, but what he didn't expect was that when Lu Dongzan proposed to marry the daughter of the clan as the wife of Songtsen Gampo, there were people in the court who agreed to this. Li Xin swept over, but it was Pei Lian, who had just returned to the imperial court, and Feng Deyi, and even Li Shousu supported it.
"Your Majesty, the foreign minister thinks that the Tang Dynasty is in the east, Your Majesty is His Majesty the Great Emperor, admired by all people, just like the sun hanging high in the sky, shining on all things in the world, and should appease the Quartet, educate the people, I Tubo up and down, respect the Great Emperor as his own parents, and long for the Central Plains civilization to be transmitted to Tubo, if you can get the daughter of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo will be grateful to His Majesty the Great Emperor." Lu Dong fell to the ground and wept bitterly.
The ministers of the court and the central government were also amazed by Lu Dongzan's words, Xiao Yu touched the silver beard and nodded again and again, and was about to step forward to speak, but he felt that his sleeves were being pulled, and when he looked back, he saw that Cen Wenwen was pulling his sleeves, shaking his head at himself, his heart moved, and he quickly retracted his feet.
"Your Majesty, if Tubo can be made to submit to the Tang Dynasty, the minister is willing to marry a daughter." Li Ren'an also stepped forward and said. His face was calm, but there was a trace of sadness in his eyes, as a father, it was a bad thing to marry his daughter far away.
"Your Majesty, Confucianism pays attention to the way of forgiveness, Your Majesty wants to govern the world and educate the common people, and the same is true of Tibet." Kong Yingda walked out tremblingly, arched his hand and said, "Since Master Li is willing, the old minister thinks that he can consider it." ”
"Today, what I want to tell you is that the Tang Dynasty, whether it is a princess or a daughter of the clan, will never marry a foreign race. In the future, the emperors, whoever did this, would not be a descendant of my Li family. Li Xin stood up and said coldly: "The stability of the Tang Dynasty is not obtained by relying on a woman's chest, but by the support and assistance of civil and military ministers, by the loyalty and blood of millions of Tang Dynasty soldiers, and by virtue of the swords and guns in the hands of the people of the Tang Dynasty. ”
"Your Majesty, this move? Aren't you afraid that my Tubo will hate me because of this? Lu Dongzan smiled bitterly.
"If you want to fight, I believe that your Songtsen Gampo also understands that the peace of diplomatic relations between the two countries will not change in any way because of one woman. If he wants to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, I and my army of millions will wait for him. Li Xin's face was gloomy, he glanced at everyone, and said: "In your eyes, if a woman can sacrifice for the Tang Dynasty, it is her honor, but I never thought that after a woman marries a foreign country, everything she endures, after marrying her husband, maybe she will marry his younger brother, or even marry his son, isn't this a ridiculous thing?" What would you think if this happened to you? Can you do it? ”
Many ministers turned slightly red after hearing this, maybe they thought of this, maybe they never thought about it. The Central Plains pays attention to etiquette and ethics, although the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are relatively open, and the court also allows widows to remarry, but in the family, this kind of thing is to corrupt the style, how can a widow remarry? What's more, marrying one's husband's brother or son, this is simply a mess of ethics and will be spurned by the world. They never thought about it, how could a Central Plains woman who married a foreign country endure this kind of thing?
"Datang, not the Tang Dynasty that any force can threaten, the Turks are like this, and the same is true of Tibet." Li Xin looked at everyone very calmly, and finally his eyes fell on Lu Dongzan, and he was very surprised that he didn't see anything clear in Lu Dongzan, and there was still calm in his wise eyes, which made Li Xin nod.
In the end, it is the wise man who assists Songtsen Gampo, who is young, and he is like this in the face of the male lord of the Heavenly Empire, which shows the human nature of this person. Even if he is placed in Datang, he is a masterpiece of a generation, but unfortunately, he is not a Datang person.
"Zampu has admired the Central Plains civilization for a long time, and the foreign minister wants to obtain a subset of the Buddhist scriptures and scriptures of the Central Plains, bring them to Tibet, and spread the Central Plains civilization, and ask Your Majesty for permission." Lu Dongzan said again. It's as if Li Xin's refusal just now hadn't happened.
"Buddhist scriptures can be given, but nothing else is needed. There are still many people in the Tang Dynasty who don't know how to read, so when the people of the Tang Dynasty can be literate, let people send these things to Tibet! Li Xin thought about it, but decided to refuse.
"Your Majesty!" Kong Yingda was just about to speak, but he saw Li Xin's gloomy face and a pair of murderous eyes, and the frightened Kong Yingda hurriedly retreated, where did he dare to speak.
"In that case, the foreign minister has nothing to say." Lu Dongzan took a deep breath, and a trace of deep jealousy appeared in the depths of his eyes. He felt Li Xin's jealousy of Tibet, and even Li Xin had seen through his every move, such a person was the most terrifying, if the Tang Dynasty was controlled by this person, it would be a catastrophe for the Turks. (To be continued.) )