Some people want to preserve their strength, some people want to make contributions, some people want fame, divided into the main battle faction and the main peace faction, the main battle faction requires to refuse the request of Tubo and his relatives, and to solve the great trouble of Tubo once and for all, while the main peace faction thinks that it will be reaped when it is good, and only one princess can not only make the two countries avoid fighting each other, but also reflect the bearing of a great country, which is a sure thing, so the two factions argued endlessly in the court.

Li Er sat on top of the court and did not speak, nor did he stop the ministers' arguments.

This is a habit of Li Er, no matter what happens, he has his own ideas, but he will not say it at the first time, but first let his subordinates say their own views first, absorb the views of others, supplement and enrich their own ideas, and when they say it later, they have formed a very perfect idea, and then the ministers will also be convinced.

However, this is "war" or "peace", after listening to it for a long time, Li Er is still a little undecided, after all, this is a major event related to the rise and fall of the country, sometimes a small decision is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people and even the success or failure of the country, so it has been disputed by the ministers, and he listened quietly on the side.

At this time, a royal guard stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, Liu Yuan, the general of Dingyuan and the general of Yangwei, ask to see you in front of the palace gate." ”

Liu Yuan is here? Li Er raised his eyebrows, nodded, and only said one word: "Biography!" ”

Li Er authorized Liu Yuan not to go to the court, and trained the Yangwei Army with his heart and other chores, Liu Yuan was born lazy and was willing to sleep lazy, and now he took the initiative to go to the court to ask for a meeting, which was really rare, so Li Er agreed without ease.

Now the two factions are fighting each other, and there is just one less role in the middle of the mediation, and Liu Yuan is undoubtedly the best candidate: the son-in-law of the Qinghe Cui family. The relationship with the generals is also very harmonious, and there are often surprising arguments, and now they are still cemented after arguing for a long time, Liu Yuan's arrival may make this matter take a turn for the better.

As soon as they saw Liu Yuan, who had been in the limelight recently, come in, everyone subconsciously put a truce for the time being, Liu Yuan generously saluted Li Er, and then said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that the court is talking about the Tang Dynasty and Tuhe's relationship, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

That's true. Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo, sent the great minister Lu Dongzan to ask for marriage, I am discussing this matter with civil and military officials, Liu Qing's family came this time, can you have a high opinion? Li Er looked at Liu Yuan. There was a slight expectation in his eyes.

As soon as Li Er asked, all of a sudden, everyone in the hall focused on Liu Yuan. See what he's going to say.

Liu Yuan said without hesitation: "Weichen naturally agreed and kissed. ”

As soon as this statement came out. There were natural expressions on everyone's faces, and it was obvious that as Cui's son-in-law, he was naturally in the same breath as Cui's, and Cui's meant to be friendly and turn hostility into friendship. As Qinghe's son-in-law, Liu Yuan is on the same front as Cui's, and it is understandable, Cui Jing and Cui Shang have a good face. And Li Er and Cheng Old Demon King were slightly disappointed in their eyes.

Cheng Lao Demon King was the first to jump out, and said with a non-ambiguous face: "Your Majesty, Tubo is a country of chai wolves, and it is definitely not a good type, and it raided my Tang border during the Shangyuan Festival, have you forgotten it?" This kind of person will be afraid only if it hurts to be beaten. ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't die if you fight a snake, there will be troubles, after this battle, Tubo's vitality is greatly injured this time, and the contradiction between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is irreconcilable, it is better to make a decision immediately, so as not to give him a chance to breathe and make a comeback." Li Jing, the god of war, also admonished loudly.

Niu Jinda's temper was the most straightforward, pointing at Liu Yuan and asking sharply: "General Liu, the last time you went to Tubo, you also saw the ferocity and rampant of Tubo, five thousand strong men of the Zhenfan army went out to fight, and when they returned, six or seven out of ten were killed, and Tubo committed blood debts on the border of the Tang Dynasty, and you still remember vividly, you are now enjoying wealth and immersing yourself in the gentle township, those brothers who died tragically in the hands of the Tubo people, have you forgotten?" ”

This old cow has a straight temper, and when he is good, he is called Xiaoyuan, and he calls himself Uncle Niu, once he disagrees, he is calling the official name, and his words obviously have the smell of gunpowder.

Facing Niu Jinda's questioning, Liu Yuan smiled and said calmly: "General Niu misunderstood, the brothers who died in battle, I have always kept in my heart, always thinking about avenging them, and the people present all understand that Tubo is a state of tigers and wolves, even if it surrenders now, it is not a real surrender, just take the opportunity to breathe, Liu once Tubo has been born and died several times, many brothers died tragically in the hands of the Tubo people, plus the Tubo people have no king's law, often cross the border to commit crimes, these blood feuds, not only me, but everyone present, will not forget." ”

"The reason why the minister agreed to be friendly is based on the actual situation, although Tubo said that its vitality is greatly damaged, but it is all soldiers, and it is still the most dangerous enemy in the west of my Tang Dynasty, Tubo's strength is damaged, but Datang is not ready, the soldiers who are suitable for highland operations are still in training, for Tubo, it can now be said that the whip is beyond reach, Datang needs more time than Tubo, of course, there are many kinds of relatives." Liu Yuan smiled and said: "You can marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, or you can marry the princess of Tubo, then Tubo is a bitter cold place, why let the princess suffer hardship, according to Weichen's opinion, it is not impossible to be close, but Tubo marries the princess." ”

Tubo can be dispatched at any time to harass the border of the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty does not yet have soldiers suitable for plateau operations, if the war is rash, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably suffer, especially the training camps are located on the border of Tubo, if it is an obstacle, the training can not be carried out effectively, for the Tang Dynasty, it is also a huge trouble, if the Tang Dynasty is capable, as early as the time of the Tubo chaos.

In fact, Datang does need more time than Tibet.

A cadre of generals all lowered their heads in thought, and Zhou Shishi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who was so angry that Liu Yuan fainted and asked the imperial doctor to rescue him, jumped out again and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this matter is not possible." ”

Li Er said kindly: "Why not, Zhou Aiqing, please speak up." ”

Zhou Shishi said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, Tubo proposed marriage this time, claiming to be a courtier, my Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and I don't treat it with sincerity, I am afraid that it will hurt the harmony between the two countries, and also give other countries a bad impression, and the matter of harmony, it is naturally more appropriate to marry a princess, if you marry a foreign princess, then the emperor is a generation lower than others, and when you interact with neighbors in the future, you will suffer a loss before you negotiate, which is a loss of the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, please think twice." ”

Nima, Liu Yuan finally understood that for what kind of Huaxia likes to marry a princess to go out of Lu to get married, rather than someone else's princess to marry back to enjoy, there is a question of generation, in a country that emphasizes etiquette, seniority is very important, just like Cui Xiong said that he is very capable, but because he came to take care of Cui Jing's brothers, he surrendered to a generation, the king of a country, high up, for a woman to become a foreigner's junior, it is estimated that it is more uncomfortable than killing him, and the women who are close to each other are mostly clan women or unpopular daughters, So most of them don't have heartache.

As a result, most of the so-called relatives are marrying off the princess.

Liu Yuan thought about it early in the morning, and said to Zhou Shishi with a straight face: "Zhou Shangshu's words, Liu does not dare to agree, others treat me sincerely, I treat others as truthful, this is understandable, but Tubo is a country of tigers and wolves, a hungry wolf that can't be fed, a wolf will always be a wolf, never as tame as a dog, when the country of Subi is strong, Tubo is just a small subordinate country, claiming to be a courtier, the sister of Tubo Zampu, or the maid of Queen Subi, with the strong support of Subi, this is a firm foothold, but once Tubo is strong, immediately showed a fierce face, and destroyed the old master, I Datang treated him well, and if he was slightly dissatisfied, he raised troops to invade the border, such a shameless state, what kind of etiquette and shame do you talk to them. ”

"Also, according to Liu, the daughter left by the previous Zampu is either married or has a family early, and there is no suitable woman, if you want to get married, you can only choose from the nobles in the partial house of Tubo, and the Tang Dynasty is also from the scholar clan to find the right children, so that they are not afraid of taking advantage of the seniority."

In fact, there is a very suitable one, that is, Songtsen Gampo's sister Zanmeng Saima Ga, known as the most beautiful flower in Tibet, but, hehe, he has already let himself be the first to "pick", and Songtsen Gampo does not dare to marry Zanmeng Saima Kaxu, who is not a perfect body, to Li Er.

Cui Jing immediately stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay, this is wonderful, you don't need to talk about etiquette and righteousness with such a shameless state, you can be friendly with each other, but they send beautiful women over, so that you don't have to send my princess of the Tang Dynasty to that bitter cold place to suffer." ”

Liu Yuan pouted when he heard this, this old boy wouldn't want to "sacrifice his life" for the country, right?

Wei Chi Jingde also nodded and said: "This plan is very good, even if they don't agree, they have to go back and ask their Zampu, Chang'an is a long way from Tubo, it will take nearly two months to come and go, as long as you talk a few times, my new army of Datang is also well trained, and you can compete with them on the plateau." ”

In fact, when Liu Yuan said that there was no suitable princess, Li Er stared at Liu Yuan, as if he was smiling, which made Liu Yuan a little embarrassed, it was all his own impulsive mistakes, but when he thought of the wonderful carcass of Zanmong Saimaga, especially the pair of round and strong long legs, it was absolutely ecstatic, Liu Yuan's heart was filled with a hint of pride, to be honest, although he lost some of his military exploits with greed, but Liu Yuan did not regret it.

It was his own spoils, it stands to reason that the prisoners on the battlefield were still his own private property, and that Zanmeng Saimaga let her go without paying a penny, thinking of this, Liu Yuan felt a little worthless in his heart.

"Zhou Aiqing, do you have anything to add?" Li Er took care of the old courtier, and asked with a pleasant face.

"Since you have taken care of the dignity of the royal family, the minister has nothing to say."

Cui Jing and Wei Chi Jingde both said this, indicating that the opinions of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs were almost unified, and besides, they also took care of Li Er's face, so Zhou Shishi naturally had nothing to say.

"Hehe, where is Xiao Aiqing?" Li Er suddenly shouted.

Xiao Yu immediately came out of the ranks, saluted Li Er, and then said loudly: "The minister is here"

"Now I will hand over this matter to you, you are responsible for negotiating with the Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan with full authority, and if there is any progress, report to me at any time."

"The minister obeys the order" Xiao Yu didn't say a word, and immediately responded.

In fact, Xiao Yu is not only good at governance, but also the best at negotiating in the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued......)