"Zali visited the great Tian Khan, wished the Tian Khan good health, and the strength of the Tang Dynasty became stronger and stronger." As soon as the Tibetan envoy entered the imperial study, he knelt down respectfully, not only looking respectful, but also commensurate Li Er with the Heavenly Khan.

Soon entered the role of a vassal state, and compared with the previous envoys, he was a little more respectful.

In March 630, the rulers of the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions and the northern frontier came to Chang'an and asked them to honor Tang Taizong as the common leader of all ethnic groups, "Tian Khan". Since then, Tang Taizong is not only the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but also the "Heavenly Khan" of various ethnic groups, Tubo has always been a little resistant to this title, unwilling to admit it, in fact, Songtsan Ganbu sent an envoy to ask for the princess failed, and in a fit of anger in Kou Songzhou, it was seen that his ambition and arrogance were seen, but now things are different from the past, the Tang Dynasty found a way to restrain the "curse", in the past, the mysterious Tubo Heights is no longer the nightmare of the Tang Dynasty tiger and wolf division; And now, in front of the Tang army, Tubo is just a bitter cold land full of loopholes.

As an emperor, there is nothing more desirable than opening up the territory, coming to the dynasty in four places, and celebrities through the ages, and the respectful appearance of Zali in Tubo greatly satisfies Li Er's vanity, and looking at the envoy of Tubo is also more pleasing to the eye.

"Let's be flat," Li Er said with a pleasant face.

"Thank God." Zali stood up, put one hand on his chest, and saluted him according to Tibetan custom.

When I saw it, I first bowed down according to the practice of the Tang Dynasty, and then ended with the ceremony of Tubo, which seemed to be full of sincerity.

Li Er nodded slightly, and asked with a smile, "Zali, didn't you say that there was an urgent secret letter?" Why are you in such a hurry to see me? ”

According to the convention, if there is something, I also ask for a meeting at the court, so that there is something wrong. Civil and military officials can also participate in the discussion, and some things can be solved on the spot, but now Zali bypassed the court meeting and directly asked to see Li Er, it is obvious that this matter is not very big, it is very hidden, and the less people know about it, the better.

"Tian Khan, Princess Zanmon Saimaga, that is, the sister of Lord Zangpu. The most noble princess of Tibet, there is a secret letter for the villain to hand over to Tian Khan. ”

"Present"

Soon, a eunuch respectfully presented the secret letter with fire paint to Li Er.

The princess of Tibet?

It's not Zampu, no wonder I didn't go to the court and sent a letter to myself directly. This is really strange, what does this Tibetan princess want to do?

Li Er expertly opened the letter. The letter was only one page. It's not bad, it's not Tubo that is written, but a beautiful and lovely handwriting, the words are like their people, and the woman who can write such words leaves a good impression on Li Er. It was by no means simple, Li Er held the letter in one hand, and picked up the teacup on the side to drink water while reading it.

"Cough cough"

Li Er looked at it, and suddenly couldn't help but squirt out a mouthful of tea. Because of the rapid spraying, they all choked and coughed.

"Your Majesty, you're fine, right?" The eunuch hurriedly rubbed Li Er's back gently, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who was left behind, was also startled and hurriedly stepped forward to watch.

Li Er waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to choke for a while, okay, you all retreat, send someone to send the Tibetan envoy to the post station to rest, and I will discuss something with Uncle Guo." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty"

"Heavenly Khan, Zali retires." Although Nazali is a Tubo person, he is still very familiar with the rules of the Tang Dynasty, and he didn't dare to stay long when he heard the words, so he saluted Li Er, and followed the eunuch out of the city.

He didn't dare to urge Li Er to reply as soon as possible, and he didn't know what was said in the secret letter.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" When there were only two people in the imperial study, he and Li Er, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but ask.

After becoming the emperor and sitting on the world, Li Er reined in the killing spirit on the battlefield in the past, put his treasure knife into the warehouse, hung the good bow on the wall, spoke and did things, and became more and more kingly and decent.

For Li Er, it is simply a loss of manners, and it is the eldest grandson Wuji, who is very close to Li Er, and it is the first time to see this situation.

Li Er rubbed his forehead with a little headache and said, "This Liu Yuan, it's really enough to toss, let me have a headache." ”

What the? Liu Yuan?

The eldest grandson Wuji felt a stirring in his heart: Could it be that this secret letter from Tubo is actually related to Liu Yuan?

"Uncle Guo, you can also take a look" Li Er handed the letter to the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "This bastard boy is even more nonsense than when I was young." ”

This rising boy? It sounds like a scolding, but in fact, it is more of a kind of intimacy, just with these four words, the eldest grandson Wuji knows that Li Er cherishes Liu Yuan's talent more and more, and Liu Yuan's position in the emperor's mind is getting stronger and stronger, of course, a capable, unambitious, and able to be used by him, give him Li Tang to fight the mountain and earn benefits, who doesn't like it?

The eldest grandson Wuji took it and took a look, and suddenly rubbed his head as if he had been hit by a point, and said with a headache: "This thing is really a bit difficult." ”

This letter was written by Princess Zanmeng Saimaga herself, in addition to accusing Liu Yuan of looting the thousand-year-old temple, after capturing her alive, regardless of the friendship between the two countries, she was raped many times, Zanmeng Saimaga implored the Heavenly Khan, that is, Li Er, for the sake of friendship between the two countries, Liu Yuan must be severely punished, so as not to affect the friendship between the two countries.

Nima, this is a difficult thing to do.

"This Liu Yuan, I really don't know how to prioritize, it's really disappointing." The eldest grandson Wuji put the letter on the desk, and he finally understood what Li Er suddenly squirted water for, then Liu Yuan was really bold enough, caught such an important enemy country, others were strictly protected, and then found a way to claim the maximum benefits, he was good, seeing that others were beautiful, they were princesses, and they dared to overlord the bow, saying that they would push down, and they would not accept it.

Even Li Er doesn't have such courage.

If Songtsen Gampo promised to cut the land and pay compensation, and bowed his head to the ministers, now the land has not been officially received, and the compensation has not yet arrived, and the tribute has not been received once, and now Li Er and the civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty are shouting in their hearts "Let's go to war" and "Let's do it", I wish that the best thing for Tubo is to fight and be seriously injured, and it will not be able to recover its vitality for decades, so that the Tang Dynasty will have less of the biggest rival in the west, and can free up its hands to deal with Silla and Baekje.

Of course, the situation at that time, what Liu Yuan did was not far away, and everyone was beyond reproach, because he was only a captive at that time.

The problem is that the current relationship is a bit strange, although they have different intentions, but now Datang has to maintain peace, at least on the surface.

Impulsiveness is the devil.

"Your Majesty, what now?" This is related to the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, that is, the eldest grandson Wuji, and it is not easy to draw any conclusions casually.

Li Er said helplessly: "As soon as I came back, I first got hundreds of people to petition, and just put down the incident, and now this incident has appeared immediately, troublesome." ”

One is the most noble princess in Tubo, and the other is a general who has just returned triumphantly from the Tang Dynasty, neither of which is easy to deal with, but Li Erdu has a headache.

Obviously, if you don't deal with Liu Yuan, then this surface calm will definitely not last long, and then the Tubo Tang Dynasty will meet each other, which is not a good thing for both, and now the Tang Dynasty is building a lot of construction and dredging the river, and the Tubo war is raging, and it is urgent to calm down, and the relationship between the Tubo princess is too big, and the Tubo people with a tendon can't swallow this breath, and a fish will die and the net will be broken, which is definitely not good news.

If Liu Yuan is really dealt with, what will happen to Datang's face? Liu Yuan was captured during the war, when the two were hostile relations, no matter what they did, there was nothing to blame, and in order to set up a model, the Tang Dynasty announced the achievements of the Zhenfan Army in various places early in the morning, Liu Yuan's current identity is the hero of the Tang Dynasty, this matter is well known to everyone in the Tang Dynasty, if you don't reward him, but also punish him, isn't he cold the hearts of the military and the people in the world? If people know that this is due to the pressure of Tubo and is not rewarded, isn't that a slap in the face of Li Er?

For a while, the two of them didn't know how to deal with it.

"Uncle Guo, you have always been resourceful, can you help me think about it, what should I do about this?" Li Er said with a headache.

Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes rolled for a moment, and he quickly had an idea.

"Your Majesty, this matter is difficult to handle, but it is actually difficult to deal with, and it is easy to do, but it is not difficult."

"Uncle Guo, just say it directly, I really have a headache now." Li Er didn't even bother to think about it, rubbed his head and said.

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile: "With such a big military exploit, it is impossible to punish him, otherwise, we will not give him a promotion under the pretext that he is still young and not enough to be promoted too quickly, so we can just put him in the position of a guerrilla general, and then secretly reward him with more land and goods to compensate, in this way, it is the princess of Tubo, and it is difficult to say anything." ”

Field goods?

Li Er listened, and said between his teeth: "This, this is not very good, Uncle Guo, you are not unaware, Liu Yuan's military exploits, each of them is a great achievement, and now the treasury is tight, dredge the river, repair the official road, build a post station, build the Daming Palace, everything is silver, and this expedition to Tubo, I have gained a lot, this is a huge expense, if it is converted into land and goods, how much silver will it cost." ”

Small military exploits can be rewarded with silver, but like Liu Yuan's military exploits, how much silver will be rewarded? If the reward is too much, the treasury is in an emergency, if the reward is less, it is easy for the soldiers to criticize, this is not Li Er's slamming the door, but it is really difficult to do.

War exploits are worthless, and then fools will sacrifice their lives to fight?

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to worry at all, you see"

After speaking, he pointed out a few lines of words in the secret letter to Li Er, Li Eryi was taken aback at first, but soon smiled, it looked like a child, as if he had picked up a million or hundreds of thousands of huge sums of money. (To be continued......)

PS: Yesterday I still owe a watch, now it's more than 117, it's another change, today there is a bit of a rush at home, as much as possible three more, here I wish book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.