628, Failure of Persuasion (I)

Fifteen days later, the Tang Dynasty convened a court conference again, and Jingwen had already planned to persuade Emperor Li Shimin not to make any peace with each other in this court. And Jingwen also saw that Lu Dongzan, Lu Dongzan actually came, he probably also wanted to continue to propose marriage again, and wanted to settle this matter of harmony, so that Tubo could marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty. And Tubo is actually not stable now, in fact, he just wants to use the deterrent power of the Tang Dynasty to make the surrounding countries dare not do anything to her. Tubo has just unified the Tibetan Plateau, and the country has not been able to completely stabilize it, so if the Tang Dynasty can marry a princess, it will also help them stabilize their stability and make those enemies jealous.

"Your Majesty, Foreign Minister Lu Dongzan once again proposed to the emperor for our Zanpu, hoping that the emperor can promise us Zanpu and marry a princess to us Zanpu, and we are willing to guard the southwest for the Tang Dynasty." Lu Dongzan said.

And Li Shimin nodded, obviously agreeing, but he had to be reserved. And Li Shimin looked at the group of civil officials, obviously hoping that the civil officials would take the initiative to support him. And Li Shimin hopes that a minister can come out to help him speak, so that it seems that he is not a stubborn emperor when making decisions, and he seems to be able to accept advice. However, in fact, Li Shimin had already made a decision in his heart, that is, to promise the Tubo people to take out the daughter of a prince of the clan, and then marry the princess. Anyway, it's not my own daughter, what's the pity?

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" Jingwen said.

Li Shimin saw Jingwen, he didn't expect that the first one to come out was not a civil official, but Jingwen. Jingwen is a guy, both literary and military, and it is impossible to judge whether he is a civilian official or a military attachΓ©. Therefore, Li Shimin doesn't know what he wants to say this time. And Li Shimin, as an emperor who seems to be more accepting, naturally can't "plug" Jingwen's mouth, so he can only let Jingwen speak.

"Your Majesty. My Datang has millions of heroes, why do we need to let Tubo help us defend the southwest? Jingwen said.

"This ......" Li Shimin didn't expect that Jing Wen would say this as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Li Shimin a little overwhelmed.

Jingwen was actually against harmony, which made Li Shimin a little surprised. However, Li Shimin will not be too surprised, because Jingwen may be speaking from the identity of a military attache now. And Li Shimin didn't know at all that Jingwen, as a later generation, naturally couldn't accept the peace that was exchanged for peace by means of harmony. The era in which Jingwen lived in later generations coincided with the era of rising nationalism, and he vigorously criticized the peaceful policy of the Tang Dynasty. So. Jingwen naturally will not be reconciled, and Datang will continue to be friendly from now on. If Jingwen doesn't do something about it, then I'm afraid it's really for nothing this time.

However, someone immediately spoke: "This is not true, although my Datang can mobilize a million heroes to be responsible for guarding my Datang territory, but how much does it cost?" To mobilize a soldier, it requires food, grass, ordnance and equipment, and it also requires the people to serve in the military. And once a soldier fights, after he dies in battle, I Datang will have to pay a pension. Even the people have to endure the pain of losing their families. Is this something that we Datang should bear? Therefore, harmony is good for me and the people of Datang. ”

Jing Wen scolded in his heart: "This eldest grandson Wuji is really shameless." ”

This one came out to refute Jingwen. That is, the eldest grandson Wuji. Now the eldest grandson Wuji is back in the court alive again, because he is a relative after all. And now Li Shimin has added a three-rank loose official to this eldest grandson Wuji, and he has the qualifications to go to court. Although he was not reinstated to an actual senior position, he was eligible to participate in the proceedings. It's a preliminary reinstatement of the position. As for the future, I am afraid that when there is a vacancy in the position, then you can become a substantive official.

And now the eldest grandson Wuji actually said that he could save wealth by saying that he could save money. It can also save and bring peace to the people, which is pure fart. The eldest grandson Wuji is definitely from the position of a civil official, and he takes it for granted. And they are actually for their own interests, but they pull the people, as if they are for the good of the people. However, in fact, this will lose the morale of the army, and the harmony can be said to be a slap in the face of the national army and the men of the whole country. This kind of harmony is actually a distrust of the domestic army. Harmony is actually a very weak behavior, and it will be a severe blow to the morale of the military. It is simply an insult to believe in the army of the whole country rather than to believe that the army can defend the country.

And Lu Dongzan also continued: "Your Majesty, on behalf of our Zampu, the minister is willing to promise Datang that as long as Datang is willing to marry me Zampu, we Zampu are willing to guard the southwest for Datang for generations and never be an enemy of Datang." Even, if there is any crusade and rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, we in Tubo are willing to be the king's precursor! ”

"Hmph, there are ghosts who can believe it!" Jingwen thought.

This kind of state-to-state commitment is simply not enough to win trust. Jingwen even knew that the only function of the so-called treaty between countries was to tear it up. Now the Tibetans admit that they will never rebel, but this kind of statement can never be believed. But the Chinese civil servants are very distinctive, that is, they think that treaties are sacred and should be observed. However, they also take it for granted that foreigners will do the same, so every time they sign a contract, they think that those Hu people who are not polite and honest will also abide by the treaty. Therefore, the Han people suffered a lot in this regard. Many times the contract was signed, and the Han people obeyed it, but the Hu people did not obey it. They all take it for granted that outsiders believe in it, and this is very fatal.

"Your Majesty ......" Jingwen still wanted to say something.

But Li Shimin waved his hand and asked Jingwen not to say it, and then said: "The auxiliary machine is reasonable, and the relatives can help me to make peace in the Tang Dynasty, can guard the Quartet for my Datang Town, and can make more people in the Tang Dynasty not have to endure the fate of their wives being separated." Therefore, there are many benefits of harmony, so I plan to agree to be friendly with Tibet. And the princess, let's see if there are any daughters of the clan, I plan to canonize the princess as a concubine in Tubo. ”

"Thank you Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Lu Dongzan hurriedly said.

And the eldest grandson Wuji and some civil officials said together: "The emperor is wise! ”

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the minister immediately asked the goshawk to pass the book, and asked Zampu to quickly complete the engagement process and marry the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible!" Lu Dongzan said.

There must be a certain process for the marriage between countries, so Lu Dongzan immediately asked the eagle to send a letter to Tibet, and asked Songtsen Gampo to quickly prepare things and send a dowry. (To be continued......)