Say no on the lips, but the body is honest.

After all, Jin Wenying still became the person she hated, and the content of Xiang Li Zhi's sparseness was completely consistent with the statement of the envoy's entourage, and she didn't even change the adjectives.

In fact, there is no better choice, Datang is the suzerainty of Silla, Chang'an is the capital of the suzerain, and the Silla mission has caused such a bad scandal in the capital of the suzerain, Jin Wenying doesn't know how to explain to the lord of Silla when he goes back.

In addition to immediately deciding to alienate the Tang Dynasty and denying the bribery, Jin Wenying has no better way.

Denial is denial, whether the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty believes it or not is another matter.

In the Taiji Palace, Li Zhi carefully read Jin Wenying's recital, and slowly rested it on his head, with a somewhat sneering smile on his face.

"It's a big deal, there are more than 20 courtiers in my court who have been bought by the little Silla, and the lord of such a poor and small country is very happy." Li Zhi said sarcastically.

The Empress Wu next to her took a look at Jin Wenying's recital, and then frowned.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of Silla State bribed the courtiers, but they violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty and cannot be forgiven." Empress Wufeng's eyes were sinister, and there was a bit of murderous intent in her tone.

Li Zhi said loudly: "People are envoys from foreign countries, what can I do with them?" Did you kill them? If I do this, the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty will not be in trouble. I can't do anything about them except to give them a stern reprimand. ”

Empress Wu said dissatisfiedly: "The concubine heard that the government and the opposition are talking about it very loudly, this matter has been known all over the city, and the Silla envoy bribed the Tang Dynasty ministers, this move is too bad, and it has damaged the prestige of my heavenly family. ”

The corners of Li Zhi's mouth hooked, and he said: "The official is afraid of the friendship between the two countries, and he cannot be severely punished, but in private, the lesson that should be given is still to be given, don't think that in the name of the envoy, I can't do anything about them." ”

Empress Wu said puzzledly: "Your Majesty means ......"

Li Zhi blinked: "Who is the person who received the envoys of the countries?" ”

"Li Jingchu."

"Let Wang Changfu bring a message to Jing Chu, just say that I am very angry."

Empress Wu was puzzled: "That's it? ”

"That's it." Li Zhi smiled: "Jing Chu will know what to do." If you don't have any tacit understanding, won't you live up to my personal relationship with him? ”

Empress Wu seemed to understand whether she understood or not, and said: "There are rumors in the government and the opposition that after my Tang Dynasty Emperor destroys Goguryeo, he will hand over Baekje to Silla, does Your Majesty have this intention?" ”

A look of hesitation flashed in Li Zhi's eyes, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

To be honest, even if the envoys of Silla did not make the act of bribing the courtiers, Li Ji was still considering whether to give up Baekje.

For Datang, Baekje is actually like a chicken rib, but you don't want it.

The ancients had a limited vision, for them, the Baekje Silla Wa Kingdom was already the easternmost part of the mainland, and if these small states were pacified, there was no need for the imperial court to invest material resources and troops in the east to manage it.

What Li Zhi values more is the western continent within his sight, including Tubo, the countries of the Western Regions, as well as the farther Tochar, the Great Food Empire, and so on.

And the vast sea to the east, with no land to conquer, has lost its strategic significance.

Before Goguryeo was destroyed, Baekje was a very important strategic pincer, and once the Tang Dynasty launched a war, it could form a north-south attack on Goguryeo in Liaodong and Baekje. This is also the biggest reason why the Tang Dynasty destroyed Baekje.

However, if the war ended, Goguryeo was destroyed, and the countries of the peninsula were calm, the position of Baekje would not be so important.

As early as a few years ago, after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Baekje, he did not choose to include it in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but supported the puppet regime of a Baekje prince named "Buyeolong", which shows that Li Zhi was not very interested in this land.

If Datang wants to run Baekje, it will not only have to invest a huge amount of money, resources, manpower and material resources, but also have to subdue and educate the people, and many other tedious things, the price paid is too great, and the benefits are pitiful.

From the perspective of national interests, Baekje actually did more harm than good to the Tang Dynasty, so Li Zhi actually considered it a long time ago that the governance of Baekje would either be handed over to the puppet regime of Buyeo Long, or simply assigned to the Silla State.

After all, the successive lords of the Silla Kingdom knelt and licked the Tang Dynasty Emperor, but they were not inferior to the Wa Kingdom.

As early as the Zhenguan period, Queen Seondeok, the twenty-seventh lord of Silla, often wrote love letters to Lee Se-min to harass him......

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If you want to be more fleshy, you can have more fleshy hemp, what kind of expression Li Shimin had after receiving Queen Seondeok's love letter is impossible to know, but he must still be in a very happy mood.

Of course, Li Shimin's reply to Queen Seondeok was still very serious and cold, and Li Shimin wanted to be embarrassed.

The domineering male god of the suzerainty and the daughter of the vassal country licked the dog, this story was written as a romance, and the copyright was properly sold to make film and television dramas.

Later, Queen Seondeok died, and the new lord was a queen named "Queen Zhendeok", which happened to be Li Zhi's accession to the throne, and Queen Zhende perfectly inherited the fine tradition of Queen Seondeok, so she frequently wrote love letters to Li Zhi, the new son of the Tang Dynasty.

"Love you", "I can't sleep when I think about it", "I slept with a pillow last night", "It's raining today, I'm so wet here, are you wet there" and so on.

The words of the tiger and wolf in it were enough for Li Zhi to report to the official to accuse her of sexual harassment, but fortunately, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were very broad-minded.

In addition, Queen Jindeok died after seven years of reign, and the current lord of Silla, Kim Famin, served as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty as an envoy of Silla as early as the first year of Yeonghui, and was named the secretary of the palace by the newly enthroned Yi Zhi.

Therefore, the relationship between the successive lords of Silla and the Tang Dynasty was actually very harmonious, so Li Zhi had never made up his mind on whether to assign Baekje to Silla.

The price paid for the acquisition of the territory of Datang is too great and not cost-effective. It is not easy to hand it over to the puppet regime, and it is a little unwilling to give it to the Silla State, and now Li Zhi is probably in this ambivalence.

As for the actions of the Silla envoys to bribe the Tang Dynasty ministers, in fact, whether there was this matter or not, it had little impact on Li Zhi's decision.

The choice of the country only depends on the pros and cons, and will not be emotional because of personal actions.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Zhi sighed and said, "Let's call the courtiers to discuss, the choice of Baekje is only after the destruction of Goguryeo, and it is still very early." ”

Empress Wu covered her mouth and smiled, and said: "Your Majesty thinks it's still early, but the concubine heard from the palace people that Liu Renliang heard that the imperial court had the intention of abandoning Baekje, and he has already scolded the street outside the mansion today." ”

Li Zhi's expression froze, and then he smiled bitterly: "This old horseman...... Although he is an upright official, he is too serious, and I really don't like him. ”