Chapter 117: Elephant-Hung Emissary
"What did Princess Taiping say when she went to see the saint?"
Looking at the respectful black-clothed ambassador in front of him, Li Jing asked.
"The black-clothed guard was only staring outside the palace, and the eldest princess of the peace was whispering to the saint inside, unable to detect what was said!"
The Black Guard ambassador said.
Li Jing was a little unhappy after hearing this, the business level of these black-clothed guards still needs to be improved, a really powerful spy should be omnipotent, even if you can't step forward to listen, you can also discern what was said by lip language.
Li Jing waved his hand and asked the black-clothed ambassador to step down, he didn't hear any useful news, and he didn't want to do anything to Princess Taiping, but it was certain that Princess Taiping was definitely involved in this matter!
Although he can't kill Princess Taiping, he can drive her to other places, so let Princess Taiping live in the Eastern Capital for a long time, and it can be regarded as his junior taking care of her as an elder.
As for the reason, this is what Jia Dayin, the new Chinese scholar, should think, if he can't even do this little thing, then there is no need to stay in the court!
The Jingshi does not raise useless waste, and this matter cannot be done well, so he is relegated to other places to become a county magistrate.
"Regent, someone from the palace said that the saint has something to see the regent, please invite the regent to enter the palace!"
As soon as the ambassador of the black-clothed guard walked in and reported to Li Jing.
Li Jing frowned, at this time, what did Li Xian look for him?
Li Jing got up and walked outside, he wanted to enter the palace to see what Li Xian wanted to do?
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"Sage, what are you looking for Weichen?"
Li Jing saw Li Xian and asked directly.
Li Xian looked a little restrained, rubbed his hands and said, "I heard that you sent Liu Yi to prison?" ”
"That's right! Liu Yizhi's separation between the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family, his heart can be punished, so he was put in prison!"
Li Jing nodded and said, Liu Yizhi dared to slander his innocence in private, how could he tolerate Liu Yizhi, if he left him alone, God knows what he would be smeared by Liu Yizhi?
"Liu Yizhi can also be regarded as a contribution to the Tang Dynasty, and he is also in the position of prime minister, thinking of his past contributions, can you spare his life?"
Li Jing can be regarded as understanding this, Li Xian is looking for him to intercede for Liu Yizhi.
Is this possible?
Liu Yizhi is one of the North Gate Bachelors, this North Gate Bachelor was originally cultivated by the Empress Wu to fight against those who opposed her, even if Liu Yizhi is meritorious, it is definitely not for the Tang Dynasty, but for the Empress Wu!
Liu Yizhi followed the Empress Wu to brutalize the Tang Dynasty, from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yizhi is not only useless, but guilty, a great crime!
As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, you Li Xian not only did not avenge those unjustly killed clans, but also pleaded for Liu Yizhi here, are you worthy of the dead emperor?
Li Jing not only will not let Liu Yizhi go, but will also order Liu Yizhi to be killed.
Li Jing just wants to let the people of the world know that if he dares to separate the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family, there is only one way to die, even if he is classified as the prime minister!
More importantly, Li Jing doesn't plan to give Li Xian face, lest some people think that Li Xian is capable, and it's not good to have any non-trivial thoughts!
"If the saint is a saint, Wechen will consider it, if there is nothing else, Wechen will retire!"
Li Jing got up, gave up his hands and left, and after he went back, he let Liu Yizhi commit suicide, which could be regarded as giving him a decent face.
When Li Jing returned to the house, he immediately ordered someone to go to the Criminal Prison Department to ask Zhou Xing, how was Liu Yizhi's interrogation?
Zhou Xing immediately handed over the confession that had been prepared to Li Jing's people, claiming that this was a crime written by Liu Yizhi himself, and clearly explained the details of the rebellion!
As a cool official, framing others for falsifying evidence, etc., it is not a trivial matter that can be caught, Zhou Xing understands in his heart that what Li Jing wants is not whether Liu Yizhi is innocent, what Li Jing wants is whether he can cure Liu Yizhi's crime.
Li Jing looked at the so-called crimes, and the people above were all Beimen scholars, and then, Li Jing gave Liu Yizhi to commit suicide at home, and several other Beimen scholars were imprisoned and executed, or exiled to Lingnan.
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"Regent, someone outside the palace asked to see him, saying that he was a messenger from Zhang-zhung!"
The next day, the servant reported to Li Jing.
"Bring people in!"
Li Jing said with a smile, he finally looked forward to the messenger of Yangtong, and taking Yangtong was equivalent to putting a nail on the couch of Tubo, which could give Tubo a heavy blow at any time.
The servant was ordered to retreat, and soon brought the messenger of the sheep to Li Jing.
"I have seen His Royal Highness the regent of the Tang Dynasty, my king sent me to pay tribute to you, I am willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty!"
The Zhangxiong envoy gave Li Jing a big gift!
"Isn't Zhangxiong the territory of Tibet? Just sent away a wave of Tibetan envoys, why are you here again? ”
Li Jing pretended to be puzzled.
"Lord Regent, you may not know ......"
Li Jing sneered, how could he not know the grievances between Zhangxiong and Tubo, now Tubo is not as strong as before, and the old forces of Zhangxiong see hope and want to use the power of the Tang Dynasty to get rid of the control of Tubo and become independent again!
Tubo has always regarded Zhangxiong as a part of Tubo, and naturally will not allow others to get involved, even the old aristocratic forces of Zhangxiong will not allow it!
Whenever there was any sign of rebellion, it would be suppressed by the Tibetan army to ensure the stability of the Zhangzhung region, and in order to better control Zhangxiong, the Tubo also sent a governor to supervise Zhangxiong.
"I see, this king really doesn't know, listening to you say this, Tubo is really hateful, so that you have lost your homeland, and you are hiding in Tibet everywhere!"
"Don't worry, I, Datang, will not sit idly by, Datang will send someone to help you reconcile with Tubo, and let Tubo return your land."
Li Jing swore solemnly.
The envoy of Zhangxiong was a little anxious, Li Jing's proposal was useless at all, Tubo had occupied Zhangxiong for a while, how could he easily give up Zhangxiong's territory.
Even if the Tang Dynasty sends someone to reconcile, Tubo will at most verbally agree, what should be done in private, how to do it, Zhangxiong is still in the hands of the Tubo people, so what is the point of them coming to Chang'an thousands of miles away?
"Regent, Tubo will not easily return the territory, even if you send someone to reconcile, Tubo will only promise at most, and will not withdraw his troops to leave Zhangxiong at all, Zhangxiong's subjects are still living in dire straits!"
The envoy of Zhangxiong said that he planned to ask for assistance from the Tang Dynasty this time, such as weapons, money and food, etc., as long as they have weapons and money and food, they can go back to recruit troops and buy horses, and it should not be a big problem to counterattack Tubo!
"So what do you say you should do?"
Li Jing put on a look of embarrassment, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, he planned to send troops to help Zhangxiong, but this matter could not be said by him, Zhangxiong himself had to ask him to send troops!
After driving away the Tubo army in Zhangxiong, let that army stay in Zhangxiong, and establish a bridgehead in Zhangxiong on the pretext of preventing Tubo from counterattacking again, and prepare to take Tubo!
"I hope that Datang can help me Zhangxiong, now Xiangxiong is in urgent need of some supplies, this is the list made by my king, and I hope that the regent can help, as long as Datang assists me Zhangxiong, Xiangxiong is willing to pay tribute to Datang every year!"
The Zhangxiong envoy took out the list from his arms and handed it to Li Jing.
Ximen Yang stepped forward to take it, turned around and returned to Li Jing's side, and put the list in front of Li Jing, Li Jing glanced at it and stopped looking at it, no matter what was written on it, Li Jing didn't plan to give it.
Just like the later Celestial Empire, not only helped the Red Star Monkey train the army, but also assisted in all aspects, as a result, how did the Red Star Monkey repay the flower planter?
They used the weapons of the flower planters and ate the food of the flower growers, but in turn they hurt the flower growers.
This kind of thing, Li Jing can't let such a thing happen again in Datang, Datang can help Zhangxiong, but he must not raise a white-eyed wolf.
Li Jing just wanted to be like Eagle Sauce and sent troops to be stationed on the territory of the foot basin chicken to assist the foot basin chicken to protect the security of the island country, and also sent troops to be stationed in Zhangxiong to help Zhangxiong resist the invasion of Tibet.
"Your request has been read by the king, and the king will be happy to help you expel Tibet, but ......"
Li Jing said.
"But what?"
The Zhangzhung envoy asked.
"However, Datang has been fighting around recently, crusading against the rebels, and Datang's finances are also stretched, so I really can't come up with too many materials to help you!"
Li Jing said with a sigh, with a sad look on his face!
The Zhangxiong envoy was stunned, he never thought that this would be the result, the Tang Dynasty is so rich, how could he not be able to get the supplies?
They don't want much, a little leakage in Datang's fingernails is enough for Zhangxiong to eat, even if Datang is poor, it won't be able to get out of this bit of leftovers!
The envoys of Zhangxiong were unwilling and continued to quarrel with Li Jing, they only wanted material support, and they did not want the army of the Tang Dynasty to intervene in the grievances between Zhangxiong and Tubo.
They are also afraid that Datang will be like Tubo, and if they help it, it will become the territory of Datang, and what they want is to restore the country and become independent, not to change the master.
After pulling the skin for a long time, the Zhangxiong envoy just didn't mention the matter of borrowing troops, and still made a fuss about the materials, Li Jing felt that it was not interesting to tear it down again, so he planned to order someone to send off the guests!
The envoy of Xiangxiong saw that Li Jing had plans to send off the guests, and he was very anxious, if he couldn't get the assistance of Datang, how could he go back and explain to King Zhangxiong?
"Envoy Zhangxiong, the king of my family is tired, so let's stop here today!"
Ximen Yang arched his hand and said.
Li Jing got up and was about to leave, but his eyes skimmed to the Zhangxiong envoy, and finally saw how the Zhangxiong envoy chosen, if he still didn't plan to borrow troops, then forget it!
When will they figure it out, it's not too late to talk about it, when will they figure it out, when will they meet them.
"Regent stays, I still have a few words to say!"
The Zhangzhung envoy said.
"Do you still have peace to say? It's not a big deal, I'll leave it for later! ”
Leave the nonsense to you while you figure it out, it's never too late to say more, and now I don't have time to listen to your nagging.
"That way, we won't bother the regent!"
In the end, the Zhangxiong envoy did not open his mouth to borrow troops, and after saluting Li Jing, he turned to leave.
Li Jing ordered Ximenyang to send them off, Ximenyang understood and hurriedly chased them out, hinting to the Zhangxiong envoy to borrow troops from the Tang Dynasty.
The envoy pretended not to understand, and finally left the regent's palace without looking back.