"Hahaha, you are so complimentary, Xu Aiqing will definitely be happy!"
Li Shimin smiled and waved his hand and said,
"Come, come, have a seat, have a seat, and watch some tea."
"Let's sit down and talk."
Li Er has never put on much airs about people he has a good impression of.
Although it was the first time he met Lu Dongzan today, he did have a good impression of the Tibetan envoy.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lu Dongzan cupped his hands and sat down in response.
The maid brought tea, he took a sip and put it aside.
"Your Majesty, I am not very good at talking. Please allow me to get straight to the point."
Lu Dongzan looked at Li Shimin and said,
"Before going to the Tang Dynasty as an envoy, Zanpu gave many instructions and asked me to convey your respect and admiration to you."
"At the same time, he also has a merciless request, and I hope your majesty will accept it."
Li Shimin nodded slightly.
"Tell me more."
Li Er smiled lightly and said,
"There are many people requesting me, but I don't always respond to their requests. Then I am no longer a living god?"
"Besides, Tubo is also a great country with potential. Songtsen Gampo's posture does not need to be so low."
"The exchanges between the two countries are nothing more than... helping each other!"
help each other.
The subtext is... don't think about getting it for free!
Perhaps because of Xu Fenglei's influence, Li Er is more careless now than before and will not give benefits to others just because of a few compliments from others.
Besides, he knew in advance——
That Songtsen Gampo wanted to marry the princess!
"Uh...yes, yes."
Lu Dongzan was slightly stunned, but he nodded quickly and said sincerely,
"Zan Pu wants to... marry a Tang princess to be his queen."
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.
"Asking to marry the princess? Why, he wants to marry me and become my son-in-law?"
Li Er said with a smile,
"He hasn't married yet?"
Lu Dongzan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this.
"This...concubine must be there. Zanpu is the king of Tubo after all."
He continued,
"But it is true that there is no queen. There are dignified women in Tubo. But Zanpu yearns for the Princess of the Tang Dynasty, so he naturally looks down on the ordinary women in the country."
"If he could get a princess from the Tang Dynasty, he would be so happy that he couldn't sleep for three days and three nights! And he would definitely build a palace for this respected princess!"
Li Shimin stroked his beard gently.
"You, Zamp, are quite visionary."
Li Er smiled lightly and said,
"Is this the case for not marrying a non-princess?"
"Then it doesn't necessarily have to be a princess from the Tang Dynasty! There are princesses from other countries, so why don't you just marry one?"
Still pulling!
Obviously, Li Shimin didn't want to agree, at least he didn't want to agree readily.
"How can the princesses of other countries compare with the princesses of the Tang Dynasty? They are not even worthy of carrying shoes!"
Ludong praised Zhengse and said,
"Zan Pu has said that if we marry the princesses of the two countries at the same time, the princess from the other country will only be the maidservant on the Princess of Tang Dynasty!"
"His words may be a bit extreme... But Tubo is such a country, respecting the strong! Zanpu is exactly such a man, and he respects the daughter of the strong even more!"
After saying that, he glanced at Li Shimin cautiously.
Because these words... were a bit too explicit, he was afraid that His Majesty the Sky Khan would be displeased.
But fortunately, Li Shimin looked as usual, with a smile on his face.
"Are you so straightforward? However, I also like people who are straightforward, straightforward and don't need to spend too much time on things."
He said,
"After listening to your words, I can feel Songtsen Gampo's sincerity, but... I am also a little troubled."
"Because you, Tubo, are not the only ones who have come to propose marriage. Your neighboring country, Tuyuhun, has also come to propose marriage. He also wants to marry a princess."
"This puts me in a difficult situation. I don't have that many daughters! If the monarchs of every country come to propose marriage, then I might still owe them a few princesses! Don't you think so?"
When Lu Dongzan heard these words, he couldn't help but look straight.
"Your Majesty, you are right. You don't have that many daughters, so you must be careful when choosing a son-in-law!"
He said seriously,
"You have to choose those who are outstanding and sincere!"
"Some crooked people, if you marry the princess to them, it will really ruin the princess! Don't get me wrong, I am referring to the prince Murong Zun of Tuyuhun!"
"I have heard that this person is just a idiot. He and his father Murong Fuyun are just two idiots!"
"Such a country and such a prince are not worthy of your marriage at all!"
These words are extremely offensive!
Lu Dongzan did not hesitate at all, and directly criticized Tuyuhun Murong and his son.
So...neighboring countries are enemies!
"Lu Dongzan is right, Tuguhun Murong and his son are indeed nothing!"
Xu Fenglei answered,
"Speaking of which, they are also extremely disrespectful!"
"On the surface, he bows to the Tang Dynasty, but secretly he is dishonest! He even sent cavalry to plunder Liangzhou, the Tang Dynasty!"
"It's simply an animal behavior! Your Majesty asked Murong Fuyun to come to the Tang Dynasty to apologize, but he couldn't come because he was sick! Your Majesty was merciful and asked his son to come, but his son also made excuses!"
"Aren't you kidding us? Just like that, you still ask to marry the princess!"
"There's no door!"
Lu Dongzan remained silent.
That day, he heard Murong Lin say something, but he didn't listen too carefully. Now when he heard what Xu Fenglei said, he already understood it in his heart.
No wonder Murong Lin was so worried... His own monarch and prince committed a catastrophic death, which angered the Tang Dynasty. How could he, an envoy, stay in the Tang Dynasty unharmed? !
"Indeed."
Lu Dongzan nodded in agreement and said,
"This is so disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty, and so disrespectful to His Majesty the Khan!"
"Thanks to the kindness of His Majesty the Khan, if we had followed Zamp's temper, he would have sent troops to fight it!"
Xu Fenglei smiled.
"Then you are wrong. Our Majesty has never been a kind person... Even if he is kind, he is only towards himself and his allies."
He said,
"He is very cruel to his enemies!"
"The reason why Tian Khan can become Tian Khan is not as simple as being virtuous..."
Lu Dongzan was shocked.
What this means...
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house.
But he saw a guard walking into the imperial study room holding an urgent letter, saluting Li Shimin and saying:
"Your Majesty, good news!"
"Liangzhou Governor Li Daoyan just presented it!"
Li Shimin looked a little surprised.
"Oh? Is there good news so soon?"
He waved and said,
"Bring it to me and see!"
The imperial guards handed over the express in their hands and bowed respectfully.
Wow.
Li Shimin opened the good news and took a look at it. He only glanced at it a few times, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Haha...wonderful, wonderful!"
He patted his thigh and said,
"This Li Daoyan has some strength! I used to think that he was only a defensive general and had no offensive power! Now that I think about it, I was wrong!"
"Listen Ming, come on, take a look!"
"Good news!"
Li Shimin stood up and handed the good news in his hand to Xu Fenglei.
Lu Dongzan was a little confused after being passed over...
Good news?
What good news?
Who did the Tang army fight? !
"Hey, chase for hundreds of miles and behead seven hundred levels! Okay!"
Xu Fenglei glanced at the contents of the victory report and clapped his hands in praise,
"This can be considered a small test! In my estimation, the Tuyuhun army is about the same strength as the second-rate Turkic tribal army, and cannot compare with the elite main force of our headquarters."
"I, the elite of the Tang Dynasty, can beat three of them one by one, and beat up a dozen of Tuyuhun's homeless dogs. It can be said that we can do whatever we want!"
"After this battle, let's see if Tuyuhun dares to invade the border again! If he dares to come again, we can just rush out and destroy his country!"
Ludong praised: "!!!"
Good guy! Is it really okay to say the words "destroy the country" so casually?
And in front of him? !
For some reason, Lu Dongzan felt a little stressed, and the look on his face was a little unnatural.
"Oh - I forgot about you, Messenger Lu."
Xu Fenglei raised the good news in his hand and said with a smile,
"This Tuyuhun's skin is itchy, so of course I, the Tang Dynasty, will also beat it!"
"They have violated our borders many times, and they still want to propose marriage! It's really a toad that wants to eat swan meat! This battle killed nearly a thousand of them, let's see how Tuyuhun reacts!"
"If you still persist in your stubbornness, then the Tang Dynasty will have no choice but to send troops to attack Buchen! At that time, you may even ask Tibet for help... After that, our two countries will be neighbors!"
Ludong praised: "..."
Who wants to be neighbors with a behemoth like Datang!
Destroy the country at every turn! Which monarch is not afraid!
"Yes Yes……"
Lu Dongzan forced out a smile and responded,
"Tuyuhun is so surly and needs to be taught a lesson."
"I can guarantee that I, Tubo, will never disrespect the Tang Dynasty like this! I will definitely be extremely respectful!"
"Your Majesty, Zanpu sincerely wants to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. He is definitely not an insincere person like Tuyuhun! He is willing to use one hundred thousand cattle and sheep as a betrothal gift to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Besides, if you have any conditions, just say them! As long as he can do it, he will definitely agree!"
He knows it too.
There is something in the words of these two monarchs - they want to ask to marry the princess, and Tuyuhun is a negative example!
Not to mention that the princess didn't have any, she still had to be beaten!
Therefore, he also knew that... it would be absolutely impossible for Tian Khan to let go without making some promises.
"Haha... You are really taking the emperor's salary and taking care of the emperor's worries. You didn't even say three words about asking for marriage."
Li Shimin chuckled, glanced at Xu Fenglei, and said,
"Actually, I don't care much about the betrothal gift. I still value sincerity more."
"Listen clearly, what kind of sincerity do you think is enough? I want to hear your opinion."
Lu Dongzan was stunned.
When the emperor marries his daughter, he still has to listen to the opinions of his ministers?
This Grand Master Xu Gong... is so close to His Majesty Tian Khan?
"Dongzan, you don't know something. I understand that he is the crown prince's master. He is not only the crown prince's master, but also the master of all the princes and princesses in the palace."
Li Shimin smiled and said,
"The so-called master of heaven and earth, we in the Tang Dynasty are very particular about this."
"You can regard him as half the father of the princesses. If he doesn't agree, then even if I agree, the marriage won't happen."
These words lifted Xu Fenglei up a notch.
The main reason is that Li Shimin doesn't know how to respond at this moment. It seems that if he says another word, he will agree to the marriage.
Therefore, we might as well move Xu Fenglei out and let him negotiate with Lu Dongzan to see if he has any ideas that can maximize the interests of Datang.
"Ah...so that's it."
Lu Dongzan was startled and looked at Xu Fenglei with even more respect.
He handed over his hand again and said:
"I'm really blind and blind...I'm so rude and disrespectful."
Xu Fenglei waved his hand.
"How can I be so important? Your Majesty is exaggerating."
He smiled and said,
"But, I do have an idea."
"You said that your Songtsen Gampo was very sincere in asking to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty, right?"
"Yes, yes..." Lu Dongzan said firmly, "I am extremely sincere and willing to do anything! Even if it means going up mountains of swords and seas of fire, you can do it!"
Xu Fenglei laughed.
"No, no, that's too exaggerated."
He said,
"Actually, it's quite simple to express sincerity."
"When we marry a wife here in the Tang Dynasty, the man's family has three matchmakers and six hires to marry him. The man comes to marry him in person. This is the most basic thing."
"So, I hope that Songtsen Gampo can personally come to the Tang Dynasty, come to Chang'an to welcome the bride, and bring the princess back."
"Is that okay?"
Lu Dongzan's expression froze.
"this……"
Why is he?
"Zamputa is very busy with state affairs. If he had to travel all the way to the Tang Dynasty, many state affairs would be delayed."
"Besides, the road here is not very safe. This..."
How is it possible for Songtsen Gampo to come to Chang'an in person to marry the princess?
A country cannot live without a king for a day!
When Xu Fenglei heard this, his expression changed.
"Oh? You can't do this?"
He said displeasedly,
"Then you mean, if you come to propose marriage, we have to dress up the princess beautifully and send it all the way to Tubo for you?"
"Haha, are you asking for marriage from Tubo, or are we from the Tang Dynasty paying tribute and offering you a princess?"
"If this is recorded in the history books, future generations will think that our Tang Dynasty was afraid of you Tubo, so we took the initiative to make peace with you!"
"Messenger Lu, don't be surprised if I speak more straightforwardly - I am very sensitive to the word "harmony". When the Han Dynasty was founded and the country was weak, it was only for marriage. Later, when the Han Dynasty became strong and powerful during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was directly given to the Huns. It's a shame! This marriage is a disgrace! It's not something a man would do!"
"When you are weak, you have no choice but to get married. When you are strong, you still have to get married. What is the purpose? Isn't the country strong in vain?"
"So, if Songtsen Gampo doesn't come to Datang to get married in person, it means you are not sincere! There is no difference from King Murong Zun of Tuyuhun! Forgive me and Your Majesty for not agreeing!"
He will never allow the historical incident of "Princess Wencheng to enter Tubo" to happen again!
Although the marriage was only allowed after we defeated Tubo at that time, it was quite acceptable in terms of face.
But when I gave someone a princess as a gift... Xu Fenglei felt very uncomfortable!
Anyway, everyone is going to fall out and go to war in the end, so why do they want to make a temporary marriage and send tools and skills to others? This will make Tubo fat and eventually become a serious problem for the family!
(End of chapter)
