"I'll tell you anyway." Li Yan simply tried to cheat.
Li Xin: "..."
After arranging a place to stay, Li Yan went straight to visit during the meal on the second day, saying that of course she had to come to eat.
Li Ke didn't mind Li Yan's visit, but he could tell that this girl probably had something to say.
After coming here, Li Ke's food is naturally relatively simple.
But cooking is still possible.
Although she had heard about it before, Li Yan was still a little stunned after actually eating it. This... is really delicious.
"How is it? It tastes good," Li Ke asked with a smile.
"Well, the rumors are indeed true." Li Yan nodded seriously.
"Come and have some tea." Li Ke smiled and asked Yang Anning to pour a cup of tea for each of them.
"Thank you." When Yang Anning brought her tea, Li Yan said thank you.
"You're welcome, little lady." Yang Anning said with a smile.
"Brother, actually, my little sister came here today because she has something to say to brother." Li Yan paused for a moment, and then said directly.
"Oh, you said?" Li Ke was a little curious.
"Brother, I want to ask you something." Li Yan paused for a moment, and then spoke directly.
"You said, I will definitely help anyone who can." Li Ke nodded and said with a smile.
"If one day the Tang Dynasty needs a marriage, and His Majesty finds my father, I hope His Highness can help persuade His Majesty to let me go for a marriage." Li Yan said softly.
Li Ke was stunned for a moment by her. This... you are so direct in your speech, which is my style. But getting married? Who told you that you wanted to get married?
"Get married? Who said you want to get married? Has anyone told you?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he really didn't know these things. This kind of thing was decided after discussion between his father and the officials of the Ministry of Rites. Has anyone already mentioned that they want to make peace with Tubo at this time?
"No." Li Yan shook her head gently.
"Then why did you say that?" Li Ke was really curious and sat up straight.
"I guessed it myself." Li Yan said directly, "In the third year of Zhenguan, after His Majesty consecrated the current Xue Yantuo Khan Yi Shiyi Nan as Zhenzhu Khan, Jieli knew that the end was coming, so he requested an edict and wanted to do it. As a gift to my son-in-law, please marry me, the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. Because the time was ripe for the Tang Dynasty to use troops against the Eastern Turks at that time, Your Majesty did not agree."
"But after taking over the Eastern Turks, in order to stabilize the relationship with Xue Yantuo, the Tang Dynasty appointed a clan girl as the county head and married Xue Yantuo."
Li Ke was silent for a moment. He knew about this. Yes, the Tang Dynasty had already been married, but it was just a county head and a canonized clan daughter. She had made her own contribution to the stability of the Tang Dynasty. But because she didn't even get the title of princess, she didn't even have the right to be included in the history books, and just disappeared into the vastness of history.
Li Yan continued, "In May of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Murong Fuyun, the leader of Tuyuhun, was severely reprimanded by his majesty for "reprimanding envoys to pay tribute" while "plundering on a large scale". Murong Fuyun was frightened and asked for help. Your Majesty writes a letter asking for marriage to the Princess of the Tang Dynasty."
"His Majesty agreed to Murong Fuyun's request and told him that he could marry the Princess of Tang Dynasty, but he had to go to Chang'an in person. Later, Murong Fuyun was too frightened and did not dare to go to Tang Dynasty, so he ended up today."
"But if Murong Fuyun goes to Chang'an in person, Your Highness will definitely not kill him. He will probably be the same as Jie Li, and Your Majesty will definitely marry Murong Shun, and when the time comes, he will definitely canonize the clan daughter as the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. , because Tuyuhun covers a vast area, it is impossible for him to be just a county head like Zhenzhu Khan."
"And my little sister has learned about the clan situation. Apart from the real princesses of the Tang Dynasty, there are not many clan girls of the right age. My sister Xin'er and I are two of them, but His Majesty cannot allow both of us to get married. , that’s too unkind, so one of Xin’er and I must go to get married, but I can’t let Xin’er go, so it can only be me.”
"There are still many small countries around the Tang Dynasty, such as Tubo, Goguryeo, Gaochang, and Yanqi. As the Xue Yantuo tribe grows, your majesty may strengthen the relationship with Xue Yantuo. And I also heard that in the eighth year of Zhenguan, the current Zanpu Songtsan of Tubo was Ganbu also asked the Tang Dynasty to marry a princess."
"To be honest with you, brother, in fact, the prescription I gave him was not something I specifically sought out, but something I had prepared over the years. I took the initiative to learn some of the languages and cultures of the more powerful vassal countries around me, as well as what their people need, and thought about it. But if I go to get married, I have to take something with me and know something. Because only in this way can I help Datang stabilize a vassal country to the greatest extent."
At this point, Li Yan smiled bitterly. There was something she didn't say. In fact, Xin'er was the same as her. They were also taking the initiative to learn these things, and even learned better! Because she couldn't guarantee whether His Majesty would send them both out for marriage.
It would be good if they didn't have to get married, but if they had to get married, as the daughters of the Royal clan of the Tang Dynasty, they couldn't lose the reputation of the Tang Dynasty. They always had to make some contribution to the countries they were marrying in order to be able to reflect Their value has more say. This allowed them to live better in a foreign land where they had no relatives, and also to make a better contribution to the Tang Dynasty's relationship with its vassal countries.
If you have no choice, you can only enrich yourself and make yourself stronger to adapt to this choice.
Looking at the young girl talking, Li Ke felt a little dazed. She was only fifteen or sixteen years old, while Li Xin was only twelve or thirteen years old, but she was so big and broad-minded that Li Ke felt a little admiration for her. , but despite admiration, he could also hear the grievance in her tone.
There is no doubt that both Li Yan and Li Xin are extremely intelligent women, but this is a feudal society, and in such a society, it is extremely difficult for women to get ahead.
From the perspective of future generations, looking at the past five thousand years, how few women can leave their names and deeds in official history by relying on their abilities rather than their status alone? Leaving aside the empress, these extremely high-status women who had their names because of the emperor.
What Li Ke could know, apart from talented literary women like Cai Wenji and Li Qingzhao, were only Wu Zetian, Wang Zhaojun, Princess Wencheng, Princess Pingyang Zhao, Qin Liangyu and a very few women who knew about them through history books.
There is no such person as Diao Chan in history. Li Ke knew all about Mi Yue from watching TV series, otherwise he wouldn't have known about it.
Li Ke suddenly thought of the historical evaluation of Princess Wencheng: Erudite and versatile, she had a great influence on the civilization of Tubo. She not only consolidated the western border defense of the Tang Dynasty, but also spread Han culture to Tibet. After the death of Songtsen Gampo, she He continued to live in Tubo for thirty years, committed to strengthening the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and was deeply loved by the Tubo people.
And she can be said to have done it, truly strengthening the relationship between Tang Dynasty and Tubo. It's not like the Eastern Turks. After raising them for decades, they feel that they are strong and capable, and they start to rebel.
In Tibetan Buddhism, she is considered to be the incarnation of Green Tara.
Looking at the pretty and quiet girl in front of him, Li Ke seemed to see the shadow in the history book in her body.
Those who can leave a name in history must be outstanding.
