Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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Hearing the tone of His Majesty Li Er, Guo Ye felt at ease again, and then he looked like a loyal minister, clasped his fists and shouted: "Your Majesty, I risk my life to speak out, the Tubo people are wolf-minded, and Songtsan Gampo has great ambitions!" Yuan Sutu is not small, and it is absolutely impossible to get close to Tubo, which has accelerated the pace of Tubo's prosperity. The day when Tubo's national power becomes strong, it will be the day when they will avenge me, Great Tang En, and turn back!!"

"Do you want to learn from Wei Zheng?"

His Majesty Li Er subconsciously saw Wei Zheng's figure from Guo Ye's words and demeanor, and then he sighed and said, "You think I don't know what the Tubo people are thinking? Do you think I don't know that the past dynasties and relatives have nothing to do with foreigners? Good end? But Guo Ye, now is not the time to start a war with Tubo. Tubo needs to rely on my Great Tang to achieve the goal of prosperity. Is it possible that my Great Tang hopes to use Tubo to stabilize the countries in the Western Regions, buy time to strengthen the national power, and create the Great Tang What about the prosperous age? You have disrupted my position. Now I am riding a tiger, and I am in a place of injustice. Facing such a raging wave of opposition from the people, how do you let me marry the princess from far away to get married and appease me? What about Tubo?"

Guo Ye shook his head and sighed in his heart, Your Majesty, I come from a later life, how can I not know your plan.But you made a wrong move in this move, it was a stupid move!

Immediately, he said to His Majesty Li Er with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, if you want to use Tubo to stabilize the countries in the Western Regions and buy time to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty, why do you need to marry the princess far away and kiss Tubo? This method is not good at all. It will only raise tigers." In order to cause trouble, he was bitten by a tiger instead."

"Ok?"

His Majesty Li Er suddenly approached Guo Ye a few steps, his eyes gleamed with brilliance, he stared at Guo Ye and asked directly: "Could it be that you have other better ways?"

Chapter 619 The Empress Brought Lotus Seed Soup

His Majesty Li Er's eyes lit up immediately, as if he had found another ray of dawn from Guo Ye's words.

Can't help asking: "Could it be that Guo Qing has any other method, which is more appropriate than making peace with Tubo?"

His Majesty Li Er called Guo Qing softly, completely shattering the last bit of uneasiness in Guo Ye's heart, subconsciously touched the back of his neck, and muttered secretly, this head was saved.

Immediately, Guo Ye nodded and replied: "Of course, marrying the princess of the Tang Dynasty into Tubo with relatives is a tactic to sacrifice the basics. I feel that our Tang Empire has not fallen to the point of relying on women to curry favor with foreigners. Bah, look at my broken mouth, how can I speak?"

Guo Ye patted his mouth lightly pretending to be remorseful, and said with a mean smile: "The idea of ​​making a marriage is definitely not your Majesty's idea. Your Majesty is busy with state affairs every day, so he is sometimes bewitched by some sycophants and thieves." and misleading, so they chose this method.”

At this time, Guo Ye did not forget to flatter His Majesty Li Er, but at the same time, he poured a basin of dirty water on Xiao Yu and others.

When His Majesty Li Er heard this, his stiff face barely twitched, and he nodded with a forced smile: "That's right, I have to deal with thousands of memorials in one day, and I don't have to go half a step in the palace, so I won't have to suffer from others." Misleading. Guo Qing, tell me, what method do you have that is more suitable than the marriage strategy."

Guo Ye secretly despised His Majesty Li Er, who wanted to save face and suffer, and then said loudly: "Okay, Your Majesty will ask, and I should know that I can talk endlessly. Huh? Your Majesty, I was frightened for a whole day today. It’s because I didn’t even have a single grain of rice in my stomach, and I’m so hungry that I’m a little panicked. Can you give me a bowl of porridge and rice, so that I can fill my stomach first?”

"Hey, when you hit a snake with a stick, I asked you to ask my teacher for your crime, but you asked me to ask you to eat and drink? Hmph, wait a moment..."

His Majesty Li Er reprimanded Guo Ye angrily, and shouted in the direction of the bedroom: "Queen, have you ever slept peacefully? Didn't you make supper for me before? Come, let someone present it to Guo Qing's family for explanation." Relieve their hunger."

Soon, there was a response from the other side of the bedroom.

In fact, Guo Ye really didn't want to ask His Majesty Li Er for a bowl of porridge.

Facts have proved that His Majesty Li Er yelled at the palace, which completely reassured this kid and made him feel at ease.

After a while, as soon as the beaded curtain of the bedroom was lifted, a graceful woman with green silk hanging down her shoulders walked out step by step, it was the eldest grandson empress herself who was about to go to bed.

Empress Changsun was dragging a wooden plate, on which was placed an exquisite jade bowl, with a delicate fragrance wafting from the bowl.

Uh, Guo Ye dog sniffed lightly, lotus seed soup?

Immediately, he hurried forward to receive the tray from Empress Changsun, and respectfully said, "How lucky is this minister? To have the empress deliver a bowl of lotus seed soup to this minister by herself. Blessed, what a blessing!" Blessed."

"So it's Guo Ye?"

Empress Changsun was quite surprised to see Guo Ye still appearing in the Ganlu Hall at midnight, and said, "It turns out that you are the one who made His Majesty angry because of your cunning, and you have been refusing to rest for a long time?"

"Ashamed, ashamed, I am so ashamed!"

Facing the words of Empress Changsun who seemed to be soft and unrestrained, but actually had a hidden needle in it, Guo Ye blushed for a while and couldn't stand it.

This woman really lived up to her reputation, worthy of the reputation of being the queen of the ages, and she was no less shy than her husband, His Majesty Li Er.

Guo Ye was speechless, and took the lotus seed soup in front of him, and drank it in a sloppy manner, no matter how vulgar it was, the Empress Changsun smiled wryly and shook her head, but she didn't forget to look at her husband.

When His Majesty Li Er saw this, he also felt dizzy for a while. Why can't this guy learn to be more reserved and behave like a gentleman?

The couple looked at each other, with an inexplicable sense of relief flashing in their eyes.

When Guo Ye finished drinking the lotus seed soup, he was still shamelessly sticking out his tongue and licking the bowl wall and the mouth of the bowl. He looked like he was dying, and the Li couple went blind for a while, and they shouted in unanimous agreement, this Where is the demeanor that Datang officials should have?

His Majesty Li Er really couldn't stand it anymore, he waved his hand at Queen Changsun, and said in a low voice: "Queen, you go back and rest first, I will sleep later."

Empress Changsun hummed, said no more words, deliberately turned around and returned to the bedroom, the ancestral motto of the past dynasties that the harem should not interfere in politics, and Empress Changsun was a staunch supporter.

As soon as the queen left, His Majesty Li Er yelled at Guo Ye, who was still licking the leftovers from the bowl, like a reincarnation of a starving ghost: "Enough, hurry up and talk about your solution, I am exhausted, and I will pay you back tomorrow." Get up early and go to court."

Guo Ye snorted, put the jade bowl back on the table with a smirk, and then said softly: "Your Majesty, your current distress should be a dilemma, right? Here, I agreed to the marriage proposal of the Tubo envoy, and promised to Princess Wencheng married Tubo Tsampo Songtsan Gampo, and the two countries married; but what about there? For some reason, millions of people in Chang'an City unanimously opposed the kinship with Tubo, and the public opinion is so fierce that you have to think carefully. Is that what you mean? "

"nonsense!"

His Majesty Li Er shouted: "Isn't it because you did a good job? If it weren't for you, how could I have fallen into this embarrassing situation. Think about it, if I agreed to the Tubo envoy, where would I put millions of people in Chang'an? I don’t follow the will of the people, disregard the aspirations of the people, and openly disobey him. Is this something that you Daoming Lord did? But if I follow the will of the people and openly repent of the marriage, how can I explain it to Tubo? I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty , how can you not believe what you say?"

Speaking of this, His Majesty Li Er was suddenly full of confusion, and could not help accusing: "Guo Ye, Guo Ye, you are the one who put me into this dilemma, you, you, I wish I could cut you into pieces... ..."

"Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

Seeing that His Majesty Li Er was rekindled by himself, Guo Ye interrupted again and again: "Your Majesty, if you cut the minister with a knife, who will solve this dilemma for you? No?"

His Majesty Li Er waved his hand irritably, and shouted: "Don't be verbose, speak quickly!"

Guo Ye rolled his eyes, lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is actually very easy to handle. Tomorrow, you will ask Li Gang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to draft a few letters of credence, and then send them to Niboluo and Gaochang urgently within [-] miles. State, Xue Yantuo, and even the rulers of Tuyuhun and other countries, how ambiguous and how to write the credential, anyway, it is to express His Majesty's intention to marry Princess Wencheng to the other party in a subtle way."

"Ok?"

His Majesty Li Er knew that Guo Ye had something to say next, so he didn't ask any questions, and motioned him to continue.

Guo Ye understood, and continued: "Your Majesty, think about it. As long as these countries are not allied, they will be singled out one by one. To put it bluntly, they are all small businesses, and they are not comparable to our Tang Dynasty. As long as your Majesty is ambiguous in the letter , whoever marries Princess Wencheng, the Tang Dynasty will definitely support him, make him prosperous and strong, and make him the best among other countries. Who do you think can stay calm in these countries? Don’t look at them all forming a barrier, hmph , when it comes to interests, I guess they are more fierce than wild dogs grabbing food."

His Majesty Li Er's face was calm, and he continued to ask: "And then?"

"Then?" Guo Ye said with a smile, "After confirming that other countries in the Western Regions have received His Majesty's letter of credence, then you summon the Tubo envoys and say that all countries have heard that the Tang Dynasty is going to marry Princess Wencheng to Songtsan Gampo , Monarchs of various countries have sent envoys to Chang'an to send letters of credence, begging to marry Princess Wencheng. Now, a rift has been torn in the alliance between the Tubo Kingdom and the Western Regions."

His Majesty Li Er couldn't help but nodded when he heard this, and asked, "Then how should I deal with the Tubo envoy?"

Guo Ye said: "At that time, you can say that you are very distressed and feel pressured. You don't know which king should marry Princess Wencheng to. You can simply push back indefinitely, or set a date for Tubo and Gaochang. Wait for the country to set up a ring and make a bet or something, such as choosing a place to hold a multinational military exercise one year later, and the country that wins will marry Princess Wencheng to that country. In this way, the burden of your dilemma is not directly Was it thrown away?"

His Majesty Li Er asked: "Multinational military exercises? Why?"

Guo Ye hurriedly explained: "Well, it means that each of the several countries will send an army to simulate a war that is not real, and screen out the winners and losers."

"Oh, this is new and interesting!"

His Majesty Li Er listened, nodded more and more frequently, and sighed sincerely: "This is a good way. It can not only conform to public opinion, but also prevent the Tubo Kingdom from gradually becoming stronger through our Great Tang. The key is to start from The alliance of countries in the Western Regions disintegrates each other internally and creates estrangement between them. Yes, this is indeed a way to achieve the best of both worlds. Very good, very good, really good!"

His Majesty Li Er praised three times in succession, Guo Ye was elated.

However, His Majesty Li Er suddenly frowned and shook his head again, and said: "Then if I set up a ring to make a bet for them, and the military exercise a year later will determine the winner, wouldn't I want to give it to several foreign countries?" Is a country getting married? Isn’t it time to face today’s situation and situation?”

Guo Ye chuckled lightly and said, "My lord, you also said that after one year, there are too many variables, who can say for sure? And just because there will be a distinction after one year, maybe these days The country secretly began to frequently use insidious tricks to compete with each other. Maybe three months later, Nivala destroyed Xue Yantuo, and maybe half a year later, Tubo also destroyed Gaochang Kingdom? Under the temptation of self-interest, no one can say this No. But our ultimate goal is not to disintegrate their alliance, so we, Datang, will deal with a Tubo or a Niboluo alone, will we still look forward and backward, and tie our hands and feet?"

"wonderful!"