Chapter 274: The Wayward Promise
Li Hao's slaughter of prisoners is a secret, as long as he weaves an excuse, he can prevaricate the court's inquiry, and naturally he can also prevaricate and lose his thinking, but in the face of his stubborn thinking, Li Hao chose to believe him, he just wanted to see if he could become a trustworthy friend, and the worst result was nothing more than to tell Li Shimin about his slaughter of the captives.
He frowned and groaned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Poet, with all due respect, why are you so impulsive, do you know that you have made great achievements repeatedly, and you have long been jealous, and there are many people in the court waiting for you to make mistakes." ”
Li Hao nodded calmly: "I know this, but I have my reasons." ”
"Oh?" Stubbornly surprised when he heard this, he spread his hands and said, "What reason do you have?" ”
Li Hao said: "The one hundred palace maids sent by the emperor to the princess to marry were captured by Tubo before, and now there are only eighteen people left, and many of the eighty-two palace maids were ruined to death by Tubo soldiers, and some committed suicide because they were humiliated. ”
"What?" Lost Sili was stunned for a moment when he heard this, his face was angry, and after a while, he regained his composure, and nodded, "This matter is really infuriating, but you killed 10,000 at once, which is a bit much." ”
"I'm too little." Li Hao said indifferently, "I originally planned to kill all the 19,000 captives, leaving only Lunzhu Renzeng alone. ”
Hearing this, he shook his head with a bitter smile, he had seen Li Hao's violent temper, and now that the matter had happened, it was futile to say anything, so he could only ask: "Have you figured out a way to face the court's inquiry?" ”
"I've figured it out." Li Hao said, "If the imperial court asks, I will say that when we wait for you here, there is not enough food, so we can't let my Tang soldiers starve, so I reduced the rations of the Tubo captives, and eventually caused 10,000 captives to starve to death." ”
"Your rhetoric ......" Stubborn thought force couldn't laugh bitterly when he heard it, and felt that his reason was made up as if he was joking.
"It's perfunctory, isn't it?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and asked.
Zhi Zhi Sili didn't speak, he acquiesced, but Li Hao said seriously: "I also know that it's a bit perfunctory, so I still need General Zhizhi-Loss-Si-Li to help me solve this panic." This time, he pronounced the name of the obsessive mindless word by word, and finally pronounced it correctly.
Zhi Sili smiled: "Just call me the right name for you this time, and I will also help you solve this panic." ”
Li Hao hurriedly got up and bowed his hand: "Thank you for being selfish, General." ”
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The next day he took Lunzhu Rinzeng and 9,000 Tubo prisoners back to Chang'an, and Li Hao also pulled out the camp at the same time and marched towards Tuyuhun.
Seven days later, Li Hao finally arrived at the capital of Tuyuhun Fu Qi City, Fu Qi City has always been the capital of Tuyuhun, but since it was defeated by Li Jing and the army, Tuyuhun was divided into two parts, East Tuyuhun was taken over by Fu Yunzi Yanmang Jiebo, set up the capital in Shanshan, and West Tuyuhun was replaced by Fu Yun's eldest son Murong Shun, and the capital was still set in Fu Qicheng, he wanted to prove that he was the orthodox King of Tuyuhun. Because Yanmang Jiebo took refuge in Tubo, the Tang Dynasty only recognized West Tuyuhun as Tuyuhun.
Although Tuyuhun is desolate and the national strength is weak, but Fu Qi City is the capital after all, it is not prosperous, but it is not depressed, anyway, it is like that, but the buildings in the city are different from the style of the Tang Dynasty, most of them are domes and spire buildings, and it is precisely because of these different buildings that Cai'er suddenly had a fresh curiosity about this exotic country after seeing it, after all, she is only fourteen years old, and she is always full of curiosity about new things.
Li Hao waited outside Tuyuhun City for a while, and soon, King Xuan of Tuyuhun led hundreds of officials out of the city to greet him, and the ceremony was solemn, but Li Hao was very dissatisfied.
For the current situation of Tuyuhun, Li Hao knows, when Zhenguan was eight years, Murong Shun, the king of Tuyuhun, succeeded to the throne and was named the king of Xiping County by Li Shimin, Zhenguan nine years, because Murong Shun was a hostage in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, the people did not attach him, and he was killed by his subordinates, and his eleven-year-old son Nuo Haobo succeeded to the throne, Nuo Haobo naturally inherited the title of Xiping County King, what is the concept of the county king, Li Daozong knows, he is the county king.
A small county king marries the princess of the Tang Dynasty, naturally he has to come to greet him in person, but he is the blood of the emperor, the princess, the princess yes, the county king sees that the princess is also going to perform the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, Nuo Hao's bowl is good, he hides in the palace, and sends his own group of little brothers to greet him, a few meanings, want to rebel?
Facing the greeting of King Xuan and hundreds of civil and military officials, Li Hao was unmoved, shouted King Xuan to come forward and speak, and told King Xuan the number of etiquette well, barbarians are not polite, we have to teach them, but Li Hao's words may not be so polite.
King Xuan nodded and accepted Li Hao's lecture, Nuo Nuo continued to speak, for Li Hao, he was still more jealous, this time the family team was attacked, he had already heard that Li Hao was able to defeat 30,000 Tubo troops with 7,000 soldiers and horses, and also captured Tubo Youru Shuai, in his opinion, this is no different from a god man, you know, just last year, the Tubo army attacked Tuyuhun, only used 20,000 soldiers and horses, they Tuyuhun was defeated, and there was no way to fight back, fortunately, Tubo did not really want to fight them at that time, I just want to teach them a lesson, and at the same time use a way to invade the Tang Dynasty, so that they can survive until now.
To tell the truth, Nuo Haobo is very afraid of Tubo now, but he is not very afraid of Datang, because the Tubo people are fierce, and they beat them for no reason, they don't dare to squeak, how good Datang is, as long as he pretends to be a child, Datang immediately sent a princess to ride for him...... Ahh
In fact, these ideas of Nuo Haobo are very realistic and true, this is like educating children, if the parents in the family are spoiled by the mother and the father is strict, then if two people want the child to do one thing at the same time, the child must listen to the father, because the father is strict, if he is not obedient, he is likely to be beaten, it is so simple.
If Li Shimin knew what Nuo Haobo was thinking, would he slap his ears and scrape his ears, and people would be using him as a pen.
So when Nuo Haobo heard that the princess of the Tang Dynasty had arrived, he only sent the Great Minister Xuan Wang to lead the civil and military officials to greet him, and he was lazy in the palace with a king's shelf, he completely forgot the lesson of almost destroying the country seven years ago, that time if it wasn't for Li Shimin not looking down on such a desolate land, there would have been no Tuguhun in the world, and Nuo Haobo also forgot that he is now just a county king of the Tang Dynasty, although this is just a title, but it also represents Tuyuhun's submission to the Tang Dynasty, surrender and submission, obey like a minister, He didn't have this consciousness at all, maybe he didn't know that he still had such a title.
Li Hao refused to enter the city, and taught King Xuan a lesson, and then King Xuan went into the city to invite the king to ask for a bowl according to Li Hao's instructions, and the other civil and military ministers stayed in place with a confused face, looking at each other, and asked the king to greet him personally.
Fu Qi City is not very big, King Xuan came all the way to the palace, asked to see Nuo Haobo, and conveyed Li Hao's meaning.
"What! Do you want this king to go out of the city to greet the princess of the Tang Dynasty in person? Hearing this, the eighteen-year-old Nuo Haobo suddenly stood up from his position, his two eyebrows twisted into twists, and he glared, "Is this Tang Dynasty marriage envoy suffering from hysteria?" This king is the king of a country, a princess, how can he let this king go out of the city to greet him! This king has sent you to lead the ministers to meet them, and it has given them enough face! ”
King Xuan frowned when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty, you are indeed the king of a country, but Your Majesty may have forgotten that when the first king took over the throne, he was named the king of Xiping County by the Tang Dynasty. ”
"What? The king of the county? Nuo Haobo frowned, very unhappy, and after a long silence, he said, "That is the father of the king, and it has nothing to do with this king." ”
"Your Majesty is cautious." King Xuan hurriedly said, "The position of the prince has always been passed on, since His Majesty has taken over the throne of the previous king, he naturally inherited the title of the king of Xiping County, and the reason why the Tang Dynasty is willing to marry the princess is precisely because of this." ”
"This king is actually just a county king of the Tang Dynasty?" Nuo Haobo was very unhappy, paced back and forth and thought for a long time, and said, "Since the princess of the Tang Dynasty married me Tuyuhun, she should naturally do it according to my Tuyuhun etiquette. ”
King Xuan shook his head slowly: "According to Datang, our Tuyuhun also belongs to Datang." ”
"What!" Nuo Haobo glared and exclaimed, he had been the king for six years, and he was suddenly informed that his country belonged to the Tang Dynasty, he was really shocked and angry.
King Xuan said: "Your Majesty, you must pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year, which has recognized Tuyuhun as a subject country of the Tang Dynasty." ”
"Why didn't you tell this king earlier!" Nuo Haobo glared and scolded.
When he first became the king, he was only eleven years old, and he didn't understand the major affairs of the court, and he was completely at the mercy of King Xuan.
However, King Xuan and the ministers tried their best to dissuade Nuo Haobo at that time, telling him that if he could pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would send back more money, and this money was not a small amount for Tuyuhun.
Nuo Haobo is young, he is willful, he is arrogant, and he is still a little backbone, because he knows that his father is because he has no backbone and submits to the Tang Dynasty, he will be opposed by the countrymen, and finally killed by his subordinates, as a king, he actually died in the hands of his own subjects, which is simply a great shame.
Now, after six years, he is gradually growing up, and he feels that after all these years of hard work, he has become a very good king, because the people of Tuyuhun are very supportive of him, and he believes that the eyes of the people are bright.
Nuo Haobo frowned and thought for a long time, and said slowly: "King Xuan, you go and tell the marriage envoy of the Tang Dynasty that this king will refuse to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty from now on, and Tuyuhun will no longer be a vassal to the Tang Dynasty." ”
"Your Majesty!" Hearing this, King Xuan suddenly raised his voice and said coldly, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the fate of Fuyun Khan!" The Tang Dynasty soldiers are invincible in the world, and this Tang Dynasty marriage envoy is the dragon and phoenix among the people, with 7,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the 30,000 army of Tubo, Your Majesty don't say children's words again! ”
"Great Phase!" Seeing that he actually scolded himself like this, Nuo Haobo suddenly lost his temper, glared and shouted, "You dare to reprimand this king like this!" ”
King Xuan said coldly: "Your Majesty wants to trap Tugu in fire and water, and only the sound of wind and thunder can make Your Majesty wake up, and I hope that Your Majesty will put the country first, and don't be willful!" ”