"This petition is written quite profoundly, and the words and phrases have obviously been carefully considered!" Zhao Ziliang expressed his affirmation, looked at the civil and military ministers on the left and right, and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, how do you think my Tang Dynasty should deal with the matter of sending an envoy from the Bohai Kingdom to ask for guilt this time?" ”

Immediately, a white-haired old minister stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the king, the old minister thinks that I, as the upper kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, should have a tolerant bearing and a broad mind. Since the Bohai King Da Qinmao knew that he was wrong about the things of the year, and was willing to correct them, and said that he would always submit to my Tang Dynasty, the old minister thought that he should be tolerant and preferential, and besides, the mission sent so many tributes this time, which shows that their attitude is still good! ”

As soon as the old minister finished speaking, another minister stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, the king, the minister does not agree to be tolerant and preferential treatment to the Balhae Kingdom, the king clearly ordered them to send troops to assist in the attack on the Silla Kingdom, and it is understandable that the Japanese country is far overseas, but the Balhae Kingdom and Silla are close at hand, but they resist the disrespect for various reasons, for this phenomenon, the minister believes that it must not be tolerated, if other tribes are also the same as the Balhae Kingdom, what is the power of my Tang Dynasty?" Isn't the king's will useless to the surrounding tribes and subjects? ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the seconding of many ministers, and they came out to support them, but there were still some people who supported the opinion that the Bohai State should not be investigated and that it should be tolerant and preferential treatment.

Everyone argued, Zhao Ziliang looked at Lu Qi and Guan Bo and asked, "Two prime ministers, what do you think?" ”

Lu Qi's eyes rolled, and he gestured to Guan Bo: "Guan Xiang, let's talk about it first!" ”

Guan Bo groaned, stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the king, Weichen thinks that since the envoy sent by Da Qinmao to come over and offer a lot of treasures, this shows that the other party is indeed repentant, if we raise troops to attack again, it will seem that my Datang is too small, and there is a suspicion of oppression." Therefore, Weichen believes that it should still be tolerated and preferential, but the king's and the Tang Dynasty's Tianwei must not be offended, and the Bohai Kingdom must be punished as a punishment! For the punishment of the Bohai State, Weichen has several ideas: first, let the Bohai State cede the land of the four provinces of Fuyu Mansion, Changling Mansion, Yahao Mansion, and Nanhai Mansion to our country; Second, let the Bohai Kingdom send a prince to Chang'an as a hostage! Third, the Bohai State pays 10 million gold dollars to our country every year! ”

Da Yuanyi, the deputy envoy of the Bohai Kingdom, couldn't bear it when he heard this, and immediately became furious: "Impossible, you are simply too deceitful, and my Bohai Kingdom will never agree!" ”

Zhao Ziliang ignored him and looked at Lu Qi: "Lu Xiangye, what do you say?" ”

Lu Qi could only stand up and arch his hand: "Great King, the minister agrees with Lord Guan's suggestion, but the minister thinks that the conditions proposed by Lord Guan are too unrealistic, the land area of the Bohai Kingdom is not too large, and the output is limited, so it is almost impossible for them to pay 10 million gold yuan a year as a tribute, because they can't come up with so much money at all!" ”

Only then did Zhao Ziliang turn his gaze to the Bohai State Envoy Dayixin, and asked, "Dayixin, what do you say?" ”

Da Yixin said in a firm tone: "King, my country has admitted its mistake, and sent an apology, and it is the king's own letter to ask for guilt, if the Celestial Empire is still aggressive, this is not the demeanor of the Celestial Empire!" And although my Bohai country has few lands and few people, the people of my Bohai country will never let others bully! ”

Zhao Ziliang suddenly became furious when he heard this, and slapped the royal case violently, "Presumptuous!" Many years ago, the Bohai Kingdom had written to express its submission to the Celestial Empire, and my Datang was also canonized as the king of the Bohai Kingdom, and the king of the Bohai Kingdom and my Datang were the official titles, as a subject country, they wanted to get the protection of the Celestial Empire, but they didn't want to do some due obligations, how do you think there is such a cheap thing in the world? As a courtier, but disobeying the will of the court, what kind of behavior is this? Do you think that the authority of the Gu and Tang Empires was used by you vassal states to test the bottom line again and again? If you Bohai Kingdom just want to erase this matter with a letter of guilt, Lone is very responsible to tell you, impossible! The meaning of Guan Xiang is the meaning of this king, three conditions, the second condition cannot be changed, the first and third conditions can be discussed, but can not be erased, this is the final verdict of Lone, if you don't want to talk, you can, go back immediately, let's meet each other, even with the strength of my Tang Dynasty, I will destroy the Bohai Kingdom and slaughter all the people of the Bohai Kingdom! ”

Da Yixin finally felt Zhao Ziliang's tough style, Datang may have nothing to do with the Wa Kingdom in a short time, after all, there is a sea separation, but against the Bohai State, Datang can send troops to attack at any time! If he doesn't agree to negotiate, then Zhao Ziliang has enough reasons to let everyone in the court support sending troops to attack the Bohai Kingdom, and when Zhao Ziliang issues an edict, there will be no constraints, with the power of the whole country, not just talking!

Da Yixin was like a thunderbolt, his body shook like a sieve, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, he knew very well that with a small Bohai country, it was absolutely impossible to resist the Tang Dynasty to attack with the strength of the whole country, not to mention that Zhao Ziliang also had a Western Qin country behind him, although Zhao Ziliang had given up the throne of Western Qin to his son, no one would doubt that he would be able to mobilize Western Qin troops.

"Your Majesty, the king, this matter is very important, and the ministers and ministers can't call the shots!" Da Yixin fell to his knees and shouted with all his strength.

Zhao Ziliang was not moved at all: "Can't call the shots? So what qualifications do you have to be an envoy? Come on, take them down, and start negotiations in three days! Shut down, and you will be responsible for the negotiation on behalf of the imperial court! ”

"Yes!"

The chief and deputy envoys of the Bohai State were taken out of the hall in a heart-rending shout, and the civil and military ministers all felt Zhao Ziliang's heavenly might, and in terms of the attitude towards the surrounding states and tribes, Zhao Ziliang, the regent, was obviously tougher than the previous emperors of this dynasty, and even among the emperors of the previous dynasties, there was no one who could be like Zhao Ziliang.

How do you know, Zhao Ziliang suddenly looked at our envoy Fujiwara and said: "Fujiwara, if there is nothing else, you can also go, your mission has been completed, and you can return to the country in a few days, remember Lone's explanation, you have no other choice!" ”

"Hey!" Fujiwara and the others bent down and bowed, and then withdrew from the main hall under the leadership of the eunuch.

Although the envoys of the Bohai Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom left, but the court meeting was not over, Zhao Ziliang saw the emperor sitting on the throne yawning constantly, turned to the emperor and said: "If Your Majesty is tired, you can return to the inner palace to rest first"

The emperor was overjoyed, stood up and said, "Oh, great, it's so boring here, I just want to play with the birds, you go on, I'm gone!" ”

The emperor patted his ass and ran out of the main hall through the side door like a child, and several eunuchs immediately chased after him: "Your Majesty, slow down, wait for the slaves and maids"

The ministers were speechless for a while.

At this time, Li Jue, the king of Yan, stood up and arched his hand: "Regent, Lord Xuan has arrived, this king just wants to know what he has tried?" Could it be that just based on the words of that crazy Jia Rong, a prince and a prince of the clan, he was going to arrest a prince? If this is the case, wouldn't the safety of the ministers of the court become a problem, and wouldn't everyone be at risk? Is there still a rule in this court? Could it be that the princes of the Li Tang clan have now been reduced to the point where anyone can bully? Is this world still Li Tang's world? ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Li Jue's extremely angry accusation, and said: "The feelings of King Yan and the princes of the clan and the princes, Lone understands very well, the arrest of Li Mian is Lone's consent, of course Lone is not willing to do this, Li Mian is also a rare talented person in the clan, back then the king personally ordered him to be appointed from Taichang Shaoqing to Jingzhao Mansion Yin, and since then he has been promoted all the way, as a two-term prime minister, and has made a great contribution to the reproduction of the glory of the Tang Dynasty, of course Lone does not believe it, and even does not want to believe that he is a rebellious person, According to the investigation, Li Mian is seriously suspicious, and he can't bend the law for personal gain because he is the prince of the clan, the prince and the prince, nor because he has contributed to the country as prime minister! As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire, so what's the harm in checking it? If he really has nothing to do with the rebellion case, Lone will definitely give him justice and give him a good name! ”

Li Jue arched his hand and said: "The regent's words are pertinent, and this king is inexplicable, but Lord Xuan's methods are inevitably a little too subordinate, until now, the ministers still don't know where Li Mian is being held, it turned out to be a case of rebellion, and it involved a person in the clan, why can't he interrogate openly and brightly, but hide it and interrogate secretly?" What if some people want to frame them in secret? Moreover, this king is very puzzled by the regent's appointment of Lord Xuan to be in charge of this case, even if it is a case of rebellion, this is also a matter of my Tang Dynasty, Lord Xuan is an official of Western Qin, it seems a little inappropriate to be in charge of this case, right? ”

This is tantamount to openly arguing with Zhao Ziliang, and he is also talking to the truth, for good reason, Zhao Ziliang can't even have a seizure, after all, he is only a regent, a person with a foreign surname, not an emperor!

Zhao Ziliang suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a calm face: "The reason why Lone wants to let the officials of Western Qin be responsible for investigating this rebellion case is because the rebellion case involves a wide range of people, not to mention others, just Li Mian, his identity and status are already extraordinary, how can ordinary Datang officials be qualified to investigate him?" Moreover, all kinds of signs show that the forces behind this case are too large and complex, and no one can guarantee how many of the court officials have been infiltrated and bought by them, and any official in the court who takes over this case must be worried about retaliation and cannot wholeheartedly investigate the truth! Where is Xuan Eighteen? ”

Xuan 18 immediately stood up and clenched his fists and agreed: "Where are the ministers? ”

Zhao Ziliang asked expressionlessly: "If you investigate the case, you will investigate the case, why do you want to make it mysterious?" Where are the people locked up? Why not in prison? ”