Cui Dao: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the purpose of Tubo attacking my Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Of course, it is to kidnap the wealth of my Datang children, and if possible, to encroach on my Datang's land."

"It's still true! As long as we give our children's wealth and land to Tibet, won't they not attack when they get benefits? ”

"You ......"

Li Longji spurted out a mouthful of old blood, squinted at Cui, and said in his heart This is my prime minister? You are so lacking in heart, can you come up with such a bad idea?

Yao Chong was cunning and said, "Please continue to talk about Cui Xiang." ”

Cui Kan talked eloquently and said: "With the national strength of my Tang Dynasty, it is bound to be overstretched to deal with the attacks of the Turks and Tibetans at the same time. The only way is to stabilize one side for the time being, and then go all out to deal with the other side. Your Majesty, please think about it, during the reign of Gaozong, my Tang Dynasty destroyed countless countries, but in the face of the simultaneous attack of Tubo and Silla, did you temporarily let Silla go? ”

Li Longji's expression eased slightly, and he said, "So...... Do you want me to let go of Tibet for the time being and go all out to deal with the Turks? ”

"Yes, yes."

"But this land cutting still makes me lose face."

Cui smiled slightly and said, "Weichen has a plan that can make His Majesty's face unhindered, but Cui Geng is greatly embarrassed." ”

"What's the strategy?"

"Tubo has long had the intention of making peace with my Tang Dynasty, but it has been repeatedly blocked by Cui Geng. Later, it was Li Chongfu who married the princess of Tubo. Now that the Tubo Xing army has committed my Tang Dynasty, he has also declared to my Tang people that this move is to avenge Li Chongfu. So...... Why doesn't Your Majesty marry a princess to Tibet and reconcile with Tibet? ”

Li Longji muttered: "It's not impossible to make peace with Tubo. But I don't have any daughters of the right age. ”

"What's so hard about that? Your Majesty recognizes Princess Jincheng as a righteous daughter, won't you have it? ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Li Longji's mind was smart, and he instantly understood what Cui meant.

Li Nunu is the daughter of King Li Shouli and the granddaughter of Li Xian, the prince of Zhang Huai. In terms of seniority, she has to call herself uncle, and she recognizes her as a righteous daughter, which is no problem at all.

In terms of age, Li Nunu is fourteen years old this year, probably ten years older than the Tubo Xiaozanpu ruler with Zhudan, which is barely appropriate.

What's more critical is that Wu Zetian originally asked Li Nunu to worship Cui Geng as a teacher, which implied the meaning of entrusting orphans. Now that he married Li Nunu to Tubo, he not only improved the relationship between himself and Tubo, but also slapped Cui Geng's face hard, which can be called killing two birds with one stone.

The only problem is

Li Longji hesitated: "The Tubo people got a Li Nunu, will they temporarily suspend the army?" ”

"Of course not. But...... Since the princess is marrying Tubo Zampu, how can the court not prepare to marry? You must know that during the reign of Emperor Taizong, Princess Wencheng got married and brought a lot of craftsmen. ”

"What are you going to let Princess Jincheng marry?"

Cui Dao: "The land of nine curves in Hexi!" ”

"What? The land of nine curves in Hexi? Except for Choi, everyone exclaimed in surprise.

The so-called land of Jiuqu in Hexi is the cover and position of Longyou Road, and there are 25 prefectures. Although these state capitals are poor places for the Tang Dynasty. But for the Tibetan people, it is a good land with abundant water and plants, which has been coveted for a long time.

What's more, these places are not only the necessary places on the Silk Road, but also the only places for Tubo to pass through to the Tang Dynasty, and the geographical location is very important.

Cui said that he would cede these twenty-five states to Tubo, and of course the Tubo people would be satisfied, but Datang was not happy!

Yao Chong frowned and said: "The nature of the jackal of the Tubo people, even if they temporarily withdrew after obtaining the land of Jiuqu. In a few days, it is bound to make a comeback. At that time, the Tubo people are like tigers, how can I resist it? ”

Cui Dao: "Didn't I just say it? This is just a delaying tactic. After our army has pacified the Turks, we can concentrate on dealing with Tibet. I have a million soldiers and thousands of generals in the Tang Dynasty, even if Tubo gets the land of Jiuqu, what can I do? ”

"Hmph, how can things be as good as they should be? I'm afraid, I'm afraid, at that time, even if I try my best, I will still have no way to take Tubo. ”

……

Yao Chongnai is a famous prime minister in history, and he intuitively feels that Cui's bad idea will make Datang suffer greatly.

But at the same time, although he was opposed, his tone was not strong. The reason is very simple, if you don't reconcile with Tubo, can the Tang Dynasty come up with enough military spending to fight with it? It's useless for you to just oppose it, and you have to come up with a solution to the problem in the end.

In the end, neither Yao Chong nor Cui could convince anyone, so they had to ask Li Longji to decide.

Li Longji frowned and said: "Now the land of Jiuqu in Hexi is under the jurisdiction of Yang Ju, the governor of Shanzhou. As...... Let's ask what he means? ”

Cui shook his head and said, "No need, don't hide it, this idea was mentioned by Yang Ju in his private message to Weichen." ”

Li Longji finally had no choice this time, so he had to say: "Okay, then Cui Aiqing saw that Yang Ju was used as an envoy to discuss the peace between the two countries with the Tubo people, and agreed...... Take the land of Hexi Jiuqu as the princess of Jincheng Tang Muyi. ”

"Yes!"

"In addition, the national treasury will send three million guan, and I will send another four million guan to the inner treasury and send it to Longxi to hand over to Xie Wan, so that he must hold the two prefectures of Lan and Wei before the peace talks."

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The ministers agreed in unison.

Zhang Shuo shouted in his mouth, but secretly screamed bitterly in his heart: Now His Majesty only has more than three million private money left in his hands. How much money can they come up with to continue to support their plan to disrupt Lingnan Road?

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The monarch and the ministers agreed, and the news spread quickly.

When Li Shouli heard about this, he hurried to his daughter's boudoir, and before he entered the door, he had already heard Li Nunu's crying: "I don't want to marry a Tubo person, and I don't want to marry if I die!" ”

Li Shouli pushed the door in, waved the maid who was waiting for him to retreat, and then persuaded: "Alas, my daughter, what are you talking nonsense? What's so bad about going to Tibet? When Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, the people of Tibet still remember his goodness. There are Princess Wencheng temples everywhere, and there are sacrifices every year, and ordinary princesses can have this treatment? ”

Li Nunu sneered: "Princess Wencheng married a half-old man for the peace of the two countries, and she has been widowed for decades, and she has to be bullied by the eldest woman, which she deserves." Do you want your daughter to do the same? ”

"Uh...... If you marry into Tibet, you can still be considered a goddaughter by Your Majesty. ”

"Could it be that my Jincheng princess who was crowned by the Great Sage Empress is not worth anything?"

"Can you take the twenty-one prefectures of Jiuqu in Hexi as Tang Muyi?"

"I'm afraid that because of this incident, the slave will be hated by the Tang people for a lifetime."

……

Li Shouli persuaded for a long time, but Li Nunu just didn't listen.

Suddenly, his little eyes rolled and he said, "Daughter, if you really don't want to marry into Tibet, it's not impossible." I just have to ask for someone's help. ”

"Who?"

"Your cheap teacher, Lingnan Wang Cui Geng."

"But...... He went to Quanzhou, can this really help? ”

"Cui Erlang is far away in Chang'an, and the Turks and Tibetans who can be deterred dare not act rashly, what are you doing?"

"Okay, I'll give my teacher a letter."

Li Shouli urged: "Write quickly, write quickly, when a peace agreement is reached, it will be too late." ”

Although Li Shouli said it lightly, he was really not sure in his heart, so he could only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor.

He prayed secretly in his heart, God bless, so that Cui Geng is indeed as powerful as rumored, and turn the tide.

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Under the conditions of this era, the migration of 50,000 people is not a difficult task, but it is enough to ensure that no one dies and reaches the destination safely, it is enough to become a nightmare for all officials.

Cui Geng's 50,000 people walked very slowly, and when he received Li Nunu's letter, he arrived in Yangzhou City.

"Cui Riyong is the prime minister? The land of the Tang Dynasty cutting nine songs? Princess Jincheng was forced to kiss Tibet? That's interesting......"

Cui Geng thought about it for a while, so he brushed a little pen and walked the dragon snake, wrote a secret letter, and tied it to the leg of a carrier pigeon.

"Go, go!"

As soon as Cui Geng's hand was loosened, the carrier pigeon soared into the sky.

Looking at the carrier pigeon soaring into the sky, a smile appeared on the corner of Cui Geng's mouth, and he muttered: "Cui, Cui, I want you to see what it means to pay off the debt in June!" ”