Seven hundred and seventy-six oddities

When Cheng Yuanqiao received Suning's handwritten letter, he still felt a little unbelievable, as the head of a team of blood drops that had been lurking in Silla, his life was quite depressing, because in Silla, his identity was a businessman, and all kinds of means lurked in Silla, and the suffering was not enough for outsiders, what means were used, and in what way he survived to this day, he didn't know, he was surrounded by Silla people, and even the concubines around him were Silla people, and he didn't even dare to say anything in his dreams.

Silla people speak a lot of Chinese, but his Chang'an accent is definitely not something that a Silla businessman can say, maybe it can be explained, but if there is something that should not be said in the dream words, Cheng Yuanqiao really doesn't know what he should do, the lurking in Silla is not only a task, but also a responsibility, but also a torment, if it weren't for the honor and oath of the blood drops, he should have been unable to bear it, it's only three years, only three years, what if it takes longer?

Suning's handwritten letter is about asking him to select the most eloquent person among the Silla blood drop agents, and then according to the requirements in the letter, along with the ambassador of the Tang embassy in Silla to meet the king of Silla, the only request is to persuade the king of Silla and the Tang soldiers and horses to attack Goguryeo proper, and attack Goguryeo properland from the back direction, the Tang Dynasty launched an attack from the west coast, and Silla launched an attack from the eastern land.

The preferential conditions offered by the Tang Dynasty included many conditions such as increasing trade efforts, and the most attractive condition was that the Goguryeo territory captured by the Tang army and the Goguryeo territory captured by Silla belonged to Silla, and when Silla intended to eliminate Baekje and dominate the peninsula. The Tang army would attack to assist Silla in destroying Baekje.

Cheng Yuanqiao knew that Goguryeo sent 150,000 troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, and the blood drops of the entire Silla knew it, because the Silla people basically knew about it, and Goguryeo on the back sent people to Silla to say something to the King of Silla, and then the King of Silla said that he would not move, and Goguryeo sent an army of 150,000 to attack the Tang Dynasty with confidence, and at the same time, about 50,000 troops were also deployed on the border between Goguryeo and Silla to guard against Silla, in case of emergency.

Goguryeo is not unwary of Silla, and Silla is not unwary of Goguryeo, but there is one important point. Cheng Yuanqiao wanted to know what conditions Goguryeo gave the king of Silla. So that Silla, who deeply hated Goguryeo, could give up such a great opportunity for Goguryeo's main force to be exhausted and the domestic army was insufficient, what price did Goguryeo pay?

Cheng Yuanqiao has already decided to go into battle on his own, very simply, as a businessman. His eloquence goes without saying. Bargaining is even better. It's just that this time the two sides of the bargain are just two countries, and according to Su Hou's intentions, as long as the task is completed. Those who complete the task can leave Silla with the Tang envoys who came to deliver the letter, as a reward, of course, provided that all traces of their stay in Silla are wiped out and not left.

Cheng Yuanqiao sold his business almost at an extraordinary speed, all the three years of hard work were sold to the strongest business opponents, all the domestic servants and maids were sold to different people, in just three days, he took care of everything, exchanged all the property for money, hired all the people to send to the Tang Embassy, and then entered the embassy lightly.

After a brief discussion with the Tang envoys and embassy ambassadors, the three of them determined the ultimate goal of this operation, and then carefully analyzed how to persuade the king of Silla, the first condition is to find out what conditions Goguryeo promised to Silla, after this condition has achieved the goal, you can prescribe the right medicine, Goguryeo can persuade Silla to stay still in such a situation, and must have paid the price of Phoebe, the content of this price, Cheng Yuanqiao wants to know.

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty is called Wang Ze, who is also a diplomatic official from the vertical and horizontal departments, has been to neighboring countries more than 30 times, and has rich experience in foreign affairs, he believes that this time for such a huge temptation of Silla can be restrained by the king of Silla, and not to attack the rear of Goguryeo, which lacks troops, it is obvious that the king of Silla must have obtained the maximum benefit he thinks, and if the Tang Dynasty does not open up a little bigger, it is estimated that the king of Silla will not agree.

The king of Silla did not dare to openly confront the Tang Dynasty, but in this situation where the Tang Dynasty was at a disadvantage and they were in a position of sweetness, the King of Silla was very likely to sit on the ground and raise the price, which was very disadvantageous for the Tang Dynasty, and more importantly, in order to monitor the actions of Silla, the Goguryeo people were likely to plant eyeliner in the capital of Silla, and even secretly monitor the movements of the Tang Dynasty's embassy, Goguryeo knew about the Tang Dynasty's embassy, although the Tang Dynasty did not open an embassy in Goguryeo, Goguryeo's diplomats in the Tang Dynasty were also arrested and beheaded by Li Erma, but this does not mean that Goguryeo did not understand the Tang Dynasty.

Li Kai, the ambassador of the Tang Dynasty, is also one of the first batch of diplomats trained by the Zongheng Division, he has personally been trained by Suning, and he is extremely shrewd, after Wang Ze's analysis, he immediately showed a look of sudden realization, and said: "I said why I have always found many suspicious people around the embassy recently, and it is not the first time that the guards have reported to me, and I have not taken it to heart, thinking that it is just the surveillance method of the Silla people themselves, who knows that it may be Goguryeo!"

The Goguryeo people would definitely have thought that we would persuade the king of Silla to attack Goguryeo, and they would definitely try to prevent the king of Silla from sending troops to Goguryeo! If we want to achieve our goal, we must first destroy the Goguryeo people's eyeliner in Silla, Minister Cheng, this point, it depends on you and your blood drops, we are all old men in the past, we don't know the ability of your blood drops, there are only 200 guards in the pavilion, if you want to act, there is only one chance! ”

Cheng Yuanqiao frowned, considering: "The number of blood drops in Silla is not large, only more than two hundred, if you want to track down the secret stronghold of the Goguryeo people, it is not difficult, but if the number of Goguryeo people is too large and the guards are not enough, then how can it be good?" Concentrated blood droplets? That's not good, the blood droplets all have their own tasks, and it's bad to miss one. ”

Wang Ze opened his mouth and said: "Don't take care of these things first, let's finish Su Hou's order first." At least I don't think we need to do anything to the Goguryeo until we persuade the Silla king, and if we do convince the Silla king, the Silla king will help us destroy the Goguryeo stronghold. ”

Li Kai and Cheng Yuanqiao agreed, and the next step was to discuss what conditions the Goguryeo people put forward and what benefits they promised to the king of Silla, which was the most important thing, and after figuring out this, we had a corresponding method. Otherwise, you will be caught off guard when the time comes. That's not good.

Li Kai looked a little solemn: "The condition given by Marquis Su is that all the territory under the joint attack of Silla and the Tang Dynasty alliance is owned by Silla, but how much of this territory can be captured is also a question, if Goguryeo originally promised to cede the territory to Silla." Then our conditions may not be advantageous. Once the matter is revealed. The king of Silla will even connive at the Goguryeo people to assassinate us, and our lives are in danger! ”

Wang Ze frowned and said, "It's not like the Goguryeo people will allocate all the territory south of the Datong River to the Silla people, right?" Isn't this whole piece of land equal to the Silla people? Even with the territory that belonged to my Tang Dynasty in the past, wouldn't we be able to get back any of the four Han counties? Baekje is the weakest. Once Goguryeo is lost, it is very likely that Silla will destroy Baekje and unify the land of Korea, which is definitely not a good thing for my Tang Dynasty! ”

Cheng Yuanqiao's face was shocked: "No, no, no, that's right, that's right!" Two, two, guess below, the Goguryeo people are planning to give all the area south of the Taedong River to the Silla people! That's it! ”

Wang Ze was shocked: "No, no, no, Brother Cheng, it's just a guess, and you can't take it seriously, such a large territory, are the Goguryeo people really willing to do it?" Not to mention that their national capital is still in the area south of the Datong River, do they really plan to do this?! ”

Cheng Yuanqiao calmly analyzed: "The Goguryeo people sent troops to Beiping City at the beginning, and they must have taken a fancy to Beiping City, which is one of the few big cities in the Beidi of the Tang Dynasty, and all kinds of materials are very rich, you may wish to imagine that the Goguryeo people sent 150,000 troops this time must not only set their sights on Beiping City, but also have the idea of thousands of miles of fertile land south of Beiping City!"

They definitely want to take advantage of this to attack the Central Plains, and they are quite ambitious! If they really let them take down Beiping City, they are very likely to move the capital to Beiping City, and want to confront our Datang for a long time, if they just want to take advantage of the fire to loot until Beiping City, then what they want is to plunder what they want from Beiping City, such as seeds for high-yield crops, and various weapons that have been announced for the latest research and development, then their promise to Silla is not true.

They may want to use this to stabilize Silla, and then after gaining a lot of benefits, increase their military strength, and then turn around and swallow Silla and Baekje, completely free from worries, and then attack our Datang, the Goguryeo people were attacked by Silla and Baekje before and lost a lot of territory, it is estimated that they also know that with his current ability, it is difficult to unify Korea, so they are drunkards do not mean to drink! ”

Wang Ze frowned and said: "If they really want to do this, why do they need to go around such a big circle and attack Datang at all costs, don't they know that if Datang transfers the grassland army back and fights back with all their might, they can really block Datang's attack?" Doesn't the failure of Qiansui mean that my Datang will also fail, will they really do this kind of thing? Fighting on two fronts is a taboo for soldiers, and they should take advantage of the Tang Dynasty's inability to attack to destroy Silla and Baekje, which is normal, isn't it? Otherwise, the front door drives the wolf and the back door enters the tiger, wouldn't it be a fiasco? What exactly did the Goguryeo people intend? ”

Li Kai and Cheng Yuanqiao thought about it and didn't come up with a reason, but they always felt that something was wrong here, and finally the three of them unanimously decided to test the king of Silla.

The next day, the Tang ambassador Li Kai and the Tang envoys Wang Ze and Cheng Yuanqiao formally asked to meet the King of Silla, and the King of Silla received them, and the three of them went to the reception palace where the King of Silla received distinguished guests, and the current monarch of Silla is the 26th monarch of Silla, Queen Seondeok, the first female monarch of Silla, which is unlikely to be understood in the current Tang Dynasty, why can a woman become a monarch? And the next king of Queen Seondeok is still a woman.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty in another time and space will be able to understand what an empress is a few decades later, the only female emperor of China, His Majesty Wu Zetian, of course, Queen Shande and her successor are definitely not of Wu Zetian's level, China since the Shang Dynasty, the status of women has been greatly reduced, although there was a period of temporary rise in the status of women in the Tang Dynasty, but overall, the status of women is constantly declining.

The queen is incomprehensible in China, even if a woman like the queen mother is in the dynasty, it is not orthodox after all, and it is really unique to be able to go from the dynasty to the emperor like Wu Zetian, and the three envoys of the Tang Dynasty are now facing this Queen of Silla, Queen Kindman of Seondeok. (To be continued......)