Datang: Son-in-law, I beg you to come out of the mountain

Yang Zhuo said that Xue Yantuo's coming to marry the princess has a lot to do with the elimination of Xue Yantuo.

Li Shimin and the others looked at Yang Zhuo in surprise.

"How do you say that? Why does it matter?!"

"That's right! My son-in-law! Don't be a fool! Tell me!"

Li Shimin and the others are already getting a little nervous!

"Old Li! Do you know that in folk marriages, the man has to give a bride price?" Yang Zhuo asked.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, and said: "I've only heard of it, but I married my daughter, it's upside down!"

Li Shimin is speechless!
He married Li Lizhi to Yang Zhuo, and Yang Zhuo sent a few IOUs!
It's over, when Li Li stepped out of the cabinet, he had to pretend to be upside down!

He is the emperor, and anyone who wants to marry him will do it wrong!
And when he marries his daughter, it's basically an upside-down!

"I know this best!"

"I know too!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui hurriedly said.

"In folklore, when a man marries a daughter-in-law, he has to prepare some dowry gifts. It depends on the status of the woman. The higher the status, the more dowry gifts will be given!"

Fang Xuanling said.

"I just heard that my neighbor spent 500 taels of silver to marry a daughter-in-law!" Du Ruhui said.

Yang Zhuo was speechless! What is 500 taels?

In his era, it was common for people to marry a wife and go bankrupt!
"No! Son-in-law! Why are you talking about this? Let's take it too far!" Li Shimin said feeling that something was wrong.

"Not too far!"

"Old Li! You can agree to Xue Yantuo's marriage proposal!!"

Yang Zhuo said.

Li Shimin and the others were extremely surprised!

"No way! Son-in-law! Do you really want me to promise a marriage?!"

"My son-in-law! Didn't you say that getting married is a disgrace?"

"Today's Tang Dynasty, there is no need to sacrifice women to gain peace!"

Li Shimin and the others are speechless!
"I haven't finished my words yet!" Yang Zhuo said speechlessly.

What are you in a hurry for? !
Seeing this, Li Shimin and the others immediately shut up and listened carefully!

"You agree to their marriage request, but you have to put forward conditions!" Yang Zhuo continued.

"What conditions?" Li Shimin couldn't help but ask.

"That's what I just said, bride price!"

"They come to marry the princess, so the princess is going to marry her! This dowry must not be too little! Give them a high price!"

"If you want to accept it, marry it! If you don't want to give the bride price, then let me get out of here!"

Yang Zhuo said.

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, but still felt uneasy, and said, "This... feels like I'm still selling my daughter!"

"Old Li! You are not short-hearted, you are really stupid!"

"I told you to agree, but I didn't let you marry!"

"You pretend to agree and ask them to prepare a huge dowry. When the dowry arrives in Chang'an City, find a reason to say that the dowry is unqualified, and put the blame on them, saying that they are not sincere and don't marry them! That's it. !"

Yang Zhuo said.

Li Shimin thought about it, yes!
Soldiers never tire of cheating!

"That's right! This is a good way! You can play tricks on them!"

Yang Zhuo smiled and said, "It's not just playing tricks on them!"

"Old Li, the reason why this barbarian Khan came to Datang to ask for the princess is to improve his status in Xue Yantuo! So, you just ask him for a gift, and he has to swallow it even if he knocks out his teeth. , agree to your request!"

When Li Shimin heard it, what the hell, Yang Zhuo came to prophesy again!
"You two, don't listen carefully, remember carefully!" Li Shimin reminded Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui hurriedly took out their small notebooks and memorized them seriously.

"Besides, if Xue Yantuo wants to offer such an exorbitant bride price, he must reach out to other tribes, which can further divide and irritate internal conflicts!"

"You can still take the opportunity to weaken Xue Yantuo! If you want to destroy Xue Yantuo at that time, it should not be too simple!"

"It's so multi-tasking, and you have nothing to lose! Why not do it!"

After Yang Zhuo's analysis, Li Shimin was stunned!

"My God! Son-in-law! You are so talented! This method is really good!"

Li Shimin is full of emotions! !

Yang Zhuo used such a simple method to push the boat along the way and solved the matter!

Very good!
"I'm going back now! Promise to go!" Li Shimin hurriedly stuffed half of the fried dough stick, got up and left.

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Xuanzheng Hall.

Li Shimin summoned the ministers and Xue Yantuo's envoys.

"The emperor summoned us, why?"

"I don't know! Why did you call Xue Yantuo's envoy? Didn't you just scold them bloody at the court meeting today?"

"Yes! The emperor just scolded them in the morning, the toad wants to eat swan meat! He wants to eat fart!"

"However, Xue Yantuo and the others don't understand such high-level insulting words!"

"Okay, please be quiet first, and let's see what the emperor is going to do?"

The ministers talked a lot, and then looked at Li Shimin who was aloof.

"I called you here because I have something to announce." Li Shimin said.

Everyone looked at Li Shimin.

"After I retired from the court, I thought about it. This envoy of Xue Yantuo came to our Tang Dynasty, and he was more sincere. Moreover, my Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo have been friends for several years."

"Therefore, I decided to agree to Xue Yantuo's marriage proposal! Let the princess marry Yinan Khan."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, the entire Xuanzheng Hall exploded!

"What! The emperor actually agreed!"

"How can you agree! Xue Yantuo Quer Xiaoguo! How can he be worthy of Princess Datang!"

"That's right! What's wrong with the emperor? Didn't he get very angry in the early court, and refused sternly? Why did he agree now!?"

Ministers, I don't understand!

They felt that Xue Yantuo was not worthy of a princess!

"Master Wei! Aren't you the most assertive person on weekdays? There is obviously something wrong with the emperor's decision! Hurry up and persuade him!"

"Yes! Master Wei! Only you can keep the emperor awake!"

Wei Zheng shook his head, and said, "It's not about marrying my daughter, what do I care about? If the emperor doesn't want to marry, then don't marry; if the emperor wants to marry, then marry, what has it to do with me?"

He's got inside information!The emperor went to Yang Zhuona, it was Yang Zhuo's idea!

The son-in-law's idea can't be wrong!
So, be as smart as he is!It won't be messy!

Ministers, seeing Wei Zheng say that!
Can't help shaking his head!

"Old Wei! You have changed!"

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "Everything in the world is constantly moving and changing, and I am also one of the myriad things in the family, so naturally I have to change with it!"

This is what Yang Zhuo said!Wei Zheng felt that it really made sense!

Ministers:  …

Xue Yantuo's envoy, listen to the interpreter and translate Li Shimin's words!
After listening to it, I was pleasantly surprised!

"Great! King Tang actually agreed!"

"Yeah! That's great! Now, we can go back and deal with business!"

When Yi Nan Khan sent them out, he specifically told them that they must succeed in their marriage proposal, otherwise, they will come to see each other!

In the early court, Li Shimin was stern and sharp, and refused their request, scaring them enough!

This is all right, Li Shimin suddenly figured it out!

Their heads are saved!

"Thank you, His Majesty the King of Tang, for fulfilling it!"

The two envoys thanked respectfully.

"Wait! I haven't finished talking yet!"

Li Shimin cleared his throat and said.

Everyone was stunned!

Forehead?And the following!

"I promised to marry the princess to you Khan, but I have a condition!" Li Shimin said leisurely, the corners of his lips slightly raised, with a hint of calculation.

The ministers were stunned when they heard it!

"Please speak, Your Majesty!" the envoy Xue Yantuo said nervously.

I don't know what conditions Li Shimin will say!

"According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty! To marry a daughter, the man has to give a dowry!"

"My princess of the Tang Dynasty has a noble status. I married a son-in-law, and the son-in-law gave a huge gift!"

"For example, my beloved daughter, Princess Changle, when she married the son-in-law, there was a long queue for the bride price given by the son-in-law! Just gold, there are more than a dozen carriages!"

Li Shimin said.

Minister...

Your majesty, if you keep bragging, we won't expose you, and the envoy Xue Yantuo, they don't know.

Princess Changle didn't post it to Yang Zhuo!

Li Shimin paused, and continued: "So! This time, I want to marry the princess to Yi Nan Khan, and you have to prepare a dowry! When you are ready, I will set a time, and you will bring the dowry to marry!"

As soon as Xue Yantuo's envoys heard that Princess Changle's betrothal gift consisted of more than a dozen carriages in gold alone!

Terrified, he hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty the Tang Dynasty, I don't know...how much dowry do you need?"

"I don't want much, just [-] horses! [-] cattle and [-] camels each! [-] sheep."

Li Shimin lion opened his mouth and said.

This number not only shocked Xue Yantuo's envoys, but also shocked the ministers below!
Fifty thousand horses? !
[-] cattle and [-] camels each? !
One hundred thousand sheep? !
so much!This is too cruel!

What is a princess made of? !so valuable! ?
You know, even if it is the great Tang Dynasty, it may not be able to come up with so much in a while!

Not to mention, a tribe like Xue Yantuo!
"Your Majesty Tang, this dowry seems...seems a bit much! Can you reduce it?!"

Envoy Xue Yantuo said with a headache.

Li Shimin heard from Yang Zhuo that the reason why Yinan Khan came to marry Princess Datang was to save face!

Asking prices all over the sky, Yi Nan Khan would grit his teeth and agree!
"Compared to Yang Zhuo's son-in-law, the betrothal gift I asked you to ask for is already small enough! You are still bargaining, is it possible that your huge Xue Yantuo is not as good as a Yangjiazhuang on the outskirts of Chang'an City?!"

Li Shimin said with contempt.

Xue Yantuo's envoy was so stunned by Li Shimin, he couldn't say anything!

"Your Majesty the King of Tang, we have to go back to Xue Yantuo and report to our Khan for this matter!"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Yes! Go back and report!"

It's not him who wants face!
After the discussion, Xue Yantuo's envoy hurried to Xue Yantuo!

Ministers, feel very strange!
"It's strange! How did the emperor change his mind so quickly?"

"Yes! However, this method is not bad! With so many dowries, Xue Yantuo probably retreated when he found out that it was difficult!"

"The emperor is really a saint!"

Ministers, there is a lot of discussion.

"I see! The emperor must have asked the son-in-law again! This idea is too much like the son-in-law's idea!"

At this time, Cheng Yaojin laughed and said.

Only Yang Zhuo could come up with such a damaging trick!