Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 74 Disrespectful request
Li Shimin yelled angrily, immediately making all the officials in the court restless.

How can everyone accept the so-called "peace talks" of the Turks?
"The Turkic people are really shameless. They were beaten and fled by us, and they dare to ask for money!"

"Hmph! Isn't it enough to kill you a Jieli? If you want to fight, the battle ax in my hand is waiting for you, Grandpa!"

The military generals standing on the left were the first to start scolding. They are all hot-tempered people. They defeated the Turks last time and they are full of confidence. How can they want to see this special envoy showing off his power here?
"Your Majesty, you must never agree to such a despicable request. Our Tang Dynasty is in a winning position, and the Turkic people are no longer qualified to compete with the Tang Dynasty. It is shameless to dare to make such a request!"

"Bah! A small country, dare to be presumptuous!"

The civil servants also scolded angrily, and persuaded Li Shimin not to pay attention to this unreasonable request.

Dou Lukuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was angered by the special envoy before, and now his neck was red and he cursed: "My Tang Dynasty is in full swing, why should I look at the face of a villain like you? I advise you to go back and wash it off Wait for your neck, wait for my heavenly soldiers to descend, and completely wipe out your Turkic rangers!"

His voice was stern, and he scolded eloquently, which made everyone feel happy.

But the Turkic special envoy, Ashina Bakan, was not in a hurry at all. He held his neck high, looking foolish, and walked to Dou Lukuan swayingly after everyone stopped shouting and scolding.

"Hmph! Wash your neck clean?"

He sneered contemptuously and took out another yellow scroll from his arms: "Don't say it too early, otherwise you will regret it!"

As he said that, he handed over the yellow scroll again, and said to Li Shimin in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the document just now recorded that I, the Turkic, demanded compensation from the Tang Dynasty for the death of Jieli Khan..."

He raised the yellow leather scroll in his hand again: "This is the land cession letter conveyed to you by my envoy..."

"Ceded land?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, did this Turkic want to exchange land for money?

If this is the case, it is not too much to ask for some money.

Although the amount of money requested in the previous document was not small, it was obviously not enough compared to the land.

No matter which piece of land Turks wanted to sell to Datang, this little money was considered cheap.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin put away his anger, and waved his hand to ask the eunuch to present the land cession letter.

The yellow leather scroll looked very rough, as if it was made of some kind of animal skin. Li Shimin took the scroll in his hand and unfolded it.

The ministers in the court didn't know why, so they also looked at Li Shimin curiously at this time, trying to see the content on the scroll from Li Shimin's expression.

When Li Shimin saw the scroll, he was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face quickly turned dark, and then turned into fury and ferocity.

"boom!"

Throwing the scroll on the ground heavily, Li Shimin raised his hand and pointed at Ashina Bakan angrily, and said with wide eyes: "Come here! Drag this thief down and chop it up!"

His fury made everyone guess that this so-called land cession must not be a good thing.

To make Li Shimin so furious, it is presumably that the Turks demanded land from the Tang Dynasty.

But of course everyone can't just watch Li Shimin cut him off, even when the two countries are at war, it's not good to kill him without permission.

The Tang Dynasty claimed to be a kingdom of heaven, so of course etiquette must be the first priority, and such things that go beyond etiquette cannot be easily done.

"Your Majesty, the two countries are at war. I will not kill the envoy! I hope your Majesty will calm down!"

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others have stepped forward to comfort them.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin was still breathing heavily, but the expression on his face was no longer as ferocious as before. He casually pointed to the cession document on the ground and said: "Look at this so-called land cession document. This is simply shameless! This makes How can I calm down?"

When Li Shimin spoke, Changsun Wuji had already stepped forward, picked up the land cession letter, and then checked it with all the officials.

When everyone saw this scroll, their hearts immediately became angry.

The content of this scroll is to ask the Tang Dynasty to cede all the large areas north of the Yellow River and divide them between the Turkic Khanate, Xueyantuo and Goguryeo.

The territory north of the Yellow River accounted for one-third of the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty. If such a large territory was ceded, it would be a loss of power and humiliation to the country.

With such an unreasonable request, it's no wonder Li Shimin was so angry.

"Humph!"

Du Ruhui snorted coldly and scolded: "It's ridiculous! For no reason, why did my Tang Dynasty give up the area north of the Yellow River?"

Right now, Datang is in full swing and has just won a battle. It is absolutely impossible to send money and land at this time.

"Hey! You bastard! Let's see if Grandpa Cheng eats you alive!"

At this moment, the scroll was passing to the generals, Cheng Yaojin saw the scroll, threw it to the ground, pointed at Ashina Bakan and walked forward.

At this moment, his face was flushed, panting like a cow, and he walked quickly towards the Turkic envoy.Judging from this posture, he was about to hit someone.

"Knowledge!"

At this moment, Qin Qiong took a step forward and reached out to press Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin had a fierce look on his face at this moment, but Qin Qiong stopped him, but he didn't force himself.

But he still yelled anxiously: "Shubao, haven't you read that bullshit book? This bird man is begging to be beaten!"

Qin Qiong was also sullen and angry at this time, but his performance was much calmer than Cheng Yaojin.

"Don't worry! Listen to Your Majesty!"

He pulled Cheng Yaojin back to the army of generals.

Everyone was very angry before, but after Cheng Yaojin made a fuss, he suddenly came to his senses, how could this Turkic have the guts to come up with such two shameless documents?
They had just lost a battle, so aren't they afraid that Datang would gather troops and fight him again?

Everyone was curious, but they saw that Ashina Bakan still looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and sneered with pride.

"Your Majesty, I have another document to submit. As long as your Majesty reads this document, he will definitely agree to the request made by my Turks!"

Ashina Bakan pulled out another white leather scroll from his arms like a conjuring trick, this scroll was much more exquisite and neat than the yellow scroll just now.

He raised the last white scroll, and then a eunuch went to take it and presented it up.

This is the third time for Li Shimin to open the document. After reading the first two times, he was immediately furious. So this time, all the officials are watching intently, hoping that he will not bring bad news like before.

This time Li Shimin didn't lose his temper right away, he looked at it very seriously, but his expression was serious.

This seriousness made everyone worry a lot.

These courtiers have followed Li Shimin for many years, and they are familiar with Li Shimin's temperament. Whenever he shows such a silent and dignified expression, it means that Li Shimin's emotions have reached a critical point.

This is the calm before the storm!
(End of this chapter)