Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Ahem..." At this time, even Wang Xuance felt embarrassed for His Royal Highness King Chu.

"..." And Ma Zhou, who was standing next to Wang Xuance... this honest and upright gentleman, was also secretly sighing in his heart: The speed at which His Royal Highness the King of Chu changed his face... is really amazing... No, Gao Shan Just look up...

"Your Highness... don't... why are you considering this matter? Just keep scolding me! Everyone is listening!" Seeing that His Royal Highness King Chu was trying to get away with it, he exposed the matter.

Tang Jian, who had suffered an unjust injustice just now, immediately turned grim, thinking that His Highness the King of Chu was really a terrible person.

"What's wrong?! I'm so angry that I can't help it?!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu has always been a model of "bravely admitting mistakes and never actively correcting them": "After all, it's not all your fault?!"

"Why do you blame me?!" As the chief diplomat of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Jian, who has always been good at eloquence, felt that he had met his opponent today.

"Hey... why do you blame me..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu sneered, then placed the two piles of gift lists in his hand on the table, and then pulled out one from it, which happened to be the tribute gift list from the small country Jing Jue in the Western Regions. Li Kuan glanced at it roughly, and then found the corresponding gift list from another pile of return gift lists prepared by Tang Jian. Then, he placed the two gift lists in front of Tang Jian: "Queen Jingjue said I want to present to the Tang Dynasty twenty camels, ten stunning dancers, a box of precious stones, and a box of red gold.”

After His Highness the King of Chu said this, he pointed to the return gift from Datang and said: "What are we getting in return?! All kinds of silks add up to twelve thousand pieces! The price difference between this and the other is almost ten times. Yes! Really... I just looked at these two gift sheets and looked at something wrong. After looking at them carefully for a long time, I saw another word between the words: the words "taken advantage of" were written all over them!

Do you call this tribute? ! Who pays tribute to whom? ! Could it be that my memory is really messed up? Did we lose? ! "When His Highness the King of Chu said this, seeing Tang Jian's silence, he was still upset and found out the credentials of the Western Turks from among the credentials of the countries in the Western Regions. (Note 1)

"Yibi Shekui, that bitch, didn't mention anything about tribute in the certificate of credence. Let's ignore it for now. Let's take a look at the main content first: Yibi Shekui, that bitch, said Si Yehu, that fool, is in the country. He launched a rebellion and hoped that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to help him suppress the rebellion. The only reward he gave for this was that from now on, he was willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Mr. Tang, what do you think about this? "Chu?" His Highness Wang asked the question to Tang Jian.

"Your Highness...this..." Tang Jian looked at His Royal Highness King Chu who expressed his sincere expression of listening to his opinions. For the first time, he felt the same pressure from him as His Majesty.

"What is this?! Just tell the truth what you are thinking!" King Chu could hardly suppress the killing desire in his heart.

"I think we can turn around and support Si Yehu Khan and add fuel to the internal strife in the Western Turks." At the critical moment, Tang Jian's IQ was still online: "As for Yi Bi She Kui... No, as for Yi That bitch, Bi Shegui..." When Tang Jian said this, he glanced at His Royal Highness the King of Chu and said with a pun: "This barbarian is naturally rude!"

"Not bad!" His Highness the King of Chu, who didn't realize that he was being connoted, looked at Tang Jian who suddenly came up and nodded with satisfaction: "Although my father is a bit dim, at least he doesn't have any outrageous trash at his disposal, alas. , Mr. Tang, I’m not talking about you.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Tang Jian, who said he was "very respectful" to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, now began to feel "gentle" in his heart.

"Ah?! You thick eyebrows and big eyes..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was confused when Tang Jian said "Your Majesty": "Is it possible that you are also my retainer?!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is too powerful, I... my mind was wavering for a moment... so I lost my words..." Tang Jian now wanted to give himself a lie.

"Alas..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded after hearing this: "Well, after all, it is well known to everyone that my father is like me. Well... I still think the advice you gave me, Mr. Tang, is very appropriate. Well! Let’s do this. Write letters of credence to the northwest countries right away, saying that we in the Tang Dynasty think that Si Yehu is a fool...well...you fool, please don’t add the word "second fool" later..."

"I understand..." Faced with His Highness the King of Chu who was so active in dictating diplomatic matters in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Jian had already chosen to show off.

"What do you understand? I haven't even finished what I said!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that his good brother Tang Guan really needed to be punished so that a father could feel sorry for him.

"We believe that Si Yehu Khan's orthodox status in the Western Turks can save him and Yibi Shekui Khan's decline in this internal struggle and accelerate the internal strife of the Western Turks." Tang Jian He feels that one day his professional abilities will be doubted by a "local barbarian". This is really a shame for his career...

"Wow..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu has never hesitated to express praise for his smart boss: "Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang, you are indeed the reincarnation of Zhuge... Hmm... If the Tang Dynasty did not have such an outstanding figure as Mr. Tang, If the Heavenly Jade Pillar comes to take charge, it will really be like a loft in the sky or a mirror, and it will collapse and dissipate sooner or later..."

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu... There is no need..." Tang Jian was sweating profusely now. Damn it... It turns out that being praised by His Highness the King of Chu in person is worse than being pointed at and scolded by His Highness the King of Chu...

"But Your Highness..." Wang Xuance, who was born to be a master of the Holy Body, had begun to subconsciously show off his diplomatic talent: "If we do this, the gains will not be worth the losses."

"How do you say that?" If it were someone else who said this, His Royal Highness King Chu would have launched the "Barbarian King's Raid" long ago, but if it were Wang Xuance, he would naturally not be ashamed to ask.

"I know that you have strong opinions on the tribute trade matter, but can you please listen to me first? This matter is not urgent. After the envoys from the northwest countries come to Chang'an next year, we will publicly express our position and declare the Tang Dynasty's support for Si Yehu. Khan's support. In this way, Yibishegui Khan will soon be passive due to this matter, and we will also usher in a new turning point.

Not to mention what choices those small countries in the Western Regions that have chosen to become tributaries of the Tang Dynasty will make at that time, Yibi Shegui Khan himself will immediately fall into a passive position in public opinion. Even if we do nothing, his subordinates will become tempted. , panicked day and night.

In order to prevent people's hearts from being further dispersed, the only thing Yibi Shekui Khan could do was to bring out a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty to kill chickens as a warning to monkeys, and by the way, he also stopped his men from trying to take chances. And in this case, even without us taking action, the Western Region will be completely in chaos. By then, whether our vassal state is destroyed by the Western Turks, or Yibi Shegui Khan becomes the target of public criticism and is surrounded, This is a good thing for Datang.

Your Highness... In this diplomatic matter, the most important thing is the word 'timing'..."