231. Chapter 231 Ask for advice
Today, the hall is decorated in an extremely festive manner, with thick red carpets embedded in gold wire on the ground. The beams are carved with painted beams and painted buildings, hung with exquisite painted palace lanterns, and red silk flowers.
The hall is surrounded by six pairs of tall copper pillars. Next to the copper pillars are carved silver candlesticks with one person high. The sky is still dark, but candles as thick as arms are raised on it early, with spices mixed in it, and the fragrance is overflowing when burned.
Although the three princes are princes, they still know very little about the Central Plains Palace. In comparison, the Potala Palace in Tubo is like a turkey compared to a phoenix. Only now did the three princes deeply understand why their fathers have always wanted to invade the Central Plains...
Xuanzong Li Chen and Li Long sat in the chief, and several prime ministers accompanied the three princes at the banquet. They were happy during the banquet, and they sang and danced to peace. Although the three princes were intoxicated, they did not forget the purpose of the trip. Just after a dance, Tubo prince Weisong bowed to Li Chen and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Wang has something to ask for by Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will be approved!"
"Oh? Prince Weisong has something to ask for, but it's okay to say it!" Although Li Chen was not careful in his words, he was very wary of him. Li Chen was very suspicious about the Three Kingdoms coming to pay tribute for no reason.
Prince Weisong looked at Li Long beside him, then bowed with a stunning look on his face, "The Tang Dynasty is full of beautiful and powerful people. Kyoto is even more fighting for eight deserts, and thousands of merchants gather, and the prosperity is as prosperous as brocade. The little king has longed for it... However, when Xiao Wang heard that His Majesty had a beloved daughter who was not married yet, Xiao Wang dared to give him a good marriage here. It's better that the two countries have a favor between Qin and Jin, I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"
"This..." Li Chen looked at Li Long beside him hesitantly. The reason why Li Chen turned his eyes to Li Long was that he hoped that his daughter could refute the Tubo prince. After all, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally couldn't face the rejection of this matter.
However, Li Long was wrong about Li Chen's intention, so he couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. He suddenly stood up and glared at the Tubo prince and said, "You are just a prince of the Tubo king. What qualifications are you to marry me!"
The Tubo prince did not take Li Long's blunt humiliation at all, but asked with a chuckle: "The princess said that Xiao Wang did not agree with this. Although Xiao Wang was not a person from the Central Plains, he had heard of the affairs of the Tang Dynasty. The princess' sister, Princess Wanshou, married to the daily man Zheng Hao. Her identity was only the top scholar. After a famous family, could such an identity be as good as Xiao Wang?"
"You..." Li Long never thought that this Tubo prince knew everything about her royal affairs, and was surprised and didn't know how to answer.
"There is another princess and her sister, Princess Guangde, who is married to Yu Zong. Yu Zong is just a Jinshi. He is just a descendant of a famous family. However, how can these be compared with Xiao Wang's title?
Furthermore, if the princess had not been reluctant, she would have been the daughter-in-law of the Yu family. Could it be that Xiao Wang was not outstanding enough that the princess was disliked by Xiao Wang?" The Tubo prince told the story as he knew everything, which made Li Long, the chief, look extremely ugly.
The three princes at the banquet today, in terms of appearance, not to mention their handsome appearance, they are also considered to be handsome.
After listening to the Tubo prince's refutation, Li Long pondered for a moment, then frowned and joked: "The prince also knows that they are all Jinshi and even top scholars. So I ask the prince, do you have Jinshi?"
I thought the Tubo prince would feel embarrassed with this, but unexpectedly, the Tubo prince did not have any emotional fluctuations. Then he looked at the other two princes, and there was a hint of complacent in his eyes.
Just when Li Long felt a little strange, Tubo prince Weisong said, "Your Highness the Princess is right, how dare the little king of Central Plains civilization compare with the students of the Tang Dynasty..."
"Hmph! It's still smart to retreat when you see the Tubo prince voluntarily admit defeat, a stone in his heart finally fell.
Seeing that Li Long wanted to return to the seat, the Tubo prince waved her hand and said, "The princess is really a good word, and Xiao Wang is also a smart person. Since the princess really feels that Xiao Wang and the two princes are small countries, then Xiao Wang really has some advice..."
As soon as the words came to an end, the eldest son of Nanzhao, the eldest son of Bohai, Da Qianhuang, and the two left the seat tacitly and asked for advice. The three of them asked for advice at the same time. Even the stupidest person knew that this was a trap, and the trap of the three kingdoms being invincible. No matter what they were discussing, just by using this provocative means, they were much more clever than Japan back then.
Li Chen stared at the three people below the stage and thought that it was indeed the person who came. So he asked in a cold tone: "Did the three princes come to my Tang Dynasty and intend to provoke me?"
"Your Majesty is such a bad word. How dare Xiao Wang and the two princes dare to offend Your Majesty's power? But just now, the princess intended to insult Xiao Wang. If Xiao Wang does not show his true talents and knowledge, wouldn't he be unable to marry the princess?" The Tubo prince retorted wisely.
Li Chen, with a gloomy face, said to himself, I really don’t believe that you can defeat the civil and military officials of the court. So he said in a deep voice: “Since the three of you are so happy, I will be a witness!”
As he said that, Li Chen summoned all the civil and military ministers to the hall, waiting for the three princes to give a question. At this time, the Tubo prince smiled softly and said, "Your Majesty, since that's the case, why not add bets, how about?"
"Oh? Let's talk about it..." This time Li Chen became much smarter and did not give a positive answer. Thinking about the unknown, he actually boasted about Haikou in front of the Japanese delegation, and almost lost the Thirteen Prefectures on the East China Sea.
"Xiao Wang and the two princes are asking for advice today, and we will not refer to one question in general. If Xiao Wang and the two princes lose their literature, we will be willing to pay tribute every year; if we lose our martial arts, our three kingdoms will contribute 60,000 top-class war horses..."
hiss……
Everyone couldn't help but breathe a breath of air when they heard this. This was a big deal. Sixty thousand war horses were not a small number. Perhaps looking at the number of horses in the Tang Dynasty, there were only a few that could be called war horses.
Li Chen's eyes began to shine a little. With these 60,000 high-quality war horses, at least 10,000 cavalry could be formed. These 10,000 cavalry were his new force and the foundation for dealing with the vassal states in the future.
However, at this moment, the Tubo prince Weisong continued: "On the contrary, our three kingdoms must provide His Majesty with 600,000 stones of salt and 1 million kilograms of iron... What does it mean to you?"
hiss……
It once again surprised everyone, thinking that the Tubo, Nanzhao and Bohai have a great appetite! Breaking his promise has already occupied one-third of the Tang Dynasty's reserves, and iron accounts for half of the Tang Dynasty's iron production.
Chapter completed!