According to the history books, King Jieri only began to send envoys to visit the Tang Dynasty in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, and he had never asked for the Tang Princess's hand in marriage.
Now things had developed like this because of Li Zexuan, the butterfly, who had flapped his little wings and caused the trajectory of history to deviate a little.
If he had not urged the imperial court to organize a fleet to trade with the south, King Jieri, who was thousands of miles away and was racking his brains to unify the entire Indian Peninsula, would not have seen the powerful fleet of the Tang Empire, and would not have sent a minister to Chang'an to ask for a marriage. In the end, he wanted to get on Li Er's ship and quickly unify the whole of India!
"Ridiculous! What a load of nonsense! During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhaojun went out of the frontier and created the eternal story of the Han people and the Xiongnu. Why can't the Tang Dynasty marry the princess to the Jieri Dynasty and repair the friendship between the two countries for a hundred years? "
Cui Shanfu flicked his sleeves and pointed at Li Zexuan, scolding angrily.
Li Zexuan glared and raised his hand to beat him. Seeing this, Cui Shanfu immediately took three steps back and kept a safe distance from Li Zexuan.
"Bullsh * t! Zhaojun going out of the frontier is the greatest shame of the Han people for thousands of years, but you said it as if it was glorious! "
Li Zexuan resisted the urge to beat Cui Shanfu up. He pointed at the latter and scolded angrily, "You only know that Wang Zhaojun brought sixty or seventy years of peace to the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, but you haven't heard the Song of Sorrow at the Five Watch (composed by Wang Zhaojun on his way out of the frontier, full of hidden bitterness and infinite sadness), right? The Great Han Dynasty actually needs to use women to exchange for peace, and you scoundrels are not ashamed but proud of it. It's disgusting! You don't deserve to be in the imperial court! "
"Preposterous! Preposterous! You've actually turned this beautiful story into a great humiliation! Marquis Yong'an, you're talking nonsense! "
Cui Shanfu's old face was red with anger, and he pointed at Li Zexuan and trembled.
"Eternal story? Bullsh * t! You shameless scholars are just using it to cover up the cowardice in your hearts! When the Zhaojun left the fortress, the Xiongnu people had experienced the internal strife of the Five Chanyu, and their national strength had long been declining day by day. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty was enjoying the fruits of the Zhaojun's resurgence. Three years after the establishment of the Zhaojun, he had destroyed the Chanyu of Zhizhi in the Western Region. The Western Han Dynasty could be said to be like the sun in the sky. Huhanxie only came with the mentality of "joy and fear". Why would there be a need for a political marriage?
It was because some cowards were insatiably greedy and satisfied with the status quo. They wanted the so-called eternal peace, and then ruined the life of a good girl for no reason! A Xiongnu leader who had been beaten into submission had come to the Suzerain Kingdom to pay a court visit. Not only did he enjoy good food and drinks, he even brought home a beauty. Don't you think this is laughable?
That was fine! What was even worse was that after Huhanxie passed away, Lady Zhao went to court and became the Emperor. She requested to return home but was rejected. She could only remarry Huhanxie's eldest son. In the end, she lost all will to live and died by poison! The swords of the Han people are not used against foreign enemies, but they are used against the women of their own country. Don't you feel ashamed ~?
Furthermore, did the Han people manage to achieve peace through marriage? During the rebellion of the Eight Princes of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang, and Di tribes took advantage of the chaos to rebel against the Jin Dynasty. The Han people were almost wiped out by the foreign tribes! Reality proved that a wolf will always be a wolf and will never become a loyal dog! It is because there are many people like you that there is such a so-called eternal story to deceive the people and fool the world! "
Li Zexuan's eyes were red and he was crying tears of blood as he complained to Cui Shanfu angrily.
The eternal story that had been glossed over for hundreds of years was exposed by Li Zexuan, revealing the bloody scars of history. All the officials in the hall were silent. Even the 'righteous defender' Wei Zheng, who always liked to nitpick, did not say anything. Instead, he had a thoughtful look on his face.
Unlike the end of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, most of the officials in this era had strong ethnic feelings. It could only be said that everyone's ethnic backbone was still there!
Cui Shanfu wanted to say something, but when he saw that none of the officials stood up for him, he immediately felt a little scared. This was because the Cheng Yaojin next to him was glaring at him like a tiger watching its prey. If he continued to speak, he would probably be beaten up again!
Because the translator of the Chamberlain of Dependencies was "stuck" at this time, the envoys of the various countries could only see an extremely young official arguing fiercely with the official of the Chamberlain of Dependencies who had brought them here. But the sad thing was, they could not understand what the two were arguing about. They could only give the translator of the Honglu Temple a look, especially Alon Nashun of the Jiari Dynasty. At this moment, he was like an ant on a hot pan, extremely anxious! If Cui Shanfu had not warned them not to speak carelessly in the court, Alon Nashun would have jumped out to criticize the translator for not doing his job!
But after receiving Li Zexuan's warning, even if the translator of the Honglu Temple was criticized by Alon Nashun, he would definitely not dare to translate for the envoys!
As the saying goes, 'Spoilers may feel good for a while, but the whole family will feel bad'. In order to preserve his life, he did not dare to 'spoil' Alon Nashun and the others!
"Good! Well said! I, Old Cheng, have not read many books and do not understand many principles! But I, Old Cheng, only know that those who use women to exchange for peace are definitely cowards without balls! Our Great Tang does not need to use women to exchange for peace! The princess cannot marry! Little Xuan is right. If anyone is to marry, it should be the princess of the Jiari Dynasty who marries into the Great Tang! "
Seeing that Cui Shanfu did not continue to jump out to criticize him, Cheng Yaojin nodded in satisfaction. Then, he stood out to support Li Zexuan.
"This old official agrees. Although the Marquis of Yong 'an's words contain a lot of personal feelings, the current Great Tang does not need a political marriage. Besides, Her Highness is still young and her body is delicate. It is not suitable for her to marry outside!"
From the civil officials' camp, a slightly hunched old man walked out. He was the decisive and decisive Du Ruhui. If nothing went wrong, Du Ruhui would replace Li Jing as the Minister of War next year. For a civil official to be able to become the Minister of War, it was enough to show that Old Du was a very courageous man!
"This old official agrees as well! Not to mention that the Jiari Dynasty has no enmity with our Great Tang, rejecting the political marriage will not cause the two countries to fall out. Even if they fall out, our Great Tang is not afraid! If they want to fight, then let's fight. The men of Great Tang are never afraid of war! Furthermore, Her Highness is of noble birth. How can she marry into a barren land? "
The 'commander-in-chief' of this South Sea operation, Li Xiaogong, also stood out to express his opinion.
"This old official agrees!"
Yuchi Jingde, Niu Jinda, Li Jing, and the rest of the military officials unanimously expressed their support for Li Zexuan.
"This old official agrees as well! It is not suitable for the princess to marry far away! "
After hesitating for a moment, Fang Xuanling also expressed his opinion along with Zhangsun Wuji.
At this point, the civil and military officials had basically reached a consensus. That is, no political marriage, no marriage to the princess!
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