"Summon Tubo's envoy Naoritu and Tuyuhun's envoy Zach!"
"Summon …"
The imperial guards passed the imperial edict one by one.
A moment later.
Two people in Tubo's distinctive costumes hurried into the Political Announcement Hall. Unlike the previous court meetings, the two envoys lowered their posture and bowed as soon as they entered the Political Announcement Hall. They did not dare to look at the faces of Li Shimin and the others.
After taking ten steps into the Political Announcement Hall, the two of them stopped and bowed in the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty's officials meeting the monarch. They said, "Tubo's envoy Naoritu and Zach pay respects to Your Majesty Tang Emperors!"
Li Shimin waved his hand faintly as if nothing had happened.
"Dispense with the formalities. Come and sit down!"
As Li Shimin's voice fell, the little eunuch hurriedly brought two futons and placed them on both sides of the center of the hall.
After the two of them thanked Li Shimin, they sat down with trepidation.
"For what reason have the two of you come to my Great Tang?"
Before the two of them could sit down, Li Shimin's voice made them hurriedly stand up again.
Naoritu hurriedly took out a gilded letter of credence from his arms and said, "This is a letter written by Songtsan Gambu to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty Tang Emperors can read it!"
Zach also hurriedly got up, took out a letter of credence from his arms, and handed it to Xiao Guizi.
After a thorough examination of the martial arts, it was presented in front of Li Shimin.
Li Shimin did not read the letter of credence immediately, because he knew that the content of the letter of credence was nothing more than inviting the Tang Dynasty to send troops and so on.
Li Shimin casually put the letter of credence on the desk in front of him, then put his hands on it. Instead, he looked at the two of them and asked, "What brings you here this time?"
The two of them looked at each other.
Only then did Na Ritu say, "Replying to Your Majesty, Tubo is in great trouble this time, so my King sent this humble subject to ask for help from the Tang Emperors. I hope that Your Majesty can give us some help for the sake of our friendship!"
"What kind of disaster did you encounter? If there is a food shortage, then you can go back. When you came to Chang 'an, you should have seen that the Tang Dynasty is basically the same as Tubo! "
You want to help?
Just you wait!
Sure enough, after hearing Li Shimin's words, Na Ritu and Zach did not have any reaction. Instead, they were silent for a while before they said, "Your Majesty, we are also aware of the current situation of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, we did not come here to ask for food or anything like that. Instead, we are here to ask Your Majesty to send troops to suppress the rebellion in the territory for the sake of the diplomatic relations between the two countries!"
Li Shimin's eyes flashed.
His eyes flashed with shock.
"Oh? Rebellion? "
"Yes!"
"Previously, because of the shortage of food, I am ashamed to say it out loud. The people in my territory are rebelling, and our army is short of food. It is really …"
"Not only that, now India and the Turks are eyeing us covetously. Originally, this humble subject was ready to leave a month ago. However, there is some unrest at the border now, so this humble subject can only return to Yuncheng first and wait for Your Majesty to pacify the border before coming out. However, this rebellion is too rampant, so it has been delayed until now …"
Since force did not work, was he trying to use soft tactics?
Li Shimin glanced at Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin. Cheng Yaojin did not make a sound. Instead, he used his foot to stomp hard on Qin Qiong's instep. Qin Qiong groaned in pain.
Li Shimin pointed at Qin Qiong and said, "Dear Qin Qiong, do you have something to report?"
What could Qin Qiong say?
If he could not understand this matter, then he would not be able to survive.
Qin Qiong cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, this humble subject has received an urgent report from the garrison of Longyou and Jiannan. It is said that the places near Tubo and Tuyuhun have been plundered several times in this month. There have even been small-scale conflicts. Many people of the Tang Dynasty have been killed and injured, and the number of people who have been plundered is no less than 5,000!"
Li Shimin heard this.
He looked at Na Ritu with a dignified face and said, "This is the small conflict you told me about?"
"What are my people of the Tang Dynasty in your eyes? There is no need to talk about sending troops to help. I will give you five days to leave the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, you will be arrested as Tubo spies! "
"The Tang Dynasty …"
Before Na Ritu could say anything.
Li Shimin waved his sleeve.
"Go!"
Do you think you can get me to send out my troops with just a few words?
You must be thinking too much, right?
When Na Ritu and Zach heard Li Shimin's words, their faces changed greatly. They hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty, this humble subject came here on behalf of our King. We are willing to sign a permanent vassal state with the Tang Dynasty! Moreover, we will share all the military expenses and provisions for the Tang Dynasty's help! "
"What?
He still has money and provisions? "
All the ministers were shocked.
At this time, everyone felt more and more that this matter was unusual.
Logically speaking, if such a thing really happened, they could resist it as long as they had provisions and supplies. Why did they need the Tang Dynasty to help?
If they had not heard Yuchi Gong mention Tuli's movements before, they would only think that there was something wrong with this matter. But now?
Li Shimin and Wei Zheng looked at each other. A touch of surprise flashed through their eyes. He said lightly, "Are you sure about this?"
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