Chapter 64: Marriage, the first alliance
Li Tai hurriedly walked away and said, "Uncle, don't worry! With me here, I wouldn't let Li Zheng be an official for the Turkic people."
Li Daxiong was still a little skeptical.
Li Tai sat down and said, "You Li Zheng are now a hot hand."
"If I go to be an official for the Turks, your father would not have to peel me and get cramps."
Li Tai smiled and said, "My father is not as scary as you said."
He cannot be used by himself or used by others. If he really went to the Turks, Li Shimin might be able to do it.
Maybe this Ashi is coming to Jingyang for a trip, but it is unknown what the purpose is.
Want to arouse Li Shimin's suspicion?
Thinking of this, Li Zheng sighed: "It turns out that people's hearts are sinister."
Chang'an, the Zheng Hall.
Li Lizhi snuggled beside her mother and said, "My mother, my daughter doesn't want to get married."
Empress Changsun tidied up her hair bun and said, "How can a daughter not marry her?"
Li Lizhi lowered her head and endured her grievances and said, "My daughter knows that the father wants to marry her daughter to the powerful and wealthy, so as to stabilize the hearts of the powerful and wealthy."
Looking at her lost expression, Empress Changsun felt very distressed when she heard Lizhi say this.
Lizhi is so sensible that she understands Li Shimin’s thoughts very well.
Mothers also don’t want their daughter to become victims of power.
Comforting Li Lizhi, Empress Changsun said, "The Father will not let you marry far away. You can often come to the palace to visit your mother and me."
Seeing that she was silent, she sighed and said, "Do you like Li Zheng very much?"
Li Lizhi turned her head stubbornly, "Li Zheng is just a fool who wants money! His daughter doesn't like him."
Seeing that she regained her willful expression, Empress Changsun tidied up her clothes and skirts again, "Actually, your father values Li Zheng very much. As long as he makes great contributions to becoming a powerful person, maybe your father is really willing to let you get married to Li Zheng, it depends on whether Li Zheng has this kind of heart."
"real?"
Li Lizhi's eyes regained her spirit.
"Look, didn't you just say you didn't like Li Zheng?"
Covering her red face, Li Lizhi stomped her feet and turned around, "My mother!"
Empress Changsun said earnestly: "Your father already has several candidates in your heart, but you are a noble county and a small county, but it is really not qualified. It depends on whether he has the ability."
Li Lizhi asked in a low voice: "Who is the candidate in the father's heart?"
"A mother's queen doesn't want you to be entrusted with someone else, and a father's queen doesn't want you to have a bad life in the future. Of course, I'll look at a few more."
Looking at her daughter's expression, Empress Changsun knew what she was thinking and asked: "There are many Turkic people coming to Chang'an recently, so you should not leave the palace these days."
"Um."
Li Lizhi nodded obediently.
In Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin immediately learned about Ashina's visit to Jingyang.
Fang Xuanling reported: "According to what Su Dingfang said, Ashina was arrested by the villagers in Jingyang, thinking it was a detailed work of the Turks. After the misunderstanding was resolved, he went to see Li Zheng again the next day."
Changsun Wuji also said: "Your Majesty, do you need to interrogate what Ashina and Li Zheng said?"
Du Ruhui said: "Duke Zhao's words are wrong. I think Li Zheng will not follow the Turks. The Yinshan strategy was written by Li Zheng. If he went to interrogate, he would fall into the thoughts of Asina."
Li Shimin asked in a low voice: "What is Zhidu Sili doing?"
"Eat, drink and have fun all day in Chang'an City."
Fang Xuanling continued: "It's not just Li Zheng, but this Ashina is still walking among the powerful people in Chang'an, but he has been turned away many times."
Li Shimin asked, "This Ashin is a thoughtful person."
Fang Xuanling nodded slightly.
"Now it seems that who is better to convince first?"
Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "I think it is better to convince Zhidao to lose his mind first."
Li Shimin stood on the palace tower, and from here you can see the scenery of Chang'an City at a glance.
Seeing that Li Shimin didn't speak for a while, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji also fell into silence.
After a long quiet time, Li Shimin said, "Just arrange it as the room said."
"Here!"
The three of them saluted together.
The Secretariat arranged the conversation by the officials, and Li Chengqian prepared the manpower as soon as possible.
Li Chengqian, who was in the East Palace, was about to set off when an official from the East Palace came to report: "Your Highness, the King of Wu is coming down."
After thinking about why Li Ke came at this time, Li Chengqian said, "Let him come in."
Li Ke walked into the East Palace and said, "Brother, I have also come up with some efforts to lobby with the Turkic Khan this time."
Observing Li Ke suspiciously, Li Chengqian was very hesitant.
Li Ke said again: "My brother has been in the army for a long time and can't sit still when he is free and is willing to be the guard of the emperor's brother."
Li Chengqian hurried forward, "How can you be an escort? Just follow alone, so you can have a support."
Li Ke saluted, "Thank you, my brother."
He took people out of the East Palace to meet Fang Xuanling and others. Li Chengqian really didn't expect Li Ke to come for a while. It seemed like he was seeking favor with him. Although Li Ke's biological mother, the former princess of Sui, was resistant to Li Ke, and winning over Li Ke could increase the strength of his own camp to fight against Li Tai.
The first round of negotiations was held in Taichang Temple.
Zhishili was an old acquaintance of the Tang Dynasty. He was Jie Li's lobbyist when he was in the Weishui Alliance.
Li Chengqian also sat down and said, "I will come to preside over this alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks alone."
After some introduction, Fang Xuanling will deal with the subsequent conversation.
Both sides expressed their requirements, and Zhishili hoped that the Tang Dynasty could provide food, grass and weapons to deal with Ashina.
After several conversations, I wanted the Turks to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and Zhishi Lion spoke loudly and asked for 100,000 stones of food and grass!
This made Li Chengqian's face look ugly, and the Tang Dynasty could not afford 100,000 grain and grass.
The first alliance ended in disagreement on the condition that the Tang Dynasty could not agree to Zhidui's power.
After the others left, Li Chengqian said angrily: "Zhi Wushuo's power is such an arrogant person!"
Fang Xuanling could see that Zhidui's thinking power was intentionally making things difficult for him.
After the alliance ended, Li Ke came to Jingyang County again.
Li Zheng, who was playing Goji with Li Tai, said weakly: "Your Highness, why are you here again?"
"Qingque, why are you here?" Li Ke was surprised to see Li Tai.
Li Tai was also a little surprised.
"It's okay, King Wei came to my house to escape the summer heat." Li Zheng smoothed out the situation.
Li Ke told Li Zheng everything about this conversation.
Li Tai was also angry when he heard this, "Where did the Tang Dynasty get 100,000 stones of grain for them!"
Li Ke also said: "One hundred thousand stones is indeed too much."
After saying that, the two looked at Li Zheng together.
Chapter completed!