Chapter 219 The coup
The next day, when the morning court came to Li Er, he heard Wang De report, and the envoy of Silla asked to see His Majesty outside.
"Tell him in."
After Li Er frowned slightly, he nodded slowly and agreed. It seemed that his premonition was true, otherwise, the envoy would not have been so urgent to see him.
"The envoy of Xuan Silar entered the palace!"
After receiving His Majesty's reply, Wang De shouted from the side with his voice.
A moment later, a man in strange clothes appeared at the door of the hall. He walked in with an anxious look on his face. After seeing Li Er who was high above, he fell to his knees and said, "I, Yasai, pay homage to Emperor Tang!"
Although Silla is not very far from the Tang Dynasty, there is a significant cultural difference between the two places. Chinese dialect is heard from him, which is an indescribable weirdness. Fortunately, everyone can understand his expression ability.
"No gifts, it's not yet time to pay tribute, what are you doing in the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Er waved his hand slightly before he started asking.
"Dear Emperor Tang, Silla chose to rely on the Tang Dynasty when the founding of the Tang Dynasty and was willing to surrender. Moreover, they paid tributes on time every year to seek the protection of the Tang Dynasty. But now, Silla is facing a huge crisis, so the subordinates came this time to ask the Tang Dynasty to help me and protect the peace of Silla."
Yasai quickly put his head back again, and then hurriedly told him about the mission he came to this time.
"What's going on? What kind of danger will Silla encounter?"
Li Er's heart sank, but he still asked patiently.
"A few days ago, the king of our country asked you for help. Emperor Tang issued a secret order to King Goguryeo, and Goguryeo retreated because of this and did not launch an attack on Silla. Even Baekje, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief.
However, shortly after this incident, a coup occurred in Goguryeo, and King Rongliu was killed. The powerful Yongaisuwen took the position of King Goguryeo and led his troops to attack us again! Now Silla has been broken into two cities by Goguryeo, so the subordinates came to the king's order and begged Emperor Tang to lend a helping hand."
Yasai quickly told the brief story of what happened in Silla. His home was still there, and he also knew that the fate of the entire Silla was on him and he could not be delayed.
coup?
This news is not good news for the entire Tang Dynasty, not to mention that Goguryeo's current actions no longer regard itself as a vassal of the Tang Dynasty.
During this period, he devoted all his experiences to the development of the Tang Dynasty, and had long been thrown out of his mind about remote areas, but what he never expected was that King Rongliu was actually dead.
"Dear Emperor Tang, you may not know that Goguryeo has formed an alliance with Baekje at this time and is attacking and occupying our Silla together. As long as Silla is defeated, it will probably not take long for them to point their finger at the Tang Dynasty. The subordinates are definitely not exaggerating."
Seeing Li Er's face change, Yasai knew that his words had not received attention from Li Er, so he could only pour a little more reason on the fire, so that Li Er's anger rose a little more.
"Dear Emperor Tang, there is absolutely no false statement from the officials. Silla has never rebelled against the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and is more willing to work with the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, my king sent his subordinates to ask for help. Silla is willing to make friends with the Tang Dynasty forever."
After Yasai finished speaking, he kowtowed to Li Er respectfully again, and then looked at Li Er with anticipation.
Li Er nodded slightly. Seeing his appearance, he couldn't help but believe these words in his heart. He said it right. Goguryeo had already shown his rebelliousness. This time he attacked Silla, he undoubtedly showed his fangs to the entire Tang Dynasty.
"I understand. The envoy has worked hard all the way. Let's go down and rest first. After I discuss with the ministers, I will definitely give you a satisfactory reply!"
Li Er did not immediately promise him anything. As a saint master, he knew what it means to think twice before acting. He would never harm the entire Tang Dynasty because of his own thoughts.
Silla may be facing the dilemma of destroying the country, but he would never put the Tang Dynasty in danger because of such a thing. After all, the authenticity of the envoy's words remains to be found.
Yasai wanted to say something else, but after hearing the whispers of the ministers beside him, he could only sigh helplessly, and then retreated after giving Li Eryi again.
"My dear friends, you have heard what he said just now. I wonder what you have to say."
After the envoy left, Li Er asked.
"Your Majesty, I believe that these things are just a thought of the envoy, and the authenticity of them remains to be examined, especially when Goguryeo was in such a great upheaval, but we did not receive any news, so I believe that this is definitely not as simple as the envoy said to him."
Wei Zheng took a step forward. Although he was a civil servant, such a matter of talking about war on paper was definitely what he was best at. Before he was uncertain about the authenticity of the matter, the Tang Dynasty must not send troops rashly to avoid unnecessary casualties.
"I'm going to discuss it! Your Majesty, it's better to send someone to investigate and determine the authenticity and make a decision, so that it will be safer."
Changsun Wuji also said with a serious expression that although Silla cannot be compared with the Tang Dynasty, its military strength is not as weak as imagined, and it is not impossible to fight Goguryeo.
Although the final result is obvious, it is not easy for Goguryeo to completely break through Silla.
"Yes, I think so too."
After hearing the suggestions from the two, Li Er nodded slightly, which was what he was thinking.
"Li Jing obeyed the order and sent an elite force to go to Goguryeo with my documents, and ordered Yuan Gaisuwen to stop attacking Silla."
After Li Er finished speaking, he picked up the wolf howl and quickly wrote it up, and then handed it to Wang De beside him.
"My minister, follow the order!"
After receiving the secret order respectfully, Li Jing turned around and left with great strides.
After the situation was countermeasures, Li Er immersed himself in the waterway again, and a considerable amount of taxes were transported to the national treasury every day, which made Li Er very pleased. Even if he really sent troops in a while, he would not worry about food and grass.
However, Xiao Zhengtai took advantage of the opportunity to rebuild Linde Hall and earned 20 million taels of gold at once, which made Li Er very unhappy, but he couldn't break his promise. Every time he went to Xiao Zhengtai's bedroom, he would look at the wooden box not far away with a sad face, and kept thinking about what to do so that the little Zhengtai could hand over the money honestly.
Originally, a person who rebuilt the Linde Palace made this little boy lose weight, but never expected that the weight loss not only failed, but also made him even richer. He even regretted it very much. Why did such a good thing be left to Xiao Zhengtai to do?
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... One hundred thousand has arrived."
Just as Li Erchu was deliberately trying to design a trick on Xiao Zhengtai, Wang Defeng ran in quickly.
Chapter completed!