Chapter 854: Seducing the Tubo Nobles (Part 2)
Is there such a good thing? Everyone's eyes focused on Li Chengqian.
This time, when they were caught in the Tang Dynasty, these Tubo nobles were all very nervous, fearing that their heads would be chopped off by accident.
After all, the prince of the Tang Dynasty has always been so tough to the outside world. Last time, just because Bangse proposed to marry Changle, this guy killed more than 200 Tubo people in one go. This time, Tubo attacked Songzhou in a large-scale manner, and was naturally not impossible to be killed by collective killing.
"The King of Wu said it well. This is what I meant by this palace, but there is a condition here." Li Chengqian had already adapted to this kind of attention-grabbing ceremony like "fire-gathering". He smiled faintly and raised the cup on the table to greet the Tubo nobles.
It was indeed not that easy. Everyone flattered the cup, but their hearts were 'skipping'.
After drinking a glass of wine, Li Chengqian continued to say what he had just said: "If you want as much land as you want, you will fight it yourself. The standard is based on your fiefdom in Tubo. If it exceeds the Tang Dynasty, it will be taken back. However, you will be given some policy compensation. As for what this compensation is, it needs to be discussed with your Zamp."
"We can't go back to Tubo, right?" Lu Dongzan suddenly asked in silence.
"What do you think? You are a smart person. Do you think I will do that kind of thing to let the tiger go back to the mountain?" Li Chengqian asked with a smile on his face as he fiddled with the wine glass in his hand.
Lu Dongzan shook his head and sighed in his heart.
At the beginning, Songtsen Gampo was not allowed to attack the Tang Dynasty so anxiously, and did not think that Tubo could occupy the entire plateau and challenge the Tang Dynasty. However, Songtsen Gampo did not listen and insisted on his own actions. Now that he had such an ending, he could not blame others.
But if you say you never go back to the plateau, what should your family do? Your family is all on the plateau. Should you take them back and send them to Chang'an as hostages? So what is the difference between these people and cannon fodder?
Li Chengqian silently glanced at the expressions of the people present, with a smile on his face. As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was the god of the defeated Tubo nobles. He was no longer afraid that these people would not agree to their requests. The reason why they discussed it well with them was because of a matter of face.
Another point is that on the plateau, the Tang Dynasty also needed agents. After all, the qi is not something that anyone can overcome. The plateau is a plateau of the Tubo people, and no one can deny this.
"Your Highness, the foreign minister has something unknown, I wonder if I can ask for advice?" After a while of silence, Tubo Prime Minister Shang Nang asked slowly.
"Prime Minister, please speak." At this time, Li Chengqian was completely a polite nobleman, and all the darkness was deeply hidden. Even if the most picky officials of the Ministry of Rites came, they could not find any problem.
However, although Li Chengqian showed an aristocratic attitude, Shangnang did not dare to think so. When the future of Tubo was entirely related to someone's thoughts, there was no harm in being cautious.
So the old guy hesitated for a long time before he asked nervously: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is planning to clear the entire plateau? Or does Your Highness the Crown Prince want to make the entire Tubo naturalized?"
"Isn't naturalization good?" Li Chengqian asked with a smile.
Is it good? All the Tubo nobles frowned.
Li Chengqian’s problem is related to the future of a nation and cannot be understood in a short time. Even in the modern era in later generations, this is a very troubled problem, let alone in the ignorant ancient times.
Seeing that everyone was not talking, Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Tubo, the plateau is located in a lack of resources. Think about what life do you usually live. Even if you are all nobles, what have you enjoyed? You invade and plunder the population and land everywhere. What is all this for? You are not just allowing yourself to live a better life."
"Now, the opportunity is in front of you. As long as you nod, you can immediately enjoy things you would never have imagined before. The vast plains and the magnificent sea, have you seen these? Don't you want to have them?"
"Although people say that it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, what kind of chicken should be divided into this chicken, right? Not to mention that even if you are on the plateau, you are not a chicken head. There are people above you, so what's wrong with naturalization?"
"The Tang Dynasty will not interfere with your living habits, nor will it care about how you rule your territory. The real difference is just to change to a better territory, but there are forests, seas, plains, countless beauties, and wine they have drunk. Isn't your dream like this?"
Speaking of this, Li Chengqian stopped. He felt that he had said enough. If these guys still couldn't understand, or could not do as they asked, then he would have to kill them and let them return to dust.
"But we have to fight these things ourselves." A Tubo nobleman expressed everyone's thoughts.
Of course these Tubo nobles are willing to change to a better living environment, but if they need to fight for it themselves, it will be difficult for them to accept it.
"There is no free lunch in the world. You don't think that the act of invading the Tang Dynasty will be so easy to get rid of it, right? People always have to be responsible for their own behavior, right?" Li Chengqian snorted, and his smile faded.
"But what about our people? Are our people all leaving the plateau?" Shangnang glared at the ignorant nobleman and brought back the topic.
"No, you misunderstood. If you agree to the conditions, they will not be your people, but the people of the Tang Dynasty. Your governance will not be all Tubo people. There will be Indians, Tang people, Tubo people, Turks... Don't forget that what I need is naturalization, not cannon fodder. Don't think that this palace is using you as cannon fodder. You don't need to worry about this at all."
What if it is not cannon fodder? Li Chengqian did not want his Tang people to go to the war in India thousands of miles away, so he could only let the Tubo people and the Western Regions go, but the land he captured was the territory of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, no matter how high-sounding he said, the central idea of this matter was to let those Tubo people be cannon fodder.
"Your Highness, can we consider it?" Shangnang actually understood the tricks here, but he couldn't just say it in front of Li Chengqian.
"Of course, you only have three days, three days after three days..." Li Chengqian smiled and gave a time, but did not say what would happen after three days.
Chapter completed!