Chapter 32: Banquet (1)
After the ceremony of the Turkic prisoners and sacrifice to heaven, the Supreme Emperor was taken down by the palace servants, changed into regular clothes again, cleaned up, and then prepared to go to Linde Hall.
Linde Palace has always been the largest entertainment venue in the palace and has always been used to hold banquets.
The protagonists of the palace banquet have always been those dozens of people, and the supporting roles will change every time, but today the protagonists have added dozens of people, namely the envoys of various countries, Jie Li Khan, and the former Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty.
Sitting at the top, Li Yuan felt that the civil servants were a little strange. After passing Mingyan next to him, he learned that Du Ruhui and Xiang Du were uncomfortable this morning, so he hurried back to the house after worshiping the sky.
The banquet was full of fun, and all the ministers surrounded the British Duke Li Ji, the Duke of Wei Li Jing, and the powerful general Su Dingfang and others toasted each other, talking about how the people showed their power to destroy the Turks.
In addition, some generals are prone to brag when they drink too much, and they wantonly belittle the Turks, and finally annoyed the Western Turkic envoy Mo Keduo, who was beside him. He said in broken Chinese: "Dear Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, although the Siyehu Khan of my Ashinan tribe is not as good as the Tang Dynasty and the Four Seas, the Ashina tribe has a million people and still has more than 300,000 Turkic wolf cavalry. It starts from Yinshan in the east, reaches Dashi in the west, touches Tubo in the south, and reaches Tianshan in the north, all of which are the grasslands of my Ashinan tribe. Although the idiot Jie Li is defeated, it does not mean that Siyehu Khan is defeated."
When the Eastern and Western Turks split, the Western Turks were still relatively weak, but after decades of development, the Western Turks had covered the entire Western Regions.
Moreover, the Tang Dynasty defeated the Eastern Turks by surprise. They did not think that the Tang Dynasty's government soldiers could face the Turkic wolf cavalry head-on. All those who wanted to stop them in front of the Turkic wolf cavalry were torn to pieces!
After saying that, Mo Keduo's tone slowed down a little, bowed slightly, and said, "Tongye Hu Khan once wanted to marry your country in the first year of Zhenguan, but because Mo Hedu, a traitor of Ashina, you and me left regrets. They went to Tang State under the order of Siye Hu Khan to continue the agreement between the two countries and engage in marriage with His Majesty the Emperor."
In the second year of Zhenguan, Tongye Hu Khan was killed by his uncle Mo Hedu, and then Mo Hedu proclaimed himself a Khan. However, because most of the Ashi tribe did not obey him, he supported Tongye Hu Khan's descendants, namely Siye Hu Khan.
This rebellion of the Western Turks did not end until the fourth year of Zhenguan, so the Western Turks could not take into account the extermination of the Eastern Turks by Li Jing. It can be said that the victory of the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the Eastern Turks was not easy.
"Marriage? The Ashi's mantra is indeed a rebellion of the Turks. Ben Khan has long thought you were unreliable. It's a pity that he failed to lead the army to destroy you." Jie Li Khan's face turned red and he pointed at Mo Keduo and cursed.
But before he could curse for a long time, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly retracted his stupid body, rubbed and tore the whole roasted lamb in his hand, and poured a sip of wine from time to time.
It may not be easy to have such a good banquet in the future.
"Good marriage?" Li Shimin looked at the envoy of the Western Turks and smiled slightly. He was preparing to cultivate for a few years before he destroyed the Western Turks again. The Western Turks were entrenched in the Western Regions for a short time and captured the Silk Road's wealth. He had long been disgusted with it.
As for the married woman, just choose a palace maid to marry her.
However, he was not allowed to talk about these things at the banquet, and waved his hand and said, "Ashi's mantra has always been close to the Tang Dynasty. I know that marriage is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so I will discuss it later."
"Since that's the case..." The Western Turkic envoy Mo Keduo smiled slightly, glanced at the Tuyuhun envoy, and then said: "Suwen, the fierce generals of the Tang Dynasty emerged, and General Su Lie had the courage to be inappropriate. He once faced Jie Li's 30,000 personal troops with two hundred soldiers and generals, and was undefeated for three quarters of an hour.
But I wonder if there is a warrior in my Ashin film that is powerful?"
Li Yuan, who was standing aside, also became interested. Looking at the Turkic man with left-sided lapel, he was very curious. Where did he get the courage to compare with Su Dingfang?
Although Su Dingfang was not as famous as other military generals in the Tang Dynasty at this moment, he was also a rising star.
The ability to use 200 cavalry to break Jie Li Khan's tent is simply terrifying.
"Yes, did the Emperor of Tang dare not compete with the Turks?" The envoy of Tuyuhun stood up, drank a glass of wine, and said provocatively.
The Tuyuhun and Western Turks are in the confrontation stage. Some time ago, Siyehu Khan of the Western Turks had just been defeated by Tuyuhun.
But there will always be a victory or defeat when hungry wolves meet. They don’t want a tiger on the side to stare at them, snatching away the fat from their mouths at any time, or even swallowing them and killing them.
At this moment, standing together is still important.
"This matter..." When Li Shimin was hesitating, Su Lie stood up and bowed, "I will be willing to leave the station to boost my Tang Dynasty's glory!"
"Caizhi! General Su is indeed a hero in the country." The ministers sighed.
"Since that's the case, I will prepare fine wine and wait for Su Aiqing to return from victory." Li Shimin stood up and praised. His eyes turned to the prince Li Chengqian beside him, "The prince Chengqian has excellent poems and can do poems to help him perform."
Li Chengqian's expression changed slightly and couldn't help but look at Li Yuan. However, after seeing the Supreme Emperor nodding slightly, he felt a little panicked, but he still smiled and said, "My son should follow him and prepare paper inkstones."
Everything has the Supreme Emperor, as stable as an old dog.
After the palace servant put on the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the Supreme Emperor walked to Li Chengqian, his old face twitched, and he coughed dryly, "Since Chengqian wants to write a poem, this old man will also help him grind the ink."
The two of them looked at their noses and their eyes, and they were more embarrassed.
What Wen Copyright is most afraid of is writing poems that suit the scene. Although Li Yuan had a thoughtful draft, he could not speak in front of everyone, but he had to let Li Chengqian agree.
So this ink is ground and it has been a long time...
"Grandpa Emperor, what should I do? Chengqian can't hold on anymore." Li Chengqian changed his angle, avoided everyone's gaze, and lowered his voice and said.
"Hen." Li Yuan said.
"..." Li Chengqian.
What to do? It is obviously impossible to do a real move.
Jiang Lang, whose talent was exhausted, was criticized for a thousand years because of his writing a poem.
Those who should have been drinking should have had meat to eat, but because the two of them had been delayed for a long time, their eyes were all focused on their grandparents and grandchildren.
Li Yuan was also panicked. The punishment for cheating was not much better than cheating. He was panicked, but there was a calm smile on his face. When he saw Jie Li Khan drinking, he immediately had a plan.
His face suddenly changed, and he walked to Jie Li Khan, glared at him fiercely, and said, "Jie Li, what are you looking at?"
Jie Li's hand holding the roasted lamb was stunned in the air, staring at Li Yuan blankly, feeling furious, but the person had to bow his head under the eaves and whisper: "Grand Emperor, Jie Li didn't look at you, I just drank wine. I didn't do anything, I really didn't do anything."
Chapter completed!