Not everyone is happy to see the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks. Because whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Western Turks, in the eyes of small countries in the Western Regions, they are like "predators". Only when these two "predators" are hostile to each other can they have space. If these two major predators work together, their living space will be further compressed.

But, in the face of the situation of the two major powers, what can they do as small countries? After all, strength is the foundation of their right to speak. Without strength, no one will care even if they say something.

Many envoys drank to relieve their sorrows. The wine from Dingxiang Brewing Floor was in short supply every day. As soon as it was hung out, it was snatched away.

It is said that there is no way for the world to go. When the envoys were desperate, they almost found that there was a group of people in contact with other envoys. These people were sneaky and seemed to have great things to do. People could not suppress their curiosity, and they were all small countries in the Western Regions. No one had a few friends with each other, and the news could not be hidden. With such a connection, things would be missed.

It turns out that some people are connecting the small countries, which makes a lot of sense. In the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are all in alliance, so why can't we small countries? Although everyone is very weak and fighting alone is not an opponent, what if we join forces? The Western Regions are so big that even the Western Turks cannot take care of every part of the Silk Road, but the small countries scattered in the Western Regions have the advantage of geographical advantages. When we join forces, we cannot underestimate them, whether it is the Western Turks or the Tang Dynasty.

This is actually a bit far-fetched. After all, small countries are small countries. In countries like Yanqi and Kucha, there are less than 20,000 people in the country, and only a few thousand people can fight. Whether it is the Tang Dynasty or the Western Turks, if they make up their minds to destroy them, they will definitely not be able to resist.

But this is how human nature is. They will not go into delving into whether they can beat it or not, and how strong they have. They will only think about "unity and strength". As long as everyone is united, they will definitely succeed.

Under the instigation of the "common friends" of all parties, the envoys of the 32 Western Regions reached a consensus. The countries in the Western Regions must have a place and face on the Silk Road business road. They jointly drafted a "memorial" and submitted a memorial to the Tang Dynasty and the Turkish language respectively, requiring the two countries to allow the alliance between the Western Regions, just like the Tang and the Turks. After the alliance, they also had to participate in the affairs of the Silk Road.

I'm very kind, but I just want to divide a piece of cake. If this happens after the alliance ceremony, neither country will take it seriously. Although the memorials are written together, after all, there are thirty-two countries in this "alliance", so it is definitely impossible to be one mind. If a little use of means, it will be left alone. But this happened before the alliance, which caught the two countries off guard. It was like a wedding ceremony between the two families, and everyone wanted to go smoothly. If someone shouted "I don't agree" on the day of the marriage, even if it did not affect the marriage in the end, it would have messed up the marriage.

Nishu has already been attached to the table, and the alliance was held in the Tang Dynasty and Dingxiang. This matter was naturally overwhelmed and returned to the Tang Dynasty to make the final decision. Li Shimin already had an order, and everything on this side was all based on Li Mu, so in the end, Li Mu decided.

Li Mu looked at the memorial in his hand and sighed, "Damn it, damn it, tomorrow is the day of the alliance. What do these people want to do? I'm so angry. Siwen sent my order to tell the Turks that the alliance will be put on hold for the time being. The Tang Dynasty and the Turks each sent 30,000 troops to form one place, and then slapped the Western Regions first. Save these unsightly things, which are so noisy that they make people upset!"

Li Siwen had already received Li Mu's instructions. When he heard this, before Li Ji and Hou Junji could speak, he rushed to Li Mu's feet, hugged his thigh and cried and said, "Brother, calm down, think twice! Don't commit murder again! Killing people cannot solve the problem. The Tang Dynasty did not govern the country by killing. Your Majesty is respected by all races as the Khan of Heaven. That is because of Your Majesty's kindness. You should conquer people with virtue. Since the envoys of all countries have such a request, it must be their reason. Why don't you summon a few people and ask them what they think. It's not too late to make a decision."

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"Brother! For the sake of brothers, please summon me to ask. I have dealt with some of them. They are really kind people. They have admired the Tang Dynasty for a long time and will never dare to act freely. This time, there must be a reason for this matter!"

Li Mu sighed artificially and said, "Forget it, whoever asked you to be my brother, I will see a few of you because of your appearance. Go and find a few who speak Chinese, but I can't understand their bird singing."

"Okay!" Li Siwen looked happy and turned around and went out. Li Ji and Hou Junji looked at each other and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes: I knew that this kid was not holding back his weight. Look, this is coming.

Li Siwen left the government office and the door was surrounded by envoys from various countries. Last night, under the guidance of the "heartfelt people", these headless envoys, who finally got their heads and flies, found Li Siwen, and pieced together a "high gift" to ask Li Siwen to help say something nice in front of Li Mu.

Seeing Li Siwen coming out of the yamen with a happy look, the envoys were relieved. Seeing that this should have happened, I couldn't help but thank the friend who gave the idea yesterday. If it weren't for his guidance, how could he have thought of giving gifts to Dingxiang County? At the same time, I remembered in my heart that when doing things with the Tang people, I had to clear the relationship. Naturally, the closer the relationship, the better.

"Fortunately, everyone, I'm not embarrassed." Li Siwen clasped his fists and said, "You don't know how dangerous it was just now! My elder brother saw your memorial and decided that you were going to hinder the alliance between the two countries. Guess what he was going to do?"

"What does the Marquis want to do?"

"He said that he would notify the Turks to suspend the alliance matters, and the Tang Dynasty sent 30,000 troops and 30,000 troops. Let's destroy you small countries first!"

"What should I do?" / "How can the Marquis do this?" / "I just don't believe him, does His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty care about him?"

The envoys were immediately infuriated. At this time, the envoys of Yanqi stood up and became the 'instructor' and said, "Everyone, be quiet, listen to me!"

"What did you say? You know?"

"Of course I know, don't forget that the Turkic Khan has been taking shelter in our Yanqi for more than a year, so I naturally know some news that you don't know."

"Then you say!"

"You must not underestimate this Marquis Zhulu. Do you know who he is? Not to mention anything else, just talk about the two generals in the yamen now, who are all Dukes of the Tang Dynasty, shouldn't they still listen to his orders? A military marquis leaning on the Duke's head, what do you rely on? Do you know?"

The envoy of Yanqi said mysteriously: "Because he has the Emperor's Shangfang sword, with this sword, it is like the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who came in person, with the power to kill first and then report, and to seize life and death! This place is seven thousand miles away from Chang'an. Even if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty does not want to send troops to destroy us, as long as he wants, he will have the final say. When the news reaches Chang'an, it will be too late!"

Everyone took a breath of air conditioning. They didn't know that Li Mu had the Shangfang sword in his hand!

Someone asked, "Isn't His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty confused? I once saw Zhulu Hou, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, from afar, why should he hold the Shangfang Sword?"

The envoy of Yanqi carefully peeked at Li Siwen, lowered his voice, and said, "I also heard that I don't know whether it is true or not. Rumors, this Marquis of Zhulu is the first son of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the remains of the people. He has been separated for many years and was found last year. Because he has now established an empress and a crown prince, he has no chance to be an emperor, so His Majesty the Emperor gave him great authority, and he is truly above ten thousand people."

"ah?!"

Everyone exclaimed, and Li Siwen interrupted at the right time, saying unhappy: "How can you guess the secrets of my royal family privately? Can you comment on such matters freely? Do you also take my Tang Dynasty seriously?"

The envoys quickly apologized, but they were still curious and asked without knowing their deaths: "Is what the envoy of Yanqi said true?"

"I don't know, don't know!" Li Siwen said impatiently, "You ask me, I can't say it, don't you have a brain? In short, my elder brother can decide on this matter. He wants you to come in and ask, who will go, and the words are ahead, and there can't be more than three people!"

"I'll go!"/"I! My Chinese is well spoken!"

Everyone fought and robbed. Finally, Li Siwen selected the envoys of Yanqi, Kucha and Chechi into the yamen. After about half an hour, the three envoys came out of the yamen, each with joy on their faces and said, "The Marquis has agreed to our request to join the alliance of the countries in the Western Regions and select a representative, and can participate in the affairs of the Silk Road in the future, represent the countries in the Western Regions, and discuss with the Tang and Turks."

The messengers were immediately excited when they heard this. But before they were happy, the smart man thought of the joints of the problem: "Wait, everyone, don't be too busy to be happy! The Marquis said that he would choose a representative. We have envoys from the thirty-two countries here, who will be the representative?"

The envoy of Yanqi immediately responded and said, "Of course it is our Yanqi. We Yanqi provides a refuge for Turkic Nishukhan for more than a year. This has made great contributions. If it weren't for our Yanqi, there would be no alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic Republic today. The Marquis praised this. Do you dare to deny it?"

"Fart!" The Kucha messenger immediately cursed: "Don't think that others don't know. Nishukhan was very angry with you when he was in Yanqi. He heard that Nishukhan needed medicinal materials when he was injured, but you took advantage of the situation to rob him. Not only did you make things difficult for him, but the medicinal materials sold to him also cost three times the price outside. More than once, he debated whether to hand over Nishukhan. This is also a kind of kindness?"

"You are slander!"

"You two countries are not good things, and no one can let you do it!"

"What did you say? Which country are you from? Believe it or not, I will report to the King Ming to send troops to attack you?"

For the qualification of this representative, there was another noisy. Li Mu stood in the yard and listened, feeling it was almost done, so he winked at Li Siwen. Li Siwen took a deep breath, walked out with a calm face, shouted loudly, and said, "What are you doing? I'm making noise at the yamen? I'm afraid that the marquis won't hear it? I'll tell you, my elder brother has a bad temper, and he will turn against you when he says he's turning against you. A few days ago, Gaochang's blood flows into a river and knows what's going on? It's because Ju Zhisheng, who doesn't know how to die, offend my elder brother, and he ruined thousands of people in the Gaochang royal family in one sentence! My elder brother said, either don't kill him, you're killing him. You're trying to die!"

The envoys did not dare to yell again, and they stared at each other and separated. The envoys of Yanqi came forward and stuffed a crystal clear jade pendant into Li Siwen's hand. Li Siwen lowered his head and put it into his cuff without leaving any trace. He coughed lightly and said, "What does this mean? I can't promise you anything, and I don't count if I say anything."

"I dare not ask for a few more questions, just hope the county will give me some tips."

"That..." Li Siwen leaned to the ear of the envoy of Yanqi and said, "Your news is too backward. You don't know that there is an elder who is closer to me and my elder brother nearby?"

"Elder?" The envoy of Yanqi was a little confused. Li Siwen stamped his feet and said, "His father-in-law, stupid!"

After saying that, Li Siwen returned to the yamen. The envoy of Yanqi was stunned for a while and suddenly remembered who it was. He turned his head and left without saying a word. The other envoys couldn't stop shouting. He found a horse, rode on it and ran away.

The envoy of Yanqi rushed to Zhangjiaji without stopping, and Zhangjiaji's guards recognized him. Because in addition to the identity of the envoy of Yanqi, his other identity was the great merchants traveling to the Silk Road. In fact, most of the so-called envoys from various countries were merchants on this trade route. They earned treasures for their own countries, and at the same time used money to obtain official positions for themselves. The two did not conflict, so they cared about the issue of the right to speak on the Silk Road, after all, this was their job.

Zhang Jiaji is a trade place designated by the Tang Dynasty, so he is naturally a frequent visitor here. He naturally recognizes Zhang Xun, the market order, and has also drank wine together. Not to mention how close the relationship is, it is also the degree to which he calls brothers.

"Brother Zhang, I'm upset!"

The Yanqi envoy called Brother Zhang from a distance, but in fact, he was a few years older than Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun always called him brother. Today, he had to change it.

Zhang Xun had known that someone would come, but on the surface, he pretended not to know and went out, saying, "Why are you here? Is there any goods that need to be traded?"

"No, no, no." The envoy of Yanqi bowed his head and bowed to Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun hurriedly helped him up and said in surprise: "What are you doing? Is there any place to treat you well?"
Chapter completed!