Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

After thinking for a long time, the right minister found out bitterly that he clearly knew the answer, but he didn't know how to ask, and his identity and status did not allow him to ask nothing, so he could only ask this question in the end.

"Surrender, or destroy the country." Li Xiaogong remained expressionless, "Perhaps there is a third possibility, but that hope is extremely small."

"What's possible?" A gleam of hope appeared on Prime Minister's face.

"His Royal Highness Qin Wang ordered." Li Xiaogong said lightly.

The hope on the right minister's face quickly dimmed. He knew that the order to destroy the Queen's Kingdom was given by His Royal Highness King Qin. How could he withdraw his order now?This matter was done without even going through His Majesty the Emperor of Tang.

It's a pity that they are too far away from Datang. If they were closer to Datang and Chang'an, they might have a chance to intercede with His Majesty the Emperor of Datang.

"If there is nothing else, you can tell your queen my answer. How to choose, you should think about it yourself. After all, there are still a few days before we march to your queen's city." Li Xiaogong said calmly.

Prime Minister Right left, but his thousand guards could not follow him back, only he, the deputy envoy and a dozen or so relatives followed him back, but those guards Li Xiaogong did not leave them behind, but were like the soldiers before.

After disarming all the weapons, they were released directly, and where they went was their own business.

And those guards Li Xiaogong released them directly in front of the right ministers and them, and let them go home.

On the way back to Queen's City, Prime Minister Right's expression was always ugly. After walking hundreds of miles away from Datang's army, they stopped and prepared to set up camp directly as the sky was getting dark.

Although it wasn't cold, they lit fires to avoid wildlife.

"Right Prime Minister, how should we report to the Queen?" The two deputy envoys who came with the Right Prime Minister asked with wry smiles.

"To be honest, as for how to decide, that's up to Her Majesty the Queen." Prime Minister Right sighed, how else could they tell?Just tell the truth.

"Does Prime Minister Right think we still have a chance?" The two deputy envoys fell silent for a moment, then asked.

Prime Minister Right smiled wryly, then shook his head, "Didn't you find out?"

The two deputy envoys looked at Prime Minister Right, and some didn't quite understand what he said.

"Today Li Xiaogong deliberately released those soldiers in front of us. Although we were riding horses, we set off at least half an hour later. At that time, the Tang army did not continue to advance, but was in a state of setting up camp. That is to say, the thousand soldiers were released, although the Tang army disarmed them of all their weapons and equipment."

"But if they want to come back, they can wait for us on the road ahead after leaving Datang's army."

"And along the way, have you seen any soldiers?" The right minister looked at them and asked.

The two deputy envoys were silent for a while, and then they smiled wryly. Indeed, none of the thousand soldiers came back!what does that mean?This means that these soldiers do not want to fight at all.

This means that they really followed the words of the Tang army and returned directly to their home.

And these thousand soldiers are still relatively elite soldiers in Queen City, and even the elite soldiers who are their mainstay have such thoughts in their hearts, so it is self-evident what ordinary soldiers think.

And even if they really fought with Datang... the result is self-evident.

"Let's rest. We will start our journey early tomorrow, and we will hurry back as fast as we can. In any case, the queen must make the decision." Prime Minister Right said with a sigh.

"Yes."

It took two days for Prime Minister Right to return to Queen's City. When he saw Ben Lishe Terrace, the other party asked anxiously: "Prime Minister Right, what's the result of the negotiation? I heard that Datang's army captured two more cities? And Prime Minister Right, where are your one thousand guards?"

"After my guards were captured by the Tang army, they were dismissed immediately. I don't know where they went. When we rushed back, we rushed to send the news to Her Majesty the Queen. I didn't send anyone to look for it." The right minister said calmly, and he didn't blame the soldiers.

At this time, these things are sidelines.

"What did Tang say?" Ben Lishetai asked directly, and it turned out that the queen didn't care about the thousand soldiers at all.

"Surrender or destroy the country." The Prime Minister said six words calmly.

When these six words were uttered, Ben Lishetai slumped in his seat.

The ministers in the court made a noise. The expressions of these ministers were different, but overall, they all had ugly faces. Most of the reason for the ugly faces was probably because if they were defeated and the Queen Kingdom surrendered, their status would not be guaranteed.

It is easy for these nobles to prefer to be a chicken head instead of a phoenix tail, mainly because they don't know how the Tang Dynasty will treat them.

As for the existence of the Queen's Kingdom, they didn't think that much at all, or in their opinion, even if it didn't exist, it had nothing to do with them. As long as their interests could be guaranteed, so what if they surrendered?

"Your Prime Minister, tell me what Tang said in detail." Ben Lishetai sat up straight again after being silent.

The right minister did not hide anything, but directly said what Li Xiaogong said.

Hearing these words, Ben Lishetai sat in his seat with blank eyes, and many other ministers also looked ashen.

At this moment, in Chang'an, thousands of miles away, there was also a person sitting in his seat with blank eyes just like them.

"Third brother, where did I have so many things?" Li Tai was in a bad mood, he couldn't help sitting up straight and said, I just came back from an inspection tour in Yangzhou and other places. Although it was really fun, I was sent a lot of tasks right after I came back, and Li Tai was numb.

What does the imperial examination after the next year care about him?Although it is true that he belongs to the Ministry of Culture, isn't this a matter of the Ministry of Rites?Oh, the Ministry of Rites is gone, that's all right.

"Your affairs are rare enough." Li Ke said, looking at him lightly.

"Why are there fewer? I think I can't finish my busy work until the Spring Festival break." Li Tai people are stupid. There are so many things about the imperial examination.

Does he still have time to go to Datang Everbright City?Yangzhou Shouma is good, but there is no place in the whole country that is as fun as Datang Everbright City.

"Working overtime if you can't finish your work, young people always have to suffer." Li Ke waved his hand.

"Then what are you doing, third brother?" Li Tai didn't give up.

"I have nothing to do." Li Ke said as a matter of course.

"Third Brother, there's no such thing as you." Li Tai couldn't help protesting.

"Why not? My name is self-forgetfulness." Li Ke took a sip of tea.