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Chapter 1138 King Baekje and King Silla (Part 2)

Li Shimin invited the Queen of Silla and Baekje in the Pyongyang Palace, and Li Xiu and Cen Wenben were with him. Before the banquet began, he also personally introduced Li Xiu and Cen Wenben to the other party. As a result, when Baekje King Fuyuzhang heard that the middle-aged man in front of him was Li Xiu, his eyes lit up and became very respectful in his words. After all, he knew that two of the important officials of the Tang Dynasty had the greatest influence on Li Shimin, one was Changsun Wuji, and the other was Li Xiu in front of him.

In contrast, although Queen Silla was smiling on the surface, Li Xiu could see that this woman was still a little resentful towards him, which made him look down on the Queen Silla a little bit. As the lord of a country, he didn't even have such a measure or scheming. No wonder he was almost destroyed by Goguryeo and Silla before.

"When King Rongliu died at the hands of Quanga Suwen, I had to send troops to eliminate the rebels for Goguryeo. Now Quanga Suwen was finally killed, and Goguryeo's rebellion was over. I also wanted to return to the court. However, after the chaos of Goguryeo, the country has been maintained, so we can only be managed by the Tang Dynasty. In the future, you two countries need to cooperate more!" Li Shimin raised his wine glass and smiled.

"Your Majesty's words are heavy, and Quanga Suwen rebelled. Our Baekje is also indignant. However, the country is small and weak, and the people are also weak, so we dare not act lightly. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty left the king to be fair, so we can let him rest in peace!" Fu Yuzhang smiled and cooperated. When talking about guarding against other countries, he also looked at the Queen of Silla next to him.

However, the Queen of Goguryeo seemed to have not heard Fu Yuzhang's words, but instead said to Li Shimin with a smile: "Gougeryeo used to rely on the strength of its country and oppressed us Silla everywhere. Until His Majesty made the decision for us, this gave us Silla a chance to breathe. Now, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to manage Goguryeo, which is also a blessing for us Silla. If the Tang Dynasty needs it in the future, we Silla will definitely cooperate with it!"

Seeing that both of these kings expressed their support, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and then smiled and said, "Goguryeo is already under my control and will not send troops to threaten the security of your two countries in the future. However, I am worried that you two will have another fight. After all, you are both my vassal states. No matter which problem occurs, I will feel uneasy!"

When Li Shimin heard the conflict between Silla and Baekje, the Queen of Silla and Baekje were silent. The two countries had long been feudal, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between them, unless one country fell completely.

Seeing the two of them silent, Li Shimin smiled again and said, "I know there are conflicts between you two countries, but today the three of us are rarely sitting together. Even as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, you are also vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, so I will personally help you mediate the conflicts between you today? In this way, you don't have to fight like you are now, and it will be useless to waste national strength!"

Li Shimin offered to mediate conflicts for them, which made the Queen of Silla and King Baekje stunned. However, then the King Baekje reacted and stood up and bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that we Baekje have a conflict with Silla, but Silla is too damning. At that time, our two countries united to fight against Goguryeo, and even defeated Goguryeo and seized part of the land. As a result, Silla not only took over this land, but also sneaked into us and took away the richest piece of land in our Baekje. It was simply shameless. It was from then on that time that we Baekje and Silla remained unrest with us!"

"No, it's clear that you Baekje actually colluded with Goguryeo at the last moment. In order to protect yourself, we have no choice but to send troops to attack you!" The Queen of Silla retorted angrily when she heard the words of Baekje. Looking at her expression, it seemed that Baekje was treasonous first, so Silla had no choice but to send troops to attack allies.

"Shameless! You Silla not only kill my people and take my land, but also distort the facts and dare to argue in front of His Emperor. Do you think you can deceive Your Majesty?" When Fu Yuzhang heard the accusation of Queen Silla, he immediately slapped the table and pointed at her and scolded her. If he hadn't dared to be arrogant in front of Li Shimin, he would have really drawn a sword and fought with the other party directly.

Jin Deman wanted to say something, but at this time Li Shimin suddenly looked dark and said, "Okay, I'm summoning you today to listen to your quarrel!"

Seeing Li Shimin getting angry, Jin Deman and Fu Yuzhang didn't dare to say anything else. At this time, Li Xiu looked at the two of them and stood up with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I think that although there is a conflict between Baekje and Silla, it is not impossible to resolve it. I have a way here!"

"Oh, I wonder what you can do with your son-in-law?" Li Shimin was waiting for Li Xiu's words, and immediately asked. In fact, he had known what Li Xiu wanted to say, but he could not say this method.

"Report to Your Majesty, I just heard the dispute between the two kings. It was nothing more than some unhappiness when the two countries formed an alliance. Moreover, Silla also occupied part of Baekje's land, which also caused the two countries to continue to fight from now on. So I think Silla can return the land they occupied to Baekje. I think this should calm Baekje's anger!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time. The endless struggle between Silla and Baekje was as simple as a joke in his mouth.

"The Duke of Yan is such a bad word. Our Silla land was also cultivated by our ancestors with great effort. How could we easily trade it with outsiders?" The Queen of Silla almost fainted when she heard Li Xiu's words. She stood up and retorted. She never dreamed that this important minister of the Tang Dynasty would say such words.

"I think the government's words are reasonable, and we, Baekje, do not expect that as long as Silla returns the land they seized, they will never take the initiative to attack Silla in the future!" Fu Yuzhang said with a smile at this time.

After all, this matter is beneficial to them, and he only said that he would not take the initiative to attack Silla, but if Silla provokes them on his own initiative, he would not be polite, and he could win over the Tang Dynasty to be fair. However, although Fu Yuzhang said so, he actually did not have any hope for this matter, and even thought Li Xiu was joking?

To Fuyuzhang's surprise, Li Shimin said eroticly: "I think the son-in-law's method has some truth. The struggle between you two countries is that Silla occupied Baekje's territory. No matter what the reason for the war was, this is an irrefutable fact. So as long as the land is returned, Baekje will have no reason to provoke Silla again!"

When Jin Deman heard that Li Shimin actually agreed with Li Xiu's words, he was shocked at the moment. He was about to say something, but at this time, Li Shimin smiled and waved at her and said, "Of course, I also know that doing this is a bit unfair to Silla, but since I said that I would mediate conflicts for you, I will naturally not let you suffer any losses!"

When he said this, Li Shimin deliberately stopped and showed a thoughtful expression. After a moment, he spoke: "Let's do this, Goguryeo has a vast territory, and I heard that Goguryeo expanded eastward and occupied a lot of land in your Silla. Since that's the case, I will divide some land in the eastern part of Goguryeo to you Silla to make up for your losses. What do you think?"

"This..." Jin Deman didn't expect that Li Shimin would divide the land of Goguryeo to her part, which made her not know how to answer for a while. Although this condition seemed to make up for Silla's losses, she always felt something was wrong.

"Your Majesty is kind. As long as Silla is willing to return our territory, we, Baekje, will definitely not have another conflict with them in the future!" Fu Yuzhang was stunned when he heard Li Shimin's words, and then he showed an ecstatic expression. He could not take Li Xiu's words seriously, but the same words came from Li Shimin's words, so the weight would be different.

Speaking of which, when Fu Yuzhang was young, he also took the regaining of his country as his mission. He launched countless wars against Silla, and even when he was old, he did not give up this ideal. For this reason, he did not hesitate to consume national strength to build a large number of strong cities and well-trained troops, but he never did what he wanted. If he could use the Tang Dynasty to recover the country this time, he would naturally be unable to seek it.

Li Xiu next to him saw Fu Yuzhang's excited look, and he smiled calmly. He could understand Fu Yuzhang's mood to recover his hometown. And as far as he knew, Fu Yuzhang was named King of Wu after his death because he launched wars against Silla many times during his reign. This is not to say that he likes wars, but to be unwilling to be occupied by Silla. Now he can take back his territory without war. This is like a pie from the world.

Seeing Fu Yuzhang's statement, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction again, then turned his head to look at the silent Queen Silla and asked, "Master Silla, what do you think of my proposal?"

"Your Majesty, this... this matter is of great importance. After all, we Silla have ruled on that land for many years, and the people are our Silla people, so I was not sure about it for a while. Could I let me go back and discuss with the ministers before making a decision?" When the Queen of Silla heard Li Shimin's question, she trembled and then reacted, and then said in a daze.

This matter is indeed very difficult for Silla to make a decision. It is normal for Jinderman to react like this, so Li Shimin nodded quickly and said, "Okay, then I will give you three days. I will call you here to discuss in three days. You will also give me an accurate answer!"

When Li Shimin spoke at the end, he couldn't help but show a majestic expression, while Li Xiu below had a smile on his lips. No matter how Queen Silla discussed after she returned, he and Li Shimin had a way to force Silla to agree to this matter!
Chapter completed!
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