Fu Wenhan paused and explained: "Since Silla has suffered such a heavy blow, it will definitely not be able to fight again within 20 years. There is no need for us to consume them in the short term."

"First, we are afraid that the damage will be too great and attract the covetousness of the surrounding areas."

“Even if we take down Silla without any damage, it will be a thankless task. It will only deepen the fear of us among the neighbors and make them form an alliance.”

"Second, the construction of the Grand Canal is imminent, which requires a lot of financial and human resources, and sending a large army to the expedition will consume too much."

Tens of millions of able-bodied men, millions of logistical support personnel, and even gunpowder have been requested, but if there is another war, these may be gone.

Apart from anything else, there are not enough supervisory staff.

“In summary, it is not advisable to attack Silla.”

"According to what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, I think Silla is definitely here for marriage."

"We are accepting the surrender. As the surrendering party, Silla has to pay tribute. We just need to give something in return."

"So they will definitely choose to marry in order to have food for the winter."

"I think marriage is necessary."

“Otherwise, if we force the other party to death, either the enemy will bite off a piece of flesh from us, or we will consume our vitality and destroy Silla.”

“It doesn’t fit in with the established plan.”

"Of course, we can't bring back too much food and fodder for the marriage. According to statistics from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, it's just enough for them to get through the winter. One third of the extra food will be enough."

"This will both give them hope and not aid the enemy."

"The remaining gift will depend on the princess's dowry."

"The above is my opinion."

Fu Wenhan is indeed worthy of being the prime minister. He must have covered all the basic aspects.

Sun Jingyang stepped forward and said, "I think Prime Minister Fu's suggestion is very good."

Song Lian, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also spoke up, "I also think that Prime Minister Fu's suggestion is very good."

General Gao thought about it, but couldn't think of any flaws. Hearing this, he agreed, "I second the motion."

Four of the five people agreed. Tian Yi didn't expect to add anything, so he said, "I second the motion."

Sun Jingyang, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, will Your Majesty take a concubine for this marriage?"

"If so, the Ministry of Rites should prepare in advance."

Your Majesty taking a concubine and the prince taking a concubine are two different concepts. One is celebrated by the whole city, and the other is just a normal marriage.

Of course, if a prince marries, it will be a grand ceremony.

Now the third prince has not married yet, he is of marriageable age and is the most suitable candidate.

But who knows whether Your Majesty would like to try foreign beauties.

So if we want to ask this, we have to start with Your Majesty.

Li Kuo shook his head when he heard this. He was dying now, and he didn't even dare to summon the beauties in the harem. How could he take a concubine? Did he think he had lived too long?

"Let's give it to the emperor's sons this time. Chengze, who do you think is suitable?"

Li Chengze was about to speak when he heard this, but suddenly his eyes lit up. He had just wanted to take two concubines, but now he has one. "Father, Rongyu has not been in good health for the past two years and is recuperating."

"Having children depends on chance, so I want to take two concubines."

"If this Silla princess is pretty, I would like to marry her."

"Of course, if it's not beautiful, then give it to my third brother."

Li Kuo: ...

Ministers: ...

Good guy, the main point is the truth, right? You take the good ones for yourself and leave the bad ones to your brother, right? However, Li Kuo was relieved that his son, who was about to take over, was finally interested in women.

If he is still not interested within half a year, he can only hand over the throne to the incompetent third brother.

The throne is not allowed to fall into the hands of outsiders.

"Okay, I'll have the envoy make his recommendations the day after tomorrow. Take a look and nod if you like it."

"You just said you wanted to take two concubines. Do you have any favorites? If not, choose a few from my Chuxiu Palace first."

"I already have a candidate, Yu Xuanji, one of the three great beauties in the capital. I have met her once in a while, and I would like to ask your Majesty to grant me marriage."

Li Kuo turned around when he heard this.

"Defa, go check the family background of this Yu Xuanji. If she is innocent, then issue an imperial decree to grant her marriage."

"promise!"

Wow, it was so easy to get Yu Xuanji, one of the three beauties in Beijing. I wonder how many of the Beijing dandies will be so envious that tears will flow from their mouths, and I wonder how many infatuated dogs will really cry.

Li Chengze was also very happy. With one pregnancy done, the pregnancy rate doubled.

Next, it depends on how beautiful this Silla princess is.

Just when Li Chengze dealt with Yu Xuanji's problem, the coachman Lao Ma also came back.

"You mean, the first carriage in front of us belongs to the Silla envoy?"

"Yes, uncle!"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Li Xiuzhu nodded, thinking thoughtfully, and asked naturally: "What about the second one?"

Old Ma blinked.

"It also belongs to the Silla envoy."

"Oh, it's also from the Silla envoy..."

Huh? !!! At this moment, Li Xiuzhu had a bad feeling in his heart.

Li Xiuzhu took a deep breath, looked at Lao Ma and asked, "You are not going to tell me that the five cars belong to the Silla envoys?"

Old Ma nodded and praised, "Son-in-law, you are really smart. You already knew everything before I even told you."

God, you haven’t told me yet.

Li Xiuzhu asked with a toothache: "Besides the Silla envoys?"

Old Ma blinked.

"Didn't my uncle only ask me about the five carriages? I didn't ask anything else."

Hiss~ What should I do? I really want to hit someone.

Seeing that Li Xiuzhu seemed to want to hit someone, Lao Ma subconsciously took half a step back.

"Uncle, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."

"Get out of here right now! If you keep coming back to me, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but hit you."

"Strange, wasn't I doing pretty well?"

Hearing Lao Ma's last whisper, Li Xiuzhu almost broke down.

Damn, he urgently needs a smart driver.

Who in my family would understand? I, a time traveler, was almost defeated.

Although he was speechless, Li Xiuzhu did not let Lao Ma ask again.

Although he didn't know who the person in front of the Silla convoy was, Li Xiuzhu was 80% sure that the woman named Mingyue was most likely from Silla.

It seems that either he killed her entire family or someone very important to her.

However, since he could come with the Silla envoy, he must be a person of some status, probably not low.

Well, no big problem.

At the same time, after settling down, Nalan Mingyue also set off for Li Xiuzhu's mansion after listening to the conversation in the inn.

People like to gather together, and the inn where Nalan Mingyue lives is the most popular inn among people in the world.

The inn is one of the best places to collect intelligence, and the inns where the people of the underworld stay mostly talk about information related to the people of the underworld.

Unfortunately, when the Silla envoys entered the city, most of the conversation revolved around the Silla envoys.

Of course, Li Xiuzhu, who is related to it, is also often mentioned, but they are all about some things Li Xiuzhu did on the front line.

It’s just that Nalan Mingyue ignored the habit of bragging among the lower-class people in the martial arts world.

(End of this chapter)