Chapter 88 Chu Suiliang's Objection

Just when Li Er was about to agree to the request of the Goguryeo envoy and let Wang Yuan accept the platinum tribute from Goguryeo,

a eunuch came running and saluted, saying, "My Lord! The Imperial Court Minister Chu Suiliang is outside asking for an audience!"

"Why is he here? Announce!" Li Er didn't think much and asked the eunuch to bring Chu Suiliang over.

"Yes!" The eunuch took the order and left, leading Chu Suiliang who was waiting outside in.

Because Chu Suiliang came to see Li Er at this time, Li Er temporarily did not accept the platinum tribute from Goguryeo.

Before the platinum could be handed over to the eunuch supervisor Wang Yuan, and Li Er did not agree to the envoy's request, the Goguryeo envoy had to step aside and wait for Li Er to deal with government affairs before discussing their affairs.

"Your Majesty, I am Chu Suiliang!" Chu Suiliang saluted. Seeing that Li Er had not yet accepted the tribute from Goguryeo, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he caught up.

"My dear, why did you come to see me?" Li Er asked.

With Chu Suiliang's character, if there was nothing, he would not casually run to the emperor to visit and chat.

"Your Majesty! I heard that the envoy of Quan Gai Su Wen came to pay tribute to Your Majesty. Is this true?" Chu Suiliang asked.

When Chu Suiliang asked Li Er, the Goguryeo envoy asked the Honglu Temple Secretary beside him about Chu Suiliang's identity.

"Yes! The envoy is next to you!" Li Er pointed to the envoy next to him.

Chu Suiliang looked back, and the envoy saw Chu Suiliang looking at him and hurriedly saluted.

Turning his gaze back to Li Er, Chu Suiliang said, "Your Majesty! I came here today to stop you from accepting tribute."

As soon as Chu Suiliang finished speaking, Li Er felt a little dissatisfied. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, what was wrong with him accepting tribute from a small country? Why did you

, Chu Suiliang, block it? Li Zhi was at a loss. It was not normal for a great country like the Tang Dynasty to accept tribute from a small barbarian country. Why did Chu Suiliang block it? What was he up to?

The envoys of Quan Gai and Su Wen were immediately furious. The purpose of their visit this time was to prevent the Tang emperor from sending troops to Goguryeo, so they paid tribute to the Tang emperor to show their submission.

They were not ready to fight the Tang Dynasty. Once the Tang army attacked Goguryeo, they might not be able to defeat the Tang army.

If they were ruined by Chu Suiliang, how would they explain to their Da Molizhi when they returned?

Chu Suiliang's next words made them feel like they were falling into an ice cellar. They were very frightened, fearing that Li Er would agree to Chu Suiliang's suggestion. Even Li Er and Li Zhi did not expect Chu Suiliang to say so.

"Not only will I stop Your Majesty from accepting the tribute from Quan Gai and Su Wen, but I also ask Your Majesty to arrest these people and put them in jail." Chu Suiliang pointed at the messenger and said.

Li Er was stunned for a while, then came to his senses and asked, "You are going too far!"

"I, Goguryeo, want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty and don't want to see the people of the two countries die because of the war. How can you say such a thing? Are you..." "

Shut up, you are a small country, barbarians, you don't know etiquette, and you dare to talk nonsense in front of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. There is no place for you to speak nonsense in front of His Majesty."

The envoy was interrupted by Chu Suiliang before he finished speaking. Chu Suiliang talked eloquently and scolded the envoy. The envoy blushed and dared not say another word.

"Okay! My dear, tell me what you think and why you stop me from accepting tribute." Li Er spoke and finally helped the envoy out of trouble.

"Your Majesty! Quan Gai Su Wen killed his monarch, King Rongliu, and was not tolerated by the Nine Barbarians. Your Majesty wanted to attack him with a righteous army, but now you want to accept his tribute."

"This is no different from the Spring and Autumn Period when Song destroyed Gao State and seized Gao Ding, and then gave Gao Ding to Lu State to bribe Duke Heng of Lu for fear that Lu State would send troops to attack Song State."

"Therefore, I cannot accept your Majesty's acceptance of Quan Gai Su Wen's tribute. Please think twice." Chu Suiliang said.

Speaking of Gao Ding, we have to mention Song State and Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Gao was a vassal state in the Zhou Dynasty. Its first monarch was the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou. To its east was Lu and to its west was Cao. Because they all had the surname Ji, the three states were brothers and lived in peace with each other.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, rituals and music collapsed, Gao was weak, and had to rely on Song. Later, Song sent troops to destroy Gao and moved the national treasure Gao Ding used by Gao to worship the ancestral temple back

to Song. This made Lu unhappy. Gao and Lu were brothers, but Song didn't even say hello and just destroyed them. It didn't take Lu seriously at all.

So Lu, under the slogan of revenge for the brotherly states, united with Qi and Zheng to attack Song. Song couldn't resist the coalition of the three states.

Among the Three Kingdoms, Lu was the strongest. In order to save itself, Song offered the Gao Ding from Gao to Lu to bribe Duke Heng of Lu to withdraw his troops.

Duke Heng of Lu was delighted to receive the Gao Ding, so he stopped attacking Song and withdrew his troops back to Lu. Song thus escaped the fate of being destroyed.

Through this incident, everyone finally saw the true face of Duke Heng of Lu. On the surface, he was fighting for the brother country, but in fact, he was just greedy and was dissatisfied that Song got the benefits but did not share them with him. In fact,

Chu Suiliang was using the example of Duke Heng of Lu to warn Li Er not to do the same thing as Duke Heng of Lu.

Once Li Er accepted the tribute from Quan Gai Su Wen, it would be equivalent to indirectly acknowledging that Quan Gai Su Wen's behavior of killing the emperor and deceiving the people was correct.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty would have no reason to send troops to Goguryeo. The Tang Dynasty would go from raising the banner of justice to being in the company of regicide and traitors.

Li Er suddenly realized that what Chu Suiliang said made sense. He had raised the banner of justice and planned to send troops to attack Quan Gai Su Wen. If he accepted his tribute now, wouldn't he become the same as Lu Henggong?

At that time, how would the people of the world view him as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty? What would he do if other small countries affiliated with the Tang Dynasty followed suit?

Therefore, on this issue, Li Er adopted Chu Suiliang's suggestion, firmly and decisively rejected the tribute from Quan Gai and Su Wen, and continued to send troops to attack Goguryeo.

"Thanks to your reminder, otherwise I would have made a big mistake." Li Er said sincerely.

"This is my duty!" Chu Suiliang said.

Li Er looked at the Goguryeo envoy and said, "You all serve King Rongliu and have official titles. Quan Gai and Su Wen plotted treason and murdered the king. You could not avenge King Rongliu, but now you help the treacherous ministers and thieves to lobby and deceive our great country. This is simply a heinous crime."

"Come here!" The guards who heard the call of His Majesty Li Er rushed in.

"Take the envoy away and put him in the Tianlao!" Li Er ordered.

The guards took the Goguryeo envoys away without giving them any explanation. No matter how they struggled or protested, it was of no use.