The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 992

"Your Majesty, you have only recently ascended the throne and still need the assistance of those on the border. Therefore, this envoy from the Southern Continent is simply asking you to meet him. Why don't you..."

"It's just missing out on seeing you once; it won't cost you a single thing."

In short, Li Yuan seemed to be acting in the best interests of his own capital.

The ministers in the imperial court also began to step forward.

“Since the envoy from the Southern Continent has come to pay homage, it means that the Southern Continent is willing to befriend us. In that case, this matter should be initiated by him.”

However, some ministers who had been bribed by Li Yuan joined Li Yuan's united front.

"Since the envoy from the Southern Continent is ill and requests Your Majesty to visit him, he is showing sincerity. In that case, why not Your Majesty go and see him?"

"This will only make the envoys from the Southern Continent think that our Great Tang values ​​them."

When his minister said this, the other ministers all stood up to second his opinion.

Xu Tian stood to the side, remaining silent.

He is now standing here only as a minister in charge of assisting him.

The title of this regent minister was also given by the late emperor.

Upon hearing Li Yuan's words, Xu Tian immediately objected, "His Majesty is now the ruler of a nation and absolutely cannot lower himself to such a position. We must not allow his envoy from the Southern Continent to succeed in this matter."

"Does Your Highness not even understand this basic rule? Even if you, Your Highness, don't understand it, so does the envoy from Nanzhou?"

Xu Tian looked at Li Yuan with a questioning gaze.

Li Yuan originally thought his plan had succeeded, but unexpectedly, Xu Tian appeared out of nowhere.

This guy always manages to ruin everything.

"Your Highness is unaware that this envoy is quite ill; otherwise, His Majesty would not have personally gone to request an audience with him."

"The envoy had no choice but to comply. Your Highness should try to understand. If we sincerely want to cooperate with others, we should show our sincerity, shouldn't we?"

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Xu Tian found it even more ridiculous.

"You, a prince of my great Tang Dynasty, actually speak for a mere envoy from the southern state. I wonder, are you truly a prince of my great Tang Dynasty, or one of his Lanzhou envoys?"

Upon hearing Xu Tian's words, Li Yuan quickly defended himself.

If these words were to get out, wouldn't Li Yuan be seen as a traitor who sells out his country for personal gain?

Therefore, this matter must absolutely not be leaked to outsiders.

The ministers who had been bribed by Li Yuan quickly stepped forward and asked Li Yuan for an explanation.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Highness, please calm down. Isn't Your Highness just thinking of our Great Tang Dynasty and trying to bring in a friendly nation for us?"

Hearing these ministers speak up for Li Yuan.

Xu Tian immediately stepped forward.

"My lords, the prince is young and may not understand these things, but do you gentlemen not understand them either?"

"What do you mean by cooperation? What do you mean by building friendly relations? These are all things you've said. If that envoy from the Southern Continent truly intended to cooperate with our Great Tang, would there be such a fuss?"

"He has already entered the territory of our Great Tang, yet he still demands that His Majesty of Great Tang go to see him. Who is he? He is an envoy from the Southern Continent, not the emperor of the Southern Continent."

"Even if he were the emperor of Nanzhou, he wouldn't have such influence! Is he taking advantage of the fact that our new Tang emperor is young?"

“Go tell him that he can see His Majesty of the Great Tang Dynasty at any time, but if His Majesty were to go to see him in person, he would probably have to wait there.”

Upon hearing Xu Tian's words, those who remained neutral, those who had previously supported Li Zhi, and those who were loyal to Li Er were all affected.

Everyone sided with Xu Tian.

“The Prince is right. He is just an envoy from the Southern Province, yet he immediately demands that our new emperor meet with him. This is neither reasonable nor conventional.”

"If our new Tang emperor really went to see him, wouldn't it make us a laughing stock in other countries if word got out?"

“That’s right. That envoy from Nanzhou doesn’t know the rules. Does Your Highness not know the rules either? We don’t care what the envoy from Nanzhou said, but this is absolutely impossible.”