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In the past few days, she has also been thinking, and even wanted to write a letter to persuade Songtsan Gampo again.

But I also knew that Songtsan Gampo had a stubborn temper and would never listen to her.

Therefore, Gesang couldn't believe it when he heard Chen Chu's question.

Chen Chu smiled slightly and said, "This matter is up to Songtsan Gampo. If he is willing to make peace, everything will be easy."

Gesang shook his head: "My brother wrote that he didn't want to go to war, but the Tang Dynasty would not let Tubo go. The condition offered by General Li Shiji was either to surrender or to go to war..."

Datang's face, of course, cannot be lost.

Tubo attacked Shanzhou before and almost took down the city of Shanzhou.

This has already swept Datang's face.

Now is the time for Datang to take revenge.

Chen Chu thought for a while and said, "Gesang, write a letter now, and write according to my intention..."

Gesang is very obedient.

She picked up a pen and paper, and wrote a letter according to Chen Chu's intentions.

After Gesang's letter was finished, Chen Chu ordered her to send it to Tubo as quickly as possible.

On the other hand, Chen Chu spread out the paper, thanked a poem with his own ugly characters, and sent someone to send it to the palace.

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Royal Palace.

Ganlu Temple.

Li Er and the ministers are still discussing whether to go to war with Tubo.

For a while, everyone couldn't make up their minds.

At this moment, Gao Chen walked in, held up a piece of paper, and said, "Your Majesty, son-in-law Chen Chu, sent someone to send a piece of paper, saying that he would hand it to Your Majesty himself."

Li Er waved his hand: "Put it aside for now, now I have important discussions with all my dear friends, and I have no time to check!"

Gao Chen added: "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen wrote a sentence on this page, saying that it is helpful to the matter that His Majesty is discussing."

Wang Gui sneered: "The war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and Li Shiji's report are all kept secret. How could Chen Chu know what I was discussing? Your Majesty, Chen Chu is playing tricks!"

But Li Er laughed: "Bring it up, I want to see it!"

Gao Chen handed the paper to Li Er.

Li Er saw that it was actually a poem.

The peaks and mountains are like gatherings, the waves are like fury, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road.

Looking west, hesitated.

Sad Qin and Han Scriptures, all the palaces have made earth.

Prosperity, people suffer; death, people suffer.

Li Er was stunned after reading it.

He was lost in thought.

Fang Xuanling and the others were all stunned.

What did Chen Chu write that made His Majesty lose his composure?

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Wang Gui reminded in a low voice.

Only then did Li Er come back to his senses, and he handed the paper to Changsun Wuji and the others: "My dear friends, please take a look..."

Everyone took a look and praised it as a good poem.

But Wei Zheng said: "Huh, what good poetry is not good poetry, my lords, can't you see that Chen Chu is admonishing His Majesty not to go to war? Once Tubo and Tang Dynasty go to war, when the time comes, the people of Tubo will be ashamed." It will fall into dire straits, and the people of Tang Dynasty will also be affected. Don’t forget, everyone, the demise of the Sui Dynasty is directly related to Yang Guang’s many conquests of Korea..."

Wang Gui said disdainfully: "What does Chen Chu know? Could it be that he gave up attacking Tubo just because of the suffering of the people? At the beginning, Tubo came to Shanzhou and planned to take the land of Hexi from my Tang Dynasty. Making peace with Tubo will not only lose the power of the Tang Dynasty, but also make Tubo look down on you..."

"Yeah, Tubo can't stop fighting, so what's the point of making the people work harder!"

"Chen Chu is the benevolence of a woman!"

"Your Majesty, don't listen to Chen Chu's words!"

Everyone persuaded them one after another.

Li Er picked up the paper and looked at it again, and suddenly said: "Gao Chen, Su Su sent someone to announce Chen Chu to enter the palace."

Gao Chen immediately turned around and left the Ganlu Hall.

Not long after, Gao Chen came back, followed by Chen Chu.

Chen Chu stepped forward and gave a simple salute.

Looking up, he saw Fang Xuanling, Wang Gui and others staring at him with unfriendly expressions.

He suddenly understood what happened, and asked, "Father, do you agree that everyone wants to attack Tubo?"

Li Er nodded: "That's right, Tubo deceived people too much before, Zhen must put down Tubo, so that he can give the whole world an explanation."

Chen Chu shook his head: "Royal Father, Datang has no chance of winning this war. Instead, it will drag down Datang. Tubo is not as easy to win as Tuyuhun."

Datang wanted to take Tubo easily, but he was a little naive.

Chen Chu is familiar with history, but he knows that during the period of the 7th century AD, Tubo and Datang came and went, and back and forth.

Tubo in this period should not be underestimated.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about away games, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will soon lose their combat effectiveness when they arrive on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Otherwise, Li Er would not let go of his figure and marry Princess Wencheng to Tubo.

Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Chu intends to use Tubo as a chessboard to realize his plan.

Wang Gui was not happy: "Chen Chu, you are trying to build up other people's aspirations and destroy your own prestige. How powerful is Tubo? Once my Great Tang Heavenly Army arrives, we will definitely wipe out Tubo, but you are talking nonsense here. As a son-in-law, How dare you do such a thing is unreasonable!"

Li Er also frowned and stared at Chen Chu.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Er still wanted to go to war.

All he was concerned about were other factors.

Chen Chu knew that a poem alone would not be able to persuade Li Er.

So he said directly: "Father, it's not that I don't want to take down Tubo, but to win Tubo, there is definitely more than one way to go to war... I have a good strategy, I can take down Tubo without bloodshed..."

Take Tubo without bloodshed?

Everyone was stunned.

There is such a way?

Changsun Wuji asked impatiently: "Quickly tell me, what can I do?"

Chen Chu glanced around, and said, "My lords, my strategy will not work if many people know about it. Well, just let the emperor alone know."

what?

Is this going to drive us away?

Everyone present showed displeasure.

Li Er thought for a while, but said: "My dear friends, you go out for now, I want to hear Chen Chu's strategy."

No one dared to disobey Li Er's order.

So, everyone walked out of the Ganlu Hall one after another.

In an instant, only Chen Chu and Li Er were left in Ganlu Hall.

Li Er coughed: "Chen Chu, tell me quickly, what good strategy do you have to put down Tubo without bloodshed?"

He was also a little anxious.

Chen Chu took out two balls of snow-white things from his arms.

It is cotton.

Li Er asked curiously: "What is this?"

Li Er didn't know cotton.

Although there is a small amount of cotton in the land west of the Gein River, it is very rare in the Central Plains, and it is not useful, so generally no one pays attention to it.

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Chen Chu put the cotton in front of Li Er's table, and said, "Father, guess what this thing can be used for?"

Li Er picked it up and played with it.

I saw that this thing was extremely light, soft and warm.

Li Er said: "This thing can be used to keep out the cold, or it can be used as a pillow..."

This is already the limit of Li Er's imagination.

However, Chen Chu shook his head and said, "Father, this thing is called cotton. After processing, you can get cotton thread, which can be used to make clothes. The price is much lower than silk. It can be said to be quite cheap, not much more than linen, but The texture is hundreds of times better than the linen cloth... the light softness is far behind the linen cloth..."

Li Er's eyes lit up.

In today's Tang Dynasty, the clothing is mainly made of silk and linen.

Silk is so precious that only dignitaries can afford it.

Ordinary people, even small landlords and merchants, could only wear linen clothes.

If there is one thing that costs about the same as linen but has a texture comparable to silk, it will definitely become popular in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Er was so excited that he grabbed Chen Chu's sleeve and asked, "Quickly, tell me, where did this cotton come from?"

Because of Li Eryi's age, he hadn't paid attention to cotton before.

Chen Chu smiled and said, "Father, Gesang gave it to me. Gesang told me that in Tubo, cotton can be seen everywhere. People use it to keep out the cold, make pillows, and even make fire... but no one uses it to make cotton." clothing..."

Li Er said happily: "Since this is the case, if you want to come to this world, only you can make cotton into clothes. How about this, I will send someone to Li Ji to get cotton seeds quickly. Sow the seeds..."

Chen Chu shook his head: "Father, Datang, there is actually no need to grow cotton..."

"what do you mean?"

Li Er looked puzzled.

Chen Chu said: "This is exactly the strategy I was talking about to take down Tubo without bloodshed... In short, we can force Songtsan Gampo to negotiate a peace instead of fighting Tubo, and communicate with the Tang Dynasty. It doesn’t matter if the price is higher. In less than three years, there will be cotton everywhere in Tubo, and the barley and pasture will be lost. At that time, only the emperor’s father will order to close the trade, and Tubo will surrender without a fight... "

At first, Li Er thought Chen Chu was talking big.

But after hearing Chen Chu's plan, he immediately gasped.

If it was as Chen Chu said, then within a few years, Tubo would be finished.

Once there is a big market for cotton, the people in Tubo will wantonly grow cotton.

At that time, the whole of Tubo will be cotton.

Without grass, Tubo would lose its war horses, cattle and sheep.

Without highland barley, Tubo would lose food.

All the food for survival is provided by Datang.

And when the Tang Dynasty closed its trade, Tubo would guard a pile of inedible cotton.

At that time, Songtsen Gampo had no choice but to surrender.

What a poisonous plan!

Li Er looked at Chen Chu in shock.

Originally, he thought that Chen Chu was just a harmless kid, but now it seems that this kid has a deep strategy, which is extraordinary.

too frightening.

Fortunately, this kid is my son-in-law.