Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2539 Shimin Takes Two Wives, Gold and Silver Cicadas

Chapter 2539 Shimin Takes Two Wives, Gold and Silver Cicadas

In the past year, the situation in Wei has been such that the Great Wei court, as the host, has become a supporting player, while the Sui, Tang, and Xiao dynasties have been manipulating the situation among themselves.

After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the Tang Dynasty officially entered the era of rule by Li Yuan's lineage.

Although only two people in the world knew the true reasons behind the Xuanwu Gate Incident, this internal strife still had a certain impact on the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty did not expand further, but instead began to digest the gains from the three regions it had just conquered, recuperating and stabilizing its internal situation while continuing to build up its national strength.

However, the Tang Dynasty only temporarily halted its military expansion; its political actions did not stop as a result.

The connection between the Sui and Tang dynasties was never interrupted; in fact, Li Shimin even married Yang Lihua, who was older than him.

Yang Lihua was originally the wife of Yuwen Yun, whose family, the Yuwen family, was once Yang Jian's closest political ally and biggest supporter.

Although they were political alliances, Cui Xiao, Jiang Lin, and others were merely allies; they were forced by Guo Longcheng to stand with Yang Jian.

Although Yang Jian has now established the Sui Dynasty, these people still have a great deal of autonomy; while the Yuwen family is the core group that truly belongs to Yang Jian himself.

Furthermore, due to the changes in the situation in the Great Wei, the balance of power had been reversed, and Guo Longcheng could no longer pose a real threat to them. These people began to become restless within the Great Sui.

It was precisely for this reason that not long ago, Yang Jian, even when the situation was very favorable, was willing to significantly slow down military expansion and first deal with these people from within, so as to stabilize the internal situation of the Sui Dynasty.

As for Yang Lihua's original husband, Yuwen Yun, he had already died in battle against Guo Longcheng a long time ago.

Although Yang Jian in history had more than one daughter, he only brought this one out of the world. Moreover, after her birth, he still only had one wife and did not have any children born to him.

Thus, Yang Lihua naturally became the only candidate for a marriage alliance between the Sui and Tang dynasties. Of course, given the social customs of the Tianqi Continent, no one would care about this.

While the Sui and Tang dynasties further strengthened their ties, the Tang dynasty also began contacting the Great Yu, which had already ended its division of Chu.

From a geopolitical perspective, although there may be a day when the two sides have conflicting interests in the future, it is highly likely that that will be a long time from now.

If the Tang Dynasty were to develop to the point where it would have a conflict of interest with the Yu Dynasty, frankly speaking, it wouldn't care about that conflict anymore.

Compared to this future conflict of interest, the common enemy that is also about to arrive is the thorn stuck in the hearts of both sides, the thorn that both sides want to pull out.

Why did Liu Bang go to such lengths to help Xiang Yu acquire those two territories?

Isn't it all just to take advantage of this tiger?

Compared to this fierce tiger, the fighting power of the Tang Dynasty was much stronger and more stable.

Under these circumstances, the two sides naturally reached an agreement, and Li Shimin once again married Liu Bang's daughter, Princess Lu Yuan, as his secondary wife.

When Princess Liu Le of Lu Yuan entered Tang, she was attacked by an unknown group of experts. However, it can only be said that the Li Tang Dynasty really went all out in this matter. Randeng led two great experts, Jin Chanzi and Lingji, along with Yin Chanzi, the first young master of Theravada Buddhism, to stop the attack.

In addition, the experts sent by Dayu themselves to protect them left nearly half of the attacking experts behind. Yin Chanzi, the number one young master of Theravada Buddhism, although he has an extremely high seniority in Theravada Buddhism, is indeed a true member of the younger generation in terms of age.

Although he had fallen into Jiang Ziya's hands before, Jiang Ziya had no interest in killing such a person.

This was a direct disciple of Prabhutaratna Buddha, the master of Theravada Buddhism, and one of his most outstanding disciples. Although Theravada Buddhism's main activities were not in the Great Qian Dynasty, given the situation in the Great Qian Dynasty at that time, there was no need to provoke the other party.

While he was not afraid, Jiang Ziya had even less reason to make enemies, and he wanted to have more friends and fewer enemies.

Therefore, when Duobao Rulai later humbled himself and came to Jiang Ziya's door, Jiang Ziya was happy to give him face. After Duobao Rulai made some promises and Yin Chanzi promised not to oppose Daqian again, Jiang Ziya released him.

For Jiang Ziya, Yin Chanzi was a valuable prisoner. Killing him would only create an enemy, so why not use him to gain benefits?

After being released, Yin Chanzi originally planned to return to his hometown, the former Da Cang land. However, considering that it had now become the territory of Mahayana Buddhism, he ultimately did not take that step. Later, he was directly pulled by his senior brother Jin Chanzi to cultivate by his side.

There are fundamental differences in doctrine between Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism. For religious practitioners, this is an irreconcilable contradiction.

With a group of Buddhist masters, Randeng successfully escorted Liu Le to Tang.

By forming alliances with the Sui and Yu dynasties, the Tang dynasty significantly secured its own survival environment in order to counter the threat from the Da Xiao in the south.

Of course, for the Great Xiao at present, they have not focused their energy on the Great Tang, or even on the Great Xia.

Firstly, although the Great Xiao, which is undergoing continuous reforms, has an assimilation capacity no less than that of the Great Han, the gains from the division of Chu do require them to pause for a while.

Secondly, for Da Xiao, the question is whether to deal with a powerful enemy in a weakened state, or to deal with a relatively weak enemy with little potential for development first.

This choice was not so difficult for the ruler and his ministers of the Great Xiao Kingdom.

For Da Xiao, at least Da Tang still had the potential for development, but what did Da Xia still have?

If the Great Xia were to take the initiative to attack the Great Tang, the Great Xiao would be more than happy to see that happen, and might even lend them a hand.

However, the Great Xia Dynasty has now clearly fallen behind the Great Tang Dynasty.

The Great Xia has no potential for development, but for the Great Xiao, the opportunity is even more precious for a weakened Great Wei.

Once the Great Wei recovers, that will be a truly missed opportunity.

Furthermore, since they had just fought a battle to divide Chu, and were currently focusing their main efforts on consolidating the results of the war, Da Xiao, which was unwilling to go all out, wanted to contact Tang and Sui so that the three families could work together to deal with the weakened Da Wei first.

However, thanks to the persistence of Li Er and Li San, Li Yuan was successfully persuaded to abandon this idea.

Especially considering the information obtained by the Bad Guys, which indicated that Xiaoming and Li Tang had also been in contact, Li Tang was even more hesitant to seek dealings with such a powerful force.