Don't be a prince

Although he has only just arrived in Chang'an, he has discovered the different attitudes of the Tang people towards different envoys.The envoys of Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo are good at flattery, so their treatment is very good.The envoys of Japan and Goryeo are somewhat defiant? So the treatment is the worst.In order to achieve his goals, he decisively chose to bow his head.

Lu Dongzan's room is still relatively tidy? There is also the incense of sandalwood? There is no outside smell? It can be seen that this person still enjoys it quite a bit.

Lu Dongzan turned a blind eye to the guards who searched the house with knives and guns, but poured tea and said directly: "The tea in the Central Plains is our favorite thing. Every time the envoys, they have to purchase a lot in the Central Plains. Now I heard that because of His Highness's Because of this, a lot of tea leaves have been drunk in different ways, and after tasting it, I found out that it is much better than before. This time, I must bring some more when I go back.”

Seeing that Lu Dong praised the tea and didn't go straight to the point, Li Chengqian ignored his flattery and said directly: "Major Minister, I came here alone today to tell you about the court's decision on the matter of the attached state. You should know that although attached to the state The place is small and poor, but their tribute to the Tang Dynasty has never been lacking for a year. As the suzerain country, the Tang Dynasty has the responsibility to protect its subordinate countries. If Tubo wants to attack the subordinate countries, the Tang Dynasty will not sit idly by! "

Li Chengqian said this passage firmly.Datang is really the big brother in this land, at least he never lacks on the surface.Not only was it attached to the country, but the various ministries of the party could not withstand the pressure from Tubo and other countries, and chose to submit to Datang.As for Silla Baekje, as long as it is attacked by Wa or Goryeo, envoys will be sent to Datang to ask for help.And every time he saves his country from danger.

Datang's trust was still very strong, even Jieli was only taken care of by Datang after sending reinforcements to Master Liang.

Hearing the prince's reply, Lu Dongzan immediately frowned, which was the last result he wanted to see.Compared with the real plateau, the environment of the land attached to the country is better.The capital of Tubo will be moved to Luoxie, and the attached country must be cleaned up.

After once again strengthening his determination to clean up the attached country, Lu Dongzan said: "Your Highness, there is no real so-called integrity in this world. As long as there are enough interests, everything is unknown. The attached country Tubo is bound to attack. If the Tang Dynasty can Don't intervene, we are willing to pay enough benefits!"

Li Chengqian did not expect that Lu Dongzan would say such a thing. Indeed, as he said, benefits can be exchanged for a lot, and even make a big country deaf and blind in a short time.However, such a matter is no longer in his hands.What kind of benefits you want from Tubo can only be decided by the emperor, and even the courtiers have only the right to make suggestions.

Thinking about the emperor's father who just came out of Chang'an, Li Chengqian felt that it is better not to bother him with these troublesome things.

Knocking on the table, Li Chengqian made up his mind and said: "Since that's the case, it's better for the Prime Minister to stay for a while. It is estimated that the father will come back in two or three months. When the time comes, the prime minister will talk to the father directly."

Lu Dongzan said anxiously: "Soldiers are precious and fast, can't Your Highness write a letter directly to His Majesty the Tang Emperor?"

Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "Although the father said that he should be notified of important matters, when he left, he also said that he should not bother him with everything. The Prime Minister may not know that since he became emperor, father I have never had a good rest for a while. I don’t have the courage to write to him when he is out to relax, unless it is a really urgent matter. Good things take time. Besides, the Tang Dynasty’s court system is complicated. You can learn it in a day or two, so let's stay for a while longer!"

Lu Dong Zan really wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth.He knew that this time Tubo asked for something from the Tang Dynasty, so he could only follow the rules of the Tang Dynasty.

"Since that's the case, let's stay here for a while."

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and immediately two clean Tubo warriors brought out a box from the back room, put it on the ground and opened it.

There was plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, and with the doors and windows wide open, the sunlight shone on the jewels and gold in the box, emitting a fascinating light.Although Donggong is already very rich, knowing that he is rich and seeing it in his eyes are two different things.Seeing this box of jewelry and gold, Li Chengqian used a lot of perseverance to keep his mouth from drooling.

Grandma's, the Tubo box was not properly arranged at all, and all kinds of things were piled up in a mess, but the more it was like this, the more it gave people a sense of visual impact.

"This is what Tubo got when he pacified the surrounding small countries. Now it is given to His Highness the Crown Prince. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will take good care of our envoys."

"It's easy to say, Tang Jian, you ask someone to go to the academy to hire a cook to take care of the food for the prime minister, and also send more supplies to the envoy team outside the city. You must not make people feel treated poorly."

Tang Jian naturally agreed again and again.

Seeing that the gift he gave had an effect, Lu Dongzan was also very happy.In his opinion, giving these treasures to the ignorant prince is much more useful than giving them to the wise and calculating emperor.

During Lu Dongzan's send-off, Li Chengqian and Tang Jian left the guest house. Eight guards, carrying the big box with difficulty, followed carefully, for fear of breaking something.

After leaving Honglu Temple, Li Chengqian turned around and said to Tang Jian: "What Gu said is true, treat the Tubo people well, and let these envoys see the benefits of doing things authentically. In addition, this treasure box will be sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs later. , Send it to the treasury."

Tang Jian nodded, but when he heard that the prince wanted to send these treasures to the treasury, he said: "Your Highness, there is no need to send them to the treasury. Handing over to the treasury is a rule that our Honglu Temple officials must abide by. How can it be used on you?" ? Even if it was a gift for His Majesty, Didn’t His Majesty accept it as it was ordered?”

Patting the box, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Let's send it to the national treasury. The East Palace is not short of this income, but Gu heard that the Yellow River has changed its course again? This money should be used for disaster relief. In addition, remember to remind Gu Regarding the logging ban, the vegetation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River cannot be damaged, otherwise the situation in the lower reaches will be worse."

Tang Jian couldn't understand the relationship between the vegetation on the upper reaches and the diversion of the Yellow River on the lower reaches, but since the funds for disaster relief have been settled, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs will probably laugh like crazy.

After waving goodbye to Tang Jian, Li Chengqian hurried back to the East Palace.

After such a long delay, I don't know how many memorials will pile up on the desk.

When I returned to the East Palace study, I realized that the number of memorials was still quite small, so I might finish them soon, and I probably still have my own time.

He picked up the memorial and began to study and judge, but Li Chengqian still underestimated these memorials. Don't look at them too little, but the content is really boring. If you want to distinguish the whole story, you have to study and judge again and again, and you can't miss a single word.

Only now did Li Chengqian understand why the ancients practiced classical Chinese.It is only a one-sided analysis to reflect the difference of scholars, and the real reason is the writing method and writing cost.When using bamboo slips, you can’t say everything in vernacular, so Qin Shihuang would have to review five tons of bamboo slips a day.

Although there is paper now, paper is still a precious thing. This chapter cannot be like a dictionary, and we still have to speak in classical Chinese.

After finally finishing everything, it was already evening when Zhang Yun was sent to the province. Looking at the darkening sky, Li Chengqian finally understood why the emperor's father ran out so capriciously.To repeat this kind of life day after day, a saint will go mad.Not to mention the big court meeting once a month, there will be more things to come.

After doing a stretching movement, I saw a very delicate box on the desk.

What the hell is this?

When he opened it, Li Chengqian was overjoyed. Inside was a letter of credence. Although it was quite different from that of later generations, Li Chengqian recognized that it was the credential of the Wa Kingdom.

I don't plan to read this credential, and Tang Jian's translation, the devil can say anything nutritious.This box is not bad, and it is not bad to dismantle it to install a facade for Heitantou's kennel.

Hand over the box to Fang Sheng, and immediately let him go to the supervisor to call the craftsman over.

When I saw the carpenter, although he was covered in carbon dust, he could tell from the sweat on his forehead that this guy came running after getting the news.

"Grind the best charcoal into powder and send it to the East Palace in a bag. It's only useful. Now let's make a sign for the kennel. Well, just engrave 'There is a cute dog inside' on it."

The carpenter nodded, took the wooden box and went to work.

When Zhang Yun came back from sending the memorial, he saw the Japanese national book that had been trampled to pieces by the crown prince, and said, "Your Highness, why don't you show any face to the Japanese envoy? This is not the attitude of a big country."

Li Chengqian curled his lips, picked up the prince's teaching that he had drafted, and said: "Who doesn't save face for them? Look, isn't Gu ready to reply? The father is not here, and the country of Wa can only take over the prince's teaching."

Seeing the perfunctory words "Very good, be more respectful" on the blank Prince's edict, Zhang Yun no longer knew what to say.

"You came at the right time. Go and clean up Yiqiu Palace. The surrounding area is under martial law. No one is allowed to approach. Tomorrow I will do some secret things there."

Although he really wanted to know what the prince's secret mission was, Zhang Yun went down to carry it out.

After dinner, Li Chengqian fell asleep directly.

There will be a court meeting tomorrow, so you have to cheer up!How can you not hold on just because of one day?You must know that the emperor has persisted for several years.

Early the next morning, Li Chengqian wrote a note to Fang Sheng, asking him to secretly get all the things recorded in the note to Yiqiu Palace before going to the Taiji Hall to make court.

There is no early limit for the routine court meeting. It is generally when the emperor summons and starts.

At the hour of Chen, Li Chengqian came to the Tai Chi Hall, and once again faced the huge crowd.

These people have no intention of living an idle life at all, and they seem to be preparing to go to court for three consecutive months.

"Do you have a play for me, gentlemen?"

In such a conversation, Fang Xuanling was the first to stand up.

After standing still, Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, I have a letter to send an envoy to Goryeo. The King of Goryeo has agreed to return the remains of the former soldiers, but he hopes that the Tang generals will retreat. Ten miles, it is said that Zhang Jian was very restless at the border, and the border of Goryeo was shocked three times a day."

Before Li Chengqian could speak, Li Ji stood up and said, "Retreat ten miles? When will the court order the generals who are leading troops abroad to retreat? Retreating ten miles seems nothing, but it will make Zhang Jian spend all these years. Most of it was paid for! The old man did not agree to send an envoy to deliver a letter to Gao Li, but now Gao Lixu's intention of submissiveness is so strong, how can there be any sense of obedience?"

Zhang Gongjin's health is very bad, and she can't speak a complete sentence, but she still stood up and said: "Ahem, Your Highness, I think that I can't encourage Gao Li's arrogance. If you write three documents in a row, our Tang Dynasty will become the biggest joke, and I feel that it is time to send troops to scare Korea!"

As soon as the words fell, Wei Zheng stood up and scolded: "Send troops? What kind of troops? What do you use to send troops? The Yellow River diverted, and I don't know how many people were displaced. Going to Korea will make the people of Shandong panic like the end of the Sui Dynasty. Who dares to shoulder such a responsibility?"

If it was normal, troops would be dispatched, Wei Zheng didn't care, but now that Shandong is in a disaster, it is an iron rule not to send troops in a disaster year!Going to Korea will inevitably lead to conscription in Shandong and other places, which is many times worse than usual conscription.It is inevitable to force the people to rebel, and it is a fluke not to be forced to rebel.

Seeing that the civil and military sides of the court were likely to quarrel again, Li Chengqian's head was like a fight, and he couldn't help looking at Li Jian.

As expected of the emperor's personal eunuch, Li Jian just said "Silence" and made everyone, including Fang Xuanling, shut up.

"Zheng Gong is right. You can't send troops in a disaster year. Even if your father is here, you will make such a choice. It is even wrong to use soldiers and horses on the border of Liaodong. After all, there is no supply in Shandong. Where is the left servant of the household department?"

Dugu Fu, the left servant of the household department, stepped forward: "My minister is here."

"I ask you, may the treasury support this war?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, when going to Korea, you can't use the granaries in Shandong and other places, you can only use the money and food from the national treasury. The expedition is certain. I estimate that it will take a lot of labor and money to send the materials to the border. Let alone start a war. The consumption of maintaining the frontier troops is already very good. The logistics are insufficient, how can we go to war?"

Li Chengqian nodded. Many generals, including Li Ji, acted bravely for a while. When it really came time to start the war, how could they start the war without food?What's more, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and now it is decided to go to war. Soon after the official start of the war, it will enter winter. It is difficult to keep the army warm. Could it be that the soldiers of Datang have snot noses and green faces to attack?That's not for offense, it's for embarrassment.

Thinking of what he wanted to do, Li Chengqian said: "I will discuss this matter later, Tang Jian, I will punish the envoys of Korea, and say that I am not happy with them!"

Hearing the crown prince's willful judgment, many courtiers laughed helplessly.

If the emperor, absolutely can not do such a thing.

Chapter 255 Lost Freedom

As for the outcome of what the crown prince said, the ministers also understand that, after all, the crown prince needs to discuss with Fang Xuanling and others before making a decision, or even ask the emperor for help if it fails. It is still difficult for others to make up their minds directly.

Fang Xuanling had just returned, and Wei Zheng stood up and said: "Your Highness, I have an official report, and the Ministry of Households has received generous donations from His Highness. Now we are formulating the terms of disaster relief. I think that since Your Highness's money is used for this disaster relief, Instead of the treasury, it should be told to the common people.”

Facing Wei Zheng's proposal, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Duke Zheng, it's just a disaster relief, do you need to call Gu's name? It's too artificial."

Wei Zheng laughed and said: "Since it's a good thing, it's a good thing to tell others about it. It's a good thing that His Royal Highness's wisdom can be spread far to Shandong Road. The land of Shandong, because of Emperor Yang's Eastern Expedition, the population withered, and the door There are many powerful people, so they don't really have much favor for the Tang court. This disaster relief is not only fast, but also meticulous. I believe it will allow the court to establish a good image in their minds. Your Highness should not refuse to kill two birds with one stone. .”

Wei Zheng took the lead, and the officials naturally followed.Seeing that they all insisted, Li Chengqian could only order Dugufu to do what Wei Zheng said.

The routine court meeting is actually very short, only half an hour, and the court meeting is over? When all the officials leave? Li Chengqian just walked out of the palace gate, and saw Lu Dongzan as soon as he went out.

This guy? He actually came to court today.

"Your Highness is not very old? But he already has the temperament of a monarch. You must know that our Zanpu also became Zanpu when he was 12 years old. If the two can meet? I think they will definitely become emperors."

Li Chengqian nodded, is there anything wrong with Lu Dongzan's words? He also believes that he and Songtsan Gampo will definitely become friends after meeting? However, this is only on the premise that he is still the prince.A tiger may be friends with a lion, but it will never be friends with a rabbit.

"The prime minister is sitting too far away today. Is it lonely and negligent? Why don't you sit in the front tomorrow? You can also take a closer look at my Tang government."

Li Jian on the side frowned, wanted to speak but chose silence in the end.

And here, Lu Dongzan was almost ecstatic.Even in his wildest dreams, he never imagined that he would be treated like this in Datang.The closer he was to the front of the line of civil and military officials, the more clearly he could hear what the court of the Tang Dynasty was like.After all, he can barely speak Tanghua, and when the other party speaks too fast, there is no time to distinguish the meaning.

This box of treasures is really worth it!

"Then I will continue to bother you tomorrow."

After bowing respectfully, Lu Dongzan left happily.

It wasn't until Lu Dongzan left that Li Jian spoke up: "Your Highness, why did you allow Lu Dongzan to go to court? And why did you let him move forward? The slaves don't believe that you will be bought by that box of treasures? Are there any slaves who can't guess?" What's the meaning?"

Been a servant of the royal family for so long? Li Jian has learned how to read words and expressions. He should have stopped him immediately, but thinking of the prince's cleverness, he held back until now to ask.

Walking down the steps with his hands behind his back, Li Chengqian said as he walked: "I thought you would just not be able to bear it, well, since you asked, I will tell you. Lu Dongzan is the Prime Minister of Tubo, such a People, even if we are at war, out of etiquette, we can't do anything to him. But Gu promised him to go to court to study, just to frighten Tubo. Today, Fang Xiang didn't know that Lu Dongzan was also going to court, otherwise he would definitely not mention it. About the Koryo matter. Now, Lu Dongzan might laugh at our Tang Dynasty.

When something happens, we must find a way to remedy it.It is impossible to keep silent, so let all foreigners experience the consequences of annoying Datang! "

Li Jian was startled: "Your Highness, you don't want to agree to send troops to Korea, do you! This is definitely not possible. You don't have the authority to command the sixteen guards and the government soldiers. No one has the authority to command your Majesty's absence!"

Glancing at Li Jian who was about to jump up, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Who told you that Gu is going to send troops to Korea? In terms of military power, who gets involved in who is unlucky, Gu knows this, so you don't need to worry about it. Okay, help Gu Run an errand to call Ouyang Shuo, the military supervisor, and Wei Wang Li Tai to the East Palace. In addition, all the imperial guards on the north side of the East Palace will be replaced with soldiers led by the prince himself, and we will do it now."

Seeing that the prince no longer studied the affairs of Goryeo, Li Jian naturally agreed again and again.

Went to the Military Weapons Supervisor and called Ouyang Shuo to the East Palace. On the way to the academy, Li Jian thought twice and wrote a letter to the emperor.

The soldiers who delivered the letter did not run for too long before catching up with the emperor who was leaving Beijing.

Just as Li Chengqian guessed, the emperor had no plans to go back quickly, and the team just left Chang'an, and they crawled slowly like turtles.

When I saw the people working in the fields, I had to get out of the car and chat with them, especially when I found out that I was wearing a dragon robe that made the knees of the people weak, so I changed into a businessman's attire and specially made it It looks like a truck.

Now, his conversation went much smoother.

He has always firmly believed that only what he really heard from the mouths of the people is the truth.

Two days!The team that went out of Beijing didn't even go out to Chang'an County.

At night, the army set up camp and guarded the emperor in the center, and then began to spend the night.

He spent the whole day chatting with the old farmers in the fields, or the old men basking in the sun in the village, and even helped the common people with some work when he was interested, so Li Shimin was so disgraced that he didn't clean up until he finished washing.

"You, I don't know why you are crazy. The majestic emperor is helping the people pull out the weeds. Didn't you see that you pulled out a lot of seedlings by mistake? You, this is not helping!"

Li Shimin laughed, sat on the chair and enjoyed the queen's scalp massage, and said after a comfortable moan: "Actually, this is what I am most interested in. Compared with it, singing and dancing, it doesn't matter if you don't watch it. Gong, the Tang Dynasty that I saw was all piled up with the words in the memorial. Imagining it and seeing it with your own eyes are two different things.

Now that I see the people living and working in peace and contentment, even though I am not grateful to the imperial court, I am sure of it, so I am happy.Since the Han Dynasty, disputes in the world have almost never stopped.I very much hope to make Datang a country as powerful as the Han Dynasty, so we have to start from the smallest places.This trip is to satisfy my desire to play, but it is also an opportunity for me to take a good look at Tang Dynasty, so I can't just watch the flowers on horseback! "

"You, whatever you say makes sense!"

Only then did the eldest grandson press hard, and the emperor turned over and stood up. The eldest grandson was so frightened that he thought he was using too much force.

"There are hooves."

After speaking, Li Shimin sat behind the table.

Surrounded by the army, the interior is the emperor's camp, and no one without eyes dares to ride a horse here.Unless, it was Hongling who delivered the letter urgently.

Sure enough, a Hongling envoy came in with a letter and knelt down on one knee, presenting Li Jian's letter.

When opening the letter, Li Shimin looked serious.When he came out this time, he had already told Fang Xuanling not to bother him with letters unless it was something really urgent. If he deliberately said the wrong thing before leaving, the crown prince should know what was going on. It's important to be able to say something.

I prayed that it wasn't something that would let me go back. After reading the letter, Li Shimin was overjoyed and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, what's the big deal in Chang'an?"

The eldest grandson was very worried that the prince's son had done something wrong, or encountered some major event.

Lifting the letter in his hand, Li Shimin said with a smile: "I ordered Baiqisi to write me a letter every five days, telling me about what happened in Chang'an, but now it's just ahead of time. The letter was sent by Li Jian. I was afraid that Chengqian would order to attack Goryeo. However, Chengqian said that he would not use the sixteen guards, nor would he use the government soldiers, which made me wonder how he would deal with Goryeo. Anyway, I wanted to see his ability this time. Whatever, just let him mess around!"

After finishing speaking, he took up his pen and wrote a reply letter to Li Jian, ordering Li Jian not to interfere, he really wanted to see what strange tricks the crown prince would do this time...

The night passed.