Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Hou Junji was impatient and was the first to open an oil paper bag containing sugar.

"This is sugar? Why is sugar white? Even if I have never seen the world, I know that sugar doesn't look like this." Hou Junji said, looking at the snow-white sugar in his hand, which had particles as clear as river sand.

"You put it in your mouth whether it's candy or not. You can't tell whether it's sweet or not with your eyes." Yuchi Jingde also started to fill the cup. He had eaten a lot of candy in Songzhou City. When he was tired from the war and hungry, he just stuffed it into his mouth. A handful.

Hou Junji doubtfully took a little of it with his fingers and put it into his mouth. He didn't say anything for a long time. The ministers in the court looked at him, looking forward to the follow-up.

"Sweet, so sweet! It's really sugar! Why does this candy look so weird?" Hou Junji grabbed another handful of candy and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing heavily.

Li Shimin also stepped down from the dragon chair, cleared his throat and said, "I have received this candy a long time ago. It is indeed different from the candy we used to eat. But this salt is even more peculiar. Ministers may wish to give it a try."

The emperor has spoken, what can we do? Try it.

The ministers took the oil paper bags with white paper logos, opened them carefully, and poured the contents into their hands.

Wei Zheng was the first to ask: "Why is this, this, this salt so pure and flawless, like snow falling in the middle of winter?"

Changsun Wuji put the salt into his mouth and tasted it carefully. After a moment, he shook his head: "Salty, only salty taste, no other bitter or astringent taste at all. This is not something that should be in the world."

"What do you mean it's not what the human world should have, did I get it from the underworld? I sit in a well and look at the sky every day, wondering how you guys can do a good job in the construction of the Tang Dynasty." Yuchi Baoqi said disdainfully.

Changsun Wuji shook his head: "What I mean is that this salt can only be eaten by the gods in the sky, and only your majesty can enjoy it in the world."

Yuchi Baoqi bowed to Changsun Wuji and said, "You really know how to lick, I admire you."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Yuchi Baoqi listens! You have made great achievements in this expedition to the west. You will be rewarded for your people's livelihood and military achievements. I will make you a British Duke, with [-] personal guards and [-] households. There is no fief for the time being. When you come back this time, , choose a day to marry Princess Changle."

Yuchi Baoqi knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and shouted: "I accept the decree!"

After Li Shimin pulled Yuchi Baoqi up, he said again: "Kaifu Yi and Luo Yi, the third minister, falsely accused Zhongliang and took away the official position. Go home and reflect. We will discuss whether to retain the official position in the future."

"Why not punish Lord Changsun Wuji? Logically speaking, he is the first to stand up and question." Wei Zheng went out to ask Li Shimin.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. I, Changsun Wuji, just have suspicions, just reasonable doubts. And the British Duke has already given an explanation. I am a good person, but I am just a little stupid." Changsun Wuji made a direct move Shamelessly, he slapped Wei Zheng on the waist.

After listening to the conversation between Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng, Luo Yi collapsed on the ground, looking so helpless.

"Just because I am Li Jiancheng's old subordinate, right. I am Prince Yin's old subordinate. Hahaha, hahahahahahaha." Luo Yi suddenly seemed to be going crazy, saying the same thing to everyone.

Li Shimin frowned and waved his hands for the guards to take him away. The ministers all watched their noses with their eyes, their noses with their mouths, and their mouths with their hearts in mind without saying a word. The eunuchs carried the supplies out of the Tai Chi Hall to free up space.

"Okay, enough trouble. Every time the British prince goes to court, something like this will happen, so you will be punished for three months without going to court in the morning to reflect at home. I will match the reward of Wei Chi Jingde, the commander of the Tianwei Army. We won’t discuss it in the court.” Li Shimin set the tone and sat back on the throne.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, what he said is very good! I won't come here after today, right? That's right! That's right!" When Yuchi Baoqi heard that he didn't have to go to the morning court, he almost jumped up.

"That's natural. I, the Nine-Fifth Emperor, will stick to my word. I will announce the presence of envoys from various countries. The British Lord must make good suggestions for me." Li Shimin looked at Yuchi Baoqi with a smile.

Yuchi Baoqi was about to speak when he was pulled to his side by Yuchi Jing: "Don't talk. If you get through today, everything will be fine."

Not long after, envoys from various countries walked into Tai Chi Hall and stood in the middle of the court hall, saluting one after another. Only the envoys sent by Goguryeo and Jieli stood proudly.

Li Shimin looked a little ugly and looked at Yuchi Baoqi. Yuchi Baoqi sighed and walked to the imperial case placed next to the dragon chair. Yuchi Baoqi picked up an inkstone, weighed it and sighed.

Yuchi Baoqi walked to the envoys with an inkstone in his hand and hit the Japanese envoy on the head.

"British Gongsang! Why? I'm very polite, why did you hit me? I hope the British Gongsang can give me a reasonable explanation." After speaking, the Japanese envoy Sasaki Ichiro bowed to Yuchi Baoqi.

"There's no reason, if you have to tell me? It's probably because I happen to have an inkstone in my hand. And our Tang Dynasty happens to have a mighty Tianwei army that just finished the war to destroy the country. What do you think? Are you satisfied with this explanation?" Yuchi Bao Qi seemed to be a different person, no longer having that cheerful feeling. What replaced it was a kind of intimidation, as cold as a snake or a scorpion.

After Yuchi Baoqi finished what he said, no one in the envoy group dared to say anything. They were all sweating profusely, and each other could clearly hear each other swallowing saliva.

"Tuli Department or Jieli Department?" Yuchi Baoqi suddenly asked this question.

An envoy in the envoy group who had saluted seriously before stood up immediately, knelt on one knee, put his fist on his chest, lowered his head and said in the direction of Li Shimin: "I am the envoy from the Tuli Department, that person is from the Jieli Department. The Tuli Department has always been Be friendly with the Tang Dynasty."

Yuchi Baoqi turned around and looked at Li Shimin and said, "It will take three months to attack Jieli, and five months to attack Goguryeo. Which one will we attack first?"

Li Shimin did not sit upright, but half-lying on the dragon chair, supporting his chin with one hand and yawning: "It doesn't matter, it's fine. But if I want to fight for profit, I don't want to use the mighty army of heaven. What I have lost is , I want to get it back in my own way."

Yuchi Baoqi knew that the "I" Li Shimin mentioned was discussing with him, and that the "I" behind him could not be questioned, questioned or disobeyed.

"Then five months, two lines. When I take command of Goguryeo, you can tell me that I will take a rest for half a year and go out again as soon as I come back." Yuchi Baoqi acted calmly.

At this time, the envoys of Goguryeo and Jieli were on the verge of collapse. The Goguryeo envoys were okay. After all, it was the cold winter after May, and there was still an advantage in the Patriotic War. The envoys from the Jieli Ministry were about to urinate. In the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, not only could they not keep up with supplies, they could not go anywhere.

"Thump" the envoy from the Jieli Ministry knelt down.

"Your Majesty! The Jieli Ministry is willing to bow down and bow down! I just forgot to salute because I was in a trance. It was all due to nervousness. Our Jieli Ministry can also trade with the Tang Dynasty and prosper together!" The envoy kept knocking. head, praying if there was room for maneuver.