Fu Tang

Li Congjia was very surprised: "Who is it?"

But Shi Xueting insisted on playing tricks: "You guess."

Li Congjia tried hard to think back, but couldn't think of it for a long time. After all, their old acquaintances had either become Li Congjia's subordinates or had been reincarnated. Who else would go to the Kara Khanate to hang out?

Moreover, the Kara Khanate is still somewhat repulsive to foreigners. It would be good if people from the Central Plains were not treated as slaves in the past, and they can still get ahead?

Seeing that Li Congjia was lost in thought, Shi Xueting put the tip of the pen to his mouth again, and quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, don't guess, I guess you won't be able to."

Li Congjia glared at him angrily: "It should have been said a long time ago, what's wrong!"

Shi Xueting chuckled lightly and said, "Okay, okay, next time it won't be like this, just take a look."

Li Congjia took a look at the news and was very surprised: "Long Shisan? It's him?"

Shi Xueting nodded: "Didn't think of it? I didn't think of it either."

Li Congjia didn't know what expression to put on. Long Shisan had been serving as the governor of Suzhou before, but after the turmoil in the Western Regions, his family rebelled, and he was nowhere to be found. At that time, they sent someone to look for him, but he didn't expect this brother to go straight to Kara. He went to the Khanate, and even took the pseudonym of Mendir.

Li Congjia patted and said: "Okay, it's hard for him to try his best to hide himself, but I don't know how much the Kara Khanate attracts him."

Shi Xueting asked: "Do you know the meaning of his name?"

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment: "Meaning? Is there a meaning?"

Shi Xueting nodded slightly: "According to the spies sent there, Mendir means the one who informs, the one who warns."

After hearing this, Li Congjia sneered: "The informer, the admonisher? What did the Kara Khanate send him to tell?"

Shi Xueting said again: "When I went to get the credentials and came back, there were a few more envoys from the Kara Khanate. It is said that they were worried about the safety of the road. I think... If Long Shisan fled to the Kara Khanate If he becomes an official over there, then the Khan of the Kara Khanate will definitely not fail to ask about the situation of the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible for him not to know that the two countries need credentials for mutual exchanges, maybe it is intentional."

"The reason is to bring more envoys here?" Li Congjia frowned: "What's the point?"

"Those envoys have been wandering around Chang'an these days, going everywhere."

Li Congjia chuckled: "Could it be that they are quite spies? It's a pity, how can I put the real key department in Chang'an?"

Datang's weapon research and development was directly placed in Dongsheng Prefecture. After all, it is a good place for experiments due to its large size and sparse population. When they will rebel again, they will directly rob the arsenal, so don't they send weapons to the rebels?

The grasslands are much better. Since Datang began to purchase wool steadily, coupled with the mutual market, those herdsmen are now very convinced of Datang.

In fact, no matter what nationality, except for those born ambitious, as long as ordinary people can eat, clothe and have enough supplies, and those who have faith will not be offended, then there will be no problems.

The Western Regions...there is a problem left over from history. After all, it used to be a place where horse thieves were prevalent. The genes of robbers are engraved in the bones, and it is too close to Khotan. It is really a place where weapons are manufactured and researched. not safe.

As for other things, they are basically in the academy, but where is the academy?Li Congjia directly set up the academy in Qinling. Although it is not in the deep mountains and old forests, it is close to Qinling. Many important experiments are carried out in Qinling. Except for Li Congjia and those researchers, no one else knows. !

As Li Congjia's patent law became more and more popular, ordinary people can't say it well, but anyone who can read and write basically knows the importance of patented technology, especially if they have it in their own hands, they will definitely not say it, because It's worthless to say it.

As for ordinary people, if they are illiterate, they will not be able to come into contact with such profound things in this life. Even if they say it, it is probably just nonsense and bragging. This kind of "news" Kara Khanate can listen to as much as it wants.

As for Chang'an, it is itself a political center and an economic center. Even if these envoys are exhausted, it is impossible for them to know what they want to know.

The only thing that worries Li Congjia is that Long Shisan still knows Datang very well. Of course, what he knows is Datang in the past. Although it has only been a few years since the founding of the country, Datang is developing very fast.

Whether it is political economy or culture, even geographical expansion is very fast!

Long Shisan didn't grasp the core content before, and now he probably can't touch it.

After comforting himself, Li Congjia said, "Feel free, meet them when you find time, and send them away as soon as possible. I don't know what the Khan of the Kara Khanate is up to."

Shi Xueting said: "If it is not written in the national certificate, I am afraid that we will meet face to face. Do you want to pretend that you don't know?"

"Of course, we shouldn't know the identity of Long Shisan in a xenophobic country like the Kara Khanate. After all, he has become like this now. It's probably impossible to see it with the naked eye. At most, he is like you before. That looks a little familiar. If he reveals his identity when he comes up, isn’t that telling them that there are people in the Kara Khanate? It will be easy to be cleared out at that time. Let's see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd."

Shi Xueting nodded. He had no objection to Li Congjia's decision. In fact, he didn't care. If Li Congjia wanted to have a showdown with Long Shisan, he would try his best to get those people to withdraw. He really couldn't leave. If it is really cleaned up, he will also take good care of the other party's family.

Then wait until the Kara Khanate is safe before sending people there. Since Li Congjia decided not to break it, he has saved a lot of worry.

But he was sure once again that Long Shisan absolutely knew his identity, but he pretended not to know. As for asking him if he wanted to join the religion, he must be disgusting him, tsk, this guy really needs to be dealt with.

Shi Xueting's belly was full of water, but his face was full of righteousness, Li Congjia never noticed that Shi Xueting had written a note for Long Shisan in the little black book.

After the letter of credence of the Kara Khanate was handed over, it took half a month for Li Congjia to have time to meet the envoys.

Then there was a debate about which envoys to enter the palace. Those envoys said they would all go, but Honglusi insisted that they only choose three people.

During this process, the Minister of Honglu Temple discovered that Mendir did not say a word the whole time, and did not fight for the quota like those people. In the end, they could only compromise. What can they do if they don't compromise?After all, it is on someone else's territory.

"The king of the Tang Kingdom is so defiant. Sooner or later, Allah will teach him a lesson for us!" Nasir al-Din said angrily.

He was one of the envoys who came later, and he was also one of the people who couldn't enter the palace this time. He originally thought that he should be the master, but he didn't expect to be excluded.

Mandir said slowly: "Speak carefully, Nasir al-Din, you are the guardian of Allah, and Allah will listen to your heart, but this is a place where Allah's light cannot shine, so you should be careful. Surely Allah will not wish His fine defenders to perish in other lands."

Nasir al-Din snorted coldly and said, "Go and tell that minister of the Honglu Temple that you are not going, let me bring someone into the palace!"

Mendir laughed: "Do you think it's possible?"

Nasir al-Din said impatiently: "Mendil, don't think that you are really the leader of the mission. The reason why the Great Khan uses you is because you are familiar with this place. Now you are no longer needed. Do you want to stop the mission?" Do Allah's servants do things for Allah?"

Meng Dier said indifferently: "It is not me who hinders you, but the so-called rules of the Tang Kingdom. I think you can see that the various regulations and rules of this place are no less restrictive than those in our scriptures. Because you didn't come before , so Honglu Temple reported my name, and they will not agree to a temporary substitution."

Nasir al-Din frowned and said, "If that's the case, then let me go and I'll replace you. It's okay, right?"

Mendir stroked his beard and said, "It depends on luck."

Nasir al-Din asked, "Luck? What do you mean?"

Meng Dier said: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty didn't know me, but their national teacher came to Honglu Temple a few days ago and saw me. If their national teacher was not there when we met, then you can replace me." And I wouldn't be found out, if there was... trust me, he'll see."

Of course, the most important thing is to conduct a careful inspection before entering the palace. Mandir is very clear about this, but he can see that Nasir al-Din is very impatient. Such an excuse may be regarded as prevarication by him. Just another way.

Sure enough, Nasir al-Din asked thoughtfully, "National Teacher? Is that the leader of the Illuminati Cult?"

"Yes, and at the same time he is a Buddhist."

Nasir al-Din looked contemptuous: "If he is so half-hearted, won't their Allah punish him?"

Mandir was silent. He didn't know how to explain Buddhism and Illuminati to Nasir al-Din. He was going to turn over the chapter, but Nasir al-Din said directly: "Since he believes in so many religions, it seems This national teacher must not have achieved complete peace of mind, why not let him believe in Allah, if he believes in Allah, maybe he can even influence the emperor of the Tang Kingdom."

The more Nasirdin thought about it, the more he felt that this operation was feasible, and he was eager to try and prepare to persuade Shi Xueting.

Mendir frowned. He finally confirmed that this Nasir al-Din was two hundred and five. He didn't know why the Khan of the Kara Khanate sent such a person. Was he worried that the Kara Khanate would not be able to arouse the vigilance of the Tang Kingdom?

Meng Dier did indeed do this kind of thing, but at that time he did not clearly express his identity in Shi Xueting, and he did not even meet with him in an official capacity, so he was so presumptuous.

If he knew the identity of the other party, Mendir would pretend to be respectful to the other party even if he pretended.

Now Mandir is quite thankful that the Minister of Honglu Temple did not intend to let Nasir al-Din go, otherwise, if he dared to say so in the palace, Li Congjia would definitely let them go to see Allah every minute.

As Li Congjia's "opponent" for many years, Meng Dier is very clear that sometimes he is rude to Li Congjia, and he may endure it after weighing the pros and cons, but as long as he is rude to Shi Xueting, then wait to be dealt with.

Nasir al-Din quarreled twice again, and the Minister of Honglu Temple simply asked Mendir: "Can your envoy take care of your regiment members?"

Mendir smiled wryly, "You also saw that they didn't listen to me."

Minister Honglusi looked at Mendir with some disapproval. He couldn't imagine why the chief officer who led the team could not control his subordinates. Either Mendir was lying, or he was too cowardly to control his subordinates.

However, the Minister of Honghe Temple didn't want to bear it. As the national power of the Tang Dynasty became stronger and stronger, the surrounding small countries came to treat the officials of the Tang Dynasty with respect, especially the high officials like the Minister of Honghe Temple, who respected them even more. It had been a long time since he had encountered such an existence that repeatedly challenged his patience.

"Is it really out of control?" Honglu Siqing asked again.

Mendir shook his head with a sigh, and the minister of Honglu Temple said unceremoniously: "In this case, you can't be an official. It seems that I am the only one who can help you tell him what the rules are."

Meng Dier suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: "What are you going to do?"

The minister of Honglu Temple turned his head and left without saying anything, and after a while, he saw the guards in armor rushing in and taking Nasir al-Din away.

Mendir was stunned by this series of magical manipulations, not only him, but even Nasir al-Din was stunned for a while, and he didn't realize it for a long time. When he realized that he wanted to call out, Sai A piece of cloth was put on—fortunately, the cloth was clean, after all, he was an envoy, so he couldn't bully him too hard.

Mendir wanted to chase it out, but his current size made it difficult for him to walk, and he still wanted to catch up with the Janissaries?It is simply a fantasy.

In desperation, Mendir had no choice but to go to Honglu Temple and ask, "What have you done? Where are you going to get Nasirdin?"

The Minister of Honglusi said with an inscrutable expression on his face: "Send him to a place where he can quietly obey orders instead of yelling at others at will."

Mendir looked at the appearance of the Minister of Honglu Temple, and wanted to give Nasir al-Din some wax, but after thinking about it, he seemed to want to protest. After all, he was the head of the envoy in name. Nasir al-Din was taken away and remained indifferent. When he returned to the Kara Khanate, he would definitely have a good fruit to eat.

So Mendir went back and took his own men to protest, and he went directly to Minister Honglusi hoping to put pressure on him.

As a result, seeing the menacing force of this group, Honglu Temple Minister took two steps back and let the soldiers stand in front and said calmly, "I don't accept this."

Mendir was stunned, why is there such a shameless operation?The good deeds you do yourself will naturally not be accepted!

Mendir said angrily: "Since this is the case, when I see His Majesty the Emperor in the future, I must ask clearly that your country treats the envoys of other countries like this?"

The minister of Honglu Temple paused for a moment, thought carefully about their majesty's personality, confirmed once again that Li Congjia was the kind of person who didn't care how others were wronged, and didn't let his own family be bullied. .”

Mandir: I feel that Nasirddin may not be able to get out.

When Mandir was brought into the palace, he walked all the way, and he had to admit that Chang'an was indeed much better than Suzhou. At the beginning, he thought that the already luxurious Long's Palace was nothing compared to this palace. , even Musa Khan's is much worse!

You must know that he was able to complete the first half of the palace with his own tutorials. When the Long regime was still there, he was even able to walk through the entire palace, but now...he feels his leg has not been seen before Li Congjia. It was about to break, and finally couldn't help asking: "How long is it?"

Tao Fu, who was in charge of leading the way, said: "Your Majesty will meet you at the Xuanzheng Hall, which is not far ahead, please continue to move."

Mandir still knows some common sense. He understands that the Xuanzheng Hall is usually used to hold small court meetings and study new policies with various ministers, while the Linde Hall is actually the real place to have banquets with ministers and meet foreign envoys. The place.

However, if it is a tribute, it will be arranged in the Linde Hall. Foreign envoys like Meng Dier who come uninvited and do not know what purpose are afraid that the envoys are not qualified to go to the Linde Hall.

Fortunately, no one in the envoys except him knew the specific functions of each palace, so he didn't think there was any problem, otherwise he was really afraid that these two would turn around and leave—no way, who told them to be Musa Khan What about your nephew?Although the sense of presence has not been high, Mendir can be sure that Musa Khan valued his nephew more than Nasir al-Din.

When we arrived at Xuanzheng Hall, not only Li Congjia was there, but Shi Xueting and cabinet ministers were also there. Everyone was very curious about what the Kara Khanate sent envoys to do.

Mendir saluted according to the etiquette of the Kara Khanate after going to the palace, and the people behind him did the same.

Li Congjia didn't care too much either. If it wasn't a confirmed affiliated country of the Tang Dynasty, people from other countries would like to use whatever etiquette they would like to use when they came here. Embarrass other countries.

He even took this opportunity to take a good look at Mendier, trying to find the shadow of Long Shisan from him, but no matter how he looked at it, he would feel that they were two people. Be suspicious.

After paying homage, Mandir asked, "I don't know what advice does His Majesty the King have for Musa Khan's request?"

ask?Li Congjia blinked. He was sure that he didn't see any word about request in the credential, even the professional translator of Secretary Cheng didn't find these two words, so... where did this come from?

Seeing that Li Congjia did not answer, Meng Dier thought he was dissatisfied, so he said: "Khan is very sincere, please think about it more, Your Majesty."

Li Congjia was silent for a while before asking: "Have you read the letter of credence?"

Mendir said respectfully: "The letter of credence was written by Khan himself to His Majesty, we have no right to read it."

Shit, I don’t believe it, Li Congjia rolled his eyes in his heart, he was considered a relatively powerful monarch in the Tang Dynasty, under such circumstances, even if it was a letter of credence written by him himself, I’m afraid everyone would have to discuss it with Honglu Temple. Fan, I will send it out when I think it is appropriate.

Unless the Khan of the Kara Khanate is really confident in his decision, others dare not object.

However, Khan Baitash of the Kara Khanate actually changed his name to Musa, the name of a saint in the Koran, which shows that he may be more accurate than himself in the country.

Li Congjia didn't have the time to entangle with Mendier, so he asked someone to hand him the letter of credence and said, "I agree with you to read it, you can read it."

Mendir hurriedly saluted, thanking Li Congjia for his trust, and then carefully opened the letter of credence.

After he read it three times in a row, he realized that this letter of credence didn't mention anything important!

Meng Dier was a little strange, and couldn't help but handed the credentials to the two people behind him, and ignored the researching eyes of the other people in the Xuanzheng Hall, and waited for the two people behind to read it.

After the two people finished reading, one of them stood up taller and said, "Your Majesty, Khan did have other orders before we came, but there are some things that may not be convenient to write down, so how about letting me dictate them?"

Li Congjia held back for a long time and couldn't hold back a sentence: "Don't your leaders know?"

This leader naturally refers to Mendir. Mendir let out a groan in his heart. He felt as if he was named by the BOSS in the next dungeon. The blood blue bottomed out in an instant, and he couldn't explain to the two messengers behind him, so he couldn't hold back.

Unexpectedly, the person said: "The leader may not know about this matter."

Li Congjia was relieved immediately after hearing this sentence. It seems that Musa Khan did not really trust Mendir very much, otherwise it is impossible for him not to know such a big news.

Li Congjia pondered for a while and said: "Since that's the case, then you can tell me. I think there is something wrong with writing it in the national certificate."

After saluting, the man said: "Khan expressed that starting from this year, he is willing to accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty."

Li Congjia froze there for a long time, and didn't know how to reply, let alone him, even the other cabinet ministers were stunned for a moment, but they reacted quickly and responded immediately.

After Li Congjia turned his head back, he saw the cabinet ministers discussing non-stop over there, to see if he should accept it.

Li Congjia knew that there would be no pies in the sky, so he asked, "What do you Khan want?"