Fu Tang

These days, Li Congjia's focus has always been on the affairs of the Kara Khanate and Khotan. Dali has been progressing smoothly before, and the good news is one by one. Let Li Congjia let go of the affairs there first. As a result, after the incident in Khotan came to an end, Li Congjia suddenly found that there was no news from Yang Ye's side for about half a month, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

After hearing this, Shi Xueting paused and said, "This..."

Seeing that Shi Xueting was hesitating, Li Congjia couldn't help but asked, "Did you do something behind my back?"

Shi Xueting was embarrassed: "What's the matter with your tone of provoking a teacher?"

Li Congjia straightened his face: "Who told you to hide something from me?"

Shi Xueting said helplessly: "There are so many things before, I'm afraid you will be too busy, not to mention it's not a big deal."

Li Congjia still looked at him suspiciously, Shi Xueting continued: "Actually, Yang Ye did not mobilize troops again during this time, he has been sticking to Jinchuan for almost half a month now."

"Huh? Why didn't you move? Can't keep up with the supplies?" Li Congjia's first reaction was that the various military rations couldn't keep up, which made Yang Ye have to give up his plan to continue the attack.

Shi Xueting shook his head and said: "No, everything is fine and there is no problem. He started to defend after I discussed with him, because news came that Takasaki Zoro contacted King Yalongjue."

Yalong feels king?Li Congjia was stunned for a moment: "Takasaki Zoro wants to find reinforcements?"

Shi Xueting nodded: "Also, King Yalongjue seemed to agree with his intentions. Although it was not easy for them to get to Dali, it is very likely that Gao Qizhe gave them an undeniable condition. After all, whether it is climate or products, Dali is much better than Tubo. gone."

Li Congjia looked down at the map. At that moment, he just felt incredible. After all, in his impression, these two countries were basically not related.

But after looking at the map, he found that Dali and Tubo were really adjacent, and the place where King Yalongjue was located happened to be very close to Dali.

Li Congjia looked up at Shi Xueting and asked: "You tell Yang Ye not to move because you want to let Takasaki Zhe and Yalong Jue go together?"

Shi Xueting smiled and said, "I think this is a good excuse."

"Excuse?" After asking, Li Congjia also smiled and said, "Yes, it is indeed a good excuse. If Yalong Jue'a took the initiative to send troops, no matter what decision we make at that time, it will be justified."

Shi Xueting circled the map and said: "The former Tang Dynasty was deeply harmed by Tubo. Now that Tubo has split, don't give them a chance to merge again."

Li Congjia pondered for a while and said: "Our focus is likely to be on Khotan, and we may not have so much energy on Tubo, but this does not prevent us from making Tubo more chaotic."

Shi Xueting asked: "Do you want to start from other places?"

"That's right, anyway, the Tubo people themselves are fighting endlessly. I heard that they fought too hard before and have been resting for the past two years, so we need to find an excuse for them to continue fighting endlessly." Li Congjia touched his chin and said: " Why should we let us do it ourselves if we have the conditions to use it? Even if we want to fight, we have to wait until they are almost exhausted."

Shi Xueting asked: "Then who do you plan to choose? King Lhasa? Tuo Sima? Bowo or A Chai?"

What Shi Xueting said are the relatively large tribes in Tubo today, and they are also relatively close to the Tang Dynasty. In fact, Tubo is far more than these tribes, but there are some small tribes that are not even worth their use.

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows and said, "Can't we use them all?"

Shi Xueting:? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Li Congjia looked at his disbelief and smiled slightly and said, "Tubo people all have their own beliefs, but now their beliefs have diverged."

As soon as the topic of belief was mentioned, Shi Xueting thought about it and immediately understood Li Congjia's meaning. He thought about it and said, "You mean the conflict between Indian Buddhism and Yongzhongben religion?"

"Yes, the prosperity of Indian Buddhism was accompanied by the attack on the local Yongzhongben religion in Tubo. In the final analysis, both sides are considered Buddhism. There are always similarities. Since Indian Buddhism entered Tubo more than 200 years ago, both sides have experienced intense The collision of ideas, and now both sides are developing, and both have their own believers."

Shi Xueting didn't know why Li Congjia was so familiar with the religion of Tubo. To be honest, even he didn't know very well about Tubo. After all, preaching in the Central Plains was enough for them to work all their lives. Who would care about Tubo? religion?

However, if it is what Li Congjia said, then it can indeed be used.

Religion is sometimes not the cause of fierce conflicts, it is usually an excuse. The expansion of religion is generally accompanied by the ambitions of the superiors. They may want a larger territory, more abundant materials, and of course they want to control more A large number of believers is also a reason.

Shi Xueting said slowly while thinking: "The current situation in Tubo is a little unclear. They have split too many tribes, and the beliefs of each tribe are not clear. I will ask someone to check it first."

Li Congjia waved his hand: "Farewell, Tubo is divided like this, the difficulty of sending people to infiltrate those tribes does not need to enter the Kara Khanate, but the Kara Khanate is only one goal after all, how long will there be so many tribes in Tubo to worry about?"

Shi Xueting asked: "Then what are you going to do?"

Li Congjia laughed and said: "They always come to pay tribute during the Chinese New Year, and there are too many places to do tricks at that time."

Shi Xueting was the first to object: "During the Chinese New Year? Let's forget it? Everyone has been busy for a year and wants to have a good year. What if the Tibetan tribes fight in Chang'an?"

Li Congjia said: "Don't worry, I have a measure."

Shi Xueting... It's no wonder that Shi Xueting was really relieved, he couldn't help asking: "Tell me something, I won't say it easily."

Li Congjia thought for a while and really had nothing to hide from Shi Xueting, so he could only say: "Then come with me."

Li Congjia took Shi Xueting all the way to the Neiku, where all kinds of treasures belonging to him were stored.

Shi Xueting was a little surprised, he would not come here easily, after all, there are too many valuable things inside, but why did Li Congjia bring him here?

After Li Congjia entered, he asked someone to move out two wooden boxes. Shi Xueting saw the two boxes and knew that the things inside should be very valuable, after all, the boxes were all made of rosewood.

After Li Congjia asked someone to open the box, Shi Xueting felt his eyes were filled with brilliance for a moment, and even he couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment.

After a while, Shi Xueting murmured, "Glass Buddha statue?"

Li Congjia chuckled and said, "Actually, they are just glass Buddha statues. How about these two Buddha statues?"

Shi Xueting smiled wryly and said, "If it weren't for the fact that these two Buddha statues are not Chinese Buddhist statues, I would have taken them away."

Li Congjia touched his bald head and said, "Don't worry, I've sent someone to continue firing, and I will put it in the White Horse Temple later. Only your White Horse Temple will have glazed Buddha statues in the future. What do you think?"

Shi Xueting's eyes were bright and he stared at Li Congjia for a long while before he resisted the urge to hug him and give him a good kiss. He took a deep breath before asking: "These two statues... one is a tantric Buddha statue, and the other is a tantric Buddha statue. Teaching Buddha statues?"

Li Congjia nodded: "That's right, if you want to disturb Tubo, you need to rely on these two Buddha statues."

Shi Xueting shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy. After all, they all have glazed Buddha statues, so they can do whatever they want to publicize, and they can completely reduce collisions before the two sides develop."

But Li Congjia said: "Don't worry, as long as the tribe that owns this glazed Buddha statue will definitely submit to the tribe that has the same belief as them first."

Hearing this, Shi Xueting laughed and said: "The problem is that no tribe is willing to surrender, so there must be some fierce competition, and this Buddha statue is the target of their competition, but... you two Buddha statues How are you going to deal with it?"

"Auction, the highest bid wins!"

Shi Xueting was stunned for a moment: "Auction? This...this is blasphemy!"

Although it is not his own religion, Shi Xueting still does not agree with this matter. After all, Li Congjia is able to auction these two Buddha statues now, and he will also be able to auction Buddha statues of Han Buddhism in the future.

Li Congjia squinted at him: "It seems that you don't spend money to build Buddha statues."

Shi Xueting suddenly couldn't laugh or cry: "That's not what I said."

This matter is really unclear. If you don’t spend money, there will be no Buddha statues. Even if there are believers who are willing to build statues, the most they can do is to pay for them. Few people go to battle by themselves, and they have to hire someone every time. Yes, but spending money is the same as auctioning Buddha statues... can it be the same?

Li Congjia reached out and patted his shoulder and said: "I know what you are awkward about, but I don't intend to change my mind. This matter may be the biggest difference between you and me. After all, you believe in religion and I don't believe in anything."

"Don't believe in anything?" Shi Xueting was slightly taken aback. It was the first time he found out that Li Congjia actually thought this way. Wait, did you agree to believe in Buddhism back then?

Moreover, when the two of them were not familiar with each other, they also discussed Buddhism. Li Congjia's Buddhist attainments were not profound, but he didn't seem to be unbelieving at all.

Li Congjia said with a bright smile: "Yes, I don't believe it, oh, the Dharma, it's like this, you can think that I went there with the mentality of studying knowledge, I don't believe in Buddhism, and I don't believe in other religions, you You can think of me as an atheist."

Shi Xueting: But you don't act like an atheist at all.

Whose atheist can talk so well?The most exaggerated thing is probably the event that the Shandong gentry was struck by lightning. Although Shi Xueting was not there at the time, many people have recounted it to him later, basically the same, so still... atheism?

Li Congjia looked at the two Buddha statues and said, "I only believe in myself. The Tang Dynasty today was created by me and you together. It has nothing to do with gods, does it?"

Seeing Li Congjia's appearance, Shi Xueting always felt a little dangerous. In fact, the emperor needs some faith to restrain him. If he is really fearless, it will be over sooner or later.

But if Li Congjia is determined not to believe it, it seems... there is no good way.

Shi Xueting had no choice but to say: "Even if you don't believe it, you must maintain a sense of awe."

Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "I'm also in awe."

Shi Xueting couldn't help complaining: "I didn't see it."

If you dare to sell the Buddha statue, why don’t you dare?

Li Congjia changed the subject and said, "Oh, don't bother discussing this matter, let's see which tribe is more suitable to start with."

Shi Xueting shook his head and said, "They definitely want both of these Buddha statues, but the auction format... With all due respect, they may not be able to accept it."

The gods he believes in are auctioned off at will, who can bear it? This means that the statues of Tantric and Ben religions are auctioned, and he can still be a bystander. If it is Han Buddhism... Shi Xueting feels that he has to follow Li Congjia Just have a serious discussion.

Li Congjia said very simply: "Then we won't auction them. Anyway, these two Buddha statues are in our hands. They want to buy them. Oh, please go. They have to pay the corresponding price, right? Whoever pays the highest price represents who Even more pious, isn't it normal for the Buddha statue to be handed over to him?"

Shi Xueting was speechless, this is just another way of saying it, isn't it essentially the same?

However, after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that it was much easier to accept another way of saying it, and he asked again: "In this case, I am afraid that only the big tribes can get this Buddha statue, and I am afraid that you will not be able to achieve your goal by then." .”

The big tribes have a deterrent effect on the small tribes. If they get the Buddha statue again, maybe the wild thoughts that Li Congjia hopes will not appear at all, and the small tribes will directly surrender to the big tribes.

Li Congjia turned to look at Shi Xueting, and patted his bald head: "Why have you been so honest recently? Where did you go, that cunning one?"

Shi Xueting was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "You have more than one?"

"It is true that there is only one statue now, but since the first one can be made, there will be a second one." Li Congjia wanted to sigh as he said that, the first thing he thought of after making glass was to improve his living environment. After all, there was nothing to do when there was no glass. Now that he has glass, he can no longer tolerate a room with light for only a small part of the day. He wants glass windows!

But glass is still a rare item now, Li Congjia thought about it, if the palace is covered with glass windows, he might be persuaded not to be extravagant again.

In desperation, he planned to use the facts to tell these people that glass is actually very cheap, as long as they master the technology.

Of course, before the glass depreciates, Li Congjia needs to let it exert its final energy, which is how these two Buddha statues were born.

To be honest, in Li Congjia's opinion, these two Buddha statues are really too rough, and they feel like those cheap products of later generations. However, after such things are made, the participants are very excited, and it feels like they have accomplished something great. The task was the same, and Chunsheng and Tao Fu solemnly found two red sandalwood boxes to put them in.

Li Congjia... Li Congjia loves the red sandalwood box more.

After Li Congjia confided in Shi Xueting, he turned around to discuss with the cabinet. After all, which tribe to choose to participate in the auction of Buddha statues is also a problem.

The cabinet communicates much better than Shi Xueting on this issue. After all, Shi Xueting is still a Buddhist, and sometimes he will unconsciously think about this issue from the standpoint of Buddhism, and everyone in the cabinet... cough cough, Even Li Congjia couldn't match his integrity.

Li Congjia just told them about Tubo and his own vision. He had even chosen a tribe that was ready to be slaughtered.

Li Congjia was convinced of this, and only when these people asked to see the Buddha statue did Li Congjia regain a little balance.

After the Buddha statue, Li Congjia began to let people develop flat glass.

To be honest, this thing feels more difficult than making Buddha statues. After all, the location of those Buddha statues has been discussed, and it seems that there will be no major problems, so everyone doesn't care much about the quality, as long as they can be guaranteed to be delivered to Tubo Horde will do.

But flat glass...it's very difficult to make it bigger, but also to ensure a certain quality. The most difficult thing is that Li Congjia also asked for a service life!

Li Congjia also has no choice. Tempered glass is unlikely to be produced now, or it will be a bit difficult in the short term. He does not want to wait for tempered glass to be available, so he has requirements in terms of quality. However, he did not expect that the technology of flat glass has not yet been developed. come out!

Of course, if it is divided into small pieces, there is no problem.

As soon as Li Congjia turned his eyes, he directly used Shi Xueting's National Teacher's Mansion as a "guinea pig". After the glass kiln renovated the National Teacher's Mansion, Li Congjia took a look at it and thought it was a bit ugly. After all, it should be a big piece Plate glass is now divided into many pieces, and there are many window ribs in the middle, as if one window has become many windows.

But after feeling the long-lost sunlight at various times in the room, Li Congjia decided that even if this window is so ugly, he must promote it first.

Shi Xueting asked: "Promote first? Let others pretend first?"

Li Congjia nodded: "Yes."

Shi Xueting laughed: "Shouldn't the palace install it first?"

Li Congjia sighed: "Hey, although there is no Yushitai, it seems that everyone has become a speech officer overnight. If there is nothing to do, they will stare at me. If I dare to replace the entire palace with glass, they Just dare to participate, believe it or not?"

Shi Xueting's face darkened: "I think they are overwhelmed with complacency. We will punish anyone who dares to participate. Do we still need to be afraid of them?"

Li Congjia turned around and hugged his waist and said: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you wait for a while, not to mention it's also a selling point, think about it, the emperor doesn't use it, whoever uses it is more fashionable than the emperor, what do you think?" How about it?"

Shi Xueting didn't know where the word fashion came from, but it didn't prevent him from understanding the word. He patted Li Congjia's head and said, "No, those people just don't dare to use it."

Li Congjia just wanted to ask, but then he remembered, Nima, something that the emperor doesn't even use, if someone uses it with great fanfare, isn't it just to say that he is better than the emperor?Who would dare to do that these days?

Li Congjia almost didn't think of this matter, so he had to say: "Oh, then... let's put them on for the palace, anyway, I have money."

Shi Xueting kissed his forehead and said: "Don't worry, I will send anyone who dares to make troubles to the Supervision Department."

Li Congjia laughed immediately. Now the Ministry of Supervision can be said to be the institution most feared by the courtiers. After all, the Ministry of Supervision will only act when the evidence is solid. Basically, as long as the officials who go in, they will not come out.

Li Congjia said with a smile, "It's really embarrassing for Old Zhao."

Zhao Kuangyin, as Minister of the Ministry of Supervision, was basically promoted to be the most feared colleague of the courtiers. Fortunately, he was in the Privy Council when he was not in the Ministry of Supervision, and the Privy Council had a military discipline department, which was not under the supervision of the Ministry of Supervision.

Speaking of which, the Military Disciplinary Department was formerly a military court, but later Li Jingda and others felt that this name was a bit incompatible with the names of other departments of the imperial court, so they applied for a different name.

Shi Xueting dared to say that sending people to the Ministry of Supervision still has some confidence. After all, there are almost no truly flawless and upright officials these days. Most of them have some moral flaws, but these flaws can be tolerated.

Li Congjia held Shi Xueting's hand and said dishonestly, "I don't want to go back to the palace today, and I don't want to go back to the palace until the glass window is finished."

Shi Xueting chuckled, hugged him and said: "Then I won't go back."

Just when Shi Xueting and Li Congjia were already lying on the bed and ready to do something, Chunsheng stood outside the door and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Honglu Temple is asking to see you."

Li Congjia: I hid in the National Teacher's Mansion, and you can all find me!

Li Congjia really wanted to say no, but when he looked up, he saw Shi Xueting picking up his clothes, and then came over to help him dress and said, "Go back, Honglusi Qing wants to see you in such a hurry, maybe it's because you are going out." What's the problem?"

Li Congjia frowned, and Shi Xueting added: "Right now, Honglu Temple only has a mission from the Kara Khanate."

In desperation, Li Congjia had no choice but to let Shi Xueting help him get dressed, and went all the way back to the palace and entered the Xuanzheng Hall.

At this time, the Minister of Honglu Temple was already sweating profusely. As soon as Li Congjia walked in from the outside, he threw himself at Li Congjia's feet and said, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent!"

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter? Get up and talk about it!"

The Minister of Honglu Temple still lay on the ground and said: "I am guilty, I just found out that the missions of the Kara Khanate... are all gone!"