Fu Tang

Li Congjia's evaluation Shi Xueting also deeply agrees, but he also has some emotions, thinking that the first choice of many countries to marry Datang was to marry the princess, but now it has become a princess.

This kind of change may not be felt by ordinary people, but the real significance lies in the issue of royal blood. The biggest purpose of marrying the princess is to win over the princess, and the second is to let the princess' son inherit the throne. When the time comes, the attitude of the new emperor will definitely be the same as long as there are no accidents. Close to mother clan.

Of course, this is not a decisive factor, but it just shows that the current Tang Dynasty has made many people look up to them, hoping to achieve the goal of maintaining peace by marrying the princess.

However, Shi Xueting felt that the main purpose might be the various advanced technologies mastered by Datang.

Thinking of this, Shi Xueting said: "Actually, there is another piece of news. The main reason why the Kara Khanate surrendered was because they wanted to start conquering the Saman Empire."

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing this, this news is more useful than before.

He snorted and said, "What am I talking about? What kind of state religion is used to serve politics at all. It just allows the rulers to have better means to rule the people."

Shi Xueting was silent. Even he could not refute what Li Congjia said. After all, it was a fact. If Islam is really as united as Musa said, why would they compete with the Saman Empire?

Shi Xueting said: "It's good if they are going to deal with the Saman Empire. We just finished fighting Dali, and Khotan is newly attached. It's good to take this opportunity to stabilize."

Li Congjia stroked his chin and said, "In that case, those people should be sent back. Oh, didn't Long Shisan say that he was loyal to Datang? Then let him go to the Kara Khanate as an undercover agent. Don't expect anything else." It’s okay for him to send us a little news.”

Shi Xueting said: "Let them go back? Musa knew that we had questioned them, so I'm afraid he won't let it go."

What Shi Xueting didn't have the nerve to say was that Long Shisan was more knowledgeable about current affairs before, and after being arrested, he said everything he should and shouldn't say, but the others were a little stubborn and refused to speak up, saying that he was here study tour.

In order to prove the truth of what Long Shisan said, Shi Xueting tortured these people. Except for Long Shisan, almost none of them can go back together.

Sending such a person back... Mousa is afraid that he will take it as a warning from Datang. If he is more impulsive, he may go to war directly!

Li Congjia knew a lot about him, and he knew how he was going to die just by looking at Shi Xueting's expression, so he simply said: "Then let Long Shisan go back alone, as for why the rest of them didn't go back, let him think for himself Method!"

Shi Xueting readily agreed, and added by the way: "However, there must be something that can impress Long Shisan. How about asking him to bring back the news that Datang is willing to trade with the Kara Khanate?"

Li Congjia was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he thought it was a good idea.

Through the trade war with Khitan, Li Congjia found that people these days hardly understand what a trade war is, or have never thought of it, so they are almost defenseless.

Of course, through this incident, the Kara Khanate may be prepared, but Li Congjia is not afraid, and all the methods of later generations have not been exhausted yet.

Although he doesn't remember much, those few things are enough to torment some countries in this era.

Shi Xueting's proposal to open a mutual market is actually just reminding Li Congjia that he can do business with the Kara Khanate and even the Saman Empire. Anyway, the more lively the two countries are fighting, the better. In the end, both sides will suffer, and that is when Datang makes a move. .

However, this kind of transaction is likely to involve arms, which is not something Shi Xueting can intervene in, or Shi Xueting is deliberately avoiding it.

As far as the qualifications are concerned, he definitely has the qualifications. If he hadn't insisted on not returning to vulgarity, there would have been an extra prince in the court.

It's just that Shi Xueting thinks that the munitions are too sensitive, and it's best not to touch them.

Li Congjia naturally understood what he meant, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "I think a meeting will be held to come up with a charter for this matter."

It's not that Li Congjia has never done such things as selling arms, but the situation now is different from that time.

At that time, the countries in the Central Plains were either stronger than them or almost the same. Selling arms could be understood as making friends with other countries or even currying favor with other countries. Beware of other countries!

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting and said, "This matter may still fall on Long Shisan."

Shi Xueting immediately said: "I'll go talk to him."

Li Congjia nodded: "Then I'll go to the Privy Council to hold a meeting with them."

Li Congjia doesn't know how many scrapped munitions can be sold now, so he still needs to ask the people below to check.

Of course, his so-called scrap is actually just being eliminated by the army.

The two parted ways, and Shi Xueting went straight to the dungeon where Long Shisan and the others were held, or the dungeon of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Li Congjia might be surprised if he came here, the intelligence department dungeon was built not long ago, but now it looks as if it has been used for a long time.

The entire dungeon was dark and damp, and it was still full of bloody smell. This strong smell of blood was not even comparable to the dungeon of the Ministry of Justice.

After Shi Xueting entered this dungeon, it was like a different person. He was no longer the gentle and handsome monk in front of Li Congjia, and became very indifferent.

He was also indifferent when he heard some miserable screams.

"National teacher!" The servant Zhou Kang came over and saluted Shi Xueting.

Although the Ministry of Intelligence has not officially entered the court sequence, the overall structure is no different from other departments of the court. There are still official positions that should be there, but they are more hidden, and the people working here are really high-ranking and have official titles.

Shi Xueting nodded expressionlessly: "How is No. [-]?"

Zhou Kang replied: "It was very quiet, and there was nothing wrong with it."

Shi Xueting asked: "Where are those who came with him? Are they still alive?"

"It's still alive...but maybe it won't last long." After Zhou Kang finished speaking, he asked, "Do you want to be rescued?"

Shi Xueting shook his head: "No, you have someone take No. [-] to see those people, and then bring me here."

Although Zhou Kang didn't understand why he did this, he knew what to ask and what not to ask. After confirming that Shi Xueting had no other orders, Zhou Kang went to work, and Shi Xueting returned to his private room. Waiting for Long Shisan to be brought over.

Yes, the number [-] that Shi Xueting mentioned just now is Long Shisan.

Those who entered the dungeon of the intelligence department had already been sentenced to death. They did not need names, and the officials of the intelligence department did not need to bother to remember their names.

So the names of these people have become numerical codes.

However, an exception may be made today, Shi Xueting looked at the paperwork on the table and thought, Long Shisan would probably be the first person to get out of the dungeon of the Ministry of Intelligence.

After a while, Long Shisan was brought over.

He was carried over by someone, and the two people holding him threw him directly on the ground, and then saluted Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting waved his hand, and the two of them retreated neatly.

Shi Xueting looked at Long Shisan who was lying on the ground. In just a few days, Long Shisan's originally fat body had lost weight twice, and he looked very decadent, especially his expression was dull at this moment. , as if he had lost his soul.

Shi Xueting took a closer look, and then he was sure that Long Shisan was not pretending to be crazy, but was really scared and stupid. It seems that the scene he just saw was very exciting to him.

Shi Xueting coughed lightly: "Should I call you Meng Dier or Long Shisan?"

Long Shisan shivered as if he had been greatly frightened, and then raised his body carefully. The moment he saw Shi Xueting, Long Shisan's pupils shrank, as if he was about to be frightened to death.

Shi Xueting couldn't help but want to touch his face, he shouldn't look so scary, right?After all, Li Congjia is still obsessed with his face.

Long Shisan looked at Shi Xueting in horror like a frightened rabbit.

He was really scared to death. He thought that his companions might not be treated well, but he didn't expect it to turn out like that!

Everyone looks like a ghost or a ghost, but the instigator is the man in front of him!

At this time, Shi Xueting was sitting there, even though he didn't say anything, Long Shisan felt that this monk seemed to be a vicious Garuda!

Long Shisan used to think that Li Congjia, who used drugs to control his elder brother, was an evil spirit who escaped from the underworld, but now he finds that Li Congjia is far more gentle than Shi Xueting!

Seeing Long Shisan curled up and not speaking, Shi Xueting couldn't help saying slowly, "I don't like to repeat myself."

Even if it is repeated, it depends on the object!

Only then did Long Shisan come back to his senses and said tremblingly, "As... as you please."

Shi Xueting raised his eyebrows: "Have you seen what happened to those people?"

Long Shisan nodded.

Shi Xueting continued: "They won't be able to get out of here. As for you...if you perform well, you may not have a chance."

Long Shisan almost pissed in fright and said, "I will do whatever you ask me to do!"

Shi Xueting immediately said: "Okay! Then I won't go around around the corner. What His Majesty means is to give you a chance to return to the Kara Khanate for the sake of old friendship. As for what to do, don't I need to teach you? Believe those You have already done everything in the Kara Khanate."

Long Shisan immediately understood that Shi Xueting wanted him to be an undercover agent, but he had no choice until now.

He had no choice but to say: "I never told Musa anything! Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't know anything!"

Shi Xueting stared at him indifferently for a long time, until Long Shisan was almost trembling into Parkinson's, and then said: "Let me believe you once, this time your task is very important, you can explain the cause of those people's death yourself, as long as you don't Just let Musa doubt Datang."

Long Shisan's mind began to spin rapidly. He knew that whether he could leave alive would depend on whether he had the ability to turn black into white.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I will tell Musa that we were robbed by bandits, and only I was rescued by the Tang government."

Shi Xueting felt that this explanation was not bad, so he was doing it wrongly to save Long Shisan from making up lies about how to get online with the court.

He nodded and said, "That's fine. By the way, you can find a way to let Musa know that Datang intends to sell weapons to the Tubo tribe."

Long Shisan was taken aback. He had tasted the warmth and warmth of people in the Kara Khanate all these years, and finally had some brains. He thought for a moment that Shi Xueting was threatening the Kara Khanate not to intervene in Tubo. Otherwise, with the backing of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo will definitely not be able to please.

Long Shisan had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "Musa no longer intends to target Datang."

He said this without thinking, thanks to Shi Xueting's cleverness, he immediately understood his thoughts, and said with a cold snort: "You don't have to worry about it so much, don't say unnecessary things, just let him know."

The same words have different meanings to different people. After all, Long Shisan still doesn’t have a long-term vision. Shi Xueting thinks that as long as Musa is not stupid, he can hear the subtext—Da Tang’s weapons can be sold.

I believe that Musa must have some understanding of Datang's weapons. What is more important than preparing for victory before fighting?

As for the mutual market, Shi Xueting did not tell Long Shisan for the time being that it is best to decide this matter together with the climate of arms trade with the Kara Khanate.

At this time, Long Shisan felt that Shi Xueting's intention was not to threaten Musa, but he couldn't think of his intention to do so. After struggling for a long time, he said cautiously: "Please let the national teacher express that Musa is seriously suspicious. I'm afraid I will ruin your majesty." big event."

Shi Xueting didn't hide anything: "Your Majesty intends to sell weapons to the Kara Khanate."

Long Shisan's eyes were so surprised that he almost popped out, he didn't understand what kind of operation Datang was doing.

But he still didn't ask anything, after all he also knew that even if he asked Shi Xueting, he might not tell him, maybe he would use special means to warn him.

Shi Xueting continued: "On these things for the time being, there are still some things to wait for the cabinet to make a decision."

Long Shisan lowered his eyebrows and said pleasantly, "This subordinate understands."

He is also considered clever, knowing that after this time, he is probably a non-staff member of the intelligence department, and must be under Shi Xueting's management, so he simply positioned himself as Shi Xueting's subordinate.

Shi Xueting threw him a small wooden bottle and said, "Eat it."

Long Shisan suddenly turned pale, and asked tremblingly, "This...what is this?"

Shi Xueting didn't hide anything, and said directly: "A Furong."

This time, Long Shisan was not only pale, but also crumbling.

Others don't know the power of Furong, how could he not know?That big brother of his was ruined by this!

But he also knows that he has no other choice, Shi Xueting doesn't trust him, and only by relying on this method can he control him.

Long Shisan knew that he had no other choice.

Seeing Long Shisan struggling to eat the drug, Shi Xueting said slowly: "Don't worry, I will give you one every day before you go back, it won't make you uncomfortable, but it depends on whether you can get it after you go back." You're on your own."

Long Shisan nodded silently, he suddenly regretted it now, maybe he shouldn't have gone to Kara Khanate at the beginning, or maybe he shouldn't have come back to Datang after he went.

However, it was too late, and he was destined to be unable to break free from this shackle in his life.

After threatening enough, Shi Xueting said that there is no need to worry: "As long as you fulfill my request, Datang will never treat you badly. For example, although you can't come back, but your son can, I will arrange a parentage for him. He can enter the academy to study, and if he works hard enough, it is not impossible to enter the court and become an official in the future."

After Shi Xueting finished speaking, Long Shisan's eyes lit up instantly. Shi Xueting's conditions really moved him. As long as he is a human being, it is hard not to care about his descendants. Long Shisan even felt that if it was the past, the Long family had a special status. , must not be reused, at most it will be a rich man.

But it's different now, as long as he works hard now, his son will still be able to succeed in the future!

Because his family has no threat to Li Congjia.

But the joy came and went quickly.

Long Shisan said dejectedly, "My current wife is from Karakhan."

The fastest way to integrate into a place is to marry the local people, so that people will treat you as one of their own.

Long Shisan's wife and children were all killed in the turmoil, so he can naturally remarry without any obstacles.

It's just that his son has obvious Turkic characteristics, even with Shi Xueting's arrangement, the road will not be so easy.

Shi Xueting understood his concerns as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help snorting coldly: "Do you think the Tang Dynasty is Kara Khan? There may not be Turkic people in the Tang Dynasty, and not only Turkic people, but also people from other ethnic groups. But... how old is your son this year?"

Long Shisan said inexplicably: "One is one and a half years old."

Shi Xueting nodded: "Send them to Datang as soon as possible. When they grow up and become Muslims, Datang will not accept them."

After hearing this, Long Shisan was very reluctant. His son is still too young, so if he sends it here now, he might not even know him in the future.

But he also knew that Shi Xueting definitely had no room for manoeuvre.

He didn't understand why there were so many religions in the Tang Dynasty so strictly guarded against Islam. Could it be that they were afraid of threatening the Guangming religion?

But even if Long Shisan doesn't have a big picture, it can be seen that the current Tang Dynasty neither supports nor encourages religion, but it will not deliberately suppress it.

But the attitude towards Islam is really confusing.

In fact, even Shi Xueting did not understand why Li Congjia was so guarded against Islam, but he would not ask, anyway, he must help Li Congjia to do what he wanted to do, anyway, expulsion of a sect would not make Tang Dynasty decline.

Shi Xueting didn't force Long Shisan to make a decision. Anyway, to Shi Xueting, taking Long Shisan's son was just for Shi Xueting to find another hostage by the way.

In the words of Li Congjia, it is double insurance.

He finally said: "Wait a minute and I will ask someone to arrange a place for you. You still have time to think slowly."

After finishing speaking, Shi Xueting left here, and when he returned to the palace, Li Congjia just came back from the cabinet.

Li Congjia asked: "How is Long Shisan?"

Shi Xueting nodded, and told all about what happened just now, including threatening Long Shisan with drugs.

Li Congjia nodded and said: "That's good, the mutual market and the sale of arms have set a regulation, and we will wait for the Kara Khanate to come to our door."

Shi Xueting asked: "What if... I mean, what if the Kara Khanate doesn't want to buy arms?"

Li Congjia smiled slightly: "Then find a way to sell it to the Saman Empire, um...or Qiangtang is also good."

At that time, the countries around him will have powerful military forces, and Li Congjia does not believe that Musa can bear it!

Shi Xueting asked: "Shall I send someone to the Saman Empire?"

Li Congjia frowned: "I'm afraid it's not that easy. These countries have very strict methods against heretics, and it's not easy to get in."

Shi Xueting smiled and said, "I think this matter can be handed over to Long Shisan."

Li Congjia was stunned for a moment: "Him? What can he do?"

Shi Xueting explained: "The Kara Khanate will definitely put people in the Saman Empire. As long as he can control this part of the power, it is not difficult to take the opportunity to put our people in."

Li Congjia asked, "Can he do it?"

It's not that he looks down on people, but that Long Shisan really doesn't look like such a capable person.

But Shi Xueting said: "Don't underestimate anyone, especially when life is threatened."

Li Congjia was right when he thought about it, anyway, this matter is left to Shi Xueting, he can do whatever he likes.

So Long Shisan took the task and returned to Kara Khanate alone.

Just as Shi Xueting thought, Musa was not a fool, so he immediately began to fight for the qualification to buy weapons from Datang.

At the beginning, Li Congjia was a little nervous. After all, the relationship between them and the Kara Khanate was almost at a freezing point before, and now they suddenly enthusiastically sold each other's weapons, fearing that the other party would become suspicious.

After arguing for a while, the two sides settled on the content of the transaction just before the Chinese New Year, and reached an agreement on the mutual market by the way, which can be called a happy event.

Musa even sent a lot of valuable gifts before the New Year, and Li Congjia gladly returned the gifts.

Yeluxian, who had been waiting for Datang to fight with the Kara Khanate, was so angry.

He originally thought that the Kara Khanate was so bullish before the Tang Dynasty targeted them so much, Musa would definitely launch a war.

As a result, the two countries became like glue in the blink of an eye, and everyone was caught off guard by the twists and turns.

Ye Luxian gritted his teeth and gave Li Congjia a beautifully packaged painting as a New Year's gift.

Li Congjia instinctively felt that he had no good intentions, but even though he was mentally prepared, when he opened the painting and saw the contents, his face was still livid with anger.