Fu Tang

The cabinet was pushed down by Li Congjia, or Li Congjia arranged more things to be busy. As for Yang Ye... Li Congjia felt that at least he had to wait for Shi Xueting to find out the evidence. Of course, before that, he had to pretend to reprimand Funan The Messenger speaks again.

Funan's envoy was aggressive when he came, and he came with the idea of ​​success or benevolence, and he also thought very well. Once Datang refused to accept Funan's surrender, he would make it known to the world and let the people of Datang The people see clearly how cruel and heartless their court is, what good is it to support such a cruel and heartless court?

However, after seeing Li Congjia, he felt that something was wrong. What they wrote in the letter of surrender was already very condescending. How could it be possible to say such threats?

The envoy definitely wanted to refute, and then Li Congjia justifiably took out the letter of surrender and threw it in front of the envoy.

The envoy was also a stubborn person. He picked it up angrily and opened it, and he was stunned. This is wrong, they didn't write that way at the time.

How could it be possible for the envoy not to know how the surrender letter was written at that time?How can I communicate with Datang if I don’t know anything about it?But now this...

After looking over and over for a long time, the envoy raised his head and said firmly, "This is not a letter of surrender written by my king!"

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "Who wrote what he didn't write?"

The envoy raised his head: "Who knows if it's a fake letter of surrender that you didn't want to accept and you were worried that you would be accused by others?"

Li Congjia laughed angrily after hearing this, what the hell is this funny thing that came out of a hole, oh, he's not bad at learning Chinese, and he can use idioms.

Li Congjia looked at him mockingly, this time he didn't need to say anything at all, Li Hongji sneered and said: "If Datang really doesn't want to let Funan go, is there still a need for this method?"

I have people who have money and weapons, and whoever they want to fight, why are you playing tricks on me?

The messenger choked, but said decisively: "This letter of surrender is a fake!"

Wei Renpu stood up and said: "You say it's fake, so let me ask you, is the big seal and bell seal of the descending letter fake?

The messenger looked down and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he couldn't help muttering: "Who knows if you have any?"

Li Congjia began to think about whether Funan had sent a mallet over. Did he really think that something like a big seal could just be carved with a radish and covered with it?The real big seals have their own unique characteristics, and the most special one is the ink pads. The ink pads used by general emperors or kings are not available to ordinary people.

Not to mention ordinary people, Li Zhongyu does not have the inkpad Li Congjia uses now, and this kind of inkpad is strictly guarded.

Li Zhongyu is still the crown prince and the only son of Li Congjia. This is so strictly controlled, can others get ink pads casually?

Even if there are many talents in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to decipher what the ink pad used by the King of Funan is made of in a short period of time, and it is prepared to make a fake letter of surrender. Will it be troublesome?

The envoy probably also felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and decisively looked up at Li Congjia pitifully and said, "Your Majesty, my king really did not write this letter of surrender."

Li Congjia... Li Congjia almost lost the strength to be angry now. He began to doubt whether the IQ of this messenger was on the average level of a politician, or whether the IQ of Funan people is generally low, so the short general Liba made such a thing ?

According to Li Congjia's idea, it is actually perfect, that is, he asked the Funan envoy to scold him, and firmly stated that Datang would not accept the threat, especially the threat of surrender. Drop the book.

After the Funan envoy read it, he would definitely find that the content of the surrender letter was not correct, and if he raised the surrender statement in public, someone had tampered with it.In this way, Li Congjia can use the mouth of the Funan envoy to help Yang Ye out. It's perfect...well, it's not a particularly perfect plan, but it's enough.

However, he never expected that this emissary was a stick, and Li Congjia couldn't take the initiative to say that someone had tampered with the surrender, otherwise the cabinet would definitely think that he did something secretly, just to excuse Yang Ye.

After all, everyone knows that Li Congjia may not be a qualified researcher, but he has a big brain!

Many things popularized by Datang were inspired by Li Congjia. For example, the pressure cooker used by many ordinary people is an example.

Under such a halo, Li Congjia will not find it new to invite the cabinet for anything he does.

Li Congjia looked at the envoy quietly, probably the envoy would not be able to receive his eyes, face, and brainwaves, so let's see how far this person can go.

Fortunately, the Funan envoy was not fighting alone, ah, no, he did not come alone, after all, a mission came, and when he met Li Congjia, he also brought one or two entourages. A relatively online IQ.

At first, the attendant didn't dare to intervene casually, but seeing that the whole hall was silent, and everyone looked at them speechlessly, this attendant finally couldn't help but stepped forward, leaned into the envoy's ear and said a few words, the envoy It was like waking up from a dream: "Oh, that's right, there must be something wrong with this letter of surrender, just... the letter of surrender was tampered with!"

Li Congjia was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but in the end he was half relieved, when the envoy said again: "Where is the general who received the letter of surrender back then? This matter must have something to do with him!"

Li Congjia's tone... probably couldn't let go, and at the same time, he felt a little sympathetic to Yang Ye. It was really bad luck to encounter such a stick.

But this bear also lacks education, Li Congjia simply said: "Go to the minister of the Xuanbing Department."

Well, although Yang Ye's seal of Great General was taken back, he still has the title of Minister of the Ministry of War on him, so he has not been removed.

Yang Ye obviously knew the general course of the matter on the way here, and when he went to the hall, he seemed confident. Facing the envoy's questioning, he bowed and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there are etiquette regulations for accepting surrender letters. At that time, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he did not dare to make mistakes, and there were thousands of soldiers testifying about this matter."

Li Congjia turned his head to look at the envoy: "You also heard that our generals in the Tang Dynasty have no reason to tamper with the surrender letter, not to mention how can they have the time to do this at the front line?"

The emissary was short of words for a while, but in fact, if he really wanted to mess around, he could still say a lot. After all, the letter of surrender had been held in Yang Ye's hands for many days, and it was easier for him to do something wrong.

However, just like what Li Congjia said, there is no need. If Datang really wants to fight, the excuses are ready-their prince is really dead, and there are many sons of ministers who are weak and have not survived. If you say you apologize, then you apologize, but if you say you surrender, do we have to forgive?

The envoy bowed solemnly and said, "So, please allow your Majesty to extend the auspicious day until we find out the truth of this matter and give your country an explanation."

The envoy felt full of sadness while talking. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty said well that a weak country has no diplomacy. This matter is obviously wronged by Funan, but he still has to give an explanation to the Tang Dynasty, but what can be done?This is a misunderstanding, just because of the tone of the surrender letter, Tang Huang has reason to be angry.

After all, it was short of writing that life and death depend on fate and wealth and honor. The reason for the death of the first Chu king was that his day had come, and it had nothing to do with Funan.

Li Congjia waved his hand very generously and said: "This is your Funan matter, we will not interfere. Since your country intends to surrender, I just don't know if the envoy can make the decision."

The envoy was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that Datang would continue to resume negotiations with them only after this matter came to a conclusion. Now it seems that Datang doesn't care at all?

He was a little puzzled, but he still said cautiously: "I do have some rights, but if it involves too much, I'm afraid I'll have to ask my king for instructions."

Li Congjia said lazily: "Then please stay for two more days, Wei Cifu is fully responsible for this matter."

Wei Renpu stood up and bowed in response, "Yes."

Then...then Li Congjia left, his goal had almost been achieved, half of Yang Ye was basically whitewashed, and the other half... Anyway, it was a taboo for him to beat him impulsively. It is to be punished.

It's just that it's not suitable to be punished too harshly like Lei Youzhong. Anyway, he was originally the Minister of the Ministry of War. This time, when he comes back, he can be rewarded with an honorary title. As for leading soldiers... this kind of personality is too strong to be Li Congjia did not dare to release those who completely obeyed the orders from above.

Anyway, I heard that Yang Ye's son has gradually emerged, and he has shown a talent for fighting at a young age. It is just right for him to go back to educate his son, and by the way, use his own experience as a reminder to his son-disobedient people, no matter what Ability will not be reused.

After all, Datang is developing so fast now, the population is increasing, and with the foundation of the academy, there will always be powerful people appearing. Unless they are at the level of Wei Huo, no one will care too much about one more or one less.

When Li Congjia went back, he wanted to continue to have a little trouble with Shi Xueting, but before the two met, the cabinet organized a delegation to visit him.

Li Congjia: ...

This group of light bulbs came at a really bad time.

However, we still need to see each other. In fact, Li Congjia didn’t understand. He had already told the cabinet about his ideas before, and the cabinet had to discuss the rest. At that time, we only need to give him a result. .

But just a few days ago?Could it be that they negotiated it?

Not everyone in the cabinet came, it was Wang Pu and Zhao Pu who came. Wang Pu asked first, "Your Majesty, we really don't care about the tampering of the letter of surrender? This matter not only affects Funan, but the people who did it It may be hostile to Datang, and I don’t know if there are such people in the Funan court or other countries, we just let it go like this..."

Zhao Pu also followed up and said: "And only rely on the Funan people... It's not that I look down on them, it's just... I always feel that they may not find anything."

From the level of the envoy's stick, they had a general understanding of the overall situation of the Funan people.

Li Congjia calmly pointed at Shi Xueting and said: "I have asked the national teacher to send someone to investigate, but if we really want to investigate, it is impossible for Funan people to let our people enter Funan to investigate. If there is a problem, we will monitor it carefully, it is better to check it secretly, if there is really a problem, we just have an idea in mind."

Only now did Wang Pu and Zhao Pu understand. Just now they wondered why the national teacher was in His Majesty's study, and they even combined the rumors that some people said that His Majesty and the national teacher were too close. Now it seems... well, there should be some Leave important matters to the national teacher.

Zhao Pu was quite familiar with Shi Xueting, and said with a smile: "It's such a laborious national teacher."

Shi Xueting clasped his hands together: "Sharing Your Majesty's worries is the job of a poor monk."

Of course, the two of them came here not entirely for this matter, but more for the issue of the federal monarchy. This idea is too advanced. They can understand it, but they can't fully accept it.

In their understanding, basically this territory is ours, that is ours, we have complete sovereignty over it, we must completely control everything, even minorities are also Datang citizens.

Although the previous autonomous region was very strange, it was still the territory of the Tang Dynasty after all, and now this federal state... no matter how you look at it, it looks like a rudimentary mess of loose sand.

What they were worried about was that Datang would be affected in the future. The two of them seriously expressed their thoughts, or it was the thoughts of the entire cabinet.

Li Congjia asked after listening, "Do you still remember the last time Khitan stopped selling wool to us?"

The two were slightly startled, not understanding why Li Congjia suddenly asked such a sentence, but they just nodded and waited for Li Congjia to continue.

Li Congjia said while thinking: "As you think, in the future, we will definitely not use weapons lightly unless we have to. After all, weapons are developing more and more powerfully. In the future, we may launch a bomb in Chang'an, which can directly blow up The whole Sanfoqi."

Wang Pu and Zhao Pu laughed immediately after hearing this. They all thought that Li Congjia was basically whimsical, but in fact Li Congjia felt that what he said was relatively conservative.

What he said is just an intercontinental missile. If nuclear weapons are really going to be used, people all over the world will tremble.

Li Congjia did not explain this to them, but said: "What I am pursuing now is economic sanctions. You see, we study various weapons and advanced technologies. This is a waste of money. Without money, we can't do this. As long as Stuck on the money, they can't do anything."

Wang Pu couldn't help but said: "Datang started from scratch, and they may not be able to do it."

Li Congjia said: "When Datang grew from nothing, no one stopped our economic development, and the most important thing at that time was that we were not particularly short of money. I know what you are worried about, but if you look at Khitan, even if it is So what about a country? Shouldn’t it be a rebellion or a rebellion? Look at the former Lingnan natives, right?”

Zhao Pu sighed: "I'm just worried that we won't be able to control so many countries in the future."

Although the current goal is only Funan, but from a blueprint given to them by Li Congjia, they know that Li Congjia has a serious heart. Maybe these surrounding countries will be included in the federal system. When there are more countries, they will have their own. In the case of partial political autonomy, it is easy to go wrong.

Li Congjia thought very well: "When I'm here, I can definitely guarantee that they won't have any moths. As for later..." He turned his head to look at Li Zhongyu and said, "It depends on Dalang and his descendants. No way, I can’t help it.”

After hearing this, Li Zhongyu was almost scared to pee, and hurriedly bowed and struggled and said, "Son...son..."

Even if he is always smart, he doesn't know what to say at this time. After all, he has to say that he has lived up to his entrustment, but this is obviously not the time for him to take responsibility. Up?

Wang Pu and Zhao Pu next to him were also taken aback. They never expected that they just came here to discuss with Li Congjia, but they almost screwed the prince!

Now the cabinet has begun to worry a little bit, the main point of worry is that Li Congjia is still very young, while the crown prince has grown up.

For the position of emperor, Li Congjia is indeed very young in his thirties, and his body looks very good. It is estimated that there will be no problem in living for decades, but by that time the crown prince will probably be already old. It's not too late, when the time comes, it is very likely that the prince and the emperor will fight for power in the court.

The only thing they can rest assured is that the prince will not be abolished, after all, he is Li Congjia's only son.

Wang Pu and Zhao Pu didn't dare to say anything else, and quickly began to change the subject. Li Congjia was keenly aware of their change, and was a little surprised for a while.

After the two of them left, he patted Li Zhongyu's head and said, "Go to the cabinet and learn from the old gentlemen."

After hearing this, Li Zhongyu was slightly relieved, knowing that Junfu didn't doubt him too much, and left the study after saluting.

After they all left, Shi Xueting said: "They are all worried."

Li Congjia chuckled: "If it were me, I would be worried too."

Shi Xueting looked at him and didn't speak for a while, Li Congjia pinched his chin and leaned over to kiss him and said, "Don't worry."

Shi Xueting shook his head helplessly, but he could also see that Li Congjia really knew it well.

Li Congjia knew it well, but others didn't, and among them Fan Zhi was the leader.

So Li Congjia received a brochure from Fan Zhi begging for bones. When he saw it, he was very surprised. After all, Fan Zhi still looked tough and had a clear mind. Why did he suddenly want to beg for bones?

Li Congjia had to call Fan Zhi to ask him carefully.

When Fan Zhi came over, Li Congjia assessed his physical condition and found that Fan Zhi was very tough. He was even more puzzled, and couldn't help asking, "What happened? Why do you suddenly want to beg for bones?"

Fan Zhi said: "I'm getting old, if I continue like this, I'm blocking the way of young people."

Li Congjia smiled wryly: "You have retired, who do you think can get in? Those below... are not good enough."

Fan Zhi smiled and said, "Zhao Pu wasn't much better than them back then, didn't Your Majesty know people with eyesight?"

Li Congjia was dumbfounded. How would he tell Fan Zhi that he was able to recognize people with his eyes because he knew the plot early on, and he knew how capable Zhao Pu was.

But now he is not familiar with many people in Chaoshang, and he has never heard of many people's names, so how dare he call them easily?

Li Congjia couldn't help asking: "What are you in such a hurry for? I'm not in a hurry."

Fan Zhi sighed: "Your Majesty, the people in the cabinet are not young. You must first find your successors and get acquainted with them first, so you can subdue them. After all, more and more officials are college graduates. students."

Li Congjia was thoughtful, and Fan Zhi saw that he seemed to understand a little bit, so he left the study slowly.

When Shi Xueting came over, he saw Li Congjia sitting there with a pensive expression on his face, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Li Congjia looked up at him and said helplessly: "Now I feel... Even if I am not separated from Da Lang, I will be separated by these people."

Shi Xueting looked at him with raised eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

Li Congjia explained to him, and then said: "It is estimated that they are worried that the students who graduate from the academy will naturally tend to Da Lang."

After hearing this, Shi Xueting couldn't help but patted his head and said: "These old ministers are right to worry, you can't let Da Lang go, you still have to restrict him."

Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "I don't think it's necessary to be so complicated, just show him the history books."

"What?" Shi Xueting was a little surprised: "Did Lang read too few history books?"

Li Congjia smiled slightly: "This time let him focus on reading the biography of the princes of the past dynasties, I believe he can understand."

Shi Xueting thinks about it, this is really a good way, after all, the Central Plains has developed so far, the unlucky prince can fit a basket.

Shi Xueting said: "You two understand, and let the people below understand that after Dalang gets married, he will be an adult, and he can participate in and discuss state affairs. At that time..."

Li Congjia shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, it seems that before Dalang gets married, he still needs to strengthen his ideological education."

Shi Xueting was amused when he heard it, and felt that Li Congjia was the only one who had the ability to talk about such a serious matter so lightly.

After laughing, he said, "By the way, the person who tampered with the surrender has been caught. Guess who it is?"