The emperor is embarrassed

The gifts that should be received have been received, and the things that should be said have also been said.

Zhang Shu thought that he had done a good job in the mission of this mission, so he originally planned to go back.

At this time, Zhang Shu received another surprise.

He met the Tibetan princess who made peace with the Tatars—Princess Ziyuan.

Princess Ziyuan is very young, but she looks about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her figure is slightly green and tender, her skin is slightly dark, and she is covered with exquisite Tibetan jewelry. She has a childish arrogance that belongs to a noble girl on her face.

"Is Qingluan doing well in your palace?" Princess Ziyuan, who was still young, sat on the main seat, gave Zhang Shu a condescending look, and asked in Tibetan.

Zhang Shu is a man of many talents. His selection as a Tatar envoy has a great relationship with his proficiency in the Tatar language.Another thing that many people don't know is that he is not only proficient in Tatar, but also proficient in Tibetan.This person has an extraordinary talent in language.At the same time, this person has many eyes.Although he was proficient in Tatar, he also brought a Tatar translator from the court. On the Tatar grassland, he never spoke a single Tatar language.

At this time, he could clearly understand Princess Ziyuan's words, but with Princess Ziyuan's tone and manner of speaking, Zhang Shu felt that something was wrong. She was also a Tibetan princess, and this Princess Ziyuan was similar to their Qing Guifei Feelings are not good.

Zhang Shu showed a confused look, stood up and bowed his hands to Princess Ziyuan, and replied in Chinese, "I have seen Your Highness, Your Highness, please forgive me, I really don't understand Tibetan."

Fortunately, there was an older Tibetan female official beside Princess Ziyuan, she looked very shrewd, and she replied to Princess Ziyuan in Tibetan, "Han Chen doesn't understand Tibetan, Your Highness."

Princess Ziyuan snorted and said to her female official, "This Hanchen is not very good at all. An Kui, you can ask him for me."

The female official named An Kui was ordered to answer Princess Ziyuan's question. Zhang Shu had already planned in his belly at this time, and smiled, "Qing Guifei is very much loved by the emperor of my dynasty. Extraordinary love, never married any woman again. Now Concubine Qing is favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and she is the most honorable woman next to the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager in my dynasty."

Lady An Kui translated for Princess Ziyuan, Princess Ziyuan showed a disgusted look on her young face, raised her chin and said, "Now my father is the king of Tibet, and Qingluan is no longer a princess. If Qingluan wasn't a princess, would your emperor still like her?"

Lady Ankui was much smarter than Princess Ziyuan, so she didn't directly translate, but persuaded Princess Ziyuan, "Your Highness, the king is just in poor health, and your father is just regent. Such words have reached Princess Qingluan's ears, Maybe not so good."

Princess Zi Yuan curled her lips, she seemed to have extraordinary trust in An Kui, and she followed An Kui's advice.However, she was still somewhat unconvinced and said to An Kui, "Then you tell him that I am the most honorable princess in Tibet, and Qingluan is far inferior to me."

An Kui said to Zhang Shu, "Our princess is very concerned about Her Royal Highness Princess Qingluan. If it is convenient for the envoy, please send our princess greetings and blessings to Princess Qingluan. I wish Princess Qingluan good health and everything goes smoothly. Although my princess You are not allowed to meet Princess Qingluan, but my princess has not forgotten the sisterhood for a day."

"Yes, I will definitely bring you the love of Princess Ziyuan and sisters." Zhang Shu remained calm, but there was already a shock in his heart, something big must have happened in Tibet.

An Kui is a very smart person, but she just translated a few words indiscriminately to perfunctory Princess Ziyuan.In Zhang Shu's mind, this lady Ankui is much smarter than this Princess Ziyuan.

Zhang Shu came out from Princess Ziyuan's tent and met Chen Jingzhong.

Chen Jingzhong was a little surprised, "Princess Zi Yuan looking for you?"

"Your Highness the Princess and I are sisters, the Imperial Concubine Chaoqing, Xuan Xiaochen went over and hoped that I would help the Princess to say hello to the Imperial Concubine." Zhang Shu said.

Chen Jingzhong knows Princess Ziyuan better than Zhang Shu. The little girl is not fully developed from body to IQ. As far as Chen Jingzhong knows, Princess Ziyuan is very jealous of her sister Princess Qingluan who married into the Celestial Dynasty, so Zhang Shu said, Ziyuan The princess asked Zhang Shu to replace Hao'er for her to Princess Qingluan, Chen Jingzhong was somewhat skeptical.

Zhang Shu smiled and praised, "Your Highness, the two princesses are really sisters." He understood Chen Jingzhong's suspicion, and he would be suspicious of a woman with no wisdom like Princess Ziyuan in the backyard.It's just that if he explained it, there would be no silver 300 taels on the ground.Therefore, Zhang Shu didn't say much, with Chen Jingzhong's intelligence, he would naturally investigate carefully, and he would know his innocence when he was introduced.After a few polite words with Chen Jingzhong, Zhang Shu went back to his camp.

As Zhang Shu expected, Chen Jingzhong is a cautious person. Moreover, since Princess Ziyuan married on the grassland, Chen Jingzhong has a way to monitor her.Knowing that Zhang Shu didn't understand Tibetan and relied on An Kui's translation, and then asked about the content of An Kui's translation in detail, Chen Jingzhong felt relieved.

Chen Jingzhong instructed An Kui, "Since Princess Ziyuan misses Princess Qingluan, I will pack up a gift and bring it here later. If you send it to the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty, consider it a gift from Princess Ziyuan to Princess Qingluan."

An Kui should be.

In the farewell of the Tatars, Zhang Shu returned to the land of the Celestial Dynasty with his mighty horses.

Marquis Pingyang also met Zhang Shu in person, and entertained Zhang Shu and the others with a sumptuous banquet of wine and vegetables. Marquis Pingyang then got to the point and said with a smile, "Master Zhang is on an envoy to Tartar, and he hasn't returned for a long time, old man. There are still some worries. Now it seems that Mr. Zhang has returned with a full load, and there are too many things, which naturally delayed the trip."

Zhang Shu smiled modestly and said, "It's still far from your Majesty's request. I don't ask for meritorious service, but I ask for nothing. Besides, this time the Tatars are very knowledgeable. It is also the Lord Hou who won the battle on the front line. The army won. People like officials who show off their tongues have the confidence to speak!"

Scholars flattering horses are extraordinarily pleasing, Pingyang Hou laughed, the old ancestors often gave Tatars things for free, hoping that they would be safe.This is the first time we have gone to ask for something and we are coming back. Although [-] horses are not many, the omen is good.Pingyanghou said with a smile, "Master Zhang is humble, that is to say, Mr. Zhang is going. If I change my husband, how can I get so many horses back?"

Zhang Shu also felt a little joy in his heart, this mission was not easy, the Tatars were rough and uneducated, he thought it would be good if he could come back safely.Fortunately, now that the country is strong, he can still maintain his dignity as an envoy, and it is considered meritorious to bring back [-] horses.

Marquis Pingyang asked Zhang Shu again, "I don't know if Lord Zhang intends to bring these five thousand horses back to the imperial capital, or what?"

Ma Wei followed to share Zhang Shu's worries, "Master Zhang, I didn't say that you are going back to the imperial capital on this journey, and you are walking through streets, alleys, big cities and small cities along the way. Five thousand horses don't show much in the northwest of the grassland, even if you arrive at the imperial capital. , where there is such a big place to put it.” This is a lie, five thousand horses are not surprising at all, and the imperial capital has tens of thousands of troops, if it is given to Yongninghou, Yongninghou will not know how happy he is.

Zhang Shu smiled, "It turns out that the Marquis and the Crown Prince were planning on these [-] horses. I heard that His Majesty just bought [-] horses from the Nanwang Mansion in the Southwest Township for the Northwest in June. You can't miss the horse."

Ma Wei complained to Zhang Shu with a heart-to-heart, "Don't lie to Mr. Zhang, the [-] horses are not just for Gansu, but for Gansu, Xuanfu, Datong, and Liaodong. They are divided equally among the four parties, and each place is only six. Thousands of horses. Master Zhang knows the Tatars best, and most of them are cavalry. If you want to defeat the Tatars, you must have cavalry! Master Zhang, His Majesty is now recruiting horses across the country to prepare for the Northwest War. I think, take your horse back, Your Majesty Most of them will be sent to the northwest again. Why don’t you just leave them here and let me watch and feed them for you, so you don’t have to go back and forth.”

It seemed that the father and son were eyeing the five thousand horses. Zhang Shu did not object to the proposal of Pingyang Hou and his son, because it was not an easy task to bring five thousand horses back to the imperial capital.

It just so happened that Song Yao brought Zhao Lingyan to Pingyang Hou to do business here.

Their level is not high enough to listen to Pingyanghou and Zhang Shu's secret talks about asking for horses. Zhao Lingyan is a delicate person. Went out to inquire around, and came back to Song Yao said, "Master Zhang, the envoy to Tatar, has returned."

Song Yao didn't have much interest in Zhang Shu, "Come back as soon as you come back, and you should be back after being away for more than a month." If you don't come back, you can still think that something happened.Roasted by the Tartars or something.

Zhao Lingyan elbowed Song Yao for a moment, stretched out a palm and shook it in front of Song Yao, and whispered to him, "I brought back five thousand Mongolian horses."

Song Yao's eyes brightened slightly, and he looked at Zhao Lingyan.

Tsk tsk, although Zhao Lingyan has always regarded himself as a handsome young man, he is completely incomparable with Song Yao.Taking another look at Song Yao's beauty, Zhao Lingyan said, "Master Hou is so shrewd, I think I can keep these five thousand horses. Let's stay for two more days and get some horses back."

Song Yao pulled out the Raksha ghost painting Ming Zhan gave him from his waist and put it on, accepting Zhao Lingyan's proposal.However, Song Yao calmly threatened Zhao Lingyan's perverted eyes, "Don't tell me to beat you up."

Zhao Lingyan laughed ghostly, and teased Song Yao, "It's okay, or I'll show you."

Song Yao ignored Zhao Lingyan.

If others dared to look at his appearance like this, Song Yao would definitely beat him into hemiplegia. However, Zhao Lingyan, a poor scholar with small arms and legs, can survive for half a month with a brick on his forehead. The kid has to recuperate for half a year.The internal affairs of their battalion were left alone, and they were paralyzed.

Therefore, Song Yao had no choice but to ignore Zhao Lingyan and give up.

Zhang Shu returned to Chao Gang.

Ming Zhan received Zhang Shu cordially, and praised with a smile, "Not bad, not bad, I thought you could bring back a thousand horses at most. I don't think so, but I asked you to bring back five thousand horses."

Hearing what the emperor said, Zhang Shu's heart finally fell to the ground. He knew that his mission had won the emperor's satisfaction.Zhang Shu said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty made an exception to promote the young minister, and the young minister is very grateful. It's a good thing that I am honored to be an envoy to Tatar."

This is also from the heart, he was originally just a small censor in Yushitai, it stands to reason that Zhang Shu can be good, but few people who can be in the middle of the court are stupid.Furthermore, there are a lot of people with backgrounds and connections.

For the same thing, the results of what people with no background do are not much different from what people with background do, so why would they want to do it for you.Using those with background can also show favor to others' background.

Zhang Shu never expected that the emperor would bring him up, and made an exception to add an official to Tatar.Although going to Tatar as an envoy is full of dangers and unpredictables, this is an opportunity to stand out.

There are so many ministers in the court, His Majesty didn't choose him, but he chose himself who was not well-known in Yushitai.Zhang Shu has a deep feeling that he has to meet Bole.

Ming Zhan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Sit down, this is all your own ability. If you don't have this ability, I'm going to give you a chance, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch it. Tell me how the Tatars are doing now gone?"

Zhang Shu spoke as usual, Ming Zhan listened carefully, and asked Zhang Shu many questions, and Zhang Shu answered them one by one.

Finally, Zhang Shu said, "I have one more matter, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"speak."

"Princess Ziyuan from Tibet is married to the current Prince Sazha of Tatar. Princess Ziyuan specially sent a maid to summon the courtiers to talk. Originally, the minister thought that Princess Ziyuan and Princess Qingluan must be sisters who have a good relationship, so they summoned the minister. However, it doesn’t sound like this. Princess Ziyuan is somewhat jealous of Princess Qingluan, and Princess Ziyuan once said that her father is the current king of Tibet. The original king seems to be sick.” Zhang Shu said, "I have some knowledge of Tibetan, but I didn't dare to show it in front of Princess Ziyuan. These things are all said by Princess Ziyuan and her maid. I just listened to a few words. I think there is something different, but I can't be sure."

Ming Zhan's face became a little more serious, and he said lightly, "So that's the case." It seems that there is a coup in Tibet, no wonder they suddenly married Tatars.

"This is very useful news, don't tell the third person." Ming Zhan said to Zhang Shu, "You go back first, this trip, you have worked hard, I will give you seven days off, go home and rest for a few days, In the future, I will work as an errand in the Lifan Academy."

Chapter garrison led the decree.

Ming Zhan immediately went to the harem.

After Princess Qingluan heard what Ming Zhan said about Princess Ziyuan, her face turned pale, her hands on her knees slowly clenched into fists, and tears flashed in her eyes.Princess Qingluan took a light breath, suppressed the moisture in her eyes, adjusted her mood after a long time, looked up at Ming Zhan, and said a word, "If the father and king pass away, there must be a letter to send. Now Since His Majesty has not received the letter of mourning, it can be seen that the life of the father is still alive."

Ming Zhan admired such a calm and capable woman. If Princess Qingluan only cried and begged, then he would never come to discuss this matter with Princess Qingluan.Ming Zhan agreed, "Princess and I want to go together."

"I sent an envoy to Tibet, but now that the envoy has not returned, I don't have any good ideas for a while."

Princess Qingluan suppressed the worries in her heart and asked Ming Zhan for advice, "Your Majesty, I am already your concubine, I believe you still want my father to sit on the seat of the king of Tibet."

"It's natural." Ming Zhan said calmly without any hesitation, "Your uncle has no political vision at all, otherwise he wouldn't have easily married a Tatar."

Princess Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief, Ming Zhan's words were indeed very pertinent.Her uncle is her father's brother. In Han Chinese terms, he has great ambitions and empty ambitions. Now that he has won the throne, he has made a bad move.

If her uncle sent Zi Yuan to the Imperial Capital City to make Ming Zhan his concubine, then Princess Qingluan's situation at this time would be even more dangerous.Because Princess Qingluan knew very well that she and Ming Zhan had no relationship between men and women.The two married only for profit.If Zi Yuan arrives in the imperial capital, then for Ming Zhan, as long as he can get the same benefits from Tibet, it is the same to marry any Tibetan king.

I am afraid that Ming Zhan will not discuss the matter with her like today.

Princess Qingluan said, "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, and I am very anxious, but I have no idea for a while. Now, the person I can rely on is Your Majesty. If Your Majesty can save my father from danger, I am willing." Do anything for His Majesty." Such a condition is very unattractive, Princess Qingluan sighed, "Now, I really have nothing to repay Your Majesty's kindness."

Ming Zhan said softly, "There are many things that don't necessarily require repayment. I am married to the princess. In the words of the Han people, this is the fate of the previous life. The princess's father is my father-in-law. I also hope that the king of Tibet will be safe." of."

"The envoy has already arrived in Tibet. The specific situation will be clearer when the envoy returns." Ming Zhan said calmly, "I married you, and my position will always be on the side of the king of Tibet."

Apart from being grateful, Princess Qingluan really has no more beautiful words to describe her mood at this time.

Ming Zhan wrote another letter to Feng Jingnan.

At this time, the benefits of Ming Zhan's ascension to the throne were once again demonstrated.

This is the son of King Zhennan, if Ming Zhan asks for help, nine times out of ten, Feng Jingnan will not ignore him.

Ming Zhan's letter is very sweet. Although he and Feng Jingnan are father and son, politically, the imperial capital and Zhennan Palace are completely separated.While asking Feng Jingnan for help, Ming Zhan also made it very clear about the benefits of this political investment from Feng Jingnan.

The letter is as follows:

Dear Father:

Seeing a letter is like a face.

Just as my father misses me distantly and affectionately in Yunnan, so do I to my father.I am always on my mind, and I am at ease every day. I have never dared to forget my father, your tall, strong, mighty and handsome face.

(Feng Jingnan only read these three lines, and immediately took out the envelope to confirm that it was indeed from Ming Zhan. But Feng Jingnan was very suspicious that this was a love letter from Ming Zhan to Ruan Hongfei, so he changed his name, Just sent it to him. God, he is sick of the old man.)

I have encountered an opportunity with a little trouble, father, although the envoy I sent to Tibet, Fan Cheng, has not yet returned, but unfortunately, I got the news from Tatar that there was a coup in the Tibetan court. His Royal Highness Prince Inmin, younger brother of the King of Tibet.

The choice of Prince Renming made me very sad. He chose to marry the Tatars before I went to war with the Tatars, and married his daughter Princess Ziyuan to the new Khan Saza of Tatars.

The political role of my marriage with Princess Qingluan is slowly losing little by little, which is not a good signal.But, I thought, maybe we can try a little harder.Because as far as I know, the king of Tibet has not passed away.

If the King of Tibet needs help or rescue now, this is the best time to prove the friendship between our two countries.

The Tibetan king who has been helped will bring us more political advantages, and at the same time, it can also strengthen our friendship with the Tibetan king.At least, rescuing the king of Tibet represents 20 years or more of peace.

Father, I think this investment is very profitable.

If the father agrees with my views, please write back and give me wise teachings.

Signed: Ming Zhan who is looking forward to the reply letter from my dear father.

Feng Jingnan was not overwhelmed by Ming Zhan's flattering and nasty words, he tapped Ming Zhan's letter with his fingers, and the hard desk made a low voice.This is indeed a good time, but how to cut in is a very important issue.