Chapter 252: Datang's Attitude

When the court meeting in Chang'an ended, the entrance of Zhuque Street, which was directly opposite the Suzaku Gate in the imperial city, was bustling and lively, and the carriages of officials lined up on the streets, blocking the avenue connecting Jinguangmen and Chunming Gate. Fortunately, it was still early, and there were few passers-by like morning stars, so as not to bring the first "traffic jam" incident to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.

"Qi Shilang, wait." In the vicinity of Xishi, Pei Guangting, the waiter of the Ministry of War, caught up with the carriage of Qi Jishan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

"Hehe, it's Pei Shilang, what's the matter?"

The door curtain of the carriage was opened, and a harmless smiling face of people and animals came into Pei Guangting's eyes, but Pei Guangting felt uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.

"Guangting wants to tell Qi Shilang, don't raise a tiger for my Tang Dynasty, eat the umbilicus, and be a sinner for me in the Tang Dynasty!"

Qi Jishan still looked like he didn't eat oil and salt: "Brother Lian Cheng is serious." Don't you hear the ancients say: Although the country is great, the belligerent will perish? Ningyuan City is located in the Western Regions, far away, as soon as the war starts, the food and armor have to be transported to Anxi for thousands of miles, and the people are miserable......"

"What Qi Shilang means is that we will sit and wait for the Great Cannibal to annex all the Western Regions, and then Anxi? A leaf is blind, and the vertical is not enough and strategic! The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reclaim Shattered Leaf Town was ruined by you short-sighted people. Pei Guangting looked at him angrily, he had been an official for many years, but he just beat his chest, if he changed to a general from the battlefield to stand in his position, Qi Jishan was afraid that he would be scarred at this time.

Looking at Pei Guangting, who was walking away, Qi Jishan shook his head and sighed. The focus of controversy at today's court meeting was mainly focused on the west of Anxi, an unfamiliar city mentioned for the first time in Princess Jiaohe's letter asking for help, Ningyuan City. There is also an almost forgotten legend who was once the after-dinner of the entire Chang'an residents: Li Huaitang.

According to the statement of the princess of Jiaohe, Ningyuan City was built by Li Huaitang, a horse bandit from the previous Shi State, and it was also eloquent that the Liukou received large-scale assistance from the Great Cannibals, and taking advantage of the slackness of the Tuqi Shi people, the tens of thousands of allied troops of the Great Cannibals and the Liukou suddenly launched an attack on Broken Leaf City, and Broken Leaf City fell for a time, and Sulu Khan was wounded.

When the warmongers in the court heard the news, they were like wolves smelling blood, and they asked to lead the army to send troops.

As Pei Guangting said, if the Great Food Country participates in it, this battle will be inevitable. After all, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore? The borders of the Tang Dynasty would never allow a powerful country to be eyed by them.

At the same time, there were not a few opponents at the court, and Qi Shilang was one of the representatives. He knew that the Tang Dynasty lacked sufficient intelligence support in the Western Regions, and everything was just the words of the Jiaohe princess, which was not enough to be trusted. It is said that it is impossible to gather an army of tens of thousands of people in such a short period of time to travel thousands of miles to the territory of the country of Bakhana, and it has quietly concealed the strength of the Turgish people. There must be many hidden secrets in it, or perhaps, Princess Jiaohe is adding oil and vinegar. War cannot be so rash, besides, the war between Datang and Tubo has just been extinguished, and a large amount of materials and food have been consumed, and in terms of national strength, Datang is not allowed to launch a war that may not be won and has no end in such a short period of time.

It seems that the Holy Lord also had such considerations, and under the arguments of Qi Jishan and others, he adopted a compromise plan: send an envoy to the Turgish, appease the Turgish people, and then understand the situation clearly.

Of course, the emperor did not stop there, and the generals of the belligerent faction were also ordered to prepare grain and grass.

The messenger to Broken Leaf Town is Qi Jishan, and whether the war is triggered or not has a lot to do with his attitude, words and deeds. Therefore, Pei Guangting was quite dissatisfied with him.

Qi Jishan knows that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders and a long way to go. The saint designated him as an envoy because he valued his old success and his familiarity with the Western Regions, and he was the only one among the few officials of the Manchu Dynasty who had been to Broken Leaf Town.

Qi Jishan lowered the curtain of the carriage, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and ordered the coachman to move on. The envoy was urgent, and after the dispersal, he rushed home to prepare for tomorrow's journey. Coincidentally, he lived with Pei Guangting in Andingfang, Pei Guangting only moved here at the beginning of the year, in the war with Tubo, Pei Guangting was in an important position, properly dispatched, and was deeply appreciated by the saints, gave him a purple gold fish bag, and also gave a mansion in Andingfang. In fact, Qi Jishan felt that this also had the meaning that the father was more or less expensive than the daughter, and conventionally, the Holy Lord married his daughter far away to Tuqi Shi, and he had to give him some compensation and comfort.

When he returned home, Qi Jishan couldn't wait to find Ye Ji. For the name Ningyuan City, including the emperor, almost all the court officials heard it for the first time, and he Qi Jishan heard it from Ye Ji's mouth last night, coincidentally, Li Huaitang, the city lord of Ningyuan City, is Ye Ji's husband, that is to say, he has a niece of a horse bandit Liukou.

Qi Jishan, who couldn't cry or laugh, had not yet come out of the shock of irony, and at the gate of the palace, the emperor's close attendant Gao Lishi conveyed to him a secret mission again, and sent him to Ningyuan City! This task is not something that ordinary people dare to accept, and if it is accepted, it means nine deaths, nonsense, and the dignified court officials will be able to survive to deal with hostile horse bandits and rogues? Whether it is sarcasm or luck, Qi Jishan doesn't have time to chew and taste, he has too many doubts in his heart, and he needs Ye Ji to answer them for him.

"What? Ye Ji went out early in the morning? What about San Lang, let San Lang find it quickly! ”

The more anxious you are, the harder it is to fulfill your wishes. Qi Jishan didn't expect Ye Ji to go out so early, it's really a coincidence, and there are a lot of them every year.

Ye Ji was reluctant to give up her brother after all, and her uncle, after last night's banquet, she did not refuse the hospitality of Qi Mansion. In this era, the transportation is inconvenient, Ningyuan City and Chang'an are separated by thousands of miles, and it is a bit too much to say that it is difficult to meet once and climb to the sky, but it is not far from ten. Ye Ji's younger brother has already stated that he will not return to the Western Regions, which only has horror and sadness in his memory, and it is impossible to see the future. Ye Ji knew that the next time she saw her brother, she might have to wait for several years, or she might not be able to see each other for the rest of her life, so while she was in Chang'an, she simply lived together, and she could see each other more.

The reunion with her relatives made Ye Ji let go of a boulder in her heart. 's unexpected encounter with her ex-husband made the helpless Ye Ji almost do something ashamed of Li Huaitang, her guilt for her ex-husband, and her guilt for Li Huaitang were entangled into a messy net, which was covered in her heart and could not be ruled out. She was very conflicted, since she couldn't solve it, she had to continue to find things to do for herself, and by the way, she also fulfilled the promise she made to Li Huaitang and brought back silkworm farmers to Ningyuan City!