In Honglu Temple, Du Shaoqing was chatting with Tang Jian, the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple, in the side hall, Tang Jian was easy-going and admired Du Shaoqing's talent, so he was still very welcome to Du Shaoqing to be sent to be his deputy.

"This time Tubo is prepared, you see, these people directly brought the dowry, it is said that the team of accompanying the escort of goods alone is more than 1,000 people." Tang Jian handed Du Shaoqing a gift list, which was presented by Tubo.

Du Shaoqing opened it and took a look, hey, it was really generous, and the wealth was full of fifty carts.

"But no matter how busy they are, they are also busy, Princess Changle is my wife, do they still want to come to Datang to snatch it?" Du Shaoqing scoffed.

"No, no, you're wrong, the person who came is Lu Dongzan, the minister of the Tubo Kingdom, very sleek.

After he heard that His Majesty had given you and Princess Changle to marry, he angrily wrote to reprimand the matter, thinking that His Majesty had ignored Tibet and asked us to come forward to apologize.

I explained how old your children are, and this matter is rude, guess what the other party said? Tang Jian was a little depressed and said: "The other party immediately changed his words, saying that it is okay not to want Princess Changle, and to change to a suitable age to be married, I heard that there is also a princess of Chengyang, what do you say that only the princess of the Tang Dynasty is worthy of being the queen of the country."

It's really shameless, it is clearly written in their national letter, saying that Songtsan Gampo admires Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty, and she will not marry her, and now she will change it. ”

Du Shaoqing didn't expect such a thing, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because the barbarians in the west don't know the etiquette and are used to going back on their word." ”

"The most annoying thing is that there are still many people in the court who speak for them, saying what to say about the good stories of the ancient people who are pro-foreign, Tubo Songtsen Gampo is a masterpiece, and the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and it can be sung through the ages, etc., the old man wonders if they have been bought." Tang Jian said angrily.

Du Shaoqing nodded, and said in his heart that this group of old ministers was not mistaken, isn't Princess Wencheng's relationship with her relatives in history a good story that has been sung through the ages?

"By the way, you just said that there are more than 1,000 people in the transport team from Tubo, and these people are all responsible for providing food and lodging in our Tang Honglu Temple?" Du Shaoqing asked.

"That's not true, we only provide a few envoys and envoys, and the rest of the supernumerary personnel are not under our control, they are placed by themselves, or we will settle them on their behalf. Otherwise, there are so many small countries around, if there are tens of thousands of followers in any country, how can Datang afford to live for half a year. ”

Du Shaoqing looked down at the gift list, and then asked puzzledly: "This Tubo has spent so much money just to have a relative with the Tang Dynasty?" The lord of the country stretches his neck and wants to be the son-in-law of the Tang Emperor? I always felt like there was some conspiracy in this.

If the other party is for beauty, but the replacement is so fast, it's not like, besides, Songtsan Gampo and Lu Dongzan are both heroes, and they will definitely not be people who are addicted to women, I don't know what Ju Guogong (Tang Jian knighted) thinks about this? ”

Hearing this, Tang Jian laughed, "You kid is too naïve, their fifty carts of goods are bloody?" Then you don't know how much dowry the princess brought with the princess if Datang should marry the princess in the past.

Let's count it this way, Datang is a big country in Shangbang, and it must not be as humble as a small country in Siyi, so this dowry must be more than the dowry, one or even two times or three times, Lu Dongzan is smart, the more he sends, the more he will take away when he goes back. ”

Du Shaoqing was stunned, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he said: "Datang, is this a stupid person with a lot of money?" Knowing that there are still so many people nodding in agreement? Not only do you want to give your daughter to others, but you also have to send money to each other, do you want to suffer face when you die? ”

Tang Jian stretched out his hand and pressed the excited Du Shaoqing, nodded approvingly: "This Manchu Dynasty civil and military estimates that you kid dare to say this about the imperial court, the old man has been engaged in diplomatic work for almost 20 years, and he has seen countless envoys from small states before he gradually got out of this circle, and saw these appearances clearly, but he couldn't do anything, Honglu Temple is just a Qingshui Yamen to receive foreign guests, we are soft-spoken, and the decision-making power is in the hands of the six ministries." ”

"How so? You are always a prince of the court, and you have made great contributions on the battlefield of quelling the Eastern Turks, and the court will not turn a blind eye to your words. Du Shaoqing was surprised.

Tang Jian smiled and didn't mention much about his past, but gave an example, "Three years ago, two blonde and blue-eyed Hu people from the west claimed to be envoys from Great Qin, a powerful country in the west, and came to worship our Emperor Majesty.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have sung praises of virtue, saying that our Tang Dynasty has surpassed the strong Han Xiaowu Emperor, and even attracted the powerful countries in the extreme west to congratulate him.

Do you know that at that time, these two men did not even have an official seal of credentials, and they did not even hold the messenger's scepter in their hands, except for their appearances, which did not prove that they were envoys of great powers.

In the end, the old man secretly sent someone to investigate and learned that these two people were purely the two businessmen who went to the Western Regions to trade in Daqin, and heard from the people in the Western Regions that the Tang people were stupid and had a lot of money, and they deliberately came to cheat money. ”

I...... Go to ......, but what about later? Du Shaoqing was stupid.

Tang Jian laughed at himself: "Later? I told His Majesty about it, and His Majesty only said that he knew. Some of the officials in the court ridiculed me for not knowing the current affairs, and some deliberately alienated, in short, the old man saw clearly, and he couldn't stop others from singing praises for His Majesty.

But fortunately, nothing like that has happened in the past few years has happened again, but what is the difference between the Tubo people's intention to come this time and those two merchants from the Western Regions? The old man can see through it at a glance, they are all black-hearted wolf cubs. ”

Du Shaoqing knew the depth of the court early in the morning, but he didn't expect that there would even be such a thing, but he was already no stranger, like what kind of gentleman cooks far away, repaying grievances with virtue, etc., have been sung and recognized, and it is not surprising that people are stupid and have a lot of money to like to tout.

After talking with Tang Jian for a long time, Du Shaoqing already had a general understanding in his heart, and then came to the pavilion to meet the Tibetan envoys and his party.

Most of the Tibetan envoys are still dressed in strange clothes, wearing sheepskin clothes, but the person in the center is a middle-aged man dressed as a Central Plains scholar, if it weren't for the foreign hair ornaments, as well as the dark complexion of the plateau ultraviolet rays, Du Shaoqing thought that this was a pure Central Plains person.

Lu Dongzan was also observing the people who came, but he didn't expect that this new concubine, the Honglu Temple Shaoqing of the Tang Dynasty's four products, would be so young, is it the shortage of talents in the Tang Dynasty that needs dolls to be in power, or is it that there is a surplus of talents in the Tang Dynasty, and young talents have poured in?

"I don't know why Shaoqing made an appointment to meet us? But His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has already agreed to our proposal of Tibet? The two sides sat down when they saw each other, and Lu Dongzan took the initiative to speak.

Du Shaoqing smiled slightly, and explained: "Your Majesty has no time to clone for the time being, I heard that your country is sincere in marrying the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the special official will come to discuss." ”

Lu Dongzan was slightly surprised, negotiating? What to discuss? If we ask the princess to agree or not, just give a happy word, and for a while he didn't understand what Du Shaoqing meant by the negotiation.