In the quiet room, the envoy of Nanzhao was still talking to Gu Qing, and the maid on the side carefully poured the tea, listening to the sound of the tea falling in the cup, the envoy of Nanzhao thought about Gu Qing's words, and wanted to include the students of Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty, he hesitated and said: "I'm afraid this is ...... I can't agree now, but I have to discuss it with our king. ”

"I understand." Gu Qing picked up the tea, blew the tea leaves floating in the tea and said, "Then wait for the news of your monarch to come, and then consider the matter of Nanzhao students entering the academy." ”

"Wait!" The envoy of Nanzhao said, "Dare to ask Master Hou, can the students of Nanzhao really return to Nanzhao after entering the Tang Academy?"

"Yes, of course." Gu Qing said again, "I just need permission, if I allow them to return to your Nanzhao at what time, they can naturally go back." ”

Gu Qing knew the thoughts of this envoy of Nanzhao, and asked the students of Nanzhao to study in the Central Plains and use the knowledge they learned to build Nanzhao.

"We can pay tribute to Datang, but we still hope that the Hou Ye will take care of the students' affairs."

Gu Qing nodded, "The academy will take good care of them." ”

"I'll take my leave." The envoys of the Southern Zhao left with apprehension.

The room was quiet again, and Gu Qing came to his study and took out a map, on which were marked the names of some small countries.

Draw a circle on the coastline to the south of Nanzhao, and draw a line to connect to the east coast of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Mei walked in small steps, "Husband, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and Princess Jinyang have already fallen asleep." ”

Gu Qing beckoned Wu Mei to his side, "Can you understand the words on this picture?"

Wu Mei shook her head, looking at the marked words, Gu Qing used to make mistakes, although she scribbled herself, she could see that the strokes of those typos were very regular, at first glance it looked like another kind of text, and he hesitated and said, "Husband, is this another kind of text?"

"That's right!" Gu Qing hugged Wu Mei and said, "This is the text in my memory, it is deeply rooted in the bone marrow and I can't forget it for a lifetime, and I can't forget it in this life." ”

Wu Mei lifted the pen on the side, rolled up her sleeves and imitated writing, after the ink dried, she found that this kind of writing was written neatly and smoothly, and each stroke seemed to be simplified after precipitation, some of the shadows of Tang Wen, but it was more charming.

It's not like a random word, Wu Mei wondered, "What does the word husband say?"

"This word is called Hua." Gu Qing whispered.

"Hua" Wu Mei was puzzled and used the Hua of the Tang Dynasty again, and the payment was written on the paper, and the two fonts were lined up together.

"What did you find," Gu Qing looked at Wu Mei.

Looking at it carefully, Wu Mei's eyes were very curious, "It seems to be simplified from complex, but it retains some outlines." ”

"It's simplified." Gu Qing said in Wu Mei's ear, "I am the only one who knows this kind of writing in the entire Tang Dynasty now, and I will slowly teach it to you and our children in the future." ”

"Husband." Wu Mei put away her pen, "This kind of writing will be our Gu family's family learning in the future."

"So to speak." Gu Qing smiled and nodded.

Wu Mei practiced stroke by stroke, and found that every stroke of this kind of handwriting can be written very powerfully, the strokes are simple but very neat, and it makes people feel very comfortable looking at it for no reason

Sun Simiao, who was walking in the village after eating, went home, looked at the pair of figures under the candlelight in the window, nodded and smiled and walked into his small room.

In the study, Gu Qing took out a map of the Tang Dynasty again, and began to draw roads leading to the Tang Dynasty between various small countries.

Wu Mei has been accompanying Gu Qing, and when Gu Qing looked back late at night and saw that she had fallen asleep on the chaise longue, she picked up the mink stall that was placed aside and carefully covered her, picked her up, and let her continue to ponder the trade routes between the countries and the Tang Dynasty after lying on the bed in the study.

It wasn't until the sun shone on her face that Wu Mei opened up and saw that Gu Qing was still studying the map, and sat up before saying, "Husband, I haven't slept all night."

"It's already done." Gu Qing looked at the business roads one by one.

Wu Mei looked at Gu Qing's drawings for a long time, "Husband, are these business?"

"That's right!" Gu Qing nodded, "Although Datang has always had foreign trade, it has always had business contacts with those small countries, but there are not many exchanges between them. ”

Wu Mei also understood what Gu Qing meant and walked out of the study.

Di Renjie saw Wu Mei come out, eating fritters in his mouth, "Master." ”

"You go to the post house and tell the envoys that the county will receive them." Wu Mei said to him.

"Uh-huh! The student will go. Di Renjie nodded, ate a fritter and took a few hard-boiled eggs.

Li Zhi glanced at the meat porridge in Di Renjie's bowl and muttered, "How can this guy eat it so much." ”

"Brother Huang also ate a lot." The four-year-old boy on the side was holding a bowl and drinking porridge and said obediently.

Wu Mei smiled slightly, when she was growing up, she remembered that she and Gu Qing were like them, and it was very difficult to live in a dilapidated Taoist temple, but they had also come all the way.

Di Renjie rode a horse slowly to Chang'an, all the way to the post house, said a word to the envoys of various countries, and returned to Dali Temple.

Ever since Gu Qing took over the matter of receiving envoys from various countries, he has been putting the envoys of various countries aside, and this time he finally said that he was going to receive them.

Li Chengqian also received the news and hurried to Gu's house.

In the Chang'an Palace, Li Ergang went down to the court and heard Wang Qin's report, "Gu Qing has finally begun to meet with envoys from various countries."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Qin bowed down and replied, "Before, the envoys of Goguryeo, the Wa Kingdom, and Nanzhao all went to meet Gu Qing, which could only be regarded as a private meeting, but this time it was Gu Xian who was officially invited. ”

"How is the prince?" asked Li Erzhi.

"After His Majesty handed over the reception of envoys from various countries to Gu Qing that day, the prince was very drunk." Wang Qin whispered, "Then I met Zhao Guogong, and then the crown prince went to observe a meeting between Gu Qing and the envoys of various countries, and this time His Royal Highness the crown prince also went. ”

Li Er's eyes didn't have too much surprise, but a little more loss.

Wang Qin saw Li Er's expression and understood in his heart that the prince still did not satisfy His Majesty, although there was nothing wrong with him as a prince, he was still too cautious and cautious in his words and deeds, and he had always been very vague about his opinions, if it was the prince's own idea to listen to this matter, it would be fine, but the prince just listened to the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, so he did it.

As the prince is the future emperor, the prince lacks self-judgment and has no opinions, even if the prince has some stubborn and decisive spirit, even if he makes mistakes, but the prince is so careful, a prince can not be without sharpness, nor can he listen too much to the words of others, and he has no decision in his heart, how to judge state affairs.