Prince Li Zhi nodded secretly, don't look at this matter, but think about it, this may be the fastest way to find out the traffic between Chang'an and Raole, Songmo, and Murowei.

The Emperor asked, "Who are you going to send to the Pine Desert?" Oh! He patted his forehead, "Our Lord Shangshu Ling must wait for the return of the Honglu Temple before making a decision. ”

He remembered a major event that he had always kept in mind, and asked, "I have already planned to send an envoy to the country of the Ring of the Sun to convey my intention of reconciliation, I wonder what Shang Shuling thinks?" ”

Gao Jun blinked his eyes and didn't speak, Su Yin asked, "Father, I don't know where this 'Ring the Sun Country' is, and my sons don't know." ”

The crown prince Li Zhi said, "Imperial sister-in-law, this is a country in the west of Tubo and Ni Boluo, I heard that the ground is also very large, but it is the old domain after the collapse of the Peacock Kingdom, east of Tubo, south to the sea, with elephants as horses. ”

Su Yin turned to Gao Jun again and said, "Jun, I know that you and Fan Ying have been to Tubo, where the ice peaks and snow fields are high, is the country of the sun even higher?" ”

Gao Jun said abruptly, "The first time I heard about this country, I won't lie about it, but I always feel ...... Zhao Guogong, Jiangxia Wangye and Master Chu will definitely have some opinions. ”

The Emperor had already seen his concerns in Gao Jun's expression, but his reason was sufficient. The Emperor wondered what his concerns were.

He once again saw from Gao Jun's analysis of the military situation in Songmo that this person was by no means comparable to people like Li Shixian, and he did not have Li Shixian's stubbornness and occasional dizziness, so he could see farther beyond the military appearance.

Li Shixian's ability is comparable to Guan Gong, but it is precisely Guan Gong who lost Jingzhou and went to Maicheng, causing Shu Han to seek revenge against Eastern Wu, Yide died, and Xuande was orphaned, which became the turning point of Shu Han's national fortunes.

The fierce horse is grinding and grinding, and the capable man makes a big mistake!

Thousands of officials are easy to obtain, and one is hard to find, and this person in front of him is precious!

Although the emperor was a little unsatisfied with Gao Jun's answer, he no longer asked, and he was always confident that he would know everything in the days to come.

Outside the hall, there was a waiter who played, "Your Majesty, Lord Cui of Honglu Shaoqing asks to see you." ”

After a while, Honglu Shaoqing Cui Renshi walked in, this Shaoqing is not young at all, he can't stop him at the age of fifty-five, but his waist is straight.

After receiving Shang Shuling Gao Jun's arrangement, Honglu Temple did not dare to slack off, and immediately arranged for a special person to investigate. After finding out the results, the pawn in charge of the matter, a man who was at the bottom of the ninth grade, immediately urinated incontinent.

Since the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, after the two governors of Rao Le and Song Mo were included in the Tang Dynasty, their exchanges with Chang'an have not passed through the channel of Honglu Temple, and their recent contacts with Chang'an have been recorded very clearly in Honglu Temple - nothing.

He then went to check the accounts of the Ministry of Murwei according to the meaning of Shang Shuling, and found that after the Ministry of Zhenguan for 18 years, there were tributes almost every year, and most of the tributes were tiger skins, mink down, mountain ginseng and the like.

Moreover, the receipt and delivery of these things are clear, and the items left behind are also well preserved.

One exception, however, was that at the beginning of August of this year, the Grand Chieftain of the Murwei tribe, Mohefu, once again sent an envoy to the capital, and in addition to the above-mentioned routine contributions, he also paid tribute to an artifact.

"What is it?" The Emperor asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is a jade cup in the storehouse."

After that, Cui Shaoqing got the emperor's consent and beckoned a small official from outside the Cuiwei Palace, who was holding a mahogany box in his hand and an account book on the box.

He placed the object on the emperor's bookcase, opened it tremblingly, and took it out of it. Gao Jun and Su Yin both went to the case to see that it was a delicate white jade cup, crystal clear.

The Emperor asked, "A cup...... Not bad. Yin'er, I will give it to you...... What's its name? ”

"Your Majesty, it is written in the account book...... Ice Jade Hidden Dragon Bottle. ”

"You're lying!" The Emperor whispered.

The man hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the minister didn't say that this cup was the Ice Jade Hidden Dragon Bottle, only that this name was written in the account book, so it wasn't a lie!" ”

The emperor said, "Reasonable, why are your knees so soft when you speak to me!" ”

The little official stood up and said, "Our pawn bureau signed a pair of accounts with Lord Liu, and he fell ill at that time, he said that what was written on the account was 'bottle', but the real thing was a cup, one with three legs and one with one leg. And what about dragons? Not to mention the hidden dragon, not even on the surface, obviously there is something wrong here. ”

The emperor said, "Well, you Lord Liu are still knowledgeable and can recognize bottled cups." This ice jade hidden dragon bottle has a great origin, and it is said that it was originally the favorite thing of the Han Dynasty Le Lang Gong - Gongsun Wenyi. ”

Su Yin knew that the emperor had omitted the word "yuan" from Gongsun Yuan, and only mentioned his word, so he was curious about the origin of this bottle, so he listened carefully.

"In the second year of the early Jing Dynasty, Emperor Wei Ming sent Sima Yi, the imperial lieutenant, to lead an army of 40,000 to fight Liao. Gongsun Wenyi was defeated and his son were beheaded by the Wei army, after which the bottle was lost. Now, it seems that it has gone to the Murwei Department. ”

The place where Gongsun Yuan was seized in the late Han Dynasty was the Liaodong region, and everyone believed that what was contributed by the Murwei Department was not what was in front of them.

Su Yin asked, "Father, what does this bottle look like?" ”

The emperor said, "I also have no chance to see, it is said that this thing has three legs and two ears, carved from a piece of jade, carved with two dragons on the outside, and a dragon on the inside, originally called 'three dragon bottles', but a dragon soaked in wine seems to move, so it is also called 'hidden dragon bottle'." ”

After that, he looked at Cui Shaoqing, who was standing upright, and snorted, "Honglu Temple lost the treasure, and you seem to be fine." ”

Master Cui Ren bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have neglected to overlook, and the various offices in the temple also mean this, and if there is a mistake, it will be punished - stand up straight and wait for Your Majesty to punish you." ”

The Emperor laughed when he heard this, and did not go on any further.

There are nine temples including Honglu Temple: Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Weiwei Temple, Zongzheng Temple, Taifu Temple, Dali Temple, Sinong Temple, and Taifu Temple.

The head of each temple is the secretary, and the level is also very high, except for the Taichang Qing is the third product, the secretary of the other temples are from the three products. But unlike the officials of the three provinces and six ministries, the temple is a purely administrative body - it is responsible for specific affairs.

There are those who do things, and there are those who are in charge, so there are many mothers-in-law.

For example, Honglu Temple is responsible for managing foreign envoys, the gifts of the four Yi monarchs, receiving tribute, and giving back according to the emperor's instructions.

It is also responsible for the funeral and burial of high-ranking officials, and the collapse, death, death, and death are handled according to the rules.

There are more things than that, the leader of Waibo is dead, and Honglu Temple has to be reported to the Ministry of Rites for the record.

When foreign envoys arrived in Chang'an, Honglu Temple was responsible for inquiring about the topography of the country's mountains and rivers while receiving them, and reporting to the Ministry of War for the record.

At the same time, there are many affairs related to the Chinese Book Province...... Of course, it's not to go to the Chinese book province to point fingers.

This mess all day long! It is indispensable to do a lot of problems, and it is no wonder that Shang Shu ordered one thing from Lord Gao, and the pawn Cheng was scared to pee his pants after discovering the dew.

And Cui Shaoqing's attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, it is a punishment after all, a total of 200 catties are here, and he saves a little back pain.

There is a bottom account for everything, and the person in charge of the reception room Wei Bei's pilgrimage this time is one of the total fifteen pawns in the Pawn Office at that time - Ma Xun.

The things were collected by him, and he was already a cavalry Cao who was on the seventh rank of the Jiang'an Wangfu at this time. Before leaving, when handing over with his successor, Ma Xun confessed the cup in front of him.

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In the afternoon, Li Shichang, the squire of the military department, couldn't find Gao Jun anywhere, it stands to reason that for such a big matter, Shang Shuling must make plans as soon as possible, and the behavior of the Songmo Governor's Mansion is to fight or pull, and he must always order it down as soon as possible.

But Shang Shuling didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he didn't show up, Li Shilang thought, maybe Shang Shuling was in a hurry, and he didn't know where to start.

Li Shichang knew that Sun Run, the eldest of the Mabu Lang, was Gao Jun's follower, so he slowly paced through the Mabu Yamen, wanting to inquire from the eldest Sun Run.

But he heard that the eldest grandson had just been instructed by Shang Shuling and had set off for Dengzhou.

Li Shichang thought about it, and immediately sent his cronies and rode fast horses to Yingzhou to "convey" the instructions of Shang Shuling and Master Shang Shu Gao of the Military Department:

In order to control the situation in Song and Liao, stabilize the situation in eastern Liaoning, and strictly guard against false rumors, from now on, Yingzhou will strictly check the inventory of people passing by, and even birds outside Yingzhou will not be allowed to pass through Yingzhou's territory at will.

Gao Jun appeared in the early morning of the next day, and when Shang Shuling and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince talked about the Khitan tribe's desire for Chen soldiers to go south, Li Shiqian guessed that most of the errands to settle the matter would fall on his shoulders.

In the past, there was such a major event, and it was handed over to the ministers for discussion and countermeasures at the regular meeting, and after some people talked about it, some people made a final decision.

In Li Shixian's experience, at this time, the military department will submit an opinion, and Sun Wuji, the head of Zhao Guogong, may have an opinion first, and then Chu Suiliang will come out to agree, and Li Daozong will speak or not speak depending on the situation.

Shangshu's left servant Fang Xuanling will also participate in the opinions when he is in office, and after the general eyebrows gradually become clear, there will be some excitement in the court, and some courtiers with irrelevant responsibilities will also come out to join.

But now that Fang Xuanling is gone, and he has been replaced with a higher position and rank than Master Fang, Gao Jun's opinion is more important.

It's just that this time Gao Jun won't be stupid enough to go to Liaodong by himself, he will definitely not, so the opening remarks, Gao Jun turned out to be inappropriate, not to say it, and it is not appropriate, today he will listen to others first.

Then Li Shiqian estimated that the eldest grandson would talk first, but with the relationship between the eldest grandson's family and the Gao Mansion, the eldest grandson Wuji would definitely not carry Shang Shuling to the fire to roast. There's really no way, and the eldest grandson doesn't seem to be able to speak.

Li Shiqian thought that as long as the eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth, he would have a high chance of recommending it to his head, which would be exactly what I wanted.

Who knew that Gao Jun was still not in a hurry, and the prince was as stable as Mount Tai, and he didn't ask the ministers, so he asked Gao Jun as soon as he came up, "I don't know what Lord Gao means, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Gao Jun spoke at this time, and Li Shiyun pricked up his ears to listen to what he arranged, "Your Highness, this Song Desert incident is not a riot at all, if it really comes to the time when you have to use force, the minister thinks that as long as the British public raises 2,000 elite soldiers, you can succeed immediately!" ”

Li Shiyun was taken aback, two thousand! He set up the fire ring first, so that I could drill it. Two thousand! It's icy and snowy, why don't you try it if your surname is high!

Li Shiyun thought so in his heart, but he couldn't have any objections on his lips, and at this time he was counting on which minister would stand up and say, "There are a few people." ”

But no one in the court today spoke.

Gao Jun said, "But in the current season, these two thousand ministers don't want to use it. The British public is right to say that the main role of Yingzhou in this matter is to maintain the periphery, prohibit false rumors and collusion, and prevent people with ulterior motives from fueling the trouble. Therefore, according to the minister's meaning, Yingzhou does not have to send a single soldier. ”

The faces of the crown prince, the eldest grandson, and the lord Chu all looked as a matter of course, but the face of the British prince Li Shichang was red and white.

Secretly said, "I'm ruthless to you today, and I can't count you even if I count it!" At this time, don't think about going to Yingzhou to show your face, let's think about how to get out. ”

Before, he didn't take the military situation of the Songmo Governor's Mansion seriously, but it didn't contain the premise given by Gao Jun.

Especially after so many days, Song Mo's side may already be in turmoil, playing the pole to calm the chaos, he has only heard Gao Jun in Jiannan Road once in his life.

Eldest Sun Wuji asked, "Lord Gao, I don't know why you made such a judgment?" ”

Gao Jun said, the British public is right, everything has a reason! Since the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, the Khitan Department was subsumed into the Tang Dynasty and incarnated as the Songmo Governor's Mansion, and the exchanges with Chang'an for several years have been strictly following the etiquette and rules of the vassals, and there has been no transgression. And Chang'an has also done this to the Governor's Office. So what's the reason?

"Furthermore, Yingzhou will bring the information of the Songmo Army...... It's already four days ago, so think about what four days mean for a fraught conflict. ”

Someone said, "Yes, if the conflict has already started, the follow-up military reports in Yingzhou may be two or three times a day." As the governor of a state, Lord Zhang Yi would not be so dull. ”

Gao Jun said, "I can only say that although Brother Cave has five thousand soldiers in the north of Raole Du's Mansion, he must have made no further moves these days." ”

Someone nodded slightly, "Shang Shuling's inference is really reasonable, as clear as flying on the northern border of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion overlooked!" But why did Brother Cave do this? ”

He was waiting, or wanted to express some dissatisfaction, but it was never to the point of tearing his face with Chang'an! So, if we rashly send a large army over, we are the first to put on a hostile posture, and isn't it to make Brother Cave take the wrong step? ”

"Who are you going to send there? How many followers to bring? What is the mission? ”

"Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that it is necessary to choose a person who is brave and strategic, bold and careful, dares to take risks alone and does not change his face, is surrounded by a heavy siege and walks on the ground, and is proficient in everything immediately, and can be a hundred when he is in close combat, and can shoot at a distance to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and has some identities. As for the retinue, it doesn't have to be too many, thirty people is enough! There are eight words in the mission...... Investigate the situation, explain it, deter it, and appease it. ”

Shang Shuling said, "And these thirty entourages don't need to use any sergeants, just shepherds, and bring a hundred animals to show that Chang'an has no intention of moving troops." ”

"Tall, do you mean to give this trip to a ranch to complete? In this way, this leader really has to have so many real skills! I don't know who to let go? ”

Shang Shuling smiled slightly, and went to see the British duke, but Li Shiyun couldn't help it