"The courtier's scholar and grandson have made an appointment, see Your Majesty."

A middle-aged official hurriedly entered, bowed to Li Zhi, and knocked on the ground.

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, and stopped his pen and looked at him with some surprise: "Sun Qing is in such a hurry, but what's the matter?" ”

Mei Niang glanced at Li Zhi, and it was not surprising that he would have such a reaction - after all, this Sun Chuyue was a notoriously cautious person. Otherwise, with his virtue, he would not have been in the position of Yingzhou Shuzuo for many years, and finally relied on the secret case of King Han a few days ago to have some connection with his position, so he was fortunate to be able to enter Beijing to do things. Therefore, he got the opportunity to call the school inspector who has not yet left Beijing, and his old friend Laiji gave him some ranks.

"Back to Your Majesty, when the minister recently examined the book table on the coastal lands, he stumbled upon some strange things, which I was supposed to let go, but after thinking about it, I felt more and more uneasy. That's why I have the courage to come back to Your Majesty - Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will have to prepare early...... The countries of the East are afraid that something big will happen soon. ”

Although Tang Gaozong Li Zhi was introverted and low-key, and was even often rated as cowardly, during his reign, his military exploits were not inferior to other emperors who were close to him or even basically the same. Even in the case of the Tang Dynasty, the vast territory he owned was incomparable to that of previous kings, including his father Li Shimin.

Coupled with the fact that he was a relatively modest person, and the evaluation of him by the neighboring states was also biased towards the conservative evaluation of the rule of inaction, it can be said that throughout his life, he never really had the opportunity to make enemies with any country except the two countries.

One of them is Goguryeo, which once gave the famous Emperor Taizong Li Shimin a headache, and the other is the overseas Dongying.

His concern and concern for these two countries are almost comparable to those of the Xiongnu, who on the surface seem to be the enemies of the Tang Dynasty.

And because of this, when he heard Sun Chuyue say that Dongying was about to have a big event again, he immediately sat up straight, leveled Sun Chuyu's courtesy, and asked him to report quickly.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dongying, I'm afraid that my life will not be long."

This Sun Zhiyue was really cautious - when he said this, his voice was extremely soft, and only a few people in the palace could hear it, but despite this, such a sentence also made Li Zhi quite surprised:

"You said that Emperor Qi Ming is going to die? Can the news be true? ”

"The minister inadvertently intercepted a secret letter sent to a certain Silla fleet—it turned out that the ship also carried two Dongying monks, one Zhitong and the other Zhida. They are the people who were ordered to borrow the Silla fleet to enter our Tang Dynasty and learn Buddhism from Master Sanzang. And this secret letter sent to their senior brothers is the book written by their master in the Dongying Kingdom, and after teaching them to see the letter, they must remind the second son of the Zhongchen clan who stayed in the Tang Dynasty that no matter what, they must not pass on the note and not return to the country. ”

"Suhua Notes?"

Mei Niang looked at Li Zhi slightly stunned: "This is ......"

"National mourning."

Li Zhi snorted in his nostrils, casually threw the brochure at his feet, and leaned into the cryptic sac before saying: "Over the years, whether it is Silla Baekje Goguryeo or Dongying Bohai Gaochang, they have all learned the etiquette and customs of our Tang Dynasty.

The plain flower handbook is a letter flower for the important ministers to pass the national funeral ceremony to the family. It seems that Qi Ming is really dying soon-after all, Zhongchen Kazuzu is the one who has been with her for the longest time...... It's just that when did this second son of the Zhongchen clan join my Tang Dynasty, why don't I know? ”

Sun Chu made an appointment to meet Li Zhi and asked, so he reported to Li Zhi the reason why the second son of the middle minister Kamazu was not equal to the Tang Dynasty.

It turns out that this Zhongchen is not as good as waiting for the Tang Dynasty, but it is very secretive. And when he went to the Tang Dynasty this time, he also had a very special task, that is, to try to find his brother Zhongchen Zhenren, who was the close attendant of the high monk Dinghui who had tried to bring Mei Niang to Dongying, and at the same time shaved his degree, and was not comparable to the same age as the Zhongchen.

But what he didn't expect was that because of the death of Dinghui that year, Zhiyuan was also sent to a deep prison by Jin Chunqiu, the lord of Silla, and was not on Middle-earth.

didn't think that he didn't have time to get up, and the letter of persuasion from the middle minister was sent to Datang.

When Li Zhi heard this, he immediately narrowed his eyes:

"This Zhongchen Kazuzu really has a soft spot for Datang...... The eldest son will send it, but will the younger one be sent too? Why, could it be that he also expected that as soon as Qi Ming died, he would inevitably lose power, so he left his youngest son in my capital first, so that those Dongying people would not dare to touch this child? But not necessarily? Isn't he afraid that I won't be happy, and even his little son will be killed? ”

"People have sent it, will he still worry about this?"

Mei Niang glanced at him and said lightly: "But speaking of which, this Zhongchen is really extremely smart...... If he can count this step, he can be regarded as being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with several ministers of our court. ”

Li Zhi snorted, but didn't say much, just turned his head and asked Sun about it, where is the Zhongchen waiting.

"Your Majesty, this minister is not as good as waiting for the name of his old words to call history. and took advantage of the relationship between an old general in his own family and General Yuan's family, under the name of Yuan Shi, and now he is a guest in General Yuan's mansion. ”

Li Zhi was stunned: "General Yuan? How could he ......"

subconsciously turned his head to look at Mei Niang, but found that she was also frowning.

"Did you hear General Yuan talk about this?" Li Zhi asked in a low voice - there is no other reason, the generals surnamed Yuan in the Tang Dynasty can be counted on ten fingers, but in the hearts of the important ministers in the court, the one who is really worthy of the title of general is the father of the first emperor Zhaoyuan Yuan.

And for Mei Niang, it is even more so. That's why she also shook her head: "A few days ago, on Suqin's birthday, I went with someone to add things to the general's mansion. Haven't heard of it...... I think that the general himself didn't know the origin of the child, but seeing that he was young and pitiful, he adopted him...... You also know that since Suqin, he has been especially fond of children. ”

Li Zhi was silent for a long time, and then shook his head and said softly: "Such a trivial matter, it is better not to alarm him or not to alarm him." After all, he is now old, and his body is not as good as before. If I use these things to bother him, I am afraid that he will have old wounds in his heart...... Anyway, the left and right are just children, and they can't make any big waves. Let him go. However, this matter still needs to be investigated in detail. Then there is Lao Sunqing who led people into Dongying to explore the current situation in Dongying. ”

Sun Chu accepted the holy decree and turned his head away for a moment.

And here, after frowning and thinking for a long time, Mei Niang also made a request to Li Zhi that surprised him:

"Can Jiro find an opportunity to let that mid-court minister wait to enter the palace? Mei Niang really wanted to see him. ”

(Note: Nakatomi is not equal, that is, Fujiwara is generally considered by the Japanese to be the ancestor of the "Fujiwara clan", a great surname that has been active in Japanese political history for nearly a thousand years.) Historical records record that he was born in 659 A.D., and there are historical records that it is called "history", here the author for the development of the story, his date of birth in advance, but also according to Japanese historical records, very yearning for the Tang Dynasty culture Fujiwara is not better shaped into a small Japanese Tang Dynasty student, please know, thank you! ）