In the palace chamber, Zhao Ziliang was talking about military and political affairs with officials and generals, and Zhao Ting and Dugu, the second minister of the Government Council, walked into the hall one after the other to salute Zhao Ziliang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The son (lower official) greets his father (the king)!"

"Excuse me!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and asked, "This time it took the two of you to go to Chang'an for half a year, how is the situation in Chang'an?" ”

Zhao Ting motioned to Dugu to ask the vulgar, and Dugu asked the vulgar and said: "Back to the king, Chang'an is no longer prosperous!" Now although the imperial court has quelled the rebellion, An Lushan, Shi Siming and his son have also become ancient, but most of the generals under the former command of these people have surrendered to the imperial court, and the following officials seem to have no fear of the imperial court, and their surrender is only an expedient measure, neither going to Chang'an to see the emperor, nor handing over the military power, its purpose is still to cut off the king, the imperial court in order to stabilize the overall situation, plus the treasury is empty, and the temporary inability to expropriate and suppress, can only be appeased, and the imperial court's decree can hardly enter the land of Hebei. However, now there is no northern border trouble, and Tubo in the west is also in civil strife, which cannot affect the Central Plains, as long as the emperor works hard, wait for a few years, the imperial court soldiers and horses are recharged, and the treasury is full, and then the conquest and suppression will be successful! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "It seems that this matter is only afraid that it will fall on Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi!" ”

Zhao Ting clenched his fists at this time and said: "Father, from the child's point of view, the Central Plains Dynasty is only afraid that it will decline by this point!" ”

"What?" When the officials and generals heard this, they immediately talked about it.

Zhao Ziliang also frowned and asked, "Where did you say that?" ”

"Father, the child has been in Chang'an for more than a month, participated in two court meetings, and has had dealings with many ministers in the court during the period, the child found that the situation in the court is now more chaotic than when the two emperors were in power, and the ministers of the court and the middle of the country have formed parties with each other for personal gain, and they have attacked each other. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he appointed Yuan Zai, Du Jianhong and Wang Jin as prime ministers, and Yuan Zai colluded with the eunuchs Dou Wenchang, Huo Xianming and others to deceive the saints, monopolize the government, exclude dissidents, dictate power, and monopolize private property, and build a large number of buildings. Du Hong's ambition gradually faded and he became obsessed with Buddhism; Wang Jin was timid and cowardly, and did not dare to confront Yuan Zai in the face of him, but echoed everything; Dou Wenchang, Huo Xianming, Ju Wenzhen and other eunuchs gained power, took charge of the forbidden army, controlled the command of the forbidden army, and controlled the emperor's behavior.

Zhao Ziliang sighed when he heard this: "Emperor Xuanzong knew that the eunuchs were growing before he died, and he issued a secret edict to let the king kill Li Fuguo, Cheng Yuanzhen, Yu Chaoen and other three, but I didn't expect that now the eunuch power is rising again, it seems that so many years of rebellion have made the royal family no longer trust the generals who command the army abroad, otherwise how could the eunuchs be allowed to take charge of the forbidden army?" Forget it, we can't manage the affairs of the Central Plains Imperial Court here. By the way, the Ministry of Rites has sent someone to inform you that I am going to hold a founding ceremony on the first day of September this year, have you reported this matter to the emperor and the imperial court? Did the emperor and the court reply? ”

Zhao Ting said: "The child has reported this matter to the emperor and the imperial court, and asked the emperor to send ministers to watch the ceremony." The emperor said that in early June, he would send Li Shi, the eldest son of the emperor and the king of Fengjie County, as an envoy to lead an envoy to observe the ceremony."

"Okay, you guys go down and rest first!"

"Leave the child!"

Zhao Ziliang sorted out his emotions and said to Dugu Jun, the chief supervisor of the Judicial Temple: "Lonely Jun, how is the Judicial Temple going to judge the case of the theft of papermaking?" ”

Dugu Jun stood up and arched his hand: "King, the case of papermaking theft involves four murders and an attempt to make a living in a row, the murderer Big Cannibal Monte killed three people in a row and should be sentenced to be executed, and the criminal who stole papermaking Abdullah can only be sentenced to five years of hard labor at most if he is sentenced according to the general theft case, but the lower official believes that this case cannot be regarded as an ordinary theft case, papermaking is a unique technology of my Tang Dynasty and Western Qin, and it appeared in the Han Dynasty, and it took nearly a thousand years to have such a mature technology today, which is by no means a million guan." , even 10 million can be bought, this is a priceless treasure! Abdullah's act is not just an ordinary theft, it is an act of meticulous work! The lower officials thought that it should be carried out as a crime of meticulous work, and sentenced to beheading! ”

"Okay, this case is decided! It can also be regarded as an explanation to the envoys of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Chola Kingdom! ”

The papermaking case caused a stir in the territory of Xiqin, and in just one month, it spread all over Xiqin, and this case made many Xiqin merchants with technology begin to pay attention to the confidentiality of technology, and try to prevent technology theft.

The official is more experienced in this area, as early as when Zhao Ziliang took over the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, he began to build a steel smelter, and after obtaining mature technology, he began to arrange secret measures for the technology! On the one hand, the assembly line operation is adopted, and the workers of each process are not allowed to enter the workshop of other processes, nor are they allowed to disclose the technology they are responsible for to anyone, which can not only improve production efficiency, but also play a role in technical confidentiality measures to a certain extent. On the other hand, a strict entry and exit inspection system is in place. In order to prevent the loss of technology caused by emergencies, the government has also set up a special yamen to organize the mature technology into written materials for sealed preservation, and only specific personnel are allowed to open and watch.

In order to prevent the leakage of technical secrets, the Xiqin officials also specially organized the owners of various factories to conduct technical confidentiality training, on the one hand, let them realize the importance of technical confidentiality from the ideological point of view, and on the other hand, teach some technical confidentiality measures. At the same time, in order to encourage the development of innovative technologies, the government has also established a patent office and promulgated laws to protect all technologies by patent.

On 21 March, the Luo County Judicial Office issued a verdict on the case of the theft of papermaking, and the defendant Abdullah was sentenced to be executed for espionage, and the prince of the Great Food King and the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom to the Western Qin, who was the mastermind behind the theft, was restricted from leaving the city by the Western Qin Imperial Court, and his guard Monte was sentenced to be executed for killing three people in a row, and three days later he was executed at the execution ground outside the West Gate.

Aziz, the deputy envoy of the Great Food Nation Mission, was very angry when he received the news, and immediately came to see Zhao Ziliang, who received him.

"Deputy Aziz, are you okay?"

Aziz asked, "My lord, I heard that the Luo County Judicial Office has sentenced Abdullah and Monte to be executed, and I, as the highest official of the Great Food Nation stationed here, I protest to the king and Western Qin!" Abdullah and Monte are the people of my Great Food Country, even if he commits a crime in your country, he should be sent back to the country to be dealt with by our officials, not by the Western Qin to judge and execute, please immediately order the Western Qin Judicial Temple to hand over Abdullah and Monte to us! ”

Zhao Ziliang's face became ugly when he heard this, and he said coldly: "Deputy Envoy Aziz, I think you are crazy!" This king has never heard of such a ridiculous request from you! The local government should be responsible for the investigation and trial of any crime that occurs in any place, and it has never been heard that the criminal should be repatriated to his original place of residence for disposal, which in itself is a sign of injustice! Your request is too rude, this king will not agree, and if you have a similar unreasonable demand, this king will not recognize your identity as the deputy envoy of the Great Food Country! Someone, send off! ”

Aziz shouted: "Great King, the Great Food Country is a big country, a big country with a population of 30 million, and it is by no means a steppe barbarian like the Khazar Khanate, you will regret it, you will definitely regret it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but sneer: "That's right, the Great Food Country is indeed not a steppe barbarian like the Khazar Khanate, but it is a desert barbarian!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's mood was disturbed very badly by this guy Aziz, and after driving Aziz away, he was furious in the palace hall: "Who does he think he is?" What's so great about Big Food? What's so great about 30 million people? Lao Tzu is going to destroy it and reduce them all to slavery! ”

Cen Shen persuaded beside him: "The king is angry, it's not worth being angry for this kind of person, it's a big injury to your body!" ”

"Hmph, this dog thing is so hateful, there are such unreasonable people in this world! No, it's not his reason, it's that he has the big food country behind him to support him, so he dares to be so presumptuous in front of this king! This king swears that he will destroy the Great Food Country in his lifetime, and be ashamed of the snow today! ”

Cen Shen was about to persuade again, but another official outside the door walked in and reported: "King, Julius, the envoy of the Eastern Roman Empire to my Western Qin, asks to see you!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sat back in his seat and said, "Bring him in!" ”

"Yes, King!"

After a while, a middle-aged Roman in a robe walked in, stroked his chest and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "Julius, the envoy of the Eastern Roman Empire, has seen the king!" ”

"Lord Julius, excuse me, please be seated!"

Julius saluted again and sat down on the stool that the guards had brought him.

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Julius, this is the first meeting between this king and you, right?" I wonder what happened to you when you came to see this king? ”

Julius said, "Dear King, this is indeed the first time I have met the King. I have come to see the king on this occasion in connection with the murder of our merchant Dumak at Henglos. This morning, I have learned that the judicial temple in your country has pronounced a verdict and sentenced the murderer to death! For this reason, we believe that your country's handling of this matter is still fair, but our government believes that this is not enough! ”

"Oh? Not enough? Zhao Ziliang frowned and asked, "Then how should it be judged according to the meaning of your envoy?" ”

Julius said: "Such a verdict is already possible! However, although the murderer is about to pay for his life, what about the loss of the family of our businessman Dumak? All the sources of income in Dumak's family were earned by Dumak's businessman, and now that he is dead, his family has lost all their livelihood, how will you let his family live in the future? Therefore, we believe that your country should compensate the Dumak family with a sum of money, about 500,000 Western Qin silver coins! After all, he was killed in the territory of your country, and the government of your country did not play a role in protecting him! ”