After Shi Bufan settled the affairs of this international student college, he continued to return to his work position, that is, the host and guest room. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoEspecially this host and guest man has been very busy recently, because it is the second year of Li Shimin's accession to the throne, and there are many foreign envoys who come to congratulate Li Shimin on his accession to the throne and celebrate the New Year, such days are actually very busy. In particular, the main and guest departments in charge of foreign affairs and the Honglu Temple are all responsible for foreign affairs.

However, the extraordinary host and guest division is much less than the affairs of Honglu Temple, which is responsible for specific reception affairs, including the placement and accompaniment of various mission personnel, which is very detailed and complex. As for Shi Bufan, the host and guest department only needs to be responsible for those specific government affairs, and there is no need to be responsible for the daily arrangements for foreigners in too much detail.

After all, this host and guest department is a government affairs department, not a affairs department, and is not responsible for too many specific affairs.

"Shi Caochang, the envoy of the Western Turks is here!" A scribe said.

"Please come in!" Shi Bufan replied.

Soon two people walked in, obviously people in the style of the Western Regions, and these two were also the envoys of the Western Turks.

Since the Turks smashed a punch on the Turkic rift, the Turks were completely divided. From then on, the Turks were divided into two parts, east and west. Among them, Jieli dominates the eastern part, which is called "East. Turkic". The other part is the Western Turks, in which the familiar Turks are also the Eastern Turks. The Turks are predominant, and as for the Western Turks, the general public does not know much.

However, this Western Turk also knows something, and this Western Turk controls the Western Regions. That is, from Xinjiang in later generations to Uzbekistan, and even a part of the Arab region.

"I've seen Shi Langzhong!" The two Western Turkic envoys spoke together.

"You two have come from afar, can you introduce yourself?" Shi Bufan said.

The leader took the initiative to say, "I am Qarluq, the uncle of the current Tongye Hu Khan. ”

"I'm Ashina!"

Hearing the introduction of these two guys, the corners of Shi Bufan's mouth twitched, how could these two guys actually come together.

"It's interesting, it's really interesting, it's so interesting!" Shi Bufan thought to himself.

Shi Bufan smiled meaningfully at that Ge Lulu, which made this Ge Lulu's heart tremble, as if his biggest secret had been seen through.

However, Ge Lulu quickly forced his composure, believing that no one in the Tang Dynasty could know about his plan.

"Come on, you two, I will receive you as the host and guest today, and discuss the affairs of congratulating you on our New Year and the emperor's enthronement." Shi Bufan said.

When the official presentation of credentials and the official meeting with the head of state are usually received by people from the foreign affairs department for preliminary discussions. The head of state of a country is very good at discussing detailed matters, as long as he has a grasp of the general direction. In fact, the specific matter is in charge of the people in the foreign affairs department like Shi Bufan, and it is only when the process is negotiated to take the head of state.

"I heard that the Western Turkic commander Yehu Khan is majestic and has great martial arts, and he has conquered the east and the west along the way, opening up territory for the Western Turks, so he really wants to dominate the Western Regions! Even the Eastern Roman Empire is very afraid of you! Shi Bufan said.

"Eastern Roman Empire?" I don't quite understand it.

"Oh? Misplaced, maybe you should call it Great Qin! Shi Bufan said.

"Oh? It turned out to be Great Qin, of course we were, we once defeated Great Qin. Daqin actually has nothing to be afraid of, we directly beat them very miserably. Ni said proudly.

Shi Bufan replied with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to be too complacent, you may only be able to defeat a part of Great Qin's troops." I am afraid that their national power may not be worse than yours, but even stronger than yours. However, because the Eastern Roman Empire is pinned down by the Arabs, that is, the Great Cannibals, it cannot fight you with all its might. There is another party, they are also because of the split, in fact, this Great Qin is split, and it is far from their heyday. ”

"But this Da Qin is actually not weak, don't underestimate him!"

The Eastern Roman Empire during this period is also known to be the Byzantine Empire, and the strength of the Eastern Roman Empire is not weak, but the Arabs are also rising, and they have many opponents.

In ancient China, there were far more exchanges between China and the West than many later generations. As early as the Han Dynasty, there were records of the Roman Empire, which was called the "Great Qin". As for the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao of the Western Regions once met with a local governor of Rome with 70,000 troops, but there were no conflicts and wars, and it was relatively friendly. Ban Chao sent his subordinate Gan Ying to meet with the other party, which can be regarded as a relationship.

During the Tang Dynasty, there were also Chinese envoys to the Eastern Roman Empire, and they returned to China from Guangzhou by land and sea.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Anxi Imperial Protectorate was an important commercial channel, opening up many commercial channels to trade between the East and the West, creating the prosperity of the commodity economy in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and the Silk Road reached its peak era.

However, this is a matter after the medium term, and what Shi Bufan needs to think about now is to prepare for the future.

At present, the Western Turks occupy the Western Regions, cutting off the trade routes between the Tang Dynasty and the West, which is something to pay attention to.

It is imperative to open up the Silk Road to the Western Regions and strengthen exchanges between the East and the West, and it is better to solve this kind of matter later than earlier.

But now that the Western Turks have occupied the Silk Road, it was not easy to open it up at that time.

"Tongye Hu Khan's martial arts are at their peak, and I think they have created a lot of martial arts. However, I think in the Western Turkic country, not everyone likes this Tongye Hu Khan! Is that right? Mr. Glolu? Shi Bufan asked.

Ge Lulu almost sat on the ground, Shi Bufan's hint was in the red fruit. Ge Lulu felt that the thoughts in his heart were seen through by Shi Bufan, which made Ge Lulu afraid. If Shi Bufan told his thoughts to the Western Turkic Tongyehu Khan, then I am afraid that he really can't go back, and once he goes back at that time, I am afraid that he will be killed by the Tongyehu Khan on the spot, this is not a joke.

However, this Qarlu is not an ordinary person, as if he pretended that nothing happened, as if nothing had happened.

Because he soon understood that Shi Bufan didn't have the idea of making this matter public. If Shi Bufan really wanted to poke it out on purpose, then I'm afraid he wouldn't deliberately hint at it here at all, but would poke it out directly, and he wouldn't talk nonsense at all.

However, Ge Lulu also knew that Shi Bufan was most likely trying to blackmail him, whether it was economic blackmail or political blackmail, in short, the Tang Dynasty wanted to blackmail Ge Lulu.

Ge Lulu actually regarded this behavior as the behavior of the Tang Dynasty, and he didn't know that this was just Shi Bufan's own assertions, just a temporary play by Shi Bufan.

However, as a diplomat, there must be sufficient authorization, and it is okay to change the plan at the last minute. In international interactions, plans are often not as fast as changes, and diplomats are generally fully empowered. This is especially true in ancient times, where generals and diplomats had sufficient authorization, after all, transportation and communication were inconvenient in ancient times, so it was inevitable to return to China for instructions on everything.

Shi Bufan's self-assertive behavior is not actually against ancient diplomatic conventions, this is one of Shi Bufan's powers, and he can change the original plan according to the situation.

"Our Tongye Hu Khan is really a great hero, how can anyone be unconvinced?" Ni replied.

Shi Bufan didn't say much, but said: "Tongye Hu Khan is actually the 'brother-in-law' of our Tang Emperor, and our Tang Dynasty once promised to marry the daughter of the clan to give Tongye Hu Khan, so we should actually be a country of in-laws between our two countries." ”

"Of course, of course!" Qarlu first conformed, looking like a "sycophant".

Ni Yu looked at Ge Lulu, and was surprised, Ge Lulu, who is also very prestigious in the country on weekdays, is the elder of the Khan, and his prestige is very high! How did you come to Datang, and you are so "sycophant" in front of a five-grade official?

But Ge Lulu also had bitterness in his heart and couldn't say it, he felt that he had been caught by Datang, where could he say anything. He didn't know how much Datang knew, and he was even more afraid that Datang would spread the news to the Western Turks, so that he would have no place to be buried.

This fear of the unknown is the most terrifying, and the fear of human beings comes from the unknown. The unknown is the source of human fear, and human beings are afraid of death, in fact, they are essentially afraid of the unknown. Because human beings don't know where they will go after death, if they can prove that they will go to the knife mountain and go down the oil pot after death, in fact, in a sense, they will not be afraid. The unknown is the greatest fear of human beings, including the fear of death, which also comes from the fear of the unknown.

Ge Lulu didn't know how many things Datang had mastered, especially how much information he had mastered, which was what Ge Lulu was most worried and afraid of.

"Ge Lulu, you have been caught by me, then I don't want to blackmail you next, then my years of international relations study are in vain!" Shi Bufan thought with a smile.

Next, Shi Bufan routinely discussed with the two Western Turkic envoys about the next meeting with the emperor and the submission of credentials. However, this is just a routine matter, and there is not much real practical negotiation.

This process is also simple, in fact, diplomacy is such a thing as "kung fu outside the play", and what is made public will not be real diplomacy. Therefore, many people really think that the ancient diplomacy was just those foreigners who came and gave a lot of wealth, showing the wealth of China.

In fact, the real process of specific diplomacy will not be written into the history books, and the real conspiracy and calculation will not be written into the history books. What is written in the history books is often the stuff of Gao Daquan Wei Guangzheng, how can such a diplomatic conspiracy be written in the history books?

What's more, when discussing these conspiracies, there is no historian next to them who are recording them in detail. What people really record and shoot is those things that go through the process. In ancient times, it was not that there was no diplomacy, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty were experts in playing diplomacy. Unite the Western Turks to isolate Jieli to the East. The Turks, then united with Silla to destroy Baekje Goguryeo, and finally pacified the Tibetans to settle the Western Turks and the Western Regions.

Those who think that ancient China had no diplomacy can only be of no use other than exposing their own shallowness.

"Ge Lulu, wait a minute, I'll invite you to Qin's Restaurant for dinner, what do you think?" Shi Bufan said.

Ge Lulu smiled bitterly, this is definitely a Hongmen banquet! Shi Bufan is obviously going to have a showdown with him, and Shi Bufan is going to blackmail this Qarluq. But Ge Lulu had to agree, this Hongmen banquet must also go, who let Ge Lulu be caught!

If it was in the Turks, Qarlu could certainly slaughter those who knew their secrets. But this is the Tang Dynasty, it is in the Shangshu Province of the Tang Palace, if he is willing to be rude, then Zhou Wei's Qianniuwei will definitely slaughter him.

This is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it is the home of the extraordinary times, and Ge Lulu can only bear it.

"Hehe, since it was Shi Langzhong's invitation, then I must go!" Gharluch smiled reluctantly.

"What about me?" Mud asked.

Of course, Shi Bufan can't let the mud go, this mud man is clearly the person who controls the Ye to protect the Khan, if he is allowed to go, how can he blackmail this Ge Lulu.

"You don't need it, we are the main envoy for the banquet this time, and the deputy envoy doesn't need to go." Shi Bufan said.

As the deputy envoy of the Western Turks, Ni Xiao's heart is like 10,000 grass and mud horses passing by. This is really a sentence, being an official doesn't have a long, and I don't want to fart. With a "vice" in front, talking doesn't count!

I don't get taken seriously as a deputy envoy, and I don't have my own share in the banquet, can this not make the mud like 10,000 grass and mud horses passing by?

However, Ni Xiao didn't suspect anything, because this seems to be a little "reasonable", so it's not convenient for Ni Yu to say anything. Of course, this is also based on the fact that the mud does not know the idea of Qarlu, which is why he is so unsuspicious.

"Ge Lulu, let's go, we have asked Qin's Restaurant to arrange the meal, let's go immediately." Try it today, our famous dish in Chang'an, and also the famous dish I invented, Chang'an roast duck! This Chang'an roast duck, but I specially researched it, and used the method of stuffing the duck before slaughtering, which is called a fat! That fat duck, grilled out of crispy skin and fragrant meat, a bite is full of fat oil, sure enough, the fat duck is delicious! Shi Bufan said.

"Hehe, let's take a walk, let's try it together, I really don't know if Shi Langzhong will use these methods, we must go!" Gharlu laughed.

However, Ge Lulu was very depressed in his heart, this time he was "Hongmen Banquet", can he not worry? I'm afraid, no matter how delicious the duck is, it will have no appetite.

Even, Ge Lulu felt that this time he was the real "fat duck", waiting to be eaten! I have become a "fat duck", where do I still have the heart to eat fat ducks.

Perhaps, the fat duck I ate this time is very expensive, and the price is not low.

(To be continued.) )