Chapter Twenty-Four: The Death of Profit

The red dust is rolling, and all living beings are in various states.

Some laughed, some scolded, some sad, and some sang.

But just as no two leaves are the same, no one in the world can truly understand another person's grief.

Jie Li died, dying on New Year's Day in Chang'an City, near the end of the New Year.

No one cares about the sorrow and crying of the Jieli family in the Taifu Temple, and no one cares about the news of the death of this little king of the dead country, and even the "Datang News" just reported this matter in a small space near the corner.

People will always selectively forget those who fall from a height, and since ancient times, it is natural that sublime profits cannot be exempt from vulgarity.

In fact, Jieli has already died, from the time he chose to flee, the powerful Turkic Khan in history has already died, and the one who danced to Li Yuan to the music in the main hall of Weiyang Palace was just a walking corpse of Jieli.

It is not difficult to imagine that from the king of a country to the dancing boy under the steps, what kind of mental journey Jieli's heart has experienced, listening to Feng Zhidai's poetry and watching Jieli's barbarian dance, Li Yuan pointed and said excitedly: "Hu Yue's family, for the unprecedented thing in ancient times!" At that time, what exactly would Jie Li think?

The Turks used to be a powerful empire, in its heyday, its territory stretched from the Great Khing'an Mountains in the east, to the West Sea in the west, to Lake Baikal in the north, and to the Amu Darya River in the south.

It really doesn't make much sense for a dead king to live like this, so after the royal banquet is over. Then he returned to his lodgings in despair. Sighing. He became ill, bedridden, and died in just a few days.

A white tent was hung in the guest house of Taifu Temple, and Li Er ordered the burial of the corpse in a Turkic style. Posthumously presented to the righteous king, it was said that it was famine.

Jieli's son Dialuozhi was very filial, and after his father died, he cried to death. After Li Er heard this, he said with emotion: "Heaven is benevolent and filial, regardless of Huayi, don't say that Hulu has no unique people!" ”

After his death, his loyal servant Moda was so grieved that he committed suicide. Taizong was even more surprised by this, posthumously presented Moda as the general of Zhonglang, and was buried in Badong together with Jieli, and ordered the text of Lang Cen to be used as an epitaph for his tree monument.

The news of Jieli's death seemed to be a stone thrown into the pool in Datang. Even the ripples were quietly forgotten.

The dead have sacrifices for the dead, and those who live have more pursuit of the living.

Chang'an City is becoming more and more lively. The life of the people of Chang'an is also more and more fulfilling, the supermarket in each street has become a huge chain market, the people who come to shop by bicycle every day are endless, the commodity trading is more colorful and varied, the east and west cities of Chang'an have now become a variety of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver and jade trading places, the steam bus that swallows black smoke is still running day and night on the Xuanwu trunk road connecting this east and west city, and the business club sings night and night, a prosperous scene.

No one knows what kind of changes the Tang Dynasty is experiencing, and even many nobles in Chang'an still don't quite understand what kind of expansion is taking place in the territory of the Tang Dynasty every day, this is an era of rapid change, and it is the best era of the Tang Dynasty

"This is the latest overseas territory, Lao Yu, come and see, this Diaoyu Island is the latest to be included, and it will be changed today." Yao Silian held a huge nautical chart in his hand and handed it to a middle-aged man next to him.

"Diaoyu Island? Haven't all the islands in Southeast Asia been included and explored, why are there new islands? The middle-aged man was originally commenting on something with a red pen, but when he heard Yao Silian speak, he stopped what he was doing and asked curiously.

"This time it's not an island in Southeast Asia, it's a border on the Ryukyu Islands." Yao Silian said with a smile.

"Ryukyu?" The middle-aged man took the map, "The land of the Ryukyus is small enough, how can there be new islands?" With that, he looked at the chart and let out a chuckle.

"I said Lao Yao, such a small island also has to be reported, those businessmen who are exploring overseas want to be rewarded and want to go crazy." The middle-aged man pointed to the chart, "It's only two miles long, what can you do on it?" ”

Yao Silian shrugged his shoulders, "How do I know this, the original Guigu Court judgment required that no matter how small our island is, it should be clearly marked as my Datang territory, and no one dares to move this regulation, didn't a fisherman find a small strait bay in the Philippines last time and gave out rewards?" ”

When Germanium Liang heard this, he shook his head with a smile, "If you want me to say, this kind of island is just chicken ribs, and it is useless to eat it, and it is a pity to abandon it." ”

"What the germanium duke said is really wrongβ€”"

Suddenly hearing a voice from the door, Germanium Liang and Yao Silian looked up together, and saw Qin Qiong standing outside the door with a radiant look.

"It turned out to be Mr. Shubao, please come in quickly." Yao Silian still has a lot of respect for Qin Qiong.

Closing the door, the honeycomb coal stove in the room began to emit heat again, raising the temperature of the entire room, and a scholar who followed behind Qin Qiong hurriedly took off the coat and jacket that Qin Qiong was wearing and hung it on the hanger next to him.

Qin Qiong's face was warm, and she said with a smile: "I heard the conversation between the two of you just outside the door, and I happened to come in to inquire about overseas matters, so I didn't knock on the door, which is rude." ”

Yao Silian hurriedly said: "Mr. Qin is too modest, no one in the academy knows your identity as a chair professor of the Military Academy, you can come to the Chart Department for some guidance, it is a flourishing and shining, how can there be any rudeness." ”

When Qin Qiong heard the compliment, she was neither happy nor annoyed, and said indifferently: "I just heard Brother Ge Liang say that this newly discovered island is chicken ribs, which is very wrong. ”

The germanium liang next to him clasped his fists and said, "Please also ask Mr. Qin to make it clear." ”

Qin Qiong sat upright, and his face suddenly changed sternly: "At the beginning, I had an extremely detailed discussion with Xu Yang, the founder of the academy, about the territory, among which Xu Gong paid the most attention to the power of the sea, and at that time he listed the value of the island as three, first, the economic development value of the island and its surrounding waters. Whether it is fishing or treasures under the sea, this point is that Guigu is relatively proficient, so I will not elaborate on it, and second, the island will play a vital role in the delimitation of the sea. This is the foundation of my Datang territory, and we must not be sloppy. Third, it is more or less potential military value, which can sometimes affect the situation of a war just by virtue of a terrain, which Qin has waved his troops for decades, and his understanding is not profound, so although this island is small, it cannot be given away to future generations. ”

When Germanium Liang heard this, his face showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and he made a literati's great salute, bowed down and said: "What General Qin said is extremely true, Germanium has been taught. ”

Qin Qiong smiled and nodded, "Gong germanium and Duke Yao are both the pillars of the Hongwen Pavilion transferred to Nanshan Academy, one point is clear, and I hope that the two of them can make more contributions to the academy, and he will definitely use the credit of the two of them in the future." ”

"Oh, don't you dare to be, don't dare to be" Just when Yao Silian and Germanium Liang were modest, the door was pushed open again, and this time people walked in, which made everyone stunned, it was actually Fang Xuanling, the prime minister of the dynasty.

"Haha, I'll just say that Brother Liang is also here, Brother Silian, it's been a long time." Fang Xuanling's eyes narrowed into slits, and he greeted germanium Liang and Yao Silian with a smile, and at this time, he suddenly saw Qin Qiong sitting on the side, Fang Xuanling was also stunned for a moment, and then put on a friendly look again, "I didn't expect General Qin to be there, it's rude." ”

Qin Qiong was also very surprised, looked at Fang Xuanling, paused for a moment before asking, "Fang Xiangri has a lot of opportunities, why do you have time to come to the academy today to join in the fun?" ”

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he laughed, turned his head to look behind him, and saw Xu Yang walking in from the door slowly, only to see Xu Yang's face a little tired, and he glared when he entered the house, and said, "There are so many people." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the academy in Guigu is famous, and I haven't been able to find time to see it once, and this time I came to make up for my regrets." ”

Xu Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't ask me, so I've become a leader again."

(To be continued......)

ps: The first volume is really badly written, a book that was originally opened for fun, and now it is like a fish in the throat, what a sad story. R1292