"Cut, it's just a Buddha statue, and I'm embarrassed to say that I can bless my Datang to become a happy land, dream!"

The corners of Li Yuanba's mouth grinned, obviously not interested in this Buddha statue.

But to be honest, this Buddha statue looks quite valuable, looking at the luster, the luster of the gemstones, and the delicate carving...... Tsk, if you put it in Li Yuanba's previous life, I'm afraid it will be priceless!

However, what Li Yuanba is worried about now is not these, but Li Shimin's attitude.

Seeing that Fang Cai was still very happy, Li Shimin, who was full of excitement, became dim the moment the Buddha statue appeared, and then it was a little gloomy.

Li Yuanba was happy when he saw it, and he suddenly remembered the history of the development of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty:

Buddhism was introduced to China after BC, from the official record of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty for exactly 600 years.

In the following nearly three hundred years, with the comprehensive development of the Tang Dynasty's economy and culture, Buddhism also ushered in one of the most glorious periods in its history.

However, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, that is, during the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin advocated cultural and martial arts, strongly suppressed Buddhism, and became a monk only one of the objects he could use to gain power.

Therefore, Li Shimin was well aware of the power of Buddhism among the people, and he tried to balance the power of all sides while establishing Confucian orthodoxy and filial piety to Taoism.

At present, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as many other sects, are already in a state of relative equilibrium, and if a sect appears at this time with a so-called 'holy object' with strong symbolic significance, this balance will be broken.

At that time, I am afraid that there will be some kind of change in the Tang Dynasty, and this kind of change happens to be the last thing Li Shimin wants to see and does not want to see.

Therefore, it is strange that Li Shimin can have a good face now!

"Sanshui, put it away!"

Li Shimin had an expressionless face and ordered Liu Sanshui to put this thing away. As for where to go, he has been with Li Shimin for so many years, if Liu Sanshui doesn't know how to do it, then he can go home to retire.

seems to be a little uncomfortable with the change in Li Shimin's attitude, after all, for the Tianzhu Kingdom, where Buddhism is prevalent, this Amitayus Buddha statue is a national treasure, even if it is not greeted by 10,000 people, it should be a guard of honor to greet it?

Holding this breath in his heart, Tashi, who couldn't breathe, shook his head and threw this thought out of his mind. He continued to instruct his men to bring up the rest of the wealth and tribute.

Except for this Buddha statue, the others seem to be much inferior, such as red coral trees, diamonds, deep-sea pearls, and century-old mountain ginseng...... These things can also be found in Datang, at best, they are just some additives.

Nothing was delivered worth millions of taels of silver, and Tashi stopped.

The hall is full of jewels, but fortunately, the courtiers in the hall are not nouveau riche-style turtles, even if they look at it, they are greedy. But I also understand that these things have nothing to do with their copper plate, and it is useless to be greedy.

"Well, it seems that King Tianzhu also has a heart for such treasures! Since your king is so sincere, I will take it all! ”

Although I am still a little dissatisfied with these things. However, Li Shimin still made a happy expression of acceptance on his face.

"Where is Honglu Temple?"

After expressing his kindness, Li Shimin said loudly.

An elegant middle-aged man in court clothes stood up from the court, bowed down and saluted: "Bai Wenxuan, the secretary of Honglu Temple, meet Your Majesty!" ”

Honglu Temple is in charge of the affairs of foreign tribute in Tibet. And Honglu Siqing is an official of the four products, and he is also a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty, so he is naturally qualified to attend the court meeting.

Of course. Although the fourth-grade official is nothing in Li Shimin's eyes, in terms of Li Shimin's character, even if he sees a seventh-grade sesame official, he is still kind: "Bai Aiqing, let's be even!" ”

Li Shimin went straight to the topic and asked: "Bai Aiqing, this time Tashi's special envoy led the envoys of Tianzhu State to come to my Tang Dynasty to pay tribute. Later, I will hold a banquet in the palace to entertain the envoys of the Tianzhu Kingdom, and then you can bring them into the palace! ”

"Obey Your Majesty's will!" Bai Wenxuan respectfully received the order.

Tashi knew that this was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was issuing an order to expel guests, so he naturally wouldn't be so uninteresting, and saluted directly: "In this way, the minister will thank His Majesty the Tang Emperor!" ”

"Well, go down to the palace!" Li Shimin waved his hand and sent Tashi to the palace.

……

Honglu Temple is a post house arranged by the Tianzhu State Mission.

Tashi, with a blue nose and swollen face and a fat face, sat quietly at the long table in the room.

Standing beside him, in addition to Posimon, there was a typical Tang man.

"Your Excellency, are we just going to sit like this?" Persimon touched his shoulder, which had been almost shattered, and there was a hint of hatred in his eyes.

When he was in Tianzhu Kingdom, he was a great general who dominated Tianbo City, how could he have suffered such humiliation? If it weren't for the fact that his body was different from ordinary people since he was a child, I am afraid that his shoulders would be useless.

"Humph! Do you still have the face to mention this? ”

Tashi couldn't help but feel a little angry when he thought of the few thunderous shocks that had caused heavy losses to the envoys in the morning.

Those loud noises not only caused the members of the envoy to die and wounded, but also made him lose face in front of his subordinates. If this Bo Simon is strong enough, how could he be so ridiculed by Tang Bing?

Seeing Tashi's anger, Bo Simon couldn't help but feel very aggrieved while being a little angry:

If it weren't for your stinky mouth that provoked people, would I have been beaten up by that guy? Besides, you yourself are not angry, and you have to be quite backbone at the beginning, but in the end, you are not afraid of being beaten and succumb to the silver power of others?

Oh, now you know to be angry, angry with a fart!

"Zhou Neng, how is the inquiry!"

Sighing, Tashi glanced at the Tang man standing beside him and said.

"If you go back to your lordship, you have already found out!" The Tang man named Zhou Neng replied and said, "The prince has been imprisoned in Dali Temple for 14 days. As for what's going on inside...... My lord, please forgive my subordinates for their incompetence! ”

"Oh? Can't you know what's going on inside the edict with your ability? ”

Tashi is very strange, you must know that this Zhou Nengke is an all-round character, with two large restaurants in Chang'an City, and a silk village.

The people who interact with him every day are the princes and ministers in the court, and Li You, the king of Yan, is his guest, such a person, it stands to reason that if you want to listen to the information in the following Dali Temple edict, it is simply easy, how can it seem now, but it is not like that at all?

"My lord, this Dali Temple edict was personally supervised by His Royal Highness King Wu, and after it was built, from the officials to the jailers, all of them were carefully selected by His Royal Highness King Wu!"

Zhou Neng smiled bitterly and continued: "And the guards and officials in this edict have always looked like they are not allowed to enter, and they are silently silent about the edict in prison!" The subordinate had a relationship with a jailer in the Imperial Prison before, and this had just made a breakthrough, and the jailer was suddenly transferred out of the Imperial Prison, and his entire family disappeared from Chang'an City. Can't find it anymore! I doubt ......"

"What do you suspect?" Tashi asked rhetorically.

"I wonder if the imperial court killed the jailer and his relatives in order to prevent him from leaking the secrets in the edict of Dali Temple?"

Zhou Neng hesitated for a moment and continued: "And what has made his subordinates feel strange recently is that there always seem to be suspicious people outside several of his subordinate shops recently, as if someone is spying on his subordinates!" ”

"Kill people and kill people, and monitor them closely?"

Hou Neng's words frightened Tashi, if this is the case, I am afraid that Zhou Neng will be seen when he comes to the post house.

"No, you must go back to your house now! Remember, be sure to keep an eye on your eyes and never leave your tail behind! ”

Tashi suddenly got to his feet, his fat face flashing with light.

"This, I deliberately made a lot of detours when I came, and I came to the post house after making sure that no one was following, so I don't need to be so nervous, right?" Zhou Neng frowned and said, "Besides, what should I do with the prince?" I haven't made a thorough rescue plan yet, and I won't be at ease when I go back! ”

"We don't know anything about the situation inside the Imperial Prison, how to rescue the prince? This matter needs to be considered in the long run! Tashi said sternly, "Right now, the most important thing is to make sure that you are not exposed, otherwise, all these years of hard work will be in vain!" ”

"Yes! Then the subordinates will retire first! ”

Zhou Neng lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally bowed to Tashi, put on a navy blue robe, covered it from head to toe, and then hurried out of the post house.

"Huh, you idiot!" Looking at Zhou Neng, who was leaving, a mocking smile appeared on Tashi's face.

"Your Excellency, do you want to find someone to deal with him, lest he reveal the purpose of our trip!" Posimon glanced at Cassie and whispered.

"Smack!"

Tashi suddenly turned around and slapped him hard in the face, knocking him out.

"Zhou Neng is a fool, you are stupider than him!" Tashi looked at Bo Simon with his head held high, and reprimanded loudly: "Zhou Neng has been operating in Datang for 20 years, whether it is upper-level interpersonal relationships or various business and trade contacts, it is incomparable to us!" Kill him, what will happen to the intelligence network that we have built up with great difficulty, will you take over? ”

Speaking of this, Tashi paused and said, "Hmph, if that's the case, when we return to Tianbo City, we will be completely blind, and you and I can't afford this responsibility!" (To be continued......)