This is the first time that the Foreign Affairs Yuan has done things in front of so many people, Zhang Yang is carrying a vegetable basket, no official uniform, just wearing a patched cloth shirt.

Zhang Daxiang was helpless and didn't know how to talk about it.

A good etiquette book, how can he be like an ordinary villager.

It seems that Zhang Yang has always been like this, whether he was just a clerk of the Ministry of Rites before or a scholar of the Ministry of Rites now, he has not changed.

Listening to the people of the Western Regions talking loudly, the tone was very heavy, and it didn't sound like good words.

Zhang Yang looked at Xu Jingzong, "What did this guy say?" ”

Xu Jingzong summoned a scribe in a Confucian shirt, who was recruited by the Foreign Affairs Academy, just like the other people in Confucian shirts here.

None of them were official officials of the Ministry of Rites, nor were they registered in the Ministry of Rites, but only the staff of the Foreign Affairs Yuan.

The Foreign Affairs Yuan needs sufficient manpower, and the clerical officials that the DPRK and China can provide cannot professionally meet the needs of the current Ministry of Rites.

Although this person is wearing a Confucian shirt, he has a beard and a stubble on his face, a clean Confucian shirt on the outside, and he can be seen wearing coarse cloth clothes on the inside, and he is a good hand at speaking from the Western Regions.

"Xu Shilang, this person from the Western Regions is saying that the Tang Dynasty should seek justice from Gaochang for Qiuzi."

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "This person is proficient in the Western Regions dialect, there will be no mistake, Xia Guan has tried many times." ”

Zhang Dasu had his men escort King Qiuzi out of the prison cart.

Zhang Daxiang took out a silk book and read it aloud: "The royal family of Qiuci in the Western Regions, entrenched in one of the four towns of Anxi, Qiuci has been the territory of the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty, and you support your own army, cut off trade routes, and conspire with the Western Turks to occupy the Western Regions for your own benefit, can you deny the crime?" ”

"You fart!"

King Qiuzi spoke.

Zhang Yang said unexpectedly: "It turns out that you can speak Guanzhong, which is much more convenient." ”

The Gaochang people who escorted the royal family of Qiuci also handed over the silk book seal, and Zhang Yang looked at the silk book.

Zhang Dasu said: "Since the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the king of Qiuzi Jiangbin married the daughter of the princess of Wusun Han as his wife, and then entered the Han Dynasty many times, and the Han relatives, surrendered to the Han, and now the envoy Nali refused to return the four towns of Anxi, and took it into the dungeon after the autumn. ”

"The Great Pearl Khan will not let go of the Tang Dynasty, and he will definitely recapture the Western Regions in the coming day! Take Gaochang, and you will pay the price for what you have done now! ”

His words were loud, causing a burst of discussion among the surrounding onlookers.

Zhang Yang frowned and thought for a long time, then turned his head and wanted to look at Xu Jingzong again, "Who is the True Pearl Khan he is talking about?" ”

Xu Jingzong replied: "It should be fifteen years ago Zhenzhu Khan Qi Jin, this person is very conceited, after several years of changes, the Western Turks have been chaotic several times, and they have long passed away, and now the Great Khan of the Wild Leaves is vicious, and the original descendants of the Zhenzhu Khan are almost wiped out." ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said: "So that's the case, the changes in the Western Turks in the past two years are really big." ”

Xu Jingzong nodded, "The Western Turkic Khans of all dynasties have respected the Zhenzhu Khan. ”

Seeing that this turtle envoy still looked confident, he stood up straight.

Hearing the conversation between Zhang Yang and Xu Jingzong, the king of Qiuzi was speechless for a while, how could these people in front of him know so much about the Turks, and even the temperament of the Great Khan of the Wild Leaf Protector khan.

Seeing Zhang Yang walking towards him, Bu lost his head subconsciously lowered.

"It doesn't matter if you admit guilt or not, Qiuzi is already in the hands of Datang, if you can confess your guilt, maybe you can still live as Datang's foreign envoy, if you don't admit guilt, you will only die."

Bu Shibi slowly looked up at the young man in his early twenties in front of him.

Zhang Yang said again: "Datang can give you a decent one, I also know that your Qiuci attachment to the Western Turks has given them a lot of benefits every year, but the Great Khan of the Wild Leaf Protector has plundered the Qiuci more and more, and you have long been overwhelmed, you confess your guilt now, I can give you a chance to take revenge on the Wild Leaf Protector." ”

Bu Shibi whispered, "What you said is true? ”

"That's nature."

Zhang Yang stood up straight again, and asked loudly again: "Guizi anti-Wang Bu is lost, do you plead guilty?" ”

Bu Bibi slowly spoke, and said weakly: "I confess." ”

Zhang Yang looked around, "Be louder!" Don't act like we're pushing you. ”

"Confession, confession, confession."

Bu lost Bi said three times in a row.

"Be louder and let everyone hear."

"I plead guilty!" Bu Shibi almost shouted, and he gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang smiled back and said to Zhang Daxiang: "Like the previous Tuyuhun royal family, if you are brought into the prison of the Criminal Department, I will personally explain it to Tian Khan, and then decide how to send it." ”

"Whoa."

More than a dozen members of the Qiuzi royal family were taken away, and all the men brought this time were men, according to Gaochang's rules, no women and children were killed or arrested, and all those who were arrested were men.

The onlookers dispersed.

Li Chengqian, who had watched the whole process, nodded, "It's not far from the rebuilding of the four towns of Anxi, and I, Datang, will definitely recover the Western Regions." ”

The eldest grandson Chong said in a low voice: "What did this Zhang Yang and King Qiuzi say, why did he suddenly confess." ”

Zhang Da'an explained: "The Ministry of Rites has been exploring the situation in the Western Regions for a long time, and I heard my brother say that the Western Turks are very chaotic at the moment, and after Gaochang grew stronger, the Western Turks lost half of the Yinli River. ”

Looking at Li Chengqian again, Zhang Daan arched his hand and said, "I heard from the two brothers in the family. ”

Li Chengqian nodded appreciatively, "With Zou Guogong's guidance and Zhang Yang's presence, this Foreign Affairs Institute is bound to be able to do more meritorious things in the future." ”

Zhang Da'an saluted again.

The three of them walked out of the inn, and the crowd dispersed.

Zhang Dasu escorted people to the Criminal Department.

Zhang Yang sat in the diplomatic courtyard and listened to Zhang Daxiang and Xu Jingzong's narration.

"So this Great Khan of the Wild Leaf Protector is ruthless, plundering the Western Regions everywhere?"

"Since this person became the master of the Western Turks, the Western Turks have been disheartened, and when Gaochang attacked the Western Turks, the Great Khan did not help."

Zhang Daxiang looked worried.

While a few people were discussing, a scribe hurriedly came, "Zhang Shangshu has a person from the Western Regions who asks to see him, and he says that he is a descendant of Zhenzhu Khan. ”

Xu Jingzong was puzzled: "What's your name?" ”

Someone came to report: "It's called mud." ”

Zhang Daxiang looked at the dossier, "There is indeed such a person, when Ye Hu killed the descendants of the True Pearl Khan, many people went into exile, and Ni Yi was one of them. ”

Zhang Yang looked at the live fish in the basket, "Please come in." ”

"Whoa."

A few people looked out the door and saw this person from the Western Regions who walked in.

He saluted with the etiquette of the people of the Western Regions, and said the Guanzhong dialect that was still a little rusty, "The foreign minister has seen Zhang Shangshu. ”

Zhang Yang looked at him, "Western Turks? ”

"Exactly." Ni Yu saluted again, "Last year, the foreign ministers went to see the king of Qiuci, thinking of joining forces with the king of Qiuci to eradicate the wild leaf protection, but at that time the Gaochang people were attacking the Western Turks to take the land to plant cotton, and the foreign ministers were ready, but because of the Gaochang people's attack, the success fell short, and they did not succeed in ambushing the wild leaf protection. ”

Zhang Yang leaned back in the chair and frowned, "You and King Qiuzi join forces?" Do you have a good relationship with him? ”

Ni Yu whispered: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, it is rumored that the king of Qiuci is guilty, and all parts of the Western Regions have been plundered by this person in recent years. ”

According to what Ni Yu said, he was ready to ambush Ye Hu last year, who would have thought that Gao Chang would suddenly rise up and make their original opportunity go down the drain.

The bamboo basket is empty.

"Although Gao Chang has taken the turtle, the Wild Leaf Protector has long hated Gao Chang, and now he is reorganizing the troops and horses and plundering the population, and there will inevitably be a big war between Gao Chang and the Wild Leaf Protector." The mud said again.

"You are a descendant of Zhenzhu Khan, if the Wild Leaf Protection is defeated, how many tribes will the Western Turks support you?"

Ni Xiao lowered his head, "The foreign ministers don't dare to be embraced, they only hope that the Tang Dynasty can help the Western Turks." ”

Zhang Yang had a smile on his face, "If you don't dare, you dare." ”

The words made Ni Xiao feel very confused.

Xu Jingzong remembers Zhang Yang's smile, every time he sees this smile, he is going to do something bad, and it is a very bold bad thing.

Zhang Yang stood up and lifted his vegetable basket and looked at the live fish in the basket, "This fish is really good, do you want to take one." ”

Xu Jingzong and Zhang Daxiang looked at each other helplessly, and one took a live fish.

"Entertain the mud man, let our spies confirm his identity first, and I'll go back."

Dropping this sentence, Zhang Yang left.

Zhang Daxiang stood at the gate of the Foreign Affairs Institute and looked at his back, "Zhang Shangshu is really ......"

Xu Jingzong said with emotion: "Come when you say it, leave when you say it, and yearn for it with chic and wanton officials." ”

Looking back at the mud man standing in the courtyard, Zhang Daxiang said again: "How should this person be placed." ”

Xu Jingzong also looked back, "Arrange to live in the post house, and look at the news from the Western Regions before making a decision." ”

The fate of King Qiuci may be a lively situation for the residents of Chang'an City, not to mention that this kind of excitement is not common, people know that Datang won Qiuci, which is a thing worth celebrating, and people also know that Gaochang is also in the hands of Datang today.

The rumors about the Foreign Affairs Yuan are spreading more and more in Chang'an City, and some people have said that it is very powerful.

When he heard someone say that the Foreign Affairs Yuan still had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the Guan, Xu Jingzong almost fought with people.

It doesn't matter how powerful the Foreign Affairs Yuan is, but you say that the Foreign Affairs Yuan is raising a private army outside, which is equivalent to a capital crime of rebellion, and Xu Jingzong will fight with you no matter what.

But everyone who came out of the Foreign Affairs Academy, whether they were official officials of the Ministry of Rites or not, was a lot more energetic, and everyone was doing things for the sake of the society.

They all walked with their waists straight.

Two fish were fried for lunch, and my daughter-in-law liked to eat fried fish, especially the fried fish was a little crispy in appearance, and then mixed with rice with fish soup, she and Xiao Wu could eat two bowls.

Zhang Yang is writing the recital to be handed over to Li Shimin, and he also has to write down what happened today and the arrangements for the future.

The bigger the official becomes, there will always be some indispensable troubles, such as learning to write musicals.

Li Yue brewed the tea and brought it over, "Husband uses tea." ”

Zhang Yang blew the floating tea leaves and sniffed them carefully, "This is the new tea that was just fried this year?" ”

Li Yue nodded and said: "It was sent by the queen mother, and last year, in order to drink tea, my father planted a mountain of tea in Jinyang, Bingzhou, which is full of thousands of acres of land. ”

Hearing these words made people gasp, "Your Majesty's shot is really generous, and there are thousands of acres of land at every turn." ”

Li Yue sat at the table and cleaned up the books and papers, and said, "The aunts said that now we can make thousands of sheets of paper a day, that is, we need a place to dry the paper, but Shangguanyi said that the land in the village is tight, and it is difficult to move it to Qingque." ”

"In fact, in addition to flat land on the hillside, it can also be dried, so let Shangguanyi arrange for people to find a hillside in Lishan Mountain, and flatten the shrubs on the hillside, so that they can be dried."

Li Yue came to Aunt Yang, explained the words, and walked back, "Husband, from last year to now, my husband's daily pocket money has been saving. ”

Zhang Yang nodded, "How much have you saved?" ”

"A thousand dollars." Li Yue pressed his shoulder diligently, "I think our new home decoration must also need a lot of money." ”

A bad feeling came to his heart, and the pen in Zhang Yang's hand trembled slightly.

Li Yue continued, "The new home needs to use good wood, I heard that the price of purple wood is quite cheap recently, and I want my aunt to help buy some." ”

For the sake of a new home in the future, Zhang Yang still nodded, "Yes." ”

Li Yue put her hands on her shoulders, Zhang Yang felt her whole person leaning on her back, and saw her looking sideways at the content of the recital.

Smelling the smell of her body, the breath of the husband and wife intertwined, the mind was confused, the hand trembled slightly, the pen in the hand was drawn out, and a long line was drawn on the booklet with the content of the chapter.

Li Yue smiled softly, as if she was proud of something, she got up and walked to Xiao Wu to continue teaching her to do the questions.

A silent contest between husband and wife, she won after all.

The chapter can only be rewritten, and after re-settling his mind, Zhang Yang picked up the pen again and re-wrote, and the family rules at home should be added one more, and he could not be disturbed when writing the chapter.

After writing the recital, the night was dark.

Go back to your room and fall asleep.

slept until dawn, didn't sleep enough, and was used to the days when he was woken up by Xiao Wu, Zhang Yang washed with an expressionless face, and let Li Yue change his clothes.

After breakfast, Li Yue and Aunt Yang continued to practice swords, and even Xiao Wu joined them.

When the sky was not yet fully light, the air was the most sober, and I walked out of the house with a lift of spirits, all the way towards the Suzaku Gate.

On the way, he met Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong, Zhang Yang thought of them and said a word, and then walked by himself, with their discussions in his ears.

It seems to be talking about the affairs of the Western Regions, and it seems that everyone heard about the affairs of the Foreign Affairs Yuan yesterday.

The Tang Dynasty is moving towards prosperity and strength, with civil servants and military generals, far-sighted old foxes, and battle-hardened generals.

In the early days of Zhenguan, Li Jing is still there, and Wei Chigong is still serving in the army, not to mention Li Ji, Li Daozong, Cheng Biting Jin, Qin Qiong and other generals who have been experienced in the battlefield for a long time.

With such a powerful court, everyone's topic is often on expanding the territory.

It's like now that there are hints of chaos in the Western Regions, these generals and Wenchen have smelled it.