Seeing that Zhang Yang and Wei Zheng left the Xingqing Hall together, Li Tai also followed quickly.

The snow is beginning to melt, but the sun is shining today, and when the wind blows, it still makes people shiver.

The footsteps of the two in front of him were very fast, and Li Tai struggled to keep up.

"Trouble His Royal Highness the King of Wei to call Xu Jingzong and bring some more people."

"Let's do it." Receiving the words, Li Tai rushed away.

All the way to His Majesty's treasury, Wei Zheng smiled and said, "The old man appreciates your courage. ”

Zhang Yang said with emotion: "Before Zheng Gong said that villains were afraid of death. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "Actually, the old man admired you as early as when you were a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, the eldest husband should stand up to the sky, dare to take and dare to give up, Your Majesty stripped you of your official clothes, you didn't refute a word, dare to do it, young people should have the courage of being willing to cut your body and stand between heaven and earth." ”

"What Gong Zheng said is that in fact, the lower officials also regard you as a role model, a life of openness, and a hard life."

"That's nature." Wei Zheng stroked his beard again and said: "If it weren't for Zhang Gongjin who had already accepted you as an apprentice, the old man would have wanted to accept you as a disciple." ”

"How can He De be worthy of being a disciple of Zheng Gong."

His Majesty's treasury is behind the Taiji Palace, Zhang Yang and Wei Zheng arrived here, and Xu Jingzong also arrived with people.

Looking at the eunuchs and guards guarding outside the treasury, Wei Zheng said loudly: "Get out of the way, Your Majesty has a decree to return all the treasures offered by Tubo." ”

The guards were also respectful in the face of Wei Zheng, and were about to ask questions......

But seeing that Wei Zheng had already kicked open the door of the treasury, seeing such behavior, the guards were about to draw their swords and face each other, and an elderly eunuch hurriedly came, and he took the will given by Li Shimin, "Let Zheng Gong and the people from the Ministry of Rites move away." ”

The guards confirmed their will, so they didn't stop.

Walking into the storehouse, you will see a depression.

I originally thought it was His Majesty's small treasury, but when I walked in, I found that there was not even a treasure I wanted here, and there were only three night pearls in the innermost.

Most of them are silk and scrolls.

The emperor's life was poor, and he also hoped that the treasures offered by Tubo could improve his life.

And the treasures such as the Night Pearl and the East Pearl in the emperor's hands are not easy to convert into silver money, at most they can only be used to reward courtiers.

Xu Jingzong didn't understand what was going on, and when he saw Wei Zheng going to move the box of gold, he hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Li Tai frowned, "It's a pity that so much gold has to be returned to the Tubo people." ”

A large box of gold and a few boxes of jewels were moved out of the warehouse, and Zhang Yang looked at this brother-in-law, "Your Royal Highness King Wei, why is your face full of regret." ”

Li Tai raised his head with reluctance in his eyes, "Shouldn't you feel sorry?" ”

"Since Tubo can come up with so many treasures, it means that Songtsen Gampo still has a family background, and we should be happy at this time, how can we be depressed."

"Or else? You're going to send this gold back, it's gold, it's not silver! ”

"Instead of making a deal, it is better for us to take it ourselves, and we will get it back if we give it back to them, but we will put it in their hands first, and sooner or later we will have to take it, and we will not have to pay any price at that time."

Hearing this, Li Tai blinked in a daze, "Really? ”

Zhang Yang shook his head, "Don't regret the abandonment in front of you, His Royal Highness King Wei has a long-term vision." ”

Li Tai thought about it seriously, "I always feel that what you said is nonsense, and this king can't refute it." ”

It was the beginning of the new year, and I thought that I would come to my father-in-law, Li Shimin, to pay New Year's greetings this time.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen again.

This Lu Dongzan does not give it in the morning and does not send it in the evening, but he wants to give gifts at this time.

It makes people's hearts feel good.

If you celebrate the New Year, the New Year's greetings will not go well.

Let Xu Jingzong's people carry the box all the way out of Chengtianmen, and the people of the Ministry of Rites opened the way from Suzaku Street to the Foreign Affairs Academy, and in front of them was the post house where the envoy lived.

The messengers who came from all over the country stayed here.

It is also for the convenience of the Diplomatic Academy, which is located in front of the post house.

At this moment, Lu Dongzan was drinking wine, talking and laughing with a group of people from the Western Regions.

Dongzan wiped his mouth and stood up, "Zhang Shangshu, what are your orders?" ”

Zhang Yang beckoned and asked Xu Jingzong to carry the boxes in.

One by one, the boxes were moved in front of him, Lu Dongzan wanted to speak and stopped, and said again: "What does this mean?" ”

Zhang Yang said loudly: "These gifts are returned to you Tubo, we Datang will not accept them, let alone make peace with you, you send a message to Songtsan Gampo to dispel this mind as soon as possible." ”

The post house fell silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Lu Dongzan and the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Lu Dongzan stood up straight, "This is Zampu's kindness, and I also hope that Datang and Tubo can get along." ”

On Chinese New Year's Eve, all countries offered treasures to the Heavenly Khan to show their congratulations, and Tubo's hand was very large and generous, and everyone was a small country everywhere, naturally incomparable with the Great Tang Tubo.

I didn't dare to say that I wanted to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty like Lu Dongzan.

"You Chen Bing border pass, and then give gifts to marry the princess, Lu Dong praises you for your good means." Zhang Yang said loudly: "If we reject you, this is a reason to give Tubo a reason to start a war, if our Datang accepts it, this is our Datang showing weakness to Tubo, marrying a princess to protect himself?" ”

Lu Dongzan bowed slightly and explained: "Zhang Shangshu misunderstood, Tubo has no such intention. ”

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "Regardless of whether you Tubo have this intention or not, Lu Dongzan will tell you that as long as I am still a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, there is no such thing as marrying a princess in the Tang Dynasty." ”

The words were loud, and Lu Dongzan responded: "Zhang Shangshu is young and frivolous now, and it seems that even the ministers of the court and the central government dare not say such words, and I hope Zhang Shangshu will not regret it as soon as this statement comes out." ”

The words between the two became more and more rushed, and the Tubo people who followed Lu Dongzan also surrounded them.

Xu Jingzong and others also stepped forward.

Li Tai didn't know where to take out a stick, "Okay, you Lu Dongzan!" This king won't kill you today! ”

I saw Li Tai waving a stick and stepped forward.

Xu Jingzong immediately shouted, "Protect His Royal Highness King Wei!" ”

The post house suddenly became chaotic, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Tubo people fought.

Zhang Dasu, who was in the Foreign Affairs Academy, gasped when he heard the news, "Did you really do it?" ”

"Back to Zhang Shilang, let's do it."

Zhang Dasu rolled up his sleeves, "Okay, you Tubo, dare to do something to the people of our Ministry of Rites, and the brothers will beat them." ”

There were still many supernumerary staff in the Foreign Affairs Academy, and everyone rushed forward when they heard the words.

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are the time of fierceness, since Li Jing led the troops to break the Turks, but the morale of all the Central Plains people has been much higher, and everyone's waist has become straighter.

Not to mention in Chang'an City, there is no good end for outsiders who dare to be presumptuous.

The situation was out of control, Zhang Yang stood outside the post house, looking at Wei Zheng with a solemn face, "Xia Guan didn't expect things to be like this." ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "If I knew this, the old man shouldn't have come with you." ”

"It's all here, why don't Zheng Gong make a few moves with them."

Wei Zheng: "......"

Li Tai's voice came, and he didn't know when he had slipped out.

Looking at the increasing chaos in front of him, Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Xu Jingzong, aren't they protecting His Royal Highness King Wei?" How did this come out first? ”

Li Tai grinned, "I have long been hiding under the table, and I ran out when I saw the opportunity, brother-in-law, don't worry, this king is not so stupid." ”

"Just now, His Royal Highness King Wei was angry, and the lower officials saw it, and they really admired it."

"The Tibetan people are arrogant, so we should teach them a good lesson."

Seeing that he was still complacent, Zhang Yang waved his hands and said, "I don't know if His Royal Highness King Wei has figured out how to explain it to your father?" ”

"It's a big deal to be grounded for another month." Li Tai said lightly.

Zhang Yang shook his head in annoyance, this is not a matter of being grounded for a month.

The fight at the post house soon alarmed the officers and soldiers of Chang'an City, and Wei Chigong took Zuo Wuwei's soldiers and horses to surround the place.

When everyone stopped, Xu Jingzong and Lu Dongzan each walked out with people embarrassed.

Looking at this scene, Wei Chigong smiled, "There is no fight outside this pass, Chang'an City has done it first, the old man has no right to ask about this matter, you all go to Xingqing Hall to explain to Your Majesty." ”

Seeing that Li Tai was about to slip away, Wei Chigong shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei! I guess I also know the road in the palace, so I don't need to be escorted by the general. ”

Li Tai turned around and saluted: "Understood, let's go to the palace to see my father." ”

The rest were handed over to Wei Chigong to arrange, and Lu Dongzan and Xu Jingzong also asked Li Tai to go to the palace to report.

Of course, it also includes Wei Zheng and Zhang Yang.

Whether this fight was fought, the people in the original Ministry of Rites also held their breath against Tubo, and now this evil breath has finally come out.

He was escorted on Suzaku Street, and the passers-by around him also cast admiring glances.

This is the folk customs of Guanzhong, and it cannot be arrogant by the Tubo people.

It can also be seen from the eyes of these people that this scene of the Ministry of Rites proves the attitude of the Ministry of Rites, and it has also won the hearts of many people.

This one is not a loss overall.

At least Xu Jingzong walks with his head held high, and those who don't know think he is going to the execution ground.

Zhang Yang and Wei Zheng led a few people to re-enter Chengtianmen, and everyone was silent along the way.

Xu Jingzong's official uniform was torn, and Lu Dongzan already had a few bruises on his face.

When they arrived at the Xingqing Palace, everyone walked in with their heads down, Li Shimin did not speak, but he could also see that His Majesty was like a volcano about to erupt.

The people stood silent in the hall for a long time.

Zhang Yang spoke first: "Your Majesty, the cause of this incident is that our officials of the Ministry of Rites want to protect His Royal Highness the King of Wei. ”

When the words fell, Xu Jingzong stood up again and pointed at Lu Dongzan and shouted: "Okay, you Tubo people, dare to make a move against our King of Wei!" You know how serious the consequences are! Do you put the day Khan in your eyes! ”

Li Shimin was silent and didn't speak, his eyes were staring at Zhang Yang, but this kid was still as indifferent as ever.

Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth, lowered his head and replied, "It was His Royal Highness the King of Wei who did it first. ”

Xu Jingzong shouted: "Huh! What do you mean by this, a Tibetan minister! His Royal Highness the King of Wei will be able to fight back with you? He also summoned nearly 100 Tubo people to besiege the King of Wei, the King of Wei is a child who performs crown salutes, and you dare to do this! ”

Listening to Xu Jingzong's words, he was full of words.

Poison this? What a poisonous hand!

Let Lu Dongzan not know how to refute.

Zhang Yang cleared his throat and said: "Actually, Xu Jingzong and they did it to protect King Wei, and everyone in the post house also saw it, and Zheng Gong also saw it. ”

Wei Zhengtie blushed, no matter how you think about this matter, the Ministry of Rites and King Wei have set up a trap for the Tubo people.

There is no need to discuss before and after, you can have such a tacit understanding.

But that's the way it is.

Where did the honest and honest Tubo people know so many conspiracies and tricks, from the moment Li Tai picked up the stick and rushed forward, Lu Dongzan and his party had already been fooled, and they were speechless.

They had no idea that Guanzhong had a sinister heart.

If these Tubo people don't fight back, it's just that, but the honest and honest Tubo people really fight back.

At present, Lu Dongzan is speechless.

Wei Zheng saluted Li Shimin, "At that time, what the minister heard was indeed Xu Jingzong shouting to protect the King of Wei. ”

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, I would like to ask why Qingque is unharmed. ”

Li Tai bowed and saluted, "Back to my father, thanks to the shrewdness of his son, he escaped a catastrophe." ”

"Huh, astute?" Li Shimin snorted coldly, obviously not believing this explanation, and slowly spoke: "Lu Dongzan is a messenger, you shouldn't do anything to the envoy, punish you for half a year in the Wei Wangfu Mansion, and be grounded for a month, can you admit the punishment?" ”

"The son will be punished."

This punishment is not painful or itchy for Li Tai, at least for his current family background for half a year, he can earn it back in a month.

Looking at Lu Dongzan again, Li Shimin said again: "Zhang Shangshu, do you have anything to say?" ”

Zhang Yang took another step forward, "The so-called visitor is a guest, and the guest should have the rules of the guest, and the Tibetan envoy cannot do anything to a child for no reason, and there are hundreds of people." ”

Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and said: "There are hundreds of people, and there are only twenty servants brought by the foreign ministers." ”

Zhang Yang didn't hear this kind of thing, anyway, the Ministry of Etiquette had the final say, and it would be seen whose territory it was.

Facing Li Shimin, Zhang Yang said again: "Your Majesty, Tubo is acting like this to start a war with my Tang Dynasty, and the Ministry of Rites has plans for the Western Regions and Tubo, and I also ask Your Majesty to listen to the ministers in detail." ”

Li Shimin nodded.

Walking back and forth, Zhang Yang stood in the Xingqing Hall and said loudly: "Now that Gaochang and the Turks have been attached to the Tang Dynasty, the minister asks Your Majesty to set up Jiaohe County in the Gaochang Jiaohe area, so as to manage the Gaochang area, and the three states, five counties, and twenty-two cities where Gaochang is located will all be attached to the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Shimin sat down and motioned to the scribe standing aside to write down these words.

"And in Gaochang to rebuild Xizhou, with Xizhou as the center, far away to control the direction of the Western Regions, near to help Qilian Mountain, before the Ministry of Rites did not say, is concerned about the attitude of Tibet, now Tubo behaves like this, the minister thinks that the time has come."

"You go on." Li Shimin frowned and pondered these words, some of the words did go to the heart, how important is the significance of setting up Xizhou in Gaochang, comparable to the former Sui Gongye, and recovering the Han Prefecture is the current goal of the court.

Zhang Yang's words continued.

"The seven cities of Yiwu set up Xizhou, and then set up Xizhou Road, and assigned the head of the march of Xizhou Road, crusaded against the land of the Western Regions, took Yanqi, Shule and Khotan, and re-established the four towns of Anxi."