Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 638 I really don't know!hold!
Qin Wenyuan's heart moved: "A meeting of officials? What is this?"

He really didn't know.

Changsun Wuji said: "You also know that my Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, so there are many local officials, and the local officials are distributed in various places. Because they are too free, it is easy to do some outrageous things."

"That's why the Ministry of Officials holds an official meeting every year to explain to these local officials the rules and regulations of the imperial court and a few typical deeds to make these officials abide by the law and abide by their responsibilities."

"And this year's official meeting will be the day after tomorrow, before His Majesty's sacrifice to the heavens, so we are also going to let these local officials worship the heavens with His Majesty, so that they can feel His Majesty's efforts for the sake of the world."

Official meeting.

This is the answer given by Changsun Wuji, which is different from Fang Xuanling's answer
Fang Xuanling didn't mention the meeting of officials, maybe Fang Xuanling didn't think the meeting of officials was very important, maybe it was because this matter was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and Fang Xuanling was busy with other things, so he didn't care about the officials General Assembly, so ignore the matter.

In short, this is a new matter that deserves Qin Wenyuan's attention.

Qin Wenyuan looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "How many officials are participating in the official meeting?"

Changsun Wuji said: "Although in theory, all local officials should come to participate, but you also know that this is not realistic."

"After all, it is impossible that there are no local officials as towns, so every year, in various regions, we only select some officials to come to Chang'an, and other officials still have to sit in the town to handle affairs!"

"Then next year, another group of people will come to Chang'an to visit the official meeting."

"So the number of people every year is not constant, and the number of officials this year is tentatively determined to be around 800."

"Of course, this amount is just an estimate, and it cannot be completely determined until the end, but it is about this magnitude."

Qin Wenyuan nodded.

Eight hundred officials, this number is not small.

Although they are basically local officials, local officials also have the power and function of local officials.

The big officials in the frontier are also local officials!
The governors of the states are also local officials.

The county magistrate of the small county government is also a local official.

Local officials are just a general term, but their power cannot be generalized.

Qin Wenyuan said: "I don't know how many days this official meeting will last?"

Changsun Wuji said, "Three days."

"After all, there are many affairs in the local area, and the distance is long, so it will delay a lot of time on the road, so we try to reduce the time for the official meeting as much as possible."

"We will select the most important cases, including cases of outstanding officials, and cases of corrupt officials who have been dealt with, so as to urge them."

"Three days is enough for us to finish talking about the cases of this year, and tell them about some newly revised laws by the way."

"After the three heads, they will leave Chang'an and return to the local government. What they have learned in Chang'an will also be preached to other officials in the local government."

Qin Wenyuan nodded.

He understands this very well.

Later generations did almost the same thing.

Learn from advanced models and cast aside corrupt officials.

This is necessary.

It is impossible for the imperial court to really supervise everyone, and this requires their self-awareness.

And this kind of learning, ideological education, is the most important link.

Changsun Wuji looked at Qin Wenyuan and said, "So, if there is anything comparable to His Majesty's sacrifice to heaven, I think this official meeting can also be considered."

"Once Beichen does something at the official meeting and causes an accident to the officials, the consequences can be said to be very serious."

Qin Wenyuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He agreed with Changsun Wuji's words.

Although it is said that local officials are not as powerful as Chang'an officials.

However, once hundreds of local officials had an accident.

That is definitely enough to paralyze the entire Tang Dynasty!
The most important reason why Datang is so stable and efficient now is the cooperation between the imperial court and local officials.

Once the place is in place, there are no officials to manage it, and within a few days, there will be troubles in the place!

At that time, Datang's control over the local area will definitely go wrong!

Qin Wenyuan looked at Changsun Wuji and asked, "Master Changsun, do many people know about this official meeting?"

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "The imperial court knows quite a few people."

"Of course, ordinary people don't know, and it has nothing to do with those people."

Qin Wenyuan nodded.

He said: "That is to say, in terms of publicity, the official meeting and the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty's sacrifice to heaven are not of the same order of magnitude?"

"That's right, that's what it means."

Qin Wenyuan narrowed his eyes.

He was thinking, if he were Bei Chen.

If there were only two things for Beichen to choose, namely offering sacrifices to heaven and the official meeting, which one would he choose?
After pondering for a while, Qin Wenyuan got up straight away and said, "Master Changsun, thank you for your answer, I have already made some guesses."

"Then I won't bother you."

Seeing that Qin Wenyuan was about to leave, Changsun Wuji persuaded S to stay and said, "Master Qin came here after all, why don't we leave after lunch."

Qin Wenyuan shook his head: "Beichen is hanging above our heads like a knife. I need some time to prepare, so I won't eat it."

"After these things are over, I will personally invite the eldest grandson, and we will not return when we are not drunk."

Upon hearing the words, Changsun Wuji nodded with a smile: "Okay, we've made an agreement, and we must not return home drunk."

Qin Wenyuan left the official department. He was walking on the street with his brain running wildly.

Li Shimin offered sacrifices to the heavens, this was something both Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling mentioned.

This is enough to show that this incident, in their opinion, is enough for Beichen to take action!
After all, Li Shimin was the emperor, if Beichen could seriously injure Li Shimin, it would definitely be enough to take revenge for everything that happened before!

Moreover, it can also directly let the businessmen of various countries recognize the strength of the Beidou Society, and make them feel that the strength of the Tang Dynasty is just that. After all, how strong can a country that cannot even protect its own emperor be?

In this case, it can also indirectly attack the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce.

So, this matter is very possible!
If Changsun Wuji hadn't given the second choice, Qin Wenyuan would tentatively set Li Shimin's sacrifice to heaven as Beichen's most important target.

However, Changsun Wuji gave him a second choice!

Official meeting!

The official meeting, although in terms of specifications, is not as good as Li Shimin's sacrifice to heaven.

However, once this matter goes wrong, the impact will be huge.

Hundreds of local officials, once a certain number of officials have an accident.

That will directly lead to big problems locally.

There was an accident in the ruling power of the imperial court, and no one in the local area could control it.

Even if the Ministry of Officials dispatches officials as soon as possible, it will not be possible to gather hundreds of people all at once.

And this is enough to prove the weakness of Datang to foreign businessmen, even so many officials can have accidents, let alone the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, this is still a great blow to the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce!
From Qin Wenyuan's point of view, these two incidents had reasons for Beichen to act.

And if you have to choose one of these two.

Qin Wenyuan felt that an official meeting was more likely!
First of all.

is the degree of popularity.

Although it is said that Li Shimin sacrifices to the heavens, it happens every month.

But Li Shimin is the emperor after all, and everything about him attracts attention.

Therefore, Beichen is likely to be worried, and he has paid attention to this matter.

As for the official meeting, ordinary people don't know about it, and even Prime Minister Fang Xuanling ignored it, so it's only normal for Dali Tang Jue, who doesn't have much contact with the officials, to ignore it.

Therefore, he felt that if Bei Chen wanted to avoid him, the official meeting was more suitable than Li Shimin's sacrifice to heaven.

Second, is the degree of difficulty.

Li Shimin sacrificed to the heavens, and there would be a large army to protect him along the way, so Beichen's chance of successfully targeting Li Shimin was very small.

And now Beichen's decision is also to recuperate.

The Beidou Society has already been severely injured, and Beichen doesn't want to use too many people.

But if Li Shimin wants to attack Li Shimin when he sacrifices to heaven, it is absolutely impossible without enough people.

Therefore, the possibility of Beichen choosing Li Shimin's sacrifice to heaven is not high.

However, because the official meeting was held by the Ministry of Officials, the influence of the Ministry of Officials was incomparable with that of Li Shimin, and the guards that could be used were limited.

In addition, the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce attracted more people's attention, so the official meeting seemed a bit eclipsed.

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If he were Bei Chen, he would definitely not find it difficult to deal with the official meeting.

Therefore, the above two points made Qin Wenyuan feel that it was more likely that Beichen would take action against the official meeting.

Of course, the premise of this guess is that Beichen only has these two choices!

But what if Beichen has other options?
So Qin Wenyuan still needs to continue to find someone to ask.

He stopped, looked at the lively crowd, and said slowly to himself: "It's time to find Tianji!"

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After he and Tianji returned from Nanzhao, the two separated.

Qin Wenyuan fulfilled his promise and released Tianji.

Then, they never saw each other again, nor did they contact each other.

So much so that Qin Wenyuan doesn't even know where Tianji is hiding now.

Of course, not knowing where Tianji is does not mean that Tianji cannot be found on the path.

In Chang'an City, Qin Wenyuan still couldn't find the person he was looking for.

He turned around directly and returned to the Yamen of Dali Temple.

Then he ordered his men to go to the south of the city and catch a group of beggars who were sneaking around.

After finishing these, Qin Wenyuan was in the yamen of Dali Temple, handling the files sent from various places with peace of mind.

In this way, two hours passed.

Suddenly, a yamen servant from Dali Temple came over and said, "Lord Qin, someone outside sent a letter to a child."

Qin Wenyuan raised the corner of his mouth when he heard this, "Here we come."

Qin Wenyuan said: "Just take the letter and send the children away."

"Yes!"

The yamen servant left quickly.

Not long after, the yamen servant returned and handed a letter to Qin Wenyuan.

Qin Wenyuan took the letter and glanced at the envelope.

There was no ink stain on the envelope, it was very clean.

Qin Wenyuan smiled, and took out the letter paper inside.

Looking at the letter paper, he saw a location written on it.

Other than that, there is no other writing.

Qin Wenyuan smiled, and he got up straight away, put the letter paper in his arms, and walked out.

The location was written on the letter paper, but the time was not.

That means any time is fine.

As long as he goes, he can find Tianji.

Qin Wenyuan left the Yamen of Dali Temple and walked slowly to the agreed place.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, Qin Wenyuan stopped.

He glanced at the address, then at the building in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

I saw a pawn shop in front of me.

"Is this hiding in a pawnshop?"

Qin Wenyuan looked around.

He found that the location of the pawn shop was very good.

The pawn shop is located on the edge of the street, surrounded by roads on three sides.

This allows for adequate means of escape in the event of any dangerous situation.

And the street where the pawn shop is located, although not the most prosperous, is also full of people coming and going, here, it is enough to inquire about ordinary information.

As for more information, there are special information dealers in the underground world in Chang'an, as long as you have money, you can find anything.

So here, it is enough to meet all Tianji's needs.

"It's a great place!"

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly, and immediately entered the pawnshop without any delay.

The pawn shop is not big, you can see a table and a few chairs when you enter, and on the other side of the table is a tall counter.

The counter is very high, and people standing there can only show one shoulder.

It is said that the setting of this high counter is to prevent the bid from being too low and the danger of being beaten up by customers.

After Qin Wenyuan entered the pawn shop, he went directly to the counter.

Looking at the people inside the counter, he said, "I want to treat it as something. Show me how much it's worth."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper at the counter hurriedly said, "What is it?"

Qin Wenyuan smiled, took out the received letter paper from his pocket, put the letter paper on the counter, and said, "Do you think these words are worth ten thousand gold?"

When the shopkeeper saw these words, his expression changed slightly.

He glanced at Qin Wenyuan and said, "Master Qin?"

Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly.

The shopkeeper hurried out and said, "Master Qin, please enter the backyard. Our master is waiting for you in the backyard."

With that said, the shopkeeper opened the door leading to the backyard.

Qin Wenyuan smiled and said, "Isn't this piece of paper worth ten thousand gold?"

"This……"

The shopkeeper smiled sheepishly: "Even if it's worth it, we don't have that much money!"

Qin Wenyuan laughed: "Since you can't pay that much money, I'll take it away."

As he spoke, Qin Wenyuan grabbed the piece of paper back, then turned and entered the backyard.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that Mr. Qin really lived up to his reputation and was terrifying.

When Qin Wenyuan came to the backyard, he saw that it was a courtyard like a courtyard. The front was the front of the pawn shop, while the other three sides were living rooms.

In the center of the courtyard, there is a big tree.

Under the tree, there is a stone table and four stone benches.

At this time, a person was sitting on the stone bench.

He is over forty years old, his face is full of vicissitudes, he is sitting there, sipping tea slowly.

Qin Wenyuan walked straight across to him and sat down.

(End of this chapter)