Emperor Zhenguan

The words that the ministers cannot understand are because the ministers are ignorant, and the characters that the emperor cannot understand are because the emperor is not knowledgeable enough.When the emperor and ministers can't understand everything, it's not our problem, but your problem.

Therefore, the emperor and several ministers came to the same conclusion that there was a problem with Tubo and that Lu Dongzan was illiterate.

"This seems to be in Sanskrit, which is somewhat similar to the ancient scriptures of Buddhist scriptures." Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and looked at the earth quotations on the national book.

"Doesn't Tubo have its own script?" Li Jing was puzzled.

Wen Yanbo said with a chuckle: "Wei Gong, not everyone is as rich in culture as my Tang Dynasty, but even the Turks, they are just passers-by in the long history of our Han people. This Tubo is located on a plateau, and I don't know where its predecessor is. Nian Rumao drinks blood, how can I compare with my Tang Dynasty."

Li Jing was speechless, he was just asking out of curiosity, do you need to show off yourself, since you read a lot, you are amazing.

However, his personality has always been relatively docile, and he will not have any conflicts with his colleagues.

"I see."

Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, why don't Honglu Temple teach Lu Dongzan for a while, otherwise we won't be able to communicate."

Master Yang said: "It's not necessary."

"How to say?"

"This Lu Dongzan has learned a lot of Chinese with me on the way to the merchants, and now we can communicate, but the accent is a bit strange."

Li Zhiyun said: "Take back this letter of credence and let him write it in Chinese. You can find some officials to assist him."

"Yes."

Yang Shidao went back with the letter of credence, handed it to Lu Dongzan, and told him that it must be translated into Chinese before it could be submitted to the emperor.

After Lu Dongzan finished listening, he silently added a concept of 'overbearing' to Emperor Tang in his heart.

Three days later, with the help of officials from Honglu Temple, Lu Dongzan finally translated the letter of credence into Chinese and handed it to the emperor.

After reading the unnutritive national letter from Tubo, Li Zhiyun summoned Lu Dongzan in the side hall of Taiji Hall.

"See His Majesty the Emperor." Lu Dongzan bowed slightly.His etiquette was naturally taught by someone sent by the Ministry of Rites, but the time was very short, and he didn't learn it very well, and it felt a bit nondescript.

"Exemption."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Dongzan straightened his back and looked at Emperor Tang.

Well, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not very old, and his appearance was quite heroic, and according to Lu Dongzan's guess, the emperor was probably very tall.This impression is quite in line with the image of Emperor Tang he envisioned.However, doesn't it seem very domineering?
As for Lu Dongzan's image in Li Zhiyun's heart, it was ordinary, and there was nothing outstanding about it.However, this person is well-known in history, and Li Zhiyun knows a thing or two about it, so he won't treat him like a little guy.

The emperor leaned lightly on the table and looked at Lu Dongzan.

"Why are you here?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Zanpu of our country deeply admires the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and sent a special minister to make a good relationship, thinking of the friendship between the two countries."

"What else?" Li Zhiyun's voice was still flat, without any surprise.

For some reason, Lu Dongzan suddenly noticed that the Tang Emperor opposite him seemed to have become aggressive.

Lu Dongzan took a light breath and said, "Zanpu, I would like to marry Princess Datang, so as to form an alliance between the two countries forever."

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As the voice fell, many ministers who came to discuss the matter laughed.

"Alliance?" Yu Chigong stood up and walked to Lu Dongzan.

Standing beside Lu Dongzan, this humanoid monster from Tang Dynasty immediately made Lu Dongzan feel vigilant.He is also the Tubo minister who followed Songtsan Gampo to suppress the rebellion, and he is very sensitive to the breath of the army.

What's more, a titan like Yu Chigong gave him a stronger impact.

"A despicable country, dare to lie about forming an alliance with our dynasty, do you deserve it?" There was endless contempt in the tone.

The sleeves fluttered lightly, and Yu Chigong, who was dressed in an official uniform, had a more ferocious aura, even though he was not armored.

Lu Dongzan stabilized his mind and said: "Under the rule of Tubo, millions of people, how can they not deserve it?"

"I have people with thousands of people, and I have soldiers with millions. Can such a small country be killed by millions of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty?" Yu Chigong asked urgently.

Lu Dongzan felt that he couldn't exert his strength. He knew that if he let go of the debate, this Tang Chen would not be his opponent.But there is no need for this, the Tang Dynasty is strong, so what if we win the debate?
"Although Tubo is small, everyone is a soldier. If a strong enemy invades, they will fight to the death until the last one dies."

The sonorous and forceful answer will not fall into the prestige of Tubo.

"Ah."

Li Zhiyun laughed suddenly, causing all the officials to look sideways.

"Lu Dongzan, go back and tell Songtsan Gampo that you don't need to talk about asking for relatives."

If it hadn't been for some time for the training of the officers and men of Fuqi Dudu's Mansion, he would have already withheld Lu Dongzan and sent troops directly to Tubo, how could he waste so much talk with him.

"Yes." Lu Dong praised, and he didn't expect any success in the matter of marrying the princess from the beginning.After all, the gap between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty is too huge, and Tubo is too far away from the Tang Dynasty now, beyond reach.

Immediately afterwards, he said: "Your Majesty, I ask for your Majesty's permission to study the culture of Shangguo."

"can."

Until now, Lu Dongzan finally slowly felt the power of Emperor Tang.A word without opinion will overwhelm myself, and there is no room for negotiation.It seemed that in the eyes of the Emperor Tang, Tubo was not worth mentioning at all.

After a while, the interview is over.

The whole process was actually relatively ordinary, and there was nothing tense about it.But for Lu Dongzan, it was no less than a battlefield experience.He had no doubt that if he hadn't had a good attitude, Emperor Tang would probably kill him directly.

Li Zhiyun looked at Zhao Cijing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, "The Ministry of Rites, teach Lu Dongzan more about Confucianism. I have a profound culture, and you should teach it slowly."

Zhao Cijing understood in seconds, cupped his hands and said: "I obey the order."

Tubo came here this time, saying that it was an alliance, but the real intention may be to test a thing or two.After all, they had killed Tuyuhun themselves, so it was impossible for them not to know.

Because of this, Li Zhiyun was determined.

Tubo must die.

They know how to test Datang before they are strong, so when they become strong, will they still have it?

Perhaps, I have to change my strategy.

Afterwards, Li Zhiyun said to the ministers: "Although Tubo is small at present, there are many ministers with broad vision in the country. There are many small countries in the plateau, and Tubo is the first one who dares to send envoys to Chang'an. From this we can see , the lord of Tubo, has great ambitions and must be guarded against."

Qin Qiong said: "It is true that we must be on guard, but Your Majesty, this matter cannot be rushed. Our army has never been involved in the place where Tubo is located, and we do not know any relevant information. If you want to mobilize troops, you must be fully prepared."

Chen Shuda and the others were dumbfounded.

How do you say that you are going to attack Tubo?
Wen Yanbo said: "I think what the minister of the Ministry of War said is reasonable, if you want to guard against Tubo, you must ask for information before you can take any action."

"I think it's true."

"My minister agrees."

All the ministers spoke one after another.

Li Zhiyun said: "What you love to say is reasonable. I have asked the governor of Fuqi to investigate the various tribes in the land of Tubo."

Hearing this, all the ministers were speechless, it turned out that they had already prepared it.

But after thinking about it, it's not surprising. His Majesty the emperor is not a peace-loving person. If a foreign envoy says something wrong, they may be dragged out and beheaded, let alone Tubo.

Although that Lu Dongzan's attitude was acceptable, in His Majesty's eyes, he was either servile or ulterior motives.

Emperor Zhenguan