bastard seizes tang

Chapter 605
Now Li Ke is just a prince, not a king, so the Tang Dynasty is far from his final decision. The only things Li Ke puts on the surface are the East Palace and various other gardens, as well as the rewards that Li Shimin sends every year. .

But in fact, Li Ke's family fortune is astonishingly rich. The most profitable business that the folks can do is nothing more than salt, and half of the salt used in the world comes from the southeast, and most of the salt in the southeast is in the hands of Li Ke. With such an inexhaustible golden mountain in Li Ke's hands, his wealth is naturally beyond doubt.

What's more, in addition to Li Ke's salt business, he also has no shortage of daily money-making businesses such as water transport, grain business, and brothels. It can be said that there are really not many people in the world who can compare with Li Ke's wealth, of course. These are all unknown.

In the morning of the next day, Lu Dongzan took a box of treasures brought from Tubo to the East Palace to meet Li Ke. It won't be too late to make arrangements. You can have enough time before noon to talk with Li Ke and slowly find out what Li Ke means.

Lu Dongzan originally thought that he was an imposing envoy from Tubo, and he would go to see the prince of the Tang Dynasty with a generous gift. He wanted to have a palace gate like the East Palace, and then it would not be difficult to talk to Li Ke in detail, but he really overestimated his own weight. Estimated the weight of this box of jewels.

"The Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan, a foreign minister, is here to pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and to ask the general to report." Outside the gate of the East Palace, Lu Dongzan was dressed in Tubo clothes, and with his entourage, he bowed his hands to the captain guarding the gate of the East Palace.

As soon as Lu Dongzan opened his mouth, Donggong Wei led his brows to frown unconsciously as he looked at Lu Dongzan's Tubo clothes and listened to Lu Dongzan's words.

Ever since Li Shimin ascended the throne and established the Turks in the north, the Tang Dynasty has been victorious in foreign wars and conquered the country. It is probably the first time in these years that Tubo has made a large-scale attack on the border like last year. How can the Tang soldiers treat the Tubo envoys? .

However, Datang is a country of etiquette after all, and he may be contemptuous in his heart, and the look on his face will not be too good-looking, but after all, he is an envoy from a foreign country, so he should not be neglected, and the process that should be followed still needs to be followed.

Dong Gongwei nodded, and praised Lu Dong: "The prince is in the palace, but I'm afraid he is busy with other things. Please follow me to the side hall and wait for me to report."

Lu Dongzan was also very polite, he hurriedly thanked him after hearing the words: "In this way, General Lao will be here."

After finishing speaking, Lu Dongzan followed Dong Gongwei and entered the East Palace.

The Donggong guards led Lu Dongzan into the side hall of the East Palace, and then went to the inner hall to report the news of Lu Dongzan's visit to Li Ke. After Lu Dongzan sat down, a maidservant served Lu Dongzan tea. He sat quietly in the side hall for a while.

Donggong's etiquette is perfect, which is beyond reproach, but the result of Lu Dongzan's waiting is not satisfactory.

Lu Dongzan was the East Palace carved into Sishizhong. He sat in the side hall of the East Palace until almost noon, but he still didn't see Li Ke. The tea soup in the bowl was changed round after round. Lu Dongzan, who was already empty, filled his stomach with water, and was about to open his mouth to rip water out.

The servant girl in the East Palace only said that Li Ke had something important to do, and asked Lu Dongzan to wait here. Although Lu Dongzan was a little anxious, he didn't dare to ask anyone to rush him, so he just sat there for a long time.

Finally, just when Lu Dongzan was feeling hungry and was about to lose patience, Li Ke arrived late, and finally arrived.

"There are too many things going on in the palace, and I can't get away for a while. I hope the envoys will not blame me." Li Ke entered the side hall, looked at Lu Dongzan who was sitting in the hall, and smiled with his arms folded.

Seeing this, Lu Dongzan got up quickly, and bowed to Li Ke: "The foreign minister, Tubo envoy, Lu Dongzan, pays his respects to the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Ke helped Lu Dongzan up himself, with a smile on his face, he said warmly: "Dongzan is polite, get up quickly."

"Thank you, Prince." Lu Dong praised and stood up.

After Lu Dongzan got up, Li Ke actually took Lu Dongzan's arm kindly, and asked Lu Dongzan: "This is the first time for Dongzan to come to Chang'an, is he still used to living in Chang'an? If there is something wrong The customary direct supervisor will talk to Ben Gong, and Ben Gong will make another arrangement for you."

Lu Dongzan replied: "Foreign ministers live well in Honglu Temple, please worry about the crown prince."

Li Ke said with a smile: "Dongzan is not welcome. There is a saying that 'it is a pleasure to have friends come from afar'. My Tang Dynasty has always been the most hospitable. Dongzan came here from Tubo all the way. My palace treats me as hospitality." It's better to be clear."

Li Ke was very enthusiastic about Lu Dongzan, completely opposite to yesterday, as if Lu Dongzan was not a foreign official of Tubo.

Li Ke asked Lu Dongzan again: "Why did Dongzan come to see me this time?"

Listening to Li Ke's words, Lu Dongzan did not dare to be careless at all because of Li Ke's enthusiasm. Lu Dongzan carefully accompanied him with a smile, and said to Li Ke: "The foreign minister has admired the prince's reputation for a long time and wanted to come to see him a long time ago. To be friends with the crown prince, today I specially prepare a small gift and come to the door boldly, and I hope the crown prince will not be disgusted."

With that said, Lu Dongzan ordered the attendants behind him to lift up the box full of jewels and put it in front of Li Ke.

Li Ke looked at the box carried by Lu Dongzan, and he could guess what was inside, smiled, and said to Lu Dongzan: "I have something to tell Dongzan, but I don't know if it's appropriate or not. , but now after listening to Dong Zan's words, Bengong feels relieved."

When Lu Dongzan heard the words, he only thought that his gift-giving had achieved results, and hurriedly said: "The prince just orders."

Li Ke said: "There is still a shortage of the prince's family order in my palace. My father has always asked me to find a suitable candidate, but I haven't found a suitable candidate in the court. It wasn't until I met Dong Zan yesterday that I felt that I have a good relationship with Dong Zan." It's too late to meet each other. Dongzan is excellent in literature and martial arts, and he is meticulous and prudent in his actions. Isn't he the best candidate for the Donggong family order. I want to invite my father to worship Dongzan as the prince's family order. I don't know if Dongzan is acceptable. Willing to give in?"

Li Ke's words reached Lu Dongzan's ears, and Lu Dongzan was stunned on the spot. He thought about it a lot, but what he never expected was that Li Ke would actually share these words with him.She wanted to win him over to become an official in the East Palace.

Lu Dongzan didn't have the slightest mental preparation for Li Ke's words, and was a little confused for a while.

Seeing this, Li Ke went on to say: "Looking at Dongzan's appearance, he seems to feel a little embarrassed. Dongzan doesn't have to worry. As long as you speak, I will immediately issue an edict, and my father will definitely approve it. As for you Zanpu Bian Bengong will also personally explain clearly, and I think Zanpu will not embarrass you."

Li Ke seemed to be very active, he was waiting for Lu Dongzan to nod, and he wanted Lu Dongzan to take office immediately.

Li Ke's sudden win over disrupted all of Lu Dongzan's plans, and all the rhetoric that Lu Dongzan had planned were useless.

Lu Dongzan hurriedly rebuffed: "The foreign minister is from Tubo, and his relatives are all in Tubo. Although he came to the Tang Dynasty as an envoy to pay tribute, he has no intention of staying in the country. Moreover, Zanpu is more kind to the foreign minister, and the foreign minister is also very generous. How can we bear the burden. I hope the prince will be considerate, and the foreign ministers may not have the blessing to serve the prince."

Li Ke listened to Lu Dongzan's words, frowned slightly, and said with great regret: "It's rare that you and I hit it off at first sight. If so, it would be a pity."

(End of this chapter)