Ji Tang

Chapter 919 You are going to Tubo

"Sir, this is it!"

When Wang Xuance came back from the Ministry of Punishment, he took Ji Song to the residence of Honglu Temple where foreign envoys were received, also called Honglu Pavilion.

"Sir, do we need to go see that Tibetan Prime Minister? Can't we just arrest those rebellious people? How dare they resist?"

As for why Mr. Xiang wanted to meet Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan, Wang Xuance really couldn't figure out what to expect.In his opinion, the status of Mr. Lu Dongzan is much higher than that of Lu Dongzan. He just sent someone to call him and came to see him in person. This was simply a surrender of his status!
"To shut up!"

Ji Song suddenly turned around and stared at Wang Xuance.

"When did you develop such a arrogant and arrogant temperament? Lu Dongzan is still the prime minister of a country. Even if the country's power is not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, he still deserves the respect he deserves."

"Besides, those who come here are guests, and as hosts we still need to be broad-minded. If you are still like this, setting up hostility everywhere, it doesn't matter if you don't come to Honglu Temple!"

Wang Xuance's face turned green and red. Seeing that his husband was really angry, he bowed and said, "The student realizes his mistake!"

"well said!"

At this moment, a deep voice sounded.An old man wearing Tubo costume appeared in front of him.

"Everyone says that the Tang Dynasty is a land of etiquette, and today I saw that it is indeed well-deserved. If everyone could be like the noble man, I, the Tibetan warrior, would not be shouting for beatings and killings if I make a small mistake."

Ji Song frowned and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? What's the point of eavesdropping on other people's conversations?"

"He is Lu Dongzan!"

Wang Xuance whispered with a dark face.

"So you are the Ludongzan who wants to ask Princess Tang to give you Songtsan Gambo?"

"Oh? Do you know me? You haven't asked for advice yet?"

Hearing Lu Dongzan ask his name, Ji Song laughed, stepped forward and looked at Lu Dongzan, and said: "I am none other than the one who stopped you from asking for the Princess of Tang Dynasty? How about it? You hate me very much? "

"It's you."

Lu Dongzan's heart was filled with murderous intent, and he wished he could cut the person in front of him into pieces.But when he saw the smile in the eyes of the person in front of him, a chill suddenly hit his heart!
"Xiao Xiang Lu Dongzan has met Duke Xin!"

Lu Dongzan put away his murderous intention. His intuition for many years told him that once he did it, he would never leave this yard today.

How could he not know Ji Song's name?The Battle of Mobei, the Battle of Liaodong, weren't those wars killing all sides?I had long heard that Ji was extremely young, and it turned out to be true today.

"Oh? Do you know me?"

Ji Song was a little curious. He had never met Lu Dongzan and was sure that the two had never crossed paths. How did he recognize him?
"Some time ago, the Duke of Tan returned triumphantly, and the Prime Minister was fortunate enough to meet him. Although he had wanted to pay his respects before, he couldn't get in. He wanted to ask other people to introduce him, but as soon as he heard that it was the Prime Minister, he refused without hesitation. "

He stared at Ji Song and said in a deep voice: "I would like to ask Mr. Xi to clarify your doubts. I, Lu Dongzan, have never offended you and have never even met you. Why did Mr. Xi repeatedly prevent the two countries from getting married? A good thing?"

"Good thing? Haha!"

Ji Song sneered and did not answer his question, but whispered: "I advise you to put away your pitiful hatred. Everyone in the world says that I, Ji Song, hold a grudge. I hope you will stop being in my little book."

"Otherwise, I may not be able to help you leave the Tang Dynasty."

Lu Dongzan raised his head after hearing this, and the guards around him were also ready to take action. However, when they saw Ji Song's eyes that were half-smiling but not smiling, his heart suddenly became cold.

"Put it away, what do you want to do?"

Snapped!
Lu Dongzan slapped the guard directly and said angrily.

"Okay, I know you hate me, but I don't care. There are many people who hate me in this world, but so far, even those who want to cut me into pieces have not dared to show anything in front of me. hostility."

"you are the first!"

Lu Dongzan's eyelids twitched, but he still said: "The Prime Minister is really an honor!"

"I don't know if it's an honor or not, but your attitude today makes me very unhappy. Xuance!"

Wang Xuance's eyes were opened today. Hearing the conversation between the two, although they seemed polite, he wanted to kill each other.

When I heard my husband calling me, I quickly said: "The students are here!"

Ji Song glanced at Lu Dongzan with a smile, which made him jump with fear, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart!
"Instruct them to go down and cancel [-]% of the Tibetan grain trade this year. Tell them that anyone who dares to trade with Tubo privately will not go on the Tea Horse Road in the future."

Wang Xuance was so happy that he almost jumped up when he heard this, and said quickly: "Yes, sir!"

"You dare!"

Lu Dongzan said angrily.

Ji Song looked back at him and said with a smile: "You seem to be unconvinced? I heard that your fiefdom is in a fertile land with snow on the top of the mountain all year round? It seems to be southwest of Jiaozhi?"

"What do you want to do?"

Lu Dongzan was shocked and looked at Ji Song with uncertain eyes.

"What don't you want to do? I just think that since the place is very rich, there should be more than enough salt, cloth, and food to eat. Oh, and there are cattle and sheep! Oh, Datang seems to be in short supply of cattle and sheep this year, but it seems You can also get it from the grassland, so there is no need to buy it from anywhere.”

After finishing speaking, he asked Lu Dongzan: "I just wonder if your fiefdom will be affected?"

Lu Dongzan's eyes were literally spitting fire, but he suppressed his anger when he thought about how many people would die in his fiefdom without these goods.

"What do you want to do? Just say it! There is no need to threaten the truth!"

Faced with Lu Dongzan's words, Ji Song smiled and said: "Threat?"

"No, no, no, this is not a threat, this is just a warning! Put away those tricks of yours. It is impossible for a princess of the Tang Dynasty to marry into Tubo, and it is even less possible to get what you dream of. Don't test the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty. .”

"Because...you simply can't afford the consequences of doing this!"

"let's go!"

After saying that, he took Wang Xuance and left.

"Prime Minister, I'm going to kill them!"

After Ji Song left, the guard beside Lu Dongzan said harshly.

"kill?"

Lu Dongzan looked at his guard as if he were an idiot. If he could kill him, he would have killed him long ago.But how could Ji Song be killed by himself and others?
Although Ji Song has never been seen taking action, judging from various rumors, he is definitely a fierce general.He felt extremely dangerous just now when Ji Song approached him.

"Go and send those criminals to the Criminal Department of the Tang Dynasty and tell them that this is their personal behavior. As envoys, we are deeply sorry for causing such a thing. We can deal with these people how we want. I Tubo will never complain!" "Prime Minister?"

The guard looked at Lu Dongzan in disbelief. He really couldn't believe that such words would come out of his mouth.

"Huh? You want to disobey?"

The guard met Lu Dongzan's dead eyes, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and said quickly: "Don't dare!"

Lu Dongzan turned around and said in a deep voice: "If you don't dare, just do it immediately. Remember, your attitude must be sincere!"

"Yes!"

The Minister of Punishment is none other than Zhang Liang.

Some time ago, His Majesty accepted his appointment as Minister of Punishment, which made him feel like he was dreaming.Didn't you expect that such a position would fall on you?

But what followed was a feeling of sincerity and fear, not for anything else but because of what the emperor asked him to do.That is to sort out the Ministry of Punishment and rectify the administration of the Ministry of Punishment.

This is an offending thing, but the emperor's order has been issued, what else can I do?
But recently, we received a difficult case. The Tibetan envoys and their entourage caused trouble in the street and almost killed someone.Now the owner of the suffering is suing him.The Chang'an County Magistrate did not dare to try the case, so he pushed the case to the Ministry of Punishment.

It wasn't a big deal at first, but now Tubo is in its honeymoon period with the Tang Dynasty. If the laws of the Tang Dynasty were followed, these people would have to shed their skin even if they didn't die.This matter is a hot potato. You should handle it well. If you don't handle it well, you will have to be impeached.

He also wanted to push it out, but the Criminal Department was already the highest criminal department in the Tang Dynasty. Even the Dali Temple was half a level lower, so he had no choice but to push it out.Is it possible to pass it on to His Majesty?I can't afford to lose that person.

Just when he was gritting his teeth and preparing to deal with it, yesterday Wang Xuance of Honglu Temple said that those people would come to apologize in person today?
But how is this possible?What kind of virtue do those people have that you don’t know yet?
Didn’t you want to protect me before?Why has it turned 180 degrees now?

The more he thought about this matter, the more wrong it became, and this matter could not be delayed. Now the censors were waiting for the results of their trial. If something went wrong, he, the Minister of War, would probably have to go down before he could sit down.

"As a humble official, I need to see you for something!"

Just then someone came outside, looking very anxious.

"what's up?"

Zhang Liang was a little puzzled. This man seemed quite stable. He was ready to entrust him with an important task. Why was he so irritable today?
"It's outside. A group of Tibetans came outside. They said they wanted to surrender."

"Surrender?"

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing and walked out quickly.

When I saw it, it was a group of Tubo people, with several people tied up and kneeling on the ground.

"What are you doing here? Don't you know this is the Criminal Department?"

One of the Tubo people walked out, cupped his hands and said: "To answer your question, these people are the ones who made trouble on the street a few days ago. My prime minister was very angry when he found out. The Tang Dynasty is a superior state, and I admire you even more when I come here. They came here because of the reputation of Shangbang, but these people have not changed their bad tempers at home and dare to hurt people in Shangbang."

"In order to prevent the Tang Dynasty from misunderstanding, I ordered the villain to kidnap him and kill him or chop him into pieces. Please do as you please!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving Zhang Liang messy in the wind!

"In other words, not only did you compensate the victim ten times the loss, but you also apologized personally, and in the end, you even slapped him fifty times?"

In Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin was a little surprised when he heard the news!
He knew about this matter for a long time. As for not dealing with it, firstly, he wanted to see what the courtiers thought of this matter; secondly, it was not easy for him to deal with it. It would be really not worth the gain to turn against Tubo just for this moment!
"That's right, because the other party is a foreign envoy, we can't imprison him. Although the sufferer is disabled, his life is not in danger. Even if he is punished according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, his crime will not lead to death, so he can only be beaten with a wooden board instead."

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he stopped talking. He had no opinion on this matter.Ever since he heard Ji Song's words, he knew that Tubo was a place that the Tang Dynasty must conquer.But now is not the time. If we turn against each other because of this matter, it is not worth it.

Now, those who should be punished have been punished, and even the victims have nothing to say, which can be regarded as an explanation to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"That boy went to Honglu Temple?"

Li Shimin asked confusedly, but Fang Xuanling knew what he meant and said: "Yes, we don't know what he said, but according to the officer on duty, Lu Dongzan looked very bad at the time, and it was obviously Ji Song What did you say that caused this?"

"Okay, let's do this!"

"Also, tell Lu Dongzan that if nothing happens, they should return home quickly! I heard that there is rebellion in western Tibet, but I don't know if it is true?"

Fang Xuanling was stunned at first, and then understood what the emperor meant. He was driving Lu Dongzan away from the Tang Dynasty!
"What did your Majesty find?"

"That's right, I didn't expect these people to be really thoughtful. Just look at the supplies they purchased in Datang!"

After saying that, he handed a copy of the receipt to Fang Xuanling.

"How dare you!"

"Your Majesty, please order these people to be imprisoned for interrogation. They dare to trade with Tibet privately. What do they want to do?"

No wonder Fang Xuanling was furious, it was so irritating.

Someone actually provided convenience to Lu Dongzan and traded things that were strictly prohibited from being sold abroad in the Tang Dynasty to Tibet.And this Ludongzan was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He bribed officials along the way to send things out of the Tang Dynasty.

"I have asked Xunying to pass a message to Shuzhong and ask them to intercept these things. But now is not the time to make enemies with Tubo. This is the only way we can do it!"

Li Shimin didn't think these things were precious before, but after understanding the significance of these things to a country, he immediately regretted giving them to foreign envoys.

"This is what I will do, and they will not be able to take anything away!"

After saying that, Fang Xuanling was about to leave, but was stopped by the emperor.

"It doesn't have to be like this. Don't they admire the Chinese culture of the Tang Dynasty? Then bring more things from the Four Books and Five Classics, which can be regarded as educating foreign people."

Seeing the emperor's smile, Fang Xuanling suddenly shuddered.Four Books and Five Classics?In the eyes of many scholars, this is indeed the essence of the Central Plains, but sitting in his position, he understands that these things are both the most useful and the most useless.

He couldn't help but laugh when he thought about how cruel the Tubo people were.If they really study the Four Books and Five Classics seriously, they will have to be taught to be lame!
Without a certain foundation and guidance from famous teachers, asking them to study the Four Books and Five Classics is simply a disaster!
"I understand!"

Fang Xuanling suppressed her smile and hurriedly left the hall, worried that she would lose her etiquette in front of you!

In the Honglu Pavilion, when Lu Dongzan received the news from the Tang Dynasty and asked them to leave for home immediately, he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart.

"Is this your country's way of hospitality? I came all the way from Tubo to the Tang Dynasty, and this is how the Tang Dynasty treated me, Tubo? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by all the nations in the world?"

The visitor was none other than Wang Xuance.

"The Prime Minister of Tubo has calmed down. This is also the good intention of the Tang Dynasty. Not only you, but also this officer will go to Tubo with you this time."

"What? Are you going to Tubo?"

Lu Dongzan was shocked.

(End of this chapter)