Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 321

"Cough cough," Xu Qing coughed twice, and said slowly, "Sometimes there are two stones of the same material, one big and one small, thrown down from the same height. Excuse me, which one will hit the ground first."

Civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, this is the third time they are in an uproar, and they are discussing again. Who wouldn't know such a simple question?Of course the big rock hit the ground first!But Xu Qing's questions are often unexpected. This time, everyone hesitated instead, and some people hesitated: "Could it be that the small stone fell to the ground first?"

Xu Qing sighed, and said with a smile: "The stones fell to the ground at the same time. If you don't believe me, you can go back and experiment."

The Turkic envoy opened his mouth wide, but he didn't dare to refute Xu Qing anymore, he could only be suspicious.This is Li Yuan standing up and pointing at the Turkic people: "Turkic envoy! Listen to me! You Turkic people are just a backward nation, relying on the power of war horses to poison my people in the north! Go back and tell Ji Li Ke Khan, although my Great Tang is still weak, my people are united and full of talents. Sooner or later, I will lead the tiger and wolf division to remove the head of Ji Li Khan! Get out!"

Horqin, the Turkic envoy, was frightened by Li Yuan's aura, and fled out of the hall in embarrassment. At this time, all the officials came to worship, my emperor is holy, my emperor is bright, my emperor is long live, and Tang Dynasty is long live!
Afterwards, there were people who made troubles one after another, but the courtiers had already lost their interest in discussing matters. After talking about a few unimportant things, they retired and went back to the yamen.

Li Yuan left the leaders of the six departments in the three provinces, and several generals came down.The ruthless words have already been released, so naturally we have to prepare some things to defend ourselves.This is Datang's top secret, and these people are qualified to know it now.

Discussions come and go, the weakness of the Tang Dynasty against the Turks lies in two points.The first point is the lack of war horses, which are already weak.Speaking of this, I would also like to thank Xu Qing for offering the method of horseshoes, otherwise I would have to register all the horses like the Han Dynasty.There was also a shortage of horses in the early Han Dynasty, and it was strictly forbidden to buy horses privately in the whole country by the time of Emperor Wu.There is a shortage of horses, and there are good horses.Li Yuan and the people sitting here showed their cards. It took a year last year to get hundreds of prairie horses when the Turks invaded south.There are fewer male horses in this prairie, and there are even fewer males that can be used for breeding.

Another weakness is that the Tang army fought alone against the Turks.Turks going south will definitely stir up troubles among the tribes around the Tang Dynasty, such as Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo.The Tang army, on the other hand, could only pounce left and right to block, without reinforcements, its strength was somewhat stretched.

As Xu Qing who shined in the court just now, and a very high official in the official order, Xu Qing was naturally called by Li Yuan to this "Little Court Meeting".After Li Yuan finished talking about his worries, he didn't show his usual irritability and anger.When the ministers were surprised, they saw Li Yuandao: "Xu Qing can also solve these problems."

Xu Qing had no choice but to sigh: "I know the king of Bohai, the Khan of the Dahe clan. If there is a shortage of horses, I can write a letter to ask him to trade with the Tang Dynasty. I can also ask the envoys to unite the Liaodong countries."

Xu Shiji asked quietly: "Boy Xu, are you joking? How do you know Bohai Kingdom and Dahe?"

Xu Qingdao: "It's a long story, but I let the Dahe clan and the Bohai Kingdom annex the Xi clan, and now both of them owe me a favor. Moreover, as far as I know, I know that the two of them are deeply attached to the Turks. If there is fear, you can promise them to share the land of the Turks. As long as the Turks are defeated, even if the Dahe Clan and the Bohai Kingdom become stronger, they will no longer be able to pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty."

At this time, Li Yuan suddenly succeeded and laughed: "I can't imagine it, I can't imagine it. Xu Qing was sent to Cangzhou for two years, and he brought so many things to me. He is really a good minister!"

All the ministers said: "Congratulations to my emperor, I am ashamed!"

Xu Qingdao: "How dare you take credit for it, and rely on the majesty of the emperor."

Li Yuan then said: "Counting up Xu Qing's achievements over the past, he should have been knighted again and added an official, but Xu Qing is still young, and the high position is afraid of the jealousy of villains. It is really difficult for me!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials said: "A family of good deeds must have Yuqing, and if there is Yude, the family will be shaded. I think that the family of Mr. Xu can be treated favorably and come to this land."

At this time, Xu Qing should have declined, but seeing that a reward was coming, Xu Qing couldn't say that I don't want three words, and let several ministers discuss the reward for him.In the end, it was concluded that in order to cherish the power of the common people, and at the same time, to commend outstanding employees like Xu Qing, it is possible to set aside a Huangzhuang on the outskirts of the city for Xu Qing to let his family live.In addition, Xun Xueer was awarded the third-rank Jinshang County Lord, the other women such as Huang Shimei were added to the fourth-rank Luonan County Lord, Xiaoyue was granted the fourth-rank Jieyu, and Luo Xiuxiu was the fifth-rank County Lord.Except for Xu Qi who has no title, everyone else has a title.

Xu Qing was startled when he heard this, and thought that those ministers' desire to win him over was too obvious.Take Xun Xueer's title as an example. Before, Xun Xueer could only start from Xu Qing's title Luonan, but now she has been given her own title "Jin Shang". Even higher.When Xu Qing and Xun Xueer are having fun in the future, aren't they really the boss?There are also several other female nobles, these people simply lost their basic common sense in order to win over Xu Qing.

In addition to the royal family, the minister's concubine was made the county head?That's good, all officials are lying on Xu Qing's bed.

Xu Qing also knew at this time, and had to refuse, otherwise those censors would have to run after me.

But at this time, Li Yuan frankly agreed that with the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Households, he should quickly discuss the amount of rewards, and asked the two servants of Zhongshu Sheng to write the imperial decree on the spot.In the end, the three provinces and six ministries were instructed to select candidates for envoys to Bohai and the Dahe clan.

After a lot of things, Xu Qing finally understood what the so-called scientific method of the three provinces and six departments was all about, that is, the emperor alone made the request, and the others hurriedly figured out a solution.

When he left the Tai Chi Palace, Xu Qing already brought three carts of gifts, an imperial decree, a land deed, a tiger talisman and the official seal of the guard of the Xuanwu Gate.

When he came out, Xu Qing asked Xu Shiji why he had the seal of General Yunhui, and why he had to issue a seal of general guard.After hearing this, Xu Shiji directly said that Xu Qing's stupid people have stupid blessings, and only the seal of General Yunhui, even if they have the documents from the official department and the previous imperial edict, then Xu Qing can only be shut out outside the Xuanwu Gate.And Li Yuan didn't give Guan Yin first, just to test Xu Qing's enthusiasm for the post of guard. If Xu Qing showed enthusiasm, the guard could only be a few days, and he would be removed immediately.

As for Xu Qing, he actually went shopping the next day, even if he didn't want to be a janitor. In this way, he just passed Li Yuan's test.

Xu Qing sighed, being with you is like being with a tiger, why do you put him to the test for everything.Thanks to Xu Shiji's suggestion, if Xu Qing continued to be so confused, he might be hit by a thunder next time.Xu Shiji comforted him, Li Yuan did not hesitate to employ people, and now that the seal has been handed over to him, he just needs to be a down-to-earth official.

(End of this chapter)