Chapter 0623 Talents who combine intelligence and diplomacy
Li Shentong heard this and said slightly excitedly: "Your Highness, has he agreed?"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "This move is beneficial to us, the Tang Dynasty. Why don't I agree? But have you ever thought about who to send to negotiate with Tudiji?"
Although Tu Diji was eager to recognize Datang as his father, if Datang wanted to accept Tu Diji as his father, he had to negotiate carefully, otherwise Tu Diji might not agree.
After all, it would be risky to let Tu Diji lead his people to attack Shuofang City.
If you are not careful, the Mohe tribe led by Tu Diji may be gone.
When Tudiji first attached itself to the Central Plains, it was during the reign of Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty. At that time, Tudiji led thousands of households of Mohe people to surrender to the former Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang thought of his interest and ordered them to move to Yingzhou (
Today's Chaoyang, Liaoning Province), he was awarded the title of Jin Ziguanglu, Grand Administrator of Western Liaoning.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Tudiji attached himself to the Tang Dynasty without hesitation, moved to Youzhou, and was appointed the general manager of Youzhou and the Duke of Liguo.
After so many years of development, as well as absorption and mergers, although the Mohe tribe led by Tu Diji has grown a lot, the number of people is still very small, and the number of people who can control strings is only three to four thousand.
After Liu Heita's rebellion, the number of string control people may have declined.
Therefore, the number of troops Tudiji could bring out to attack Shuofang City was likely to be between two and three thousand.
The number of two to three thousand is not enough to kill the entire Liang division. If they really fall into the trap, the whole army will probably be annihilated.
Therefore, if the person sent does not have a sharp tongue, he may not be able to convince Tudiji.
Therefore, who to send is very important.
Li Shentong, Qin Qiong, Xie Shufang, and Li Gai fell into deep thought when faced with this problem.
Li Shentong thought about this and that for a long time, but could not name a suitable candidate.
While several people were thinking hard, Li Yuanji smiled and said, "What do you think of Tang Jian?"
Tang Jian was a famous diplomat in history. In terms of diplomacy, in the entire Tang Dynasty, perhaps only the latecomer Wang Xuance could compete with him. Others were like younger brothers to him.
Not only that, Tang Jian is also a very outstanding intelligence officer.
During the Unification War of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Jian often traveled to various places for the Tang Dynasty to inquire about various information for the Tang Dynasty. He often rushed to the Turks on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and made false promises with the Turks.
Historically, Tang Jian's influence was also seen in the Tang Dynasty's campaign to destroy the Turks.
It is said that the reason why Li Jing was able to pinpoint the location of the Turkic royal court, defeat Jie Li in one fell swoop, and capture Jie Li was because of the information and routes provided by Tang Jian.
Therefore, it is most appropriate for Tang Jian to negotiate with Tudiji, because he is professional in this area.
"Tang Jian?"
Li Shentong was stunned for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "Tang Jian... is quite appropriate. He once represented our country, the Tang Dynasty, and sent many envoys to the Turks, and gained a lot of convenience for our country.
He was able to deal with the two Turkic Khans Jieli and Tuli with ease, and he should also be able to deal with Tudiji with ease.
But since the saint hid in Liangyi Hall, I have never seen Tang Jian again.
Are you sure you can find Tang Jian?"
Qin Qiong, Xie Shufang, and Li Gai nodded thoughtfully in agreement with Li Shentong's words, and all looked at Li Yuanji.
They obviously also wanted to know whether Li Yuanji could find Tang Jian.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "If you ask for someone else, I might not be able to find him, but if you ask for Tang Jian, I can find him for you right away."
Li Shentong looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment.
Li Yuanji chuckled and said: "Tang Jian is currently recuperating in Xinglu, Chang'an. The doctor who treated him said that he has been staying in Xinglu, Chang'an for almost four months."
Tang Jian was in Xinglu, Chang'an, and Li Yuanji accidentally discovered it when he went to Chang'an Xinglu for the second time.
At that time, Tang Jian was being forced by the doctor who was treating him to drink a kind of medicine from Heihu Lake.
Tang Jian drank one gulp and vomited three times. The sound of vomiting could be heard from a distance.
Li Yuanji was also disgusted by the sound of vomiting, so he ran over and took a look, and saw Tang Jian taking a sip of medicine and spitting out a mixture of medicine and acid water three times.
According to the doctor who treated Tang Jian, Tang Jian had no serious illness. He just traveled around in places with various diets and habits that were different from those in the Central Plains all year round, so he contracted some evil spirits and was easily infected with evil spirits.
Therefore, special medicine is needed to expel evil spirits, and special medicines must be taken for a long time to resist evil spirits.
The doctor spoke eloquently and even told Li Yuanji the origin of the evil spirit.
After Li Yuanji listened, he understood what evil energy was.
The so-called evil spirit is actually the root cause of the epidemic.
Since ancient people lived in different places and rarely moved back and forth, some diseases that have been herd immune in one place can easily be re-infected after being taken out by local people.
As a diplomat, Tang Jian often travels around, and most of the places he goes to are places with relatively few Han people. He will bring diseases to those places that the Central Plains has been immune to, or has developed treatments, and will also
Infect the diseases from those places, or bring them back.
That's why the doctor prescribed various medicines for him to eliminate his own diseases and prevent other diseases at the same time.
Moreover, the doctor also specifically told Tang Jian to go to Xinglu for diagnosis and treatment regularly and take medicine regularly to avoid being killed by evil spirits.
But Tang Jian was a hard-working man who was either on the road or running around all his life, so he didn't have much free time to take medicine regularly, so he simply lived in Xinglu in Chang'an for four months to completely drive away the evil spirits in his body.
He also asked the doctor to tailor-make a body for him that could resist evil spirits.
Li Yuanji felt that Tang Jian did this purely to avoid the change of power in the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, he has no evidence.
Tang Jian did have evidence to prove that he was indeed ill.
However, whether Tang Jian was sick or not, now that the Tang Dynasty needed Tang Jian's efforts, Tang Jian would have to come forward.
"Then what are you waiting for? I'll send someone to call you right away."
Li Shentong knew Tang Jian's location and shouted for someone to summon Tang Jian.
Li Yuanji waved his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang doesn't need to worry about this matter. Let me negotiate with Tang Jian."
This was a rare opportunity to have a heart-to-heart relationship with Tang Jian, and it was also a rare opportunity to appease Tang Jian. How could Li Yuanji miss it?
For such highly professional talents, who can help Datang broaden its horizons and understand everything outside the territory, we must favor them and entrust them with important responsibilities.
"Do you want to negotiate with Tang Jian personally?"
Li Shentong asked a little confused.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Why, can't it be done?"
Li Shentong smiled dryly and said: "Yes, why not? I just didn't expect that you would actually meet Tang Jian in person. It seems that you are very optimistic about Tang Jian."
Li Yuanji did not hide it, and said frankly: "He can help us understand everything outside the territory, and he can also help us see clearly that those countries outside the territory have evil intentions towards our country, the Tang Dynasty.
Of course I am very optimistic about him.
With him helping me, Datang, to keep an eye on the outside world, I, Datang, can also avoid being plotted by those villains outside the territory."
Li Shentong nodded subconsciously, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.
This is the truth, but among the countries outside the region, only the Turks can pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty.
As for the Turkic threat, Tang Jian could see it without having to keep an eye on it.
So Li Yuanji's words seem a bit far-fetched.
Li Yuanji seems to care a little too much about foreign affairs.
As for why Li Yuanji cared so much about foreign affairs, Li Shentong couldn't figure it out for a while.
However, now is not the time to think about this. Dealing with the Turks is the most critical thing now.
"If you value Tang Jian so much, then Tang Jian is probably not far away from being promoted."
Li Shentong joked happily.
With Li Yuanji's current status, if he really valued someone, it would be easy to promote him to a high position.
Li Xiaogong, who was late, happened to hear Li Shentong's words and couldn't help but joked: "Uncle Wang also wants to be promoted?"
Li Shentong was startled and glanced at Li Yuanji. When he saw that Li Yuanji's expression was as usual, he said angrily: "You can't say this nonsense. I've already reached the end, and I won't be able to get there again."
Li Xiaogong didn't dare to go too far and just winked at Li Shentong.
Li Shentong kept baring his teeth at Li Xiaogong.
Qin Qiong, Xie Shufang, and Li Gai stood by with smiles on their faces, but they always felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts.
It seems...they were shown off by Li Shentong?!
They worked hard to get to where they are today, but Li Shentong easily rode on top of them, and now they look like they have reached their peak, very lonely, lonely, and helpless.
What is this if it's not a show?
"You continue to discuss the military situation here. I will go to see Ma Zhou and Wang Gui, and then I will go to see Tang Jian."
After Li Yuanji accompanied Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong and others chatted about the military situation for a while, they left Li Shentong and others and rushed to where Ma Zhou, Wang Gui and others worked.
After the Tiance Mansion and the Xiuwen Museum were dismantled, basically everything inside was cleaned up.
Now the Xiuwen Hall has become the place where Ma Zhou, Wang Gui and others work.
It just changed its name to Jixianyuan.
When Li Yuanji rushed to Jixianyuan, Wang Gui was quarreling with Cai Yungong. Ma Zhou and Wei Zheng looked helplessly on the side while handling paperwork.
"The people from the original Chang Dao Army and Pai Dao Battalion should be incorporated into His Highness's personal bodyguards, under His Highness's supervision, to protect His Highness's safety."
"His Royal Highness has been living in the palace and is guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers. There is no need for such strong soldiers to accompany him. These strong soldiers should be incorporated into the left and right military guards to enrich the left and right military guards."
"..."
"You insist on not letting the long-sword soldiers and sword-shooting generals protect His Highness. You have ulterior motives!"
"Haha, it's a huge waste of time for you to let these warriors stay in the palace and waste their time."
"..."
Li Yuanji stood at the gate of Jixianyuan for a long time, watched and listened for a long time, and roughly understood what Wang Gui and Cai Yungong were copying.
The two men were arguing over the ownership of the Changdao Army and Paidao Battalion under Kan Leng.
