Chapter 0625 The courage of the first diplomat of the Tang Dynasty
The food and wine prepared by Shangshan people were very rich, including everything from steamed vegetables to stewed vegetables to boiled vegetables, with a total of eighty-one dishes, which coincided with the number of Disha. The wine was also the finest Sanlejiang and wine.
The turbid Sanle pulp was poured into the bowl. Wei Zheng drank three bowls in one breath, and then began to recite poems and rhymes. After Wang Gui took a beautiful sip of the wine in the luminous cup, he began to take the tachyon and tap it. Holding a cup and a cup, I played the rhythm for Wei Zheng.
This was the first time Li Yuanji saw someone playing time while reciting poetry.
Amidst the sometimes high-pitched and sometimes melodious poetry chanting, the crisp low hum emitted by the cup is still clearly visible and very pleasant to the ear. It vaguely blends in with the poetry chanting sound, giving it a unique charm.
Ma Zhou and Cai Yungong listened intoxicated, shaking their heads. When they heard it, they would open their eyes and raise their glasses to invite Wei Zheng to drink.
Wei Zheng would also raise his wine bowl, touch it with Ma Zhou and Cai Yungong from afar, then drink up the wine in the wine bowl, and continue to recite poems and compose poems.
This is probably the favorite way for literati to get together.
Only people with a certain amount of knowledge can get along with them.
Li Yuanji didn't have much knowledge in his stomach. To be precise, he didn't have much Confucian knowledge. His predecessor didn't leave a lot of economic knowledge. Although he had a wife who was proficient in poetry and poetry, when the two of them were together, they spent most of their time studying. How to give birth to a child, I don’t even talk about poetry and songs.
So facing such a gathering, Li Yuanji felt very bored and uncomfortable.
But in order not to spoil the elegance of Wei Zheng and others, Li Yuanji still pretended to be intoxicated and shook his head along with it. When he saw Ma Zhou and Cai Yungong raising their glasses, he also raised their glasses together.
This lasted for several hours, with Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Cai Yungong, and Ma Zhou taking turns to fight. After all four of them drank and fell down, Li Yuanji was relieved.
Although with his status, there is no need to cater to anyone.
But people like Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Cai Yungong, and Ma Zhou either made great contributions to him or are about to help him make great contributions.
Even if he is not used to this kind of gathering, he still has to adapt to it.
That's how people are.
When others are useful to you and want to help you, if you are not even willing to give them a smile, then why should they help you, and why should they fight for you?
So, at some point, you still have to learn to play around with things.
Although many people in later generations have preached that they were raised by their father and mother, why should I have to embarrass myself to please you? Some people even regard these words as golden rules.
But this can only be used to fool young people, and adults will not believe it.
Because after being severely beaten and re-educated by society, adults have long seen the nature of society clearly.
Playing around is a very necessary social tool. Whether you are facing colleagues, bosses, or family members, playing around can help you avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles and setbacks.
Li Yuanji is now playing tricks to prevent Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, and Cai Yungong from doing things for him, or deliberately squandering foreign workers.
Although with the character of Wei Zheng and the others, they would not do this.
But things like resentment are accumulated little by little.
It's okay to accumulate a little today, and it's okay to accumulate a little tomorrow. But when it accumulates a lot and explodes in one breath, it will be a disaster, and it will be a big disaster.
This kind of thing is like indulgence.
Li Yuanji remembered that he had just seen a similar story a few days ago, that is, a man in Chang'an City married a wife who was not very peaceful. The wife liked to eat and drink a lot, so she borrowed a lot of money. When it comes to foreign debts, men not only do not dissuade or educate them, but they also focus on making money to help their wives pay off their debts.
In the end, he pampered his wife to no end. When driving to visit the children outside the city, the wife insisted on eating a bowl of gourd soup, which is the latest trend in Chang'an City. The man refused and said that he wanted to see the children first. As a result, the wife suddenly He jumped out of the car, hit his head and died.
After the Chang'an County Magistrate learned of the incident, he ordered the man to be hung from a tree in front of the county government office and given ten whiplashes.
Punish him not for not taking good care of his wife, but for not disciplining his wife.
In the words of the new Chang'an Order, although it is not a sin to dote on your wife, you must do so in a moderate way. If you dote on your wife too much, it will bring disaster. Fortunately, you have not doted on your wife to the point of not being filial to the elderly. Otherwise, even if your wife is not dead, , he also had to be taken to the Yamen for questioning.
This is just a small thing, just a small thing.
The supervisory censor thought this news was interesting, so he reported it and vaguely mentioned a few officials in the Tang Dynasty who were famous for their henpecking, indicating that Li Yuanji could use this to wake him up.
Naturally, Li Yuanji would not agree to the boring request of supervising the censor, nor would he interfere in other people's family affairs, but the hidden meaning behind this matter is still worth learning.
Li Yuanji learned from this that indulgence should not be excessive and grudges should not be too deep.
Otherwise it will cause a big disaster.
"Your Highness seems not used to this kind of banquet?"
After receiving the summons, Tang Jian quickly arrived at the palace and stayed outside Jixian Courtyard for several hours. After seeing Li Yuanji appearing outside Jixian Courtyard smelling of alcohol and with a tired face, he subconsciously spoke .
Li Yuanji glanced at Tang Jian and did not speak in a hurry, but took Tang Jian to Zhaode Hall.
After walking dozens of steps, Tang Jian said with a cautious expression: "Why do you think so?"
Tang Jian cupped his hands with a smile and said: "If Your Highness is used to this kind of banquet, his face should be flushed after the banquet, instead of looking tired.
This kind of look will only appear after you have dealt with a banquet that you are not comfortable with."
Li Yuanji put his hands behind his back and smiled calmly: "You are very smart, but you don't say such things casually. I had a banquet with Wei Zheng and others, and we wanted to be as happy as we want, so how can we not adapt to it?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing this, Tang Jian apologized without hesitation: "I made false statements. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
This kind of thing can be seen clearly, but cannot be explained clearly.
If you make it clear, it's easy to offend people.
Tang Jian obviously understood this truth.
Li Yuanji was also very satisfied with Tang Jian's reaction, "You have been working for the Tang Dynasty for many years, and it can be said that you have worked hard and made great achievements. I am calling you into the palace this time just to ask you what reward you want."
Tang Jian hurriedly said: "As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, I should share the worries of the Tang Dynasty. I dare not bow, let alone expect any rewards."
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "If you have merit, you have merit. There is no need to be modest. You deserve the reward. After all, you have traveled abroad for many years for the Tang Dynasty and have become infected with evil. If it weren't for the skillful hands of the gentlemen in Xinglu, Chang'an, you would have
I'm afraid it will cost a lot of life.
So the reward given to you is also the compensation given to you."
Tang Jian hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it's hard to get this reward from Your Highness, right?"
Li Yuanji chuckled. A smart person is a smart person. He knows what is elegant when he hears a string. You don’t have to speak too clearly. He will know what you are talking about and will help you say what you want to say in advance.
After Li Yuanji smiled, he said to Tang Jian: "How about you please pay a visit to the Tudi Ji Department?"
Tang Jian was stunned for a moment, staring at Li Yuanji in confusion.
How can you kill a chicken with a knife?!
Isn't it a bit overkill to ask a person who travels between various countries outside the territory to work for a small tribe with only one or two thousand people?
It's not that he looks down on the Tudiji Department, it's that all the people in the Tudiji Department put together are not strong enough to fight with him.
"What, you don't want to go?"
Li Yuanji stared at Tang Jian and asked.
Tang Jian hesitated for a moment, then said in a confused tone: "It's just a tudiji department. Do you need me to go there in person?"
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Should I say that you are blind and arrogant, or should I say that you are a talented person and bold, but you actually look down on the Tudi Jibu?"
Tang Jian smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Is that looking down upon?
You don't need to take it seriously at all.
He could handle the large Turkic tribe with 10,000 to 20,000 people with ease, but even the 1,000 or 2,000 people from the Tuji tribe were not enough to trouble him.
He is not blindly arrogant, he is a truly talented and courageous person.
Facing this kind of person, the only thing Li Yuanji can think of is to increase the burden.
People have taken the initiative to say that the tasks are not difficult enough. If you don't put more burdens on them, wouldn't you be insulting the talents?
"Tang Jian, I asked you to go to the Tudiji Department this time not only for the Tudiji Department, but also for other tribes outside the Tudiji Department."
Li Yuanji spoke with emotion.
Tang Jian thought subconsciously and said: "Your Highness, should you ask me to gather these tribes together and annihilate them in one fell swoop, or should I ask you to provoke them into civil strife so that they have no time to pose a threat to our country, the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment.
Well, I’ve learned how to answer questions quickly, and my answers are a bit out of line.
This was the first minister he met after arriving in the Tang Dynasty who could no longer take advantage of others.
He must be reused and every possible means must be used to make him a confidant.
Whether the Tang Dynasty can be tyrannical outside the territory and show off its power outside the territory in the future depends entirely on Tang Jian.
"Tang Jian, I'm surprised. I'm surprised that you can think of this. I'm also surprised that you can realize that these tribes are threats to our Datang. But eradicating them is not what we need to do now, but what we need to do in the future.
things to do.
I asked you to go to the Tudiji Department because I want you to encourage Tudiji to lead his army to attack Shuofang City in Liangshidu."
Li Yuanji said with admiration.
Tang Jian said thoughtfully: "The Turks are coming again. Your Highness wants Tu Di Ji to contain the soldiers and horses of Liang Shidu?"
Tang Jian was indeed the top diplomat of the Tang Dynasty. After learning a few words, he immediately deduced these two things.
Li Yuanji did not hide anything, and there was no need to hide it. He nodded immediately and said: "Yes, but instead of letting Tudi Ji contain all the troops and horses of Division Liang, he was able to contain some of Division Liang's troops and horses.
Even with the number of soldiers and horses in the Tudiji Department, they cannot contain all the soldiers and horses in Liang Division."