The envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty last time was not Lu Dongzan, because Lu Dongzan's identity was the prime minister of Tubo. This identity did not mean the prime minister in Tubo, but was relatively more like a general in charge of the army.
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At that time, Tubo had not even unified the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and there were multiple threats between Tuyuhun and Yang, so people like Lu Dongzan must have stayed in Tubo to prepare for sending troops at any time. It was absolutely impossible to send diplomatic services casually.
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This time Songtsen Gampo sent Lu Dongzan to the Tang Dynasty to propose marriage, one was to show his sincerity, and also to let Lu Dongzan come here in person to investigate the military defense of the Tang Dynasty.
After all, many things are not seen by military strategists with sufficient vision, but it is difficult to understand the corresponding defensive facilities.
This feeling is like Li Jing’s reading of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou to evaluate Zhuge Liang. It was a world of difference between Chen Shou’s own evaluation of Zhuge Liang.
Because many things have different horizons, they are different.
So this is the first time Lu Dongzan has come to the Tang Dynasty and the first time he has seen the magnificent Chang'an City.
Looking at the Tang Dynasty along the way, Lu Dongzan had to admit that this was a country greater than his own Tubo.
But in this way, Tubo himself had to join the Tang system. If Princess Shang could not form a stable alliance with the Tang Dynasty, then Tubo would not be able to join the Tang system to obtain stable benefits.
Therefore, Lu Dongzan came to Honglu Temple and directly proposed to Honglu Temple that Tubo wanted to Shang Princess.
Faced with Lu Dongzan's request, Honglu Temple reported it to the public, but no one cared about it.
There was no way. At this time, the Tang Dynasty at most knew that there was a Tubo country, but how strong the country was, where it was, and what was related to our Tang Dynasty. That was really few people could explain it clearly.
Therefore, even if Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others are discussing now, they will marry Princess Honghua to Nuohun, support Tuyuhun's forces in the Xihai region, and at least control the surrounding small tribes and don't disturb the big ones.
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Because Li Shimin wanted to stabilize the northwest, it was time for the Tang Dynasty to dispatch forces to attack Goguryeo!
What Yang Guang did, he had to do, and what Yang Guang couldn't do, he had to do it himself.
"Reporting to the saints, the Tubo envoys said they had the intention of Shang Princess?" Tang Jian, as the Minister of Rites, stood up and said to Li Shimin, "I wonder if he would give a direct response to Tubo?"
"Tubo?" Li Shimin thought in his mind, and he really couldn't remember this small country. He waved his hand,
"Treat them according to the normal process of treating vassal states and comfort them well.
Although I don’t know where he is, since he has the intention of being acquainted with our Tang Dynasty, we should not neglect it!”
"No!" Tang Jian naturally agreed immediately when he heard Li Shimin's words.
To be honest, if Honglu Temple had not reported this matter, there would be no need to talk to Li Shimin about this small country that he had never heard of.
Do you think the princess of the Tang Dynasty is so popular that you can just want to be proud of it!
The Tubo envoys who did not neglect the Tang Dynasty, or the Tang Dynasty, would have given some preferential treatment to those envoys from small countries that had no interest in them.
So the same is true for Tubo who wanted Princess Shang twice and three times.
In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, it is very normal for any small country that understands the meaning of Princess Shang to come to the Tang Dynasty to think of Princess Shang.
It’s normal that someone is not studying at Tsinghua University and Peking University.
But reality often teaches you that Tsinghua and Peking University are really not something that ordinary people can go to. The best place for ordinary people is Lanxiang.
Under such circumstances, at least before Tubo showed its own value and strength, the Tang Dynasty would not throw precious princess resources to small countries casually.
This is really not something that Lu Dongzan has a strong diplomatic ability or the size of the golden cake that is given to the officials of the Tang Dynasty can easily solve it.
Because this depends on the hard power of the country behind it.
And Tubo has not shown the strength he should have yet to show, at least the Tang Dynasty does not feel that it needs to win him over.
This was nothing at all. Lu Dongzan was half-hearted when he came. After all, he had only dealt with the Tang Dynasty several times. If he failed, he went back to Tubo and went to the border to make trouble. Then, the Tang Dynasty would calm the situation between the two sides.
After a war, if you fight in real or fake, you will basically find a reason to step down from both sides, and then the princess will come over!
Therefore, although the purpose of this mission was not successful, Lu Dongzan was not angry, at least the foundation was laid.
His own goldware was also delivered to the pockets of officials of all sizes in the Tang Dynasty, laying the foundation for the future work of seeking a princess.
But at this time, in order to show the mind of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, especially to appease the foreign races who were willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
The wedding between Nuohubo and Princess Honghua was held publicly, and it was officially announced that it would send Nuohubo to Tuyuhun after he became an adult to help him rebuild Tuyuhun, which means that the Tang Dynasty had no interest in the land west of the West Sea.
But this incident made Lu Dongzan see. In Lu Dongzan's eyes, Tuyuhun, a little bastard, can be a princess, but his Zanpu is wise and powerful, and Tubo is powerful, so why can't he be a princess!
The Tang Dynasty's move was so insulting me, Tubo, and when I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel angry: "Is it unbearable!"
Therefore, Lu Dongzan, who was originally good at dancing in Chang'an, quickly gave up on continuing to lay the groundwork for Princess Shang and decisively evacuated the Tang Dynasty and returned to Tubo, so that Songzan Gampo would report on this matter.
Because he knew very well that if Princess Shang, at least she had to let the Tang Dynasty look at him in front of her eyes, and if she wanted the Tang Dynasty to see him in front of her eyes, she had to fight with the Tang Dynasty!
However, for Lu Dongzan's departure, for the Tang Dynasty, it was just an envoy from a small foreign country.
Even though this messenger was the general who controlled the military, what was it for the Tang Dynasty?
In comparison, the most important thing was that Li Shimin adjusted the resource structure within the Tang Dynasty and planned to kill Goguryeo at any time.
However, there are many things that need to be dealt with in the Tang Dynasty today.
For example, Ma Zhou, who has always followed Du Ruhui, has become the fourth-rank minister of the Ministry of Personnel under the support of Du Ruhui.
Ma Zhou also wrote a letter to Li Shimin this year, suggesting that the government should pay attention to the selection of local officials in prefectures and counties, especially the selection of grassroots officials.
Because they directly connect with the people, if they are not handled properly, it is very easy to cause civil unrest. When the court receives the news, even small matters will probably lead to big things.
Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou's memorial, but felt it was quite reasonable, so he decided to take back the right of the left and right servants to appoint and remove the governor.
In the future, the appointment and removal of the governor must be personally selected, and all county magistrates must be elected by the Beijing officials of the fifth rank or above.
However, there are doubts about the person who elected must have grassroots work experience in order to be the county magistrate in charge.
Experience in grassroots work here means having job positions of at least eighth or ninth ranks a year, or even holding official positions of foreign officials.
For example, a county magistrate who directly parachuted into the dominant party due to aristocratic families should be eliminated as much as possible.
"Then Qingque was the magistrate of Gaoling County who was directly appointed and removed!" Li Chengqian couldn't help but retorted when he heard Ma Zhou's words.
Ma Zhou looked at Li Chengqian and said seriously, "The King of Wei first became the priest of the Agricultural Academy. Even according to the current standards, the priest of the Agricultural Academy only came from the seventh rank official position and then became the magistrate of Gaoling County."
When Li Chengqian heard this, he couldn't help but curl up and wanted to refute it, but he didn't know how to refute it.
However, Fang Xuanling walked out and said with a smile, "Master Ma's suggestion is pertinent, but he is somewhat too hasty.
In my opinion, talents with grassroots experience can be appointed and removed from county magistrates and elected by Beijing officials above the fifth rank.
If you have no experience and become a county magistrate, you need to recommend it to officials above the fourth rank to avoid losing talents in the Tang Dynasty!”
To be honest, the so-called recommendation and recommendation seem to be just two words with similar meanings, but the meanings they bear are different.
At least the latter has joint responsibility, and if something happens, it will be difficult for the recommender to do so.
For example, why Wei Zheng seems to have become a bit low-key recently? It is precisely because Du Zhenglun, who was recommended by him, was kicked by him and asked to eat sugarcane in Guangzhou. Although Wei Zheng, as the elector, was not criticized, he also lost points.
If Wei Zheng recommended Du Zhenglun to go to the Eastern Palace and became the right son of the Eastern Palace, Wei Zheng would now consider resigning.
At this moment, Du Ruhui heard Fang Xuanling's words and interjected from the side, saying, "There is no such example of high-ranking exile!"
Regarding Ma Zhou's suggestion, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui soon added it to you and I.
Li Shimin thought for a while and waved his hand, "Then he will form an edict and issue it according to what you said."
"No!" Fang Xuanling answered the first time when he heard Li Shimin's order.
When Ma Zhou saw that his opinion was approved by several people, he couldn't help but salute the people attentively and express his gratitude.
To be honest, Ma Zhou's suggestion was the norm for selecting officials as the Minister of Personnel.
At the same time, such regulations have helped to some extent the members of agricultural institutions who were originally foreign officials to leap from the level of non-enterprise to the level of entry.
Because things in the officialdom are often effective. If you are a seventh-rank county magistrate, you need experience in grassroots work. Then, will the eighth-rank county magistrate need to inherit work experience in the future? If the ninth-rank order, do you need experience in grassroots work at the grassroots work at the future?
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Although it is just a small hole now, Li Shimin needs to speak in person, which seems to be very obstacle.
But if this is true, everything will go with the flow, and naturally this condition will be formed.
For students from agricultural institutions, this is their biggest advantage from being out of the way to rank officials.
To be honest, this advantage is still much worse than the thousand-year-old families and the inheritance of classics.
As long as these people are willing to calm down and work, all the students from the agricultural institution will be squeezed out.
Because the education of both parties determines that the colleges of agricultural institutions are not as good as those from Confucian institutions and Confucian schools.
Basically, the aristocratic families are people who use rules, while the Confucian school has to be people who manage according to rules. As for the agricultural institutions, they are basically people who work.
If the people from the agricultural institution have enough understanding and talent and are working hard at the grassroots level, they may not be poor by the Confucian school of thought, but if they want to use the rules with ease like those from aristocratic families, there are fewer rules to use
Said to start at the age of forty.
Even for students from agricultural institutions, it is definitely not easy to climb up.
But at this moment, Ma Zhou's suggestion has at least three years less than the students of the Agricultural College from being out of rank officials.
When Ma Zhou made this suggestion, he might have seen through Li Tai's plan, so he followed the situation and helped Li Tai.
But also because Ma Zhou's own experience is different from the original history, he took the practical route with the help of Li Tai, and was taken seriously by Du Ruhui and brought to the Ministry of Personnel and became Du Ruhui's right-hand man.
Therefore, in Ma Zhou's view, choosing officials should pay more attention to the ability of officials to work, rather than looking at their family background.
But no matter what, this matter seems very small now, but in fact, Li Tai's layout of the grassroots level has naturally accelerated due to the emergence of this suggestion.
As for how much it can be accelerated, it depends on the aristocratic families and when the Confucian disciples who study classics, history, and collections of classics, history, and collections of Confucians will react.
In the same sentence, agricultural students will not be worse than them in their work, but in terms of management and human relationships, they still need to be slowly polished by society.
In comparison, those officials from aristocratic families or from famous families have basically become an instinct in their interactions and relationships with others, and in the subtle education of their parents.
As long as they are willing to lower their heads and work down-to-earth, the foundation of agricultural institutions now can basically not compete with them.
Because don’t say nothing, there is a world of difference between two things in the vision.
Being a good person with a low eye is not a good word, but if you don’t have a broad vision, you will eventually survive.
Unfortunately, Li Tai didn't know the good news, because at this time Li Tai had put all his thoughts on Luoshui chess.
With the arrival of August 15, the Luoshui Talk is about to begin.
At this moment, Pei Xingjian came from Hedong to Luoyang to participate in the Luoshui Games with the intention of going to Chang'an to take the Mingjing exam in January.
Because of the opening test of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with the special nature of reputation, it would be fine if there was no Luoshui chess. But now that the Luoshui chess, then you have to try it. What if you have good luck and win the championship?
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As long as you can become famous in Luoyang, you may have a chance to take the exam in Chang'an, or even take the Jinshi exam!
When he thought of this, Pei Xingjian took his clan brother who was going to study at Hongwenguan to register.
"Hedong Pei Family, Pei Xingjian is here to register!"