The next day, before dawn, Honglu Temple was already abuzz with people! All kinds of weird noises came from the courtyard, which made the noisy people living around grit their teeth and wanted to get up and pick up bricks.
Come up and down twice!
However, there is nothing we can do about it.
They also forgot when it started. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, when the court held a big meeting, there would always be a scene like this early.
As the Tang Dynasty prospered and grew day by day!
This behemoth has become more and more pressing, and the surrounding small countries can't breathe!
They were afraid that one day, the giant creature around them would move its claws and turn their country into ruins!
Therefore, I don’t know who took the lead first.
These countries living around the Tang Dynasty sent envoys to Chang'an one after another to express their friendship and loyalty to the owner of this behemoth, and by the way, they gave it a tall hat of the Khan of Heaven!
What he did was to tell Xiao Lizi: Look, we are all your younger brothers. We have had drinks with you and given you gifts. You can't be embarrassed to kill us as your younger brothers, can you?!
Of course, this approach is a bit embarrassing, but it works!
In these years, although the Tang Dynasty was changing rapidly, it was so tyrannical that they all felt desperate.
But in addition to the original thorns, the Turks.
There is also Gao Changguo who somehow offended the Tang State.
The rest of the surrounding small countries still lived well around the Tang Dynasty. Even Goguryeo, which liked to jump up and down a few times when it had nothing to do, was not annexed by the Tang Dynasty.
There was an uproar of people.
The envoys from various countries in Honglu Temple are busy preparing for their audience after dawn. Pu Zhizhang, Gao He and other Goguryeo people are naturally no exception.
However, compared with other envoys from other countries who were either excited or fearful, the faces of these Goguryeo envoys were more worried and uneasy.
Finally, just as it was about to get dark, the chief minister of Honglu Temple arrived belatedly.
"grown ups!"
Seeing Si Cheng's arrival, Gao He glanced at Pu Zhizhang beside him, and hurried forward to greet him before others noticed.
"Oh, you are the deputy envoy of Goguryeo?"
Wang An, who had just gotten off the carriage, yawned and casually raised his hands to Gao Hegong. Although his tone of voice was polite, there was no hint of intimacy on his face.
The Chief of Honglu Temple is just an ordinary official in Honglu Temple, and his status is equivalent to the first level of steward.
Above him, there are also officials such as the Minister of Honglu Temple and the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple. Therefore, Wang An's status and grade are not high at all. He is only seventh grade, or from the seventh grade!
However, despite his low rank, the power in his hands is not low at all.
On weekdays, he is not only responsible for arranging the food, clothing, housing and transportation needs of envoys from various countries, but also their travel, purchase, and even the handling of conflicts in Chang'an, all handled by him, Wang An.
It stands to reason that envoys from various countries would gather in one place.
Their lifestyles, habits, beliefs, etc. are all very different. In addition, some countries are still in a barbaric period that lacks education. It must be extremely difficult to manage them!
However, Wang An has been doing very well in these years and has managed everything in an orderly manner. This also made Tang Jian, the minister of Honglu Temple, think highly of him.
Of course, Wang An himself also knew that the reason why he could manage so many foreign envoys well was not only because of his own abilities, but also because of the confidence given to him by the Tang Dynasty behind him!
Think about it, when the Tang Dynasty was first established and everything was in ruins, how arrogant were the envoys from other countries when they came to Chang'an?
Especially the Turks!
These barbarians not only caused trouble and disturbed the people all day long, but also beat and scolded them, the officials of Honglu Temple, just like they were aloof masters!
But look at now.
The former Turkic Empire has long been turned into a pile of yellow paper!
The once arrogant Turks have become as honest as a grandson. Not to mention beating and scolding the officials of Honglu Temple, they are even polite to the servant who sweeps the courtyard, just because he is from the Tang Dynasty!
And I saw that even the former overlords, the Turks, were like this.
The envoys from other countries were naturally frightened and flattered Wang An to the extreme. Not to mention anything else, this benefit alone was almost merciless!
"It's me, it's me!"
Here, when Gao He saw Wang An's indifference to him, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, but his face still didn't show the slightest trace of emotion.
Immediately afterwards, he was seen walking forward quickly and holding Wang An's hand. At the same time, a golden light flashed in his sleeve, and a piece of gold cake fell into Wang An's sleeve.
"Hahaha, sir, you have such a good memory!" Seeing Wang An's face change slightly, Gao He burst out laughing again: "I wonder if you have time, sir? I have some things that I would like to ask you for advice!"
Wang An has been accustomed to receiving gifts for all these years he has been serving as temple minister!
Anyway, the gifts he received were from those barbarians, and they were not exploiting the common people, so he felt at ease with them.
At this time, he just shook his sleeves slightly and knew that what Gao He sent was gold, and the weight of this gold was definitely not light, it should be about ten taels. His tense expression finally relaxed.
"Ahem, the deputy envoy is too polite. As the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, I have the obligation to answer questions for all envoys. However, today is a meeting of the imperial court, so I don't dare to delay for too long!"
"Yes, yes, just a few small questions, please take a step to speak!"
Gao He's face was still filled with anger, but he was already scolding in his heart!
Damn it, if I didn’t have something to ask you right now, would I go crazy and look down on you, a seventh-grade official?
He actually told us to hurry up? Is it possible that ten taels of gold were just fed to the dog?
However, no matter how much Gao He cursed in his heart, he still understood that people had to bow their heads when they were under the roof! Just as Pu Zhizhang couldn't get rid of this face, as the deputy envoy, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
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Therefore, after taking Wang An aside, Gao He didn't waste any words and asked directly: "Master Si Cheng, can we come to the palace to see you during the court meeting today?"
Wang An had actually guessed what these Goguryeo people wanted to ask just now. When he heard that it was indeed the case, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, are you asking about this? His Majesty seems to have never mentioned you!"
"Didn't mention us?"
After hearing this answer, Gao He was obviously stunned for a moment, and his face was a little ugly: "What do you mean? Are we not allowed to enter the court?"
"this……"
Wang An felt unhappy when he saw Gao He's expression changed.
He never had a good impression of these sticks.
Because when other envoys came to Chang'an, they were all trembling with fear and walking on thin ice. Only these sticks were jumping up and down, causing a storm in the city!
Although the higher-ups did not show anything about this, Wang An was still keenly aware of the dissatisfaction from the higher-ups, so it was strange that he had a good attitude towards these Goguryeo people.
