Tuyuhun envoy Adalan said loudly: "Our King Tuyuhun is the most trustworthy king in the Western Region."
"This is not a matter of credibility, this is war, and war is not a child's play. We in the Tang Dynasty do not believe in this kind of covenant at all, and we do not accept your conditions."
After talking, there was silence in the room.
Li Chengqian was quite moved, and his words made the envoys of the two countries speechless.
Li Xiaogong could even hear his own breathing. Every word really hit the point. The previous anger had long since disappeared without a trace. His mind hadn't woken up yet and he was trying to digest what he just said.
Zhang Yang blinked, "Prince Hejian, this is what you just wanted to say, right?"
Li Xiaogong saw that this boy had a harmless smile on his clean face. He was really a treasure. Our Majesty's moves were really sharp.
"Ahem..." Yuchi Gong coughed.
Only then did Li Xiaogong come back to his senses and said, "Yes, that is indeed the case. I wonder what the two envoys think."
All previous conditions were rejected.
Can Tubo spend millions of dollars to ask Tang Dynasty to capture Tuyuhun?
Yuchi Gong couldn't help but sympathize with Tubo. How barren was that damn place in Tubo? They were so poor that they couldn't afford to wear clothes. One million coins? Even if they emptied the whole of Tubo, they wouldn't be able to get so much money.
Not to mention Tuyuhun, his promise was empty talk. Just as the young man in front of him said, the Tang Dynasty did not accept Tuyuhun's conditions and could not accept them.
So this kind of conversation can still be carried out like this?
It was so tough that the envoys of the two countries were speechless.
At present, the Tang Dynasty occupies the most active position. Tubo and Tuyuhun are like fat meat in front of them. It depends on what the Tang Dynasty wants and how they want to eat this piece of fat.
I can't help but worry about it, if those old guys from the DPRK come to talk, can the negotiation be like this?
Li Xiaogong was sitting in the upper seat, his back straight now, even a little proud, he almost raised his chin and looked up with his nostrils towards the two messengers.
Li Chengqian watched this scene calmly, and Gu was not surprised at all. In this conversation, Datang took the initiative.
The Tuyuhun envoy said: "I wonder what the conditions are like here in the country above. What do you want us to do?"
Zhang Yang said calmly: "Of course we in the Tang Dynasty hope for peace in the world and world peace."
Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth, "Then the blood of our Tibetan warriors was shed in vain?"
Adalan also said: "The crimes of Tubo cannot be forgotten."
Seeing that the envoys from the two sides were at odds with each other, Zhang Yang tried to smooth things over and said, "We are just talking, and peace is the most important thing!"
Lu Dongzan stood up and said: "We understand what the State means and will reconsider it, but the blood of our Tibetan warriors cannot be shed in vain."
"You must think it over carefully, and then talk about the conditions after careful consideration. Don't talk too much like you are now. In fact, we in the Tang Dynasty also want to help you. We in the Central Plains have simple folk customs and are eager to help others."
While talking, Zhang Yang had a very sunny smile on his face, with a harmless look on his face. At first glance, he looked like a sunny and kind-hearted big boy.
Lu Dongzan didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this moment. This was different from what he had expected. The literati of the Tang Dynasty generally treated others with courtesy and paid attention to the way of a gentleman.
The attitude of the young man in front of me was so tough.
This person should not be underestimated. It seems that he was negligent before.
Bowing with Tubo etiquette, Lu Dongzan said: "You are a respectable negotiating opponent."
"Thank you, Prime Minister." Zhang Yang said with a smile.
In the days since he came to Datang, it was not that Lu Dongzan had never seen young people from Datang, but the one in front of him was different from what he had seen before.
The Tang Dynasty was martial, but also full of wisdom.
Perhaps one day, when Zanpu attacks the Tang Dynasty, this young man will become a serious problem.
Lu Dongzan lowered his head and said: "What I said before was because the foreign minister was rude. We will come back for an interview after the foreign minister goes back to discuss things."
Tuyuhun's envoy looked bitter, and he could only leave with a long sigh.
The two envoys gave up and left, and the meeting ended with Datang not accepting the conditions.
Do you really hope for world peace? If you are at peace, how can Datang rest assured?
Li Xiaogong stood up and said: "You have done well, but Tubo and Tuyuhun will be captured by the Tang Dynasty sooner or later. If you give me tens of thousands of troops, you can wipe them out."
Maybe this would be possible if it were in the Central Plains.
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said: "Actually, Tubo cannot fight casually, or it will lose."
Li Xiaogong smiled disdainfully, "Losing? You are too timid."
"This is not a matter of the faint of heart, it is a matter of geographical environment. Tubo is a plateau..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Xiaogong strutted out of the room.
Zhang Yang sighed helplessly in a low voice, "It's too bloated, and sooner or later you will suffer the consequences of being uneducated."
Yuchi Gong stepped forward and said, "What's your name?"
Zhang Yang saluted and said: "My surname is Zhang, just call me Xiao Zhang."
Yuchi Gong patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder and said, "You shouldn't be a civil servant. You are so talented. It's a pity."
After finishing his words, Yu Chigong walked out of the room with a melancholy look on his face.
Li Chengqian also planned to leave. He looked at Zhang Yang who was hesitant to speak and was silent when he wanted to speak. He could only say, "The Prince of Hejian County is a rough man. It is really inappropriate to let him arrange the meeting."
Zhang Yang nodded in agreement, "You just suffer the disadvantage of being uneducated. You have to send troops at every turn. Once you send troops, it will be human lives. Do you understand the meaning of negotiation?"
Li Chengqian: "What a pity, why are you just a literary official?"
Looking at Li Chengqian with a frown, Zhang Yang asked in confusion: "Why does His Highness the Crown Prince say such things?"
"Talent, what a pity."
While sighing, Li Chengqian walked out of the post house.
Standing alone in the room, Zhang Yang wondered why this official was so unqualified.
Even though he was a minor official, the affairs of the court were not as important as his own retirement plan, and he didn't know what was going on in the village now.
Zhang Yang left the post house and hurried to the fiefdom.
Li Xiaogong and Yuchigong came to Ganlu Hall and told Li Shimin about the meeting.
Also standing in the hall were Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji.
Zhang Yang's words made the envoys of the two countries bump into each other.
Li Shimin was practicing calligraphy and said: "So they can only return without success?"
Yuchi Gong said: "Your Majesty, according to Deng Shilang, it would be a bad idea for the Tang Dynasty to send troops easily this time."
Changsun Wuji bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that now that I have won such a good initiative, I should go one step further."
Today, Tuyuhun and Tubo are just a piece of fat meat placed in front of Li Shimin, and it depends on how he wants to eat it.
Fang Xuanling also said: "Your Majesty, I think we will continue to increase troops to the border at this time, and send some troops and horses to advance into the Tuyuhun territory."
In the Manlu Hall, a discussion about the fate of Tuyuhun began.
A covenant that allows Tuyuhun to become a vassal is indeed a good thing, and it also saves face.
Li Shimin didn't believe this in his heart. He had experienced the Weishui Alliance and he didn't believe in the covenant in his heart.
The ministers walked out of the Manna Palace, and everyone walked out of the palace in silence.
Fang Xuanling whispered: "Does your Majesty want peace?"
Changsun Wuji did not stop, and he whispered: "Your Majesty has great plans. Of course, what Your Majesty wants is more than this. I think what Your Majesty really wants is the Hexi Corridor."
Fang Xuanling glanced at the Manna Hall behind him, and realized that the only thing that could really tempt His Majesty was the Hexi Corridor.
On the outskirts of Chang'an City, sometimes luck is good or bad, neither unlucky nor too good.
It was a bit surprising to meet Sun Simiao.
Sun Simiao smiled and said, "Where are you going?"
Zhang Yang got on the carriage he rented for a long time and said, "Let's go see the fiefdom."
Seeing Sun Simiao also getting on the carriage, Zhang Yang was surprised and said: "What are you doing? I don't want to sit down and talk with you just yet."
Sun Simiao smiled and said: "Pindao wants to visit Lishan Mountain, but this is not the right way."
Driving the carriage, Zhang Yang unconsciously glanced at Sun Simiao who was sitting in the carriage. He was holding a scroll of bamboo slips and was writing something.
There was still some distance from Mount Li, and Sun Simiao asked again: "There are thousands of bacteria in a drop of water, but what about the blood in the human body?"
Sun Simiao's research direction is a bit microscopic.
Seeing no answer, Sun Simiao asked again: "I'm asking you a question. Is the little one ignorant?"
Zhang Yang said distressedly: "There are many cells in the blood."
"Cell?" Sun Simiao wrote the word "cell" on the bamboo slips and fell into deep thought.
The carriage drove for two hours and finally arrived at the foot of Lishan Mountain.
Sun Simiao got off the carriage and walked towards Lishan, muttering to himself.
The old miracle doctor must have gone crazy. After confirming that he walked into the forest safely, he safely rode towards the entrance of the village.
The construction in the village is going quite smoothly.
A road at the entrance of the village has been poured with mortar and is very smooth.
"Hahaha! I knew you would come!"
The voice sounded familiar, and Zhang Yang looked sideways, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, why are you here?"
Li Tai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "At least I paid four hundred silver coins, so of course I want to come and see it."
Zhang Yang walked into the village and said, "Your Highness, King Wei, please excuse me."
Li Tai followed up and asked, "I heard that you went to see the Tibetan envoy?"
"right."
"Is it fun?"
"Is not fun!"
"Aren't the Tubo people particularly interesting? Tell me, tell me..."
This naughty kid grabbed the corner of his clothes, and Zhang Yang had no choice but to stop and said, "If His Highness, King Wei, does this again, I will whip you."
Li Tai let go of his hand angrily, "Then what did the Tibetan envoy and Tuyuhun say? Are they going to send troops?"
Looking at the changes in the village, Zhang Yang continued: "It's still too early to send troops. How can we have so much money to send troops?"
"What's that going to do?"
After explaining the negotiation, Li Tai looked a little yearning in his eyes, "If I hadn't been going to the Imperial Academy to monitor the class, I would have come to see it if I had known."
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Seeing the little fat man following him reluctantly, Zhang Yang said impatiently: "Your Highness, King Wei, do you have anything else to do?"
"Donuts, braised chicken..."
I looked at the aggrieved look on this little fat guy's face and thought to myself, I won't be deceived by your innocent expression. This little fat guy has a lot of bad intentions.
Zhang Yang said: "Your Highness, King Wei, you need to lose weight."
"Losing weight, what kind of weight should I lose?"
"In fact, excessive obesity is a disease, and it can also cause various other diseases, which is not good either now or in the future."
Li Tai snorted coldly: "You just don't want to feed me, do you?"
Zhang Yang looked for Niu Chuang's figure all the way, "Sooner or later, there will be delicious food, but health problems cannot be neglected. It is better for His Highness King Wei to come to the village to work every day and treat it as losing weight."
"I can ask someone else to do the work for you."
"I am thinking about your health. Your Highness, King Wei, just imagine that you are so much fatter than children of the same age. The weight that the human body can bear is limited. With dozens of kilograms of fat on your body, His Highness King Wei's body is bearing it all the time.
With this kind of burden, I can't breathe without running a few steps, and something will happen sooner or later."
"I don't know how many times the people from the Imperial Medical Office have told me this. Why are you like those people?"
"True advice is often hard on the ears. If His Highness the King of Wei can lose weight and come to the village to work every day, I can make braised chicken and donuts for His Highness the King of Wei."
"Okay! It's a deal!"
"You can lose weight and eat delicious food. Your Highness, the King of Wei, has made a lot of money."
Lose weight? Do hard work? Li Tai came to his senses for a moment, "Will you die if you don't tease me for a day?"
Finally, I found Niu Chuang in a corner of the village. He was whittling wood. The toilets made of stone and wood were piled up in a row and placed here.
"Brother Niu, His Highness the King of Wei will also come to work in the village from now on."
Niu Chuang first saluted Li Tai, then took Zhang Yang aside and said, "That is His Royal Highness the King of Wei. How can you let the King of Wei come to work?"
"That's to treat his illness and help him lose weight. Brother Niu just treats him as a cow."
"Being a bull..."
Li Tai "..."
The words were spoken in a low voice, but Li Tai could hear them clearly.
Niu Chuang looked at the dark-faced Li Tai behind him again. He did not dare to offend King Wei, and said in a low voice: "According to Brother Zhang's arrangement, in a few days all the villagers in our village will be able to use flush toilets. The houses are already in
Once it’s repaired, the road will be repaired in a while.”
Zhang Yang is still very satisfied with the progress here.
Niu Chuang frowned and said, "Is it true that Her Royal Highness's Princess Mansion does not need to be built?"
For the time being, living in Chang'an City is convenient for doing anything. As for moving to a fiefdom, I have no plans yet.
Zhang Yang said: "Let's talk about this later."
"That's fine, just listen to brother Xiao Zhang."
Completely ignoring the resentful gaze of the little fat man behind him, Niu Chuang talked about the changes in the village.
The affairs of the Lantian County government office have come to an end, and the old county magistrate has resigned and returned to his hometown. The current magistrate of Lantian County is sent by the Central Government.
He was originally a civil servant under Fang Xuanling.
With fewer obstacles to development, the construction of Lantian County can be further put on the agenda.
After looking at the chicken pens and pig pens, there were even some ducks raised in the village. Zhang Yang picked up some duck eggs and took them home to make salted duck eggs.
Compared to the first time I came to the village, which was desolate at that time, it now looks vibrant and makes people feel comfortable.