Adalan walked out of the room with a sad look on his face, with mixed feelings in his heart. The young people of the Tang Dynasty were really scary.
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll take my leave first."
After walking out of the post house, Zhang Yang took a deep breath of fresh air and walked all the way home.
At home, Li Yue was cooking in the kitchen. She was fighting with the spatula while a pot of wild vegetables and meat was cooked.
Seeing that the dish was not bad, Zhang Yang picked up a piece of meat and took a bite, then looked at the inside of the meat and said, "It's not cooked yet."
"Huh? Not cooked yet?"
Li Yue also tore open a piece of meat, and there was still red blood in the meat.
Zhang Yang looked at the pot and said, "You need to fry the meat first, and then add the wild vegetables."
After that, he put the pot of stir-fried wild vegetables and meat back into the pot and stir-fried it again. This time it was finally cooked.
Li Yue took a small notebook and recorded it.
There was a small vat of bean paste at home, and the soy sauce was still draining. Zhang Yang fished out some soy sauce and tasted it carefully. Sure enough, it still had the same taste, and it was very salty.
Take out the soy sauce and put it into a small jar.
These bean pastes can also squeeze out a lot of soy sauce.
Just eating the cooked pork dipped in soy sauce makes Li Yue enjoy it very well.
It is a good sign that my daughter-in-law is not picky about food.
Now that the family is rich, everything tastes delicious, and my wife is easily satisfied.
Sun Simiao has not seen anyone else for several days since he entered Lishan Mountain.
Li Chunfeng never saw anyone else during this retreat.
Just after dinner, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette came again.
Li Yue was still very happy that her husband could become an official. She arranged Zhang Yang's clothes and said, "If your husband works well as an official, he may be promoted in the future."
Looking at Li Yue's longing face, Zhang Yang said: "I really want to resign. You said your father is too stingy and won't even give me an official uniform."
Li Yue glared at him and said, "What are you talking about? My father has always been thrifty. I heard that many officials in the court wore clothes worn by the previous official."
"Official uniforms are leftovers worn by the previous officials. Do they care about hygiene?"
There was some inexplicable worry on Zhang Yang's face. The ancients' concept of hygiene seemed not to be very good.
After tidying up Zhang Yang's clothes and looking at her husband's handsome and dazzling face, she nodded with satisfaction.
The daughter-in-law feels like she hopes her husband will succeed.
Arriving at the post house again, Zhang Yang walked into the post house room and Lu Dongzan was already here.
Li Xiaogong said: "Lu Dongzan, please tell me the conditions for Tibet this time."
Lu Dongzan said: "We Zanpu sent someone to send a message. This time the condition is that as long as the Tang Dynasty does not send troops to help Tuyuhun, when the Tubo captures Tuyuhun, Tubo is willing to share the territory of Tuyuhun equally with the Tang Dynasty."
As long as the Tang Dynasty did not send troops, the territory of Tuyuhun could be divided equally.
Is there such a good thing?
Li Xiaogong clapped his hands and said, "Okay!"
"Well, Lu Dongzan, you are so brave!" Zhang Yang immediately took over Li Xiaogong's words and shouted loudly.
Now not only Lu Dongzan was stunned, but Li Xiaogong was also confused. Where could he find such a good thing?
This kid took what I said and scolded Lu Dongzan.
Lu Dongzan quickly stood up and saluted and said, "I wonder if what I said is wrong?"
Zhang Yang snorted coldly, "Are you Tubo bullying our Hejian County Prince for being uneducated and not having studied for a few years?"
Li Xiaogong also came back to his senses, "Yes, don't think that I can bully you without studying for a few years..."
There was something wrong with what he said. Li Xiaogong slammed the table again and looked at Zhang Yang angrily. You are such a bastard. Are you going to accuse Sang and Huai?
Li Chengqian on the side couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Zhang Yang said to Lu Dongzan: "You just said that as long as the Tang Dynasty does not send troops, the territory of Tuyuhun can be divided equally?"
"Exactly."
"It's in vain that you, the prime minister of Tibet, have read books about the Central Plains. Don't you know that Tuyuhun has been our territory in the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty, and King Tuyuhun has been the title of our Central Plains. You dare to carve up our territory in the Central Plains. You Tubos are so audacious!"
Yuchi Gong was also stunned by Zhang Yang's words. What he said was indeed correct.
From a war perspective, as long as the Tang Dynasty did not send troops to help Tuyuhun, Tubo might really be able to swallow the entire Tuyuhun.
Now it seems that Tibet is a very strong opponent.
It has to be handled with care.
We can see Zhang Yang’s ambition. Does he want to equally divide the entire Tuyuhun territory?
Maybe that's all he wants.
This young man's ambition is not small, and his tone is also arrogant. I actually admire him a little.
Lu Dongzan looked angry and asked: "What does Datang mean?"
Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "Brother Xiang, why don't you wait until you capture Tuyuhun and then give up the entire Tuyuhun territory to us, the Tang Dynasty, to take over."
Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Before he could say anything, Tuyuhun's envoy Adalan hurried over and said in a panic: "What do you mean by the Tang Dynasty? Why are you sending more troops to Liangzhou?"
Seeing Adalan's frightened expression, Zhang Yang looked at Li Xiaogong and asked, "Is this the case?"
The negotiations suddenly took a turn for the worse, and the DPRK and China increased their troops.
Li Xiaogong seemed to be coming back to his senses. He woke up from his drowsiness and said, "That's true."
Zhang Yang explained: "It's just a normal increase in troops, so you don't need to panic."
Adalan knelt on the ground with a thud, "Then why did 30,000 soldiers and horses enter our territory of Tuyuhun?"
Zhang Yang looked at Li Xiaogong in surprise again.
Li Xiaogong looked left and right, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly and said to Adalan: "Your envoy misunderstood, maybe they went hunting."
Adalan hesitated and said: "Hunting... hunting."
"Yeah……"
Zhang Yang nodded.
"Thirty thousand soldiers and horses are needed to hunt?"
"Maybe you're going on a trip, or maybe you want to experience the Gobi scenery?"
Adalan felt like crying. You officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are so leisurely and elegant. Who would send 30,000 troops for tourism?
Seeing that Lu Dongzan could no longer talk, he stood up and said, "I'll take my leave now."
After Lu Dongzan left, Adalan was still kneeling on the ground, "We Tuyuhun are willing to surrender, and we also ask the Tang Dynasty to give us a way to survive."
Helping Adalan to stand up, Zhang Yang whispered: "You also know that sending troops is a very costly thing for us, and the Tibetan envoy also said that as long as we don't send troops, there is no need for Datang to send troops.
You can give us half of Datang’s territory for free.”
"this……"
"Look at the Tibetan envoys. They would rather not get help from our Tang Dynasty than capture your Tuyuhun."
Adalan said with a fierce look: "Sooner or later, these Tubo people will die in the desert!"
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Heroes see the same thing, and I think so too."
Adalan knelt down again with a puff and said: "We are willing to give up the entire Hexi Corridor, just asking Datang to save us Tuyuhun."
"Tell me about you, why you kneel down whenever you disagree." Zhang Yang helped him up again, "There is nothing I can do to help you. Giving up the Hexi Corridor is not enough."
"how do I say this?"
After taking two steps back and forth, Zhang Yang said again: "It is impossible for us, the Tang Dynasty, to send troops. You also know how costly it is to send troops. It is not enough to give up the Hexi Corridor. You have to apologize to us, the Tang Dynasty.
"
"apologize?"
"For disturbing our border with the Tang Dynasty, King Tuyuhun must personally write a letter of credence apologizing to the Tang Dynasty and bowing his head as vassal."
"Ming...understood."
Zhang Yang added: "Although we cannot send troops to help you, we can support you spiritually and cheer for you spiritually."
"What is spirituality? Don't make fun of foreign ministers."
"It's just a joke, how can we ignore death? Are we the kind of people who ignore death?"
Adalan: "..."
Zhang Yang then said: "Although you can't send troops, you can't afford our troops from the Tang Dynasty. How about this? What do you lack in Tuyuhun? We, the Tang Dynasty, can sell it to you?"
"Sell it to us?"
"You must be short of food in Tuyuhun right now. There is war at this time of year. Many people are still hungry. It's not the harvest season yet, right?"
Adalan nodded stiffly.
Zhang Yang continued: "Are you still short of weapons for war? You know how sophisticated our weapons in the Tang Dynasty are. With our weapons, are you afraid that we can't defeat Tubo?"
Adalan said: "The foreign ministers are here to ask for help, not to do business."
"Business is to support you. Otherwise, we sell it to the Tubo people. What do you think?"
"No!" Adalan shook his head immediately.
"Besides, you have so much gold and jewelry in Tuyuhun. Instead of having it stolen by the Tibetans, you might as well use it to buy food from us. In short, you can't take advantage of the Tibetans."
"Yes, we can't take it easy on them." Adalan's hatred for the Tibetan people could not be increased.
Zhang Yang then said: "Why don't I have Lu Dongzan tied up and then brought to you to kill him however you want? You can kill him in various postures to relieve the hatred in your heart?"
"Okay, okay!" Adalan kept nodding.
"Cough cough cough..." Li Xiaogong coughed violently and kept signaling with his eyes.
"It was just a joke. Since we are almost done talking, how about we make a contract?"
Seeing that Adalan is still hesitating.
Zhang Yang whispered to him: "There is only so much I can strive for. It is better to have help than no help. No matter how small the help is, it is help. Am I right? Take our food and weapons with the Tubo people."
Give it another good fight, and if you still can't win afterward, you can come back to us for help."
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"Forget it, let's sign the contract first."
Inexplicably, this Tuyuhun messenger is very cute.
Zhang Yang grinned and said: "Tuyuhun gave up the entire Hexi Corridor in exchange for the help of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty traded weapons, food and grass to Tuyuhun to help Tuyuhun, and King Tuyuhun personally wrote his credentials to apologize to the Tang Dynasty.
.”
After signing the contract, Adalan seemed to have been hollowed out of his body. His whole body was lifeless, his eyes were lifeless, and he left with empty steps.
Li Xiaogong kept the contract, and the Tang Dynasty troops gained the Hexi Corridor without any bloodshed.
"Why not cooperate with Tubo? Then we can get more land in Tuyuhun."
Zhang Yang explained: "The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Tuyuhun is a good buffer zone between the Central Plains and Tubo. If Tubo cannot cross Tuyuhun, it cannot invade the Central Plains. Tuyuhun cannot be defeated like this."
Li Xiaogong thought, "How long can Tuyuhun last like this?"
I didn't know it before, but now Li Chengqian also feels that Tubo and Tang Dynasty will have a war sooner or later.
Yuchi Gong stood up and said, "It's just a temporary measure at the moment, but if you can take down the Hexi Corridor without losing any blood, you've done a great job. You can wait for the reward."
It's hard to say how long Tuyuhun can last. Everyone knows Tubo's attitude and also knows Tubo's strength.
The Hexi Corridor was also obtained, and the sale of food and weapons could also bring a lot of income to the court.
He got the maximum benefit at the minimum cost. Li Chengqian witnessed a wonderful negotiation and learned a lot.
“This trip was well worth it and I have benefited a lot.”
Everyone was in a good mood, but Zhang Yang still looked worried.
Li Xiaogong said loudly: "It's done, why do you still have such a bad face?"
Zhang Yang first bowed, "This Tubo is not easy to fight."
Li Xiaogong said: "Where was your momentum before? Now you are still afraid of the Tubo people. In the future, I will wait for me to kill the Tibetan camp and capture Songtsen Gampo and bring him to Chang'an."
Zhang Yang shook his head and sighed: "We can't go deep into the heart of Tubo. If something happens, we will lose. At least we can't fight like this."
Li Xiaogong laughed, took the contract and walked away.
Yuchi Gong walked up to Zhang Yang and sighed, "Tsk... what a pity."
Then Yuchi Gong also walked out of the room.
Li Chengqian stepped forward and said: "Why don't you go to the East Palace with me to sit down? I want to ask you more about Tuyuhun and Tubo."
"I won't go to the East Palace. I just want to ask His Highness the Crown Prince for help with something."
"Just say it." Li Chengqian admired his brother-in-law very much. Just like his father said, if you discipline him well in the future, he will definitely make great achievements in the court in the future.
Zhang Yang bowed slightly and said: "Your Highness, I have made a meritorious service this time. Can I resign?"
I am still imagining in my heart that in the future Zhang Yang will stand in the court wearing court clothes and point out the country, scolding Fang Qiu. He looks high-spirited, ambitious and full of energy.
"Resign?" Li Chengqian took two steps back in confusion, the scene in his imagination falling into pieces.
Li Chengqian said again: "Why!"
Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "To be honest with you, your highness, a Taoist priest told me my fortune before. He said that I am incompatible with being an official. Once I become an official, I will die badly. Your highness will not die without saving me."
Bar."
"Hehehe..." Li Chengqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Besides, I love money very much. If I am an official, I will probably be a corrupt official. Corrupt officials will not die well. Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want me to die young."
A gust of cold wind blew into the room from the window.
After being quiet for a long time, Li Chengqian stopped talking, "You... you are really..."
Zhang Yang put his hands in his sleeves, "You said that I am resigning. Can your Majesty settle the salary for this month?"
"Hehehe..."
The corners of Li Chengqian's mouth twitched, "Just pretend you haven't heard these words before, and don't mention them again in the future..."
Seeing that Li Chengqian was about to leave, Zhang Yang said: "Your Highness, I am serious."