Li Tai scratched his head, "It seems to be a simple thing, but it's really difficult to do it."
"If you want this cover to be solid, you must first use Li Bin's name to leave traces in some state capitals. This will make it more credible, and you must also find out the details of the children of the family and understand your own."
Only by building a solid foundation and understanding your opponent can you get twice the result with half the effort."
Li Tai whispered: "No wonder my brother-in-law said that you are the intelligence chief of the Diplomatic Academy. How many such people do you have in your hands?"
Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, does he know how much money it costs the Foreign Affairs Academy to train these people?"
"I don't care how much it costs." Li Tai knew that he could still earn more money, so the current effort was nothing. "Is there anything else I need to pay attention to after that?"
Xu Jingzong still shook his head, "Let's see how he lives in Xingzhou with his new identity, and whether his family has been settled, and whether anyone will recognize him."
"Shilang Xu also saw it just now. This man has become extremely thin. He is completely different from before. No one can recognize him. After being interrogated for so many days, he has also revealed all his connections. He left Chang'an City.
No one knew him then, let alone him now."
"I understand."
Li Tai bowed slightly and said, "Then let's follow Mr. Xu's arrangements. How long will it take to send him to Luoyang?"
"One month is enough."
Xu Jingzong told Li Tai the specific details of the matter, including those who cooperated.
"Li Bin has not yet arrived in Luoyang. It is best for his reputation to spread to Luoyang first, and it is best to do a bad thing that can spread thousands of miles."
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"What's up?"
"A son of a dandy clan got into an argument with someone and was captured by the government. He beat up the county magistrate, and then left in a big way, without the shame to return to Chang'an and went to Luoyang."
Li Tai patted his thigh and praised: "This story is great."
"I will take my leave now. If you need any help, please come to the Foreign Affairs Academy."
"Walk slowly."
Saying goodbye to Li Tai, Xu Jingzong got on his horse and hurried to Chang'an City.
In the evening, when I arrived in front of Dali Temple, Xu Jingzong preached to the gatekeeper guarding the door: "Xu Jingzong, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, has come to see Shaoqing."
The gatekeeper received the words and went to report it.
When Chu Liang came out, Xu Jingzong took out the copybook and said, "This is what Lishan brought. It is the original copybook of Mr. Ouyang Xun."
Chu Liang took it and held it in his hand, "Don't worry, Ashinadur will always be in the dungeon these days. Even if someone wants to be released, he will say hello to you in advance."
Xu Jingzong nodded, "It's troublesome."
Chu Liang handed the copybook to the doorman on the side and said, "Give this to Suiliang."
The doorman nodded in response.
With Chu Liang's promise, Xu Jingzong felt relieved.
Mid-October in Chang'an City has just passed. This morning, the six departments reported their respective arrangements in order.
Zhang Yang stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions has been built to control the four towns of Anxi. The Xizhou Protectorate has also been built. It controls three states in ten places including Gaochang, and the Hehuang Protectorate.
It will be completed by the end of October, and then the government and the central government can send officials to manage it."
The Foreign Affairs Council has been extremely busy this year. After much stumbling from the beginning of the year to now, we finally gave an explanation to His Majesty.
This is a victor's gesture by the Foreign Affairs Academy, telling the court the achievements since its establishment.
The court is very quiet.
Seeing that His Majesty did not speak, Zhang Yang saluted again and said, "I would also like to ask Your Majesty to redraw the territory of the Tang Dynasty and include the four towns of Anxi into our territory of the Tang Dynasty."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Li Shimin said hello three times in a row.
As for the rewards, His Majesty has not mentioned them yet, but everyone knows that the achievements of the Diplomatic Academy are enough for Zhang Yang and these four ministers to receive considerable rewards.
Zhang Yang added: "Your Majesty, I believe that the imperial examination should be held again next year to show our determination to recruit talents in the Tang Dynasty. The officials who go to the Western Regions and Tubo also need to be arranged. I advise your Majesty to be frugal in daily life and to step up diligence.
Construction of official schools.”
After saying that, he stood back to his position.
After the morning court, several people in the Ministry of Rites were in a good mood. Xu Jingzong wiped his tears and said, "Our life has been really hard this year."
Zhang Dashu also said: "Can we have a good celebration tonight?"
Xu Jingzong nodded, "We should celebrate. Brother Baiyao is here to celebrate too."
Li Baiyao waved his hand and said: "There is no need to lower the rank."
Xu Jingzong held him by the hand and said, "Without you in the Ministry of Rites to help us deal with the important affairs of the court, how would we have the time to be busy with matters in the Western Regions."
Li Baiyao wanted to say something else, but he had to accept it due to the other party's enthusiasm.
Seeing Zhang Yang stop, Zhang Elephant asked: "Will Zhang Shangshu come to participate?"
Zhang Yangzheng watched Xu Xiaode follow a eunuch to the direction of Manlu Palace, then he came back to his senses and said to Zhang Xiang, "I won't go."
"Why?"
"I still have to meet someone. You guys should celebrate. Now that the matter is over, everyone should relax these days. In the coming year, the focus will be on Western Turks and Liaodong."
Before Xu Jingzong could say anything else, Zhang Yang quickly walked out of Chengtian Gate.
Walking out of Chengtian Gate is the Imperial City, where officials from the three provinces and six ministries are busy.
Noticing that everyone around him was looking at him, Zhang Yang quickened his pace and walked to Zhuque Street. Only then did the pressure of being watched disappear.
Arriving in front of the Dali Temple, Zhang Yang explained his purpose.
Chu Liang came to greet him personally, "Is this Zhang Shangshu, who is famous in Chang'an?"
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "I'm here to see Ashinadur."
Chu Liang nodded and said: "Xu Jingzong came to see me, and I agreed to keep him in custody for a longer period of time. Logically speaking, he can be released after being taken to Dali Temple and detained for up to half a month."
"Thank you very much, Chu Shaoqing, for your help."
Chu Liang cupped his hands and said, "Zhang Shangshu, you're welcome. Come with me."
Following Chu Liang's footsteps, Zhang Yang walked into Dali Temple. Each of the nine temples in the three provinces, six departments, and central government had their own functions, and Dali Temple was the most important of the nine temples.
Detaining, taking people, and interrogating them are all the expertise of Dali Temple.
Walking inside, Zhang Yang felt the solemn atmosphere here. There were not many people and it was quiet.
Walking into a place like this, one cannot help but feel nervous. Zhang Yang even thought about whether his threats to Japanese people would be discovered by Dali Temple and whether he would also be imprisoned in Dali Temple.
Before arriving at the dungeon, Chu Liang said again: "Zhang Shangshu is going to visit first. I have other matters to attend to."
Zhang Yang nodded in thanks and followed the jailer into the dungeon.
The damp feeling and musty smell when entering the dungeon are very uncomfortable.
As I walked with the jailer, the dungeon was empty, with only two or three scattered cells holding people.
The path in the cell is not wide enough for people to walk.
Arriving at a cell, Zhang Yang saw Ashinadur. At this moment, his hair was disheveled and he couldn't even see his face clearly.
The jailer whispered: "Do you need to open the cell door?"
"No, I'll have a few words with him."
"The humble post is not far away. Zhang Shangshu can just say hello if necessary." The jailer glared at Ashinadur again and left.
After the jailer left, Ashnadur suddenly stood up, rushed to the cell, and held the cell door with both hands, "Are you an official? Are Tian Khan coming to see me and letting me out?"
Listening to the other party's somewhat crazy words, Zhang Yang looked cold and looked at his hand stretching out the cell door, then took a step back.
Noticing the behavior of the official in front of him, Ashinadur shouted angrily: "Aren't you here to let me out?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "The lower official is Zhang Yang, the Minister of Rites, who has met General Duer."
Ashnadur held the cell door open with one hand, his face almost squeezed out of the cell door, and stretched out his other hand to point outside, "I know you! You are the person who presides over the Foreign Affairs Council and specializes in arresting envoys from other countries. You
Let me out, and I will tell Tian Khan that I, Turki Tiel Ashinadur, don’t have to argue with you.”
Zhang Yang stood still with his hands folded, "I'm afraid General Duer has misunderstood."
Ashnadur was surprised for a long time, and after a while he opened his mouth again and stretched out his hands to grab the clothes of the young man in front of him.
Zhang Yang leaned on the wall behind him with his hands folded and said: "First of all, I would like to thank General Duer for helping us capture the Western Regions. Also, while General Duer is conquering the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty can also take the opportunity to capture Tubo."
Saluting him again, Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Secondly, I am definitely not here to release General Duer. From the time General Duer came to Chang'an City, I never thought of letting General Duer return to the Turks."
"You are invading my Turkic grassland!" Ashnadur suddenly shouted, shaking the cell door hard and trying to push it open.
Zhang Yang raised his eyes and said, "The cell door is quite strong. You probably won't be able to get out."
Seeing Duer's furious look, Zhang Yang continued: "Now I will not let you return to the Turks, and you have been monitored by the people I arranged since you entered Chang'an City. This is also the time when you left Chang'an City and were arrested again.
The reason for coming back was arranged by me from beginning to end."
"Ah!" Ashnadur roared angrily, as if he wanted to eat someone.
"One more thing, I'm very curious about how you followed Tian Khan's arrangements and went to the Western Regions to attack the four towns of Anxi."
Hearing this, Ashnadur became quiet again.
Zhang Yang paced back and forth, "I was wondering if Tian Khan had promised you something? Are you willing to travel such a long distance, leading people and horses from the Eastern Turks to the Western Regions?"
Ashnadur suddenly laughed again and muttered to himself in Turkic dialect.
"Tian Khan must have made a promise to you. After Jieli's defeat, you must have wanted to seize the Turkic Khan's position, but you didn't take action at that time. Maybe you had such a plan in the first place, but after Xue Yantuo harassed the Turks,
It messed up your plans."
"The Turkic soldiers and horses in your hands are no match for Xue Yantuo, so you turned to Gaochang for help. I don't want to pursue the reason why you got help from Gaochang, because the father and son of Gaochang were already dead, and they died under the arrangements of our Ministry of Rites.
"
After thinking about it again, Zhang Yang nodded clearly, "You have no enmity with Jieli. If you wanted to get the position of the Turkic Khan, you should have taken action when the Turkic Khan was in power, let alone
Am I right to lead troops to attack Xue Yantuo?"
Ashnadur was quiet again.
This guy is always going crazy. Did he suffer some inhuman mental torture in the dungeon?
Zhang Yang lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you, Yinan Khan is actually still alive and in my hands. Even Tian Khan doesn't know about it."
Ashnadur stared at him intently.
"I didn't know what conditions were reached between you and the Tian Khan before, but after careful consideration, you may not have the intention to become the Turk Khan, but there must be another reason. You would rather Xue Yantuo was harassing the Turks.
, to resist Xue Yantuo, and did not want to compete with Tuli Khan for the position of Khan. It is a pity that Tuli Khan died too early."
"Until a few days ago, His Majesty suddenly mentioned that he wanted to conquer Xue Yantuo. I suddenly thought about it. Remembering the reason why Tian Khan asked you to conquer the Western Regions at that time, I guessed that the condition you reached with Tian Khan at that time was to help you conquer the Western Regions.
Xue Yantuo."
Zhang Yang looked at him with a smile, "You helped Tian Khan conquer the Western Regions, and Tian Khan helped you conquer Xue Yantuo, right?"
Ashnadur returned to the corner and squatted down without saying a word.
Zhang Yang whispered, "In fact, if we want to conquer Xue Yantuo, it won't count even if Tian Khan alone says it, but all the ministers in the court will discuss it. In my opinion, now is not a good time to conquer Xue Yantuo. If you can talk to me
If a condition is met, I can let Tian Khan fulfill his promise and let you attack Xue Yantuo together with the Guanzhong soldiers and horses."
"what do you want,"
He finally spoke.
Zhang Yang grinned and said, "I want the Turkic grasslands and I need the Turks to be stable, so after attacking Xue Yantuo, you can never return to the Turks and have to spend the rest of your life in Chang'an City."
Ashnadur patted his chest, raised his head and spoke as if swearing.
After he finished speaking, he sat cross-legged in the corner and stopped talking.
The two looked at each other in silence for a long time. Zhang Yang walked to the cell door and said, "I know that this condition may be no different from death to you prairie people, but I tell you, Tian Khan doesn't care about your life or death.
I still have some value."
Saluting this Turk Tel, Zhang Yang put on a smile again, "Although I am not a good person according to the rumors among the envoys from various countries, those who work for me can live well. If you want to see me, tell the jailer here.
,consider properly."
Zhang Yang sighed, "Because there are no good people in Chang'an City, I am the only one who cares about your life and death."
Leaving Ashinadur in a daze, Zhang Yang walked out of the dungeon. The jailer accompanied him and asked, "I wonder how the conversation went with Zhang Shangshu?"
"We had a great chat. I almost became brothers with the entire Turkestan."
The jailer laughed dumbly.
Zhang Yang asked: "Take good care of him, try to arrange his daily meals as well as possible, and keep him alive first."
"I understand the humble position."
After leaving Dali Temple, Zhang Yang returned home and listened to his aunt's story before he knew what happened in the palace. Xu Xiaode went to the Manlu Hall to meet with His Majesty.
After staying in the Ganlu Hall for an hour, I didn't know what Xu Xiaode said to His Majesty. Then His Majesty summoned Lu Chengqing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.
Lu Chengqing had gone to Ganlu Hall half an hour ago, but he has not come out until now.
Few of the supervisory censors in the Tang Dynasty were serious, and few of the gentry officials dared to investigate.
Others did not dare, but Wei Zheng and Xu Xiaode did.