On June 20, the Tibetan envoys arrived north of the Wei River.
His Majesty Li Er suddenly went hunting in the mountains of Qinling Mountains.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
A country cannot be without its owner for a day, let alone at such an important moment.
Are we going to let the Tibetan envoys wait in Chang'an City?
Just when people were panicking, news came out from the palace that His Majesty Li Er left two wishes before leaving.
The first decree was to let the prince supervise the country and take charge of all affairs.
This makes sense. Prince Li Chengqian is already fourteen years old, so he is quite capable of supervising the country.
However, the second decree made people dumbfounded.
The second order is to let Bo Duhe of Yi County take charge of the negotiations with the Tibetan envoys on all major and minor matters. The prince will assist Du He in completing the negotiations. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui can assist him.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one has seen such ridiculous things.
A small county magistrate actually asked the majestic prince to assist him?
Who is the prince?
For a time, all kinds of speculations and discussions emerged one after another.
Of course, many people are curious about what the final result will be if the big devil Du He is allowed to negotiate with Tubo.
Everyone clearly remembers the two peace talks that Du He participated in.
One time, he negotiated with Wang and others at a furniture factory. In the end, Du He received a thousand taels of silver and 500 acres of land.
The second time was Du He's negotiation with Changsun Wuji at Baqiao. This time, another treaty was signed to cede land and pay compensation, causing the Changsun family to bleed a lot.
This time, is it Tubo’s turn?
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On the afternoon of June 20th, Ximen Qing went to the furniture factory to deliver the message.
At that time, Du He was preparing to build a swimming pool by the Bahe River when he heard Ximen Qing read Li Er's instructions seriously.
Du He suddenly had the urge to tear the edict into pieces.
Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Congratulations, Uncle Yi County, you are now a popular person in front of His Majesty. Your Majesty did not leave the negotiation with Tubo to the left prime minister, the right prime minister, nor to the eldest grandson Sikong and others.
But letting you take charge shows that His Majesty has great trust in you!"
The corner of Du He's mouth twitched. He wanted to beat Ximen Qing violently, but thinking about it, this matter seemed to have nothing to do with Ximen Qing.
Du He asked: "What official position has your Majesty given me?"
Ximen Qing shook his head: "Before you left, Your Majesty said that you, uncle of Yi County, are indifferent to fame and wealth and do not want to be an official. Your Majesty does not want to force others to make things difficult, so you have not been given an official position."
Du He: "..."
Send Ximen Qing away.
Du He immediately stood by the river, holding up the edict and yelling: "Li Er, you are a big cheat, even your uncle's... cheaters are not so cheating!"
When people around him saw Du He jumping around in anger, they all wondered, who is this Li Er, who made the young master so angry?
In the afternoon, Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, and even Yuchi Baolin from Lianzhou arrived.
When Qin Huaiyu met, he said: "Du He, Your Majesty is putting you on the fire. If you are not careful with this peace negotiation, I am afraid it will trigger a war between the two countries."
Du He said with a smile: "I'm afraid that your Majesty just wants to fight this. Since Songtsen Gampo became Zanpu, Tubo's national power has become more and more powerful. How can the bed allow others to sleep soundly on it? Your Majesty will never allow Tubo to become powerful.
However, I have never been able to find an excuse to persuade the ministers of North Korea and China to launch a war. Now I am fine. When I doze off, someone will give me a pillow. By then, even if a war breaks out, it can be said that it was caused by the failure of my Duhe negotiations. Really
It’s so cheating…”
When he thought of this, Du He stayed away from Li Er, an old bastard.
This is really sinister.
It’s not good to trick anyone, but I actually tricked this young master.
Cheng Chu said angrily: "No wonder, your Majesty went hunting in the mountains and took away all the generals including my father. Now all that is left in the court are a bunch of civil servants. These civil servants are the most afraid of war and have always advocated peace talks with Tubo.
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Du He nodded: "Damn it, if this matter is not handled well, I will be infamy for eternity. The crime of provoking a battlefield between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty is not a small one."
Yuchi Baolin chuckled and said: "Du He, you killed Gongsong Zanbu anyway, do you still care about this?"
"Fuck it, why do I care about this? It's just that this feeling of being used as a weapon is very unpleasant!"
Cheng Chumo smiled obscenely and said, "Brother, let's go to the Moon Tower tonight to have a good time. Anyway, the Tibetan envoy will not arrive until tomorrow."
Du He: "...Get out!"
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Late at night.
The East Palace is brightly lit.
Li Chengqian stood in the main hall, not sleepy at all.
Facing a lone lamp in front of him, his face turned a little pale.
Prince Zhanshi Zhang Xuansu came over and asked: "Your Highness, you are worried about the supervision of the country. In fact, there is no need to worry about this matter. Although Your Majesty is not here, Mr. Left Prime Minister and Mr. Du, Right Prime Minister, are both here.
You can listen to their opinions, including Lord Situ Wang, Lord Sikong Changsun, etc. This matter of supervising the country is actually a trivial matter."
Li Chengqian shook his head: "I am not worried about supervising the country. Last year, my father was ill, and I did it once. I did not make any mistakes. This time I will supervise the country again, and I will only become more familiar with it. What I am worried about is the relationship with Tubo.
I have always had issues with Du He regarding the peace talks. He is in charge of this matter. How should I get along with him?"
Deep down in his heart, Li Chengqian was actually a little afraid of Du He.
Even though he is the prince, Du He is just a small county uncle.
The reason is that in the recent battles, Li Chengqian was completely defeated, while Du He became the big devil known to everyone in Chang'an City.
Zhang Xuansu thought for a while and asked: "What do you think of Du He, Your Highness?"
"I can't see clearly," Li Chengqian said softly, "In the past, I and Du He were also considered good friends, and our relationship is like that with Chang Sun Chong, Fang Yiai, etc. now, but after Du He escaped from marriage, I contacted him several times, but
I found that he seemed to have changed as a person, and his actions were becoming more and more difficult for people to see through. Every time he took risks, he always succeeded by surprise. Such a person is really favored by God."
Zhang Xuansu shook his head and said: "Your Highness, you are wrong. Du He is not God's blessing, but he has already started planning before he took action. In the past few months, Du He seems to be lucky.
In fact, everything was going according to Du He's plan. For example, in the Zhang Chao case, when Zhang Chao jointly impeached Du He, Du He must have known about it, but he stood still and waited for Zhang Chao to reveal his flaws, and finally handed over the murderer.
He went to Dali Temple... until he had a verbal battle with Tai Chi Hall, letting Zhang Chao fall into his trap step by step. If such a person is placed on the battlefield, he will be a strategist!"
Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at Zhang Xuansu in surprise.
Zhang Xuansu is best at policy making and has always believed in his aloofness. There are very few people he respects.
Now, Zhang Xuansu is praising Du He?
Li Chengqian was even surprised.
Is this still Zhang Xuansu, the teacher I am most familiar with?
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(Fifth update, brothers, it’s not that I’m banned, it’s that I can’t comment on all QQ readers. I’m also very sad that I can’t see your cool comments. I created a group in Western Zhou Dynasty, the group number is 611876256)