Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

"But Honglu Temple is not a prison, how could they be like this?"

Zhang Dun pondered: "Anyway, we will all be in Honglu Temple in the future, and we will always know."

"That won't work!"

Tang Jian waved his hand, and said decisively, "I just can't see them like this!"

"As an official in the court, especially Honglu Temple, how can you be so decadent? Brother Zhang, you have to know that Honglu Temple is the face of our Tang Dynasty!"

"These people deal with foreign envoys on weekdays."

"If foreign envoys see our Honglu Temple officials in Datang like this, won't they despise Datang?"

After finishing speaking, he grabbed Zhang Dun's arm, turned around with him and headed towards the lobby of the government office, "Let's go, let's go find Feng Ran again!"

Zhang Dun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Didn't you go here to touch your nose?"

Feng Ran thought they were not pleasing to the eye, but now he ran over, and it would be a ghost if he didn't get a reprimand.

"That has to be found!"

Tang Jian said in a deep voice, "I'm not reconciled if I don't ask the matter clearly!"

No wonder Tang Jian was sent to Turkic envoy later.

Zhang Dun sighed, convinced in his heart, either he was too capable, or someone was messing with him behind his back.

Just his temper.

I always feel that the second possibility is more likely.

Soon, Zhang Dun was dragged by him into the lobby of the government office. Looking at Feng Ran, who was sitting in the upper seat, lowering his head and writing something, the two of them bowed to each other at the same time and said, "I have seen Feng Siqing in my humble position."

Feng Ran raised his head, frowned and said, "Why are you back again?"

Tang Jian said without hesitation: "Feng Siqing, I have a question for my humble official."

"Say."

Feng Ran looked at him for a few seconds, and spoke.

Tang Jian said in a deep voice: "Are the officials of Honglu Temple serving as officials in our Tang court?"

Feng Ran's eyes froze: "Tang Shaoqing, what do you want to say? Why don't you just speak clearly."

Tang Jian said in a loud voice: "The lowly position is straightforward. The officials of Honglu Temple don't look like they are officials in my Tang Dynasty!"

"The humble staff just called them to the front and lectured them one by one, only to find that they lack energy and energy. They don't seem to be working for officials, but more like coming here to eat and wait to die!"

Tang Jian said with a serious face: "I don't understand this point very much, so please ask Feng Siqing for advice."

Feng Ran frowned, stared straight at him, and said, "What you want to say is that I have not been a good minister of Honglu Temple? Is it my fault that they look like this now?"

Tang Jian was taken aback, waved his hands and said, "Humble post doesn't mean that."

"I see that's what you mean!"

Feng Ran snorted coldly: "Tang Jian, you are new here, how can you know the inside story of Honglu Temple? You have only been here for less than a day, and you are targeting me. What is your intention?"

Tang Jian was a little anxious, "I said that I didn't mean that. I just saw their appearance and felt uncomfortable, so I wanted to ask Feng Shaoqing what is the reason for this, so I can prescribe the right medicine."

Feng Ran pointed at him and said angrily: "Who do you want to prescribe the right medicine for? Hmm? I think you want to prescribe the right medicine for me!"

"Feng Siqing—"

Feng Ran interrupted him directly, "Stop talking!"

"My official sees that you haven't understood the official documents of Honglu Temple in the past! You go down now, go to He Jing immediately, and read the previous official documents again!"

Seeing that Tang Jian was about to open his mouth to say something, Feng Ran suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Don't back down!! Do you still want to commit the next crime?!"

Zhang Dun tugged on Tang Jian's sleeve.

The veins on Tang Jian's forehead were exposed, but seeing Feng Ran's staring gaze, he could only grit his teeth, bow his head and cup his hands, and said, "Resign from the humble position."

Zhang Dun also bowed slightly, and walked out of the government office lobby with Tang Jian.

"Damn it!"

Tang Jian violently kicked the pebble out of the courtyard again, and said indignantly, "This man named Feng, how can two of the three sentences be inseparable? We have to make trouble with him?"

"Just like him, why do we have to make things difficult for him? I think he's going to make things difficult for himself, it's so screwy! How can there be such a person, who thinks that others are going to make things difficult for him."

This Feng Ran is really sensitive.

Zhang Dun nodded slightly. After hearing these words, ordinary people shouldn't have such a big reaction.

"But we didn't get nothing."

Zhang Dun pondered: "Didn't he say that, let's go to the recorder He Jing, maybe we can find some clues from him."

"Yes."

Tang Jian's eyes lit up and said, "Go, let's go find him now."

At this moment, He Jing, the recorder, was sorting out the past official documents in the treasury. When he heard footsteps, he turned around and saw Zhang Dun and Tang Jian.

Tang Jian asked directly: "He Lushi, I want to ask you something."

"Why are the people in Honglu Temple so listless?"

He Jing was stunned, then bowed his head and remained silent.

Zhang Dun asked curiously, "Is there something unspeakable?"

"It's not an unspeakable secret for Zhang Shaoqing to know."

He Jing sighed, shook his head and said: "The officials you saw, when they first came to Honglu Temple, were actually the same as Zhang Shaoqing and Tang Shaoqing, they could see light in their eyes."

"Also, they all came to look for the humble job and asked the same question."

Tang Jian raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there such a thing? How did you tell them?"

"Humble job didn't say anything."

He Jing pointed to the past documents placed next to him, and said: "The humble job just let them read these things, all the confusion in their hearts, and what Zhang Shaoqing and Tang Shaoqing want to know are all in it."

Zhang Dun looked down and saw that although the official documents were a bit old, they were not dusty at all, obviously they had been flipped through.

Tang Jian walked over directly, picked up an official document, and looked down carefully.

After reading it, Tang Jian was silent for a few seconds, then picked up another official document and read it.

One copy after another, more and more to see.

And Tang Jian's face became more and more dignified.

After a long time, Tang Jian looked at Zhang Dun, handed him the official document in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhang, take a look too."

Zhang Dun nodded slightly, raised his hand to take it, looked down, and frowned a few times.

The content of the official document is very brief, but each word is very heavy, and there is a sentence in it as follows:

On the third day of August in the second year of Wude, the Turkic envoys were received by Honglu Temple. On the tenth day, the Turkic envoys robbed the west market and reported it to the imperial court, but the emperor said nothing.

Chapter 411 Turkic envoys will come tomorrow, you come to receive

It means that the Turkic envoys robbed the West Market, Honglu Temple reported the matter to Emperor Li Yuan during the reign of Wude, did Li Yuan deal with it coldly...

Zhang Dun thought about it, and saw Tang Jian handing over another official document.

"Brother Zhang, look at this again."

Zhang Dun took it and looked at it. It read: On the fourth day of September in the second year of Wude, Turkic envoys fought with people in Chang'an City, causing a commoner to be disabled. Honglu Temple reported to the court, but the emperor said nothing.

"And this." Tang Jian handed over another copy.

On the second day of August in the third year of Wude, the Turkic envoys forcibly took the women back to Honglu Temple.

Read the above content.

Zhang Dun raised his head, and saw Tang Jian's face was ugly, and then looked at He Jing, the recorder, and saw that he was silent, and said in a deep voice, "He Lushi, Feng Siqing used to have a bad temper?"

He Jingjing nodded and said, "It's not just a temper tantrum, it's extremely hot. Once the foreign envoy does something that displeases him, he will be severely reprimanded. However, you have also seen it, and the results are all written in the official document."

No wonder he is so sensitive, Zhang Dun said silently in his heart, Honglu Temple is equivalent to the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Honghe Temple is equivalent to a minister. A dignified minister was severely injured by a foreign envoy, but the higher-ups were only consoling. Not severely punish foreign envoys.

In other words, no one can bear it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dun sighed and said: "It seems that it is not easy to be the minister of Honglu Temple."

The higher-ups don't care about it and let others run amok to do evil. The lower-level people know that it's useless to control them, and they might be severely injured. What else can they do?It's strange not to be depressed.

Tang Jian suddenly said, "But it's not the year of Wude, it's the year of Zhenguan! The one sitting on the dragon chair is no longer the Supreme Emperor, but the King of Qin!"

He Jing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty today is indeed unusual. After all, last year Jieli Khan led an army of 20 to the banks of the Weishui River. It was His Majesty who went there in person and made an alliance with Turkic Khan on the Weishui River."

"However, nothing has changed."

The alliance of Weishui.

Also known as the Alliance of Easy Bridges.

It was at the end of the ninth year of Wude last year, when Li Er had just ascended the throne, the Turks, led by Jieli Khan, attacked Jingyang, which was only forty miles away from Chang'an, causing the capital to shake.

At that time, Chang'an's troops were only tens of thousands. Li Shimin set up a plan to suspect soldiers. He personally led six people including Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling to talk to Jieli Khan across the Weishui River.

Zhang Dun remembered that in "Zizhi Tongjian" it was recorded that Tang Taizong killed the white horse and concluded the "Weishui alliance" with the Turkic Khan, and the Turkic soldiers retreated.

He Jing continued: "Right now, when the Great Tang is recuperating and recuperating, the most taboo thing is to go to war with the Turks. It's not the time yet."

"What Honglu Temple can do is to play around. If you can not humiliate the state system, you will be considered as a meritorious service."

Hearing this, Tang Jian pointed to those official documents and said angrily, "Isn't this an insult to the state system?"

He Jing remained silent.

Zhang Dun said slowly: "Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the arrow."

"Things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield are impossible to obtain in negotiations."

He Jing looked surprised, cupped his hands and said: "Zhang Shaoqing's words are very true."

"That's it."

"It is also because of this that Feng Siqing became what he is today."

He Jing sighed and said, "It's not just him, all the officials in Honglu Temple also have the same mentality, so they will become what Tang Shaoqing said they lost their spirit."

Zhang Dun looked He Jing up and down, and said, "It's not all the officials, after all, you don't have any."

Hearing this, Tang Jian also turned his head to look at him, nodded and said: "Yes, your spirit looks different from others, why is that?"

He Jing pursed his lips and said softly: "Because I believe that our Tang Dynasty will definitely surpass the Turks in national power one day in the future, and then we will attack and defend other people. People in Honglu Temple don't need to be cautious anymore. Other people's faces acted."

After finishing speaking, he clenched his fist and said, "I hope this day will come soon."

Tang Jian stared at him, and his gaze at He Jing softened a bit.

Zhang Dun patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "I will definitely, up to three years."

The benefits of the Weishui alliance outweigh the disadvantages.

Avoiding Datang's battle under unfavorable conditions and stabilizing the situation for himself.

At the same time, it also bought time for economic development and power accumulation.

According to historical records, this was an important turning point in the changes in the strength of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

Just because of avoiding the edge, Datang won time, so in the fourth year of Zhenguan, he was able to defeat the Turks and capture Jieli Khan alive.

There are three more years!Zhang Dun thought silently, in another three years, Datang will really take off!

Regarding Zhang Dun's words, He Jing smiled noncommittally, three years?Can Honglu Temple be proud?It's easy to say, but it's so difficult to do.

Datang is now waiting to be rejuvenated, and to achieve it, there are too many places where money is needed.

However, the Weishui Alliance exhausted the money and food in the national treasury. Without money and food as support, how could it be possible in three years?

Tang Jian looked at Zhang Dun in confusion. He usually doesn't boast, so why did he start bragging today?

Zhang Dun had a panoramic view of the expressions of the two, and then smiled and said nothing. As a future person who traveled through time, he knew the result, but he also knew that they would not believe the result.

Because as far as the current situation of Datang is concerned.

It is a fantasy to want to defeat the Turks three years later!