The Depressed Li Er
" He's finally gone!"
Gu Hao heaved a sigh of relief.
In order to avoid going the same way as the princess, Gu Hao waited for a long time before leaving Hongwen Hall.
As a lecturer, he had already finished his work for the day. He could come to Hongwen Hall in the afternoon or not.
As soon as he left the Imperial City's Hanguang Gate, Gu Hao saw the 'dog eunuch' who drove him home last night waving at him.
"The arrangements are really fast."
Gu Hao said softly.
He slowly walked to the side of the 'dog eunuch' and glanced at the luxurious carriage at the side. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
"Lord Gu, this old servant will temporarily drive for you in the future. This old servant's surname is Chen. If you are willing, you can call this old servant Old Chen.”
As soon as Gu Hao arrived, he heard the dog eunuch's flattery.
"Then I'll have to trouble you in the future, Old Chen.”
Gu Hao smiled.
She did not make things difficult for him.
After all, the two of them did not have a big grudge, and his future travel was basically in the hands of Old Chen.
"Hehe, it's no trouble at all.”
Elder Chen smiled apologetically.
He heaved a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that if he didn't leave the carriage behind last night, he would offend this scholar.
Now, it seemed that the top scholar was quite magnanimous.
Sitting in the spacious and bright carriage again, Gu Hao was in a good mood.
"If it was in the future, this would at least be a BMW.”
Gu Hao thought happily.
Gu Hao was in a good mood, but the Tang Emperor, Li Shimin, who was in Taiji Palace, was a little depressed.
This morning, he had used his thunderous methods to deal with the officials who had participated in the cheating of the imperial examination.
Just as his killing intent was at its peak, a piece of good news came from the border.
The tribes and small countries of the Western Regions that had been under the control of the Turks had sent emissaries to the Great Tang to request surrender and seek protection.
This was undoubtedly exciting news.
However, Li Shiming received another secret message:
The Turkic Jie Li Khan had sent people to sow discord, saying that the Great Tang would not sincerely surrender and only wanted to use the internal conflicts of the Western Regions to break down the Turkic rule.
Once the Turks were defeated, the Great Tang would send troops to the Western Regions and wipe out all the tribes.
All of a sudden, the tribes of the Western Regions hesitated.
"Our Great Tang is a country of etiquette, and we pay attention to a just cause. If they truly surrender, why would I go back on my word?”
Li Shi Min was depressed.
It was such a simple plan to drive a wedge between them, yet there were still people who believed it.
What made him even more speechless was that according to the secret report: The allied diplomatic mission of the tribes of the Western Regions hoped to see the sincerity of the Great Tang's surrender.
The specific method was to see if the Tang royal family had properly collected all the treasures they had once offered as tribute.
Coincidentally, the leader of this diplomatic mission came from the Wusun Kingdom.
The Wusun Kingdom had once offered a crystal cup to the Great Tang.
Li Shi Min and the other ministers who knew about this secret report fell silent.
Everyone was well-informed.
Just this morning, the crystal cup that Wusun Country had presented was given to Gu Hao as a reward by Li Shimin.
According to the logic of the Western Regions diplomatic mission, the Great Tang really did not have the sincerity to surrender!
After all, the other party had given you a treasure of the royal family, and you had given it to someone else. Wasn't this too disrespectful?
Li Shi Min was depressed.
If this news had come half a day earlier, he would not have given away the crystal cup.
Now, do you want me to take back what I gave away?
I don't care about my face!
"According to the secret report, the Turkic state is in chaos, and the tribes of the Western Regions have already rebelled. If they don't join the Great Tang, they have no other way out.”Li Shi Min said in a muffled voice.
"Your Majesty is right." "But their diplomatic mission is about to arrive," Fang Xuanling replied."If they feel that they have been treated lightly in the Great Tang, it might prompt them to return to Turkic rule and join forces against the Great Tang."”
"The tribes of the Western Regions are all fence-sitters. Whoever is stronger will follow. Since they want to see the sincerity of the Great Tang, we'll show them.”Wei Zheng said lightly," Isn't this a good thing? Without using a single soldier, the Great Tang had shattered the Turkic rule over the Western Regions.”
Everyone's expression froze.
It was indeed a good thing that the tribes of the Western Regions had come to surrender.
However…
Li Shimin's face twitched as he said in a muffled voice,"Minister Wei, don't you know that I've already given the crystal cup to Gu Hao?”
"Just get it back first." Wei Zheng said," This is a major military matter. It might affect the lives of tens of millions of soldiers at the border.”
“………”
Li Shi Min calmed down.
He knew that Wei Zheng was right.
It was indeed a little embarrassing to take back the treasures that he had just given out.
However, this might very well destroy the Turkic rule over the Western Regions.
He recalled the year when he had just succeeded to the throne. The Turks had sent troops to attack Chang 'an and forced him to sign the most humiliating alliance at the Wei River…
Li Shi Min made up his mind.
"Alright, Minister Wei, you can bring the crystal cup back.”
Li Shi Min said in a deep voice.
"Me?"
Wei Zheng was stunned and immediately frowned." His Majesty can just send two of his servants to get it back. What's the matter with me going there?"”
"The fewer people who know about this important military matter, the better."”
"This…"
Wei Zheng pursed his lips.
He felt that Li Shimin was deliberately making things difficult for him.
"Yes…"
Wei Zheng replied helplessly.
As a remonstrant who often made things difficult for the emperor, it was normal for him to be embarrassed once or twice.
“………”
On the other side.
Zhang Shenzhi, who had sneaked back home, saw two layers of silver ingots on his bed. His originally uneasy heart suddenly became extremely excited.
Ten thousand taels of silver!
"Phew, it really is silver."
Zhang Shenzhi lay on the bed and felt the silver ingot lying on the bed, showing an expression of enjoyment.
Crack!
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a cracking sound, followed by a loud bang.
The entire bed collapsed.
Zhang Shenzhi endured the pain and stood up while cursing.
He touched his clothes and found that the green Ruyi scepter he stole from Gu Hao's house was broken. He was instantly depressed.
When he stole the crystal cup, he took some treasures from Gu Hao's 'little treasure'.
For example, the jade Ruyi, the black jade ring, the gold cake…and the IOU he wrote to Gu Hao.
After all, he had deliberately stolen the crystal cup.
Stealing more things was more like a house being robbed.
However, he did not expect that the priceless jade Ruyi scepter would actually shatter.
"F * ck, it's so fragile, it's definitely fake.”
Zhang Shenzhi cursed in his heart and comforted himself.
However, he still felt very depressed, especially when he realized that there were some blood stains on his chest…
He greeted Gu Hao's eighteen generations of ancestors.
She felt that if Gu Hao hadn't kept the jade scepter, she definitely wouldn't have been injured.
His originally good mood was covered with a layer of darkness.
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The fourth chapter is presented.
The author thought that the flowers would exceed 10,000 today. After all, the flowers had reached 6,000 yesterday, but it was still 6,000 today.。
As a result, the author's original motivation to update ten chapters in one go was shattered.
The author continued to write. I hope everyone who has flowers in their hands will contribute some.
The statistics for the new book period were quite important.
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