Since ancient times, China has spent a lot of money in receiving foreign guests.
For the heads and envoys of these small foreign countries, all expenses in the capital are free. They can even take things for free from any shop on Suzaku Street.
The department responsible for the reception is called Honglu Temple. The minister is Li Zixiong, who is currently the general manager of Youzhou and is not in the capital.
There are two Shaoqings, one is Su Wei's son Su Kui, and the other is Chen Shubao's younger brother, Chen Shuming.
Among them, Chen Shuming was just promoted, and the ones behind the scenes were undoubtedly Yang Guang's two favorite concubines, Mrs. Xiurong Chen Fei and Mrs. Chongyi Chen Ting.
This department of Honglu Temple is mainly responsible for the reception of foreign guests and some religious activities of Buddhism and Taoism.
It can be regarded as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Su Kui and Chen Shuming are the deputy ministers of foreign affairs.
Who is Su Kui? When this boy was ten years old, he followed his father in the Shangshu Province. Su Wei worked in the office and his son played in the office. This was a privilege given by Yang Jian.
All officials in the imperial city knew him.
He had been very smart since he was a child. He was proficient in poetry and calligraphy. He was especially proficient in music and rhythm. He was also very eloquent. Logically speaking, it was very suitable for Su Kui to receive foreign guests.
However, he was the son of Zuopushe, the minister, and a second-generation official. He really looked down on those foreign envoys, especially when these people saw the women of the Sui Dynasty, gesticulating and speaking vulgarly. Su, who was originally responsible for the reception, Kui, I almost beat them.
So Prince Yang Zhao quickly changed people and asked Chen Shuming to be responsible for the reception, so as to prevent Su Kui from causing any trouble.
Among them, the Tiele Khanate was settled in Yang Ming's Jinyang Tower. The leader was Qibikatu, the son of Qibi Gelen, the current Tiele Khan.
The entire envoy group, consisting of nearly 600 people, lived in four courtyards.
This group of people is very vulgar, so Yu Wenlan is afraid of something happening, so she doesn't allow the goddess in the building to show up, lest she be noticed by these people and get into trouble.
Tiele Khanate, originated from Xianbei, once surrendered to the Western Turks. It was originally a tribe called Qibi. In the third year of Renshou, under the leadership of the tribal leader Qibi Ge Leng, he killed the Nili Khan of the Western Turks and established the Tiele Khanate.
Qibi Gelen was honored as the Great Khan, and Xue Yantuo's leader Yi Shibo was regarded as the Little Khan. The surrounding countries of Yanqi, Gaochang, and Yinwu surrendered one after another.
Chen Shuming has been told above that he must entertain Tiele and his gang well. Chen Shuming didn't know the reason.
But the prince Yang Zhao knew that because Pei Ju was deceiving Tie Le and wanted to use Tie Le's hand to deal with Tuguhun, but the lobbying has not been successful yet.
Yang Guang likes to be hard, and Pei Ju likes to play dirty.
Tiele's territory, which is equivalent to the current western Xinjiang, actually has no shortage of beauties, but their beauties are two different styles from the beauties of the Sui Dynasty.
She is beautiful, but her skin is not as good as that of Sui women. This is a genetic problem.
This group of people had never seen the world. They even teased the maids in the building, but there was an explanation from above. Although Chen Shuming despised them, he could only turn a blind eye. Who let them be foreign guests?
As a result, this tolerance caused trouble.
Li Baiyao, the Prince of Qin's Mansion, had a good friend in Jinyang Tower, named Chen He. She was one of the goddesses in the building. She was originally from the old Chen clan. Although the old Chen family has become stunned now, after all, Chen He has Such a shameful experience, so no one cared about her.
That is, Chen Shuyi found a way to change Chen He's household registration, and was waiting for Li Baiyao to take over after he returned to Beijing.
As a result, Chen He was accidentally bumped into by a Tiele man. He was instantly shocked and led people to rush into Chen He's residence to rob him.
Yu Wenlan was also stubborn and directly mobilized the thugs in the building to fight against the Tiele people.
Upon seeing this, Chen Shuming hurriedly went to Tiele's leader Chebi Katu and asked him to stop some of his men.
After Chibikatu arrived at the scene, he did stop his men, but when he saw Chen He, his eyes almost jumped out of his head. He felt that the other person was a fairy from the sky who had descended to earth, and his skin was as smooth as if he could squeeze out water. .
So he couldn't help but swallow, and after communicating with a person under him who knew Chinese, the translator said directly to Chen Shuming:
"Our leader has taken a liking to this girl, and I hope you can give it to our leader."
The Tiele people speak a Turkic dialect, to be precise, it is called Turkic Tiele language. Chen Shuming also has a translator here, who leaned into Chen Shuming’s ear and whispered:
"What this bastard said was: I want this woman to come over, and I want her to see a muscular body that no man in the Sui Dynasty had."
Chen Shuming instantly became angry. No wonder he replaced Su Kui. Who could bear this anger?
But he didn't dare to act recklessly, after all, there were instructions from above, so Chen Shuming said politely:
"Let's talk about it. You guys wait a moment."
As a result, the translator on the opposite side spoke again: "It's just a prostitute, what's the point of waiting? We came to the Sui Dynasty, but we presented twenty Tiele beauties to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, so why can't we ask for a prostitute?"
Chen Shuming's face was ashen and he said: "There are no prostitutes here, so don't talk nonsense."
Chen He was Chen Shuming's niece, and he got angry when his niece was insulted like this.
"Haha..." Chepikatu sneered repeatedly, but there was no need to translate this.
Chen Shuming winked at Yu Wenlan and signaled him to take the person away first.
As a result, as soon as Yu Wenlan moved, the Tiele people over there also moved, directly blocking several surrounding exits.
"This is Sui Dynasty, I advise you to stay calm," Chen Shuming said with an ugly face.
Chebikatu sneered and said: "I asked, you don't have a high official position, right? Pei Ju has a higher official position than you, right? He doesn't even dare to talk to me like that?"
Yes, Pei Ju is so shady. In the Central Plains culture, people who are usually playful and smiling are ruthless and domineering behind the scenes, but they are easily scared to death.
It was at this time that Prince Qin's Mansion received the news and had already sent someone.
All of them were wearing armor and were equipped with crossbows and arrows. Just looking at this equipment, the Tiele people were instantly intimidated.
If you were playing tricks on a few maids, Yang Yinjiang would have tolerated it, but Chen He planned to be Li Baiyao's concubine, and Li Baiyao was an official in the Prince of Qin's palace.
For a moment, the courtyard was tense. Seeing that these armored guards on the opposite side were serious about fighting you, Chibikatu could only choose to give in temporarily.
He waved his hand and left with his men.
Chen Shuming let out a long breath and said to Yu Wenlan beside him: "Take the person away quickly and find a place to settle down."
Later, he sent Pei Shiqing, the head of Honglu Temple, into the palace to report the situation to the prince.
East Palace,
After Yang Zhao learned about this, he also frowned. Pei Ju's strategy in the Western Regions was a national policy, and Tiele was of great use. There was no need to stalemate the relationship between the two countries because of a goddess at the moment, otherwise it would affect the Sui Dynasty. Policy towards Tuguhun.
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Of course, national affairs are more important than the love between children. Yang Zhao would not care about a woman.
So, he told Pei Shiqing to select ten beauties from Jinyang Tower and give them to Chebikatu, but don't give away Chen He. The third child always protects his shortcomings, and he might be angry if he finds out.
Pei Shiqing was ordered to reply to Qibikatu, but Qibikatu did not agree, so he wanted Chen He. He had never seen such a beauty as gentle as water, with skin like moonlight, and he was deeply infatuated with her.
At this time, Yang Zhao was in trouble. He was pacing back and forth in the palace and yelling curses.
"This bastard is really shameful to him. If his gang of Xirongs weren't needed right now, I would have killed him."
Yang Hong, the king of Hejian, advised from the side: "If he wants someone, give it to him, otherwise Pei Ju's work will be in vain."
Yang Zhao frowned and said: "That's Lao San's man. It's not like you don't know Lao San's temper. Fortunately, he is in Luoyang. If he were here today, he would definitely kill that guy."
"National affairs should not be acted on your own initiative. The King of Qin understands the general situation," Yang Hong said: "After all, Chen Shuming is still incompetent. If it were Yang Yue, this matter would not have come to His Highness."
Yang Zhao was stunned and asked in confusion: "You mean, change someone else?"
Yang Hong nodded: "Tiele and Tuguhun had a lot of disputes. At that dinner party, King Qi repeatedly ridiculed Murong Fuyun. Chebikatu was very happy. Why not leave this matter to King Qi? Bar."
"Second child?" Yang Zhao couldn't help but laugh: "Can he do it?"
Yang Hong said with a smile: "King Qi is still very restrained these days. As long as we tell him our true intention towards Tiele, he will understand what to do. Doesn't Chebikatu want a woman? King Qi is willing to give it away. "
Yang Zhao thought so and nodded.
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"Brother, you really have never seen the world. Women like this are everywhere in our Sui Dynasty," Yang Jian seemed to know him well, patting Chibi Katu's shoulder and smiled.
He was younger than Chibi Katu, but he called him brother, which was obviously meant to belittle him.
But Chebikatu couldn't understand. He only felt that the man in front of him had a better attitude than the previous one, and he was also a prince. This showed that the Sui Emperor still valued him.
So he also smiled and said:
"I want that one. No matter how many beauties there are in the Sui Dynasty, they are not mine. That one is mine."
"That one isn't yours either," Yang Jian said with a smile, "I won't hide it from you either. The woman you fall in love with is the woman of my useless brother. Do you dare to argue with him?"
"King Qin?" Qibikatu asked in confusion.
Yang Jian smiled and nodded.
Chebikatu shook his head: "If it is King Qin's woman, I don't dare to ask for it, but I know the rules of your Sui Dynasty. It is impossible for King Qin to find a prostitute as a woman, so you are lying to me."
Hey, this kid is not easy to deal with, Yang Jian said:
"My brother has never understood the rules. Others don't look for prostitutes, but he enjoys them. Besides, am I trying to trick you? Come on, I'll bring you a few. They're all pretty. , you will know after seeing it.”
No matter how courageous Chibikatu was, he would definitely not dare to touch the prince's woman, so he followed Yang Xian back to the courtyard with doubts.
Yang Jian has been risking everything recently. As long as he can please his father, he will really spend his money.
He selected ten of the beauties he had enjoyed and generously gave them to Chepikatu.
Both of them were considered sons of the emperor. Although there was a huge gap between Chebikatu and Yang Jian, their preferences were the same, so they hit it off and quickly became familiar with each other.
Chen He was frightened and was taken back to Prince Qin's Mansion by Chen Shuyi with the acquiescence of Princess Yang Yinjiang.
Even if Chebikatu never forgets Chen He, it is impossible to take him away from here.
