Seeing that everyone had sat down, Changsun Wuji looked at Fang Xuanling beside him and whispered: "Xuanling and I have also discussed that we should first accept the surrender of Tuli Khan and appease the various Turkic tribes..."
Zhang Yang sat cross-legged and leaned against Xu Jingzong, as if he were sitting on a chair.
Xu Jingzong didn't have any complaints, but he felt uncomfortable sitting in Zhongshu Province. Fang Xuanling was also one of the eighteen members of the Qin Palace. Looking at others and then at himself, he could only sigh.
Speaking of which, Ashina Shibobi, the Tuli Khan, was quite pitiful. His own father died, and his position as the Turkic Khan was taken over by his uncle. He finally had to endure the death of Chuluo Khan, another uncle. Li Khan took over.
Until now, Jieli was finally defeated and captured alive by the Tang Dynasty. After surviving two uncles, he thought he could ascend to power.
The journey to the throne was bumpy, Ashinadur was the leader of the Turks, the little Khan of the Turks had to look up to others, Xue Yantuo rebelled again, and other Turkic tribes also followed suit, and now the whole Mobei is in a mess.
I don’t know whether it was due to bad horoscopes or bad luck. The life of Tuli Khan was too twists and turns.
As Changsun Wuji was talking, he saw Zhang Yang whose eyes had already wandered elsewhere and said in a voice: "I don't know what the Ministry of Rites thinks of this."
Zhang Yang wasn't listening at all, and didn't even know what Changsun Wuji said in the second half. He turned to look at Xu Jingzong.
"What Duke Zhao Guo said makes sense, and our Ministry of Rites thinks it should be the same." Xu Jingzong said quickly.
As soon as the words were spoken, a young man among the many officials stood up and said, "Mr. Zhao, I think the court should declare the name of Tuli Khan as the orthodox Khan to all the Turkic tribes. This will also deter many Turkic tribes."
Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and nodded slightly, "We can discuss it in the long term."
That young man was quite brave enough to give opinions. Having been in the workplace of later generations, Zhang Yang knew that it was very risky to give opinions at this time. Even if you give opinions, your boss would just listen to them. Don’t take your opinions too seriously. That's right, maybe your boss doesn't take you seriously at all.
After sitting in Zhongshu Province for half an hour, everyone dispersed in twos and threes.
Seeing that Li Xiaogong also left, Zhang Yang and Xu Jingzong also left quietly.
"Who was the young man who gave the opinion just now?" Zhang Yang asked in a low voice.
"Master of the Chaozhong Temple," Xu Jingzong looked around and whispered.
"What kind of official is Mr. Cenobu?"
"The civil servants who run errands have lower official positions than you and me."
"Can civil servants who are running errands come to Zhongshu Province to discuss matters?" Zhang Yang was a little confused.
"His father is Gao Shilian."
"No wonder."
Whether his relationship can be discussed in Zhongshu Province depends entirely on his father.
"Even Zhao Guogong values him very much." Xu Jingzong quickened his pace slightly.
"That's really a talented person." Zhang Yang sighed with emotion.
"The future is promising." Xu Jingzong also agreed.
Knowing that what Zhang Yang said was ironic, Xu Jingzong just echoed that it was a good thing for young people to be enthusiastic. There were so many wily and scheming ministers in Zhongshu Province, and they were all His Majesty's right-hand men. He wanted to show off too much, and did not know how high the sky was.
"Huh!" A cold snort came from behind.
Zhang Yang and Xu Jingzong both looked back. Gao Xingyi was right behind him at this moment. He waved his sleeves and looked at the two of them disdainfully before walking in another direction.
Zhang Yang, who was just talking about him, stopped and asked, "Why is he walking behind us?"
Xu Jingzong frowned and said, "I don't have eyes on my back."
Zhang Yang looked at his back, "Did he look down on us just now?"
Xu Jingzong said discouraged: "It seems so."
Zhang Yang raised his middle finger towards Gao Xingyi's back.
"What does this mean, Mr. Zhang?" Xu Jingzong asked in confusion.
"This is what I despise him for."
Xu Jingzong also raised his middle finger, looked at Gao Xingyi's back, felt it and said, "The lower officials also despise him."
On the way back to the Ministry of Rites, Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "Gao Shilian was very famous before. He surrendered to His Majesty in his early years. He was also the uncle of Queen Changsun, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Duke Xu. Their family had many disciples. "
On the way, I saw Li Xiaogong and Fang Xuanling arguing.
Li Xiaogong said loudly: "There are some new officials in the court, so why can't we be assigned a few from the Ministry of Rites?"
Fang Xuanling looked troubled, "It's not like Prince Hejian doesn't know. This is the arrangement of the court, and I don't have the final say alone."
Li Xiaogong rolled up his sleeves and said, "You are just bullying me."
Fang Xuanling quickly saluted, "I don't have this intention."
"Then give me some people who can do things!" Li Xiaogong's voice became louder.
Fang Xuanling's tone was much lowered, "Prince Hejian, look at how much manpower the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households need. If you have manpower, give it to them first."
"Don't you need my Etiquette Department? There are only three of us now, and there is an old guy who is half-dead at home. How can you ask me, this Etiquette Department, to do anything!"
Seeing that Li Xiaogong was going to pester her, Fang Xuanling quickly bowed and said, "This requires people to be willing to come, and we can't force it."
After saying this, Fang Xuanling left in a hurry, fearing that Li Xiaogong would take action. One was a scholar, and Li Xiaogong was a martial artist.
This time I went to Zhongshu Province to listen to Zhongshu Province discuss Turkic affairs.
It can also be felt from this that the presence of the Ministry of Rites is very weak. Generally speaking, the Ministry of Rites just obeys the arrangements of the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Rites only needs to comply with them.
The Ministry of Rites also has diplomatic attributes in that it also receives foreign ministers during festivals.
Logically speaking, the Ministry of Rites should be very important when it comes to communicating with other countries.
Exchanges between countries are no small matter.
All powers in the DPRK are led by Zhongshu Sheng, and then the DPRK discussions are held.
It made the Ministry of Etiquette feel like it had no status.
When the three of them returned to the Ministry of Etiquette, there was another moment of silence.
Li Xiaogong patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder, "Do a good job for me, don't let our etiquette department be looked down upon."
Seeing the argument between Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong, Xu Jingzong felt distressed, "The Prince of Hejian County said that he should not be looked down upon."
Why are these two people so excited all of a sudden?
Zhang Yang took a breath and whispered to Li Xiaogong: "What about the alliance we made a few days ago? We agreed to resign together?"
Li Xiaogong frowned and said, "Of course it won't change, but I feel uncomfortable being looked down upon."
After saying that, he punched the table and the table broke into two halves on the spot.
What a sharp punch...
Li Xiaogong gritted his teeth, but it was a pity that the punch did not hit Fang Xuanling.
Zhang Yangxin said that it was lucky that he didn't hit Fang Xuanling. If he punched him, he would probably be bedridden for several days.
The Ministry of Rites has no power, so it must ask the court for power.
It's like snatching a balloon from a child's hand and looking at the balloon floating in front of his eyes. The child wants to catch it. This child himself has never thought that he has already taken the first step in life.
Li Shimin sat in the hall and listened to Changsun Wuji's conclusion of this Zhongshu Provincial meeting.
Looking at the tea eggs in front of him, which were still a little warm, Li Shimin peeled off the eggshell and took a sip. The egg white had a strong aroma of tea.
Seeing that Sun Wuji had finished speaking, Li Shimin asked: "This kid is sharing tea eggs in front of so many people."
Changsun Wuji nodded.
Li Shimin was still satisfied with the taste of the tea eggs. There were tea eggs before, but they were very original. Why didn't he take the initiative to give them to me?
Am I so distant in his eyes?
After thinking for a while, Li Shimin whispered: "Do you think the DPRK should recognize the position of Tuli Khan?"
Nowadays, there are two khans in the Turkic grassland. The little khan of Tuli is considered legitimate, and the Dubu khan of Dur seems to be self-proclaimed.
After the meeting in Zhongshu Province, the three people from the Ministry of Rites stopped going to the government office very often.
Zhang Yang often took Xu Jingzong to wander around Chang'an City, and occasionally played cards with Li Tai.
Xu Jingzong's card skills are very strong. As a beginner, he seems to have a high talent for this kind of game of mutual calculation.
After losing all his pocket money for a day, Li Tai gritted his teeth and said, "Wait! I will win it back tomorrow!"
Xu Jingzong smiled and took the silver cake he won into his arms.
Zhang Yang did win some, but Li Tai, the little fat guy, lost a lot.
Of course, he was in a beautiful mood when he won money. Xu Jingzong's face was full of smiles, "Shilang Zhang is laughing."
Zhang Yang raised his hand and said, "I haven't played this kind of chess for a long time... No, it must be that I met my opponent. I haven't felt this way for a long time."
In the eyes of the people in the court, the three guys in the Ministry of Rites were still as lazy and idle all day long. The Ministry of Rites had become a scum in the eyes of others.
Changsun Wuji also had people observe Zhang Yang for some time. This kid only knew how to have fun all day long and showed no signs of doing anything.
He has a completely indifferent attitude towards Turkic matters.
Why did His Majesty fall in love with a person like him?
The palace sent some pomegranates.
Zhang Yang squeezed out the juice from these pomegranates, and the couple sat in the sun drinking pomegranate juice from a glass each.
Li Yue licked her mouth after drinking, "It tastes really good."
Zhang Yang took a sip and said, "This is how pomegranates should be eaten. It's too laborious to peel them one by one."
More than ten pomegranates were squeezed out by the husband in less than an hour.
Li Yue felt a little unbearable. Although it tasted good, the delicious taste was gone in one bite.
Seeing that Li Yue was still unfinished, Zhang Yang said, "Don't worry, I'll make you milk tea in a few days."
"Milk tea? Does it taste good?"
"It depends on what flavor you like. Then we can make it into various flavors."
Aunt Wang brought a pig. This pig was a whole circle bigger than the previous little pig.
The pig sniffed around, not knowing what kind of cruel end it would meet.
Li Yue and her two aunts tied up the pig.
At this time, the little pig seemed to have noticed something, and it was howling.
It was useless to scream at the pig's throat, its fate was decided the moment it was brought in.
After so many experiments, the appearance of the Kongming Lantern has changed several times, and its size has become larger and larger. It is already half a person tall.
The shape of the Kongming Lantern has changed from a small lantern to a large rectangular lantern.
According to Li Yue's test results, this shape of the Kongming Lantern has the best strength and stability.
It takes a while for the sky lantern to take off. It needs to burn enough heat before it can take off.
The small candle that used to be placed in the Kongming Lantern has become a big fire pot.
Smoke from the charcoal fire continued to pour into the lantern.
Gradually the lantern began to rise, and the Kongming Lantern was still swaying at first.
A rope connected the piglet, which was tied up. In order not to affect the lantern's liftoff, Aunt Wang held down the pig.
When the Kongming Lantern rises to a certain height, the rope becomes straightened due to the rising force.
Aunt Wang didn't let go of the piggy's hand, and slowly pushed it up. She didn't let go until the lifting force was enough.
The little pig struggled for a while, and then slowly rose into the sky.
The pigs above me howled incessantly.
Watching his Kongming lantern flying higher and higher, leaving the yard with the wind, Li Yue took Zhang Yang's hand and said, "Let's chase it out and have a look."
The two of them chased Kong Ming and others out of the yard and came to Zhuque Street.
The Kongming Lantern flew smoothly, only to see an arrow shooting towards the Kongming Lantern, and shot straight through the Kongming Lantern.
As he lost his balance, the brazier under the Kongming Lantern also overturned, and he watched the pig fall to the ground, smashed to pieces in the distance.
I don’t know who was behind this, it’s really disappointing.
Li Yue looked at the pig with aggrieved expression, "We will be like the pig."
Zhang Yang waved his hand and said: "We are not pigs, we will not be the same as pigs."
Li Yue sniffed aggrievedly.
Fortunately, it was a Kongming lantern that was put up during the day. If it were at night, people would think it was a war and spreading news.
The two walked back to the yard.
Li Yue returned home with a depressed look.
Seeing her depressed look, Zhang Yang said: "How about I ask the Prince of Hejian County to find out which soldier shot him, and chop him up and hang him up to light a sky lantern?"
Li Yue's little face showed some anger, "It's better to take the green bird to fly together, so that they won't dare."
Sure enough, my wife still prefers the method of using Li Tai as a hostage.
Zhang Yang added: "When the time comes, we will hang a long banner below with the title Princess of the Tang Dynasty written on it!"
Li Yue's mood improved a little, "What a Princess of the Tang Dynasty, it sounds weird."
I used to be reluctant to eat pomegranates because they were too expensive.
Now that the family had money, the usually frugal daughter-in-law became more generous and asked Aunt Wang to buy thirty pomegranates in a row.
It cost a hundred cents, which was one of the most expensive things she had ever spent.
Her mood improved after she ate the pomegranates one by one.
Looking through his toolbox, Zhang Yang found the cork he had picked up before. This kind of cork was very suitable for making corks.
As the conditions at home improve, the quality of life also needs to be improved. Occasionally, I need to play badminton to solve the problem of entertainment activities.
You can't let your wife play shuttlecock all day long.
The ancients also had too few recreational activities.
Cut a few small holes in the cork, insert duck feathers and a simple badminton is ready.
The problem is making a badminton racket.
Li Yue was reading the book and then looked at Li Zheng who was working in the yard, "What weird thing is your husband going to do again?"
"I'll make something fun for you."
In addition to going to court every day, Zhang Yang spent the past two days at home specializing in making badminton rackets, and occasionally went out for a walk.
Tuyuhun's envoy Adalan came to Chang'an City again.
(End of chapter)
