Let's talk about Li Shimin's investigation of Zhang Yang's life experience. Who did this guy learn all his skills and knowledge from?
He never believed in destiny, let alone what Yuan Tiangang said about changing his destiny against heaven. As the emperor, Li Shimin believed that he was also killed on the battlefield, and everything was obtained by himself. As the emperor, In his heart he did not believe these legends.
Li Shimin prefers to believe that a person is affected by the environment from birth to adulthood.
How many abilities can a young man over twenty have?
His skills must have been taught by someone, and he was also an expert hermit. The old man in Qinling was probably just a cover to deceive others.
As an emperor, Li Shimin was more concerned about Zhang Yang's origins.
As May was about to pass, another piece of news was sent to the court. Songtsen Gampo sent an envoy to Songzhou and was willing to erect a monument to apologize to the thousands of people in Songzhou.
As soon as the news arrived in Chang'an City, Zhang Yang, who was doing carpentry at home, was pulled out by Li Tai.
"Your Highness King Wei, why are you in such a hurry?"
Li Tai grinned, "I just want to see Lu Dongzan's expression now."
Let the little fat man pull him, and he passed by Zhuque Street to the post house. At this moment, Xu Jingzong and Zhang Xiangxiang were also here.
Xu Jingzong explained: "I heard from the guys here that Lu Dongzan was very drunk and cried from time to time. I came here to take a look."
Several people walked to the second floor of the post house, and what caught their eyes was Lu Dongzan, who was crying while holding a wine jar.
The room was also filled with the smell of wine. There was a roll of sheepskin on the table in front of him, which was covered with Tibetan characters. This was given to Ludongzan by Songtsen Gampo.
It turns out that before Songtsan cadre apologized to Songzhou, he had someone send the news here.
"Brother, can we continue the negotiation now?"
Lu Dongzan raised his head with red eyes, "Don't talk! We Tubo warriors would rather die in battle than talk!"
Xu Jingzong first picked up the parchment and asked the waiter in the post house to clean it up. "Don't let the Prime Minister drink anymore. Don't drink people to death if you keep drinking like this."
"Here."
Looking at his state, it's impossible to talk now.
Returning to the Diplomatic Academy, Xu Jingzong handed the parchment to Zhang Dashu. Now Zhang Dashu is not only proficient in Western dialect, but also understands Tubo writing.
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He is the most capable translator in the Foreign Affairs Academy.
The translation process was not fast. Zhang Dashu had to always refer to his own booklet, which was a dictionary he made in Tubo, to understand the Tibetan characters.
Li Tai peeled off the tea eggs and said with a smile: "Old Xu, did you see it? Na Lu Dongzan looked like he wanted to eat people with red eyes."
Xu Jingzong advised again: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, eat slowly. It's very uncomfortable to choke on tea eggs."
Li Tai was still talking while eating.
After Dasu had finished translating, Zhang Yang took it over and looked at it, "You have been in Tubo for more than half a year, and you can already understand the Tibetan characters?"
"Actually, the Tibetan characters are similar to the Chinese characters. It's not difficult to read as long as you find a way to read them. However, the Tibetan people don't speak like we in the Central Plains every word. I made a booklet myself, which will be much more convenient for recording later."
Looking at the contents on the parchment, it turned out that Lu Dongzan’s previous letter to Songtsen Gampo was not an apology from Tibet.
Instead, let Tubo fight to the bitter end.
Xu Jingzong sighed after reading it: "I didn't expect that this Lu Dongzan was also a tough man, refusing to bow his head no matter what. Now that I know Songtsen Gampo is going to do this, his lifelong ambition will be ruined."
From the content of the letter, it can be known that Songtsan's cadres initially planned to follow Ludongtsan's advice and planned to fight the Tang army to the end.
I just didn't expect that the army in my hands would be defeated so quickly.
Moreover, Songtsan Gampo also said that the Tubo people are not as cohesive as the Central Plains people. The ties between the tribes are already loose. More people surrendered than defeated. How can we fight this war?
If the Central Plains people have strong cohesion, they can still hold on together when faced with defeat and defend their homeland until the last moment. This belief will be almost invincible when facing foreign enemies.
And what about Tubo? It was originally a loose tribe, but Songtsen Gampo had just integrated it not long ago, let alone controlled it.
It's also because Su Dingfang and the others were so fierce that they beat the Tibetans without any room to fight back.
The letter also said that in the battle of Sugan Lake, almost half of the troops were lost. If the battle continued like this, Tubo would be left without men.
People's hearts were unstable, many people surrendered, and some even rebelled. Their home was even stolen once.
No matter how we fight this battle, there is no way we can fight it.
What scared Songtsen Gampo the most was the population of Tubo. If the population of Tubo disappeared, then there would really be nothing.
This war brought together nearly 70% of Tubo's population. After these foundations are lost, it will be difficult for Tubo to recover within a hundred years.
Zhang Yang thought about the reason carefully. Lu Dongzan wanted to win a fight and not to be humiliated even if he lost.
But Songtsen Gampo was more willing to think about the future and wanted to preserve the population of Tubo.
As long as the population is preserved, there is still hope for Tubo in the future. If the war continues, all the young men in Tubo will die.
Population, food, and land have always been the most important factors in war.
Su Dingfang and others relied on fighting to make a living, and the captives were used to work and transport food for the Tibetans. This caused the tribes that originally supported Songtsen Gampo to quickly rebel and hand over the food to the Tang army.
Everyone knows that Songtsan Gampo is gone. If you continue to follow this Zanpu, you will probably die in battle. But as long as you follow the Tang army, you can move to Hehuang and other places in the future, and you can still live a healthy life.
Under these calculations, more and more people in Tibet turned their backs on Zamp.
While beating them to the point of retreat, Niu Jinda and the others also played tricks on Songtsan Gampo. Under this pressure, Songtsan Gampo was still struggling to hold on even before he ran away, which is enough to show that this person has very good ability to withstand pressure. He is indeed a Zanpu who can conquer Tubo.
At such a young age, he was able to pull out such an army.
He is wrong and thinks he is very powerful.
After all, he is still young.
Zhang Yang stood up and said loudly: "Waging a war is the business of the generals, but it is the business of our Ministry of Rites to give an explanation to the soldiers fighting abroad and to give peace of mind to the people of the Tang Dynasty."
Everyone stood up after hearing this.
Looking at Xu Jingzong, Zhang Yang said again: "Let Lu Dongzan stop drinking, sober him up as soon as possible, let him realize the reality, and prepare for the next negotiation."
"Here!"
"Brother Da Su."
"exist."
Zhang Yang looked outside the hospital and asked again: "Brother Dasu is also asked to go to Songzhou to see for himself the erection of the monument in Tubo, and wait for news from our Ministry of Rites in Songzhou and wait for the next arrangement."
"Here!" Zhang Dashu took a few clerks and left in a hurry.
"Brother Elephant."
Zhang Elephant took a step forward and asked, "What are your orders from Zhang Shangshu?"
"I also ask Brother Elephant to go to Zhongshu Province and inform them of Songtsan's cadre's apology to Songzhou, and write a notice to inform Chang'an City, and let envoys from various countries bear witness."
"Here!"
People from the Diplomatic Academy left one after another.
Li Tai held a bowl of millet rice in his hand. Since the Diplomatic Academy had a cook, eating has become a lot easier. "Brother-in-law, what about me? What should I do?"
"This is all a matter for our Ministry of Rites and has nothing to do with His Highness King Wei."
"Brother-in-law, I can also become a member of the etiquette department."
Zhang Yang said melancholy: "Does His Highness the King of Wei still think that he has not enough things to do? He is busy with Turkic affairs, the construction of the Lishan factory, and the current business."
The fat man had a great appetite after eating a tea egg and a large bowl of millet rice.
Speaking of the sugar business, Li Tai put down his bowl and cheered up, "Brother-in-law, this business has been arranged, I'm still a little worried."
"What are you worried about?"
"I'm worried that they won't be fooled in the future."
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, still doesn't understand how this business works. In fact, it is a money game."
Sitting down again, Zhang Yang showed him how to play the popular science game of speculation.
"For example, if our sugar price is one hundred tons per dou, and Lishan quietly releases one ton of sugar, the price of sugar on the market will inevitably fall. What will they do at this time?"
Li Tai thought for a moment and then said: "They will sell their sugar immediately to get back their original investment."
"Wrong." Zhang Yang continued to write the formula for Li Tai.
Looking at the long formula in front of him, Li Tai scratched his head and said, "I don't understand."
"The value of the sugar they own has decreased, and they will definitely lose money when they sell it at a low price. There is another way to preserve the value of the sugar, which is to buy more sugar at a high price to stabilize the price. As a result, the sugar in their hands will no longer drop."
I didn't understand it before, and thought it was just like the soap business, and that's why I thought the sugar business was just about making temporary money.
Now that he understood it, Li Tai felt a chill on his spine and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "How...how could there be such a vicious method?"
Zhang Yang put his hands in his hand and said: "A very scary way to play, isn't it?"
Li Tai nodded slowly, "I never thought that goods could be used in this way."
After swallowing his saliva, Li Tai suddenly grabbed Zhang Yang's arm and said, "Brother-in-law, let's use this method only this time. We should not use this method in the future. This is too terrible and will make people bankrupt."
Zhang Yang smiled gently and comforted his brother-in-law, "I promise you, I will only use it once, but this time we are the dealer, and we will not pay compensation no matter what, only after eating up their wealth, Let’s stop.”
Li Tai nodded heavily, "We must stop, and we must not let innocent people get involved."
"So His Highness King Wei must do a good job in the investigation, and even more importantly, be prepared. After we eat up the wealth of those families, we must wipe away all traces."
"What should I do after eating it?"
Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and said: "When they are short of money, they will be impatient. They will jump over the wall when they are impatient. When they really want to do something outrageous and make up for this hole, they will be silent." When people take action, we, the Braised Pork Gang, are the ones who want to put an end to violence and maintain justice."
According to my brother-in-law, this is a big game that can involve all aristocratic families.
When sugar has another value, it will have many unexpected associated effects.
This time, Cheng Chumo’s manpower was also involved.
Then this will be a big storm competing for all the families, which can sweep away a lot of wealth and make them bankrupt.
This is a method of play that has never been seen before, and a huge scam.
The brother-in-law is the one who makes the game. As long as the game is laid out, no matter how the game is arranged, the brother-in-law will win everything.
As for the participating families, there is no possibility of winning other than to pay.
Li Tai clenched his hands into fists, feeling both excited and anxious. He had never done anything so exciting since he was a child.
Zhang Yang took his hand out of Li Tai's arms and said, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, you can go about your business."
Li Tai asked again: "How much does Chumo need to say?"
Slowly raising his head, Zhang Yang whispered: "Don't say it if you can. The fewer people who know, the better."
Li Tai nodded again and left.
Looking at the empty Diplomatic Court in front of us, everyone has their own things to be busy with, and it seems that they are the most leisurely ones.
Zhang Yang walked out of the Foreign Affairs University and walked home step by step.
On the third day when Songtsen Gampo was about to erect a monument to apologize, he was still digging a monument in Songzhou to write down the incident and the origin of the war between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty.
Lu Dongzan in Chang'an City also woke up from his drunkenness.
It is necessary to make a cradle for the unborn child, and it is also necessary to carefully design and plan the new home.
Li Yue helped arrange the official uniforms, "My husband said that I must give my father a good explanation for the battle against Tubo, and this matter must be handled well."
Listening to his wife's words, Zhang Yang nodded, "I used to feel that every day passed very quickly, but now I feel that it passes so slowly."
Li Yue whispered softly: "Why?"
"When this child is born, my life will be like a year."
"Can this kind of thing happen quickly? My husband just loves to joke." Li Yue arranged her official uniform and walked around. "I was already tall and straight, but now I am even more handsome in official uniform."
Zhang Yang stretched out his hands, "Then you can take a second look."
"After finishing the affairs at the Diplomatic Academy, I will go home. I will prepare a meal for my husband, so I can eat when I get home."
She was clumsy at cooking before, and she is still clumsy now.
Zhang Yang walked out of the house, thinking of coming back early and rushing to cook. He really couldn't compliment his wife's cooking skills.
Seeing her husband walk out of the house, Li Yue asked Xiao Wu to take out the dough he had rolled at the beginning of the year, mix it with water and knead the dough.
Xiao Wu helped add water.
Li Yue was talking, "I haven't eaten dumplings for a while, but I suddenly wanted to eat them."
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up when he heard the dumplings, "Teacher, put more celery in them to make them delicious."
"Yes, that's exactly what I meant."
The whole family started to get busy.
In Chang'an City, there are still many people surrounding the entrance of the Diplomatic Academy.
The war between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty has always affected many people, and the magazines sold by Lishan have unknowingly become people's after-dinner reading.
Some negotiation matters will also be written in it.
Everyone in the Foreign Affairs Council can rest assured that the specific negotiation date is almost likely to be revealed by Li Tai.
Seeing people crowding around the Diplomatic Courtyard, Zhang Yang sighed with his hands folded. This brother-in-law was really a headache, so he couldn't keep a low profile.
I tried to squeeze in several times, but was squeezed out again.
It was not until the prince and Fang Xuanling arrived that everyone made way.
