In the summer of the third year of Shenlong, in June, the emperor and all officials reported victory at Taimiao. Immediately, the emperor issued an order to grant Zhang Qian the title of Marquis of Kaiguo County, Xincheng, and actually granted 1,500 acres. He still served as the chief of the army of the Anxi Dadu Protectorate, and served as the governor of the Suiye Town, and was awarded the Niu Shishi from the Anxi Dadu Protectorate to conquer the Turks.

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After the news spread, many people believed that the court's rewards and punishments were inappropriate. Especially compared with the previous favors of Emperor Shenlong to Zhang Qian, this time it was so thin that it could not be more thin.

However, whether it is Yang Feng, a two-legged fox who has retired, or Zhang Shuo, who has always liked to speak for Zhang Qian, and other loyal and honest people, they remain silent in harmony with the decision of the Dragon Emperor Li Xian.

Chang'an is too far away from the Western Regions. When the imperial edict appointed by Zhang Qian as the Marquis of Kaiguo County was delivered to the army, Zhang Qian had already brought his soldiers back to Shuye. At the same time, the seized materials from cattle, sheep, war horses, chariots and more than 100,000 stones of military rations!

"Secretary Zhang Qian, please pay a visit to the imperial envoy. Please wait a moment, and let the imperial envoy take a shower and change clothes. At the same time, order people to prepare the table and Gaoxiang to receive the imperial envoy!" Although the imperial envoy who came to pass the imperial envoy was Zhang Jiuling, who had a deep friendship with him, Zhang Qian still did not dare to neglect him. He personally welcomed the ward yamen and greeted the emperor with his hands crossed his hands to greet the emperor.

"Okay, okay, just use Zhao, it's almost enough. You respect the emperor very much, and everyone knows it. Even if it's a little simpler, no one will find out about your fault." Zhang Jiuling was so angry that he rolled his eyes and replied with a lip. "You need to prepare a reception for me seriously. In order to send the imperial edict before the expedition to the Turks, I almost got tired of being disbanded along the way."

"It should be so!" Zhang Qian nodded with a big smile, then looked up and down at Zhang Jiuling. He found that the other party's temporary official robe turned into crimson, and there was a silver fish bag tied around his waist. He quickly bowed and congratulated him again: "Brother Zishou has been promoted, congratulations. The broken leaves are far away from Chang'an, and I only know until today."

"You can't just watch you rise to the top!" Zhang Jiuling rolled his eyes and bowed his hand to return the ceremony with the imperial edict. "For your blessing, the emperor and the emperor suddenly remembered that I had made the recommendation to you. Then, with the hard work of the past two years, I was awarded a doctor of the Ministry of Personnel. I took office the day before, and the next day I was ordered to go to Saiye to pass the imperial edict to you."

Then, he directly sent the imperial edict to Zhang Qian, and added with a smile, "Please hold it yourself first, my arms are still trembling. I ran down for thousands of miles, which is probably more difficult than fighting. Fortunately, I caught up, otherwise I would have to chase you all the way to the Turks."

"Brother Zishou has worked really hard!" Seeing the other party's thin body and the face that was exposed to the sun, Zhang Qian bowed sympathetically. "Hurry up and ask me to take Brother Zishou to take a shower and change clothes, and then read the imperial edict."

"You really have to take a shower first, otherwise you will be covered with the smell of horse manure. I'm still a civil servant." Zhang Jiuling nodded with tears, and then stopped being polite to Zhang Qian, and walked into the door with big strides.

The followers who followed him came forward to congratulate Zhang Qian. Everyone was covered in dust and had a slutty face. Obviously, everyone was exhausted on the road.

Seeing this, Zhang Qian hurriedly ordered Zhang Gui to invite everyone to bathe and change clothes for him, and at the same time gave everyone a gift to share their joy. Everyone had heard that Zhang Qian, the guard commander, had a strong family background and generous moves, so he did not refuse and cheered and thanked him one by one.

That night, the ward yamen held a grand banquet to entertain imperial envoys from afar. As for the ceremony of receiving and promulgating the edicts, as before, the guest and the host and the guest tacitly went through the motions.

Zhang Jiuling was born in the third year of Yifeng, who was eight years older than Zhang Qian, and was much older than Zhang Qian's civil servants, such as Wang Han, Mu Nanfeng, Fu Sheng, Zhu Maolin, Fan Wujin, Qiu Ruofeng, Huang Jingyu, etc., and they all became much better. Everyone respected others' character and admired his poetry. They all called him brothers and went up to toast. Zhang Jiuling refused everyone and drank it with everyone.

After the banquet, Zhang Jiuling drunkenly asked, regardless of his fatigue, to talk to Zhang Qian with the candle. When both parties arrived at the study, lit a candle, and picked up the tea, the man quickly put away the wine all over his body, looked around, and solemnly bowed to Zhang Qian: "Use Zhao, find a way to keep Brother Yu in the Western Regions. I can't go back for the time being. Otherwise, I'm afraid the result will be broken!"

"Do you want to stay in the Western Regions? Brother Zishou, are you sure you are not talking drunk?" During the day, he was still celebrating Zhang Jiuling's promotion to become a doctor from the fourth-rank Ministry of Personnel. At night, he actually heard that the other party wanted to stay in the Western Regions. Even though Zhang Qian reacted quickly, his thinking was a little unchanged, and he blurted out his doubts.

"I shouldn't have been separated from you yet. I need to use the trick of speaking the truth after drinking!" Zhang Jiuling sighed and shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You don't know how many people in Chang'an City envy you for being able to hide so far! Everyone is like swimming by a vortex every day. If you are not careful, you will be dragged into it and die without a burial place."

"Verination? Why is this happening? Is the Lord okay?" Zhang Qian did not deliberately restrain himself while drinking. After a little bit of it, his mind could not keep up. He frowned and tried hard to understand what Zhang Jiuling meant, while asking in a low voice.

According to the little historical knowledge left in his mind, Zhang Jiuling will be a prime minister under the command of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in the future. Even if there is a surging undercurrent in Chang'an City recently, it will not be possible to threaten this person's life.

However, if everything is based on the original history, at this time, Soge is still showing off his power in Anxi, and the king of Shiguo Mo He is also flirting with the cannibals. The Anxi army may not have the strength to protect themselves, so how can it be directly attacked? It is even more impossible to cooperate with the Shuofang army to attack the Turks!

'If I, a butterfly, flapped my wings a few times and blew my wings, this sin would probably be much more than a "Wenchao Man"!' Suddenly, I felt drunk and thought to myself. Just as I was about to ask a few more questions, I saw Zhang Jiuling bowing to him in admiration:

"Use Zhao is indeed amazing, and you can reach the key point in just one sentence. Master, the Lord is in good health. Since last year, the Lord of the Holy Demn has replaced him in charge of the government. From the beginning of the year to the present, the Lord of the Holy One has only shown his face in front of the people once, but because he won the expedition to the Shi Kingdom, he went to Taimiao to offer victory."

"I, I'm guessing randomly, and I can't help but praise Brother Zishou." Zhang Qian's face suddenly became hot and he waved his hand gently, "And through Liushen Business, I can hear more about the situation in Chang'an."

Half of these two sentences are factual. Liushen Commercial Bank has spread its points from Chang'an all the way west, and although there is no commercial benefit at the moment, it has brought great convenience to Zhang Qian in terms of information transmission. Many things that happened in Chang'an City, and before the diary was delivered to the army, the news of the Commercial Bank came first. And what Zhang Qian had done, Suoye and Shi Guo, can be transmitted back to Guo Nu and Ren Cong as quickly as possible through the commercial bank's channels.

As for the other half, it was a secret that he could not tell. According to the history of another time and space, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, died of the joint murder of Empress Wei and Princess Anle. Then, the Tang Dynasty entered a long period of turbulence, until Li Longji killed Princess Taiping and truly achieved the monopoly of power.

So, as soon as Zhang Jiuling mentioned the word "vortex", he instinctively thought about Li Xian's poisoning and death. However, he did not expect that by accident, he could directly guess the key to all the problems!

"Sometimes, being able to guess in advance is equivalent to a premonition of the uncertainty." Zhang Jiuling didn't know that Zhang Qian was a time traveler? He heard that he was humble and admired him again. "Yong Zhao, you know, the place where many people admire you the most now is not good at making powerful weapons or showing off their power in foreign lands, but almost everything can take the lead. Before others can spy on your industry, they will become officials first. Before the drought occurs, they will present windmills and wells to the court. Before Empress Wei came to the court, they will leave Chang'an first."

"Brother Zishou, if you praise me again, I will turn my back!" Zhang Qian was so proud that he could still get hot, frowning and protested. Then, he was shocked again, "Is there a drought in the capital this year? Is it serious? How much is the price of Chang'an?"

"It has not rained much since the beginning of summer. But Jingji has not been affected by the disaster. It has all relied on the windmills and wells you had seen the year before." Zhang Jiuling grinned and shook his head gently. "In order to deal with the flood, Longweng put the two objects everywhere around Jingji. As a result, this summer, the sudden drought was suddenly severe. The windmills and wells were not used to drain the water. Instead, they drew water from the river and irrigated tens of thousands of acres of farmland, making the wheat ripe. In Chang'an City, the grain prices only moved slightly and immediately fell back to their original position!"

"That's good, that's good!" Zhang Qian felt relieved when he heard this, and then a little proud feeling surged in his heart.

As a time traveler, he did not blindly rely on gunpowder to bully the ancients. He eventually did something beneficial to this era, and it was considered to be a reward for the Tang Dynasty in addition to the war.

As people drink too much, it will be difficult to concentrate. Thinking of the windmill and the Jijing, Bi Gou's gray hair appeared in front of Zhang Qian. Thinking of Bi Gou, he remembered Zhang Ruoxu and He Zhizhang who introduced him to Bi Gou. Thinking of He Zhizhang, Zhang said the face appeared in front of him again.

These people are all elders he respects. Although they have no blood relationship with him, he hopes that these elders will all live for a hundred years and must not be involved in the political vortex that is secretly forming in Chang'an City!

"Long Weng was promoted to the governor of Shanzhou because of his achievements in water control, and he was about to take office." Knowing that Zhang Qian was a little unfair, Zhang Jiuling took the initiative to introduce to him, "I was promoted almost the same day as me. Then, I came to the Western Regions to issue an order, and he left Chang'an to take office in Shanzhou. Mr. Zhang was ordered to go to Taiyuan to supervise the food, grass and supplies for the Shuofang Army, and also left with me. Weng Ji was busy compiling a large dictionary, basically hiding in the secretary's prison all day long without asking about worldly affairs. Only I was still insisting on going to court, so the more I went, the more I felt something was wrong."

"What's wrong? Zishou, you know, I'm too far from Chang'an, many things, when I know, the storm will have passed long ago!" Zhang Qian's thoughts were finally pulled back to their original place, frowned, and asked in a low voice.

"Many places!" Zhang Jiuling thought about it, and his face became more and more serious, "I can't say it for a while. However, I feel that someone is making a secret arrangement. Including Long Weng's trip to Shanzhou and Mr. Zhang's trip to Taiyuan, it is one of the steps."

"Who is it? Do you have any evidence?" Zhang Qian was secretly frightened when he heard it. He raised his hand and rubbed his face a few times, and continued to ask in a low voice.

"I don't know? There is no evidence!" Zhang Jiuling denied very decisively, but his face became even more ugly. "Originally, I thought that Xiao Pushe could not be with others. However, last month, Xiao Pushe married his youngest daughter to Cui Wuan, the son of the Holy Queen's uncle. Zong Chuke and Ji Chune were originally the direct descendants promoted by the Holy Queen. Yang Zhongshu retired, Xiao Pushe married the Wei family, and two of the Wei family had already entered the center. Now, the same as six people with the power of the prime minister, five surnames were Wei, and only one Cen Xi was left. He was very experienced and did not even have the qualifications to sit and talk when discussing matters!"

"This..." Although Zhang Qian was still frightened when he knew that Empress Wei would definitely not be able to rule for a long time, he frowned and pondered in a low voice.

Zhang Jiuling seemed to be afraid that the "revelation" would not be fierce enough. After thinking about it, he suppressed his voice even lower, "I was promoted to Kaoxun Doctor, on the one hand, it was because Princess Taiping suddenly gained appreciation for me! Not only did he send someone to invite me to her house for a banquet many times, but he also passed on the poems I wrote before to others everywhere."

"Princess Taiping, please go to his house for a banquet?" Zhang Qian suddenly lowered his head and looked at Zhang Jiuling carefully. The more he looked, the more he felt that the other party was handsome.

"Don't gloat!" Zhang Jiuling suddenly blushed, pushed him hard, and whispered, "It's not that dirty you think. She invited me to pass the mansion, and she always used the name of the Wenhui Society. There were no less than twenty people present at the same time. I was just one of them."

"Okay, don't think much, don't think much!" Zhang Qian didn't dare to joke anymore, so he decisively put away his scrutiny and waved his hand with a smile, "So Brother Zishou wants to escape to the Western Regions. To be honest, if I were the ones, I would definitely run away too. Princess Taiping and the Queen are in the same situation. No matter whether you accept his favor or not, if the Queen mistakenly thinks you are his person, you will definitely be hit by the head!"

"It's not just a blow? The key is that Zhang will also ruin her reputation for this!" Zhang Jiuling stomped his feet, his face full of depression, "If you can help me, just help me. If you can't help me, I would rather resign than do it than be a minion for her, as if I'm insulting my ancestors!"

"Of course I'm willing to help you!" Not to mention that Zhang Jiuling is his friend, even if he has no friendship with him, Zhang Qian would not want to watch him become your Princess Taiping guest. After thinking about it, he nodded decisively, "It's just that although I am the title of the chief of the marching commander of the Anxi Protectorate, I actually exercise the responsibilities of the fourth-rank guard. You are from the fourth-rank guardian in the Ministry of Personnel, and you are only half a level lower than me. Even if I want to keep you, I can't find a suitable position."

"It's time, who cares about the position!" Zhang Jiuling immediately shook his head, "As long as you give the court a memorial, saying that there is a shortage of people in front of the army, I want to ask the court to appoint reliable people as soon as possible. I will submit another memorial myself and take the initiative to ask to stay and help you."

Seeing that Zhang Qian was skeptical when he heard this, he gritted his teeth and continued to add, "The Shuofang Army and the Anxi Army joined forces to wipe out the Turks. In the eyes of the court, it is a first-class event and no one can stop it. I am neither the queen nor the princess Taiping. Both sides hope that I will not go back so that I can make a place for their own people."

"That's right? It's okay, I'm missing a chief minister." I believe that Zhang Jiuling was not drunk for a moment and wanted to stay in the Western Regions at any cost. Zhang Qian hesitated to give the answer. "It's just that the level is only the fifth grade, half a level lower than you. Logically, you are the official in Beijing..."

"Only half a level?!" Zhang Jiuling interrupted without thinking, "As long as he can leave Chang'an, even if he is two or three levels, I will be willing to do it myself!"

'This is your choice. If you can't be the prime minister in the future, you can't blame me?' Zhang Qian murmured quietly in his heart, but his face was filled with a smile, "This is just as Brother Zishou wished!"

"I'm just here, please give me some advice!" Zhang Qian finally got what he wanted and bowed happily. In an instant, a sense of ease appeared all over his body.
Chapter completed!