Among the many officials serving in the Foreign Affairs Academy, many have never seen this minister, and Zhang Yang would not enter the Foreign Affairs Academy unless necessary.
Xu Jingzong took two steps to the left and right with his hands behind his back. "There are many people who want to see Zhang Shangshu. Even the many officials of the Foreign Affairs Academy have never seen the Minister since entering the Foreign Affairs Academy. The lower officials can only see him every month."
Once or twice."
Pei Xingjian thought about it, "I have something to ask Zhang Shangshu personally, and I would also like to ask Minister Xu to introduce him."
Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "I can help you with the introduction. As for when Zhang Shangshu will meet you, you have to wait. As for how long you have to wait, it all depends on Shangshu's mood."
Seeing that Xue Rengui was still hesitating, Xu Jingzong said again: "Xue Rengui, what are you thinking about now? Even if you are not a formal official in the DPRK and China, as long as you serve well in the Foreign Affairs Council, you will be promoted in the future. The Foreign Affairs Council is different from the three provinces and six ministries of the DPRK and China. We
I am more willing to give young people some opportunities."
Being able to stay in Chang'an City, arrange a place to live, and have an errand to do is good enough, and it can also solve Brother Xue's urgent need.
Pei Xingjian hesitated again and again, then took a step forward and said, "Brother Xue can agree to stay in the Foreign Affairs Academy, but I have the guts to ask the Foreign Affairs Academy for help."
There was a lot of thought hidden in this boy's eyes. Xu Jingzong's many years of experience in understanding people could tell that this kind of boy was the most difficult to deal with. He nodded and said, "Is it something outside of Liu Yuan's office?"
As soon as these words came out, Pei Xingjian was a little stunned. What kind of place is the Diplomatic Academy? Can such things be found out?
Or is it that the other party has already prepared and is waiting for the invitation when the imperial examination ends?
No matter what, for Brother Xue’s lifelong ambition.
It doesn't hurt to agree first.
Pei Xingjian nodded, "That's right."
Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "It's just a small member. The Foreign Affairs Academy can send people to pick him up. If this member offended Brother Xue at the beginning, he can come back with revenge."
Xue Rengui lowered his head, "No, I'll pick it up myself."
Xu Jingzong nodded slightly, "Okay, the Diplomatic Academy will arrange for someone to escort you."
After finishing speaking, he looked back at the few strong men behind him, "Before, Xianguan was assassinated by people from the Western Regions. The Foreign Affairs Council arranged for these strong men to protect him. These people can go with Brother Xue and pick him up together."
As he spoke, Xu Jingzong took out a dossier and said, "This is a formal appointment. It has the official seal of our six ministries on it. Local officials can understand it at a glance."
Xue Rengui bowed and saluted, "Thank you very much. I will repay the kindness you have shown me by doing my duty in the future. As for this house, I will wait until I have enough money to find a place to live."
"No need, this house happens to be short of guards. Just live here and treat it as under the supervision of the Foreign Affairs Council. You are a warrior who will eventually join the army. You can slowly plan to at least find a position in the army in the future.
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"Here!" Xue Rengui responded loudly.
After saying this, Xue Rengui accepted it.
Seeing Xu Jingzong nodding and about to leave, Pei Xingjian stepped forward and said, "I also want to enter the Foreign Affairs Academy."
"You have some trouble."
"I'd rather not have the fame, but want to be admitted to the Foreign Affairs Academy."
When he heard that the young master did not want the fame, the servant immediately advised him: "Young master, please don't say such words. How can you not want the fame?"
Pei Xingjian spoke firmly, "Why did Zhang Shangshu send people to Hedong to inquire about the boy's situation?"
Xue Rengui was not admitted in the imperial examination, which was easy to handle, but Pei Xingjian's name and place of birth had long been sent to Zhongshu Province.
If Pei Xingjian wanted to join the Ministry of Rites, he could only recruit someone from the Ministry of Personnel.
Xu Jingzong stood there worried, Zhang Shangshu, Zhang Shangshu, you are really going to cause problems for your subordinates.
I've given favors to the officials once or twice, but to owe favors again... It's so embarrassing.
In my heart, I, Xu Jingzong, am not the kind of shameless person.
Xu Jingzong sighed: "Since you want to enter the Zhongshu Provincial Department of Education, there is only one way, write a policy paper."
"Policy discussion?"
Xu Jingzong took out three or two files from his arms, looked at them carefully and took out one of them, "This is about the Anxi Protector.
The dossier on the construction of the government is what our Diplomatic Academy will do next. It contains a lot of information about the situation in the Western Regions. If you can write a better policy volume, the Diplomatic Academy will have a reason to include you in the Ministry of Rites.
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Pei Xingjian took the file and nodded: "I understand."
Finally, having dealt with the matter first, Xu Jingzong walked out of the house with a troubled look on his face.
Xue Rengui looked stupid, while Pei Xingjian looked shrewd.
There are still so many things to do in the Diplomatic Academy. What is going on every day?
Then looking at the few strong men following behind him, Xu Jingzong said seriously: "If you don't know how to laugh, then don't laugh. Look at people."
Several strong men stopped smiling again and quickly returned to serious looks.
In the courtyard, Pei Xingjian held the file in his hand, which contained many contents about the customs and customs of the Western Regions and the population of the four towns in Anxi.
It is written in great detail. With these records, it is not difficult to write a strategy for governing the Western Regions.
"Young Master, even the Hongwen Hall is better than there. I heard that there are three religions and nine streams in the Diplomatic Academy, and there are all kinds of people there. It's very complex and chaotic."
Pei Xingjian replied: "It feels very uncomfortable to be arranged by someone. I want to know what this mysterious Zhang Shangshu is going to do? What does he want from me?"
Children are all curious, not to mention young people like Pei Xingjian, who are even more rebellious and curious.
Xue Rengui opened the room here and looked at the small house in front of him, "A certain family lives here."
After a simple night's rest here, Pei Xingjian had to go to Chongwen Pavilion early in the morning, where he would wait for appointments from the Central Government every day.
Xue Rengui went to the Foreign Affairs Academy. Under the arrangement of Xu Jingzong, he left Chang'an City with a team of troops and went to Hedong to pick up the Liu family.
Li Chongyi was curious, "Shilang Xu, who is this Xue Rengui? Is he an old acquaintance of Zhang Shangshu?"
"My subordinates don't know either."
Li Chongyi followed him into the Diplomatic Academy, "Are there any arrangements for your resignation today?"
Xu Jingzong pointed to a pile of scattered scrolls and said, "Categorize these and put them into our archives for filing."
Li Chongyi said unhappily: "Xiaguan has been sorting out the papers from the beginning of the year to now. How long will it take to sort them out?"
Xu Jingzong looked at Di Zhisun again, "Master Chongyi, look at him, he has been doing these things since last year."
After coming to the Foreign Affairs Academy these days, Li Chongyi finally understood that the people in the Foreign Affairs Academy did not allow him to participate in important matters at all.
The arrangements for myself are all trivial matters.
What is the difference between being a minister and a literary official like Di Zhisun?
Now Di Zhisun was sorting the scrolls without any complaints, and Li Chongyi bent down to sort them together.
June of the ninth year of Zhenguan, early summer.
One month after the imperial examination, when the new home in Lishan was already quite impressive, Zhang Yang and Li Tai carried a stone and put it into the Huaqing Pool.
Half of his body was submerged in the pool, and Li Tai looked at a huge stone next to the pool, "Brother-in-law, do you really want to carve it into the shape of that bear?"
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Xiao Wu and Xu Hui are roasting a chicken for lunch.
Li Yue was still sitting by the Huaqing Pool, holding a book in his hand and watching quietly.
After the child is put in the cradle, he always wants to climb out.
A six-month-old child is the most difficult age to deal with. Every time she leans out half of her body from the cradle, the bear will push her back with her head.
One bear and one child repeated this several times, and the children grinned and enjoyed it endlessly.
Zhang Yang walked down Lishan Mountain with a hat to protect him from the sun, followed by Li Tai.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw a group of Tubo people, as well as Xu Jingzong, Zhang Xiangxiang and several officials from the Foreign Affairs Council.
At that time, Tuyuhun was not yet destroyed, and the contest between Songtsen Gampo and Datang began.
Four years have passed, and a generation of Tubo heroes will finally meet the head of the Ministry of Rites who has made all the countries in the Western Regions prosperous.
Zhang Yang saw Lu Dongzan in the crowd at the first glance. Standing next to Lu Dongzan was a young man wearing Tubo costumes.
Xu Jingzong explained: "This is Zhang Shangshu of our Ministry of Rites."
Then he looked at the young man wearing a unique Tibetan costume with some agate and jade hanging on his body, "This is Zampu from Tibet."
Li Tai looked at the legendary Zamp in front of him.
This is the king of Tubo who overthrew Tuyuhun and attacked Liangzhou.
He looks to be about the same age as his brother-in-law, yet so young.
Songtsen Gampo had a dark complexion and was similar in height to his brother-in-law, but his bearing seemed extraordinary.
"Zhang Yang?" Songtsen Gampo spoke first.
He spoke Guanzhong dialect with a Tubo accent.
Zhang Yang pointed to the stone table beside him, "Let's sit down and talk."
Songtsen Gampo stood up straight and nodded, "Okay."
Watching his brother-in-law and this Zanpu walking towards the stone table aside, Li Tai asked in a low voice: "When Songtsan Gampo comes to Chang'an City, why don't you go to see him first?"
Xu Jingzong replied in a low voice: "It was Songtsen Gampo's own request. Before meeting Tian Khan, he must meet Zhang Yang. Even the lower officials could not persuade him."
The Tubo people and the people from the Diplomatic Academy stood on one side, more than ten steps away from the two people at the stone table.
Others don't know, but Xu Jingzong knows it very well.
When Tuyuhun came to the Tang Dynasty for help and Tubo went to war with the Tang Dynasty, the negotiations between Lu Dongzan and Zhang Shangshu broke up on bad terms.
Since then, the rivalry between the two sides has continued for several years.
Since Gaochang's strategy, whether it was a battle of wits, a secret plan, or even many matters in the Western Regions.
Two people who seem to have nothing in common are constantly fighting secretly.
Xu Jingzong said with emotion: "Back then, we met our opponents in chess, but now that they can meet each other, it can also be a good conversation."
Li Tai nodded and said: "This Songtsen Gampo looks quite ordinary. He seems to be about the same age as his brother-in-law. He can unify Tubo at such a young age?"
It can be said that Songtsen Gampo was in bad luck. He was able to unify Tubo at such a young age, and his future prospects were limitless.
There is also a kind of experience where there is no bright future.
Zhang Shangshu's strategies are always ahead of this Tubo Zanpu, and Xu Jingzong straightens his back in front of these Tubo people.
On the stone table, Zhang Yang took the tea and tea bowl from Zhang Elephant and made some tea.
In the village, Li Yuan, Zhang Gongjin, and Ouyang Xun.
Each was holding his own medicine bowl and drinking medicine.
Zhang Gongjin looked at the medicine in Li Yuan's bowl, "Is it still a soothing medicine?"
Li Yuan nodded, "Where's yours?"
Zhang Gongjin sighed and said, "Take the medicine to replenish qi and blood, three bowls a day, take it half an hour before and after meals."
The two of them looked at the old man Ouyang Xun again.
"Don't worry, my body is still strong. It's just for regulating the spleen and stomach. Just take one bowl a day."
Elderly people also compare themselves. Whoever drinks the least medicine has the best health.
While drinking the medicine, the three elderly people looked at Songtsen Gampo and Zhang Yang.
Li Yuan stroked his beard and said, "You have taught a good disciple."
Zhang Gongjin drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp.
The guard silently took away the empty bowls from the three of them.
After living in Lishan, these three old people became good friends and talked about everything.
Recuperate together, take medicine together, and strive to live a few more years.
Ouyang Xun sighed: "It's a pity that Zhang Yang has no talent in calligraphy."
Li Yuan asked: "Where is my granddaughter?"
"Princess Runan's handwriting is indeed beautiful, but she has been practicing calligraphy for several years. It was the best when she was a child. Now Her Royal Highness's calligraphy has been finalized, and she has missed the best age to practice calligraphy."
"Pity."
Zhang Gongjin always takes a piece of brown sugar after drinking the medicine to remove the bitter taste in his mouth, "Zhang Yang is too tough and doesn't know how to mediate. I always worry about him. If he is buried in the grave one day, who will help him?"
Ouyang asked, stroking his beard: "Isn't Hejian County Prince from the village?"
Li Yuan snorted coldly, "He? He is lucky to be alive now, don't count on it."
The three old men sighed in unison.
In the palace, one month later, Li Ji had led his troops to Shuofang, and the report Li Shimin was holding was sent by him from Shuofang.
"Your Majesty, Songtsen Gampo has arrived."
When Li Shimin heard this, he looked startled, put down the memorial in his hand and asked, "Where are the people?"
Wang Gonggong replied: "The news I just sent said that I have to go to Lishan first, and I am currently talking to Zhang Shangshu in Lishan."
This Songtsan Gampo was also bold. When he arrived at Chang'an City, he did not come to see Tian Khan first, but instead went to Lishan Mountain to see Zhang Yang.
And this boy Zhang Yang is even more bold, daring to go and see everyone.
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Does he still have the Khan of Heaven in his eyes?"
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead people to capture Songtsen Gampo from Mount Li and bring him to the palace?"
As soon as these words were spoken, His Majesty hesitated again.
Li Shimin calmed down and said in a low voice: "Since we have arrived, there is no need to rush. You can immediately send someone to Lishan Mountain to record the conversation between Zhang Yang and Songtsen Gampo."