Not only the officials of Zhongshu Province, but also Empress Changsun felt unbelievable when they heard such good news.
No matter what, every time the news comes from the front line, it is basically not good.
In the worst case, the emperor was injured by a poisonous arrow and his life was not saved.
The last news about the front line is that Cangzhou City was destroyed and Datang had no more dangerous points to defend.
Why did such great good news suddenly come?
Fifty thousand people were killed in the First Battle of Goguryeo. Yeon Gaesumun was forced to withdraw his troops, and Xue Wanche led his army to regain the lost territory.
Each of these is something that no one in the court dares to think about.
Today, they all came together.
"Wei Shuyu, please tell me again." Empress Changsun clenched her right hand into a fist and shrank it in her sleeve.
At this moment, Queen Changsun was also a little nervous.
She was worried that the news she heard was just a figment of her imagination.
"Reporting to the queen, on January 17, the twelfth year of Zhenguan, our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty wiped out fifty thousand enemies in one battle at Hulu Valley on the border of Cangzhou."
"On January 18, the twelfth year of the twelfth year, Yeon Gaesumun led his army to retreat north."
"On the same day, I, General Xue Wanche of the Tang Dynasty, was ordered to recover the territory previously occupied by Goguryeo."
"On the first day of February in the twelfth year, Your Majesty led the army back to the court." Wei Shuyu explained in detail to Queen Changsun one by one.
"Okay, okay." Queen Changsun said hello three times.
The clenched fists were now loosened, and Queen Changsun could even feel the sweat on her palms.
"What day is today?" Empress Changsun felt that her mind was a little confused at this moment.
It's also because I was too excited, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to remember what day it is.
"Reporting to the queen, today is the tenth day of the second month of the twelfth year of Zhenguan. According to the return speed of the army, it will return to Chang'an in about mid-March." Wei Shuyu said with a smile.
This is really great news.
A war that lasted for half a year finally came to an end.
Even in this battle, Datang has been on passive defense.
But the reason was actually caused by Li Tai's rashness in starting the war.
As long as the Tang Dynasty took a breath, it would be the time to launch a fatal attack on Goguryeo.
"After passing the order, your Majesty will return to the court. I will personally lead all the civil and military officials and go out fifty miles from the city to greet you." Empress Changsun and Wei Shuyu ordered.
"Yes!" Wei Shuyu nodded and left.
For a long time, the joy on Queen Changsun's face did not dissipate.
…
Matsushita Hideyoshi was a little troubled.
His Royal Highness the Prince had his legs broken and was expelled from the Tang Dynasty.
But he, the envoy, cannot leave now.
In addition to originally wanting to help His Royal Highness propose to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty, Matsushita Hideyoshi also had another purpose.
That is to bring back some cultural books from the Tang Dynasty.
These books are best related to education, culture, agriculture, and crafts.
But what troubled Matsushita Hideyoshi was that it was too difficult for an outsider like him to buy these books in the Tang Dynasty.
First, he needs to go to Jingzhao Mansion to register the purpose of buying these books.
After registration, if approved, you still need to wait for the Jingzhao Prefecture to submit a note to the Ministry of Education.
He had to wait until the Ministry of Education approved it before he could buy these books.
The key is to buy these books, he can't buy too many.
If there are more than ten books in each category, they will not be sold to non-Tang Dynasty people.
Matsushita Hideyoshi really had no choice.
He had never seen anyone control these books so strictly.
Today, he came to Zhongshu Province again. He had to find Wei Zheng and ask him to help him.
In any case, among the officials of the Tang Dynasty, Matsushita Hideyoshi was familiar with Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng was in a good mood these days, and he had a smile on his face when he saw Matsushita Hideyoshi.
"What's the matter, Envoy Panasonic?" Wei Zheng asked with a smile.
Matsushita Hideyoshi has already developed a long memory after what happened last time.
I don’t dare to say inappropriate words in front of Wei Zheng again.
Instead, he directly expressed his intentions to Wei Zheng.
"Wei Pushe, the foreign minister would like to ask Wei Pushe to do a favor and buy some books from the Tang Dynasty to take back to Japan."
"The people of the Japanese country admire the culture of the Tang Dynasty very much. It is also an honor for us, the Japanese country, to learn the culture of the Tang Dynasty."
"This can also deepen our people's understanding of the Tang Dynasty."
"Please also ask Wei Pushe to help the foreign minister." Matsushita Hideyoshi said his thoughts.
The attitude is also sufficiently humble.
He even said that it was just to deepen his understanding of the Tang Dynasty.
Who doesn't like to hear good things?
In particular, Matsushita Hideyoshi also praised the entire Tang culture.
The recognition of his own country's culture made Wei Zheng even more satisfied with Matsushita Hideyoshi's attitude.
"Envoy Panasonic, thank you for your recognition of Datang culture."
"It's just that this matter is a bit difficult to handle." Wei Zheng said slowly.
Matsushita Hideyoshi only thought that Wei Zheng wanted to embarrass himself.
He said hurriedly: "Wei Pushe, don't worry, the foreign ministers know the rules. If you ask us to buy more books, the foreign ministers will not let Wei Pushe work in vain."
"This is some of the foreign minister's thoughts."
Matsushita Hideyoshi took out a note from his arms.
The notes contained various precious gifts.
Put it into Wei Zheng's hand.
"All the foreign ministers from the east and west have been sent to Wei Pushe's house, and I ask Wei Pushe not to refuse." Matsushita Hideyoshi said with a smile.
But how could Wei Zheng accept his things?
Except for Wei Zheng, who had only benefited from Zhao Chen, at this moment he felt as if he had been humiliated by Matsushita Hideyoshi.
"Hideyoshi Matsushita, I have already told you that this matter is not my responsibility."
"Are you bringing these things to humiliate me?" Wei Zheng tore the note in his hand into pieces.
Matsushita Hideyoshi was also shocked.
I didn't know what to say at the moment.
"My books of the Tang Dynasty are only sold to the people of the Tang Dynasty. If businessmen from other countries want to buy them in large quantities."
"We have to ask our Royal Highness."
"No!" Wei Zheng left a few words and left angrily.
Matsushita Hideyoshi was stunned on the spot. He really didn't expect that giving him a gift would cause trouble.
What surprised Matsushita Hideyoshi even more was how could the sale of this book be related to the prince of the Tang Dynasty?
Could it be that the prince of the Tang Dynasty was so bored that he even had to take care of the sale of books?
…
Wangyou Bookstore.
Today, Wangyou Bookstore has become the most popular bookstore in Datang.
Not just because the books in Wangyou Bookstore cover all genres.
This is especially because the prices of books in bookstores are very low.
Even ordinary people can buy one or two books from time to time.
But this kind of benefit was only for the people of Tang Dynasty.
If people from other countries want to buy a book, the price is extremely high.
At least ten times that of the common people of the Tang Dynasty.
But even so, the books in the bookstore are purchased by people from other countries every day.
Moreover, each book can only be purchased once.
This also eliminates the possibility of people from other countries buying the same books in large quantities.
"Waiter, I want to ask why people from other countries can't buy a lot of the same books." Matsushita Hideyoshi came to Wangyou Bookstore and asked the waiter.
There was nothing he could do.
There was a commotion at Wei Zheng's place and they dispersed unhappy.
This is his last chance.
The waiter looked up at Matsushita Hideyoshi and said with a smile: "The guest must be from another country, otherwise he wouldn't ask such a question."
Matsushita Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment, then nodded awkwardly.
"Our Wangyou Bookstore is the largest bookstore in the entire Tang Dynasty. Almost every city in the Tang Dynasty has a branch of our bookstore."
"And the owner of our bookstore is Mr. Wannian County Duke."
"My boss said that books are the condensed wisdom of our Tang Dynasty, and we should not let too many people from other countries learn from them."
"I think that many people from other countries are ambitious, but they are full of evil."
"Guest, what do you think?" the waiter asked with a smile.??