A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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"Everyone knows that you kill people without blinking an eye." Li Tai said lazily while soaking in the hot water of the bathtub.

"Patriarch." Fan Jian walked up and said, "The Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan is here. He has something to talk to the Patriarch."

"Lu Dongzan is here?"

"Yes, it's at the door." Fan Jian replied.

Gu Qing took a sip of his drink and said, "Has he met Li Chengqian?"

"Not yet. They said they came as soon as they arrived in Chang'an. They also brought a lot of agate and jade. There are a lot of gifts. There is a box." Fan Jian said with a smile.

"Come to see me without going to see Li Chengqian first? Isn't it a bit unruly." Gu Qing thought about it for a while, "Just say that I'm not free, let him go back, and come to see me again after seeing Li Chengqian. There are no envoys." look."

Li Tai held back his smile, but it could be seen that Gu Qing no longer wanted to interfere in the court affairs.

After Fan Jian went to report, he came back in less than half a stick of incense, "Patriarch, Lu Dongzan is here again."

"Why is he here again?" Gu Qing was surprised.

Fan Jian said with a wry smile, "Na Lu Dongzan thought that the patriarch would not see him because the gift he gave was too small, so he brought three more boxes of agate and jade."

"It seems that the person who came here was not kind. I guess Gu Qing won't give up until he sees you." Li Tai said with a smile.

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Chapter 963 I dare not let you down

"Then let's meet and let him wait in the front yard." Gu Qing said helplessly.

"Yes." Fan Jian went to make arrangements immediately.

Gu Xiao just came back from the academy when he saw a guy sitting in the front yard of his house, wearing Tubo clothes and asked curiously, "Who are you?"

Lu Dongzan looked at Gu Xiao, and Fan Jian immediately said, "Master, this is an envoy from Tubo and a friend of the Patriarch, Lu Dongzan."

"Oh." Gu Xiao suddenly realized, "You are Lu Dongzan who was beaten by my father in the Hexi Corridor and ran around."

Lu Dongzan: "..."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you." Master Gu Xiao clapped his hands.

"Gu Qing's son is already this old." Lu Dongzan sighed.

Gu Xiao asked Lu Dongzan curiously, "Lu Dongzan, have you finished building the Potala Palace in Tibet?"

"It hasn't been built yet. Now that the population of Tubo is dying, it's time to cultivate health and rest, and it's not appropriate to build a large building." Lu Dongzan replied.

"Your Guanzhong dialect is pretty good." Gu Xiao continued, "Are you coming to my father this time with ill intentions?"

Lu Dongzan smiled wryly again, "I didn't have bad intentions, but came here with sincerity."

Gu Xiao watched as Lu Dongzan sent three boxes of agate and jade, "It's a guilty conscience and hypocrisy to give gifts to your door! You are not a good person."

Seeing the embarrassment on Lu Dongzan's face, Fan Jian hurriedly said, "Shouldn't the young master do the questions?"

"Yes, do the questions!" Gu Xiao then left.

Lu Dongzan sat there a little confused, it seemed that Gu Qing's son was really difficult to deal with.

Gu Qing and Li Tai walked out and saw Lu Dongzan smiling.

"Gu Houye, long time no see. I don't know how Gu Houye is doing after a few years." Lu Dongzan saluted.

"I'm fine. How is Songtsan Gampo?" Gu Qing asked.

Speaking of this, Lu Dongzan showed embarrassment.

"It seems that life is not very good." Li Tai said with a smile.

Lu Dongzan said with a low expression, "Actually, after the alliance, the frontiers of Tubo have not been very stable. On the contrary, there are more conflicts than before the alliance."

"Tubo is now regarded as the Tubo County of the Tang Dynasty, so it should be taken care of." Li Tai said.

"Lu Dongzan, there is nothing I can do to help this matter." Gu Qing said, "Actually, many things have happened in Chang'an these days. Now that I am the prime minister, I have already reached the end, and now the things in the court have nothing to do with me. You I got the wrong guy."

"How could this be?" Lu Dongzan looked at Gu Qing.

The situation in Tubo can be said to be more or less caused by Gu Qing. If anyone can change the situation in Tubo, it may be Gu Qing. Songtsan Gampo has great expectations for Gu Qing. At least in terms of business, the relationship between Tubo and the Central Plains Getting closer and closer, the life of the Tubo people is getting better and better.

At least Gu Qing gave many Tibetans an extra bite to eat. If the person in power is not Gu Qing, it might be worse in the future if someone else is in charge. Moreover, the situation in Tubo is not very clear now, and there are often conflicts on the border. Songtsan Gampo has always Persuading them not to go to war, and to endure if they can, but Tianzhu and Persia are pressing every step of the way. Most of Tubo has been retreating, which also caused Tubo to gradually lose control of this business.

The alliance does not mean anything to Tubo either.

Lu Dongzan went on to say, "Actually, Zanpu told me the next few words before he came again, and he also wanted to pass them on to Lord Gu. After the alliance, the competition for trade routes intensified. Tubo didn't get any benefits, but lost more. It’s like Shangguo Datang is superfluous for the alliance of trade routes, but the court will not do unnecessary things, so we Zanpu knows that Datang must have the next move, and we still want to ask the Lord Datang mean."

Songtsan Gampo is a smart person, at least he can see the intention, Li Tai smiled and said nothing.

Gu Qing looked at Lu Dongzan and didn't speak for a long time.

"Master Gu?" Lu Dongzan called out.

"I can't intervene in the court affairs right now. I really can't help. I'm afraid your trip will be wasted." Gu Qing said.

"Then dare to ask who is responsible for these things now, so I can give Zanpu a reply." Lu Dongzan asked again.

"Looking at the friendship between me and Songtsan Gampo, I can show you a clear path. The one who presided over the alliance at the beginning was Pei Xingjian, who is now Secretary Lang. You can go to him, just say that I asked you to go to him." If you have any questions, you can ask him."

"Then thank you Houhou Gu, and leave." Lu Dongzan said as he got up and left.

"You take the things back." Gu Qing said again.

"These things are for Lord Gu, and I hope Lord Gu will not dislike you." After Lu Dongzan finished speaking, he left.

"The handwriting is really not small." Li Tai looked at the three big boxes of jade and agate, "I'm sorry to come to Gu Qing with empty hands when I come to visit you in the future."

"Fan Jian." Gu Qing greeted.

"What did the master order?"

Gu Qing looked at the three big boxes of jade and agate and said, "Let's find a few merchants under the name of our Gu family and resell them at a discount."

"Let's do it."

"The relationship between Tubo and Datang has always been very contradictory. Cen Wenwen has mentioned this situation more than once in the academy." Li Tai said: "You also know that the sheriff who sends Tubo now is from the Central Plains, but Tubo has its own rules. Most of the time, the officials in the Central Plains are powerless in Tubo, they can’t do much, and the conditions are too complicated, sometimes it’s better to let the Tubo people manage the Tubo people.”

Gu Qing nodded.