169. The candidate for the Turkic envoy
Princess Asunayun has left the Tang Dynasty for nearly a month, and she has returned to the Turks for many times. In fact, Chang'an City is not far from Dingxiang City occupied by the Turks. Dingxiang has been made into a position equivalent to the capital by the Turks. Even the Turkic nobles of Jie Li often live in Dingxiang. Therefore, Asunayun is actually just returning to Dingxiang. Normally, he can return in less than half a month.
Those Turkic nobles should have tasted the taste of tea, and they are probably coming to trade with the Tang Dynasty, so Jing Wen is already preparing to count the money. Now only tea leaves are available by themselves, and many tea trees in the south have been bought by Jing Wen, so Jing Wen is ready to make a lot of money.
As expected, in mid-June, the Minister of Rites and Rencheng King Li Daozong came out on his own initiative. The Minister of Rites is the yamen responsible for diplomatic work, so it is normal for him to come forward.
"Emperor, the Turkic envoy came to our Tang Dynasty. I hope that our Tang Dynasty could send an envoy to Dingxiang City to discuss the issue of trading between the two countries." Li Daozong said.
Now Li Daozong actually wanted to send someone out to discuss the issue of business, and Jing Wen was also thinking, who would this job be sent? I'm afraid, this business issue is not so easy to discuss. In ancient times, few people could pay attention to business, and government affairs in business were probably very unfamiliar to those officials in ancient times. This also caused us to suffer a lot from business in ancient times, especially in countries with complex relations with the Turks. We should be more careful. We don't have many years of experience! I'm afraid that even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui would not be able to take this position because they were not very proficient in business.
Even the ministers shook their heads when they heard that they were going to the Turks. The Turks are not a good place, because the Turks are all people who kill without blinking! If they offend them, it would be very dangerous. Therefore, no one was willing to go to the Turks. Everyone subconsciously left Li Daozong's side, obviously not wanting to be paid attention to by Li Daozong.
"Do you have any candidate?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Daozong looked around the people in the hall, and it seemed that there was no one suitable candidate for him. In fact, there were many people who could come forward, but there were probably not many who could guarantee that the Tang Dynasty would not suffer any losses. Therefore, Li Daozong had no one for a while. People in the Honglu Temple were probably not competent, because Li Daozong, as the Minister of Rites, understood this very well. Now it is so difficult to find a brave and capable of this task from the civil and military officials of the court.
Li Daozong suddenly saw a figure in the corner of Tai Chi Hall and immediately came out, saying, "I recommend Jing Wen, the censor in the hall, to send him to the Turks. I think I will definitely achieve very good results."
Everyone looked at Jing Wen, as if they were worried whether Jing Wen could be competent for this position.
But Jing Wen cursed in his heart: "Your grandfather's Li Daozong, I have a grudge with you! I have no grudges with you in the past, and I have no grudges recently. What does it mean to send me to the Turks? Is your daughter married Li Xueyan, Princess Wencheng of Songtsen Gampo? Do you believe it or not, I dare to pick up your daughter in the future?"
It can be seen that Li Xueyan is only about three years old this year, and Jing Wen is thinking about being fucked by others. This shows that Jing Wen is definitely a scumbag.
"Is there any statement? Why do you think Jing Wen is competent?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Daozong immediately replied: "Emperor, Censor Jingwen is not only smart, but also brave and knowledgeable, so he will definitely be competent for the job of an envoy. Moreover, the entire Chang'an City knows that Censor Jingwen is not only a good official, but also a wealthy businessman, with outstanding abilities. He even invented this tea, so only he knows it best. From this, it can be seen that it is the most normal for Censor Jingwen to come forward."
After hearing this reason, the officials in the court nodded and praised it. Because only Jing Wen was the most suitable task, everyone agreed. Moreover, of course, they would like to push it if possible. If they were to push the responsibility to others, they would not have to do it themselves. Now that there is such a suitable candidate, can they still say something? Therefore, they all agreed with Li Daozong's words, obviously wanting Li Shimin to send Jing Wen to the Turkic mission.
Even Fang Xuanling said: "Emperor, the words of the Honglu are very good! In terms of ability and experience, only Censor Jingwen is competent, so I also asked the emperor to send Censor Jingwen to envoy the Turks. I believe that Censor Jingwen will not let the emperor down."
"I ask the emperor to send Censor Jingwen to the Turks. I believe Censor Jingwen will be able to take on this position!"
Jing Wen wanted to cry when he saw this situation. All the civil and military officials in the court hoped that Jing Wen would go to the Turks to commit suicide. Isn’t this let Jing Wen suffer? Not to mention that the Turks are extremely cruel, just say what good can the Turks be? In Chang'an, a place with very complete social infrastructure, why did he suffer from the Turks? So, when Jing Wen saw this situation, he had scolded all the officials countless times. These officials were really unfaithful and could really shirk responsibility. These birds were too dissatisfied with their attitude towards work.
"Old Wei, I'm looking at you!" Jing Wen said to Wei Zheng with his eyes.
Now Jing Wen can only ask Wei Zheng, because Jing Wen is not very familiar with others, so he can only hope that Wei Zheng will speak for him.
Wei Zheng saw Jing Wen's look and immediately said, "Emperor, Jing Wen's Censor is a man in Dingxiang County, and his fief is in Dingxiang. Therefore, it is responsible for defending the territory. Jing Wen's Censor must go on a mission to the Turks. If he cannot go to the Turks to return to the sovereignty of Dingxiang County, it means that Jing Wen's Censor lost his land, and he must be held accountable."
"Old Wei, you're taking advantage of the situation!" Jing Wen cursed Wei Zheng in his heart.
Wei Zheng said that Jing Wen was a man in Dingxiang County, but Jing Wen did not take this title seriously at all. But now it is necessary to hold Jing Wen responsible for losing his territory. Although many people know that Dingxiang County has been lost long ago and has not been recovered at all, and this reason cannot be held accountable. But now Wei Heizi actually used this reason to say anything, so everyone can't say anything!
"Well, since that's the case, let the palace censor Jingwen go there!" said Emperor Li Shimin.
Chapter completed!