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202. Embassies abroad

After several days of negotiations and a lot of quarrels, an agreement was finally reached with the Turks. The first item was the issue of tea-horse transactions. The Tang Dynasty could exchange thirty kilograms of tea for an ordinary Turks every time. Of course, if you want better-quality war horses, you have to exchange for more tea. These details were solved by the diplomats from the Honglu Temple brought by Jing Wen and others. Fortunately, these guys were obviously not influenced by Zhao Boyan, and they all wanted to lose their own interests in exchange for so-called friendship.

As for the second one, it is about the sovereignty of Dingxiang City. Although the Turks did not clearly recognize that Xiangcheng belonged to the Tang Dynasty, they also reached an agreement to shelve disputes and jointly develop. That is, to treat Dingxiang City without garrison for the time being, and both sides regard Dingxiang City as a channel of communication, which can be used as a place for communication between the two countries. In the future, all tea and horse transactions will be traded here, and there will be no difference in the place of transactions. But the only regret is that the Turks were a little vague about this sovereignty issue. Obviously, the Turks were also worried that it would stimulate Princess Yicheng too much, so there was no too much involvement in the sovereignty of Dingxiang City.

If the sovereignty of Dingxiang City was truly transferred to the Tang Dynasty, then the entire Turks would probably have civil strife. Because once the Sui Dynasty completely lost its rule, Princess Yicheng would probably throw away and mess up the Turks. Although Princess Yicheng was the Turks Kedun, her psychological loyalty was indeed the Sui Dynasty, not the Turks. In his eyes, the Turks were just the goal of their mission, not the real place to belong. Therefore, Princess Yicheng would not think about the Turks at all. On the contrary, if the Sui Dynasty completely perished, she would have completely smashed the Turks.

"Okay. We finally reached an agreement and the matter was finally over. Although the sovereignty of Dingxiang City was not completely back, it was not bad to obtain the right to manage it together." Jing Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that the two most important tasks have been solved, we can return to China in the future. Although the so-called trade war has not been able to be achieved, the most important task has been achieved, and Emperor Li Shimin cannot say anything. Now, Jing Wen is waiting to prepare to return to China. However, before returning to China, Jing Wen suddenly thought of a very important issue.

"Master Zhao Deyan, I think we can set up an embassy abroad as a channel to communicate with our two countries, what do you think?" Jing Wen said suddenly.

"Embassy abroad? What is this?" Zhao Deyan asked.

Jing Wen immediately said: "The embassy abroad is to deal with the affairs of citizens abroad, and is also responsible for promoting exchanges between the two countries. Not to mention the distant ones, we can let the embassy abroad manage Dingxiang City and be responsible for the business issues together. In the future, within the scope of authority, the Turks can just drink the ambassadors of the embassy abroad in the Tang Dynasty. There is no need to go to Chang'an to discuss it specifically. It can save a lot of things."

Zhao Deyan's eyes were lit up after hearing this. Because this embassy abroad was indeed an amazing invention! In the past, the two countries had to send an envoy to the foreign capital area to negotiate. This was time-consuming and laborious. It also added pressure to others. If there could be an ambassador permanently stationed in a foreign country and that ambassador has certain authority, it would indeed save trouble. In the future, any less important issues can be reached directly with the ambassador without sending an envoy to the foreign capital. A country is often more trivial matters than military and national affairs. Therefore, as long as the ambassador of the embassy abroad has certain authority, many diplomatic agreements can be reached.

| Jing Wen also knew that ambassadors abroad were very useful, even in the era of extremely advanced communication methods more than a thousand years later, it was also very useful. In ancient times, this kind of embassy abroad was even more important because it represented the head of a country to live in a foreign country. As long as it was within the scope of authority, an agreement could be reached, which would improve the efficiency of national exchanges a lot. Not to mention anything else, at least it can save time! Time is life. Although the ancients did not have this statement, they had this consciousness. In the era of backward communication methods in ancient times, it was very practical and could save many costs between countries. The only important thing is to choose a person who can trust as the envoy, otherwise if it was entrusted to non-human, it would probably harm the country.

"I'll report to Khan! His Majesty Khan must agree to this matter personally, and I have no right to do this," said Zhao Deyan.

Jing Wen also went back and wanted to write a letter to Emperor Li Shimin to let Li Shimin agree with his idea of ​​the embassy abroad. Jing Wen believed that Emperor Li Shimin should also be a smart person and should be able to see the importance of the embassy abroad. Moreover, even if Li Shimin didn't know, there were many people in the court who could understand them, and they should know these things. It is quite beneficial to establish this embassy abroad, whether it is economic, communication, or even military intelligence.

The Turks quickly gave a reply, that is, they were willing to let the envoys of the Tang Dynasty stay in Dingxiang City. In fact, the Turks' idea was very simple, that was, to obtain a window for information about the Tang Dynasty. Originally, it was very difficult for the Turks to obtain information about the Tang Dynasty. But now that the Tang Dynasty can take the initiative to leave an envoy to stay here, they can completely obtain a window for information. If you want to learn about the Tang Dynasty in the future, you can obtain it through this so-called envoy to station abroad, so that you can know yourself and your enemy even when fighting with the Tang Dynasty in the future! From this point of view, the Turks actually wanted to go to war with the Tang Dynasty at any time, and now they are just hiding. Once they recover from their senses in the future, they will most likely invade the Central Plains.
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