In the Honglu Temple, Du Shaoqing was wearing official uniform and chatting with Tang Jian, the chief minister of Honglu Temple, in the side hall. Tang Jian was easy-going and admired Du Shaoqing's talent, so he was very welcome to Du Shaoqing being sent to be his deputy.

"Tubo is prepared this time. Look, these people have brought even betrothal gifts. It is said that the team of followers and escort goods is more than 1,000." Tang Jian handed Du Shaoqing a gift list, which was presented by Tubo.

Du Shaoqing opened it and saw that he was really generous and had a wealth of 50 carts.

"But no matter how busy they are, they are still busy. Princess Changle is my wife. Can they still come to the Tang Dynasty to snatch it away?" Du Shaoqing mocked.

"No, you are wrong. The person who came was Lu Dongzan, the prime minister of Tubo, who was very sleek.

After hearing that Your Majesty gave you marriage to Princess Changle, he angrily wrote a letter to denounce this matter, believing that Your Majesty ignored Tubo and asked us to apologize.

I explained how old your children are. Tubo is rude. Guess what the other party said?" Tang Jian said a little depressedly: "The other party immediately changed his words and said that it would be fine if you don't want Princess Changle. If you change your age to marry, I heard that there is a Princess Chengyang. Why is Songtsen Gampo worthy of being a descendant of the country?

It's so shameless. They clearly wrote it in their letter, saying that Songtsen Gampo admires Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty and that she would not marry her. Now, if you say it, change it."

Du Shaoqing didn't expect that there would be such a thing, and smiled and teased: "Maybe the barbarians in the west are not polite and are used to going back on their word."

"What is most annoying is that there are still many people in the court talking about them, saying stories about ancient Gentiles. Tubo Songtsen Gampo is a hero, and the alliance with the Tang Dynasty can be passed down through the ages, etc. I wonder if they have been bribed." Tang Jian said angrily.

Mr. Du nodded and thought to himself that these old ministers were not wrong. Isn’t Princess Wencheng’s marriage a good story that has been passed down through the ages in history?

"By the way, you just said that there were more than 1,000 transportation teams coming to Tubo. Are these people all our Tang Dynasty Honglu Temple responsible for providing food and accommodation?" Du Shaoqing asked.

"That's not. We only provide several entourages of the chief envoys and deputy envoys and envoys. Other non-staff members are not under our jurisdiction. They will place them themselves or pay the fees. Otherwise, there are so many small countries around, and if there are tens of thousands of entourages in which country, how can the Tang Dynasty afford to live in for half a year?"

Du Shaoqing looked down at the gift list, and then asked in confusion: "Tubo has invested so much money to make a relative with the Tang Dynasty? The king stretched his neck to be the son-in-law of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? I always feel that there is any conspiracy here.

If the other party is for beauty, but the replacement is so fast, unlike Songzan Gampo and Lu Dongzan are both heroes, they will definitely not be addicted to women. I wonder what do you think about this?”

Hearing this, Tang Jian laughed, "You kid is too naive. They are just fifty cars of wealth and wealth? Then you don't know how much dowry the princess will take to the Tang Dynasty if she should marry the princess.

Let's count it this way, the Tang Dynasty is a great country in the upper country, and it must not be as poor as the four barbarians. Therefore, the dowry must be more than the betrothal gift, one or even twice or three times. Lu Dongzan is smart. The more he sends, the more he takes away when he goes back."

Du Shaoqing was stunned and opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief: "Is this stupid person in the Tang Dynasty a lot of money? Even though he knew that there were so many people nodding in agreement? Not only did he give his daughter to others, but he also gave him money to the other party. Do you suffer if you want to live a life of face?"

Tang Jian reached out and pressed the excited Du Shaoqing, nodded in praise: "This court is probably only you, a kid, dare to say this without any restraint. I have been engaged in diplomatic work for almost twenty years. I have seen countless envoys in the small country before gradually breaking out of this circle and seeing these appearances clearly, but I am powerless. Honglu Temple is just a clean yamen for receiving foreign guests. We are all slight words and the decision-making power is in the hands of the Six Ministry."

"How could it be? You are the Duke of the current dynasty and have made great contributions to the battlefield of pacifying the Eastern Turks. You will not turn a blind eye to the court when you speak." Du Shaoqing said in surprise.

Tang Jian smiled and did not mention his past, but gave an example, "Three years ago, two blond and blue-eyed Hu people in the West claimed to be envoys from the powerful Qin Kingdom in the West, and came to worship our Emperor.

The civil and military officials in the court sang praises the merits and said that our Tang Dynasty had surpassed the might of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, and they all attracted the powerful countries in the west to congratulate him. His Majesty was very happy and rewarded these two people with countless treasures. He also sent gifts to the west.

Do you know that the letter of nationality submitted by these two people at that time did not even have a formal letter, and they didn't even hold a scepter in their hands. Apart from their appearance, they could not prove that they were special envoys of great powers.

Finally, I secretly sent someone to investigate and learn that these two were purely two merchants who went to the Western Regions to go to the Qin Dynasty to conduct business. I heard from the Western Regions that the Tang people were stupid and had a lot of money and deliberately came to cheat money."

I...go..., what happened later? Du Shaoqing was stupid.

Tang Jian mocked himself: "Later? I reported to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty only said one thing to know. Some of the officials in the court mocked me for not knowing the current affairs, and some deliberately alienated me. In short, I saw clearly that I could not stop others from praising His Majesty the best.

Fortunately, the absurd things like that in recent years have not happened again, but what is the purpose of the Tubo people coming this time is different from those of the two Western Regions merchants? I can see through it at a glance, they are all black-hearted wolf cubs."

Mr. Du knew the depth of the imperial court early in the morning, but he didn't expect that he could even have such things. However, he was no longer surprised. Such gentlemen stayed away from the kitchen and repayed grievances with kindness, etc., were praised. It was not surprising that people were stupid and liked to praise them for their money.

After talking to Tang Jian for a long time, Du Shaoqing had a rough understanding of it, and then he came to the inn to meet the Tubo envoys and his party.

Most of the Tubo envoys were dressed in strange clothes and wore sheepskin clothes, but the person in the middle was a middle-aged man dressed as a Central Plains literati. If it weren't for the alien hair accessories and the dark skin illuminated by the ultraviolet rays on the plateau, Du Shaoqing would have thought this was a pure Central Plains man.

Lu Dongzan was also observing the visitor. Unexpectedly, the new prince-consort, Shaoqing of the fourth-rank Honglu Temple, was so young. Is it because the Tang Dynasty has shortage of talents and children need to be in power, or is it because the Tang Dynasty has oversupply talents and young talents have already surged up?

"I don't know what Shaoqing is doing when he meets us? But His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has agreed to our Tubo proposal?" Both sides sat down and Lu Dongzan took the initiative to speak.

Du Shaoqing smiled slightly and explained: "Your Majesty has no time to be a clone for every day. I heard that your country sincerely marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty and ordered me to come and discuss it."
Chapter completed!