In the palace, Yuwen Wen was talking to Zheng Yuan, a Dianke Ling of Honglu Temple. The envoys from Silla and Baekje are about to arrive in Chang'an. Yuwen Wen did not intend to accept the beauties they brought, so he asked Zheng Yuan to find a way to "return the goods".

Of course, Yuwen Wen does not need to worry about this kind of thing, but the Dianke Office of the Honglu Temple is responsible for receiving foreign guests, and it is appropriate to let the Dianke Order Zheng Yuan solve this problem.

Zheng Yuan took care of what to do, and he knew that if he couldn't even handle such a small matter, he would seem incompetent.

But before doing things, he had to ask the emperor to set the tone, otherwise if something went wrong, such as destroying the reputation of the queen, he knew that he was afraid he would be in trouble.

"The queen is virtuous, I don't want to hear any rumors outside that the queen is jealous." Yuwen Wen only said one sentence, and Zheng Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, I understand."

"Also, please remind them appropriately, don't always think about giving away women. If you have the time to collect beauties, it's better to pay more seafood and ginseng!"

"Yes, I understand." Zheng Yuan finished speaking and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what if... what if the envoys of the two countries bribe privately..."

"If you don't accept it, it's useless. If you work hard to entertain them, what if you accept them? Besides, if you don't accept it, they are still uneasy." Yuwen Wen thought for a while and added: "But you have to register first, clean the beginning and end, so as not to give someone a handle, and then be impeached by the censor..."

"Also, share the benefits appropriately and do not monopolize the benefits, otherwise there will be more right and wrong."

As the emperor, Yuwen Wen actually talked about "unspoken rules" with his subordinates. To be honest, he took care of Zheng Yuan for the sake of Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yuan's father Zheng Yi has been dead for many years and was a controversial figure during his lifetime. However, when Zheng Yi was in the secret residence, Yuwen Wen had a good relationship. Now he has been born to his descendants, Zheng Yuan and several younger brothers, and his career has been smooth.

Smoothly as a teacher order?

In terms of official career, Honglu Temple itself is not a good place, and an official like Dianke Ling has no future, but Zheng Yuan doesn't think so.

When today, Zi has great plans and great strategies, and in his prime, it will become a fact that he opens up the territory. Therefore, people with argumentative verbalism need to travel around the countries, join forces and spy on national conditions.

So Zheng Yuan felt that this was an opportunity. As a Dianke Ling, he often dealt with foreign envoys and did not dare to say that he could spy on any important news. It was always possible to learn foreign languages ​​from the other party.

Then in the future, if the emperor wants to choose an envoy, he is a good candidate. If he overcomes all obstacles for the emperor's ambitions, he will naturally have the opportunity to be promoted.

It is very hard to go abroad to work. Not only does it take a tiring journey, but it is also easy to be unacceptable to the environment and cause people to die in a foreign land. However, it is in danger of wealth and honor. Zheng Yuan felt that he was incapable of fighting and making military achievements. At least he could be appointed by the emperor by relying on his own failure to be bad.

A few years ago, he went to various countries in the South China Sea with his delegation. He had a resume and was soon promoted when he came back.

Now, Ren Dianke Order is the second to receive envoys from small countries. Next, he will receive the Turkic Qimin Khan who came to the Hajj to meet. That is a good opportunity.

Changsun Sheng, who was familiar with Turkic affairs, is not in good health now and can no longer join forces for the emperor to join the grassland. There are no people in the court who can replace Changsun Sheng, but not many, so Zheng Yuan thinks this is his opportunity.

The dynasty has recovered Liaodong and has been in operation for more than ten years. After cleaning up Goguryeo, it can concentrate its efforts to solve the problem of the grassland. Although the Qimin Khan of the Eastern Turks was very respectful, it cannot be kept changing over time. Therefore, it is foreseeable that the dynasty should use both soft and hard to the Turks.

Zheng Yuan felt that if he could play the role of Changsun Sheng in the future, even if it was only part of it, he thought that the emperor would only have more and less appointments, so now he is making a scheduling order, which is actually just the foundation.

Yuwen Wen summoned Zheng Yuan into the palace today, not only to explain the "return" matters, but soon, the Turkic Qimin Khan would go south to Chang'an to see him. The reception matter must be arranged properly, so Yuwen Wen had to remind Zheng Yuan.

Just to what extent the reception should be achieved, set a tone for Zheng Yuan.

We must neither neglect the Khan of Qimin, and make the other party feel grudges, and even the war on the frontier will be rekindled. We cannot bow down and make the other party look down on Zhou.

Since it is a setting of the tone, Yuwen Wen does not need to be too complicated, so he said two points: First, according to the treatment of the king and the reception, food, clothing, housing and transportation, must be first-class.

Second, we must demonstrate the strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but no silk is allowed. Shu brocade is used as waste paper. Even if we want to show off, we must choose the right method, such as showing off with a steamer, and it doesn’t matter if we waste some coal.

We must let the Khan of Qimin and the Turkic nobles accompanying him see the terrifying transportation capabilities of the steamship ships in the Yellow River shipping, so that the other party can understand that the Zhou State has the ability to invest heavy troops in the Hetao area on the southern foot of the Yinshan Mountains at any time and sweep the grasslands.

The Zhou Kingdom is now digesting Southern Middle School and about to digest Liaodong. He does not intend to use troops on the grassland in the near future, so he needs to maintain peace with the Eastern Turks. However, blindly seeking peace will only be swearing by the other party, so he must show his strength and make the other party put away his thoughts that should not have.

The display of strength is not to use silk or Shu brocade as firewood to show how rich you are. This will be regarded as an obese pig, but to show the ability of personnel and materials to deliver low-cost supplies, so that you can know that you are a strong tiger and leopard.

In addition, in order to welcome the VIPs, there must be a cannon to welcome them. When the Khan Qimin and his group enter Chang'an, they must fire a hundred or eight cannons to show their respect.

By the way, let the other party know that there are so many cannons in Zhou State that they can be used as musical instruments.

But you must be careful and explain to the guests in a timely manner that it is etiquette to fire a cannon, not any threat of force.

Zheng Yuan nodded silently after hearing this explanation. He was not stupid enough to think that the salute was really purely etiquette, so he could probably imagine what kind of subtle expressions the Khan and his party would have after hearing a hundred single eight salutes.

Over the years, the domestic situation in the Turks changed drastically. The Khan of Qimin, who had been in a panic to fall under the Zhou Dynasty, quickly gathered people's hearts and gathered a large number of troops, and rekindled their lives.

The Datou Khan of the Western Turks, under the joint attack of the Eastern Turks (Qimin Khan) and Zhou State, had all the main casualties, and his whereabouts were unknown. The Western Turks were in chaos, and the Khans of all sizes were busy fighting for the throne and had no time to join the ranks.

Since then, almost three years have passed, Qimin Khan has finally stabilized the domestic situation in the Eastern Turks and became a veritable Khan.

The wings are getting richer.

Without a common enemy, the relationship between Zhou State and the Eastern Turks became subtle, and the Qimin Khan, who was supported by Zhou State, had already had the capital to break up.

Yuwen Wen was not worried at all about this, because with the smooth development of the Yellow River Shipship Ship, the Central Plains court had the ability to deploy troops to the grassland at a low cost for the first time.

This ability directly made the Yinshan Mountains a frontier position for the Zhou army to attack the grassland, rather than a riddled border line.

Qimin Khan has been doing well in recent years, and his mentality may be a little inflated, but when the other party takes a steamship in the Hetao area and heads south along the Yellow River, he will definitely be shocked by the ability of this giant.

At the Fen River outside Jinyang City, Yuwen Wen showed Qimin Khan the steamship (test products). Now, he has turned the possibility into reality.
Chapter completed!