The outside court naturally had no way of knowing what happened in the forbidden state. Queen Ye Ali of Xikang had endless tenderness between the saints in the inner hall, and the Qinghai Zanpo who followed her into the inner palace would not be able to enjoy such treatment.

Gar Dongzan has five sons in total, and it is no exaggeration to say that these five sons are outstanding, and they can all be called the most popular among people. Among them, the second son Qinling is the most famous. As the only person in the world who can defeat the Tang army on the front battlefield and more than once, Qinling has the qualification to look down on the world.

Although Qinling's unparalleled glory does not mean that his other brothers are mediocre and have little effect. Zan Siruo, the helmsman of the Gar family before Qinling, was considered the true successor of his father. He not only inherited his father's power, but also inherited power and strategy. The battle of Dafeichuan, which made Qinling famous all over the world, happened under the presidency of the great remarks of the then Grand Theory.

Although Qinling continued to occupy the military and political power of Tubo after Zan Xiruo's death with his strength, the Gar family is no longer the same as the father and son of Dongzan and Zan Xiruo when they were alive in previous years. It is no secret that the strong and powerful people in the outside world are both at home and abroad.

Zanpo was the third son of Gar Dongzan. Although his reputation was not as great as his father and brother, he was also one of the important figures of the Gar family. In the early years, when Qinling led his troops to return to the Tubo Kingdom to seize power, Zanpo stayed in Qinghai for a long time.

Now, with the Tang Dynasty's strengthening its operation and investment in Longyou and the situation in the middle of the country further deteriorated, Qinling has not returned to China for a long time, but has been in charge of Haixi for a long time to control the situation. This third brother Zanpo, who is extremely capable, has not been idle. In military and political affairs, Qinling relies deeply on the right-hand man.

In addition to the many elders who were defeated and hunted by Wang Xiaojie in his early years, Garqinling also had a young son, Bo Lunzan Ren, who was also a brave general. Now he is mainly responsible for contacting the powerful and wealthy chiefs in the Tubo country to maintain the increasingly weak influence of the Gar family in the Tubo country.

Zan Po is over fifty years old. Because he lives in the cruel and windy land of Qinghai for a long time, his appearance looks older than his actual age, and his hair and beard are mixed with grayish whiteness.

He was not as exposed as his brother Qinling's love for various elements of the Tang Dynasty, and his hair and beards and clothes had to be as exquisite and elegant as the Tang people. Although he was summoned to the court today, Zan Po only wore a simple round neck robe, which looked like the old Hu people who were running for life in the folk songs. He could not tell the majesty and style of being the No. 2 figure of the Gar family who was striking Qinghai.

Although he did not have the experience of coming to Chang'an and joining the guards for several years, it did not mean that Zan Po was unfamiliar with the Tang Dynasty. Strictly speaking, he spent much longer in Qinghai than Qinling. When his elder brother Zan Siruo was in power, his second brother Qinling led his army to open up a new battlefield in the Western Regions, and Zan Po was already a general who stayed in the old land of Tuyuhun.

Over the years, dealing with the Tang people is inevitable. Even in the early battle of Chengfengling, Zanpo represented the Tubo side and held various affairs such as peace talks with the Tang Dynasty and division of territory. Therefore, Zanpo was very familiar with the etiquette of the Tang people and how to deal with the Tang people.

After Queen Xikang was introduced into the inner palace, Zan Po was introduced into the wing on the west side of the imperial palace by a Secretariat's General Staff member of the Secretariat and was temporarily placed.

Because this entry into the country was not a formal tribute to the state envoy, Zanpo was not placed in the hall specially for foreign envoys. On the left and right sides, each separated by screens, which was the temporary place for officials to settle for their visit.

Although there was no court meeting today, the various departments were still busy. Not far from the Western Court Hall was the Foreign Affairs Hall. After lunch, the officials gathered nearby and handed over the affairs of the officials to the prime minister to summon him for inquiries.

After introducing Zanpo into this place, the officials of the Secretariat left and went to work hard, leaving only two subordinate officials to entertain and guard him to prevent him from walking around. After all, the key point here is that some halls may have high-ranking officials discussing national policies and plans, so naturally people are not allowed to walk at will, and it is not just to guard against Zanpo, a foreign guest.

When there are many people in the hall, the atmosphere becomes lively. It is always boring to wait. We can't help but talk about current affairs and express our opinions. The most popular current affairs in Beijing are naturally the just-concluded martial arts performance in Mount Li, so most of the topics discussed by the ministers revolve around it.

Although Zan Po was not as fascinated by all aspects of the Tang Dynasty as his brother, there was one thing that even Qinling could not compare to, that is, drinking tea. Even whenever there was a difference, a skin bag was hung around his waist to put on tea soup, which was so good that he could not enjoy tea.

However, when he entered the palace, all the things he had with him were removed, and he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable all over his body. So when the official came in and asked him what he needed, he opened his mouth and asked for tea.

But when the official asked what kind of tea flavors needed, he couldn't tell the reason. For him, drinking tea is just an indispensable habit in daily life. If you have tea, you can drink it, but you don't have any strange feelings. Therefore, he said embarrassingly: "But if you have tea, you don't need to subdivided it. If you take less of everything, that's the best."

"There are a lot of time to prepare a hundred kinds of teas in the Great Palace. If all of them are taken, it will take a lot of time."

When the officials heard this, they were a little embarrassed. The saints in the Great Palace also liked to drink tea, which was effective from the top and the bottom. The trend of drinking tea was naturally very popular. Local prefectures and counties also competed to pay tribute to the relevant local products in their respective places. After a few years, there were many kinds of tea in the Great Palace, and it was not accurate to say a hundred or ten, so no one could count them carefully.

When Zan Po heard this, a rat fell into the rice jar. Seeing the hunting excited, he nodded repeatedly and said, "I can wait, wait no matter how late I wait! If the officials walk, I, the foreigners, can also be lucky enough to enjoy the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty's food!"

The officials were not very happy to do this tedious thing, and they said the numbers just to make the foreign guests stop, but they did not expect that they would be more interested in others, and they were also a little helpless for a moment.

However, seeing that this man was really addicted to tea ceremony and his words were humble and polite, not as reckless and vulgar as ordinary tourists, he nodded reluctantly and said, "Then please wait for a while, and try a few flavors in the hall, and wait for me to search for them."

After hearing this, Zan Po nodded with anticipation. When the official sent a few tea drinks first, he started to taste them. Each taste may not be stunning, but it is inevitable that he will feel a great feeling of filling his mouth with joy. He sighed that the fragrance of tea in the world is so complicated.

A few cups of tea were greatly relieved, and the wrinkles on Zan Po's face seemed to be stretched out. During the process of drinking tea, the conversations between the scholars of the Tang Dynasty naturally came into his ears one after another.

As the second-in-command of the Gar family and an important helper for his brother, Zanpo is naturally not a person who is greedy for personal interests and ignores major issues. While tasting tea, he is also paying attention to extracting useful information from the conversations of everyone.

However, most of the things that can be discussed on the table will not involve real secrets. The Tang Dynasty gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to perform martial arts in the capital, and the Gar family will certainly not ignore such a major event. Although it was not invited and was far away in Qinghai, the Gar family has maintained close attention from the beginning, and Zanpo's entry into the Tang Dynasty this time was also due to this.

Although the Tang dynasties around him were talking a lot about this, they were not even as good as the Zan Po who came from outside when they had a deep understanding of this matter, so Zan Po was just listening to it for a moment.

Of course, this listening cannot be said to be meaningless. At least we can understand the current public opinion in the Tang Dynasty.

Zan Po noticed that when the Tang Dynasty dynasties talked about this, they were mostly proud and proud. They generally believed that the court's military speech was to re-distribute martial arts to the border again and restart the glorious grand occasion since the Yonghui of Zhenguan.

Among the targets to be carried out next, Tubo was mentioned many times, second only to the revived Turks. To distinguish it more specifically, the Gar family in Tubo was very deeply spoken and hated, and even far exceeded the Turkic Mochu who had retreated back to the northern part of the desert.

When people are gritting their teeth and wanting to be beaten and killed, Zanba is naturally not in a good mood, and they are a little aggrieved. To be honest, the Gar family does have something that makes the people of the Tang Dynasty hate, but it is a bit wrong to curse people. It is said that our Gar family is born with a traitor and commits evil in the world, but can you count the regime that you destroyed in the past few years? From the Western Regions to the East of Hai, where is there no killing karma you have created?

Although he had such thoughts in his heart, Zan Po would certainly not speak out directly to argue with others. After all, this place is not the home court. And now he really does not have the mood to discuss with others, and he feels quite sad.

The internal and external turmoil that the Tang Dynasty experienced in its early years was well known to everyone. Some people sighed and gloated. But no matter what kind of mood was, the public generally believed that after this catastrophe, it would be difficult for the Tang Dynasty to recover without a long period of rest.

Even his brother Qin Ling was regretful and glad when he talked about this. What he regretted was that he could no longer fight with the Tang army. Fortunately, the pressure on Qinghai was reduced sharply, giving the Gar family, who were both internal and externally, a chance to breathe.

Qin Ling even said with gratitude: "Qinghai's foundation has been preserved. As for whether it can enjoy it for a long time in the future, it depends on the children's efforts."

Without the threat from the Tang Dynasty, although Zanpu in the country was aggressive, it would be impossible to truly disintegrate the Gar family. At least Qinling himself did not regard Zanpu as his real opponent.

Although he was reserved for his brother's optimism, Zanpo also did not think that the Tang Dynasty could recover in a short period of time.

For example, in the Battle of Dafeichuan in previous years, although Tubo was waiting for his leisure, it was not easy to win. After the Tang army entered Qinghai, it directly broke through the first line of defense set up by Tubo in Haidong, forcing the Tubo army to detour and attack, causing the Tang army to lose its care from the front and tail, and with its absolute advantage of military strength, it was difficult to defeat the Tang army.

However, in the Battle of Chengfengling a few years later, the situation on the battlefield was no longer the same. Although the Tang army was more prepared and had more troops this time, they were defeated before even the Haidong defense line could be broken through. Although there were also powerful generals like Black Tooth Changzhi who turned the tables against the wind, the overall quality of the Tang army soldiers in this battle was obvious.

Although the Tang Dynasty showed signs of fatigue at that time, the overall situation was still stable, but it was no longer as powerful as in previous years. The blow this time was much greater, and the loss of strength would inevitably be greater.

So even though they learned that the Tang Dynasty gathered more than 200,000 troops this time, the Gar family brothers were not very optimistic about this. Their Gar family now claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops in Qinghai, but only they themselves know the actual situation. The so-called hundreds of thousands of troops are really insufficient. If they continue to fight along the way, they may be able to barely maintain a military presence.

But once there is any adverse change in the situation on the battlefield, it is not easy to control the army and gather, let alone defeat the enemy.

The size of the Tang Dynasty is far from comparable to a corner of Qinghai. It is simply simple to hold up a bluffing posture. But whether it can be really good is a very interesting topic. After all, in previous years, when there were wars in the Tang Dynasty, they rarely did this kind of ceremony.

Zan Po also had a bit of temptation when he entered the Tang Dynasty. He wanted to see what the background of the Tang Dynasty was, so as to provide reference for the next strategy formulation. However, when he heard the discussions of the people around him, Zan Po was a little unhappy.

It may be difficult for the Gentiles to understand the true strength of the Tang Dynasty, but these ruling officials in the court must have some understanding. Even they believed that the court would explore the outside world, and there were few people who were worried that the court would fall into a military and unhelpful voice.

Such public opinion shows that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has indeed been restored, at least it has the confidence to not be afraid of a war. Only in this way can these upper-class ruling classes regain their desire to open up the martial arts, hoping to cleanse up old humiliation and make a name for themselves abroad.

So although the officials sent new teas here one after another, Zan Po gradually lost the mood to continue to taste tea. On the one hand, he was naturally shocked by the rapid recovery of the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, he was worried that the Tang Dynasty would really devote all the recovered national strength to Qinghai.

If this happens, the problem will be serious for their Gar family. It should be noted that what they are currently under is not just pressure from Longyou. Zamp of the central government is becoming increasingly inconsistent with their Gar family. In recent years, they have been working hard to eliminate their influence in China, and they are just about to meet.

Of course, even if the target targeted by the Tang Dynasty is not the Gar family at present, this does not make people feel relieved. In just two or three years, the Tang Dynasty once again has the ambition and strength to explore the outside world. Even if they are not listed as the primary goal for the time being, how much time will it leave them to reverse their current disadvantages?

Thinking of this, Zan Po sighed again. The tea that was originally showing weakness and the nectar was swallowed into his mouth, and he felt it was dull and boring.

However, there were more than one thing that bothered him. After drinking the tea in the cup, he put the empty cup back on the desk, got up and walked out of the hall, looking at a court servant who was also quite handsome standing in the corridor and frowned and asked, "I wonder what's wrong with me, I'm asking you to keep an eye on me like this? I've been in the hall for more than an hour now, and you can do it or not, just staring at me..."

After hearing this, the official snorted coldly, looked at Zan Po up and down, but did not answer his question, and turned to the outsider of the corridor.

Seeing this scene, Zan Po was naturally a little confused, but being able to tell people away and stop staring at him like this can make people feel less uncomfortable.

But he had just returned to sit down, but saw that the official had not walked far away. After leaving the corridor, he stopped a few steps after walking. This time he was no longer just standing, and he found a chair with a Hu bed. He sat down in front of him and continued to look over.

"Why hasn't Ma Cheng done yet? The chief magistrate is looking for you in a hurry. He wants to approve the residents around the British mansion today..."

A green robe official came from an amateur panting. When he saw Ma Fang sitting outside the hall basking in the sun, he couldn't help but complain, and quickly stepped forward and urged in a low voice.
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