Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

The people felt a sense of pride in their discussion, but now they were suddenly squeezed by these two people and became angry.

"I think you are the ones who are talking nonsense! You must be seeing how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, while your country is so weak, so you feel unbalanced and tell such lies!"

"That's right! You should admit that you are weak, but you still refuse to admit it and dare to belittle our Tang Dynasty. I think you are really pitiful and hateful!"

"Tsk tsk, ignorance is not scary, what's scary is that you speak out your ignorance!"

The common people of the Tang Dynasty, especially the scholars, had a tradition of bullying others, which was passed down from their ancestors. When they spoke at this time, there was not a single swear word, but every word touched people's hearts.

This immediately made the two foreigners angry!
boom!
A foreigner slammed his palm on the table and shouted angrily: "You...you are the ignorant ones! Everyone knows how critical the situation of your Tang Dynasty is now. If you hadn't been begging for mercy and begging our envoys to come, do you think we would come to your Tang Dynasty?"

"You are the only ones who dream of becoming a great power, but you don't consider the reality! Your Tang Dynasty may be destroyed at any time, and you still want foreign countries to pay tribute to you. Bah!"

The people of the Tang Dynasty all have a strong sense of honor for their country and family.

This is something that runs in their bones.

They can curse the current imperial court, but they absolutely do not allow people from other countries to curse their country.

So at this moment they were also immediately angry.

"Fuck! You dare to slam the table! Are you going to hit us?"

"How dare they slander and insult our Tang Dynasty? Beat them up!"

"on!"

If you want to beat someone up, almost everyone will respond.

Soon, people from several tables around rushed over and started beating and kicking the two foreigners.

The two foreigners were both big and strong and had some kung fu experience, but just as they were about to fight back, a few chopsticks flew in from nowhere and directly neutralized their strength.

Then the people's fists came, they lost their best opportunity, and in the end they could only be beaten up by the people.

After hammering for about an incense stick of time, the Jingzhao Yin's yamen runners heard the noise and ran over, and the people finally stopped.

The two foreigners were so covered in bruises that it was hard to tell which country they were from.

"They, they committed crimes in broad daylight. Is there still law in the Tang Dynasty?"

Both Gentiles were beaten and cried.

When he saw the yamen runners, he started crying.

The bailiff frowned and asked what had happened.

Then they looked at the two Gentiles and their eyes turned cold.

A yamen runner asked the people, "Did you beat them?"

The people hurriedly shook their heads: "We are all good people who abide by the law, how could we beat people!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"They knocked it on their own and deliberately framed us!"

The bailiff nodded.

The two Gentiles were shocked by the shamelessness of these people.

"You...you, you are talking nonsense!"

They quickly looked at the bailiffs: "They really were the ones who beat us!"

"Can anyone prove it?" The bailiff asked patiently.

"This……"

The two Gentiles were stunned. Could beating their own people prove anything?

Those who didn't take action all looked unhappy, and they would definitely not help them.

So... they actually found out that the beating they received seemed to be in vain.

Seeing the two men's dull expressions, the yamen runner asked, "Did you insult the Tang Dynasty?"

Before the two foreigners could react, the people immediately said, "Yes, I heard it!"

"And I!"

"We are all witnesses!"

The guard looked at me coldly and said, "You are here in the territory of the Tang Dynasty and you are insulting the reputation of the Tang Dynasty. You are not respecting the laws of the Tang Dynasty!"

"It is written in the laws of the Tang Dynasty that anyone who insults the Tang Dynasty and causes damage to its reputation will be punished with 100 strokes of the cane!"

The faces of the two foreigners turned pale at this moment, and they finally realized that something bad had happened.

The yamen runner did not give the two men a chance to explain, and said coldly: "I hope you can still be alive after being beaten with a hundred sticks."

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Take it away!"

Then, the two Gentiles were taken away with pale faces.

The people all cheered.

The whole restaurant was as lively as it was during Chinese New Year.

All the people were praising the imperial court for its effectiveness, and soon they began to discuss the issue of all nations coming to pay tribute.

It seems that this episode made them more convinced of the fact that all nations came to pay tribute.

…………

Meanwhile, window seat.

Two people, one old and one young, are sitting here.

Fang Xuanling retracted his gaze and couldn't help looking at Qin Wenyuan opposite him, saying, "Sir Qin, how did you do this? You made the people so convinced of the coming of all nations to pay tribute, and so united in hatred of the enemy, and even so proud, and you took action against those who held opposing opinions."

"And there were those yamen runners. They clearly saw the common people beating up the two foreigners. Why did they do the same?"

Fang Xuanling was really surprised.

He just wanted to come forward to help the people settle the matter.

Who knew those yamen runners were so biased.

Hearing this, Qin Wenyuan just shook his glass lightly and said with a smile: "Master Fang, the foreign countries coming to pay tribute is real. Isn't it normal for them to be so confident?"

"And the Tang Dynasty can allow other countries to come and pay homage to it. The people are proud to be Tang people and do not allow others to slander their country. Isn't this normal?"

"As for the yamen runners, they are the yamen runners of the Tang Dynasty, not the running dogs of other countries. It is wrong for them not to favor the people of their own country and give privileges to people of other countries!"

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but frowned and said, "But the tribute from all nations... isn't that fake? Aren't those nations coming here with all kinds of complicated thoughts?"

"fake?"

Qin Wenyuan laughed and said, "Who said it was fake?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Qin Wenyuan suspiciously.

Qin Wenyuan said calmly: "Master Fang, if we ourselves don't believe in the Ten Thousand Nations Coming to Pay Homage, how can we expect others to believe it?"

"If we don't have confidence in ourselves, how can we expect all nations to come to us for tribute?"

Fang Xuanling seemed to be thinking about something. Qin Wenyuan continued, "Indeed, these countries came to our Tang Dynasty with bad intentions, but this matter... do they dare to make it public? They dare not! They have to save their face too!"

"So, on the surface, these countries sent envoys to our Tang Dynasty! As for what they think in their hearts, does it matter?"

"It's not important, at least not to the common people! The common people only need to know that foreign countries have sent envoys to pay homage to the Tang Dynasty, that's enough!"

"The people are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. If the people are confident, then the Tang Dynasty is confident! If the people believe that the Tang Dynasty is extremely powerful, then the Tang Dynasty... will really be extremely powerful!"

“The spirit of a country is never maintained by a few people, but by the people of the entire country, their spirit, their thoughts, their appearance, and their confidence!”

"So, they believe that this is the foreign countries coming to pay tribute! Envoys from other countries come to our Tang Dynasty, meet our people, meet our officials... Feel the confidence and pride of the people, and then they will feel the strength of our Tang Dynasty!"

"As the saying goes, three people make a tiger. Feel it, feel it..."

Qin Wenyuan smiled and said, "Perhaps, even they would think that they are here to pay homage to the Tang Dynasty?"

Fang Xuanling's eyes suddenly widened.

This was the first time he had heard such an argument.

but……

He actually felt that what Qin Wenyuan said made sense. It was obviously fallacy no matter how you sounded at it. How could a thing that was not like that at all be deduced from the result and become the real result?

But looking at Qin Wenyuan's indifference, and then looking at the people who were all proud of each other, even he felt a little dazed.

All nations are coming to pay tribute, it seems to be really true.

Everyone says so, if it’s fake, then it must be true, right?
He took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask: "Is this your plan?"

Qin Wenyuan took a sip of his drink and said with a smile, "It's just the foundation of everything. I need a strong and confident nation. This is the basis for all my subsequent plans."

When Fang Xuanling heard Qin Wenyuan's words, his heart was filled with emotion.

When Fang Xuanling heard that Li Shimin had given Qin Wenyuan full responsibility, he was a little worried about the visit of all nations.

After all, although Qin Wenyuan is smart and talented, he is young and does not have much experience in entertaining foreign envoys.

Moreover, Qin Wenyuan had never been to the imperial court. It would be difficult for him to deal with foreign officials calmly since he had never been to such a court.

He was worried about something unexpected happening.

But now, he suddenly felt that... he was thinking too much.

Qin Wenyuan is indeed young, but his wisdom and his brain are enough to make up for their decades of accumulated experience.

There are evildoers in this world!
They don't need to experience anything personally. They can possess decades of wisdom and experience of themselves and others through their imaginations, and even surpass their own vision and insight.

If you compare yourself to others, you will feel inferior to death.

Fang Xuanling took a sip of wine and suppressed the emotions and loss in his heart.

He looked at Qin Wenyuan and said, "It seems that you are well prepared. In this case, I have nothing to worry about."

"Originally, I wanted to give you some advice, but now it seems..."

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Fortunately I didn't say that, otherwise it would be really embarrassing now."

"If I ruin your good deeds, I will become even more of a sinner."

Qin Wenyuan said with a smile: "It's not that serious. At most, His Majesty will hate me and distance himself from me."

Fang Xuanling: "..."

This is more serious, okay?
Being hated and alienated by His Majesty would be like the end of my life.

Not serious yet?

You bad boy!
Fang Xuanling was secretly dissatisfied.

But he wasn't really jealous or anything. After all, he knew that he was definitely no match for Qin Wenyuan.

Let alone anything else, just the people's sense of identity, pride, and common hatred of the enemy... are not something he can achieve.

And Qin Wenyuan, in less than a month, was able to unite the people with the help of the tribute from all nations, making the foundation of the Tang Dynasty extremely solid.

This made Fang Xuanling admire from the bottom of his heart!

Not only can he solve cases, he can also govern the country...Qin Wenyuan is also a monster among monsters!
"The envoy has arrived!"

At this moment, a citizen sitting by the window suddenly shouted.

Then the other people quickly ran to the window and looked out.

Sure enough, at this moment, a group of people were walking outside the restaurant.

This is a guard of a hundred people, escorting foreign envoys. From their flags, we can see that they are envoys from Tiele.

The people were all pointing and talking, saying that although Tiele was so powerful before, now he still had to be a younger brother of the Tang Dynasty.

Fang Xuanling glanced at the head that popped out of the carriage, raised his eyebrows, and asked in surprise: "The eldest prince of Tiele? It is said that he is the prince who is most likely to inherit the throne of Tiele Khan, which is equivalent to the crown prince of our Tang Dynasty. Tiele actually sent the crown prince here?"

Fang Xuanling was a little surprised.

Although all nations came to pay tribute, he knew that they all came to plot against the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of calculation is actually not very formal, and it is not even very important to those countries. After all, this is a multinational joint matter, and it is also dangerous, so they can just send someone of similar quality.

But who would have thought that Tiele actually sent a future crown prince, which was a very valuable identity.

He looked at Qin Wenyuan and said, "The future crown prince of Tiele has arrived in Chang'an as an envoy. As the person in charge, why don't you go to meet him?"

Qin Wenyuan took a sip of wine slowly and sighed with satisfaction. He put down the glass and said calmly, "Isn't he still the crown prince? He's just a potential crown prince. Who knows if he was released to attract fire? He's not qualified for me to take him."

"Another envoy has arrived."

Before Fang Xuanling could say anything, another voice suddenly rang out.

He looked quickly and saw that the people coming this time were a group of Turkic envoys.

As one of the most difficult enemies of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks had amazing combat effectiveness. Although their national strength was not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, their combat effectiveness was not bad.

This time, the Turks brought more than 200 guards, and when Fang Xuanling saw the leading envoy, he almost exclaimed subconsciously.

"How could it be him!?" Fang Xuanling asked in surprise.

"Who is it?" Qin Wenyuan asked lazily.

Fang Xuanling looked at Qin Wenyuan and said, "The Turkic prince is different from the Tiele prince-to-be. This one is the real prince! Why is he here?"

"Oh, the Turkic prince!"

Qin Wenyuan said nonchalantly: "It's normal for him to come. The Turkic Khan only has one son."

"So the Turkic Khan only has this one son, and there are not many Turkic people with brains. Only these few princes have some brains. So, if they are envoys and have status, then they are the crown prince, right?"

He yawned and said lazily, "What's the big deal? If the prince dies in the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic Khan has no descendants, you can still make a fuss."

Fang Xuanling: "..."

He suddenly looked at Qin Wenyuan dimly and couldn't help but said, "Master Qin, you... you don't really want the Turkic Khan to have no descendants, do you? That will make the Turkic Khan crazy?"

(End of this chapter)