Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 75 After 76, just call him a groundhog
In the Tang Dynasty, there were four major post stations in Chang'an, southeast, north and west, also known as guest houses. When foreign envoys arrived in Chang'an, they would temporarily settle down in one of the guest houses.

Afterwards, the officials of Honglu Temple will come to receive them and arrange tours and audiences for these foreign envoys.

This time Wanbang came to the court, and the matter was very important, so Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Households and Minister of Honglu, was in charge of the reception this time.

For Li Shimin to arrange Zuo Ming to receive Tubo envoys alone, Tang Jian is of course happy to get it done.

Those Tubo envoys have been circling around him for the past few days, clamoring to see His Majesty, they are really like flies, and it is hard for him to refuse directly, so he can only drag along in a vain manner.

Now that Zuo Ming came, it was tantamount to saving him from the flames!

Originally, Tang Jian was going to arrange for Zuo Ming to go to the residence of the Tubo people to meet them, but Zuo Ming refused. Instead, he found a quiet hall in Honglu Temple, and then asked Tang Jian to send people to recruit those Tubo people. people.

Tang Jian didn't bother to care about Zuo Ming's ostentation, he just thought it was His Majesty's intention, and immediately ordered someone to go to the Xiyi Station to spread the word, and asked those Tubo envoys to come to Honglu Temple to see His Majesty's official reception envoy Zuo Ming.

The Tubo people have also heard about the name Zuo Ming during this time.People in Chang'an City said that this person is both excellent in poetry and painting, knows everything, and is the most intelligent person in the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, they have long been curious about this "Zuo Ming", and now they have obtained it. Zhao Jian, although Zuo Ming's superior attitude made them a little uncomfortable, but for the sake of the overall situation, they still came to Honglu Temple in person and met Zuo Ming.

When the Tubo envoys arrived, Zuo Ming was eating a plate of oily lobster.Seeing them, Zuo Ming didn't get up, but raised his eyes lightly, and said, "Here we come! Sit down!"

Zuo Ming's loose attitude immediately aroused the anger of the Tubo people, and Lu Dongzan directly showed a touch of contempt and disdain, "It is said that the Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and now it seems that it is no different. !"

Looking sideways at Lu Dongzan in Hanfu, Zuo Ming sneered slightly, "Etiquette? That's for friends. What qualifications do slaves have to see my etiquette in Tang Dynasty?"

This sentence directly ignited the anger of those Tubo people, and immediately a big man with a square face rushed over to kill Zuo Ming.Fortunately, he was stopped by Lu Dongzan in the end, otherwise, this upright man would have blood spattered for five steps.

"Lord Zuo, are you insulting me, the Great Tubo? Can I think that Your Excellency is provoking a war between the two countries?"

After stopping all his subordinates, Lu Dongzan said angrily.

Why didn't he want to kill this damn Zuo Ming?But in this way, Emperor Tang must be furious.It's a small matter for them to be killed, but it's not good to delay the king's plan.

Seeing this group of Tubo people daring to be angry but not daring to speak, Zuo Ming smiled evilly again, "I don't understand what you said, my Majesty is the emperor, and your Songtsan Gampo is just a feudal lord!" It’s just the king, the king, shouldn’t he be the subject of the emperor? What? Could it be that you Tubo have long been disobedient?”

Zuo Ming's words are actually very unreasonable. Since Tubo established itself, it has never been a vassal to China.Although they all call Songtsen Gampo the king outside, in fact, in Tubo, Songtsan Gampo is still called "Zanpu", and the so-called "Zanpu" means "son of the gods". It is equivalent to the "Son of Heaven" in the Tang Dynasty.

That is to say, in a fundamental sense, Songtsen Gampo and Li Shimin should have an equal relationship.

However, although his words were unreasonable, they really bluffed Lu Dongzan.

After a long time, Lu Dongzan came back to his senses, and retorted excitedly, "Master Zuo's words are really unreasonable. My king—ah no—it's my Zanpu! He is the king of Tubo, but in my Tubo, he is the real son of the god, the out-and-out emperor, how could he become a subject of your country."

"Oh! Is that so? That is to say, although Songtsan Gampo, the king of your family, is a vassal king outside, he will become an emperor when he returns to Tubo? Well! So he is an emperor behind closed doors. What a disrespect! Disrespect!"

Zuo Ming made a "shocked" look, and then said with a sarcasm.

Hearing this, Lu Dongzan's face turned red, and he stomped his feet fiercely, "Lord Zuo! My king—err——Zanpu, no matter whether it's outside or in my Tubo, It’s Zanpu! They’re both emperors! Please don’t call my family by Zanpu’s name anymore! This is disrespectful to me, Tubo!”

"Okay! Okay! I got it! I won't call your king Songtsan Gampo by his name in the future. This 'Songtsan Gampo' has a lot of twists and turns, and I can't pronounce it smoothly. From now on, I will call you King Songtsan Gampo. He's a groundhog!"

Zuo Ming shook his hands casually, half lying down and said.

"Tuboshu? What's that?"

"Tubo" and "Tubo" are homophonic, so Lu Dongzan didn't think about "mouse" at all, but made up the "Dawn" of "Dawn" by himself, and he was naturally puzzled at the moment, completely puzzled by its meaning.

"This 'Tubo' is naturally your 'Tubo Kingdom'. As for the 'rat' - oh! That means the sun! Together it means 'the dawn of the Tubo Kingdom, the place of hope'! How about this? The name is not bad! It sounds much better than your Zanpu!
You guys!Forget about claiming to be the envoy of the groundhog when you go out in the future, so you don't need to mention the "King of Tubo", it's a drop in price!After a long time, others will forget the title of 'King of Tubo'. At that time, your king—that's wrong—is Zanpu, and he will be the real emperor! "

Looking at the puzzled Lu Dongzan, Zuo Ming was also a little dazed at first, he used the title "groundhog" only out of intention to provoke him.But this thing is a specialty of North America, Lu Dongzan has never heard of it, so how could he think of it.

His black humor was not understood by Lu Dongzan, Zuo Ming was disappointed and naturally started talking nonsense.

Don't even mention it, after he talked about it like this, it really got into Lu Dongzan's heart.

"This name is good! Mr. Zuo is really a genius! From now on, my family Zanpu will use this title to outsiders! Then let's not use the 'King of Tubo'!"

Lu Dongzan was really overjoyed, and thanked Zuo Ming again and again.

At this time, the other Tubo people nodded in unison after hearing the translation.The big man with a square face even gave Zuo Ming a look of "it's easy for you".

Seeing their appearance, Zuo Ming almost spit out a mouthful of tea.

This group of Tubo people is really fun, I really don't know what kind of expressions Li Shimin and other ministers will have if they use this title for Songtsen Gampo when they go to meet Li Shimin.

Those people have all read his "Shan Hai Zhi", so they naturally know what a "groundhog" is.

"Okay! Alright! Let's talk about business! Earlier, I have heard Honglu Qing Tang Jian and Mr. Tang explain your intentions. You are here to propose marriage, and you also have the intention of forming an alliance. My Tang Dynasty is not This request should be denied.

But you are not lucky!Not long ago, our parent, Princess Le, was engaged to someone else!well!What a shame!

Why not, let's change the way of alliance!I heard that your Zanpu has a younger sister named Dawa Dolma, who is known as the fairy who came down from the moon.My prince happens to be short of a princess, why not just her? "

Afraid that he couldn't help laughing out loud, Zuo Ming quickly interrupted everyone and changed the subject.But at the end, he showed a wicked smile again.

This was purely a temporary idea, he had never seen this Dawa Dolma before, only Tang Jian said that she was the most beautiful woman in Tubo, she was fifteen years old, but she looked like the fairy in the painting.

For such a beauty, Zuo Ming naturally wanted to have a look. He really wanted to know how this Dawa Dolma compares with the "Guli Nazha" and "Dilraba" of later generations.

Hearing Zuo Ming mention the pearl of their Tubo Kingdom, Lu Dongzan showed a touch of pride at first, but then became a little vigilant.

On the surface, this method is indeed feasible, but it is contrary to what they Zanpu meant.

In short, if Songtsan Gampo really married his younger sister to Datang instead of marrying Princess Changle, then Tubo would have concerns when he wanted to attack Datang, but Datang did not have the slightest intention to attack Tubo obstacle.

Therefore, in this marriage, Songtsan Gampo must marry Li Shimin's daughter, even if he will become Li Shimin's son-in-law in name, he still will not hesitate.

"This. Since it's just an engagement, it means that they haven't married yet. If that's the case, then it's time to cancel the engagement! After all, it's about the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Your Majesty should be able to distinguish the seriousness from the seriousness!"

After being silent for a while, Lu Dongzan said with a flickering expression.He never mentioned the matter of Dawa Dolma, making it clear that he wanted to play a scoundrel.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Ming smiled coldly in his heart, but on the surface he still smiled, "Our Majesty naturally knows the difference! It's just that the person who is betrothed to Princess Changle is too strong. Even if it is His Majesty, it will be very difficult to dissolve this engagement!"

"Oh! What's the matter? I thought that your majesty is the supreme existence in your country. Is there someone else above your majesty?"

Lu Dongzan said curiously, but his eyes were full of disbelief. He felt that Zuo Ming was talking nonsense and playing tricks on him.

"Hey! It's not that this person is superior to His Majesty, it's just that this person's reputation is too high! You don't know! There are so many people in Chang'an who worship him! Some people call him "Poetry and Painting" Shuangjue', some people call him 'Machine Transformation Book Saint', and some even call him 'Tiangong General'!
Anyway, all kinds of names made him look like a fairy!Of course, although this person was extremely handsome, with elegant temperament and chic demeanor, he was definitely not a god.It's just that people call him that, and he can't help it.

Forehead!cough cough! .Of course, the most helpless one is our Majesty!People say that Princess Changle is the most beautiful woman in the world, so she should be matched with the best man in the world!So everyone spoke one after another, asking His Majesty to promise the princess to that person.

You also know that my Majesty has always been wise and will not violate the will of the people, so there is such a marriage.

You are making our Majesty regret the marriage now, that is really slapping our Majesty in the face!useless!Can't make it! "

Zuo Ming sighed slightly, and said with a "helpless" face.It was as if he himself felt very sorry.

However, Lu Dongzan, who had heard of Zuo Ming's "both poetry and painting", had veins throbbing in the corners of his eyes, and he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

He has seen shameless people before, but he dares to assure God that he has never seen such shameless people as Zuo Ming!

Nima!Where is your bottom line?I looked up and saw that there was no bottom!

(End of this chapter)