Chapter 77 Li Zhao is about to become an official!

New problems arise again. Nanzhao, Fusang and Mohe are not in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Even if there are a large amount of gold and silver minerals, how can they get them into their hands?

Li Zhao has to answer this difficult question.

"According to the foolish opinions of my younger generation, three different methods should be used in the three places: the northeast is long and the weather is cold and the land is frozen. You can garrison troops to guard the border, migrate the population, and advance to the northeast bit by bit, sooner or later, and sooner or later it will be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Fusang is across the sea from my Tang Dynasty. You can send merchants to take a boat, exchange silk, tea, porcelain and other items from Middle Earth to exchange for gold and silver from the hands of the Fusang people, and then transport them back by sea. At the same time, you can send officials to accompany you to understand the customs and customs of the four islands of Fusang and spread the advanced culture of my Tang Dynasty. I believe you will definitely gain a huge reward, hehe."

Li Zhao paused for a moment, and a few smirks appeared on his little face.

More than 700 years ago, Emperor Wu of Han sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to understand the customs and culture, conduct business exchanges, and spread the Han culture by the way. What happened... Hehe, since I have absorbed my culture, it will sooner or later become my territory.

The Han culture is so powerful that it is sometimes better than a million heroes!

"As for Nanzhao, it was originally the territory of our Han family. Later, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, some local barbarian leaders took the opportunity to separatist and establish themselves, which led to the so-called Nanzhao Kingdom. Since the founding of Nanzhao, they have been swaying between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo. Such a country is useless to stay. When the time is right, they will send troops to destroy it.

Then move the people and develop them well, so that they can become the silver treasury of our Tang Dynasty, which will benefit the country and the country without any harm!”

After a long discussion, Li Zhao secretly glanced at the handsome guy. What is this guy's identity? Prince, prince, or senior officials from the three provinces and six ministries. Anyway, he is definitely not an ordinary person!

And I have said so much today, just to pass on the old handsome guys to the court and cheer people up.

Today's Tang Empire has lacked the spirit of striving for progress and has no interest in expanding territory and educating foreign races. How can it be done!

...

Next, the two sides chatted for a while. Seeing that the sun was in the middle of the day and lunch time was up, Li Zhao and his group stood up and said goodbye, and went home to have a feast.

The handsome old man and his group also left Qujiangchi, and then headed north, passing Dunhuafang, Lizhengfang, Xinchangfang... and went straight into Xingqing Palace, and the people in the palace hurriedly picked him up.

The answer is revealed: The old handsome guy is today's son - Li Longji, and the old man with white face without any need is the general manager of the big inner court - Gao Lishi!

As for Madam Mei, she is the famous Concubine Mei, whose real name is: Jiang Caiping, a native of Jiangnan, who was extremely smart since childhood, could speak at one year old, read at three years old, and could recite the Book of Songs at five years old... At the age of fourteen, she had become a famous talented woman in Jiangnan, and she was good at musical instruments, singing, dancing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was well-versed in everything.

In the 17th year of Kaiyuan, Jiang Caiping, who was both talented and beautiful, was selected into the palace. Li Longji was very favored and was awarded the first-rank imperial concubine of the Eastern Palace. Because she particularly likes plum blossoms, she was given the title of "Plum Concubine"!

In the past ten years, Concubine Mei and Concubine Wu Hui have been tied for each other and are Li Longji's two favorite concubines.

Unlike Concubine Wu Hui, who was scheming, formed cliques and eventually sought death, Concubine Mei was not interested in politics and never interfered in the affairs of the court. She just lived in the palace and enjoyed planting plum blossoms. She was self-disciplined, wise and righteous, and was a virtuous concubine respected by everyone in the palace!

...

Today, Li Longji asked Cui Zongzhi to arrange the cockfighting in Qujiangchi to meet Li Zhao, to see his talent, ability, and character, and whether it is worth cultivating, and to become a pillar of the country in the future.

After a conversation, Li Longji was quite satisfied with Li Zhao's performance, but he didn't expect that he would lose the cockfighting and even lost the tiger bone ring.

You know, that is the treasure left by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, which has been circulating in the hands of emperors of the Tang Dynasty. Now he has gone to Li Zhao... Forget it, it is still in the hands of the Li family, and there is no one with the other surnames!

However, it seems that he lost something strange about the cockfighting today, but something was wrong... Li Longji thought hard, but before he could figure out the problem, he saw Cui Zongyi trot into the palace.

"I will meet the Lord, long live, long live... Meet the Empress, thousand years, thousand years!"

"No gifts, cat slave, why did you come into the palace?"

"I'm here to send something to the emperor!"

While speaking, Cui Zongzhi took out a tiger bone ring, which was exactly the one that Li Longji lost before. There was also a comic book series with detailed drawings of each Tai Chi movement and text descriptions.

Why did the lost things be sent back?

"Cat slave, have you told him my true identity?"

"Without the lord nod, how dare I disclose my tracks in private? This was sent by Li Zhao asked me to do so. He said that today's cockfighting competition was really unfair, so he sent the things over and apologized to the lord!"

"Oh, you won't be strong, what do you say?"

"Report to the Lord, this is what happened..."

Cui Zongzhi described Li Zhao's cheating in the cock, and repeatedly apologized on behalf of Li Zhao, with a look of panic on his face. After all, this incident is big or small today.

To put it simply, if you are cheating and have bad character, you should be despised a thousand times!

To put it bluntly, that is the crime of deceiving the king, and you have to be beheaded!

Cui Zhi was even ready. Once the emperor was furious, he would even want his official position, title, and life, and he would also keep Li Zhao safe!

Unexpectedly, after learning the truth, Li Longji not only wasn't angry, but laughed... "Haha, no wonder my cavalry general is so vulnerable today. It turns out that he was being plotted against. Li Zhao is really a bad boy, but he can ask you to send things back and apologize to me, which shows that his nature is not bad, but he is just a little naughty!"

After laughing, his evaluation of Li Zhao rose a little further.

You must know that intrigues and deceptions in the court are a hundred times more dangerous than battlefields. Honest people cannot gain a foothold, and it is even difficult to save their lives!

Only those with talented, scheming and skilled methods can stand firm in the court and be called pillars... Obviously, Li Zhao has this potential.

In addition, it can be proved by returning the things that Li Zhao is a little bad, but he has a bottom line. Such a person will definitely not be a treacherous minister, so don’t worry about using it!

"I have accepted this Tai Chi boxing album. As for this tiger bone ring, you can take it back to Li Zhao. If you lose, you will lose. No matter how you lose, I will never bet on the debt. And don't tell Li Zhao about my identity for the time being. If I have free time in the future, I will still bet on winning or losing with him. If I miss my identity, it will be meaningless, haha!"

"I obey the order!"

After some observation, Li Longji has already determined that Li Zhao is a rare talent, and the next thing is how to use this talent.

Simply put, it is to grant him an official position.

"Your Majesty: Li Zhao is young and quite talented. He can be sent to the Prince's Mansion to serve as the chief minister, or to record the position of military service, and to assist the prince, he will definitely be competent." Cui Zongzhi made a suggestion and asked Li Zhao to work in the Prince's Mansion.

As the crown prince of the country, he has his own group of subordinates, including one of the left and right guards, two deputy commanders, one chief minister, and one chief officer and one military commander...

Although these officials are not of high rank, they are the confidants of the prince. Once the prince ascended the throne and took power, the officials will rise as a result. It is just a matter of being a general and a prime minister, and it is a very promising official position.

"No, Mencius said: When God is about to give a great responsibility, people must first suffer their minds and minds, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies, and lose their bodies, and act and disturb their actions. Therefore, they will be moved and endure their nature and will be able to do what they cannot do.

Li Zhao is young. If he becomes an official in the Crown Prince's Mansion, he will soar into the sky, feel proud, and then do ridiculous things, that would be bad. Xiang Wu and Gan Luo are examples... I'd better arrange a small official position for him and hone it carefully. When he grows up, it will not be too late to reuse it."

Li Longji rejected Cui Zongzhi's suggestion and gave a very good reason, and also listed two living examples.

Xiang Wu, a man from the Spring and Autumn Period, was gifted and intelligent. When he was seven years old, he was called the "Sage of the Lord". Unfortunately, he was burdened by his reputation and died at the age of twelve.

Ganluo, a native of the Warring States Period, was also a child prodigy. He became the Shangqing of Qin at the age of twelve. Because of his immature mind, he lost his head at the age of thirteen!

Therefore, it can be proved that for young people, pulling seedlings to grow is harmful but not beneficial!

But, there is actually another important reason. Li Longji didn't say it, and no one else could guess it... Even if he guessed it, he wouldn't dare to say it.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, palace coups have occurred one after another, and fathers, sons, brothers, aunts and nephews... have often happened.

For example, Li Long came to power through a series of coups. In order to ascend the throne, he forced his father to become the Supreme Emperor with both soft and hard work.

Don’t forget the past, the teacher of the future!

Therefore, after Li Longji ascended the throne, he was always careful about the prince, fearing that one day he would be robbed of power by the prince. This is also one of the important reasons for the tragedy of killing three sons in one day in Kaiyuan.

The current prince Li Heng is indecisive and incompetent. Even so, Li Longji is still not relieved and is careful to beware of everything.

If a genius like Li Zhao is sent to the prince's mansion, the prince's wings will gradually become fuller. It is difficult to guarantee that he will not be willing to seize power. Therefore, this genius cannot be given to the prince, at least it cannot be given to it now!

So what official position is appropriate? After pondering for a while, Li Longji made a decision: "Transfer to the Ministry of Personnel, appoint Li Zhao as the bad commander, command all bad people in Chang'an City, be responsible for arresting thieves and maintaining public order!"

"Abide by the order!"

"Cui Zong was a meritorious in recommending the wise, and he was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Revenue, and added another 200 households to the fief!"

"I thank you for your kindness!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!