At the end of last year, Tubo invaded our Songzhou, and the saint sent several generals to lead 50,000 infantry and cavalry to attack him.

As a result, when the enemy was really against the enemy, the main forces of the Tang army were not useful. Niu Jinda rushed over with a vanguard force and beat the Tubo people to amazement.

Now this incident has spread in Chang'an City. Everyone regards it as a joke. It is rumored that the envoys from Tubo will soon come to Chang'an City to apologize to the saints.

The country is rich and the army is strong, the society is stable, and the frontier has won battles again. Recently, the atmosphere in Chang'an City has been quite festive.

On September 15th, in the dynasty, the saint also brought out several jars of white wine transported from Changle County a few days ago, and gave it to hundreds of officials in the court to celebrate.

Many of the officials had eaten this liquor before. In fact, the liquor in the palace has arrived at some point. It was just this time that he won the battle and was only used to celebrate. There were also barbarians selling it in the market. The price was very high, and if you don’t have any financial resources, you will definitely not be able to afford it.

Some people who have never eaten before are in this court today. This is the first time I saw white wine when I saw a quiet cup of wine. It was clear and the aroma of wine was quite strong. Drink it...

"Cough cough cough..." Someone was choking by this glass of white wine and coughed continuously. They would inevitably be laughed at by everyone.

"Haha! I'm afraid it's the first time I'll eat it."

"Slow down, this wine is very strong."

"You scholars are afraid that you can't eat this wine. Come on, you will eat it with me."

"One person only has this glass, and you still have to grab it with others. Why don't you buy it yourself? There is also this wine in the restaurants in the market."

"If I can afford it, I won't tell you here."

"I heard that in Changle County, the wine is only two cents at the end of the wine. It is a little light and it is almost the same as this white wine.

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"Hiss...then old man Tang Jian has a good time this time."

"Based on his friendship with Na Luo's assistant teacher, I'm afraid I don't have to drink that wine."

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Everyone was drinking and talking, and there was a buzzing buzzing in the court.

The emperor didn't care about them, drank the glass of white wine in his hand, and sat leisurely on the ridge, not knowing what he was thinking.

After everyone finished eating the glass of wine, the eunuchs came over and took away all the glasses. Only then did the emperor ask Tang Jian to take out the document.

"This is a document sent by the beloved minister of the Tang Dynasty from Changle County. Eunuch Tian, ​​come and read it to you all." The saint said.

"Here." The eunuch of the Tian bowed and took the document, opened it carefully, and then stood in the hall and read it word by word, with a calm voice and not very sharp.

At this time in the Tang Dynasty, some of the eunuchs in the palace were literate and some were illiterate. There was no organization in the palace that taught the temple people to read, but the ban was not very tight. If the temple people were by chance and met someone who was willing to teach and were willing to work hard, they would be able to read.

There are also some temple people who only enter the palace after they become adults, and some of them can read.

The one who banned the most severely is probably the Ming Dynasty in later generations. The Ming Dynasty was strict and easy to use and use heavy dictates, which is not just targeting eunuchs.

It was also in the Ming Dynasty. When Emperor Yongle arrived, there was an institution specializing in teaching eunuchs and eunuchs to read in the palace. The East-West Second Factory appeared at that time, and Zheng He also voyages to the West.

Compared with that time in the Ming Dynasty, the temple people in the early Tang Dynasty probably had to live a little free and free life.

Not only the temple people in the palace, but also the overall social atmosphere in the early Tang Dynasty compared with the later dynasties. Relatively speaking, there are no such rules and regulations to restrict ethics.

If you want to talk about freedom and scattering, there are probably few ministers and ministers in the palace who are comparable to Tang Jian.

Since he had fought with the emperor for a chess game, he almost lost his head. Later, because he took several lambs, he was removed from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and became the Guanglu doctor. This guy has been a little bit out of his mind, as if he was a little unwilling to do his career and was not very diligent in government affairs.

This time the emperor sent him to Changle County, and the official documents he wrote were quite free and unrestrained.

Lord Tang first described the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Hexi Corridor to His Majesty, and then talked about the hard life of the soldiers on the frontier, what he saw and heard along the way. Then he vividly described the hot scenes of the Hu people buying tea, and said that the tea was just a tree leaf, and it could be exchanged for money by picking and kneading it and pressing it into a cake. It saves the old troubles of raising silkworms and weaving cloth. Of course, Lord Tang was also a gentry after all, and he knew about official documents in writing.

"Tsk, Doctor Tang is really getting less and less focused." Even though he used written words, many officials in the court still felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this.

After all, this is still an era of popular parallel prose, and even Tang poetry has not developed much.

"Hey, Doctor Tang is not careful, you all don't have to worry about it." His Majesty the Emperor didn't care much. Tang Jian was too arrogant and if he ordered him, he would have to go to Changle County if he had to go to Changle County.

"The sage thought that this tea trade could be done?" At this time, the focus of most people in the court was on this tea trade.

"I heard that those merchants in Lishi have recently opened tea farms in the south." The emperor replied.

"..." The man heard this and pondered for a moment.

"I believe that my dear friends are also feeling it. Na Luo is really a talented person, but he is young and energetic, and he is a little reckless. If he does something wrong, you will be tolerant. He was demoted before and was punished. Since you are an official in the same dynasty, you should naturally put the important affairs of the court in the world first. Don't hurt the friendship between the same dynasty for those small things..."

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the ridge and advised these ministers to be friendly with each other, as if he had asked Luo Yong to attract the war before, and he had never happened before.

"This time, the tea trade is of great importance. Tang Aiqing has been doing a little bit scattered recently. If I had entrusted it to him, I wouldn't be very relieved. Why would you choose a few young talents and let them go to Changle County to see it. This is for the sake of this tea business, it can also broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge."

When the emperor asked Eunuch Tian to read the letter, Eunuch Tian had only one piece of letter paper in his hand. There was originally a second one. Although there were only a few lines of understatement on it, Li Shimin knew the weight of it, so he put away the letter paper in advance.

Except for the few close ministers around the emperor, no one knew about this. The reason why they did this was that they did not want to argue, and the other was to guard against the spies placed in Chang'an City in the surrounding countries.

After the day passed, the city of Chang'an began to buzz again. According to Tang Jian's meaning, the tea deal could almost be compared with silk and silk, which was quite amazing.

Although Tang Jian has lived a bit casually in the past two years, he is a real founding hero. He participated when Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan was planning things in Taiyuan.

Over the past twenty or thirty years, dynasties have changed. Tang Jian has experienced many things and made great contributions. Few people will question his vision and judgment.

Since the tea trade is so important, their family must also participate. Even if they can't do business openly, it's always a matter of building a few big tea farms. As for how big the investment is and how much capital it costs, they have to arrange a few people to check the market first.

As for whom to let go, the best talent in the family and the hope for the future of the family will definitely not be sent to that place. If one is not able to go there, the loss will be too huge.

Those who are ignorant will definitely not do it, and they will go in vain if they go. Those who are weak are afraid of being on the road, and some of them are resolutely refused to go. Forget it, the forced melons are not sweet, and some of them are willing to go, but they are not easy to do.

Finally, the families of all households picked out some young people who didn’t love their mothers and were still strong and wanted to go west and seek development.

After going around in circles, the final result was exactly what Luo Yong wanted.

Luo Yong was also preparing for this matter at this time. Although he didn't know what his attitude was in Chang'an City, he decided to try to light up the fire while he was in Changle County.

Offense is the best defense. If you don’t seek development and just want to live comfortably, then weakness will eventually become inevitable. Even without the Anshi Rebellion, there will be other chaos. Without the large-scale food for Tubo and Goguryeo, there will be other countries.

Tang Jian naturally understood this truth.

When he lived in Chang'an City before, he was somewhat covered by the prosperity and wealth in front of him. He always felt that the world was peaceful and no one could cause any storm. When Li Er became the emperor, he had a disagreement with him. In the future, he was afraid that he would have nothing to do inside and outside the court, so he called his friends to enjoy their lives all day long.

Unexpectedly, when I ran to Changle County this time, I saw that Luo Yong had played such a big game of chess here. Although there were still a few empty cards on the board, it was too big to withstand this pattern!
Chapter completed!