"The time to kill you is delayed?"

"Hahahaha, you really dare to think about it!"

The two prison guards turned around and sneered and mocked: "Boy, don't put gold on your face. The big thing in the court has nothing to do with you, it's just that the big guys have been delayed."

"But the court has already thought of a solution and has begun to publish a list of articles to recruit wise men. There are many talented people and strangers in our Tang Dynasty. Maybe someone will announce the list in a few days..."

Guo Ziyi blinked her eyes and vaguely understood it. She couldn't help but say, "I heard what you two meant, the court encountered a headache, and the emperor and the officials could not solve it, so I posted the list and asked someone to do it?"

“So what?”

The two jailers sneered and said disdainfully: "Even if you want to recruit capable people, will you recruit you? You don't think too much about it. Can you solve the big things in the court?"

Guo Ziyi blinked her eyes again and said whisperingly: "Then let's talk about it, let's listen. Maybe I can really solve it."

"ha!"

The two jailers laughed and said sarcastically: "Boy, can you die if you don't brag? All the civil and military officials in the court are worried. What kind of things are you? You are not afraid of the wind and your tongue flashing. It seems that your brain is really sick."

Although he mocked Guo Ziyi in this way, he was also inspired to talk about things. After all, those who are jailers are very idle and have nothing to do except to monitor the prisoners. So the two of them came back and actually talked about recruiting wise men to Guo Ziyi.

"The cause of this matter starts from the Zhenguan period of our Tang Dynasty..." One of the prisoners spoke first, with a tone of a storytelling.

Guo Ziyi was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "During the Zhenguan period? That must have been decades ago, right?"

The jailer glared at him, thinking that he was interrupting randomly, but did not scold him, but continued to talk about things. His tone became vaguely proud, saying, "During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, it was really powerful. The country was clear and peaceful, the grasslands in the north were not convinced, and they beat him, and the beards in the Western Regions were not tame, so they beat him. In the sky and the earth, I am the only one in the surrounding small countries paying tribute every year, and obediently claiming to be a foreign country..."

Guo Ziyi couldn't help but sigh and muttered in a low voice: "Li Shimin's generation is indeed quite arrogant, and it is so fierce that the alien races dare not bare their teeth. Unfortunately, I was not traveling through that era."

Because his voice was too small, the jailer did not hear it clearly. He just thought that this stupid boy was looking forward to it before, and the jailer himself was obviously looking forward to it before.

Unfortunately, the prison guard's tone quickly turned into melancholy:

He sighed and said, "The tradition of tribute from foreign countries is the great achievements of His Majesty Taizong's generation. He carried a knife to kill the foreign races, and they could only pay tribute to us obediently..."

"And this rule of tribute has continued to this day, for more than seventy years, every year, and finally, some people have begun to dissatisfie."

The jailer suddenly stopped when he said this, looked at Guo Ziyi and asked, "I'll ask you something, if one day you are better than others, would you still be willing to give people money to spend?"

Guo Ziyi didn't think about it, and she glared at her eyes and cursed, saying, "What kind of dreams are you having? I'm better than him and want me to give him money? Mom is a slap, it's better if I don't beat him up."

"Yes, it's good not to beat it!"

The jailer sighed again and said in a low tone: "Even a stupid boy like you, you know that others don't need to respect you when you are weak. So do those noble and powerful figures understand this truth better? Our Tang Dynasty has never lacked high-ranking smart people, but foreign countries and foreign races also have such people..."

Guo Ziyi blinked her eyes, vaguely understanding it, and couldn't help but say, "I heard what you mean, it seems that some people in Fanbian want to make trouble?"

"Yes, that's it!"

The jailer nodded and finally began to tell the things in the court, saying, "Just a while ago, more than a dozen foreign countries joined forces. They were here to pay tribute to us in name, but in fact they were conducting a test..."

"What do they want to test? Do they use tribute to test?" Guo Ziyi was a little curious.

The jailer glanced at him and said bluntly: "Yes, it's just a way to test it by tribute. These foreign countries don't know where to find many strange things. The guise of giving tribute to our heavenly kingdoms, but they keep provoking them when paying tribute, and insist on letting us identify the origin of the things they pay tribute."

Guo Ziyi became confused and wondered: "Is there any trick?"

The prison guard sighed and said, "It's not just a trick, it's clearly a conspiracy. They are testing our national strength and whether we have capable people."

Guo Ziyi was even more confused and puzzled, "You have figured out so much about just such a tribute?"

The prison guard was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I am just a little person, how can I see so deeply? This is all figured out by the big men in the court. Of course, many smart people in Chang'an City can see through it. Then, as the court recruitment list spreads together, a little person like me will naturally know."

The jailer said a while and then said, "This time Fanbian tribute is gathering all kinds of strange things. People keep provoking, let us identify the origin. This is to test our national strength first and see if we will tolerate their provocation. I would like to ask you, if this matter was put in the Zhenguan era and Fanbian was so provocative, what would our Tang Dynasty do?"

Guo Ziyi didn't think about it and immediately spoke, "What else can I do? Of course I'm going to beat him up. Isn't this trying to kill Datang?"

The jailer nodded and said with emotion: "Yes, at that time, I must have beaten without saying anything. But now we are not as good as before. Now we can't beat us without saying something..."

At this time, another jailer suddenly interrupted and said in a depressed tone: "This means that the first test of Fanbian was successful. They successfully explored our bottom line and knew that we would not immediately take revenge in the face of provocation."

Guo Ziyi finally understood and blinked and muttered: "If you don't take revenge immediately, it means hesitation. Why is there hesitation? It's just that the national strength is not enough to support the war. That's why you two say that the first test of Fanbian was successful, right?"

The two jailers nodded together.

Then they sighed and said, "Now, there is only the second way for our Tang Dynasty to retain face, that is, to quickly recruit capable people and strangers, and then identify many strange things that were paid by foreign countries. In this way, at least the foreign countries can be restrained a little."

Guo Ziyi became confused again and couldn't help but say, "What does this mean? Why can identify strange things make the foreign countries restrain themselves?"

The two prisoners were helpless and could only explain carefully: "Being able to identify many strange things means that our Tang Dynasty has at least some capable people. Since ancient times, the country has been in danger and prosperity. To put it bluntly, it depends on whether there are capable people in the country."

Guo Ziyi suddenly realized and said, "I understand. To put it bluntly, this is a bluff. By recruiting talented people and strangers to identify strange things, we tell those foreign countries that we are not short of capable people. If you dare to come and provoke trouble, our Tang Dynasty will have the ability to fight back. Right?"

The two jailers were a little relieved and nodded at the same time: "Although you are frizzy, you are actually not stupid. It is good to be able to think clearly about this."

Guo Ziyi is a person with a strong national sentiment. At this time, he didn't care about the praise of the prison guards and asked anxiously: "After talking about the great truth for a long time, you two have never mentioned the point. What kind of strange things have been paid for by foreign countries? Why don't those officials in the court recognize them?"

The two jailers looked at each other, and one of them smiled bitterly and said, "No wonder the big bosses in the court. It's because the things paid tribute to foreign countries are too strange..."

As he said that, he stopped and then said: "For example, something that Annanguo paid tribute. The shell looks like a wolf's tooth hammer, and it is covered with hideous thorns. After it is smashed, it has soft meat and smells a special smell. But Annanguofei said that this is a edible fruit..."

"Tell me, boy, how can there be such a strange fruit in the world? Not to mention identifying the origin, we in the Tang Dynasty have never heard of this thing, right?"

It would be fine if I didn't ask this, but when I asked, I found that Guo Ziyi's eyes were straight, and she screamed suddenly, her face full of excitement, and said, "Damn, damn, damn, I know this thing, wouldn't that mean that I can solve the major affairs of the court..."

Both jailers were shocked.

There were so many great masters in the court who paid tribute to foreign countries. As a result, in this death row of justice, a boy in the Ministry of Justice said he knew him.

Is it bragging?
Chapter completed!