Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

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!
Du Ruhui secretly complained in his heart.

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

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 Shen Lian, 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 Shen Lian admire him from the bottom of his heart!
Not only solving cases, but also governing the country... Shen Lian from Wangyun Inn 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.

Du Ruhui 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?"

Du Ruhui 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 Shen Lian 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?"

Shen Lian 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 crown prince-to-be. Who knows if he was released to attract fire? He's not qualified for me to take him."

"Another envoy has arrived."

Before Du Ruhui could say anything, another voice suddenly rang out.

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

After the Turks were destroyed, Tubo became one of the most difficult enemies of the Tang Dynasty and had amazing combat effectiveness. Although its national strength was not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, its combat effectiveness was not bad.

This time, Tubo brought more than 200 guards, and when Du Ruhui saw the leading envoy, he almost screamed out subconsciously.

"How could it be him!?" Du Ruhui asked in surprise.

"Who is it?" Shen Lian asked lazily.

Du Ruhui looked at Shen Lian and said, "The Tubo prince is different from the Tiele prince-to-be. This one is the real prince! Why is he here?"

"Oh, the Turkic prince!"

Shen Lian said nonchalantly: "It's normal for him to come. The Tibetan Khan only has one son."

"So the Tibetan Khan only has this one son, and there are not many people in Tibet who have 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 Tibetan Khan has no descendants, you can still make a fuss."

Du Ruhui: “…”

He suddenly looked at Shen Lian dimly, and couldn't help but said, "Commander Shen, you... you don't really want the Tubo Khan to have no descendants, do you? That will make the Tubo Khan crazy?"

"If...if this prince dies in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo will definitely fight to the death with the Tang Dynasty!"

Shen Lian seemed to be interested after hearing this.

He looked at Du Ruhui with sparkling eyes and said with a smile, "Good idea."

Du Ruhui: “…”

"!!!"

"What a great idea!"

Du Ruhui was so frightened by Shen Lian's words that he stood up and said, "Commander Shen, Shen Lian! You must hold on. The Tang Dynasty needs to conserve its energy and strength right now. There is no time to start a war. You must stay calm."

He was really scared!
When he thought of those officials in the past who were plotted to death by Shen Lian, he couldn't help but feel terrified.

The Tubo Khan has only one son. Unlike those court officials, if he is plotted against to death, he will definitely fight to the death.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Prime Minister Du, do you think I, Shen Lian, am such an impulsive person? I never do anything without planning it thoroughly."

Du Ruhui heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

During this period, he also investigated Shen Lian.

he knows.

Indeed, Shen Lian had never done anything impulsive.

"so."

Shen Lian said: "I will frame other countries and make Tubo regard other countries as enemies. I, the Tang Dynasty, will just sit back and watch the fight."

Shen Lian: “!!!”

He widened his eyes and said in a lost voice: "Shen Lian, do you really want to mess with the Tubo prince?"

Shen Lian tapped the wine glass lightly with his fingers, listening to the crisp sound it made, and said calmly: "Tubana and Tang Dynasty will have a decisive battle sooner or later. The Tubo prince is quite capable. If we let him go, the Tang soldiers will definitely risk their lives to get him back in the future."

"so….…"

Shen Lian raised his eyes and looked at Du Ruhui: "Prime Minister Du, do you think I should let him go back?"

Du Ruhui was silent.

He looked outside again and saw that each of the Tibetan soldiers was very burly. They were carrying big swords and looked fierce.

He took a deep breath, retracted his gaze, and said, "Are you really not going to let Tubo fight Datang at the first opportunity? Datang really can't withstand the consumption on the battlefield."

Shen Lian smiled lightly: "Prime Minister Du, do you think that with my ability, a conspiracy will be discovered by the stupid Tubo?"

Du Ruhui heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Yup!

He knew Shen Lian's abilities very well.

If Shen Lian designed a conspiracy and wanted to frame someone, it would not be easy.

Not to mention Tubo, perhaps even those in the Tang Dynasty, except for those who knew the inside story, would not suspect Shen Lian.

After all, Shen Lian’s ability to solve cases and find trouble is as terrifying as his ability to commit crimes...!
Ability is always positively correlated.

He lowered his voice and said, "If you need my help, just tell me."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Prime Minister Du, don't think too much. Just do what you need to do." "With so many nations coming to pay tribute, there are so many chess pieces to use. Why should I bother you?"

Shen Lian raised the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyes flickered, and he smiled meaningfully: "Chang'an has now become a big chessboard, and all the envoys who come to Chang'an are chess pieces on the chessboard."

"So, Prime Minister Du, please stand aside and watch carefully how I play this game of chess."

Du Ruhui listened to Shen Lian's words and looked at Shen Lian's confident look, and couldn't help but sigh again in his heart.

Using the world as a chessboard and various countries as chess pieces, how arrogant and presumptuous is this!
If someone else said this, Du Ruhui would definitely sneer.

After all, this was something even he didn't dare to think about.

He was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and the head of the six ministries. He was highly regarded by the emperor. Looking at the world, who would not respectfully call himself Lord Fang in his life?

But even if I am like this, I don't dare to think about using other countries as pawns!

So apart from Li Shimin, anyone who dared to say such things so arrogantly in front of him would be slapped away by him.

Li Shimin, as the king of a country, seemed to be in a glorious position, but in fact, many invisible things weighed on him, so it was impossible for him to say such words.

Therefore, Du Ruhui would never hear such words. Even if he heard them, he would only laugh and sneer at them, saying that they were ignorant and arrogant!

But now, he happened to hear such words, and the person who spoke was a young man less than 20 years old right across from him...and yet he didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

It seemed that, in his opinion, these words should have been said by the group of arrogant young people in the Prince Chu's Palace!
Only the people at Wangyun Inn could make Du Ruhui feel that these were not arrogant and boastful words, but words that were bound to happen!

Du Ruhui took a deep breath and said, "Shen Lian, you really are constantly refreshing my cognition, and also making me constantly refresh my bottom line."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lian just smiled lightly.

He shook his wine glass and did not think his words were so shocking. After all... this game of chess was only played in Chang'an, using the envoys of various countries as chess pieces.

This is far from the world flag that Beichen invited him to truly use various countries and countless lives as chess pieces.

For now, this is just a practice game.

Du Ruhui was even more moved when he saw Shen Lian was so calm and composed, and didn't care at all.

He looked outside and saw a new group of envoys passing by.

There were many envoys coming from all nations this time, and it seemed that the envoys from these countries had made an appointment and were almost all concentrated in these few days.

Therefore, not long after, an envoy from a country arrived.

Looking at the newly arrived envoy team, it was not smaller than the Turkic team that just passed by, but seemed more imposing.

Du Ruhui glanced at the flag and was a little surprised: "Daqin? The Daqin Kingdom is here too?"

Da Shi, this was its name during the Tang Dynasty. In later historical books, it has a more famous name - the Arab Empire!
A superpower spanning the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa!

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the only two empires that could compete with the Tang Dynasty were the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire.

However, the Byzantine Empire did not border the current Tang Dynasty, and was also facing the invasion of the Arab Empire, so this grand event did not take place here.

The Arab Empire, while encroaching on the territory of the Byzantine Empire, unexpectedly found the leisure time to come to the Tang Dynasty to join in the fun.

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Arab Empire was recorded in the history of the Tang Dynasty. It had been expanding its territory and once attempted to invade the Tang Dynasty and fought a great battle with the Tang army.

This is not a good bird.

A wanton expansionist thug!

The visit of the Arab Empire this time may not be with good intentions.

Of course... Shen Lian also felt that it might not collude with other countries. After all, in the eyes of the Arab Empire, those countries might be just like food and were targets for the Arab Empire to devour.

So, this Arab Empire...maybe it will be a special chess piece.

Du Ruhui's knowledge of the Arab Empire was obviously not as good as Shen Lian's, but he also knew how powerful the Arab Empire was.

He frowned and said, "The Arab Empire has always been a mystery to us in the Tang Dynasty. The only thing I know is that the Arab Empire has a very large territory and has been constantly conquering all directions. Over the years, it has annexed many small countries, but there is still some distance between it and the Tang Dynasty, and there are also some countries between them, so not many people in the court care about it."

"But I always have a bad feeling..."

Du Ruhui looked at Shen Lian: "This Dashi country has a very big appetite. In the future... it is very likely to covet our Tang Dynasty. Now that it is expanding recklessly, it may become a headache for the Tang Dynasty in the future."

Shen Lian was a little surprised when he heard this.

He knew about the Arab Empire and the Tang Dynasty because he knew the history of the future.

But unexpectedly, Du Ruhui also had such an inference.

This is completely stepping out of the existing circle to look at this matter.

It's not easy.

No wonder Du Ruhui was able to leave his name in history.

"Prime Minister Du has a good idea."

Shen Lian said with a smile.

"You think so too?"

Shen Lian did not hide it. He nodded slightly: "Appetites will grow little by little, and human ambitions will never stop. One day, the buffer state between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire will be destroyed, and once the territories of the two countries are adjacent..."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "That is when the two countries officially go to war."

Du Ruhui's heart ached when he heard this.

His expression changed.

Shen Lian put down his wine glass, slowly stood up, looked at the envoys from the Kingdom of Daqin going away, smiled again, and said: "However, with my Chu Palace here, we are not the kind of people who like to watch the enemy slowly become stronger and do nothing."

"It just so happens that this opportunity is rare. I, Shen Lian, will also consider sending some trouble to the Kingdom of Daqin."

Du Ruhui's eyes moved.

Only then did he suddenly realize how much preparation Shen Lian had made for this event of all nations coming to pay tribute, and how astonishing his goal would be.

Tibet!

Shen Lian is preparing to make the Tubo Khan extinct!
Big food country!
Shen Lian is preparing to cause some trouble to the Arab Empire in order to eliminate future crises for the Tang Dynasty!
This was just casually revealed by Shen Lian!
What about what Shen Lian didn’t say?

what else?
Du Ruhui couldn't help but look at Shen Lian. At this time, the sky was bright and the sunlight fell on Shen Lian's body, as if Shen Lian was covered with a layer of golden battle clothes, just like a banished immortal...

Only then did he realize that this coming of all nations would... directly change the overall situation in the world, and for the Tang Dynasty, perhaps... it would also be an unprecedented change!
But Du Ruhui...can't see clearly what the future will be like.

Because he couldn't see through Shen Lian at all, and didn't know what kind of horrible things this young man with terrifying intelligence would do.

But in short, he knew... this time the gathering of all nations would be extremely lively.

(End of this chapter)