Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

For Li Chenggan, since the explanation in Taiji Hall that day, he had fewer opportunities to see his father.

In contrast, he became busier and busier.

When the prince went out, the East Palace followed him, but because his father ordered that this trip must not be wasteful, the entire East Palace was also struggling with what to bring and how much to bring. Therefore, Li Chenggan found for the first time that he had to make decisions on so many things.

Before these things were done, Du Ruhui, the Shangshu You Pushe and the Minister of Personnel, came to invite him, saying that the Nestorian Persian monk had arrived.

So he could only hurriedly put on the robes that he had hardly worn, and hurriedly followed the eunuchs to the Dianke Office of the Honglu Temple.

Sitting in the carriage, Li Chenggan was even dazed, because he remembered that his father had mentioned to him the divine general named Xue Rengui, and he was temporarily entertained here when he came to Chang'an before.

Now Xue Rengui has become famous in the Western Regions. It is said that he has made an acquaintance with a Turkic Khan and reported it to Aye in order to remotely control the northern desert and restrict the ambitious Xueyantuo.

And my father even said that when he goes to the Western Regions in the future, he will fight side by side with Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang. I wonder what the temperaments of these two generals who are particularly valued are like?

In addition, the last time the Japanese envoys were entertained here, Aye and he praised Pei Shiqing for being able to see through the hearts of the Japanese people, and his power was even better than that of the navy led by Li Shiqi. He was quite fortunate in his words, saying that if it were not for the later generations talking about the affairs of Japan, the sharp blade of this country would have been almost destroyed.

It can be said that in just two years, this Dianke Office is very important. So should I suggest Aye to pay more attention to the Honglu Temple?

While thinking about something, Li Chenggan felt the carriage shake, so he subconsciously wanted to get off the carriage:

"Have we arrived at the Honglu Temple?"

When he got out, he saw Qingque holding Zhinu:

"Brother, Zhinu insisted on clamoring to see you, and I told him that I was busy and didn't care..."

Li Chenggan is now fourteen years old, and Li Tai is only one year younger than him. Obviously, he knows a lot about the palace, but Li Zhi, who is only five years old, obviously doesn't know much, and it is difficult for Li Tai to suppress him at this age when he is the most active and lively.

"Brother, hold..."

Li Chenggan smiled and tried to hold his brother up, which also eased Li Tai's embarrassment. Then he simply turned his head and said:

"In this case, then come with me."

After getting on the carriage, Li Tai ignored his brother who was shaking his legs with a silly smile on his face, and said a little worriedly:

"Will this be..."

Li Chenggan comforted: "The Nestorian envoy is not an envoy of the country or a minister of another country, why do you need to care so much?"

In fact, it was just as Li Chenggan thought. Du Ruhui saw the prince holding one in his arms and holding another by his hand, and his beard just trembled.

What was Li Chenggan's expression, and he was even a little curious:

"Du Shangshu, I have never seen an envoy, later..."

Du Ruhui looked relaxed:

"Your Highness doesn't know the etiquette of the envoy, I will do it later."

This is also reasonable. Li Chenggan nodded and agreed, and then he saw what the etiquette of the envoy was.

Led by the Minister of Rites, the group also entered the room prepared by the Honglu Temple.

Li Chenggan finally met the Persian monk that his father was a little concerned about.

He was wearing a robe that was very different from the ones in the Central Plains. He was not tall, at least not as tall as his father and Du Shangshu.

His hair was black but had some strange bends. The most striking thing was his nose, which was tall and narrow, and the narrowed nose wings on both sides hooked out an obvious hook at the tip of the nose.

Li Chenggan took a quick look and then retracted his gaze, and then he saw his younger brother Li Zhi leaning his head to look at the hooked nose.

However, the Persian monk did not show any anger, and even took the initiative to stretch his head to let Li Zhi see more clearly, which made His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin of the Tang Dynasty "chuckle".

But soon the Persian monk was blocked in front of the people of the Honglu Temple, and his attitude was also very clear to let him leave.

After the two families sat down, Du Ruhui knocked on the table. In fact, there was no need for the Minister Du to speak. A very young official beside him spoke in a dry language:

"Our emperor has known your intentions, but in the territory of our Tang, talking about gods and ghosts without the emperor's permission is all misleading to the people..."

Li Chenggan remembered that this official was Ma Zhou, the top scholar in the previous imperial examination. Aye seemed to be very concerned about his health... But does this Persian monk know elegant language?

He saw that the Persian monk also looked like he was listening carefully, and soon there was a trace of obvious displeasure on his face. The reason was naturally Ma Zhou's dry words, because there was no twists and turns in the meaning.

First, Ma Zhou accused the other party of spreading misleading words without the emperor's permission, and he should be hanged according to the law, but the emperor treated him leniently because the foreign people did not know about it. He only needed to promise to bring some Western classics to the Tang Dynasty, and then this crime could be forgiven.

As expected, a quarrel soon broke out. Surprisingly, the Persian monk's elegant language was quite authentic. He argued vigorously that the Tang Dynasty's behavior was rude. He came to pay homage to the Khan with good intentions, but he was punished for nothing. If he hadn't come, wouldn't it be safe?

Unexpectedly, Ma Zhou was very straightforward. He waved his hand and asked the imperial guards outside the door to come in to arrest the person and prepare the noose. Seeing that it didn't seem to be a fake, the Persian monk immediately changed his face and said that it was not impossible to discuss.

Li Zhi was still curiously watching the hooked nose swaying back and forth, while Li Chenggan and Li Tai were already looking at each other. What happened here was too different from what the Confucian teacher taught him.

The Forbidden Army retreated for the time being. Li Chengqian didn't know if the Forbidden Army had actually prepared the noose, but at this time, when he looked at Ma Zhou's attitude, he already felt aggressive.

Because according to Ma Zhou, agreeing to collect classics can only exonerate the Emperor of Tang Dynasty on the basis of his magnanimity. If he wants to promote the sect, he needs to exchange more, such as the situation of the countries around Persia and the military strength.

This made the Persian monk frown again and tried to carefully word his words about how powerful the Persian country was, but he only heard Ma Zhou reply with a half-smile but not a smile:

"Persia is so powerful, so why did it still fail to win despite the help of the Western Turks when it attacked Rome?"

Then the Persian monk's expression suddenly changed, but he still managed to maintain his composure and said: "Then Rome..."

Ma Zhou smiled and knocked on his head:

"I had forgotten that the dynasties before our Tang Dynasty had many names for Rome, such as Fu Fu, Pu Lan, Voluni, etc. Now the Emperor of our Tang Dynasty named it the Roman Kingdom."

Then the Persian monk finally lost his voice: "How did you know..."

It only took ten years for the Persian conquest against its old enemy to turn from victory to defeat. Considering the geographical distance and the difficulty in transmitting news, the news was quite fresh and was quite shocking to the Persian. After all, he knew this. The news had only been available for two or three months, so how could the Tang Dynasty official easily use it as a bargaining chip?

Ma Zhou felt relieved.

Fortunately, it seems that the speculations he and Du Shangshu made from the fragments of later generations were correct.

This Nestorian religion seems to be able to temporarily assist in conquering the Western Regions.