Xu Jingzong thought about it and said, "If you want to say that the position of Pingzhangshi in the Secretariat of the Secretariat is not small, but there is no real power."

Li Yifu also thought about it and said, "It seems that the Minister of Rites has no real power either."

As he was talking, Li Xiaogong came with Lu Dongzan.

"You kid will be the Minister of Rites. You can take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites in the future." Li Xiaogong took out the order and handed it to Li Zheng.

He didn't even recite the order and didn't have any etiquette. Li Xiaogong bowed his nose and said, "I'll give you an official position before the imperial examination. It will be difficult to get promoted after the imperial examination is over."

Li Zheng took the order and looked at it. There was only a short sentence on it, and then looked at Li Xiaogong's expression.

Li Xiaogong comforted his beard and said, "You will be my subordinates from now on."

Li Zheng put the bowls and chopsticks aside, picked up the thermos cup and took a sip of hot tea and said, "When will the court owed me the salary I have for so many years be paid?"

"You have to find His Majesty for this matter."

After saying that, Li Xiaogong thought about it for a while and felt something was wrong, he turned around and said, "But I can help you bring the words to Your Majesty."

It is indeed a headache to ask the emperor to pay back the money.

Li Xiaogong pointed to Lu Dongzan behind him and said, "Today, I thought the Tubo prime minister was coming. I couldn't find it after searching for the inn. It turned out that I had been waiting at the city gate long ago."

"Yeah?"

Li Zheng looked at Lu Dongzan suspiciously.

Lu Dongzan bowed and said, "Let's hurry up and start."

"Wait." Li Zheng walked into his home.

When he came out again, Li Zheng was holding a big map in his hand.

The map was spread on the ground, and the entire territory of Tubo that several people saw in their eyes was not small at first glance.

Li Zheng said to several marked areas on the map: "These places have been mortgaged to us before, so now we will mortgage the debt of 5 million yuan."

Lu Dongzan looked at the pen in Li Zheng's hand and said with a decisive look: "You can draw the ground."

Li Xiaogong saw Lu Dongzan's expression and said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, you are not cutting flesh from you."

Xu Jingzong whispered: "For a person who has a Tubo people, this is much more painful than cutting flesh from his body."

Li Xiaogong sighed and said, "There is an old saying among us Central Plains that there is no medicine for regret in the world. Since we have already drawn the mark, we have no medicine for regret now."

Lu Dongzan nodded and said, "I understand naturally."

Li Xiaogong patted his shoulder, and inexplicably felt a little sympathetic to Lu Dongzan. Maybe Li Zheng's methods were really too ruthless.

Li Zheng held his pen and drew several small circles on the territory of Tubo.

Lu Dongzan looked at the map and said, "Do you want these lands?"

"Hahaha." Li Zheng laughed dryly and said, "The big picture misunderstood.":.

Lu Dongzan stepped forward and looked at the map and said, "What have you misunderstood?"

Li Zheng smiled and said, "These places I painted are your own territory. Except for the places I painted, the rest of the land must be mortgaged to the Tang Dynasty."

"You..." Lu Dongzan was furious, "You might assign the entire Tubo to the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Zheng smiled and said, "Actually, it's not impossible, but I am a businessman. I only have this for the land mortgage of 5 million yuan so far."

Lu Dongzan looked at Li Zheng with anger, "You want too much!"

Li Zheng looked at the map and said, "You also know that I have never dealt with people from Buddhism. Because you Zampo have been worshiping Buddha recently, I don't care about the Potala Palace and this place, but all the snow-capped mountains to the north of the Potala Palace have been mortgaged to us."

Lu Dongzan looked at the map. If his eyes would be blazing, the map in front of him might have turned into dust.

Li Zheng whispered: "I still owe the five million chunks of debt. Whenever you Tubo pay it back, you can return the land to you."

"By the way." Li Zheng added, "We are now operating the land that we have mortgaged to us. You Tubo cannot interfere."

Li Xiaogong was worried about the map and thought to himself that Li Zheng wanted too much, almost 80% of the land in Tubo.

"Don't worry, our Tang Dynasty will not kill the Tubo people on these lands at will. We will even find ways to make them live a better life."

Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and said, "Will you be so kind?"

Li Zheng looked at the sky with a melancholy face and said, "Actually, I always wanted to be a good person."

Li Xiaogong smiled coldly.

Xu Jingzong coughed twice.

I had to say this to make everyone present blush.

Are you Li Zheng a good person?

Clearing his throat, Li Zheng said again: "Since everyone has no objections, let's go directly to the process!"

Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth, "What if I don't agree?"

Li Zheng sighed, "If you have any opinions, just say it. If you finish speaking, forget it. Don't think I will take your opinions seriously."

"you!"

Lu Dongzan's face was red and red.

Don't think I'll take your opinions seriously.

He also makes people say something, but he also takes other people's opinions seriously.

Some are powerful and a little taken for granted. When Li Xiaogong remembered some advice from the ministers in the court, it was like this for His Majesty. Just say it, forget it after you finish it. Don’t think you will take it seriously.

Especially for Wei Zheng, this old man who always hits and kills him in Tai Chi Hall.

However, the more Wei Zheng scolded His Majesty, the higher his official position was.

Lu Dongzan noticed Li Xiaogong's smile and said, "What is the Prince of Hejian laughing at?"

Li Xiaogong withdrew his expression and said, "It's nothing, I just thought of something funny."

Lu Dongzan looked at the people and said, "I know you are very proud. One day we will take back all these territories."

"Yes, yes." Li Zheng nodded constantly and said, "Go ahead and go to the steps, I'll do something else."

Li Xiaogong personally picked up his pen and wrote the contract. Except for Lhasa, and Zhongba, Pulan and Longer, south of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, they also belong to Tubo, and all the land in other places must be mortgaged to the Tang Dynasty.

Snow mountains including Gar north of Lhasa.

After signing and sealing, Lu Dongzan turned around and left. He didn't want to stay for a long time in this place.

Li Xiaogong carefully closed the contract and said, "Will you take too much land this time?"

Li Zheng sat lazily in the sun and said, "There are more than that. I originally wanted everything."

Li Xiaogong frowned and said, "Then why don't you want it all?"

Li Zheng bit the fan and said, "The Tang Dynasty will definitely manage Tubo, and this time the imperial examination may be many officials sent to Tubo to govern Tubo, right?"
Chapter completed!