Du Shaoqing knew that Yuan Gaisu was the great opponent of Goguryeo, the first minister, equivalent to the prime minister with real power, but he didn't know that the other party had already set up the Goguryeo Emperor Gao Jian, and he was basically coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.The reason why he asked Yuan Gaisu to cooperate was that he took a fancy to the rights of the other party, when Du Shaoqing promised Emperor Li Er, he said that he would make enough money to raise 300,000 soldiers for the Tang Dynasty, which is not a small amount, but in Du Shaoqing's opinion, as long as the entire Tang Dynasty is backed by, it is not difficult to achieve at all.One of them is to earn money from other countries, rapidly expand the Du family caravan, Datang has sufficient supplies, and it is definitely an overwhelming advantage to absorb gold from other countries, and it can be said that all the small countries around it lack everything.This is his purpose on the surface, of course, the reason why he chose to cooperate with Yuan Gaisu is also an upright conspiracy, to plant the people of the Du family in the Ming place of Goguryeo, as long as the two countries do not go to war, these people will be protected by Goguryeo.But secretly, these people can do business all over Goguryeo, and one day the Tang Dynasty will use troops against Goguryeo, then everything these people see when they take root in Goguryeo to do business will be the first-hand information of the Tang army, whether it is geographical or military.And Yuan Gaisu's first reaction was that this person was hiding a knife in his laughter, and it was not a good thing for him to insert someone in Goguryeo, because in the heart of this big pair of Lu, he firmly remembered everything that Du Shaoqing had done in Hebei Province, which was enough to prove that this person was ruthless to Goguryeo.But if you don't agree, then the other party can also secretly send someone to put in the scout, which will be even more difficult to deal with, so on the surface, he is quiet, and Yuan Gaisu has already thought about the situation thoroughly.After inquiring in detail about the scope of Du Shaoqing's caravan, this great pair showed enough enthusiasm for Lu The people of Goguryeo need you.The two shook hands, and from then on, Goguryeo was open to the Tang Du family caravan, and the Du family would also supply Goguryeo with all the much-needed goods to the greatest extent, even including the salt and iron trade that was secretly smuggled.It is precisely because of this huge bait that Yuan Gaisu is a little confused, is this Du Shaoqing doing things for Datang, or is he using his identity for personal gain?
Datang prohibits private salt and iron trading, and smuggling to other countries is a serious crime, how bold is he?
Agreeing to Du Shaoqing was not because of trust, but because no matter what the purpose of the Tang Dynasty was, it was beneficial and harmless to Goguryeo, and all the people in the Du family's caravan would work under the strict surveillance of Goguryeo, so they were not afraid of what they would do in secret.This is Yuan Gaisu's self-confidence, but he didn't expect that the upright conspiracy is often the simplest and most impeccable, and it is also the most traceless, even if the other party notices it, he can't refuse.Du Shaoqing was so blatantly fornicating with Goguryeo's envoys, Chang'an City was full of eyeliner, no one would see it, if he was left to others, he dared to accept a large number of valuable medicinal materials from Goguryeo a few days ago, and he would be impeached and convicted.But this person is Du Shaoqing, so many people hesitated, and even said that they gave up directly, although Du Shaoqing debuted less than two years, but he was too favored, the emperor and queen were loved, several national dukes were protected, and he was still the disciple of Yu Shinan, the head of the people, and under all kinds of titles, he was a figure whose strength was comparable to that of a prince.It should be said that it is more solid than the prince, because even the prince will impeach each other because of fighting with each other.But Du Shaoqing is not in real power, and there is no conflict of interest with almost everyone, so no one will have anything to provoke this person, and it is purely thankless.There is another very important reason, that is, Du Shaoqing is not good at impeachment, last year's Taiji Hall was suppressed for killing people on the spot, is there any more serious crime than this?
But no one has impeached me in the past few days, but Li Er is a little anxious, no one can impeach him, he must be impeached personally, to show the rigor of my Tang system, and at the same time to let the envoys of various countries relax their vigilance against Du Shaoqing, so that they can have private contact in the future.In the end, in desperation, Li Er had no choice but to secretly find someone to come forward, and the reason for impeachment was that Du Shaoqing accepted bribes, abused power for personal gain, and used the position of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple to make friends with envoys from other countries.As a result, less than five days after Du Shaoqing's Honglu Temple Shaoqing officially took up his post, he was taken down by Emperor Li Er's decree, deprived of his official position and went home to be a comfortable horse.This official was reinstated as the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple, but everyone in the Taiji Hall saw it, and there was no goodwill towards the envoys of other countries at all, so many envoys secretly complained.Du Shaoqing is gone, I call it both public and private, isn't it also the responsibility of Honglu Temple to entertain friends from neighboring countries?
After being driven home by the emperor, Du Shaoqing simply opened the door, and invited several envoys from other countries to his home with invitations, and blatantly made friends, which can be said to be a small banquet in three days, and a big banquet in five days.This style quickly won the favor of all the envoys of other countries, except, of course, the envoys of the Western Turks and the envoys of Gaochang, who had already been cast a shadow.Originally, many people still said that Du Shaoqing was angry, but the incident became more and more intense, and Du Shaoqing had no intention of stopping, so many imperial historians couldn't sit still and took the initiative to impeach Du Shaoqing for befriending a different race and being suspected of treason.So Du Shaoqing was pushed to the forefront, and finally had to restrain himself a little, even if he was a banquet guest, he also changed to the name of his daughter Xiao Xuanxuan, and said that these envoys like children, they are too enthusiastic There is no way, such an excuse makes a group of angry officials unable to.And in the Du family, Du Shaoqing took the opportunity to make friends with all the foreigners who could make friends, and at the same time promised to establish a private trading channel with these people, the Hui in the north mainly exported tea, and the countries in the Western Regions mainly exported silk, and at the same time imported various gems, which were exclusively sold by Du Shaoqing in the Tang Dynasty.Trade in the northeast is more convenient, Du Shaoqing's third brother Du He is the deputy general of the northeast border city, and all smuggling transactions can also be tax-free through Du He, which makes Mu Wei and other countries very happy.In this way, in ten days, Du Shaoqing has laid the roadbed for the huge foreign trade, just waiting for the little girl Wu Zhao to train enough manpower, once the Du family Chamber of Commerce is operational, it will become the first gold-absorbing structure in Datang, Du Shaoqing is confident that he will surpass the financial resources of those five surnames and seven hopes in one fell swoop.Time passed day by day, Hou Junji also took 50,000 troops to conquer Tubo turned back, Honglu Temple sent a notice, three days later Chang'an City outside the Mingde Gate, the army returned with honor, and invited the envoys of various countries to participate in the ceremony.