[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu":3,"chapter-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu-great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-556":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Ten Years Signing In in Tubo, I Return Leading a Million-Strong Army",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2019786,3024,"Chapter 556","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-556",556,"\u003Cp>Changancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Ming Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An official from the Court of State Ceremonial came to report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, Great Tang has sent envoys to Great Qin again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purpose of the mission is said to be to discuss trade with the three major powers: the Arab Empire, Byzantium, and Kievan Rus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Great Tang officials are useless at everything else, but they are great at playing little tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Tang had just formed a four-nation alliance with these three major powers to deal with Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Great Qin used a move of economic differentiation to give Byzantium a little sweetness, the four-nation alliance was immediately on the verge of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Great Tang was turning its spearhead toward these three major powers again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them come up; I want to see what little conspiracy they have prepared this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Announce the Great Tang envoys to the hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-pitched calls echoed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, Old Li and Fang Fang Xuanling ascended the hall together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Greetings to the Great Qin Majesty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu noticed that the expressions of the two were not very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew they must have heard something on the way here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who told them to come to Changancheng at this exact time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Wei Zhongxian had just released the news, and it was the hottest time for the public to discuss Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had essentially delivered their faces to be slapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Minister Fang, Old Li, I remember it hasn't been long since you left last time, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are you here again so soon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li replied with a sheepish smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two countries are interdependent, so we should have more contact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was very fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although as diplomatic pleasantries, it was understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still drew looks of disdain from the Great Qin court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interdependent, my foot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly Great Tang that needed Great Qin, while Great Qin never needed Great Tang's help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu smiled slightly and didn't expose them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Minister Fang, Great Tang is now in decline, and its national strength is not what it used to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you considered coming to serve in Great Qin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you come now, I can still give you the position of Minister of Rites.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in Tubo, Qin Mu had already tried to win over Fang Fang Xuanling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Great Qin was short of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Fang Fang Xuanling had defected earlier, he might have been a Prime Minister by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't bear to betray Li Er and returned to Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing it up again this time, the promised position had dropped to Minister of Rites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ministry of Rites ranked after the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue, but it could still be considered a first-tier important position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Fang Xuanling was very embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li was right beside him, staring at him with burning eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he was afraid he would be snatched away by the Great Qin Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, Great Qin is full of talent; one more foreign minister is not too many, and one less is not too few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is better to let this minister remain in Great Tang; Great Tang needs me more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu was just saying it casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Fang Xuanling didn't defect back then, so naturally he wouldn't defect now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These civil officials sometimes value their reputation more than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, I was just teasing you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell me, what is the real reason for this mission to Great Qin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it was time to talk business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great Qin Majesty, regarding this person Bian Ji, it was absolutely not supported by Great Tang in secret!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how he got mixed up with those families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jing is a wanted criminal in Great Tang; that he could go and defect to him is enough to show this force...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Pei Ji appearing by their side, it was also done behind the Great Tang court's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beginning to end, the Great Tang court was unaware of this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Li had pushed the responsibility away completely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't belong to Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not acknowledging Bian Ji, not acknowledging Wang Jing, that's understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Pei Ji, you don't acknowledge him either?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a waste of Pei Ji working so hard for the Great Tang court.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Old Li blush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qin Mu didn't know the specific relationship between these few people yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could be sure that Pei Ji definitely didn't betray Bian Ji on his own initiative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: Pei Ji needed a backer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked directly at Old Li and stated the basis for his judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Pei Ji betrayed the families behind the Great Tang court's back, his only way to survive would be to surrender to Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Pei Ji did not surrender, which is unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Ji couldn't have been tired of living and insisted on seeking death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most reasonable explanation is that Pei Ji did this for the Great Tang court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His backer is the Great Tang court!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This analysis left Old Li speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lie was exposed on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A capital embarrassment was on his face; even though Old Li's skin was already thick, it still flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Fang Xuanling watched helplessly as Old Li lied and was then exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also quite speechless about this move of Old Li's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had to save the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, this is actually the reason for our mission to Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Qin also has a grudge against the families; why not join forces with Great Tang to jointly exterminate them? I remember Great Qin has a new crime called 'anti-social crime', right? Since they have been convicted, you can't just watch them remain at large!\" Fang Fang Xuanling's words were quite sophisticated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used Great Qin's own laws to lobby Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, it was impossible to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu nodded, very satisfied with Fang Fang Xuanling's performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he was unwilling to serve Great Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying in Great Tang was somewhat of a waste of his talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The families are enemies of Great Qin, but their wealth and foundations are all in Great Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want Great Qin to take action, that's fine, as long as Great Tang opens its borders and lets the Great Qin army enter and exit at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Qin will do the work of exterminating the families!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1099,"2026-06-15T19:07:32.733Z","2026-06-15T19:16:48.062Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ec1be0a4931d02d523934ea07320e2010c6fea3119ed2d45a390d0162d2cdecb","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-557","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-555",605,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-cover.jpg"]