Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2888
Then His Majesty Li Er talked about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the warehouses are full of rice and millet, the ropes stringing copper coins in the treasury are almost rotten, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the army is invincible. .

The prosperous age that has never been seen in a thousand years was created in his hands, and billions of people benefited from it. Naturally, it is inevitable to praise him in history. As an emperor, how can he not be proud of this achievement?
Naturally, the ministers sang praises, although it was inevitable to be flattering, but it was not outrageous, political correctness, all through the ages, no exception.

In these days, if you have to speak up and speak out, to fill in the gaps for His Majesty Li Er, you will really feel uncomfortable.

Wei Zheng is already dead, and apart from him, there is no other person of this level in the imperial court...

His Majesty Li Er likes the part of the Zhengdan Great Court Meeting where foreign countries and barbarians compete to sing their praises. Seeing the foreign envoys kneeling on the ground in front of him shouting "God Khan" with awe and flattery on his face, it made him think I can feel the sense of accomplishment of the king's land all over the world and the king's ministers on the shore of the land.

As for these ministers of mine, all of them claim to be famous families and heirs of poetry and etiquette. Even though they are very willing in their hearts, they rarely say such nasty words on their mouths. She flattered herself a bit, but she always felt that this guy was mocking her...

The foreign envoys traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, and brought their own blessings, as well as various congratulatory gifts. His Majesty Li Er accepted all the blessings and congratulatory gifts, so he naturally returned them.

In the past, His Majesty Li Er thought that the Tang Dynasty was rich and prosperous, and he was the suzerain of the world. How can he be stingy when facing people who come from thousands of miles away?Therefore, the rewards are quite generous, which has been a consistent rule since the Han Dynasty, and the rich rewards are used to demonstrate the orthodox status and prosperity of the Central Plains Dynasty.

As a result, in the past two years, he was despised by Fang Jun because of this, saying that he "proclaims himself a suzerain country, and uses the people's fat and people's anointing to show his personal merits", and he also said that "the country is small and the people are incomprehensible, and there are many imposters. I don’t even know who the envoy is, but I just came here to pay tribute in this name, hoping to get a generous return. If things go on like this, the world will follow suit, and they will follow suit, and regard my Great Tang as their money bag.”…

But His Majesty Li Er was very angry.

However, after thinking carefully after being angry, he had to admit that Fang Jun's words were indeed reasonable.Datang is not bad for the rewards of money and goods. The problem is that although I can get the sense of accomplishment recognized by the foreign countries, but if these barbarians are really impostors, in fact, their country has never sent them to Chang'an to congratulate, then go back. Afterwards, he will inevitably laugh at the stupidity of Tang people, which is absolutely unacceptable to His Majesty Li Er.

As a result, Honglu Temple was ordered to lower the previous reward standard by more than a notch, which was only about double the value of Fanbang's tribute.

The transportation in this era is very inconvenient, especially the small countries in the Western Regions and Northern Xinjiang are very closed, and it is extremely difficult to travel thousands of miles to Chang'an.People came to Chang'an with local specialties from all over the country with great interest. They originally expected to make a fortune, but in the end they only got double the reward. After calculating the cost of purchasing "tributes", plus the extravagant expenses along the way , I might have to lose money...

As a result, the number of foreign countries that came to Chang'an to pay homage to each other during the holidays was cut in half, less than half of the usual number...

Embarrassment must be very embarrassing. Once upon a time, His Majesty Li Er thought that there were hundreds of countries in the world, and all of them catered to the Tang Dynasty as their suzerain.Now it is suddenly discovered that there are still many impostors among them.

However, because of this, those who have been paying tribute to Chang'an all the year round are all real Datang vassal states, so that Datang's foreign policy can be targeted and not be led astray.

His Majesty Li Er sat on the throne, with an elegant posture and a warm smile, but he maintained the majesty of the "Heavenly Khan" of the heavenly kingdom, accepting the tribute from foreign envoys.

I was enjoying this kind of noble and supreme glory when I was suddenly awakened by a burst of crying...

Among the foreign envoys, another envoy wearing a white catty and a white robe knelt in the crowd, crying loudly.

All the officials in the palace were shocked.

Today is the beginning of the new year, and it is a festive season. You foreign envoys came to the Tai Chi Hall to cry and mourn. Do you want to live?

The ministers were still reserved and didn't stop talking. They wanted to see what was going on with this man, but the servants standing on both sides of the court couldn't bear it anymore. Wang De immediately shouted: "Where is the envoy crying at Taiji?" Your Majesty, you are disrespectful in front of the emperor, come here, blow him out, and hand it over to Honglu Temple for a thorough investigation!"

Two tall servants rushed over.

The man struggled to break away from the palm of the servant, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom. The country was overthrown and the Lord was in trouble. He had to travel across the ocean to come to Datang. , send troops to help my lord restore the country!"

Fang Jun stood up hurriedly at this time, stopped the two servants first, and then saluted His Majesty Li Er: "Your Majesty, this is Gadir, the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom, and its owner is the Caliph of the Great Food Kingdom. Weichen used to do business with each other and obtained high-quality war horses from the Dashi Kingdom. Now his master was slaughtered by rebellious officials and died accidentally. The young master's letter of credence was handed over to Honglu Temple, and he explained the whole story. Today, he must have seen the sky, and he couldn't control his emotions for a while, so he lost his dignity, and I beg your majesty to forgive him."

He had already agreed with Gadir in advance that he would find a suitable opportunity to advise His Majesty Li Er on this matter, but he didn't expect that this guy was eager to be the savior, and he burst into tears in the Tai Chi Hall to attract him. His Majesty Li Er's attention...

His Majesty Li Er was immediately moved. Instead of blaming Gadir for his crime of disrespect, he asked gently: "In the country of Dashi, there are traitors who are so rebellious? It's really unreasonable! Today's Dachao will not discuss the details , after the court meeting, I will call a group of ministers to discuss carefully, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

For the emperor, all human feelings, morality, right and wrong, and goodness can be left out, and the only thing he cares about is the word "Zhengshuo".

Generally speaking, as long as it is not a hostile country, if there are traitors in one of the countries who rebel and endanger the throne, the other country will send troops to help and suppress the rebellion.

The reason for this is because of the word "Zhengshuo".

It doesn't matter if we fight to the death, if I die, my son will take the throne, if you die, your son will take the throne, the emperor's throne will always be passed on between our bloodlines, it doesn't matter who lives and who dies.

However, if you, the orthodox emperor, are overthrown, it means that the rebels can successfully seek the throne of emperor. This may give those people in the country who have ulterior motives daydreams, and maybe they will raise troops to follow suit...

Since everyone is the emperor, the most important thing to do is to let those rebels understand that there is only a dead end for committing chaos, and there is absolutely no possibility of success!
Therefore, as long as the "Zhengshuo" of another country is threatened and a request is made, the other country will probably help.

Today I am helping others, but in fact I may be helping myself...

Of course Gadir understood that this was not the time for him to talk too much. The reason why he howled on the spot was because he was afraid that the Tang court would not value him, so he took the risk. Hearing His Majesty Li Er's words, he immediately burst into tears of gratitude and nodded again and again : "The foreign minister has nothing to say, and offended His Majesty the Emperor. He deserves death! If this is the case, then the foreign minister will wait for the time being. The descendants of the prophet will never forget the deep friendship of Datang!"

Then he stood up and respectfully stood aside with his hands tied.

His Majesty Li Er heard a few more words of consolation, and saw that Fang Jun also retreated to his train, indicating that the court will continue.

A middle-aged man with hair in a bun, short stature, and obscene description was wearing a loose robe. His thin body made the robe dangling. At this moment, he walked forward, bowed down in front of His Majesty Li Er, and said respectfully: " Here is Suga Hyuga, the envoy of the Wa Kingdom. This trip brought a congratulatory gift prepared by the Emperor for His Majesty the Emperor. I wish His Majesty the Emperor a long life and prosperity for the Tang Empire! At the same time, on behalf of the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom, I implore the Tang Dynasty to send troops to station in the Wa Kingdom and help the Wa Kingdom. To suppress the rebellion and unify the border, the Wa Kingdom is willing to cede Chikushi Island, intermarry with the Tang Dynasty, and be a vassal forever!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall.

Fang Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, and glanced at Suga Hinata, suspicious in his heart... What the hell is Liu Renyuan who is stationed in Asuka capital doing?

(End of this chapter)