Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1747 1748 Duke Qin is a Special Case

"Look, at least we can guarantee your personal safety. As long as you don't touch the taboos, then you will definitely be rich and prosperous for the rest of your life." Ying An said with a smile to the earth-colored dwarf negotiator opposite him.

The Tang Empire generously cancelled the terms of unconditional surrender and gave a more respectable statement: Emperor Binghan I accepted the title of the Emperor of the Tang Empire and became a marquis of the Tang Empire...

Well, it was indeed just a marquis, because in terms of titles, the Tang Empire was very stingy: except for the Duke of Bailu who followed the emperor in his early years, the emperor's father-in-law could only be given a duke...

Obviously, dwarves are at a natural disadvantage in this regard. Binghan I has no princess to marry Tang Mo. Even if he has a princess, there is no way to send her to the Emperor of the Tang Empire.

In history, no country ruled by dwarves has ever successfully married a country of other races: especially the option of marrying a princess, which will be 100% rejected by other countries. This may also be one of the reasons why dwarf countries are prone to decline, because this country can easily fall into isolation.

Ancient monarchies could generally only rely on constant marriages to consolidate relations between each other and increase mutual trust, but the dwarves were not very good at this.

"General, please consider this from our perspective... An emperor of a country is not even given the title of duke after surrendering... isn't this a bit too much?" The dwarf's negotiator struggled to speak.

He had been very restrained, but he still felt very annoyed by the harsh conditions given by the Tang State: the other party had no intention of concealing their ambitions at all, and even brought out the processing template for after the countries were unified!

According to this template, the Elf Emperor Yangmu I, who surrendered later, could even get a "Duke title" for free because his princess became the empress of the Tang Empire, making him taller than the Dwarf Emperor Binghan I in terms of title.

  From the dwarves' point of view, this was more or less humiliating: they had been fighting with the elves for hundreds of years, but now they were at a disadvantage because female dwarves were not naturally pretty. Who could tolerate this?

"His Majesty the Emperor has decided not to increase the number of dukes easily. After all, too many nobles are not a good thing for the empire." Ying An glanced at the other party and explained.

"But, but wasn't the Duke of Qin in your country once the emperor of the Qin Empire? Is it just because he has a daughter who married your emperor?" The dwarf representative cited an example and asked dissatisfiedly.

"This is not a common practice, Mr. Representative." Ying An snorted disdainfully. After all, the King of Qin was once his ruler. He still felt a little unhappy when someone mentioned this matter: "The Duke of Chu of the Tang Empire was also awarded the title of Duke for his merits, and the same is true for the Duke of Bai Lu."

"Well, we are both emperors. Is it so difficult for our emperor to keep the title of duke?" The dwarf representative felt that he had tried his best. He could even feel his strength draining away from his body bit by bit.

Unconsciously, the focus of the dispute between the two sides has changed from whether to surrender and the various terms of surrender to the repeated struggle for a false reputation.

"Frankly speaking, if your emperor had surrendered a year earlier, he would definitely have been granted the title of Duke." Ying An said with certainty, as if he was saying something that was a matter of course.

But everyone knows that the war between the two sides had not yet broken out a year ago. At that time, it would be an idiot to take the initiative to find the Tang Empire to discuss surrender, right? Ying An looked at the other party who was hesitant to speak, and didn't know how to start. He continued, "In fact, this is also to protect you. Now you are fighting for these useless titles, and you feel that you can't weaken your momentum. But in fact, the higher the level of the nobles, the stricter the supervision and management of the empire. In comparison, the marquis may have more freedom."

Hearing this, the three dwarf representatives began to struggle again. They had indeed heard some rumors that the Tang Empire's management of the nobles was quite strict, so much so that many old nobles could not stand it and chose to "lower their status".

This is also the main reason why there were almost no nobles in the Tang Empire who broke the law: while reaping the benefits of the times as the empire rose, all the nobles of the Tang Empire also shouldered the responsibility of benefiting the people.

They must abide by the law decently, strictly demand themselves, manage their offspring well, and live carefully under the supervision of the internal affairs department.

Compared to the old aristocrats who do whatever they want in other countries, they don't have many privileges except their status. If you insist, they may just be rich, richer than ordinary people.

Of course, the Tang Empire was different from other countries. These new nobles of the Tang Empire were deeply loved by the people. The common people respected and admired these polite gentlemen from the bottom of their hearts, which gave the nobles of the Tang Empire a dignity that they could not enjoy in other countries.

"But Duke Qin also resisted... He..."

"I told you, Duke Qin is a special case..." Ying An didn't want to mention his old king, and he was also unwilling to admit that Duke Qin got the title of duke because of his daughter... If he didn't have such a precious daughter, he would have died of drugs long ago.

"That's what we're worried about. We're worried that this exception will allow the emperor of the Yangmu Empire to become the Duke of the Tang Kingdom!" said the dwarf representatives.

"You can rest assured about this... Because Princess Yilin's biological father is not Yangmu I, her biological father will be granted the title of Duke. If Emperor Yangmu I of the Yangmu Empire does not surrender before our army sweeps across the Yangmu Empire, he can only become a Marquis." Ying An made a promise to the dwarf.

Then, his words had a hint of persuasion: "The premise is that he is still alive at that time."

War can be cruel sometimes, even to high-ranking officials. It is possible that a cannonball could take away an emperor. Or, if you surrender too slowly, you might be shot to death by Tang soldiers.

The Tang Empire has never punished soldiers who killed the king of an enemy country, and even praised Tang paratroopers who did similar things... Ying An really didn't know how His Majesty the Emperor would deal with it if someone killed Yang Mu I.

"We...we still need to discuss this." The three representatives felt a lot of pressure and after whispering to each other for a while, they applied for a suspension again.

(End of this chapter)