Change the Tang Dynasty Li Yuanba

Chapter 106

Li Cha led the entire army and wandered around the Western Regions for more than two months, returning to Chang'an City only at the end of the year.

One thousand special forces members were missing, more than 300 people stayed in the Western Regions, and the remaining more than 600 people bought back to the Turkic royal court with Xue Rengui and Xi Jun.

And there are more materials from two countries in the Western Regions.

Accompanied by the clear and clear bells of the 36-ring merit bell that sounded over Chang'an City.

The three-way triumphant army sang: "The heart is like the vastness of the Yellow River, who can resist in 20 years!"

He walked boldly and vigorously through the gate of Chang'an City with the middle gate wide open, and walked all the way to the Royal Academy.

The people were excited and excited.

Shouting along with the army all the way, at that scene, it seemed that they couldn't express their respect for the army even if they shouted loudly.

At this moment, the hero in their hearts returned.

Li Cha did not attend the ceremony to greet the defeat of Tubo and the triumphant return of the army.

He had already gone home to see his wife.

Anyway, no one can control him.

Losing his mind, Niu Jinda and Liu Jian, the chief of the three-way march, not only brought two carts to Emperor Li Shimin, but also information on the countries of the Western Regions.

At the same time, it also brought a sentence from Li Cha to the emperor: "Prepare in advance for the coming of all nations in the next year. There will be many vassal states."

Another sentence is "This time, I will only return Confucian books. Besides, I will find a way to keep them for a few more days. I will be useful."

Zhenguan 13 years, the beginning of the year.

For the people of Chang'an City, this year's New Year is particularly lively.

No, just after the Chinese New Year, everyone didn't do anything else, squatting on the street every day, watching and discussing all kinds of weird things.

The streets of Chang'an City have become a sea of ​​entertainment for children.

"Look, look, is that a unicorn? Why do its horns grow on its nose?"

A child pointed to three rhinoceros covered with copper foil and silver foil, which radiated sacred light in the sun and asked his companions.

"Maybe, but it doesn't look like the unicorn in the New Year pictures. Let's ask the adults." The companion replied.

"My lord, my lord, do you think that is a unicorn?" Children, if they don't understand, they have to ask.

The so-called adult around the child is actually a down-and-out scholar who everyone looks down on, and he has been here for several days.

Only when he explains things to children that they don't know, can he find the sense of existence that makes him proud.

"Hey, that's not a unicorn. You see, it's a strange beast that cannibals with thick turbans come to pay tribute. How can such a beast as a unicorn be owned by a small country like them? Only I, Tang Dynasty, can do it." Qualified to own such a beast."

The scholar was elated by the children's shouts from adults.Show off your knowledge without pretending to understand.

"Huh? It's not a unicorn? I don't even look like it." A child answered.

"Of course it's not a unicorn. A unicorn, that's a mythical beast that we Han can only have. It has a dragon's head, a moose body, an oxtail, and a horse's hoof. That's the real unicorn." The down-and-out scholar explained to the children.

"My lord, my lord, look quickly, Qilin. The real Qilin is here."

A child pointed to a huge monster with a head height of five meters and a neck that was more than two meters high and said to the scholar.

"Yes, my lord, look at the real Qilin here. It has a moose body, an oxtail, and a horseshoe, but the head doesn't look like a dragon's head. Is that a Qilin?" another child also shouted.

"Yes, this is the real unicorn. You see, the body of the elk, the tail of the ox, and the hooves of the horse all match the description in the book. As for the head of the dragon, no one has seen it before. Maybe the dragon is like this."

The scholar said confidently to the children.It seemed that the huge monster led by a group of black people to pay tribute in front of him must be a unicorn.

"But it doesn't look like the unicorn in the New Year pictures at all. Why don't we ask."

Some children are still very skeptical, and they are not afraid of the dark aliens at all.

"Uncle, uncle, what is this you are holding? Can you tell us?"

A child bounced up and asked.

"This one is called Ji Lin in our local area. It represents auspiciousness. I have been in Datang for so many years, and I have never seen it in Datang. I want to dedicate it to His Majesty the great Emperor of Tang. I hope it can be given to the great Datang. The Tang Empire brought auspiciousness."

This leading black man is obviously a qualified Datang master, and he has learned [-]% of the knowledge of flattering.

"My lord is right, so this is the real Qilin." The child looked at the Qilin in front of him a little disappointed.

Nothing else, it's ugly.

"But the unicorn is not good-looking, and the neck is too long. It is not the same as the one in the New Year picture. It is not as good-looking as the phoenix yesterday."

"Well, yesterday's phoenix was beautiful, just like the one in the New Year picture."

The children chattered and chatted.

"Don't talk nonsense. They are all mythical beasts, so how can they be distinguished by their good looks? The unicorn represents auspiciousness. The phoenix represents nobility."

"Speaking of which, this unicorn beast has always had such a long neck. Maybe our artist thought that such a long neck is not good-looking and it would be a waste of paper, so we drew its neck short."

While showing off his knowledge and explaining to the children, the scholar murmured to himself: "Why are these aliens discovering such mythical beasts. Fortunately, they know the current affairs and know how to send them back to Tang Dynasty."

What he didn't know was that the so-called unicorn was just a giraffe, and the so-called phoenix was just a few birds of paradise on the South Island, and they were not as precious as the red-bellied golden pheasant of Datang.

If Li Cha was here, he would definitely be out of breath from laughing.

Sure enough, the imagination of the Han people is absolutely boundless.The scholar's reaction to seeing the giraffe was exactly the same as that of the later Ming Chengzu Zhu Di when he saw Zheng He's voyage to the West and brought back the giraffe.

how to say?It's the kind that doesn't care about the real thing at all, and judges the authenticity directly based on the text.

As long as I have identified it and it matches the text, what do I care about the unicorns painted before?

What's more, the black uncles have said that this is Keeling.

Not to mention, if this Kilin's Mandarin is not standard, isn't it a Qilin?
"Oh, thank you sir, we know."

The scholar was very proud to see the children recognized him so much.Smiled with satisfaction.

"Look, what is that? I haven't seen it before, and those people are so strange, their hair is curly, or yellow. Ah! Their eyes are blue, my lord, my lord, they Is it a monster?"

This stumped the scholar, he was a down-and-out scholar in the suburbs of Chang'an, and all he knew was what was in the book and the paintings. He really didn't know the Persians and camels.

"I know, I know. Those are camels and Persians. There are many in the inner city of Chang'an. I saw them when I followed my father to the inner city. They are not monsters."

There are also people with knowledge among the children.In the Zhenguan era, Persians were not uncommon in the Tang Dynasty, but they had never seen them.

After watching the hustle and bustle for several days in a row, all the countries have basically arrived.

Our Tang emperor Li Shimin finally appeared, sitting on a high throne and enjoying the treatment of all nations worshiping the Khan.

This time, the pilgrimage to all countries is much bigger than that of the previous Sui Dynasty.

.Almost all countries in the Western Regions are covered.It's not just the countries that Li Cha led his troops through.

Hearing the news of Tubo's destruction of the country and the special forces spreading among the people, the Tianzhu people, the big cannibals, the Persians, the Sogdians, the Dongying people, and those island countries in the south also came to pay homage to the Great Tang Khan.

Count it down, who is missing?Gochang, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje.

The absence of these four countries left a flaw in this perfect pilgrimage to all nations.

Li Shimin felt a little awkward in his heart, but it didn't affect his extremely happy mood at this time.

Li Shimin, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, sat on a high throne, listening to envoys from all over the world paying respects with flattering words, and listening to his servants reading aloud the list of tributes from various countries.From time to time, he expresses his likes and praises to the tributes he has never seen before.

When the last country's list of gifts was read out, it was time for the envoys from all countries to be excited.

You know, many small countries, even without the threat of Li Cha, they are still very willing to come to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute.

Because for a long time, in order to show the mind of a big country, every time a small country came to pay tribute, the rewards they received would be double or even several times that of the tribute they brought.Would they be willing to come?
But this time, the rewards from the Tang Dynasty disappointed the envoys from various countries, even made them angry.

Because the rewards given to them by the Tang Dynasty this time are not gold, silver and jewelry, but books, and each country slowly has two carts of books.

And it's not books about workers, peasants, or medicine. They are all books about Confucianism governing the country and educating the people.

In the words of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty: "The purpose of the Tang Dynasty is to educate the people. It is the ultimate responsibility of the Tang Dynasty to make all the vassal states understand politeness and follow the rules. All countries are treated equally."

However, just when the envoys from various countries felt that they had been tricked by Datang, their hearts were filled with anger.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty took envoys from various countries to visit a place.

There are three graveyards that are as solemn and luxurious as the princes of the Tang Dynasty.

The envoys who came to the Tang Dynasty to pay homage all knew Chinese characters.

Through the tombstone, it is natural to recognize whose tomb this is. From left to right are the Turkic Khan Jieli, the Turkic Khan Tuli, and the Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo.

Around the three cemeteries, there is also a group of tombs whose specifications are not lower than that of the Duke and Marquis.

All the people buried inside were famous and important figures on the plateau.

The incomparably solemn and splendid tombs are no longer a status symbol in the eyes of envoys from various countries.

Instead, it opened its mouth wide, and was about to pounce on the tiger.

Especially at this time, a burst of loud and clear singing suddenly came to mind in the Datang army behind them.

Keep repeating that sentence: "I would like to defend the land and open up the frontiers, and the great Tang Dynasty will let the Quartet come to congratulate!"

Among the envoys present, one by one, the angry look on their faces disappeared in an instant, and their faces were full of smiles and pandering.

The only thought in their minds now is how to go back to work.How to persuade your own king not to be an enemy of Datang.

Especially those kings of small countries who come to worship in person to show their sincerity.There was a smile that looked like crying on his waxy face.

They could no longer bear the thought of being an enemy of Datang in their hearts, and they were really afraid that one day they would be buried here too.

Become Datang's chicken to scare the monkeys around him.

It was also at this time that the stubbornness who had questioned the general manager Li Cha's intention to transport these corpses back to Chang'an City at the beginning also understood what the corpses of the high-ranking Tubo officials were for.

At this time, Qin Qiong, who was recalled to Chang'an by the emperor, stood among the generals, looking at the envoys from the surrounding countries, with a strange light in his eyes.

It seems to be expecting something, and it seems to be planning something.

(End of this chapter)