webnovelvip Chapter 481
Chapter 481
Chapter 481
Early the next morning, Lin Xuan came to the palace.
There was a lot of traffic at the gate of the palace, and it was very lively.
The Great Court Conference is divided into three steps. The first step is to meet with governors and civil and military officials from all over the country and report to Li Shimin.
The second step is to summon envoys from various countries, and finally entertain the ministers and envoys from various countries.
"The ministers have an audience!"
Following the eunuch's shouts, everyone lined up and entered the Tai Chi Hall.
"See Your Majesty!" Everyone shouted in unison.
Li Shimin waved his hand, and said: "Your honor is exempt."
Next, governors from all over the country began to report to Li Shimin.
The administrative units of the Tang Dynasty were roads, prefectures, and counties.
Datang now has 300 provinces and more than [-] states.
It is impossible for each of these people to report to Li Shimin, otherwise it would not be enough for everyone to talk for a while.
Only states with excellent evaluations are eligible to report at the Great Court Conference.
After those people finished reporting, Li Shimin praised a few words and rewarded some of the officials.
After such a toss, two hours passed.
Next, it is time to summon the envoys from various countries.
"Call the envoys from all over the world to meet!"
Not long after, envoys from various countries came in wearing all kinds of exotic clothes.
"The ministers have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Tang!"
The envoys from various countries saluted Li Shimin according to the etiquette taught by the Ministry of Rites.
Li Shimin laughed and said some polite words.
The envoys from various countries presented the list of gifts, and after Li Mu took it, he presented it to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin already knew about the things sent by other countries, but he still pretended to look at them.
"All countries pay tribute every year, I am very relieved." Li Shimin said with a smile.
A group of eunuchs walked in from the side, each holding a tray with a list of rewards on it, and walked in front of each envoy.
With so many countries, it is natural not to read them one by one, just give them the list of rewards and let them see for themselves.
This is not the first time for envoys from various countries to pay tribute, so they are naturally very familiar with such steps.
Although the rewards are the same every year, many people still picked up the gift list and looked at it.
The officials of the Tang Dynasty showed disdain, they were so eager to read the gift list, barbarians are barbarians.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, why is the reward to our country so much less than in previous years?" An envoy from a small country in the Western Regions exclaimed.
If he only took such a little 'reward' back, how could he explain to the king?
Not to mention making meritorious service, if you fail to do so, your life will be gone.
"That's right, our Western Turkic population is only [-]% of what it used to be."
Envoys from some countries felt that this year's rewards should not change, and they didn't look at them after receiving the gift list.
Now that I heard what those people said, I quickly opened the gift list and read it.
The countries that saw no change breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw the reduction, they questioned one after another.
Lin Xuan sneered. He once read a joke about a man seeing a beggar who was pitiful and would give some money every day.
When that person encounters difficulties one day, the alms to the beggar is less, and the beggar is unwilling, and asks the person who gave the alms, where did he get his money.
This is simply robber logic.
Now the envoys of these countries are just like that beggar.
They already think that they should be rewarded so much every year.
If you find that there are fewer, naturally you don't want to.
Before, Lin Xuan wanted to suggest that Li Shimin just give him some rewards.
But he knew that Li Shimin's mind was on the grassland now, and he didn't want to make troubles at this time. Even if he mentioned it, Li Shimin couldn't agree, so he didn't mention it.
Li Shimin said indifferently: "It was a good thing for the Tang Dynasty to establish the Protectorate of the Western Regions. However, the countries in the Western Regions secretly obstructed the establishment of the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Ask me why I reduced the reward? Could it be that it is not good for me to deceive my Tang soldiers?"
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, my country of Wusun is very supportive of Datang's establishment of the Protectorate, and absolutely did not obstruct it secretly."
"That's right, we in Kucha also support it, and I hope the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will see clearly."
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The envoys from various countries in the Western Regions said quickly.
Not long after Gaochang was destroyed, the countries in the Western Regions were still shrouded in the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.
They used to think that they were thousands of miles away from the Great Tang, and that it was impossible for the Great Tang to send troops to the Western Regions, but since Gaochang was destroyed, they no longer had such a fluke mentality.
Li Shimin glanced at them coldly, and said domineeringly: "I don't care about this, I know that the Western Regions Protectorate has not been established until now, and the countries of the Western Regions cannot escape the responsibility. Go back and tell your lord, if next year the Western Regions Protectorate If the mansion still cannot be established, it will not be used for tribute."
The envoys from various countries in the Western Regions were silent for a while.
Li Shimin looked at the envoys of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, and said with a hint of murderous intent: "You two sent troops to plunder the border of the Tang Dynasty. I didn't do anything to you because I didn't kill you. The Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette. , no matter what, the visitor is a guest, otherwise do you think I will give you rewards?"
The envoys of Western Turks and Xue Yantuo flinched, not daring to say anything.
When they first arrived, they were really uneasy at first, fearing that Li Shimin would kill them.
However, after coming to Chang'an, what they were most worried about did not happen, which also made them relax.
Only now do I know that Li Shimin has always remembered it.
Jin Benyang was dumbfounded. The envoys from various countries in the Western Regions and the envoys from Western Turks and Xue Yantuo were too afraid to speak after a few words from Li Shimin.
Their alliance directly disintegrated the general.
Jin Benyang suddenly remembered that Changsun Wuji had sent someone to inform him yesterday, asking him to make more preparations.
At that time, he was confident that he was well prepared and didn't care at all.
Could this be Lin Xuan's method?
Thinking of this, Tsumoto Yang turned his head and looked towards where Lin Xuan was standing.
I saw Lin Xuan looking at him with a sneer.
Tsumotoyo knew that the so-called alliance was useless now, but he still had to do what the emperor told him, so he gritted his teeth and said, "To His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I, Fusang, have always admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty and respected the culture of the Tang Dynasty." In addition, due to some misunderstandings, I was expelled from Tang Dynasty by Fusang, and asked His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty to allow Fusang to continue to send people to study in Datang."
Jin Benyang’s words were not false. Fusang established contact with the Central Plains Dynasty from the Han Dynasty, often went to the Central Plains to pay tribute, and even asked for canonization from the Central Plains Dynasty when the monarch changed.
It can be said to be very respectful.
But Lin Xuan knew that Fusang people had a wolf nature in their bones, and the reason they respected them was because they were not strong enough.
"Your Majesty, the Fusang people were expelled because they did not abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty. How can your majesty change his orders overnight?"
Before Lin Xuan could speak, someone stood up and objected.
Lin Xuan was amused when he saw it, and the people who opposed it were members of the Wang family.
Next, a host of officials objected.
Officials from the aristocratic family accounted for the majority in the court, and those officials who were bribed by Tsumoto Yang, seeing this scene, how dare they speak up for the Fusang people.
Let alone them, even people like Cheng Yaojin would not offend the aristocratic family under normal circumstances.
As for collecting money and not doing anything?
Hehe, what can Fusang people do with them?
As for the money received, it was a gift from Fusang people.
Datang did not prohibit officials from accepting gifts.
Among other things, even Li Shimin will give gifts to many ministers' families.
Of course, Li Shimin's giving a gift cannot be called a gift, it has to be called a reward.
So they didn't worry about Jin Benyang revealing about their money collection.
Anyway, they only promised to help verbally, and they didn't write it down in black and white.
(End of this chapter)