Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 371 Reconstruction after the disaster, countries have paid tribute

The following days will be about post-disaster reconstruction.

Post-disaster reconstruction includes not only the reconstruction of houses, but also the reconstruction of people's hearts.

In Qingzhou and even in Henan Province, many people have been brainwashed by Qingshan, thinking that Qingshan is the emperor.

Therefore, the most important thing for the reconstruction of Qingzhou is to appease the local people.

Post-disaster reconstruction is also a time to spend money, and it is also a time when Fang Yuan is extremely busy.

Regarding this, Fang Yuan was very speechless, and asked Li Shimin several times to arrange for two servants from the household department to come over.

Now there is no household servant in the household department, since Fang Yuan was promoted, there is no more.

But now Li Shimin is also very busy, he doesn't have time to choose Fang Yuan's servant.

Moreover, the court still has the most officials with five surnames and seven Wangs, and Li Shimin does not want to elect them.

More than half a month has passed, and the reconstruction of Qingzhou is finally on the right track.

On this day, envoys from Tubo, envoys from Western Turks, and envoys from Xue Yantuo came to visit.

According to informants, envoys from Japan, Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo and other countries are also on their way.

With the visit of three big countries in a row, Honglu Temple was suddenly bustling like a new year, and there were more people all of a sudden.

According to the normal situation, when other countries come to visit, after they are arranged to enter Honglu Temple, they will receive them within a day or two.

However, this time, no minister proposed to meet them earlier, in order to show the mind of a big country and so on.

Because everyone knows that they came to visit because Tuyuhun was destroyed and Murong Fuyun was arrested.

It is estimated that they are showing weakness, so let them wait until representatives from Japan and other countries arrive.

Similarly, under normal circumstances, countries such as Western Turks would also request to see the emperor as soon as possible.

But this time there was also no rush, and they waited tacitly for the arrival of Japan and other countries.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Not all of Li Jing's army came back, but Murong Fuyun escorted them back.

At the same time, envoys from the four countries of Japan, Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo also arrived one after another.

On this day, Li Shimin led Fang Yuan and other court ministers to receive envoys from these countries in the Tai Chi Hall.

"Welcome everyone to my Tang Dynasty!"

"I've been too busy recently, so I only squeezed out time, please forgive me!"

Li Shimin said slowly.

He glanced at the representatives of various countries present, with a sense of superiority in his eyes.

This is what the kingdom of heaven should look like, the embryonic form of the kingdom of all nations.

"Understand, understand."

"I have no comment."

"Thank you God Khan for hosting us."

Everyone spoke out one after another, with flattering smiles.

A total of seven countries came, speaking seven different languages.

But at this time, they all answered Li Shimin's words in Chinese.

"You must have seen that there are still two empty seats on the scene."

Li Shimin pointed to the two empty seats and laughed.

The banquet at the scene was clearly arranged, and Tang and Zhuguo were divided into two sides.

Among the nations, there are a total of eight positions, and two positions are still vacant.

The envoys from various countries were a little surprised at first, but they were even more surprised when they heard Li Shimin's question, and they talked in a low voice.

"Please invite Tuyuhun Khan and Jieli Khan!"

Li Shimin said loudly.

After the words fell, the expressions of the representatives at the scene changed.

As we all know, in the battle between Tuyuhun and Datang, he was defeated and Murong Fuyun was arrested.

I heard that Li Jing was still chasing and killing the army in Tuyuhun territory, beating Tuyuhun to pieces.

Coupled with the fact that Murong Fuyun was arrested, Tuyuhun was wiped out.

Now Li Shimin actually invites Murong Fuyun and Jieli Khan, is this a disgrace?
Soon, Jieli Khan and Murong Fuyun walked out from one side.

Among them, Jieli Khan looked indifferent and calm.

But Murong Fuyun's face was ugly, gloomy like water.

Everyone watched, and the two sat down one after another without saying a word.

"Okay, let's get down to business, I welcome you!"

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction and raised his glass to everyone present.

Fang Yuan and others also toasted to everyone present.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Khan."

Representatives from all countries toasted and drank.

"Everyone, may I ask what is the so-called thing?"

After Li Shimin put down his wine glass, it was time to get down to business.

Of the seven countries, two have been destroyed, so there are nine in total.

Nine countries came to Datang together, why did they come?
"Your Majesty Tian Khan, I am Lu Dongzan, the envoy of Tubo, the Prime Minister of Tubo."

"I apologize to His Majesty Tian Khan on behalf of my king. It was my king who was deceived by Tuyuhun and sent troops to intervene in the Tang Dynasty. Please, His Majesty Tian Khan, ignore the villain."

"This is a small gift, please His Majesty Tian Khan accept it."

The Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan got up and said politely.

As he spoke, he waved to the people behind, and someone immediately brought out six large boxes.

From the way they carried the box, they knew that the things in the box were heavy, and they should be gold, silver and jewelry.

Sure enough, after opening, the six large boxes were full of gold, silver, jewelry, etc., full of sincerity.

"Fang Yuan, tell me."

Li Shimin didn't reply immediately, he looked at Fang Yuan and said.

Before holding today's banquet, Li Shimin and others had held a small meeting in advance.

The countries must be afraid of Datang, and this visit must be to curry favor with Datang and make a deal with Datang.

That being the case, Datang must seize the opportunity to gain more and greater benefits from this visit from various countries.

"I have met all the envoys, I am Fang Yuan, Minister of the Household Department of the Great Tang Dynasty."

"Lu Dong praised the Prime Minister, we are deeply touched by the sincerity of your Tubo."

"But our Tang Dynasty doesn't need these vulgar things. We only need you, Tubo, to promise us one condition."

Fang Yuan said loudly.

At the same time, he looked Lu Dongzan up and down.

People in their 30s look pretty young.

But this person is also a famous existence in history.

Unified the plateau with the current Tubo king Songtsan Gampo, and almost wiped out the Tang Dynasty in the future.

This is an amazing character, and one cannot look down on the other person because of their age.

"Please say."

Lu Dongzan nodded heavily.

The representatives of various countries looked at Fang Yuan, curious about Fang Yuan's conditions.

There are six big boxes, about millions of them. I don't want any of them. What conditions do I have to open?

"Presumably all countries know that my Tang Dynasty is promoting banknotes."

"Paper money is easy to use and helps to drive the economy forward."

"I hope that Tubo can accept banknotes and support the circulation of banknotes in Tubo."

Fang Yuan said seriously.

This is a strategy, the economy controls the lifeline.

I wonder if Lu Dongzan and the representatives present can understand this point.

"This matter is of great importance, please allow me to ask my king."

Lu Dongzan's expression changed, he hesitated for a moment and said.

As Fang Yuan thought, when he heard it, he felt the danger of supporting the circulation of Tang treasures in Tubo.

If something similar to the seven-star banknotes happened after the Tang treasures entered Tubo, wouldn't Tubo's money go to Tang in vain?
For such an important matter, Lu Dongzan could not decide by himself.

Many representatives present also thought of this, but there were also some people who did not think of it.

"Is Prime Minister Lu Dongzan worried?"

Fang Yuan asked.

Only by knowing the problem of the other party can we prescribe the right medicine.

Maybe what they think is different from what they think, they have to know what Lu Dongzan thinks.

Li Shimin and others also looked at Lu Dongzan, waiting for Lu Dongzan's answer.

"I have heard a little about the seven-star treasure note."

"Paper money and copper money and silver and gold are always different."

"Paper money may become blank paper, but copper money and silver gold will always be copper money and silver gold."

Lu Dongzan pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice.

If it wasn't for Li Shimin looking at him too, he wouldn't want to answer this question.

In fact, although he said that he would contact Songtsen Gampo to ask for his ideas, he did not support it from the bottom of his heart.

"Lu Dong praised the Prime Minister. If you have a deep understanding, you will know that the seven-star banknotes come from the people, and the Datang Baochao is the banknote issued by the Datang government."

"After the seven-star banknotes were announced to be waste paper after raging money wantonly, Datang Banknotes are still in operation, and they are still actively exchanging seven-star banknotes, trying to create a banknote system."

"I can promise here that as long as Datang is still there, the treasures of the Tang Dynasty will always exist. Even if Datang is gone one day, the treasures of the Tang Dynasty will still be there!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

When the last sentence was uttered, many people at the scene changed color, even Li Shimin frowned.

"I know your country's determination, and I will report to Zanpu truthfully."

Lu Dongzan Zheng nodded and said in a deep voice.

He still doesn't support it from the bottom of his heart, but he won't show it.

At the same time, we will truthfully pass the matter back to Songtsan Gampo and ask for his opinion.

Paper money does have its advantages. When paper money appeared in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo also thought about introducing paper money.

But when Tubo was researching anti-counterfeiting technology, there was a problem with Datang's seven-star banknotes, so Tubo stopped the plan.

"it is good."

Fang Yuan nodded, and sat back in his seat.

Failing to agree in person is a kind of rejection.

However, it is not so easy to talk about things between countries.

If you really can't reach an agreement, you can consider opening their gates with artillery fire.

"Everyone, continue."

Li Shimin spoke again.

He just asked why the countries came here.

Now that Tubo has finished speaking, he will return to the original topic, and it is time for the countries to answer.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, we represent our respective countries and hope to live in peace with the Tang Dynasty."

All the countries spoke up one after another.

They all want to come to have peace and diplomacy with Datang.

When the Eastern Turks were destroyed, they each sent gifts to congratulate them.

Now that Tuyuhun has been destroyed, each of their countries has sent representatives to express their desire to live in peace.

It's not because Tuyuhun's strength is stronger than that of East Turks, but because the emergence of new weapons makes them feel powerless.

If the weapon called a firecracker swept across their country, their country would not have any weapons that could resist it.

Once a war starts, losing is certain.

"It turns out that you want to live in peace. Dongpu envoy, I remember that you Dongpu once wanted to lay a spell on my Tang royal family."

Li Shimin chuckled, with a look of pride on his face.

Immediately, his face changed, and he looked at the Japanese envoy beside him with cold eyes.

The case of Dongying's poisoning was solved in Chang'an City, but the external problem has not been solved yet.

It was mainly the Lingnan Rebellion, the Hebei Rebellion, and all kinds of things that followed. They asked Dongying for an explanation, regardless of their origin.

Now, since Dongpu has come in person, why not ask them for an explanation and see how they respond?
After the words fell, the representatives of all countries looked at the Japanese envoy.

Among them, Jieli Khan and Murong Fuyun still looked ugly.

The two were sitting on pins and needles, furious in their hearts, but they dared not leave.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, it is not the emperor's intention to cast a gu on the Tang Dynasty, but the minister's personal intention."

"We have already captured him, and he is in the Honglu Temple. His Majesty Tian Khan can deal with it at will!"

"Besides, this is a small idea of ​​our Dongpu, and please His Majesty Tian Khan forgive us."

The Japanese envoy stood up with a flattering smile, and said humbly.

As he spoke, the people behind him came out carrying four large boxes and opened them in front of everyone.

Like Tubo's, they are all gold, silver and jewelry, but there are two less boxes than Tubo's.

"Your envoy, there are six boxes in Tubo, and you only have four boxes in Dongying, isn't that interesting?"

Li Shimin said with a half-smile.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, Dongpu is just a small country, and we can't raise that much money for a while. After I go back, I will ask the emperor to send it here."

The Japanese envoy said with a sneer.

Looking for an excuse to miss those two boxes.

But Li Shimin and other ministers of Datang looked at him, he felt pressured and could only change his words.

"It's just a little money, I don't need that little money in Datang."

"The matter of Dongpu's tricks on my royal family will not be counted just like that."

"I have free time now, you go back and let the emperor wait for my firecracker army."

Li Shimin said calmly.

How could the royal family of Dongpu bewitched just because of a few million?

Now that there are so many countries here, how can we get more benefits if we don't act a little tougher?
Sure enough, after seeing Li Shimin's tough attitude, the representatives of various countries present changed their expressions, and their own people exchanged glances.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, the case of laying a venom is completely a personal act, a personal act."

"Please, His Majesty Tian Khan, don't remember the faults of villains, please spare me the small country in Dongying District, we apologize, we apologize."

The Japanese envoy knelt down on the spot and apologized repeatedly.

Everyone's face changed drastically, and they couldn't believe what they saw.

You should know that each envoy does not represent himself, but a country.

Kneeling in front of Li Shimin as a country is equivalent to a country kneeling in front of Li Shimin.

It's too humiliating to be so humble, right?

"Hahaha"

"Since your country is so sincere, then I only have one opinion."

Li Shimin laughed.

Vanity is greatly satisfied.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, please tell me."

The Dongpu envoy did not get up, but said with a flattering smile.

If kneeling can be forgiven without being punished, then what about kneeling?
"Supporting the flow of Tang treasure banknotes into Dongying, and the exchange value of one hundred banknotes for one hundred and one copper coins circulates in Dongying."

"Dongying must not use any excuse to ban the circulation of banknotes. It also needs policy support. The monthly salaries of officials can be distributed by Datang Banknotes."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

After the words fell, the smile of the Japanese envoy became stiff.

The faces of the representatives of the various countries present changed drastically again—is there any deep meaning in Datang's efforts to promote the Datang's treasure banknotes?

(End of this chapter)