Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 642 Great Voyage ([-])
one year later
Autumn of the fifth year of Yan State 430 (645)
Zhuliya/Chula

capital
Tang Xuanzang collected Buddhism along the way, and by the way, debated with various eminent monks from India, and also participated in the Unsheltered Conference.

On the way, there was also an eminent monk who committed suicide in shame because he could not argue with Tang Xuanzang.

This is a custom in Tianzhu. The two sides of the debate will set up life and death, and let the secular monarch be the referee. The loser in the debate will commit suicide and apologize.

Because Tang Xuanzang was so famous, many eminent monks invited him to participate in the debate along the way. After the debate, many eminent monks committed suicide in shame.

When Tang Xuanzang came to the capital of the Zhuliya Kingdom, he heard that the king of the Zhuliya Kingdom accepted a group of sea merchants from the East a few days ago. Those sea merchants sent exquisite glassware and Lots of china and silk.

The news of Tang Xuanzang's arrival in Zhuliye Kingdom soon spread to the palace.

"Dharma master, our king, I invite you to go to the court to explain the Dharma to the princes and princesses."

Zhuliye Kingdom is located in the southeast of Tianzhu, facing the Lion Kingdom across the sea.

Hundreds of years ago, this place was ruled by the Zhou people. Later, when the Zhou Dynasty declined, the local aborigines expelled the nobles of the Zhou people and established their own country, which is the Kingdom of Zhuliya.

In the capital, you can occasionally see several Central Plains-style landscape gardens, which are the traces left by the Zhou people's rule.

But these are not a big deal for Tianzhu. After all, there are many foreigners who rule Tianzhu, and the Zhou people are just one of them.

Long before the Zhou people, the Persians and Greeks took over Tianzhu, and later, the Huns and Turks also went to Tianzhu to join in the fun.

"Amitabha."

Tang Xuanzang accepted the invitation and entered the palace under the leadership of the envoy.

The language of northern Tianzhu is a common language, while southern Tianzhu also has its own indigenous language.

Tang Xuanzang had already learned the lingua franca of northern India fluently, and even learned some of the indigenous languages ​​of various countries in the south.

Entering the palace, Tang Xuanzang saw a group of short-haired people with faces from the Central Plains coming out of the palace.

"they are?"

After the people with short hair and faces from the Central Plains left, Tang Xuanzang asked the palace envoy curiously.

"They are a group of sea merchants from a country like the Yan Kingdom, who came to pay tribute to our country, and also presented our kings, princes and princesses with a lot of exquisite glass, porcelain, and silk. Oh, yes, they There is also a kind of fine wine named [Ginger Wine] as a gift."

The envoy explained to Tang Xuanzang slowly, and he was quite proud in his words.

In the eyes of the envoy, this is a symbol of the coming of all nations in the Zhuliya Kingdom, and it is the prosperous weather of the Zhuliya Kingdom. A country called Yan, which is not far away, sent envoys to present gifts, and only hoped that it could be carried out peacefully. Commercial trade, isn't this what is the coming of all nations?Isn't this the prosperity of the world?
"The envoys of Yan State respectfully knelt at the feet of our king, sent up the most exquisite tribute from their country, and humbly begged our great king to allow them to do business in our country."

The palace envoys proudly told about the prosperity of their country, but Tang Xuanzang frowned, feeling that things seemed complicated.

"Yan Kingdom? Orient? Maritime merchants? Glass? Fine wine?"

"Could it be... Liaodong Yan Kingdom?!!!"

Tang Xuanzang realized the seriousness of the problem, and he decided to inquire more about this "Yan Kingdom" after he finished explaining the Dharma to the princes and princesses of Zhuliye.

In this era, missionaries/monks/merchants/messengers often double-job as spies.

Although Tang Xuanzang didn't want to be a spy, his simple national feelings made him want to inquire about the news of "Yan Kingdom". After returning to the Central Plains, he told Emperor Li Shimin this important news.

Another month later, Tang Xuanzang finished his journey in Zhuliye Kingdom and began to return to Qunv City, where he was going to bid farewell to King Jieri in person.

Tang Xuanzang encountered preferential treatment and expulsion along the way, such as the Gaochang Kingdom, the Western Turks, the Jieri Empire, and the Zhouren City-State Republic.

All these countries treated him with courtesy and gave him various preferential treatments.

The Western Turkic Khan even personally equipped him with a Tianzhu interpreter to facilitate his communication in Tianzhu.

When Tang Xuanzang left the Western Regions, it happened that the Western Turks ended their civil war and reoccupied the Western Regions. Therefore, Tang Xuanzang was given preferential treatment by the Western Turkic Khan who believed in Buddhism.

However, to Tang Xuanzang's surprise, a few years after he left the Western Turks, the Western Turks had another civil war. The Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty took advantage of the Western Turks' civil war to launch a Western Expedition, captured the countries of the Western Regions, and rebuilt the Western Regions. Mansion, and by the way, Gaochang Kingdom, which refused to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, was destroyed.

The Turks are like this, they are either expanding externally or fighting internally. They are either fighting or on the way to war. They are either fighting externally or internally, and they never stop.

The national policy of recuperation may be too magical for them.

"I must report to His Majesty the news that Yan people are opening up a new trade market in Tianzhu, so that His Majesty can prepare for it as soon as possible."

Tang Xuanzang had already found out that those "Yan people" were indeed the envoys of Yan in Liaodong.

When the envoys of Yan State in Liaodong came to Zhuliye State, they didn't want to kneel down at first, but hoped for equal diplomacy.

However, the king of Zhuliye Kingdom gave a very simple answer, dignity and trade, you can only choose one of the two!

Won't you kneel down and surrender?Can!However, you Yan people are not allowed to come to our Zhuliye country to do business from now on, go back where you came from.

For the sake of market and trade, the envoy of Yan State named Zheng He, together with other envoys of Yan State, knelt down at the feet of the king of Zhuliye Kingdom humbly, representing Yan State, professing a vassal to Zhuliye Kingdom without paying tribute.

Yes, Yan Guo also has a bottom line, that is, it is okay to be a minister, but not to pay tribute.

Our country of Yan can live without dignity, but it cannot live without money.

Everything is for survival.

As strong as the Tang Dynasty, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also paid tribute to the Eastern Turks, and gave the Turks money, women, and land. He just asked the Turks not to go south to plunder, and he just called the Turks' father.

However, Li Shimin defeated the Turks in the first battle and re-established the dignity of Datang.

Dignity is made!

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Hundreds of years ago, the envoy of the empire on which the sun never sets arrived in Tianzhu with peace and sincerity, but was insulted by the king of a small country in Tianzhu. The posture, choosing peaceful trade, this fully proves that the reason why the empire on which the sun never sets can rise is because they are very benevolent and righteous. The way of Confucius and Mencius sages. ——"General History of the World Song Qin Hui"

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The empire on which the sun never sets has a very flexible bottom line of dignity. When they are weak, they can pay tribute to the Central Plains. When they are a little strong, they are only willing to pay tribute to the Central Plains. Orthodoxy, when their strength was at its peak, the Central Plains was just a remote country in their eyes. Hundreds of years ago, the relatively weak empire on which the sun never set chose to bow its knees to the king of a small country in Tianzhu. Now, they face any The country is proud, and the rise of the sun never sets is not because of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but flexibility. ——"General History of the World Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao"

(End of this chapter)