Daming Palace, the political center and national symbol of the Tang Empire.

At this time, in the center of the palace, Zhou Min, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was wearing a complicated yellow robe, and was sitting alone on the dragon chair in the main hall, looking at the gift list in his hand lightly.

"It's all quite heartfelt this year."

Looking at the gifts on the gift list, Zhou Min nodded.

"Satisfied? Do you call them to an audience immediately? ”

A white-faced, bearded internal affairs officer stood beside him and bowed.

Zhou Min shook his hand and asked the internal affairs officer to wait a little longer and continue to look at the gift list in his hand.

In the center of the palace stood dozens of guards with knives, full of ancient costumes, jasper belts, all of them were full of energy, and the short knives in their hands were all ancient relics handed down hundreds of years ago, and they were only used for decoration at the moment.

In the mouth of the internal affairs officer, the envoys of the four road feudal kings who are about to go to the palace are the kings of Jiaming, the Northeast King, the Shengming King, and the Yuxuan King.

The four vassal kings sat in the four corners of the Chinese Empire, southeast and northwest, and the most powerful and huge of them was the king of the northeast.

This was followed by King Jiaming, who sat in the south.

King Shengming, sitting in the southeast.

King Yuxuan sits in the northwest.

The ancestors had a training that the kings of the four feudal domains were not allowed to leave their respective territories, so every year the tribute could only send their own representative envoys to pay tribute to the royal family.

Now what Zhou Min is holding in his hand is the gift list of the four-way vassal king, the best agate, imperial jade, etc., there are countless others, each of which is almost priceless, although in Zhou Min's eyes, it is just to add more color to the imperial treasury, and there is nothing to see.

In previous years, the tribute time was held, most of them would not exceed half a day, usually by the palace officials according to the book of the introduction of the tribute gifts of the envoy of the four vassal kings, and then by the emperor himself to return the gift, interest is not allowed to reward some pen and ink, can be described as priceless, and these have happened, extremely normal things.

But this year's tribute is destined to be a little different.

As soon as the day dawned, Lafayette walked into the palace from the harem, and a maid set up a soft chair next to him to invite Lafayette to take a seat.

Zhou Min got up with a smile and said hello to his mother, he knew the purpose of his mother's return here today, so he didn't ask too much.

Galeries Lafayette waved his hand lightly.

Subsequently, the internal affairs officer asked His Majesty the Emperor a few words, and then began to tear up his voice and shouted: "The envoy of the King of Xuansi Road Domain is here." ”

Emperor Zhou Min sat on the dragon chair, put the gift list aside, raised his head, and calmly looked down at the four envoys who had entered his Royal Highness.

Galeries Lafayette put his hands on his knees, and also tilted his head slightly, looking towards the passer.

There was a hint of curiosity in the eyes of both of them.

Seeing this, the attentive internal affairs officer was surprised in his heart, and the atmosphere today seemed to be a little unusual.

As the summoning voice was heard, four figures approached the main hall not long after.

At the top of the queue is the envoy sent by Zhou Hong, the king of the Northeast, who looks shrewd and capable, and is proficient in whiskers and horses, and after bending over the luggage, he introduced himself, looking like a person with a sweet belly and a sword, and under some clever words, the limelight of the other three people was completely ignored.

The second envoy of Yuxuan Wang Zhou Zi, who came forward and bent down to meet him, was a tall western woman, but Yanjing dialect was sloppy, bringing the greetings of Yuxuan Wang Zhou Zi and recounting the achievements of the development of the western region in the past ten years.

This way of introducing himself was favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and Zhou Min kept nodding his head on the seat, which made the female envoy overjoyed.

The third is the envoy of Zhou Qingfeng, the king of Shengming, who is over half a hundred years old, and like the previous female envoy, he also briefly talked about the development of the southeast region dominated by Pengcheng, as well as the planning for the future, with a humble tone and the wisdom of the elderly.

None of the three were first-time envoys, so although nervous, they didn't get to the point of being caught off guard by words and demeanor.

Soon, it was the turn of the envoy of Jiaming King Zhou Jiaming to play.

Both Lafayette and His Majesty the Emperor looked at this young man in a straight suit and looking refreshed with interest.

Judging from the superficial information, this Zhang Heng is a talented master, gathering nearly three billion US dollars in three years, if you add some various wealth lines that are about to be derived, Zhang Heng's future worth is definitely more than 10 billion US dollars, although for the country, this money is nothing, but from the perspective of individuals and a family, this is definitely a capital that rises in this world.

Facing the eyes from all directions, Zhang Heng was a little nervous, and after the previous envoy of King Shengming finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted slightly: "Long live your majesty, long live, long live, I wish my Tang Dynasty Fulu good health." ”

"Queen Mother Chitose...... I wish you a long life than Nanshan. ”

After the congratulatory message was finished, Zhang Heng raised his head and recounted it again according to the content of Chao Xiaoyu's narration, which is nothing more than that the prosperity and prosperity of the southern coastal areas have been visible to the world, and Yanhai, an international metropolis, has also become a benchmark for the world's super-first-class cities.

Zhou Min listened to Zhang Heng's words, and watched Zhang Heng talk about Zhou Jiaming's achievements over the past year, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The internal affairs officer next to him was surprised at this time, he knew that His Majesty's expression was not common, but it didn't mean that he didn't know the meaning of His Majesty's expression, so before Zhang Heng finished speaking, the internal affairs officer interrupted what he continued to say: "This envoy, make a long story short." ”

Zhang Heng was stunned, and immediately looked at the silent emperor, seeing that the emperor had no intention of objecting, Zhang Heng's heart was also relaxed.

To tell the truth, the content that Chao Xiaoyu ordered to talk about is not only boring, like memorizing a paper, but also contrary to Zhang Heng's original intention of entering the palace this time, but human affection is an inscrutable relationship, Zhang Heng can stand here today, Zhou Jiaming's help is indispensable, so even if he was interrupted, Zhang Heng still wanted to say the last sentence in a semi-literate way.

It's just that even he didn't expect that this so-called last sentence would lead to a series of accidents!

"Your Majesty, King Jiaming has been loyal for generations, and today's Zhou Jiaming is better than in the past, so the villain has a reluctant request, I hope His Majesty can agree, and the little prince's ......dream of returning to his hometown has been fulfilled."

Zhang Heng complained about this narrative style in his heart, stepped forward and said sincerely: "I respectfully ask Your Majesty to announce the recall of the little prince of the Ming Dynasty and recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors." ”

Be quiet!

The air fell silent all at once.

The other three envoys looked at Zhang Heng like idiots.

His Majesty's eyes widened suddenly, and Lafayette on the side also turned his head in surprise, looking at Zhang Heng, who was alone in the center of the hall.

Recall the vassal king?

This rule has existed since hundreds of years ago, nay, even a thousand years ago, and no emperor dared to disobey the will handed down by his ancestors.

The reason for this is because in history, there has been a misfortune of the vassal king wanting to seize the throne, so from beginning to end, the so-called vassal king, in fact, is a dangerous title, no emperor wants to summon the vassal king into the palace, after all, every emperor is like this, under the couch, how can he allow others to sleep soundly.

This is obviously a sensitive topic, and every member of the royal family, including the King of the Four Roads Domain, knows about it, but Zhang Heng is the only one who is still kept in the dark.

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