The two Balan Khan of the Maohan tribe were driven out by Xiao Chunzi and directly out of the palace. Balan Khan was so angry that he left the capital with his people on the same day and returned to the grassland.

However, in the palace after Balan Khan was driven away, the two envoys of the Green Wolf tribe who remained were treated very well.

Liang Jia asked the two envoys to take them down, and they waited for them with good food and drink, and agreed to discuss in detail after the tribute was over.

After the people of the Mao Han tribe and the green wolf tribe left the Chongning Palace, the tribute ceremony began.

First, the officials of the Ministry of Rites came out to preside over the ceremony, and then read a bunch of messy articles, which means that Daliang is the suzerain, and he treats the vassal country very affectionately and lovingly, and everyone must get along well together, and the generations are friendly and so on, anyway, they are all big words.

Subsequently, the envoys of various countries began to present a list of tributary gifts.

After Liang Jia read it, he quietly handed the gift list to Xiao Chunzi.

The next step is to return the favor and ask the envoys of various countries if there is anything to ask for. But the return gift list of the Ministry of Rites has been suppressed by the emperor and not approved, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites have no way to read the return gift list.

The lack of this link also made the envoys of various countries notice, but now, the emperor of the Great Liang State is talking, and it is not easy for them to interrupt, let alone ask questions directly.

Liang Jia's beginnings were naturally some clichés and empty words, which were nothing more than expressions that the Great Liang State cared about and cared about these vassal states, and everyone was a family and something like that. After saying this, Liang Jia asked these envoys to make demands.

The first to stand up was the envoy of Silla who was closest and stayed the longest.

This young man named Li Chengyu was very anxious, when he came, there was a rebellion in the country, and one of the purposes of coming here was to borrow soldiers and food, but it had been two months since he arrived here, and he had not even seen the emperor in person. I can see the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites can't be the masters. Although they reported the matter to the little emperor in front of them, the little emperor never replied.

Li Chengyu's past two months have been as long as two years.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the subordinates have come to pay tribute on the orders of my king, in addition to this matter, there is another important matter that needs to be turned to His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom."

"Then speak up and listen."

"Before the departure of the subordinates, there was a land dragon in the northwest of our country that turned over, and the people suffered heavy casualties. The government and the opposition should have worked together to provide disaster relief, but some people secretly spread rumors and tricked the people into joining the cult. In just a few months, 30,000 people were induced into rebellion. I don't know what method this cult has used, and the people who have joined them are fighting without fear of death, and it is difficult for our army to resist them. By the time our retainers set out, we had already lost six cities. ”

"You want my Great Liang State to send troops to help you put down the rebellion?" Liang Jia asked.

"His Majesty the Emperor."

Liang Jia nodded, accepted his sycophancy, and continued: "Silla has always served my Daliang as the suzerain, paying tribute every year, but also loyal. It stands to reason that the vassal country is in trouble, and my Liang will naturally not sit idly by. However, you don't seem to know what I'm doing......"

Subsequently, Liang Jia described the various tragic conditions of the Great Liang Kingdom in a croaking manner, and the other ministers in the hall frowned when they heard it.

As the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, how can you talk about all kinds of bad situations in your country in front of the envoys of these vassal states, this is too embarrassing, don't you want the face of the Celestial Empire?

Li Chengyu was also confused by the narrative of the emperor in front of him. Hearing this emperor say this, it seems that the Great Liang Kingdom is worse than them.

They also rebelled in one place, but there were rebellions in the west of the Great Liang Kingdom, and there were also rebellions in the south, and the soldiers and horses of the Maohan tribe that had just been driven away were still eyeing them in the north.

"So, it's not that I don't want to send troops to quell the rebellion, but it's that we can't protect ourselves. Maybe the next time you come to pay tribute, it won't be the big beam. Liang Jia finally made a summary statement for his narrative, that is, not to send troops.

Li Chengyu was stunned for a moment, and when he heard Liang Jia say this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the subordinates don't know that your country has so many difficulties, and it is the subordinates who are reckless. ”

"Yes. Then you should retreat first, as for the return gift, it will be sent to your post house later, and when I return to China, I will send you off. ”

Li Chengyu hurriedly kowtowed, walked to the side and stood quietly. However, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong for a while.

After the Silla envoys retired, Inoue Ueno, the envoy of the Toyo Kingdom, finally got a chance to stand up before the envoys of the South Vietnam Kingdom.

"The Oriental Kingdom is sending Inoue to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Great Liang." Compared with Li Chengyu's fluent Liang language, this Inoue Ye's language level is very poor, and the words spoken are unusually awkward in his ears.

"Wellasa excuses."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the contemptible surname is Inoue, not Well."

"Oh, it's pretty much the same, what are you trying to say when you come forward? There is also a rebellion in your country, do you need my Liang to send troops to quell the rebellion? ”

"Not really. The contemptible people were sent by General Jiayuan, firstly, to restore the tribute, and secondly, to negotiate a deal with the Great Liang State. ”

"Business? Let's hear it. ”

"General Kamoto is a great figure who is rare in my Oriental country in a hundred years, and he has a great figure who has crossed the heavens and latitudes, and he has put an end to the chaotic situation in our Oriental Ocean for decades, unified the Oriental Islands, honored Emperor Renhui, and made my Oriental ......"

Liang Jia frowned when he heard this, and interrupted: "Stop." Jing Zhengzhi, this is Daliang Country, your General Jiayuan is not here, if you pat yourself on the back, it's not too late to go back, let's talk about business. ”

Inoue Ye closed his mouth depressedly, and had no choice but to say: "I, the East, are now short of various resources, so I hope to resume tribute and trade with a large number of people, and the Great Liang will provide us with food, cloth, iron tools, firearms, weapons and other items, as well as agricultural affairs, water conservancy, and foundry craftsmen. ”

"And what do you get in exchange?"

"I don't have much in the East now, just a lot of beautiful women. We can exchange beautiful women for items and the corresponding number of craftsmen. ”

"Woman? Even if we exchange women for our food, cloth, and ironware, we also need to exchange all kinds of craftsmen? Jing Zhengzhi, how did you and your General Jiayuan grow in their brains? Are you here to joke with me? ”

"His Majesty the Emperor disagrees? As far as people know, many men in the Great Liang Kingdom can't get wives. Inoue had an expression of "I'm thinking about you.

"Many men can't get wives, do I want to send wives to them one by one?" Liang Jia glared at the guy dissatisfied. Ma Dan, this is treating himself and the officials of Daliang Country as fools.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what do you want to exchange it for?"

"Nothing. If we don't do this business, we still lack these things. Liang Jia directly refused.