"Lord, this matter is indeed the fault of the Wa Kingdom, but please also ask the prince to give the Wa Kingdom ten days, if you can't hand over Nakamura Kawa Xiong to you after ten days, the Ota Department and the Wa Kingdom are willing to accept the punishment~!"

In the Imperial Palace, after the guards left, Empress Tuigu bowed slightly to Li Xiaogong and said.

Li Xiaogong didn't think about it, shook his head and said: "This king has a holy order, it is impossible for him to stay in the Wa Kingdom for ten days, and Yang Fan will return to Chang'an tomorrow~!" ”

Empress Tuigu looked stunned, as if she was a little caught off guard by this result, and after a moment of contemplation, she said:

"In any case, it was the Wa Kingdom that made the Tang Dynasty suffer losses, and Etabe was willing to take out a thousand catties of brass and 100,000 taels of silver as compensation~! After capturing the remnants of Nakamura Kawa Yuichi, the Ota Department will send a messenger to Chang'an City and hand it over to the prince with full authority~! I don't know what the prince wants~? ”

Li Xiaogong couldn't help but breathe sluggishly, and secretly said in his heart that the country is really rich~!

What do you want to say that Datang lacks now~? Of course, the most lacking is silver and brass~!

The territory of the Tang Dynasty was very vast, but the detection and mining technology of gold and silver mines were not sophisticated, so the annual silver output of the country was only about 15,000 taels, yes, you heard it right, it was 15,000 taels~!

The fifteen thousand taels of newly refined silver, plus the local officials looted the people's deposits of silver to give to the emperor, and sometimes the prefectures and counties also converted the taxes paid into silver and transported them into Beijing, and these silver were usually cast into rectangular silver collars, one foot long and two inches wide, and fifty taels and one collar were more than fifty taels and one collar. The weight, fineness, and origin of the silver, the name, official position, and year of the tribute should be engraved or written on the collar.

Therefore, silver is not a circulating currency in Datang.

Think about the later dynasties, those corrupt officials are greedy for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels, for example, Yan Song of the Ming Dynasty was greedy for 30,000 taels of gold and more than 2 million taels of silver, and He Shen of the Qing Dynasty was greedy for 800 million taels of silver, which exceeded the ten-year income of the imperial court.

There is also brass, Datang has been recuperating in recent years, the domestic development is thriving, the people's life is better, and the people's demand for copper money is naturally greater, but there are so many copper mines that have been discovered by the imperial court, and there are no banknotes such as "Jiaozi" and "treasure banknotes" at this time, so Datang has had a shortage of money in the past two years~!

Like the wealthy and generous of the Wa Kingdom, he casually took out a thousand catties of brass, Datang at least didn't dare to play like this.

"10,000 catties of brass, 100,000 taels of silver, after catching Nakamura Kawaxiong, he must be personally escorted to Chang'an by a person with enough status and weight in the Wa Kingdom, so that nothing can happen to this king~!"

Li Xiaogong pondered in his heart for a while, then looked at Empress Tuigu and said lightly.

The lion opens his mouth~!

The bearded guests on the side couldn't help but glance at Li Xiaogong in surprise, which made the lion open his mouth~!

If 10,000 catties of brass are brought back to Chang'an, it will definitely be enough to solve the current shortage of money in the imperial court!

The eldest brother of the mountain, Wang, pursed his lips and clenched his hands hard, even though he belonged to the conservative faction of the Japanese State, but at this moment, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed in the face of Li Xiaogong's lion big mouth.

The Empress Tuigu looked slightly, then gritted her teeth and said, "Lord Wang, this 10,000 catties of brass is really ......"

"No need to say more~!"

Li Xiaogong waved his hand and directly interrupted: "There is no room for negotiation in this matter~!" The queen knows that the twenty soldiers who died in the battle are the most heroic soldiers in my Tang Dynasty, as well as those innocent sailors, and now they are all buried in the sea, and their bones are gone~!

Before this king went to sea, the Holy One said to this king. If there is an attacking enemy, we will destroy it with all our might! The people of the Wa Kingdom killed my Tang soldiers and Baixin, it stands to reason that this king should directly send troops to attack, but in the queen's heart of your fist to the Tang Dynasty, this king is extraordinarily open, you don't have to bargain again~! ”

Li Xiaogong's arrogance is vividly displayed at this moment~!

Weak countries have no diplomacy, and strong countries have hegemony, this sentence is also vividly displayed at this moment~!

Empress Tuigu closed her eyes, and after a while, she let out a long sigh and said, "Okay~!" Just according to the prince~! But the amount of brass and silver is huge, and please ask the king of Shangguo to give two days~! ”

She weighed and struggled for a long time in her heart before agreeing to this condition of "losing power and humiliating the country".

Li Xiaogong said lightly: "Two days is too long, you must prepare 10,000 catties of brass and 100,000 taels of silver before noon tomorrow~!" ”

The Empress Tuigu clenched her silver teeth, and after a while, she said, "Okay~!" I try my best~! ”

Li Xiaogong didn't think it was wrong, he looked around and said, "Then I don't know who the queen plans to send to escort Nakamura Kawao~?" ”

Queen Tuigu thought for a while and said, "This matter is very important, and Etabe wants to stay in the court tomorrow......"

"Your Majesty~! The minister is willing to escort Nakamura Kawao to Datang~! ”

Empress Tuigu originally wanted to let the ministers discuss this matter tomorrow morning, but before she could say anything, the eldest brother of the mountain, bowed down and said:

"The minister has admired the Tang culture for a long time, and he just has some knowledge when he goes to the Tang Dynasty, so that he can serve the Japanese country and share his worries for His Majesty~!"

Empress Tuigu frowned, and her face suddenly became not very good, obviously she didn't want the eldest brother of Shanbei to go to Datang.

Li Xiaogong squinted his eyes and looked at the eldest brother Wang of the mountain back a few times, and then said: "This king said before that there is a person of sufficient weight, who are you~?" ”

The eldest brother of the mountain back did not show anger because of Li Xiaogong's contempt, he arched his hand and replied: "The eldest brother of the mountain back, the current purple crown of the imperial court, Prince Shengde is the first father, I don't know if the prince can give me this chance~?" ”

(Previously, Prince Shotoku divided officials into twelve ranks, and the color of the crown was used as a system to distinguish them.) That is, the twelve orders of Dade, Xiaode, Daren, Xiaoren, Dali, Xiaoli, Daxin, Xiaoxin, Dayi, Xiaoyi, Dazhi, Xiaozhi, etc., each stage uses the color to make the crown hat, and the purple crown Dade is a product)

"Prince Shotoku~?"

Li Xiaogong whispered in his heart, Prince Shotoku's deeds, he had already heard a lot of things from the bearded guest when he was on the ship, and he knew that this person's reputation among the Japanese people was extremely great, which was basically equivalent to Li Er's reputation in the Tang Dynasty.

So, he nodded and said, "Haha~!" Good~! It's you~! Now that the matter has been discussed, the king will take his leave~! ”

With that, he stood up and prepared to leave with the bearded guest.

Empress Tuigu said goodbye to her eldest brother in the back.

Out of the palace gate, Yoko Ono stepped forward and smiled flatteringly: "Lord, please come here~!" Your Majesty has prepared a carriage for you~! It's late at night now, and the two of you must be tired, so you can rest in the carriage for a while~! ”

Li Xiaogong thought about it, then nodded and said, "Hmm~!" Step forward and lead the way~! ”

"Yes, yes~!"

……………… ()

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is:. Mobile version reading URL: