Even the superior in a relatively backward civilization, Heraclius, Abu Bakr, Isi, and Poni, after arriving in Gangneung City, they are not just eating, drinking, and having fun, they are studying frantically, absorbing some knowledge that is useful to them, of course, it is difficult to say whether this knowledge can really be brought back to China for use.

Moreover, in addition to studying, they are also sparing no effort to collect information on all aspects of Datang, not only in politics, but also in other aspects.

For example, after his subordinates learned that there were more than one million Indian laborers working in Yingzhou, next door to Jingzhou, he was very shocked and even frightened, and he was afraid that one day the Tianzhu people would be enslaved by the Tang Dynasty.

Later, when he learned that these people were not enslaved, but hired, he was even more afraid, he was afraid that the native Tianzhu people would also want to come to Datang to work like the people of these southern countries, because, after figuring out the treatment of these hired workers, he didn't think that many Tianzhu people could resist.

Therefore, Yi Si and Tian Zhu laborers to Datang, they don't need to use force to arrest them, they only need to send some people to Tianzhu to say, 'Hey, man, do you want to go to Datang to work, over there, you only need to do half a day's work, you can eat big white rice every day, every 30 days, you can get 2,000 Datang copper coins.'

Do you know the value of two thousand Datang copper coins?

I don't know.

Oh, and I'll tell you, it's the money that will give all your family a few months of white rice. ’

If this is the case, there will definitely be many Tianzhu people who will follow them, of course, and this does not include those who have deep-rooted religious beliefs.

Up to now, Po Ni feels that everything in Datang is planned.

They have long had thoughts about Tianzhu, that guy called Master Xuanzang, like a big cancer, constantly affecting the control of all the kings in India over their people, those who were originally willing to their own kings, their own beliefs, and the local people who gave everything, under the washing of his new teachings, they all began to become selfish.

They are no longer willing to dedicate their output to the gods they originally worshipped, they are more willing to feed themselves and enjoy a more comfortable and comfortable life.

can realize the truth of killing Xuanzang in Jiangling City, and there is no one else who can kill Xuanzang.

Of course, it was not only the Bo Ni who realized the truth of killing, Heraclius had murderous intentions towards these kings after Li Chengqian met with the kings and khans of the Oguz Kingdom, the Orissa Kingdom, and the Khazar Khanate.

If these three nomadic states that were not subject to the Byzantine Empire were supported by the Tang Empire, then their Byzantine Empire would be exposed to the enemy.

Being attacked from both sides by two powerful nomadic groups, even if it is as powerful as the Byzantine Empire, it is difficult to support, the key is that even if you win these poor ghosts, the Byzantine Empire will not get any benefits, and if you are defeated, you will suffer huge losses.

His father had long realized that the problem of these robbers was not easy to deal with, but unfortunately, in order to compete with Persia for the Black Sea economic circle, their military strength was greatly damaged, and they could no longer maintain a military advantage over the Great Food and the Khazar Khanate.

What makes Heraclius most depressed is that it is clear that the Tang Empire is the richest country in the world, but why are these people unwilling to rob the Tang Dynasty!

The nomadic Turks close to the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo, like an obedient sheepdog, helped the Tang Dynasty take care of the cattle, sheep and livestock, and maybe, under the command of the Tang Dynasty, help him hunt some prey, this is really fucked up, the Byzantine Empire must find a way out.

"His Royal Highness the Great Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, has just replied to the kings and representatives of the kingdoms who are begging to submit to the Tang Empire, and has made an official explanation of the situation of these begging to serve the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain." Nuvis, a Byzantine student, took a copy of the newspaper issued by the Tang Dynasty Rite Department today and reported to Heracle.

"What do they say?" Although Heraclius now has a certain level of Chinese, he is not yet able to read a newspaper full of Chinese characters, so he asked Nuvis directly.

Nuvis explained, "In principle, the Tang Empire does not accept the existence of kingdoms with the right of autonomy.

Previously, if the kingdom was willing to completely surrender its territory, military power, and political power, and merge its entire territory into the Tang Empire, which would be absolutely ruled by the Tang court, the Tang Empire could consider accepting it.

Such regulations were formulated by the Tang Dynasty several years ago, and usually, those subservient kings, as well as important courtiers in the kingdom, the Tang Dynasty Court will give certain titles, mansions, land, or money rewards according to their contributions, and even the actual official positions are rarely appointed.

And now, the Tang Dynasty has set some new regulations, even if there are kingdoms willing to completely hand over their territory, political power, and military power to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will accept it, and these kingdoms must also meet many harsh conditions put forward by His Royal Highness the Tang Prince. ”

Hearing Nuvis say this, Heraclius's eyebrows raised, this Tang Empire is a strange thing, it actually does not accept the submission of vassal states, is it that they are already rich to the point that they can't look down on the taxes that these vassal countries contribute to them?

Historically, the vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty have never brought any benefits to the dynasty, because Confucianism has advertised the Central Plains Dynasty as a ceremonial state, accepting their tribute, asking for a face, and the subject country pays tribute to something worth 10,000 yuan, and the imperial court usually returns gifts worth 20,000 yuan or even higher value to them.

Moreover, once something happens to the Central Plains Dynasty, these guys will rush up and suck blood and eat meat.

Therefore, this kind of thing that has no practical significance, Sun Xiangfu will naturally not let it continue to exist, and neither will Li Shimin. This is also a series of systems and conditions for subject states formulated by Datang a few years ago.

In Heraclius's opinion, the conditions that Nuvis is talking about now have been harsh to the extreme, and no one will be willing to agree to it at all, but Datang actually wants to increase the weight again under such harsh conditions.

Heraclius said again, "What other conditions have been proposed, you can tell me." ”

Nuvis continued, "First of all, they will only accept the kingdoms whose existing land is adjacent to the Tang Dynasty proper, and these kingdoms must also meet the conditions that more than 30% of the country's population can speak Chinese, and more than 10% of the population can write most Chinese characters.

Secondly, within these kingdoms, there could be no religious existence that was not recognized by the Tang court.

Secondly, within these kingdoms, there can be no strange customs that are not recognized by the Tang Dynasty.

And then secondly, you can't ······"

"You said it for a long time, in fact, it means one thing, the Tang Empire does not intend to accept any kingdom to submit to them at all." Heraclius interrupted Nuvis.

He couldn't imagine that there was a kingdom that could meet such unrealistically harsh conditions as the Tang Dynasty, so there was no need for Nuvis to continue to talk nonsense.

"Well, I think that's the case, then, their previous series of actions are very deliberate to exacerbate the tension in our countries, and the purpose is to allow our countries to purchase the goods produced by their Datang and increase the consumption of food, military equipment, and other materials." Nuvis followed the instructions given to him by Ma Zhou, and led Heraclius up the road.

In fact, without his introduction, Heraclius's psychology was already thinking so, and after drinking the fruit wine provided by the hotel in one gulp, Heraclius said again, "I think, I know what kind of country the Tang Dynasty is, this is a country lost in wealth, they have no ambition to annex the world, after all, their territory is already large enough, several times larger than our Byzantine Empire."

They only want to let these people live this rich and luxurious life through commercial means, the core of their governance is wealth, all political means are for the purpose of obtaining wealth, and we, the foreigners, are the financiers of their wealth, he needs to keep us in war and conflict, constantly rely on them, and contribute wealth to them. ”

"Yes, it should be what you said, we international students, what we see in Datang, is basically like this.

The officials at the bottom of their hierarchy are trying to figure out what to do every day, which is how to make their subordinates rich.

According to my classmates, their parents were also able to make money in discussing political affairs in the imperial court.

Moreover, in private gatherings outside the imperial court, they are also discussing how to expand their own industries and earn more profits.

If they are completely exempt from agricultural and animal husbandry taxes, then all their taxes will come from industry and commerce, so this is an empire dominated by industry and commerce. ”

If Nuvis knew a term in later generations, he would definitely say that the Tang Dynasty was a 'capitalist' country.

But, actually! But this is not necessarily the case, if you have to define a character for the current Datang, then it is a non-feudal imperialist country based on agricultural development and developed industry and commerce.

Why do you say 'not feudal'? Because, it is very open-minded, does not engage in feudal superstition, and confines its thoughts.

What Chirac slightly didn't expect was that even though Datang set the conditions for co-optation so harshly, those countries that begged to be co-opted by Datang were all very glad that they did not give up at all, but would take the rules and regulations set by Datang and prepare to transform their own countries.

The more Datang doesn't accept them, the more they want to join Datang, what is the reason?

Because, when Datang replied to them, he promised them that once they reached the indicators set by Datang and were incorporated into Datang, their own people would enjoy the same preferential treatment as the local people of Datang, with houses, fields, and exemption from agricultural and animal husbandry taxes, which is only the most basic.

In the future, it will also be possible to achieve free medical care, free education, free pension and other benefits.

In this way, their country will instantly go from being a poor country to a part of a rich country.

And those kingdoms that have now met the basic condition of territorial adjacency with Datang, if they don't quickly transform their country, they can meet the standard of being absorbed by Datang.

Then, what awaits them may be those kingdoms that have reached the other criteria of being absorbed by the Tang Dynasty before them, but the territory has not yet been destroyed by the joint destruction of the kingdoms adjacent to the Tang Dynasty.

When the time comes, the kings of these kingdoms, let alone enjoy the titles, mansions, fields and wealth of the Tang Dynasty by virtue of their contributions, even if they want to become ordinary commoners in the Tang Dynasty, they may not be able to do it.

Because, the kingdoms that destroyed them, in order to increase their own contributions, will not let them continue to live, will plunder everything from them.

Of course, it does not mean that these kingdoms will immediately go to war to fight for the basic conditions of being adjacent to Datang itself, because there are many conditions set by Datang, and they need time to achieve them.

And Datang, through this means, not only allows these kingdoms to not have so many unsuitable situations after being incorporated into Datang, but also obtains some time lag and strives for more practical benefits.

In fact, this policy of vassal states was announced to the outside world, which was the prelude to the unification of Eurasia by the Tang Dynasty, and it was just a sublimation of the previous immigration policy to the height of the national level.

And Li Shimin and Datang's top wise men, who have been thinking about it for several years, have come up with a comprehensive plan, but it is not just such a small point, and it will emerge in an endless stream later, so that Heraclius and others can't understand it at all.