Chapter 456: The General Trend

Zhang Yunwen is not a romantic person, whether it is Zhang Yunwen or Zhang Wenji, it is the same. The former was just a somewhat pedantic scholar when Zhang Wenji did not arrive, while the latter, before arriving here, spent a lot of time in the military camp. Neither of them is romantic.

However, today he accompanied Li Yu out to take a look at the snow scene, which made Li Yu feel greatly satisfied, but it caused the unhappiness of Zhi Rou and Wang Yan. So Zhang Yunwen had to accompany the two separately.

Zhirou is a woman of the Xi nationality and likes to ride horses, so Zhang Yunwen took advantage of the mid-year holiday to take him on a horse and Qujiang River, and walked on the bridle side. Listening to Zhirou's laughter like a silver bell on horseback, Zhang Yunwen was also very happy.

As for Wang Yan, Zhang Yunwen was on the Qujiang River when the ice and snow melted in early spring.

In this way, the two of them were coaxed into laughter.

At the first court meeting in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Zhang Yunwen finally saw the grand scene of all countries coming to the court. Of course, the word "10,000" means many, not that there are 10,000 countries to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. I'm afraid that even if you add up the whole world in this era, there are not 10,000.

After the civil and military forces stood in two columns, Li Shimin smiled first: "Hehe, ladies and gentlemen, the New Year has passed, I don't know if everyone is doing well?" ”

When all the civil and military officers heard this, they bowed down and saluted at the same time: "Thanks to Your Majesty, the ministers are well!" ”

Li Shimin said: "That being the case, then please work together and work together to make better results this year!" ”

After such greetings, it was performed by the three provinces, six departments and nine temples. At the beginning of the new year, there was no major event, only the principal responsible persons of the six ministries and nine temples of the three provinces submitted their work plans and financial budgets to Li Shimin.

This method of budget was still used when the Eastern Turks were settled after the destruction of the Eastern Turks. Of course, Zhang Yunwen only gave a rough idea, because he only knew a rough idea, and the rest of the methods were all perfected by the officials of the household department and the branch department on the basis of the framework proposed by Zhang Yunwen. Today, it has spread to all departments of the DPRK and China, and this method is being implemented at the local level, starting with Guanzhong.

After dealing with these problems, I heard the young secretary of Honglu Temple come out and say: "Your Majesty, there are envoys from the barbarian states today, and when I hear that the court will begin, I will wait to see you outside the court, and the ministers will ask Your Majesty, how to deal with it?" ”

Li Shimin's face suddenly glowed, and the whole person seemed to be much more energetic: "Of course they came in!" ”

When the young secretary of Honglu Temple heard this, he signaled to the Honglu Temple official beside him, and the latter immediately withdrew from the main hall. After a short time, the official of Honglu Temple returned to the hall again and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, there are too many foreign envoys, and the micro-ministers are afraid that the hall will not be able to accommodate them, so I invited half of the envoys to come over first!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but be in an uproar, you know, the length and width of the main hall of the Taiji Hall are more than 30 zhang each, although the pillars, curtains, stoves, incense burners and other items occupy some space, but the remaining space is no problem to accommodate a hundred people. This official even said that he was afraid that he would not be able to accommodate it, and Li Shimin and the officials couldn't help but express their doubts.

At this moment, I saw a group of envoys wearing various costumes entering the main hall. These envoys all brought two to five deputy envoys, and after entering the main hall, they consciously lined up in three columns.

"Foreign ministers, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" The envoys saluted in unison.

Seeing these envoys bowing down, Li Shimin smiled so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth. This spectacle of pagan tributary is indeed a source of pride.

"Everyone, please get up!"

After these envoys got up, they began to report to their homes one by one and pay tribute to Li Shimin.

"The Silla envoy Park Jeong-eun saw His Majesty the Tang Emperor and wished His Majesty the Tang Emperor a long life! Offering 100 East Pearls, 50 Ginseng Roots ......"

"Baekje envoy Fuyu Mu see His Majesty the Tang Emperor ......"

"Hui envoy Gu Liluo see His Majesty the Tang Emperor......"

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One by one, the envoys reported to their homes and offered rich tributes at the same time. At first, Zhang Yunwen had heard of those countries, but later, those countries had heard of it, and the tribute was also a mess, including valuable treasures such as tortoiseshell coral, as well as worthless things such as betel nut and coconut fruit. Especially when he heard that a small country that had never heard of it offering coconut fruit, Zhang Yunwen and the ministers couldn't help but roll their eyes at the same time, this thing was embarrassed to take it out, it was really embarrassing! There are a lot of coconut fruits in the south of the Tang Lingnan!

And the envoy of the small country still looked ignorant: "This coconut fruit is a special product of our country, extremely precious, only my king can eat two ...... a day"

When Zhang Yunwen secretly looked at Li Shimin, he found that the corners of his mouth were twitching slightly.

When the first batch of envoys paid tribute, Li Shimin ordered Yousi to reward them, of course, how many things to reward, Li Shimin did not say, presumably Yousi can also be judged according to the amount of tribute paid by various countries.

Then came the second batch.

By the time all the messengers had paid tribute, it was already the first hour of noon. A red sun hung in the middle of the sky.

According to a rough count, a total of forty or fifty missions have paid tribute to Li Shimin today, that is to say, there are at least forty or fifty subject states of the Tang Dynasty. There are nearly twenty more countries that pay tribute than last year's New Year.

Li Shimin naturally believed that it was the war to pacify Goryeo last year that caused the prestige of the Tang Dynasty to rise sharply and make all countries come to court. This is also the case with most people in the DPRK and China.

However, Zhang Yunwen saw a hint from the tributes paid by various countries. Among these tributes, many tributes are produced in the south and the sea, and when it comes to the movements of the Tang Nanyang Navy in the South Seas, it cannot be concluded that many countries in this country came to Chang'an to pay tribute on the warships of the Tang Dynasty.

However, seeing Li Shimin's elated appearance, Zhang Yunwen couldn't bear to say it.

When the Tang Navy was developing the South Seas, it encountered many small countries. For these small countries, the generals of the Tang Army originally intended to destroy them all, however, when they operated, it was not easy to find out that this matter was not easy. Although they occupied their cities with the power of artillery, when the armies of the small countries fled through the mountains and forests, they were as agile as apes, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought against them in the jungle environment, and suffered too much loss. Therefore, the generals of the Tang Dynasty Navy should be wiped out, and the rich products of the Tang Dynasty should be used to cooperate with force to gradually control these countries.

As for where the Tang Navy Division arrived, no one could say, but Zhang Yunwen once saw a note sent by the general of the Navy that said that the weather in the sea area they arrived at was hot, and the island was full of trees and vines with wide leaves and dripping water from time to time. Every day at noon, there will be rain. Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen guessed that the Tang Navy had gone to the tropics near the equator.

It's not just the Datang Navy that has made great achievements at sea. On the land of the four realms of the Tang Dynasty, after the destruction of Goryeo, the subject countries of the four realms of the Tang Dynasty were all shaken, you must know that the national strength of Goryeo is not as good, and there are 500,000 soldiers in the country, and the Tang Dynasty can destroy Goryeo with 150,000 troops, which makes the countries of the four realms of the Tang Dynasty tremble. In case the Tang Dynasty saw that he was not pleasing to his eyes that day and sent troops to attack, how could he stop it?

As a result, countries adjacent to the Tang Dynasty came to pay tribute, and even the Western Turks, who had not paid tribute for several years, also sent envoys to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Now in the four realms of the Tang Dynasty, the only one who can be called an opponent is barely this Western Turk.

To the east of the Tang Dynasty, there were the two kingdoms of Silla and Baekje at the instigation of Su Dingfang, and the two countries began to fight soon after the Tang army withdrew, and after more than three months of fighting, Su Dingfang came forward to resolve it. By this time, more than 10,000 people had been killed on both sides. To the north of the Tang Dynasty, after Su Dingfang led the army to destroy Xue Yantuo, the entire grassland was terrified. Whether it is the Hui, the servant, the Khitan or the Xi, each tribe has sent envoys to pay tribute like Chang'an. The Tiele tribes such as the Hui and the servant bones also made a request for the attachment.

And to the west of the Tang Dynasty, Anxi protected Guo Xiaoke, and the whole warlike guy with 3,000 soldiers and horses not only gained a foothold in Xizhou and swallowed Yanqi, but also occupied a part of the Tianshan Mountains to the north, and now he is playing with the idea of Qiuzi. The Western Turks also suffered several losses at the hands of Guo Xiaoke, and they were much more honest. Needless to say, Tuyuhun in the west of the Tang Dynasty is already under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and there is even a garrison of 100 people stationed in Fuqi City. And Tubo is even more unbearable, a few days ago with the sheep with a battle, now, He Tang Jing and Nipo coalition army fighting, fighting for territory. On the entire plateau, it has entered the Warring States period.

The south of Datang is much calmer, after all, there are far fewer countries in the south. It's also much more secure.

It can be said that in the entire four realms of the Tang Dynasty, no one can compete with the Tang Dynasty, not even the Western Turks.

In this way, the general trend has been achieved.