Chapter 237 Tsushima Lease Agreement I
Hanoi whales kept walking back and forth in the hall with some anxiety, not knowing why the Yan King of Tang sent someone to take them to this unknown courtyard. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Two hours passed, and there was not even a single one who came to ask questions, except for the people who delivered the food, and there were many guards with knives in the courtyard who watched them and did not allow them to leave the courtyard.
"Alas, I don't know what King Yan means? Send someone to take us here by force outside the Upper East Gate......"
"Could it really be that the ambassador guessed that the Tang army's occupation of Tsushima was a private act of the King of Andong to protect Yan, knowing that we were coming for Tsushima, and the King of Yan was worried that our Emperor of the Tang Kingdom would adversely affect him, and wanted to take the opportunity to give us to ......"
"If you want to kill us early, will you go to great lengths to arrange us in this courtyard?"
"It should be that King Yan wants to see us privately."
"However, as an envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, we will be received by the Tang State Guest Office after entering Beijing, and we will live in the post house, and the King of Yan wants to see us, and there is no need to send his subordinates to forcibly take us here to watch and detain, right?"
"This?"
Several of the accompanying Japanese officials sitting in the hall were worried about their lives, and their faces were full of sadness.
"Ambassador He, will King Yan be unfavorable to us?"
Faced with the entourage's uneasy questioning, Hanoi Whale was also bottomless, so he had to shake his head and say, "It depends on the situation!" ā
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"His Royal Highness King Yan has arrived!"
When Hanoi Whale and the others heard this, they hurriedly got up from their couches and walked to the door of the hall, only to see five attendants with horizontal knives at their waists surrounded by a handsome young man dressed in silk brocade clothes, wearing a purple and gold crown, and with red lips and white teeth, stepping into the hall in the shape of a dragon.
"Ambassador He, this is our Royal Highness King Yan." The attendants beside Li Yu introduced Hanoi Whale and the others.
"The envoy of the small country, Hanoi Whale, pays a visit to His Royal Highness the King of Swallow of the Upper Kingdom, Chitose!"
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Hanoi Whale and the others were sincerely frightened and almost turned their waists to ninety degrees, arched their hands, and greeted Li Yu with the most noble etiquette in China.
"A few envoys of my Tang Dynasty, don't be too formal, just sit casually."
Li Yu said that a subject state of the Tang Dynasty was quite unpleasant in the hearts of Hanoi Whale and others, because the Wa State had never made it clear to the Tang Dynasty that it was a vassal. Although he admired the etiquette and rules system of the Tang Dynasty and studied with all his heart, the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty put their posture very low, and regarded themselves as the following countries, but they never formally declared themselves to the Tang Dynasty in the form of documents like Silla and other countries around the Tang Dynasty, and accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty.
Although I was not surprised in my heart, the acting skills of Hanoi Whale and others were still good, not only did their faces not have different colors, but they also flattered Li Yu. What became famous at a young age, heroic, handsome and extraordinary, all the words they learned in Datang to praise people were used on Li Yu without any sense of disobedience.
Hanoi whales and other widows changed their flattery and sycophants, and Li Yu, who was slapping his sycophants, laughed.
"Your praise for me has made Xiao Wang feel a little weak!" Li Yu waved his hand, and he was a little embarrassed to be photographed.
"His Royal Highness King Yan is as rumored, humble and benevolent, and he is really the dragon and phoenix among the Tang Dynasty. Everyone in a certain country has heard of His Royal Highness's name, and today they have seen it far away and heard rumors, which makes them admire......"
The more Hanoi whales talked, the more excited they became, and they simply gave Li Yu three bows.
All the attendants around Li Yu looked at the Hanoi Whale and other envoys of the Japanese Kingdom with a bewildered look at their Royal Highness's respect, and even those of them who have served His Highness all the year round couldn't believe that their Highness had such a great personality charm.
Li Yu's face was stiff with laughter, and he said lightly: "Miao praised, Miao praised ......"
Walking up to the hall and sitting down, Li Yu waved his hand to signal Hanoi Whale and the others to sit down.
Li Yu's head, who had never heard of it just now, was in a trance, and the hall was silent for a while.
The deputy envoy of the Japanese envoy looked at the Hanoi whale envoy, and the Hanoi whale knew what he should do, and he arched his hands to Li Yu, who was the head of the country, and asked tentatively: "A certain envoy from the lower country came to Beijing to meet the Tang Emperor, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Yan has to ask him to discuss today?" ā
Li Yu drank a cup of tea made by the attendant to wake up his trance-like brain, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Anton reported that you and other Japanese envoys went to Pyongyang to visit the king and inquire about Tsushima Island. Therefore, I have to report to your subordinates and others to Luoyang, and I am specially invited to come to the Wang's small courtyard to discuss the matter of Falklands. ā
Hanoi Whale and the deputy envoy glanced at each other, but they didn't expect that King Yan would take the initiative to discuss the issue of Tsushima Island.
"Back to Your Highness, I have come here on the orders of my king to capture Tsushima Island last year by the Anton Army. I wanted to meet His Highness in Pyongyang, but I didn't want His Highness to return to Beijing, so I had to travel thousands of miles to visit him. Hanoi Whale Chenghuang replied sincerely.
"Since you have come here for the matter of Tsushima, let's discuss the matter of Tsushima Island today."
"I don't know how His Highness deliberated on the law?"
Hanoi Whale and the others looked at Li Yu with blank eyes, hoping that Li Yu, as the prince of Shangguo, would return to Tsushima Island for the sake of the magnanimity of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yu made a sad face and sighed, Hanoi Whale and others were already up and down in their hearts, and when they saw Li Yu's expression, they sighed in their hearts.
"The Silla envoy finally had a thief heart for the area under the jurisdiction of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, and not only occupied most of the Xiongjin Metropolitan Governorate, but also built several fortified cities on the northern border in an attempt to plot the old Goguryeo land. Silla Buchen, Andong's external threat could never be lifted. Tsushima Island is also located in the southern part of Silla, and its strategic position is extremely important for the Tang Dynasty, which will play an extremely important role in recovering the lost territory of the Kumatsu Prefecture and attacking the Silla territory in the future. Therefore, it is really difficult for this king to give up Tsushima Island......"
"This ......" Hanoi Whale and the others were a little panicked, King Yan used Silla's threat as an excuse, did he plan to return it?
Hanoi Whale said eagerly: "Tsushima Island is the realm of the country, although it is of great use to the kingdom to contain Silla, but His Royal Highness will not return it by raising troops to occupy it, how can the monarch and ministers of the country explain to their subjects?" ā
"That's why this king is worried."
Li Yu said helplessly with both hands, which made Hanoi Whale and the others stunned, and stared at each other.
"After the discussion between the king and the generals, Tsushima is a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, and it is really against the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty if it has not been returned for a long time."
When Hanoi whales and others heard this, their eyes lit up, and it was possible to recover Tsushima, and their hearts were a little excited.
"However, it cannot be returned for the time being!" Li Yu looked apologetically at the excited envoys.
As soon as hope arose in the hearts of Hanoi whales and others, they were splashed with cold water by Li Yu, and they were all stunned.
"Then, when does Your Highness plan to return it?"
"After this king Xingbing subdues Silla, he will return it immediately."
Seeing that Hanoi Whale wanted to argue, Li Yu hurriedly added: "Everyone, please rest assured, Silla is just a small country, and I will not be convinced by the Tang Dynasty?" It is no longer than ten years, and it is no less than five years, and the thief Silla will be called, and the return of the Ruwa Kingdom to Tsushima will be expected to be soon. ā