When the Sultan was near the end of the court, he suddenly stood up and saluted like Li Zhi and Wu Mei, and Li Hong's eyes shifted to Saleh.

Needless to say, the Sultan was very puzzled about why the Tang Dynasty suddenly had so many civil and military generals on the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, which would make other foreign states around the Tang Dynasty submit to it, thinking that this was a signal that the Tang Dynasty was going to start attacking them.

As the sultan's eyes turned to Yeyue, he was about to question the Tang Dynasty, in the face of so many envoys from various countries in the court, but after wantonly promoting the military generals of the civil servants and threatening all countries, he began to question the prince of the Tang Dynasty to kidnap the princess of the Great Food Country and take it for himself.

"I Datang frontier soldiers guard the tranquility of the border, to prevent some small people from coveting our Datang territory, on this important day of congratulations, in front of the envoys of various countries, I am promoted to my Tang meritorious ministers, give them glory and fief rewards, I think there is nothing wrong. The so-called Datang is hostile to your country, I'm afraid it's too far-fetched, if it's not for you to have a ghost in your heart, how can you be so afraid of my Datang rewarding soldiers? Or does your kingdom never reward your courtiers? Mangsong Mangzan slowly turned his head, looked at the long-standing Sultan, and said lightly.

"For many years, Jiling City has been the territory of my Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty appointed me Belus as the Governor of the Persian Governor's Mansion, but it has been occupied by you for many years, but now you are the first wicked person to sue and question the determination and sincerity of my Tang Dynasty and the friendship between the Tang Dynasty and all countries for eternity, presumably, you are the biggest harboring evil intentions, thieves shouting to catch thieves, right?" After Manson Manzan finished speaking, Belus also pointed the finger at the Sultan and Saleh.

Li Zhi, who heard the Sultan's words just now, looked at Li Hong with reproachful eyes, and heard the support of these two people to help Datang, and his complexion gradually improved.

With Belus and Mangsong Mangzan, they stood on Li Hong's side with a clear banner, and then included Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and even the prince of Otsu, who was beaten by Li Zhe, looked at the big cannibal dressed in white, and retorted with righteous words.

And whether it is the protruding Shi or Tocharo, or the Fanbang in the western border of the Tang Dynasty such as the big and small Bolu, at this time, it seems to be dumb, and no one stands up to support it, or dares to question why the Tang Dynasty has promoted so many civil and military generals at this time.

Sudan and Saleh did not expect that when they thought that after they took the lead in questioning Datang, there should be other small countries on their side to support them and help speak out.

But obviously they thought too simply, and they also imagined their influence in the east to be a little strong, and at the same time underestimated the influence and deterrence of the Tang Dynasty among these countries.

Therefore, when Saleh provoked the Sultan to stand up and question the Tang Dynasty for the sake of his beloved woman, he was refuted by other Fanbangs, and those Fanbangs in Anxi who were originally in awe of them had to fall into tangled contradictions in the face of the two superpowers of Datang and Dashi, so they had to keep their heads silent to avoid the two countries forcing them to stand in line.

The Sultan's originally relaxed expression disappeared, Saleh's face also became a little embarrassed, and Yeyue looked strange, and began to secretly move her body and hide behind the palace maid in front.

Facing the court, the angry gaze of the Tang Dynasty ministers, and the loud rebuttals of the foreign countries, when the sultan's eyes went to find Yeyue again, Yeyue was already hiding behind the palace maid, and at this moment, he instantly became even more embarrassed than being refuted just now.

However, the Sultan does have its own merits, facing the eyes of everyone in the court, the Sultan, who was a little stunned, smiled freely: "Today is the great court meeting of your country, and it is also a great day to accept the congratulations of other countries, please respect His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, forgive me for my presumptuousness, I should not ask such a rude question today." ”

Everyone in the court was stunned, they didn't expect this big cannibal to become so fast, and he was able to freely admit that it was his own faux pas, and his words were not humble or silent, although he was apologizing, but he did not give up, did he still ask whether Datang was full of hostility to various countries.

The most important thing is that the two short sentences not only show their generosity and modesty, but also in the hearts of the envoys of various countries, they have buried their defensive vigilance against the Tang Dynasty, so that some envoys who were not originally entitled to the military generals of the Tang Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, but thought of whether it was unfavorable to their own country, began to muttered in their hearts, once the Yuan Day passed, will the Tang Dynasty continue to encroach on their weak and small countries as it did back then.

Therefore, when the court, especially the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, faced with the Sultan being so humble, but secretly continued to provoke the envoys of other countries to be vigilant against the Tang Dynasty and stay away, they couldn't think of any good way to resolve this young man's plan to sow discord in a short period of time.

"I understand the idea of a family heir who is about to overshadow the Caliphate in the Great Eat, and no one wants to condescend to others, right? You want to make yourself perform better than the heir of Da Shi at this Tang Dynasty meeting, so that the Da Shi officials who accompanied you to my Da Tang Dynasty can still protect your interests of Da Shi without fear when they see you facing my Da Tang, and it is best to let them, your Hashemite family, be more qualified to be in charge of Da Shi than their Umayyad family, right? ”

Li Hong slowly walked down from the high platform, walked in the direction where the Sultan was standing, with a faint smile on his face, and continued in the silent Hanyuan Hall: "But you should understand that Saleh is still the first heir of the Great Food Caliphate, and you are not the ideal candidate for the Great Food. I heard Yeyue say that at least many people support him more than your Hashemite family. Therefore, if you want to take advantage of this year's war between Datang and Dashi, as well as the festive court meeting of my Datang today, to seek influence for your family and seek benefits for your family among the envoys of other countries, then I can only say that your idea is very naïve. ”

"Do you know what the caliph meant? Do you know that we are not like you Orientals, calling our king His Majesty the Emperor? The Sultan looked at the Tang Prince, who was taller than him in front of him, and asked slowly.

"Your dynasty has ministers under the caliphate, and the caliph is in charge of the Umayyad dynasty.

Among them, the departments in charge of finance and taxation are the most important, but they are all members of the Umayyad family, and they are all close associates of the caliph. In terms of local administration, the country is divided into nine provinces, oh, now it should be changed to 55 provinces, right? ”

"The governors of the provinces, called Amir, were appointed by the caliph to hold the military and political power of the province, and they had a great deal of power in their hands, but the vast majority of them were occupied by the Umayyad family, as well as you, the Hashemite and the Shia family. The religious head of your province is either a governor or a magistrate. The justices are usually selected from among religious scholars, and in addition to handling cases, they are also responsible for administering the wealth of the religious funds and the property of widows and orphans. And the next level of local officials are all appointed by the provincial governors, so your Umayyad family now occupies a lot of local governors, so your ambitions are starting to swell, and you will even use local riots to shake the rule of the Umayyad family in secret, right? ”

As Li Hong's words sounded in the Hanyuan Palace, the Sultan's expression, which was originally slightly relaxed just now, had to become solemn at this moment.

Neither he nor Saleh thought that in the far east, this country called Tang would know everything about their own country, but they didn't know much about their country, and even in the Great Food Country, people often call this Tang country the mysterious eastern country.

"Don't look at Yeyue, she didn't tell me this, but that doesn't mean I can't know this. There is a saying in the East that I think is very good, that is, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible. Therefore, if you go west to occupy other people's land, and to the east covet the land of my Datang and the countries of the Western Regions, if I say that I Datang have ambitions, it is obviously dishonest to have ambitions for our envoys, because in comparison, your ambitions are greater, and you want to occupy our land more. And I, the Tang Dynasty, since we built the fortress of the four towns of Anxi, have already explained our purpose to the various envoys, and we have no ambition to show hostility to them, let alone want to encroach on their territory like you. Li Hong's voice was a little deep, but in the Hanyuan Hall of Nuoda, it was very convincing to everyone's ears.

Tochar, Protrusion, including the Great and Small Bolu, at this time they should be said to be the most deeply experienced, because if the Umayyad Dynasty wants to continue to expand eastward, it must cross several of their countries between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Eclipse, and in the past two years, these small countries have felt the threat of the Great Cannibals to them.

Now the Sultan's expression was not only more solemn, but even a little angry and panicked. Facing the Tang Prince, who was more calm than him, he felt that he had fallen behind in this real confrontation.

He didn't expect that this prince of the Tang Dynasty would understand their Great Food Country so thoroughly, and even the local leaders appointed by their family knew that they were now about to surpass the Umayyad family.

This is obviously not good news, whether it is for himself, for Saleh, or for other countries in the Western Regions, it is an extremely dangerous thing to expose the secrets and contradictions of his own country to the eyes of others!

Saleh's face couldn't see anywhere, listening to Li Hong's words, Yeyue, who stood up unconsciously, just shook his head silently in the face of his brother Saleh's gaze, indicating that he hadn't told him about it.

(ps: Take your time, these chapters are not easy to write, there are more things to change, and I'm afraid that I can't touch them, so try to write more Chinese over there.) Today a change. ）