Omar, the prime minister of the Arab Empire, was ready to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty of the Eastern Empire, but when choosing a gift, he was a little worried.

The Arab Empire was a vast empire spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa. At its peak, the territory reached 13.39 million square kilometers. It is the empire with the longest east-west span in human history, second only to the Mongol Empire.

In such a vast territory, countless nationalities and cultures, exquisite objects abound.

However, Omar did not know what gift to give to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

According to people who have been to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is extremely wealthy, and novel items emerge in endlessly. Many of the luxury goods enjoyed by the nobles of the Arab Empire were made in the Tang Empire. They really couldn't come up with anything that they thought the Tang Emperor would be interested in.

Sending beauties is definitely a good way, but I heard that the Tang Emperor was confused by the seven beauties around him, and he didn't seem to be interested in other beauties.

Prime Minister Omar was really worried, so he asked Caliph Khattak for instructions.

Caliph Khattak said: "Gold, silver and jewelry are certainly not rare for the Tang Emperor, but his queens and concubines must be rare, so you can prepare more kinds of jewelry and give them to the Tang Emperor, so that he can reward him with those queens or princesses."

Beauty is also to be sent, the territory of the Arab Empire is so large, the beauties of all ethnic groups have the characteristics of each ethnic group, you choose outstanding noble women from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Syria, Farak, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, Visigothic and other states, maybe the Tang Emperor has a look. ”

Prime Minister Umar hesitated for a moment and said: "The great caliph, the defender of religion, it is easy to choose women with outstanding appearances, but their status is probably still a bit low, and the Persians sent the king's own sister, you see?" ”

Omar meant to send a princess over.

Caliph Khattak had dozens of wives and concubines, and he gave birth to many daughters, many of whom he could not remember. He said, "Well, let's pick one of my daughters." ”

Caliph Hatak thought for a while and said: "Use gold leaves to create a Qur'an and give it to the Tang Emperor, so that the great Allah can influence those ignorant and pitiful Orientals." ”

Prime Minister Omar said: "What if the emperor is not interested in these gifts? ”

Caliph Khattab said: "It doesn't matter, sending these gifts is just a sign of sincerity. I don't think the gift he's most interested in is these things.

Tell us to negotiate with the envoys, the Arab Empire and the Tang Empire can also form an alliance, we can jointly divide the Persian Empire, or we can also attack India together, in short, we can reach a consensus with them on the territorial issue. ”

Prime Minister Omar said: "The minister understands. ”

The news of the selection of the princess to the Tang Dynasty and relatives reached the ears of the Caliph's concubines, who heard that the Tang Dynasty is now a hostile country to the Arab Empire, and the concubines were very afraid, and they were reluctant to marry their daughters to the far east.

So, they all flattered Alifa's concubine (equivalent to the queen), hoping not to pick their daughter.

The eldest concubine was very happy to see the gifts from the other concubines who had daughters.

As the saying goes, if you eat someone else's mouth, you will have a soft hand. She accepted gifts from the concubines, so she naturally wanted to give face to others, but then she found that there was a concubine who didn't give her a gift.

She checked, the concubine had a 16-year-old daughter, but the eldest concubine had no impression of her.

The eldest concubine sent someone to ask the concubine to bring her daughter over.

This concubine was a princess of the Dravidian (Pakistan) who was included in the harem by the caliph after the Arabs conquered the Dravidian.

This woman was very beautiful, she was favored by the caliph, she was jealous of other women, and she was gradually left out in the cold because of her strong personality and her lack of pleasing the caliph.

The royal family is the place where people are warm and cold in the world, and the performance is the most concentrated, what will happen to a concubine who has fallen out of favor? Go without saying. So much so that this concubine couldn't get a decent thing if she wanted to give a gift.

The eldest concubine saw that although time had passed, the concubine was still beautiful, and her heart became more and more resentful. Her daughter, who seems to have inherited her genes, is as beautiful as she was back then.

The eldest concubine looked at her daughter again, although she was also outstanding, but compared to the daughter of others, there was an obvious gap.

At this time, the eldest concubine saw the jealous look in her daughter's eyes, and she made up her mind to let the concubine's daughter marry to the far east.

After the concubine said her decision, the concubine was reluctant to leave her daughter, so she cried and begged the concubine, but Da Fei's heart was like iron and stone, and he did not waver, saying that it was the caliph's decision, and asked them to go back and prepare and leave at any time.

Returning to her residence, the concubine said to her daughter Sheena: "Son, I'm sorry, my mother can't protect you, and when you go to the far east, everything is on your own." ”

Unexpectedly, a light of excitement lit up in Shena's eyes. She was bullied in this palace and wanted to leave here for a long time.

She said: "Don't worry about me, when I go to the East, I will definitely make the emperor of the East fall in love with me." One day, I will let those who look down on me fall at my feet. ”

Soon, the Arab Empire sent its vice-chancellor, Williber, as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty.

The rule of Zhenguan, the entire social structure of the Tang Dynasty, has undergone significant changes, however, there are still many problems that need to be solved.

The biggest problem is the land issue, and with the growth of the population of the Tang Dynasty, the contradictions on the land issue have become more prominent.

In the past, the population of the Tang Dynasty was only more than 10 million, and there was no obstacle to the implementation of the equalization system. However, as the population grew, and the newly occupied areas moved inward, the original land was not enough.

Yu Ningzhi, vice prime minister of the Government Council, proposed a method whereby local governments would form reclamation offices to open up land in a planned manner, and then distribute the land to the peasants, thus solving the problem of land shortage to a certain extent.

However, wasteland is finite, and this is not a long-term solution.

The land of the Tang Dynasty, so far, is still a large part concentrated in the hands of the gate lord clan. Li Su has long wanted to carry out land reform, but the issue is too much involved and will touch the interests of many people.

In the past, he and Li Shimin had used various means to carry out shallow elimination and seize a part of the land from the gate valve clan, but they did not solve the fundamental problem.

Originally, after he ascended the throne, he wanted to solve this problem the most. But now, the situation in Persia is quite serious, and it is not necessary to implement land reform at this time, if it causes great social turmoil at this time, it will greatly weaken the strength of the entire Tang Dynasty, which is not conducive to dealing with possible larger-scale wars.

After repeated reflection, Li Su decided to temporarily abandon the implementation of land reform and intensify the development of the southern Lingnan region, Hebei Province (northeast region), and Western Regions (Xinjiang region).

In terms of the way it was organized, he thought of a method that would work in later generations.