Chapter 116: False Tribute Envoy (II)
After the fake tribute envoy Feng Yaonan was pulled down, Li Shimin suddenly sat on the chair and sighed helplessly. And Li Junxian also knew that Li Shimin's vanity had been broken, so he could only sigh helplessly. Originally, a person was at the peak of his interest, but at this time, he suddenly found that all this was not his own efforts, but someone else was fooling you, and this feeling was as uncomfortable as it was!
"Jun Xian, do you think I'm very stupid?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Junxian shook his head and said, "No! Your Majesty, you are the Emperor of the Ages! ”
"Eternal Mingjun? But the ancient Mingjun was actually deceived by a fake tribute envoy, and he just wanted me to reward him with something several times the tribute, so he came to pay tribute. Even pretending to be a foreign envoy, I was actually kept in the dark, you say that I am not a fool, and what is the Emperor of the Ages? Li Shimin sighed and said.
Li Junxian knew that Li Shimin was afraid that this was one of the rare blows. Li Shimin almost didn't suffer any blows in the first half of his life, from the time when Emperor Yang of Sui in the Sui Dynasty was besieged by the Turks and ordered King Qin, Li Shimin began to emerge. Later, in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin, with the help of a large group of civil and military generals, won the war to unify the world almost very smoothly. Li Shimin rarely suffered serious blows in the first half of his life, especially the kind that seemed to have been dragged from heaven to hell. The feeling of being pulled down from the high ground is the most shocking.
"Your Majesty, if you are not a sage, who can do nothing! This is not your fault, it's just that the emperor wants to create something great too much, so he was used for a while. That fake tribute envoy Feng Yaonan took advantage of this, so he fooled the emperor and even fooled the adults of Honglu Temple. Li Junxian hurriedly said.
"That's right! It's because I'm too anxious to create something big, that's why I've been blinded by the villain! Li Shimin also said with great certainty.
Li Junxian felt a burst of contempt in his heart, obviously your fellow's vanity was too strong, and as a result, he covered up his wisdom. If you're playing at a normal level, this guy can't hide it from you at all. But you're blown away by vanity, and the result is this kind of takeover. However, this is all Li Shimin's reason, and now he is actually pushing it to others. Since Li Shimin is the emperor, there must be no mistakes, so Li Junxian is responsible for helping others find other people's mistakes, so that the mistakes are pushed to others.
"Jun Xian! How many such false envoys do you think there are in the world? When I was in the former Sui Dynasty, I had already seen many foreign envoys come to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty rewarded them with several times the value. Later, more and more tributes were paid, and the rewards of the Great Sui became more and more abundant. But now it seems that something like this kind of fake tribute envoy can happen! Li Shimin said.
Li Junxian heard this, and then found out that the reason why Li Shimin pursued the idea of all countries coming to the dynasty was from the Sui Dynasty. During the Sui Dynasty, a large number of foreign envoys came to pay tribute, which made Li Shimin have this idea after becoming emperor. However, Li Shimin said that many of those envoys came to take advantage of the oil, so Li Junxian could only hehe.
For Li Junxian, a historical researcher, he deeply understands the truth that history is fart. Li Junxian has seen the so-called Wanguo Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Junxian absolutely does not believe it. This country came to the court, or the historian added enough countries in order to make up the number. Or, it's the kind of so-called tribute that many come to take advantage of. If there is no benefit in paying tribute, who will pay it!
Although Li Junxian knew that during the Tang Dynasty, many countries in the Western Regions were attached to the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty's rule was only nominal. For those so-called subordinate states in the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty only had the power to guide and coordinate, and did not have the power to command the surname. Those state capitals in the Western Regions, if they want to pay tribute, they can pay tribute, they can not pay tribute, it all depends on personal freedom. According to the kind of urine surname of the ancient feudal dynasty, the wealth of tribute is rewarded several times, so I am afraid that many people covet this reward, so they will come to pay tribute, and even more and more.
It can be said that the ancient feudal dynasty spent a lot of people's fat and people's ointment in exchange for the vanity of the so-called Wanguo Dynasty. But Li Junxian hates this very much, because Li Junxian is a later generation and has his own ideas about showing the prestige of the country. In later generations, officials should first look at interests, not the so-called benevolence, righteousness, morality, and prosperity. In Li Junxian's eyes, this kind of behavior of returning wealth several times is the behavior of a fool, so Li Junxian will never agree.
"Your Majesty, wealth is moving! The reason why the former Sui paid such tribute was that there must have been many fake tribute envoys. In fact, the minister has heard about it a long time ago, and many Hu merchants in the Western Regions invited more than a dozen people, and then prepared some so-called tributes, and then they could pull a big banner with an unheard of country written on it, and this is coming to my Central Plains to pay tribute. In this way, the former Sui was able to reward several times the amount of goods, so they were all able to earn a lot of money. Li Junxian said.
"Smack!" The sound of a porcelain falling to the ground.
"What a guts!" Li Shimin suddenly became furious.
Li Shimin is completely angry, those annihilation merchants dared to do this in the previous dynasty, and now they dare to use this set to fool themselves, of course they are angry. At that time, these merchants fooled Emperor Yang of Sui like a stupid big man, but now they actually came to fool themselves again. That Emperor Yang of Sui is the emperor, and he is also the emperor, under the same status and identity, Li Shimin substituted himself into Emperor Yang of Sui. As a result, he was very angry at this behavior of fooling the emperor.
"Jun Xian, is there a lot of this kind of thing?" Li Shimin asked again.
"Yes, at least half of them are fake tribute envoys!" Li Junxian said.
Li Junxian just wants to exaggerate and exaggerate things, so that he can completely end this kind of behavior of rewarding foreign countries several times. If this continues, I am afraid that the finances of the Central Plains Dynasty will not be able to stand it. At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty was also open to pay tribute, but later only the countries on the list could pay tribute. At first, it was a tribute every year, but later it was changed to a tribute only once every three years, and there are more articles in it, and I am afraid that there are also reasons for financial pressure. If Datang continues to play like this, then I'm afraid a lot of finances will have to be filled in for no reason, Li Junxian can't watch this kind of thing happen!
"Good! I immediately ordered that all future tribute envoys would not be rewarded several times. They love to come or not. Li Shimin said firmly.
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