"Hu Shangshu, is it going to build Ao Mountain and set up the color gate in front of Xuanhe Gate in the capital this year?" Zhao Ta took a sip of tea and asked.

"Your Majesty, every year, of course, this year is no exception!" Hu Anguo replied cautiously, he didn't know how Emperor Lu Dao cared about these little things.

"It costs a lot to build Ao Mountain, set up a color shed, and a lantern club, right?" Zhao Ta put down the cup and asked again without raising his eyelids.

"Your Majesty, it will cost about 200,000 yuan, although it costs a lot, but this money should still be spent, which can show that Your Majesty is martial arts, the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the majesty of the world!" Juan Guo replied.

"This year, I will aid Goryeo in the east, Gaochang in the west, and attack Seljuk in the west, and the cost of attacking Seljuk is huge, 200,000 guan is enough to build several warships, so let's keep everything simple!" Zhao Ta looked up at Hu Anguo and said.

"Your Majesty, this is not very proper, is it? It is the time for the whole world to celebrate the succession of our dynasty, and it is too simple to ......," Juan Guo said with embarrassment.

"You're afraid of losing face! Do you think that the peace is whitewashed, the Jurchens, the party members, the Mughu, including the Goryeo people who have always behaved deferentially, which one of them surrendered because they saw the weather of our Celestial Empire, and we still don't do those things that hurt ourselves for the sake of face. Especially like those Khotanese people just now, in order to get some kingdoms to come to the court, they do not hesitate to pull them to make up the number, which not only does not show our strength and heartfelt submission, but will make them look down on them even more! Zhao Ta said with a sinking face.

"Your Majesty, those people envy me for coming from thousands of miles away, wouldn't it be rude if we treat them slowly, let them get a little profit and show the wind of our great country!" Hu Anguo disagreed with the emperor's statement. He also wanted to persuade the emperor to change his mind.

"Hu Shangshu, I have made it clear. The style of a great country and the state of etiquette are not bought by money, and our Great Song Dynasty does not covet those false names. Otherwise, it will only make people think that our Da Song is a complete fool who is being played with in the palm of his hand. But I don't mean that all the reception of Fanbang can be simplified, we must distinguish which are really subordinate to their vassal states, and which are tributary states that come to pay tribute from time to time, can not be generalized, to make real friends feel the warmth of the Great Song Dynasty, those who are full of them let them take care of themselves! Zhao Ta said sternly.

"Your Majesty, there are already precedents, and it's a bit out of place for us to change without authorization, right?" As soon as the tiger was powerful, Hu Anguo was still a little weak-hearted. But the heart is unwilling.

"Hu Shangshu, I have already said at the court meeting in October that the Great Song Dynasty will no longer do things that 'lie about happiness and actually suffer losses', and everything will be based on the interests of the country and the people, have you forgotten that I am talking and playing?" Zhao Ta stared at Hu Anguo and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty's words are still in my ears, and the ministers dare not forget them!" Although the emperor's voice was small, his domineering and murderous aura was exposed, and Hu Anguo felt that his legs were weak. Hurriedly ask for sin.

"Your Majesty's anger is calmed, and the minister and Hu Shangshu immediately discussed a document with His Majesty's imperial approval, and ordered all departments and supervisors to handle it according to this!" Zhang Suo hurriedly pulled down Hu Anguo and told him not to say more, and promised the emperor to come up with a solution immediately.

"Hmm. This cannot be delayed, the sooner the better, I don't want to see what we are today! Zhao Ta shook his hand and left his seat and walked to the back hall.

"Your Excellency. Your Majesty is gone, let's go back too! The two sent the emperor away. But Zhang Suo waited for a moment and didn't see any movement of Hu Anguo, and raised his head to remind.

"Lord Zhang. The old man's legs and feet are a little weak, please help me! "The emperor generally speaks very kindly, especially when he treats the old ministers, he rarely gets angry, and today he can be called the anger of thunder, which makes him a little afraid.

"Slow down, sir!" Zhang Suo hurriedly stepped forward to hug Master Shangshu, and felt that his armpits were sweaty, and his steps were a little staggering.

"Alas, the wrath of the Son of Heaven bleeds for thousands of miles, and the old man has seen it today!" Out of the emperor's courtyard, blown by the cool breeze, Juan Guochang breathed a sigh of relief and laughed self-deprecatingly.

"Your Majesty has led troops to conquer the Quartet since he was a child, and he naturally has some evil spirits on his body. Don't talk about adults, even Xia Guan was so shocked that his legs and feet trembled just now, and his brain was empty! Zhang Suo smiled and comforted the old man.

"This is not a bad spirit, but it is a natural overlord spirit, it seems that His Majesty's ascension to the throne is also in response to the destiny of heaven is no accident!" Zhang Suo led the soldiers back then, and he also led the troops to fight with the Jurchens, even he was scared, and his performance just now was not ashamed, Hu Anguo was very relieved, and of course he didn't forget to find a reason to cover his face.

"Yes, my lord said it very well, how can this kind of domineering spirit be borne by us mortals, if the time is not early, let's take out a charter and submit it to the emperor tomorrow morning, so as not to blame Your Majesty!" Zhang Suo laughed in his heart, this old man is really interesting, he never forgets to take care of his face, as if he forgot why he was sprayed just now. He hurriedly reminded him to hurry up and find a way to calm the emperor's anger, otherwise he would not only be sprayed tomorrow!

"What Master Zhang said is true, let's do it even if we don't sleep tonight, don't miss the big things under Your Majesty!" Hu Anguo nodded yes, and hurriedly asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites who accompanied him to discuss the matter, convey the emperor's precepts, ask everyone to fully understand the holy will, formulate new rules overnight, and stop the preparations for the celebration that was being carried out in the capital, and everything will be prepared after the holy order is issued.

There is pressure and efficiency, and early the next morning, Zhao Ta received the results of the two chief and deputy directors of the Ministry of Rites who were busy all night. According to his intentions, the two men divided the reception of foreign envoys into several grades according to their status, from the number of the mission, the rooms provided by the inn, the food and the goods to be rewarded, and the rank of the accompanying officials.

Zhao Ta read the pen and erased the reward, now that the Great Song Dynasty has opened up the domestic market except for the enemy, the tributary trade has existed in name only. Therefore, as long as they abide by the laws of the Great Song Dynasty and pay taxes according to the regulations, no one will interfere, so there is no need to buy their goods in the official name, and of course there is no obligation to pay them rewards that exceed the value of their goods several times, let alone underwrite those backlogged materials on their behalf......

The emperor's imperial pen replied, and the edict was sent to the capital and various post houses and temple supervisors as quickly as possible, requiring them to start executing it immediately after receiving it without delay. And the one who felt the change the most was the Khotanese envoy Husala, who had just left Zhengzhou, and when he got up early this morning, he found that the Great Song guards guarding the gate were gone, and the officials of the Honglu Temple, who had been attentive until they accompanied them, did not appear, and they did not even have hot water that should be sent for washing.

Husara was naturally very angry, and immediately went to the post house to ask why he was treating them slowly, but what he didn't expect was that he received a bill, and the post house asked him to pay for the last night's accommodation, meals, drinks, and horses. This made him even more angry, saying that he was an envoy sent by Khotan, and the guests of the Great Song Dynasty were all in charge of food and lodging by the post houses along the way in the Great Song Dynasty, and they had never paid for it.

Hussara had encountered this situation in the past, but as soon as he flashed the sign of the Khotanese envoy, everything was solved, but this time he was disappointed. The post official was also bad, and did not tell him that he had revoked the treatment of his envoy because of the new decree, but only said that he was doing things according to the rules and regulations, and that he must pay all the fees due to him, otherwise he could only ask him to leave the post house order to find a place to live, and if he did not comply, he would bear the consequences.

Husara is used to eating his mouth and slipping his legs, how can he admit it. Immediately made a fuss in the post house, asked to see the officials of Honglu Temple, and even said that he would enter Beijing to reason with them in front of the emperor. In the past, this trick was very effective, and officials would immediately come over to compensate him and appease him, and naturally the bill would be waived. But this time, no one paid attention to him, let alone his threats, and just insisted that he pay.

After a while, Husara felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he said that he would go back and get the money. But he didn't plan to pay at all, and when he returned, he ordered someone to pack his luggage, pack the goods and try to run away. Unexpectedly, the sergeants who stood guard for them at this time came back, but their attitudes had undergone an ultimate reversal - amiable turned into angry eyes, and the meaning was written on their faces, and they didn't want to leave here without paying.

Hussara finally understood that today's matter could not be done without money, and he had no choice but to spend money to avoid disasters, but he was not worried, but when he encountered a nervous disorder, with his experience, he still had the money back. Because he is not a rookie, their family can be said to be a 'messenger' professional household, as early as when he was just able to walk, he began to follow his family to walk on the trade road from Khotan to the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, not everyone can be a professional household, not only must have some assets, but also have a good relationship with the person in power, otherwise a piece of national certificate will not be available in the first place, and naturally a share of the money will be given to it. With the national certificate, his identity is different, and he can not only receive local hospitality in the Great Song Dynasty, but also be unimpeded in the capital. The next thing is simple, although the Great Song Dynasty has restrictions on the number of people and goods carried by the missions of various countries, it often does not interfere. Although the purchased goods are novel in the Central Plains, they are ordinary things in the Western Regions, and they don't cost a few dollars.

Experience tells them that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty didn't care about what he paid tribute, he just wanted them to show their faces at the court meeting and let themselves have face, and those tributes might not meet the emperor for the rest of their lives. But they can inflate the value tenfold, or even a hundredfold, and raise the price of the reward. Of course, they will not provide these valuable gifts, but will be sold as in-demand goods at a high price to make a huge profit, so it is a profitable business, and their family has become rich because of it.

The Husara family's tributary path was interrupted for many years more than a decade by the Song-Jin War, after all, the head is still more important than money. After hearing that the Great Song Dynasty had defeated the Jurchens and re-established themselves as the lords of the Central Plains, they restarted the path of tribute envoys that had been interrupted for many years...... (To be continued......)