"Your Majesty, is it a little too stingy for us to calculate the gifts paid by the envoys of various countries?"

In the Hall of Virtue, Li Daozong asked.

Because after all countries come to pay tribute every year, Datang has to return the gift.

But this year is a little different, Tang Ping proposed that the gifts of the envoys of various countries should be converted into cash, and then the value of the gift increased by 10%.

After all, people have come all the way to send you here, and they have to pull your things back.

"I think that's good!" Du Ruhui said: "In previous years, the things that these countries worshipped, no matter how many or small, I Datang had to prepare generous gifts. They don't seem to have come to pay tribute, but rather to look for an opportunity to fight the autumn breeze. ”

"Du Xiang is right!" Fang Xuanling also said: "Especially the Fusang Kingdom, it actually sent dozens of women!" ”

The ministers in the Xiande Hall are all men, and when they heard Fang Xuanling's words, they all smiled, and Cheng Zhijie smiled even more: "Fang Xiang, why don't you ask Your Majesty to give you two and repair the grape trellis for your family?" ”

When they heard this, they laughed again.

That Fang Xuanling was not annoyed, it was not news that his wife was jealous, but he just took a sip of him and said: "The old puppet Hugh wants to laugh at me, is it possible that you dare to ask Your Majesty to give you two?" Aren't you afraid of the sword in your mother's hand? ”

"You!"

"That's it!" Li Shimin interrupted them with a smile: "Tang Ping is right, courtesy is still exchanged, that is human nature, and the country is also applicable, but if it is like in the past, it may not be able to show our bearing, but it will make people think that we are stupid and have a lot of money!" ”

Everyone laughed when they said this, although Tang Ping's words sounded a little rough, but they were indeed very appropriate.

"It's just that an increase of 10% is still too little, and a 30% increase will be a gift!"

Li Shimin said so, and this matter was settled.

Datang is already the center of this land, all countries trade here, and Chang'an is the center of the center, so no matter what treasures those envoys send, they can be estimated in Chang'an, and the Ministry of Rites will naturally return the gift according to the estimated value.

"What is the reputation of our Datang now?" Li Shimin then asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, today these envoys have all wooed the Duke of Pingguo, I think our strategy has worked."

"That's good!" Li Shimin nodded, since ancient times, he has paid attention to a long-distance and close attack, but the position of Datang is in the middle, and it borders the surrounding countries.

Once Datang is too strong, it will arouse the vigilance of all countries.

Therefore, the current Datang must pretend to be content with the status quo, singing and dancing and not wanting to forge ahead.

"Since those envoys want us to reuse Ping Guogong, then someone will go to his store to send him a will, and say that he will give his family another title of Xu Guogong."

The ministers were stunned at first, and then they didn't object.

Tang Ping's merits may not be very clear to the outside world, but the people in this Hall of Virtue are all clear.

It stands to reason that it is not an exaggeration to be crowned king, and now it is just adding another title to his family.

Of course, this title is not hung on Tang Ping's head, but if he has another son in the future, one can inherit his hereditary title of Duke of Pingguo, and the other can be awarded the title of Duke of Xuguo.

It's just that the title of Duke of Xu Guo is not hereditary.

But even so, a double kingdom is a precedent.

And for such a big thing, Li Shimin just said it lightly, and even asked someone to send a will to the convenience store.

It seems to be careless, but only these people know what kind of favor this is.

In fact, what the ministers in the Xiande Hall didn't know was that Li Shimin knew that Tang Ping also had a son, so this title was obviously prepared for the Turkic son.

As soon as the news spread, the entire Chang'an was shocked.

The eldest of the Tang family has not been born yet, and the second eldest of the Tang family has the title of Guogong.

How much honor is this?

But after the people of Chang'an were shocked, they felt that they deserved it.

Who brought everyone's good life in the past few years?

Isn't that Pingguo Gong?

Now everyone has clothes to wear, meat to eat, a house to live in, and money to earn, isn't it all brought to everyone by Ping Guogong?

Many people discussed, thinking that even a double prince was not enough, so it was time to give Tang Ping the crown.

The envoys were overjoyed.

Although Datang's return gift is obviously a lot less this year, it is nothing compared to this good news.

After all, no matter how much Datang returns the gift, if he comes to serve you a pot, those things will still be his.

And now that Tang Ping has been valued by the emperor, he will inevitably have a great increase in his right to speak.

Tang Ping is the main peace faction, and the more he is used, the safer our countries will be.

It is an eternal truth that weak countries have no diplomacy, and these countries are now getting more and more distant from the Tang Dynasty, so they can only hope for a master and faction like Tang Ping.

So countless gifts smashed into Tang Ping's small courtyard.

Like Prince Miao Man, who can call the shots, he directly dismantled Datang's return gift, selected some valuable things in it and sent them to Tang Ping's shop.

Among them, the only ambiguous performance is the Dongyue Kingdom.

This time to pay tribute, Dongyue also sent people, and the things sent were ordinary gold and silver.

To say that the value is certainly not low, but it is obvious that there is not much sincerity.

Now that East Vietnam has opened up the South Seas, not only has its domestic financial resources soared, but it has even had a way to retreat overseas.

The Hao family, who was in power, knew that their grudge with Wang Qingluan was impossible to unravel.

Although Tang Ping heard that he was greedy for money and lustful, he had not even married a side house so far, so he naturally favored Wang Qingluan.

Thinking about it, he went to Dongyue almost alone to pick up Wang Qingluan.

Therefore, the Hao family feels that Tang Ping, the lord and faction, is true or not, but for Dongyue, he will definitely not stand on the side of the lord and the other.

This time Tang Ping was conferred, and all the envoys sent congratulatory gifts to a greater or lesser extent, but Dongyue was completely indifferent.

Tang Ping didn't care, anyway, he was not short of that little gift, as the envoys from various countries returned home with the return gift of the Tang Dynasty, he, the reception envoy, finally relaxed.

Every day, I drove Wang Qingluan to the imperial city to watch the following games.

During the day, it is a professional competition, and at night it is the voice of Datang, which can be said to be very uneasy!