Chapter 201: Silla Envoy (1)

Li Jing was in the East Inner Garden, having a barbecue with a group of waiters.

An attendant hurriedly ran out, crossed his hands and saluted: "Sage, Honglu Temple Qing Zhang Khan Zhi asks to see!"

Honglu Temple is responsible for ethnic affairs and foreign affairs reception activities, as well as the funeral ceremonies, and the government decree must follow the opinions of the Ministry of Rites of Shangshu Province.

Recently, there has been nothing to do with the funeral, Zhang Cambodia came to look for him at this time, it must be to talk about ethnic affairs, or there are foreign guests coming to the court.

"Let him come!"

Li Jing looked up and saw Zhang Cambodia standing in the distance, and said to the inside.

"No!"

The chamberlain received the order, turned around and trotted over, informing Zhang Khan Zhi that Li Jing was willing to see him.

Zhang Cambodia came over!

Coming to Li Jing, a smell of barbecue meat entered his nose, Zhang Cambodia couldn't help but sniff, it was so fragrant!

He didn't hold back, and his saliva flowed down.

Li Jing handed a string of exam-tested pork belly to Zhang Cambodia and said, "Old Zhang! Come and try this barbecue, how does it taste? ”

Li Jing did not forget to beckon Zhang Cambodia to sit down and eat.

"Thank you, the saint, you're welcome!"

Zhang Cambodia rolled up his sleeves, took the barbecue handed by Li Jing and ate it!

"Delicious! It's so delicious! ”

Zhang Cambodia ate barbecue with a satisfied face, he had eaten a lot of barbecue in his life, but he had never eaten such a delicious barbecue, it was simply delicious in the world.

"Lao Zhang! Did you come to me for something? ”

Li Jing sat on the maza, took the wine handed over by the waiter, and asked.

"Sage, the Silla envoy has come to Chang'an!"

Zhang Cambodia licked his lips, still unfinished!

Seeing this, Li Jing asked the waiter to bring some barbecue meat for Zhang Cambodia, so that his old man could eat enough, as long as Zhang Cambodia likes to eat, today's meat tube is full.

"Isn't it time to pay tribute? Why did Silla send someone? ”

Li Jing was curious about how this Silla changed his temperament, and he came to Chaohe so early, no!

Silla called the Tang Dynasty a tribute, but it was very disciplined, and when it was not a tribute, it generally did not send people to Chang'an.

Unless, there are some difficulties within Silla and the help of the Tang Dynasty is needed, it is possible to send an envoy to Chang'an in advance.

Since Silla unified the peninsula, the interior is peaceful, the Silla Dynasty is also developing steadily, and there is no pressure from the outside, and the surrounding forces that threaten Silla have long been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty!

Silla sent someone to Chang'an to meet at this time, and there must be something wrong with Silla.

"King Kim Jung-myung of Silla passed away, and the crown prince Kim Rihong ascended the throne, and sent a special messenger to report the funeral to the saint and ask for the canonization of the king of Silla!"

Zhang Cambodia said with a forked hand.

"King Kim Jung-myung of Silla has died? When did he die? ”

Li Jing asked.

Silla was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and under the influence of the culture of the Tang Dynasty, it gradually began to be sinicized, and the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty was introduced as the official uniform of Silla.

Since the time of Gaozong, Silla gave up his own era name, took the Tang Dynasty as Zhengshuo, and carried the era name of the Tang Emperor, and in order to further establish a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, he also sent protons to Chang'an to serve as a guard!

For example, Prince Jin Renwen and King Jin Wen were all sent to Datang to be protons in order to show their loyalty to Datang, and Datang did not treat them badly and gave them generous treatment.

"He passed away in July last year, and the crown prince Kim Rihong presided over the military and political affairs of Silla and sent an envoy to the court to ask for a seal!"

Zhang Cambodia said.

"Then, have you drawn up a nickname for the king of Silla?"

Zhang Cambodia was stunned after hearing this!

Giving the king of Silla a nickname has never happened before, and the saint should not know about it.

"Sage, the Tang Dynasty has never given Silla a name!"

"I didn't have it before, so don't I have it now? You go back and discuss with the Ministry of Rites, what kind of nickname should you give to the king of Silla, and then come back to me!"

It used to be before, and now he Li Jing is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he said that he should give the dead king of Silla a nickname, so he must do what he said!

Giving the dead king of Silla a nickname, that is to see Silla, other small vassal countries, do not have this glory!

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate! Although the small country of Silla belongs to the Tang Dynasty, it has never accepted the nickname given by my Datang, how can it be worthy of the name given by my Datang himself!"

It's not impossible to give Silla a nickname, but it can't be given by the emperor himself, and it must be sent by the king of Silla to ask for it!

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty personally gave the nickname to Silla, which was really a bit cheap, and if Silla came to ask for it, the meaning would be different!

"Do you want Silla to ask Datang for a nickname, and we will reluctantly agree?"

Li Jing saw through Zhang Cambodia's thoughts, but he didn't expect Zhang Cambodia to be a sixth child.

"What the sage said is good, but the name cannot be given lightly, otherwise, other countries will follow suit, and what kind of system will it become!"

Zhang Cambodia was not embarrassed because Li Jing saw through his thoughts, but felt that the threshold should be raised, and he could not give them a nickname as soon as Silla came to ask for it.

Let the surrounding vassal states know that the Son of Heaven bestows a title as an affirmation of your king, and that it is a supreme honor that not everyone can get.

No one will cherish the bargain you want!

What you can't get is always in turmoil!

Since it is an honor, it cannot be available to anyone who wants, and it must go through layers of review before the title of king of the deceased subject can be awarded!

"What you said is not unreasonable, have you arranged all the envoys of Silla now?"

Li Jing agrees with Zhang Cambodia's words, only what is hard to get, people will cherish it!

"The envoys of Silla are all arranged to stay in the post house!"

"Then the question of giving the title to the king of Silla, after you go back, I will figure it out with you and the Ministry of Rites, and as for how to get Silla to ask the Tang Dynasty for the nickname, that is the matter of your Honglu Temple."

"I have great trust in Aiqing, I believe that Aiqing will definitely finish this matter, and I am waiting for Aiqing's good news!"

Li Jing said with a smile.

Leave this thorny problem to Zhang Cambodia, an old minister, and let him persuade him, or coerce and entic!

In short, it is better to hand it over to Zhang Cambodia, an old fritter, than a young man!

The most important point is that he believes that Zhang Cambodia can do this well, which is also what Zhang Cambodia, an old minister, should do.

Eat the king's luck, bear the king's worries!

Take what he gave, and you should share his worries!

"Hehehe......"

Zhang Cambodia laughed when he heard the sound of a pig!

"Zhang Aiqing won't have any difficulties, right? I'm really optimistic about Aiqing, Aiqing is my minister of the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister's talent, and it's not easy to do this little thing!"

Li Jing put down the barbecue in his hand, looked back at Zhang Cambodia and said.

"Minister, you will live up to the high expectations of the saint!"

Zhang Cambodia hurriedly got up and bowed with his hands crossed.

"This barbecue is good, Aiqing eat more!"

Li Jing handed a plate of barbecue to Zhang Cambodia, and Zhang Cambodia was not polite, took the plate and started eating!

"I heard that Kim Famin, the king of Silla, gave his king the temple name of Taejong?"

Zhang Cambodia nodded when he heard this, this matter is not a new thing for a long time, at the beginning, this matter spread to Chang'an, and it did cause a lot of turmoil.

For this matter, Emperor Gojong also specially sent envoys to Silla to ask about this matter, and also asked Silla to change the temple name, and Taizong was suspected of trespassing!

Regarding this matter, Kim Jung-myung, the king of Silla at that time, replied with great humility, and said that he did not mean to offend, and when he gave the temple number to the former king, he did not think about it so much, and he never wanted to offend the ancestral temple number of the saint.

When I heard the edict today, I was terrified and hoped that the envoy would go back to the emperor and inform the Tang Emperor of his thoughts.

Because Kim Jung-myung admitted that he had a good attitude, Datang did not investigate this matter deeply, and the Silla side saw that Datang did not continue to pursue this matter.

Silla didn't take it seriously, anyway, in his own one-acre and three-point land, he tossed as much as he wanted, and for the temple number of Jin Chunqiu, Silla did not remove the temple number as originally said, but he would no longer give the king a temple number in the future, so as not to cause unnecessary disputes!

"There is indeed such a thing, Emperor Gaozong also sent people to Silla to hold accountable, and the king of Silla, Kim Jung-myung, was very deferential, and later the Tang Dynasty did not mention this matter again, and Silla did not raise the question of the temple number."

Zhang Cambodia said.

"I heard that they didn't remove Jin Chunqiu's temple number, Aiqing can make a big fuss about this matter, let the other party obediently, and it is best to let Jin Zhengming's son, our future King of Silla, Jin Lihong, come to Chang'an to face the saint!"

Let the king of Silla personally come to Chang'an to ask for a nickname, so as to reflect the sincerity of Silla!

Zhang Khan Zhi didn't expect that Li Jing would have such an idea and let the king of Silla come to Chang'an to meet him, which is probably unlikely!

Although Silla submitted to the Tang Dynasty, there was never a Silla king who met the Tang Emperor as the king of a country.

Even the original Jin Chunqiu, before becoming the king, came to the Tang Dynasty to meet the emperor, brought the goodwill of Silla, and was willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

If you want Jin Lihong to send a few princes, they are still willing, but if you want the king to come to Chang'an in person, it is absolutely impossible!

Don't the king of Silla want to lose face?

"Sage, I'm afraid it's not realistic to let Jin Lihong come to Chang'an, it's better to let Jin Zhengming send the prince over!"

Zhang Cambodia still thinks that it is more reliable to let the king of Silla send the prince over as a hostage than to let the king of Silla go on a trip himself.

"I heard that Jin Lihong is now childless, did you ask him to send the prince over, did you want his brothers to come to Datang to clear the obstacles to Jin Lihong's accession to the throne?"

Li Jing asked.

"This ......"

Zhang Cambodia was a little speechless, Jin Lihong was already the king of Silla, and now he only needed the edict of the Tang Dynasty to canonize his official name, whether his brothers came to the Tang Dynasty or not, it would not affect his accession to the throne!

"The minister still thinks it's inappropriate......

Jang Khan Zhi explained his point of view to Li Jing, and Zhang Khan Zhi felt that such persecution of Silla would lead to a rupture in the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Silla.

In serious cases, it may lead to war between the two countries, which is not necessarily a good thing for the people of the two countries!

Zhang Cambodia hoped that Li Jing would think twice about this matter, and not cause the front-line soldiers to shed blood for the sake of momentary anger.