In the days that followed, it was about rebuilding after the disaster.

Post-disaster reconstruction involves not only rebuilding between houses, but also rebuilding people's hearts.

In Qingzhou and even Henan Province, many people have been brainwashed by Qingshan and think that Qingshan is the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, the most important thing for the reconstruction of Qingzhou is to appease the local people.

Post-disaster reconstruction is also a time to spend money, and it is also a busy day for Fang Yuan.

In this regard, Fang Yuan was very speechless, and asked Li Shimin several times to arrange for two household servants to come over.

Now there is no household servant in the household department, and since Fang Yuan was promoted, there has been no more.

But now Li Shimin is also very busy, and he doesn't have time to elect a household servant for Fang Yuan.

Moreover, the imperial court still has the most officials with five surnames and seven wangs, and Li Shimin does not want to elect them.

More than half a month has passed, and the reconstruction of Qingzhou is finally on the right track.

On this day, the Tibetan envoys, the Western Turkic envoys, and the Xue Yantuo envoys visited.

According to the informant, envoys from Dongying, Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo and other countries were also on their way.

Three big countries visited in a row, and Honglu Temple suddenly became lively as if it was the New Year, and there were more people at once.

According to the normal situation, when other countries come to visit, after arranging to enter the Honglu Temple, they will be received within a day or two.

However, this time, none of the ministers offered to receive them earlier, in order to appear to be big-minded, etc.

Because everyone knows that they came to visit because Tuyuhun was destroyed and Murong Fuyun was arrested.

It is estimated that they are all showing weakness, so let them wait and see each other after the arrival of Dongying and other national representatives.

Similarly, under normal circumstances, the Western Turkic states would have asked to see the emperor as soon as possible.

But this time, there was no hurry, and I was very tacitly waiting for the arrival of Dongying and other countries.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Jing's army has not all returned, but Murong Fuyun escorted it back.

At the same time, envoys from the four countries of Dongying, Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo also arrived one after another.

On this day, Li Shimin led Fang Yuan and other ministers of the DPRK and China to receive the envoys of these countries at the Taiji Palace.

"Welcome to my Datang!"

"I've been too busy lately, so I've just made time, please forgive me!"

Li Shimin said slowly.

His eyes swept to the representatives of the various countries present, with a sense of superiority in his eyes.

This is what the heavenly kingdom should be, the prototype of the coming dynasty of all nations.

"Understand, understand."

"I'm okay with that."

"Thank you, Heavenly Khan, for hosting us."

Everyone spoke one after another, with flattering smiles.

In total, seven countries came with seven different languages.

But at this time, they all answered Li Shimin's words in Chinese.

"As you must have seen, there are still two empty spots on the scene."

Li Shimin pointed to the two vacant seats and said with a smile.

The banquet layout at the scene was clear, and Tang and Zhuguo were divided into two sides.

Among the nations, there are eight slots, and two are empty.

The envoys of the various countries were already a little surprised, but they were even more surprised when they heard Li Shimin's question, and they discussed in a low voice.

"Please Tuyuhun Khan and Jieli Khan!"

Li Shimin said loudly.

When the words fell, the faces of the representatives on the scene changed.

As we all know, in the battle between Tuyuhun and Datang, they were defeated and Murong Fuyun was arrested.

I heard that Li Jing was still chasing and killing the army in Tuyuhun and beating Tuyuhun to pieces.

In addition, Murong Fuyun was arrested, so Tuyuhun was destroyed.

Now that Li Shimin actually invited Murong Fuyun and Jieli Khan, is this a dismount?

Soon, Jieli Khan and Murong Fuyun walked out from one side.

Among them, Jieli Khan looked indifferent and calm.

And Murong Fuyun is face is ugly, gloomy as water.

Everyone watched, and the two sat down one after another, without saying a word.

"Alright, let's get down to business, I'm welcome to you!"

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and raised his glass to everyone present.

Fang Yuan and the others also raised their glasses one after another, toasting to everyone present.

"Thank God Khan, Your Majesty."

The delegates of all countries raised their glasses and drank their wines.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I ask what is the so-called matter?"

After Li Shimin put down his wine glass, this can be regarded as getting down to business.

Of the seven nations, two have been destroyed, making a total of nine.

Nine countries came to Datang together, why did they come?

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Khan, I am Lu Dongzan, the envoy of Tibet, the prime minister of Tibet."

"I apologize to His Majesty Tian Khan on behalf of my king, it was my king who was deceived by Tuyuhun and sent troops to intervene in the Tang Dynasty, please ask His Majesty Tian Khan not to care about the villain."

"This is a small gift, and I ask His Majesty the Heavenly Khan to accept it."

Lu Dongzan, the Tibetan envoy, stood up and said politely.

As he spoke, he beckoned to the people behind him, and immediately someone carried out six large boxes.

Looking at the way they carried the box, you knew that the contents of the box were very heavy, and it should be gold, silver, jewelry, and the like.

Sure enough, after opening it, the six large boxes were full of gold, silver, jewelry, etc., full of sincerity.

"Fang Yuan, you come on."

Li Shimin didn't reply immediately, looked at Fang Yuan and said.

Before convening today's banquet, Li Shimin and others had already held a small meeting in advance.

The countries must be afraid of Datang, and this arrival must be to curry favor with Datang and make a deal with Datang.

In this case, Datang must seize the opportunity to get more and greater benefits from this visit to various countries.

"I have seen all the envoys, I am Fang Yuan, the Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty."

"Prime Minister Lu Dongzan, our Tang Dynasty is deeply touched by your sincerity in Tibet."

"But we don't need these mundane things in Datang, we only need you Tubo to promise us a condition."

Fang Yuan said loudly.

At the same time, he looked Lu Dongzan up and down.

People in their thirties look quite young.

But this man is also a well-known presence in history.

and the current king of Tubo, Songtsen Gampo, unified the plateau, and almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty in the future.

This is an amazing character, and you can't look down on each other because of their age.

"Please."

Lu Dongzan nodded heavily and said.

The representatives of the countries looked at Fang Yuan, curious about Fang Yuan's conditions.

Six big boxes, about millions, don't do this, what conditions do you want to open?

"Presumably all countries know that I, Datang, are promoting paper money."

"Banknotes are easy to use and help drive the economy."

"I hope that Tibet will accept paper money and support the circulation of paper money in Tibet."

Fang Yuan is the color road.

It's a strategy, the lifeblood of economic control.

I don't know if Lu Dongzan and the delegates present will be able to understand this.

"This matter is very important, please allow me to ask my king."

Lu Dongzan's face changed, and he said after hesitating for a moment.

As Fang Yuan thought, as soon as he heard it, he felt the danger of supporting the circulation of the Tang Dynasty treasure banknotes in Tubo.

If something like the Seven Star Banknotes happened after the Tang Dynasty banknotes entered Tibet, wouldn't the money from Tibet flow to the Tang Dynasty in vain?

For such an important matter, Lu Dongzan couldn't decide for himself.

Many of the delegates present thought of this, but there were also some who did not think of it.

"Is there anything you are worried about?"

Fang Yuan asked.

Only by knowing the other party's problem can we prescribe the right medicine.

Maybe what they think is different from what they think, and they have to know what Lu Dongzan thinks.

Li Shimin and the others also looked at Lu Dongzan and waited for Lu Dongzan's answer.

"I've heard a little about the Seven Star Treasure Banknote."

"Paper money and copper coins and silver and gold are always different."

"Paper money may become a blank slate, but copper coins and silver and gold will always be copper coins and silver gold."

Lu Dongzan pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

If it weren't for Li Shimin also looking at him, he wouldn't want to answer this question.

In fact, although he said that he would contact Songtsen Gampo to ask for ideas, he did not support it in his heart.

"Lu Dongzan, if you dig deeper, you will know that the Seven Star banknotes come from the people, and the Datang treasure banknote is the official banknote launched by Datang."

"After the seven-star banknote was announced to become waste paper after the large-scale accumulation of money, the Datang treasure banknote is still running, still actively exchanging the seven-star banknote, trying to build a paper money system."

"I can promise here that as long as Datang is still there, Datang Treasure Banknote will always exist, even if Datang is gone one day, Datang Treasure Banknote will still be there!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

When the last sentence was spoken, many people at the scene changed color, and even Li Shimin frowned.

"I know your country's determination, and I will repay Zampu truthfully."

Lu Dongzan nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice.

He still doesn't support it from the bottom of his heart, but he won't show it.

At the same time, he will truthfully pass the matter back to Songtsen Gampo and ask him for his opinion.

Paper money does have its good place, when paper money appeared in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo also thought about launching paper money.

But when Tubo was studying anti-counterfeiting technology, there was a problem with Datang's seven-star banknote, so Tubo stopped the plan.

"Okay."

Fang Yuan bowed his head and sat back in his place.

If you don't say yes in person, it's a kind of rejection.

However, it is not so easy to talk about things between countries.

If it really can't be negotiated, then you can consider opening their doors with artillery fire.

"Everyone, go on."

Li Shimin spoke again.

He just asked why the nations came.

Now that the Tibetans have finished speaking, they will return to the original topic, and it is time for the countries to reply.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, we represent our respective countries and hope to live in peace with the Tang Dynasty."

The nations spoke one after another.

They all want to come to make peace and diplomacy with Datang.

When the Eastern Turks were destroyed, they each sent gifts to congratulate them.

Now that Tuyuhun has been destroyed, representatives from each of their countries have expressed their desire to live in peace.

It was not because Tuyuhun's strength was stronger than that of the Eastern Turks, but because the emergence of new weapons made them feel powerless.

If the weapon, known as the firebolt, swept across their country, their country would have nothing to resist it.

Once the war starts, the loss is certain.

"It turned out that I wanted to live in peace. Dongying envoy, I remember that you Dongying once wanted to bewitch my Tang royal family. ”

Li Shimin smiled, with a proud look on his face.

Immediately, his face changed, and his eyes were cold and looked at the Dongying envoy on the side.

The case of Dongyingxia Gu has been solved in Chang'an City, but the external problems have not been solved.

The main reason is that the Lingnan Rebellion, the Hebei Rebellion, and all kinds of things that followed, did not come from Dongying to ask for an explanation.

Now, since Dongying has come in person, now ask them for an explanation and see how they respond?

When the words fell, the representatives of all the countries looked at the envoy of Dongying.

Among them, Jieli Khan and Murong Fuyun's faces were still ugly.

The two of them were on pins and needles, angry in their hearts, but they didn't dare to leave.

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Khan, it is not the emperor's intention to make a Gu to the Tang Dynasty, it is the minister's personal intention."

"We have already arrested the people, and they are in the Honglu Temple, and His Majesty the Heavenly Khan will dispose of them casually!"

"In addition, this is our little meaning, and I ask His Majesty the Heavenly Khan to forgive us."

The envoy stood up with a flattering smile and said with a grovel.

As he spoke, the man behind him came out carrying four large boxes and opened them in front of everyone.

Like the Tibetan ones, they are all gold and silver jewelry, but there are two less chests than those in Tibet.

"Your honor, there are six boxes in Tibet, and you only have four boxes in Dongying, isn't it interesting enough?"

Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Khan, Dongying is just a small country, and it can't get together so much money for a while. When I returned, I immediately asked the emperor to send it over. ”

The Dongying envoy sneered.

I want to make an excuse for missing those two boxes.

But Li Shimin and other ministers of the Tang Dynasty looked at him, and he felt a lot of pressure and could only change his words.

"It's just a little money, I don't lack that money."

"Dongying's Gu to my royal family, I won't just count it like that."

"I'm free now, you can go back and let the Emperor wait for my firecrackers."

Li Shimin said indifferently.

Dongying's Gu royal family, how can it end because it is only a few million?

Now that so many countries are here, how can you get more benefits from a little talk if you don't behave toughly?

Sure enough, after the representatives of the countries present saw Li Shimin's tough attitude, their faces changed, and their own people exchanged glances.

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, the case of Gu is completely a personal act, a personal act."

"Please also ask His Majesty the Heavenly Khan not to remember the villain, spare me the small country of Dongying, we apologize, we apologize."

The envoy knelt down on the spot and apologized again and again.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, and they all couldn't believe what they were seeing.

You must know that each messenger does not represent himself, but a country.

Kneeling in front of Li Shimin as a country is equivalent to a country kneeling in front of Li Shimin.

It's too much of a loss of face for your country to grovel like this, right?

"Hahaha"

"Since your country is so sincere, then I will only make one opinion."

Li Shimin laughed.

Vanity is greatly satisfied.

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Khan, please speak."

The envoy didn't get up, and said with a smirk.

If kneeling can be forgiven, and not being crusaded, what about kneeling?

"Support the flow of Datang treasure banknotes into Dongying, and the exchange value of one hundred banknotes for one hundred copper coins will circulate in Dongying."

"Dongying must not ban the circulation of banknotes under any pretext, and it also needs policy support, and the monthly payment of officials can be distributed by Datang treasure banknotes."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

As the words fell, the smile of the Dongying envoy became stiff.

The faces of the representatives of the countries present changed dramatically again - is there any deep meaning for Datang to promote Datang treasure banknotes so hard?

(End of chapter)