Chapter 456: The Complaint of the Wa Kingdom
"Oh? And such things? Li Shimin showed a look of surprise after hearing this, and then asked Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji:
"Your three provinces can receive relevant complaints, why don't I know about this?"
The two glanced at each other, and Fang Xuanling took the lead in standing up and said:
"Your Majesty, if the ministers have not received such a setback, how dare the ministers hide it from Your Majesty."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers have not received any relevant complaints, not even a little news."
The eldest grandson Wuji also said.
Then Gao Shilian and a group of important ministers shook their heads and said that they had not received it.
"Envoy of the Wa Kingdom, where did your news come from, and why didn't I have this news in Datang?" Li Shimin looked at Inougami Mita.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the foreign ministers are absolutely right, we have lost a lot of people and things. I, the Wa Kingdom, implore His Majesty the Emperor to uphold justice,
The Tang Dynasty Sailor is famous all over the world, and it is also easy to kill the little thief. ”
Inugami Mita patted the horse's ass and said, no matter what, they must have no choice,
And according to the analysis of their court, this matter is very likely to be related to the court of the Tang Dynasty, and it is certain that the pirates are from the Tang Dynasty.
Because their pirates will not rob the ships of the Wa Kingdom.
"Exterminating the pirates is indeed not a difficult task for my Datang, but the ambassador of the Japanese country, you have to find out where this group of people is first.
Since we Datang haven't gotten the news, let's say that this group of people shouldn't be in Datang, you don't want our Datang sailors to go to your country to help you fight pirates. ”
It was Wei Chi Jingde who spoke, and he was also a person who knew what was going on.
"This ....." Inugami Mita was speechless for a while, indeed, the pirates have been intercepted between the Wa Kingdom and Silla, and now they want to come to Datang and take the southern route.
This route is extremely dangerous, although it is very close.
"Your Majesty, our Cui family also has goods robbed and people are missing." Just when Inougami Mita wanted to say something, Goshi Cui Renzhi stood up and said.
"Our Wang family also has it."
"Our Lu family also had their ships hijacked."
"Our Zheng family also has it."
After Cui Renzhi finished speaking, except for the Li family, all of the five surnamed Qiwangli stood up and said that they also had robbed goods.
A cold light flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, but there was no change on his face.
The eldest grandson Wuji, as a follower of Li Shimin for so many years, saw Li Shimin's displeasure, so as a pioneer, he said:
"Since so many of your families have been robbed, why didn't you report it early, so that the sailor could go to encircle and suppress it, your families didn't report it, what is the reason, the old man wants to know what you are transporting. I'm curious about that. ”
Several people were stunned by what the eldest grandson Wuji said, but soon Cui Renzhi said:
"The eldest grandson, my Cui family is just transporting some porcelain, although it is not worth much in the Tang Dynasty, but it is also valuable to transport it to the Wa Kingdom,"
"Yes, we are shipping porcelain and other Datang specialties." Several people chimed in.
"Then in that case, why don't you report to the official and the court?" Eldest Sun Wuji continued to ask with a smile.
"This, that's because our porcelain is not very valuable, so there is no trouble with the imperial court." Cui Renzhi was a little speechless,
They were transporting grain, but the grain was embargoed to Goguryeo by His Majesty's decree, and even if they said that it was shipped to the Wa Kingdom, no one believed it.
There was no shortage of food in the Wa country, and it was too far away, and the cost was too high.
"Haha, Cui Yushi, don't you think what you said is inconsistent, just now you said that it is valuable, and now you say that it is not worth it.
The old man now wonders what you're transporting? ”
After hearing Cui Renzhi's words, the eldest grandson Wuji laughed twice, and the family was speechless in one sentence.
In the end, Cui Renzhi could only say:
"The eldest grandson shoots, even if we don't pursue it, but this cargo pirate is also rampant and domineering at sea, and he is extremely vicious.
As a subject country, we Datang should help them and demonstrate the bearing of our Datang as the suzerain. Anyway, the Wa Kingdom also often came to pay tribute. ”
"It doesn't matter, as long as you say that you are here to pay tribute, then no one will rob you."
Wei Chi Jingde, the No. 2 hob meat, interjected:
"Huh?"
The eyes of all the ministers in the main hall moved to Wei Chi Jingde, including the people of the family and the Japanese dog Mita and others.
"What does the Duke of Eguo mean by this, does the Duke of Eguo know the origin of this group of people?" Cui Renzhi grasped the subtext of Wei Chi Jingde's words.
Wei Chi Jingde was stunned for a moment, and he said this casually, he didn't expect it to be like this, he could clearly feel the sharp gaze of Li Shimin sitting above.
If you don't answer well, you're likely to be punished.
But hob meat is hob meat, and the answer is so reasonable:
"How can General Ben know the origin of that group of people, what General Ben means is that they don't dare to rob my Datang tribute boat, otherwise my Datang Navy will definitely exterminate them all."
What Wei Chi Jingde said was justified and filled with righteous indignation, so that everyone didn't know the truth for a while.
"Okay, envoy of the Wa Kingdom, since your Wa Kingdom is a subject country of my Da Tang Dynasty, and I, Da Tang, will help you Wa Kingdom, and I will immediately issue an order to let people search for the whereabouts of this group of pirates,
In the spring of the next year, the Tang Dynasty sailors will go to the offshore sea to encircle and suppress all the thieves. Ensure the safety of this sea route. ”
Li Shimin was afraid that Wei Chi Jingde would say something else again, so he quickly interrupted their conversation.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Inugami Mita was immediately grateful.
However, Li Shimin continued:
"Since you are a vassal of my Tang Dynasty, you should know the rules, my Tang Dynasty is now in the east to conquer Goguryeo, what can be transported and what cannot be transported You should be clear about Chang'an for so long.
Go back and tell your king that your subjects will be like them. ”
Li Shimin's last words were actually a warning to the Japanese state.
Inougami Mita has been in Datang for so many years, of course, he can understand the meaning, so he hurriedly expressed his loyalty:
"Your Majesty the Emperor can rest assured, our Wa Kingdom will always follow the orders of the Tang Dynasty and dare not take half a step beyond the Lei Chi."
Anyway, if you say something pretty, you have to say it first.
"Well, I believe in your sincerity." Li Shimin nodded, but he knew in his heart that everyone was for profit.
Just when Li Shimin was about to go to court, Lu Chengqing stood up in the middle of the matter,
"Your Majesty, I heard that the imperial court has issued a monopoly license for salt and iron to King Ji's Mansion, and the minister had a twist the day before yesterday, but Your Majesty did not give instructions, so I don't know if Your Majesty can see it."
Li Shimin's heart is really here, in the past few days, not only Lu Chengqing has been on the show, but also some nobles from the family have been on the set.
There are no less than 100 letters, and Li Shimin has been staying in the middle of the book, but he knows that this matter will definitely not be passable.