Li Shimin

"Why don't you praise it? With just one aristocratic family, they captured the two cities of Tuyuhun. This is a great achievement for us to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xuan said directly.

"But master, according to the edict issued by His Majesty, whoever conquers foreign cities will be rewarded with those cities!" Li Chengqian was full of reluctance.

"Why? Shouldn't it be?"

Li Xuan didn't understand Li Chengqian's stinginess.

"Master, I'm not stingy, but I'm worried. If those cities are awarded to those aristocratic families, if those aristocratic families bring all the money and things accumulated in the family, wouldn't my Tang Dynasty suffer a lot?" Li Chengqian Hastily explained.

"You've thought a lot about this!"

Li Xuan sneered disdainfully.

Then, under Li Chengqian's puzzled gaze, he patiently explained: "Which aristocratic family have you seen that is not the Three Caves of the Rabbit? They have not yet established themselves in those foreign cities that have just been conquered. How could they show their strength to the old ancestors?" The family wealth saved, transferred outside?"

"Moreover, for these, His Majesty only needs to issue an edict to prohibit the private transfer of a large amount of money outside Datang, and those who violate it will be confiscated!"

As he said that, ignoring Li Chengqian's eyes that were beginning to brighten, Li Xuan said again: "Even if the Li family in Longxi can stand in the two cities of Chishui and Yuanhua, can those wild places have the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty?

And how many people are willing to move the whole family to the two barren cities of Chishui and Yuanhua, who are used to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty? "

"This……"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others couldn't help being stunned, and then they were relieved.

"Master, don't you mean that the cities built by those aristocratic families are of no great use, and may even be a burden?"

Cheng Chusi said with a laugh.

"burden?"

Li Xuan rubbed the center of his brows helplessly, sighed softly, he had no hope for Cheng Chusi, a bastard, maybe he didn't think about anything other than eating, drinking, fighting and looting!

"They only captured two cities, captured cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, and earned back the cost of sending troops this time. They also won two cities and thousands of slaves in vain. From then on, they only need to manage those two cities. In a city, whether it’s planting grain in the fields, raising cattle, sheep and horses, or collecting business taxes in the city, whatever people earn is theirs, so why is it a burden?”

Chapter 491

"Huh? Wait..."

As he said that, Li Xuan couldn't help but think of something, turned his head and asked Li Chengqian again: "When His Majesty issued the edict, did you only confer the titles of those aristocratic families as the lords of the country, and did not say that they were feudal states?"

"Back to the master, it is the closure of the country!"

Li Chengqian quickly replied.

Hearing this, Li Xuan felt a little relieved, he was really worrying too much.

How could Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling be so stupid!

In the Tang Dynasty, feudal states and vassal states were completely different things.

The feudal state is also part of the land of the Tang Dynasty, and it also needs to accept the canonization and rule of the Tang court. Even if the Tang Dynasty wants to intervene, it can also send troops, officials, or collect taxes.

However, Datang will collect some taxes at most for the cities built by these aristocratic families.

The vassal state, on the other hand, is completely autonomous. People can do whatever they want, and the Tang Dynasty can't interfere at all unless they send troops to conquer.

a few days later.

The Li family in Longxi reported the capture of Chishui and Yuanhua cities in Tuyuhun back to Chang'an and reported it to the imperial court.

And Li Shimin also issued an edict according to the letter, and named the head of the Li family in Longxi as the King of Heyuan. In the land of Heyuan, the king of Heyuan will pay taxes to the Tang Dynasty every year, and the army and officials are completely independent.

Of course, if the King of Heyuan felt that he couldn't keep the fief, he could also pay Datang to hire troops from the Tang Dynasty to guard the land of Heyuan for them, but the cost of his troops was a bit expensive.

For this, the Longxi Li family naturally refused.

One must know that Li Jing, the Duke of Dai, was born in the Li family of Longxi, and Li Keshi, the General of the Right Mansion of the Dynasty, both brothers were born in the Li family of Longxi.In addition, there is another kind of people in the Li family in Longxi, who are all officials in the court, either civil servants or military officials, and it is easy for them to guard the two small cities.

As for Tuyuhun really daring to attack Heyuan, maybe the defenders of several cities on the border of the Tang Dynasty will be ready to wipe out Tuyuhun in one fell swoop, just like destroying Jieli!

A few days later, the news that the head of the Li family in Longxi became the king of Heyuan spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

Family sensation!

The eyes of all the aristocratic families glowed green when they looked towards the northwest direction of Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, all the aristocratic families also cast their eyes from time to time on the Cui family of Qinghe who was the first to borrow weapons from Li Tang.

However, the Cui family has more than 1000 military households serving under the command of Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong in Beisha City, Shicheng City, and Xuecheng City, and there is no move to attack the vassal state for the time being!

However, just relying on the property that those military households snatched back from the cities of Goguryeo, they also made a lot of money.

Then, after the New Year's Eve, all the aristocratic families rushed to Chang'an City again.

Borrow armaments from the imperial court.

As long as they grab a quota, their family can get a prince, and at the same time, it is similar to the prince of a vassal state, where the officials and the army are independent.

Li Xuan was not moved by the fact that these aristocratic families came to Chang'an City.

No family dared to take the initiative to trouble Li Xuan!

Now, Jin Wang Li Xuan has truly become a taboo figure in the Tang Dynasty!

It doesn't matter if you don't sell liquor or glass vegetables to the aristocratic family if you anger the King of Jin.But if the king of Jin is offended, he will go directly to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to revoke the edict, or not to borrow armaments from the aristocratic family!

Then, the family that annoyed the King of Jin will definitely be attacked by the furious families of the world. Without King Jin and His Majesty taking action, within two days, that family will definitely disappear from the Tang Dynasty without leaving a trace Down!

At the same time, as the New Year passed, Goguryeo envoys came to Datang again.

However, Prince Gao Heng did not come.

The envoy this time is Ming Lin Youyuan, the deputy envoy from last time!

Accompanying them were five thousand Han Chinese left in Koguryo before the Sui Dynasty, and more than 20 large ships, which were full of boxes of skeletons.

Goguryeo is making Minglin Youyuan come to Chang'an City. The first thing to do is to enter the palace to plead guilty to Li Shimin, and at the same time pay tribute to thousands of precious objects.

Li Shimin went out of the palace, took Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Tang Jian and other Chinese and military officials to bury the bones of the former Sui soldiers sent back from Goguryeo in the east of Chang'an City.

On the day of the burial, thousands of elderly people directly gathered in Chang'an City.

These are all survivors of the former Sui Dynasty!

The next day, in the directory of the Ministry of Officials of the Tang Dynasty, there were thousands of children from aristocratic families who wanted to become officials in the court.

The matter was so important that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials hurriedly played Li Shimin.

For this, Li Shimin was overjoyed.

There is still a lot of vacancies for officials in the Tang Dynasty, so I directly issued an edict that every son of a family who came to take the initiative to serve as an official in the Tang Dynasty would be rewarded with fifty bolts of silk and ten catties of dried yak meat!

Moreover, every son of an aristocratic family will serve him after the official department checks his virtue!

After delivering the bones, the Goguryeo mission hurried back.

For the expressions of the Tang people looking at them, they are trembling every day.

Li Shimin also issued an edict that if any of the prefectures in the Tang Dynasty showed off their martial arts and collected the enemy's corpses and sealed them with soil, they must shovel them down, regardless of whether they are old or new, and add soil to make graves to cover up the dead bones. The bones are exposed!

In this regard, the officials of the various states in Datang naturally implemented it one after another!

……

A few days later, the Japanese envoy Inugamisanta came again.

This time, Inuami Mita was light and easy to drive, and he didn't carry much property.

Hearing this, Li Xuan was in a good mood.

Sure enough, after Inugami Mita came to Lijiazhuang, he directly offered the letter of credence to the king of the country of Wa!

"His Royal Highness King Jin, these are the credentials of the Emperor of Japan?"

"Emperor?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help frowning.

The expression that was still full of smiles immediately turned gloomy.

On the side, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and the others were also full of anger.

"You call your Japanese king the Emperor?"

Li Xuan asked coldly.

"Go back to His Royal Highness King Jin, but what's wrong?"

Inugami Mita hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter, so he asked with some doubts.

"Presumptuous, the emperor of my Tang Dynasty only dared to call himself the emperor, and Wa is a small country, how dare he call himself the emperor?"

Cheng Chusi stared directly at Inugami Mita with his big eyes, his face full of coldness.

"You wait for this title of the Wa Kingdom, but what kind of status does it place me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Inugami Mita's face changed drastically. He was sent by the Wa Kingdom to serve as an envoy in the Tang Dynasty, so he knew the culture of the Tang Dynasty very well.

Insulting the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is a serious crime of beheading!

"His Majesty the King of Jin forgives the crime, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives the sin, the envoy is just a small envoy, this matter is decided by His Majesty of Japan and all the ministers, and the envoy cannot change in the slightest.

Moreover, the title of His Majesty of the Japanese Kingdom has been given a long time ago..."

"Little Japanese country, so rampant!"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was not an unreasonable person, so he could only snort bitterly.

However, Li Xuan looked at Inugami Mita with a sneer. He didn't expect this little man to be able to deceive, and he would tell lies as soon as he opened his mouth.

Although he didn't know when the title of the Emperor of Japan came from, it was definitely not passed down from the beginning, but the name was only given in the early Tang Dynasty in the past few years.

Seeing Li Xuan's expression, Inugami Mita couldn't help but shudder, this His Highness Prince Jin seemed to be able to see through his deepest thoughts, it was extremely terrifying!

"Yelang of the Wa Kingdom is arrogant. I don't want to hear the word "Emperor" in the Great Tang Dynasty. The ruler of a small country of the Wa Kingdom is not worthy of this title!" Li Xuan said calmly.

"Yes, my envoy will remember!"

Inugami Mita quickly nodded in response.

Chapter 492

Li Xuan glanced at Inukami Mita Suki again, until Inukami Mita Suki was covered in cold sweat, then he picked up the few Japanese national books that Inukami Mita Suki handed over, and read them.

Judging from the content of the national documents, the Wa country still has some respect for him as the prince of the Tang Dynasty. In these several national documents, they are all written in the characters of the country of Wa and the characters of the Tang Dynasty!

As for the islands and land that Li Xuan wanted, the area and location were clearly written.

At the back, the seal of the king of the country of Wa was also stamped.

Of course, there is also the money that Li Xuan needs to pay, two islands, two large fields, a total of [-] guan!

Seeing the word "one hundred thousand guanqian", Li Xuan's breath was taken aback, and he was a little dazed.

When I first thought about buying it, I just thought it was only one hundred thousand guan, even if the little dog of Wa Kingdom took it away, he could easily earn it back.

Now, the real thing is placed in front of my eyes, but my heart is full of reluctance.

However, I am also the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the most honest person in the Tang Dynasty, and people have sent the letter of credence all the way.Li Xuan could only put away his reluctance, and called for the housekeeper, Li Chang, to take the King Jin's seal and seal it.

"Thank you, Your Highness King Jin!"

Seeing Li Xuan stamping his seal happily, Inugami Mita Satoshi saluted with great joy and was relieved at the same time.

"I'll go to the housekeeper to get the money later. If you still want to buy something, you can directly use your money to exchange it!"

Li Xuan said.

"Thank you, Your Highness King Jin!" Inugami Mita thanked him again.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then persuaded with sincerity: "In addition, I hope you will go back and tell the king of the Japanese country to change the title of emperor as soon as possible.

Otherwise, one day, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would think that the Lord of the Wa Kingdom was bullying him, and ordered the General of the Tang Dynasty to lead his troops to exterminate him! "

"Yes!"

Inugami Mita's expression froze, but he managed to squeeze out a smile.

Li Xuan snorted softly, seeing Inugami Mita Suzuki's smiling face made him even more upset.

"Qu Shang, you made me one hundred thousand guan this time, and I saw that you were extremely upset, so I hurried away with the money, and if I have anything to discuss with the housekeeper."

"This... the envoy resigns!"