The Tang Dynasty: The Concubine of the Holy Soldier

Chapter 538

Chapter 538

Zheng Ming presented the list directly, and Li Er was quite emotional while watching it.

Although Li Er already had a list in his second hand, Zheng Ming still listed the relatively rare tributes one by one below, and explained to Li Er how these tributes were different from the previous tributes.

Zheng Ming tried his best to explain below, but Li Er had already wandered into the sky.

He was thinking, the reason why the envoys of these small countries are now sending envoys one by one to bring tribute after tribute is entirely because the Tang Dynasty turned the world around with fewer victories and defeated the Turkic invaders. enemies, so let these small countries feel intimidated.

If it weren't for the fact that Datang defeated the Turkic people with fewer victories and more, and showed the strength of Datang and the bravery of Datang soldiers to the surroundings, it is not certain that those small countries now only want to join with the Turks to share a share of the pie.

They are all just afraid now, afraid that Datang will send troops to them, and afraid that they will become the next Turks.

In order not to become the next Turks, that's why they were so eager to send tributes to the Tang Dynasty, and each of them put on a look that they were afraid that Li Er would not see how precious these tributes were, so they sent them to the expensive ones. .

Li Er looked at these tributes and was quite moved.

If Datang hadn't won against the Turkic people, I'm afraid they should be the ones who are eager to pay tribute now, right?

No, it may not be their turn to pay tribute, I am afraid that the Turks will directly occupy their land, plunder their property, and plunder everything until there is nothing left.

By that time, Datang will no longer be his Datang, nor the Datang of the people of Datang.

There will only be gunpowder and smoke everywhere, the people are in dire straits, and corpses are everywhere.

The more Li Er thought about it, the worse his mood became, even looking at the list of tributes, his expression was not so good.

Seeing Li Er's complexion changing again and again, Zheng Ming felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Could it be that there is something in this list that the Holy Majesty doesn't like? Is there something in this list that touched the Holy Majesty's scales?"

But he has read the list, there is nothing out of the ordinary, and the things sent by the envoys are all excellent, why is the Holy Majesty unhappy?
"Could it be that you feel that these tributes are not enough, so you are so unhappy?"

Zheng Ming couldn't figure out what Li Er was thinking. Although as a subject, the most taboo thing was to speculate on the king's will, but Li Er's appearance, he dared not think too much about it.

In case something happens at that time, it won't be him who is unlucky!
It's better to ask in advance what Li Er is thinking, so he can be prepared.

"My lord, is there any problem with this tribute? If there is a problem, I will immediately send someone to clean it up." Zheng Ming said with a little hesitation while lowering his head.

"Oh, it's okay, you continue." Li Er managed his facial expressions.

Seeing that Li Er was unwilling to speak, Zheng Ming didn't ask again, but started reporting various tributes again.

Li Er listened and fell into deep thought again.

The reason why he was able to defeat the Turkic people this time, and scare them, is basically the credit of Bai Jingyi.

Without Bai Jingyi's Shadow Guards and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, I don't know how long this war will last, and I don't know if Datang can win or beat the Turkic lunatics.

... There is a high probability that they will not be able to win.

Therefore, it is better to say that the Turks are afraid of the Tang Dynasty than the Turks are afraid of Bai Jingyi and the Northern Liang army under Bai Jingyi.

If the Beiliang army was moved out, those Turkic people would be scared out of their wits.

If Bai Jingyi and his Northern Liang army hadn't been in charge, I'm afraid this group of small countries would soon be turned upside down.

Li Er only felt a headache. When the southern vassal state was in trouble, he had already proposed to use Bai Jingyi's soldiers, but Bai Jingyi never agreed.

Bai Jingyi didn't agree with him, and he couldn't force him to hand over his military power, so the matter was left alone.

Although Bai Jingyi said that he was only in charge of northern affairs, but now the envoys are about to meet with them, and there are Turkic people in the envoy team, it is not known whether this is within his jurisdiction.

Li Er was silent for a while, then sighed.

I don't know if Bai Jingyi has received the news that the envoy is coming to Tang Dynasty.

If he knew that the envoys came to Datang, and the reason why they came to Datang in a hurry was because they were worried that Datang would send troops, and they were also afraid of the power of Datang soldiers, what would he think?

I don't know if Bai Jingyi knows that these envoys have already entered Chang'an, if he knows that these envoys have already entered Chang'an, what will he do.

Will it be detrimental to these envoys, or...will he take this opportunity to do something beyond his control...

The more Li Er thought about it, the more he felt a headache.

"Your Majesty, there is another country's envoy this time, you probably haven't seen it before."

As Zheng Ming spoke, Li Er's thoughts were pulled back: "Oh? An envoy from a country I've never seen before? Let's hear it."

Li Er's original worries disappeared in an instant, and he asked immediately.

"Ah..." Zheng Ming was stunned for a moment before replying, "This is the first time for Fusang's envoys to come to the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the first time to formally send an envoy, so I think that the Holy Majesty will be interested."

"You said they also came with tribute? It's just a small country, what interesting things can they bring?"

Li Er had a bit of disdain on his face.

Although the country of Fusang has no contact or friction with Datang, it can be said that they go their own way and have nothing to do with each other.

And Fusang must have sent this envoy to bring the tribute because he was afraid of the might of the Tang Dynasty.

But Fusang is not a country with a rich heritage, so what interesting things can be produced in such a big place?

Even if Fusang really had something worth mentioning, how could it be possible that Datang didn't have that thing?Moreover, the quality of Datang must be much better than that of Fusang, a small country.

Fuso?For that kind of thing, if you want to be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will not even look at it.

Even if they really did their best to send tributes to Datang, and wanted to use the tributes in exchange for the status of a vassal state, I am afraid that Datang would not bother to treat them as vassal states and take them into asylum.

"Uh, I think that this... Although Fusang is a small country, the tribute sent this time still has some sincerity, which is a rare thing."

It's that kind of small place, no matter how rare it is to see it, where can it be so hard to get?
Although Li Er looked down on Fusang Xiaoguo and didn't think they could offer anything valuable, but out of affirmation of Zheng Ming's work, he still listened patiently.

(End of this chapter)