The Tang Dynasty: The Concubine of the Holy Soldier

Chapter 654 The Tribute of the Western Turks
Chapter 654 The Tribute of the Western Turks
Qin Qiong hurriedly said: "My lord! Our Tang Dynasty was invaded for no reason by these Turkic beasts. How many people in the Tang Dynasty were killed? How many people were displaced? How many people abandoned their homes? Isn't it all because of these beasts? My Da Tang is so powerful now, how can he treat these beasts with etiquette?"

The rest of the princes and ministers also said together: "My lord! My great Tang is able to achieve what it is today, all thanks to my sage's wisdom. At this juncture, my lord must be careful of the ambitions of these Turkic people!"

Naturally, what they said made sense.

Moreover, these princes and ministers had a good relationship with Bai Jingyi's father.

At this moment, they will definitely stand up and support Bai Jingyi.

But Li Er was in a difficult situation at this time. It would be too unreasonable to directly make the envoys of the Western Turks kneel in front of all the envoys.

The title of the Tang Dynasty's state of etiquette will naturally encounter discussions and even doubts from these small countries.

Li Er turned his head and glanced at the ministers, hoping that someone would stand up and rescue him.

The civil servants were silent, they knew it.

At this time, the King of Beiliang was directly confronting the Holy Majesty.

Although these two people have their own reasons, if they rashly stand up to support either party, then the other party's favor towards him will naturally decline.

Needless to say, the king of Beiliang, the No. 1 with power in the court and the opposition.

Your Majesty, that is the lord of the Tang Dynasty. Most of these civil servants are human beings, so how can they not understand the truth.

So at this time, they choose not to say a word, which is the best way to protect themselves.

And the ministers of those aristocratic families were also silent.

The prime minister, Wang Gui, knew in his heart that the king of Beiliang loved his people like his own son, and he would naturally not give up on these Western Turkic people.

And Li Er started from the perspective of the entire Tang Dynasty. Li Er was naturally very happy when these envoys came to pay tribute.

What's more, even if he directly stood up to support the King of Beiliang now, it would not be a great favor for the King of Beiliang to remember.

It's better to send some food and grass.

But if he stood up to support King Beiliang now, he would naturally offend Li Er.

The current aristocratic family is different from the past, although they still don't take the royal family seriously.

But if they offend the Holy One, their family will still suffer a lot.

Therefore, the ministers of these aristocratic families also became spectators one after another.

Li Er, who glanced around, also understood the current situation.

After all, Bai Jingyi was quite disrespectful to these Turkic people because of the people of Tang Dynasty.

Naturally, these ministers would not jump out and resist the King of Beiliang rashly.

Li Er said with an ugly face: "King of Beiliang, what do you mean? The Western Turks worship the power of our Tang Dynasty and send envoys to pay tribute. If my Tang Dynasty can't treat them with courtesy, then my Tang Dynasty will become a Are you in the barbarian land?"

A group of ordinary officials following the situation also said one after another: "My lord, if my Great Tang treats these envoys badly, how should these small countries think of my Great Tang?"

"My lord, as a kingdom of heaven, don't I even have the courage to do so? Facing the envoys of these small countries, let them kneel all the time?"

"My Majesty, my Majesty is wise, my Tang Dynasty should now put on the appearance of a kingdom of heaven, and naturally I should entertain the envoys of these small countries with courtesy, so as to show my demeanor of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!"

These ordinary officials spoke in agreement with Li Er one after another, which made Li Er's expression slightly better.

After all, the current situation has eased a little, although the words of these ordinary officials are irrelevant.

But as long as someone supports him, then he can't be too embarrassed.

On the other hand, the frightened Western Turkic envoys had some thoughts in their hearts when they heard that these officials and the king of Tang were still facing him.

In any case, at least not all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty regarded him as the enemy of the Western Turks.

What's more, no matter how rampant the king of Beiliang is, this is still the territory of the king of Tang.

Now that the king of Tang has the intention to support the Western Turks, can the king of Beiliang still have a falling out?

Could it be that the king of Beiliang really doesn't regard the king of Tang as the king of Tang?

Thinking of this, the envoy of the Western Turks let out a long sigh, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Tang Wang Mingjian! I, the Western Turks, are originally a small country of foreign races. I don't understand the power of the Great Tang, so I rashly challenged the Great Tang. Offensive!"

"When I saw the strength of the Tang Dynasty, I, the Western Turks, realized my own weakness, and I was more willing to follow the Tang Dynasty and learn the culture and etiquette of the Central Plains. I even preferred to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and never dared to Have any thoughts about Datang!"

"As long as you agree, the king of Tang, then my Western Turks will be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and we will respect the king of Tang as our khan from now on!"

These words put Western Turks in a particularly low-key manner.

Li Er couldn't help but feel a little moved.

After all, after regaining the Turks, Datang can save a single soldier, although Datang's current national strength has improved.

But fighting a war is really a huge project, not only to provide soldiers, soldiers' horses, weapons, armor, food and grass.

These are all huge expenses. It can be said that all wars are spent on money.

But now Datang's treasury is very empty, if it is necessary to send troops hastily, it will indeed consume Datang's national strength.

If the Turks can be recovered without a single soldier, then it will be a great thing for me, Datang.

Thinking of this, Li Er couldn't help feeling a little elated.

If you can bring all the small countries around Datang into the territory of Datang.

Then Datang undoubtedly surpassed all previous dynasties.

It has become the largest country in its territory, and it can leave its name in history.

Undoubtedly the greatest emperor! !

This feat is very tempting for the face-saving Li Er!

And the ministers on the side also understood that the Western Turks were completely defeated.

If you don't surrender to Datang now, then in the spring of next year, I'm afraid the King of Beiliang will directly lead the troops to wipe out the East and West Turks!
Seeing that Li Er's expression softened slightly.

The envoys of the Western Turks also hurriedly said: "Tang Wang Mingjian! I, the Western Turks, have deeply realized my arrogance! How dare you be unreasonable to the Tang Dynasty? It is a dead end. Now I, the Western Turks, have deeply surrendered. Yu Datang, and brought a lot of tribute! I beg the king of Tang to forgive us for our previous mistakes!"

Speaking of this, the envoy of the Western Turks directly took out a list from his arms and said: "In order to atone for my sins, I, the Western Turks, came to the Tang Dynasty to worship this time, and brought a total of 20 cows, 30 sheep, and 5 sheep. Two's worth of gold! Special tribute to Datang, in order to ask for the forgiveness of the heavenly kingdom!"

As soon as these words came out, not only the ministers, but even Li Er was a little moved.

(End of this chapter)