Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Great Situ, Uncle Guo... Zhao Guogong's eldest son Wuji presents Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty with a sword, and congratulates the holy god on his longevity and longevity..."

"Shangshu of the Ministry of War... Duke of the State of Wei, Li Jingjing, presented 95 white jade exquisite buckles, congratulating the Holy Ninth Five-Year Supreme, the emperor's grace is mighty..."

"...British Duke Li Ji, present a pair of blood-colored Pisces..."

"...Grand Duke Qin Shubao presents..."

"... Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie presents..."

"Chi Jingde, Duke of E..."

"..."

Chapter 629

Chapter 94 Six Edicts to Present Treasures

One after another, the courtiers brought up their gifts, and what was interesting was that everyone had only one gift. It wasn't that they couldn't take out more, and they might even have better ones in their hands.Just like Fang and Du, their two sons have been with Li Zhen for so long, fighting from Lingnan to Nanyang, and from Nanyang to Nanya, it is impossible to say that they did not find good things, the fact The glazing was rewarded by Li Zhen, and it was much better than the jade cups and walking beads presented by the two of them, no less than ten pieces.

But this is the rule of the officialdom, it’s fine if you get what you want, and Li Shimin’s heart is not happy if the gift is too good or too much—you can give out so many good things at once, after all, are you here to celebrate my birthday? Or are you showing off your wealth to me?

And the bosses in front have already set an example, and the gifts of the young people below naturally dare not exceed them. After all, even the big bosses in front only offered one gift, and you actually gave more than them ?Are you going to make them look bad?Are you not afraid that they will wear small shoes for you in the future?

After the ministers celebrated their birthdays, it was time for the envoys from various countries to appear. The first one, which was beyond everyone's expectations, was the representative of Liuzhao.This made everyone very surprised. It stands to reason that among all the vassal states, Liuzhao should be the least conspicuous one. After all, Liuzhao is located in a poor country, and the country's per capita GDP may not be large in a year. Tang is a high school student from Xiazhou.

Among all the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, they are the ones that rank at the bottom, and the gifts presented every year are mostly rare birds and animals, or some strangely shaped stones, which are quite strange to look at, but how precious they are Well, that's not the case, it can only be regarded as a gift of goose feathers from thousands of miles-the gift is light and the affection is heavy.What's more, in order to express his great country demeanor, Datang often has to return it back in multiples.

Ordinarily, it is impossible for such a small role to attract Datang's attention, let alone be ranked first, but what happened today?A small Liuzhao actually ranked in front of everyone?Such a small country that doesn't even know where it is, why should they stand in the first place?

Isn't it afraid that other vassal states will not be convinced by Datang's actions?

The envoy of Liuzhao didn't care what others thought, when he saw that he was ranked first, he immediately stood up with a smile on his face: "The envoy of Liuzhao (Liuzhao is composed of six tribes, but overall it is considered One faction, so there is only one envoy) Duan Yanping, congratulations to His Majesty Khan on His Boundless Longevity and Blessed Blessings, and hereby present two pairs of colorful parrots, two pairs of white peacocks, nine golden monkeys, two elephants, and high-quality marble for His Boundless Longevity A statue of..."

When others saw the congratulatory gifts from the envoys of Liuzhao, they immediately showed such expressions. Don’t look at the many gifts presented by Liuzhao, but they are all animals, or strange flowers, all of which are local specialties. Don’t look at them. The quantity is large, but the price is not worth mentioning at all.

"...a map of the Six Edicts..." After reading for a long time, Duan Yanping finally finished reading everyone's gifts.

Shiwei's envoy was whispering to Mohe's envoy, when Shi Wei's envoy said with a smile: "What did I say... the gift from Liuzhao is just... what?"

Envoy Shi Wei spoke halfway, then suddenly realized, and looked at Envoy Mohe with a confused look on his face: "I said, did I hear wrong? I seem to have heard some map just now? Could it be that my ears are hallucinating? ?”

"..." Messenger Mohe also had a horrified look on his face. Hearing what Messenger Shi Wei said, he smiled wryly and said, "You heard me right, you will know when you look back at other people's expressions."

Shi Wei's envoy looked around and found that everyone's expressions were exactly the same as his own, even Li Shimin himself was surprised, which shows how heavy the final gift from Liuzhao was.

"Envoy Duan, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly. What was the last gift?" Li Shimin's surprise was naturally not feigned. The gift was really beyond his expectation.

"Your Majesty heard it right, the last gift of my minister is the map of the Six Edicts." Duan Yanping took out a roll of maps from his pocket, held it high above his head, and offered it with both hands.

"Wow!"

Now, everyone heard it, and confirmed that they heard it right. Duan Yanping's last gift was really the map of Liuzhao. Suddenly there was an uproar, and everyone looked at Duan with shocked eyes. Yanping, everyone has only one meaning in their eyes - are you crazy?Just to get such a limelight, he actually gave up the map of his own country.

You must know that maps in ancient times are not like those in later generations. You can buy one for a few dollars. In ancient times, limited by the underdevelopment of technology, geographical exploration was very difficult, so every map is extremely precious—— , not just as simple as precious, but a very important strategic item, which can be called the most important weapon of the country.

Why was Qin Shihuang so easily approached by Jing Ke?The main reason is that Jing Ke presented the map of Dukang, an important place in Yan State. This is too sincere. As for Fan Yuqi's head, it is not very important. At most, it is just for Qin Shihuang to relieve his hatred. It is impossible to get close to Qin Shihuang.

There is also Zhang Song in the Three Kingdoms period, why was he treated with courtesy by Liu Bei?It was because he presented the map of entering Shu. It was with the help of this map that Liu Bei successfully entered Shu, replaced Liu Zhang, and created the hegemony of the Shu Han regime in the Three Kingdoms. If he hadn't met Zhang Song, Liu Bei would have died I'm afraid they are all wandering around the world.

Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, why were the devils able to capture China so easily?There are many reasons, and the responsibility cannot only be attributed to Jiang's inaction. More importantly, the devils have made decades of preparations to attack China.Before invading China, they not only used commercial means to rob China's market, but more importantly, they often turned into various identities to thoroughly understand the terrain of China, and then drew it into a map. The preparations in the past year, except for some remote corners, I am afraid that most of China has been thoroughly touched by them. Fortunately, the people of China are brave enough, otherwise China would really change their surname to devils.

Through the above few examples, we can know what kind of status the ancient map has. It can be said that it is a real important weapon of the country and cannot be easily shown.

Moreover, the ancient technology was underdeveloped, and the drawing of maps was very troublesome.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Tai compiled a "Kuo Di Zhi", and Li Shimin liked it as much as 12, but how many years did it take for a "Kuo Di Zhi"?Li Tai started to edit it in the 15th year of Zhenguan, and it was not completed until the [-]th year of Zhenguan. It took a total of five years - this was because Li Tai had the support of Li Shimin, all the states in the world offered local materials, and the help of many scholars in Wei Wangfu Under the circumstances, if Li Tai edits it himself, God knows when it will be completed.

Chapter 630 Enclosed

Included in Chapter 95

This is also the reason why everyone was shocked. The map is so important, and it is the whole map of their own country. This kind of thing was actually used by Liuzhao as a birthday gift and dedicated to Li Shimin. It is crazy—don’t they be afraid? After getting the map, the Tang army followed the map and attacked Liuzhao?

"Envoy Duan, what does this mean?" Li Shimin is a generation of emperors after all. Although he was taken aback by the last gift of Liuzhao, he quickly realized: "The map is the most important treasure of the country. How can it be used as a gift? foreign country?"

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask Rong Chen to report in detail." Duan Yanping knelt down, took out another gift, and said sincerely: "The Tang Dynasty is a land bestowed by heaven, rich in resources and treasures. In the world, the people of Liuzhao country have longed for it, but Liuzhao The country is small and the people are poor, and they dare not have any extravagant hopes for the Great Tang. They only wish to be attached to the shadow of the Great Tang... Now, thanks to His Highness King Yue’s suggestion, after the joint discussion of the king and the six chiefs, the whole country requested the inclusion of the Great Tang. , although the six imperial edicts are useless, but fortunately, the people in the country are still brave and willing to fight for the Tang Dynasty, going through life and death... This is the book of the people of our country. There are 36 and 3000 fingerprints on it. They are all left by the people of the country, and there is no one who is fake...The whole country in the Six Edicts now requests that the ocean be attached, and please allow your majesty."

After saying this, the scene immediately exploded.

"What? Enclosed? Are you kidding me?"

"Okay, why did you suddenly think about enclosing it?"

"I said, has the king of the Six Edicts lost his head?"

"In order to celebrate your birthday, you put your own country in it, isn't this crazy?"

"..."

The envoys of various countries did not understand the choice of Liuzhao, but as Datang himself, he finally understood the plan of Liuzhao-the reason is very simple, Liuzhao is one of the countries in Nanyang, and as we all know, Nanyang is now apart from Liuzhao , other places were occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the country were also turned into slaves, and the end was extremely miserable.This fate also frightened the people of Liuzhao. They watched Datang's soldiers getting closer and closer.

However, at this time, the envoy of King Yue of Tang Dynasty came and asked them a few questions: Do you want to live?

This is of course, the emperor and ministers of Liuzhao answered without even thinking about it.

The envoy asked again: Do you want to avoid the fate of the countries in Southeast Asia?

This is of course, the emperor and ministers of Liuzhao also answered the question without even thinking about it.

The messenger asked again: Do you want to lead your own people to live a good life?

This is hot, and the emperor and ministers of Liuzhao answered it without even thinking about it.

Then let's attach the Tang Dynasty domestically, this is the only way to survive that the King of Yue left for you.The messenger said at last.

Can.Regarding the envoy's words, the emperor and ministers of Liuzhao agreed without even thinking about it.

They answered very simply, because they have already understood that this is really their only way to survive. If they do not agree to this request, they will still die when the Great Tang army arrives. They can make a living, but the people in the country are about to become slaves, which they don't want to see.

What's more, with Datang's personality, maybe even they themselves might not be able to survive. Even if they could survive, they would probably only be imprisoned, and they would not be able to leave Chang'an City for the rest of their lives.And as long as he is attached to the Great Tang, not only can he live a good life, but even the people of Liuzhao can live the same life as the people of the Great Tang, which is much better than being a slave.

So, after getting the approval of His Royal Highness the King of Yue, just as Li Shimin's birthday was approaching, the Lord of Liuzhao sent Duan Yanping, Prime Minister of Liuzhao, as an envoy, with the map of Liuzhao, to Tang Dynasty for enclosing it.

"Enclosed?" Li Shimin was overjoyed, he really never thought that he would get such a precious gift on his birthday.

What does enclosed mean?That is to say, a certain place itself is a vassal state of the imperial court, and then go to the country to demote and set up an administrative unit, that is to say, turning a vassal state into an administrative region of the suzerain state, which is called internal attachment.

This kind of thing is really rare in Chinese history. After all, people are ambitious, especially the king of a country, who is above ten thousand people, rich in the world, holds the power of life and death, and controls all People die.Without special circumstances, who would give up their supreme status and become a courtier of another country?