Zhang Jing, who was dressed in navy blue lord armor, strode into the camp tent, and he knelt down on one knee: "The minister begs the prince Zhang Jing, to meet the emperor and ask for forgiveness for the minister's armor, and he can't pay full courtesy." ” "Flat."
Li Shimin looked at this tall young man in iron armor, at his resolute and somewhat immature face, at the stubble that popped out slightly, and at his sharp eyes that couldn't be contained.
He secretly praised in his heart, and he was really a good son.
This is both Zhang Chao's son and his son-in-law.
It's just that the red nine-headed bird badge on his breastplate reminds him.
This new family crest of the Zhang family on the ba, it looks quite gentle, and it seems to be a warm sun.
The Emperor Taishang, who is familiar with the Classic of Mountains and Seas and many classical legends, knows very well what a nine-headed bird is, a ghost phoenix, a ghost car, and a ghost bird.
It was an ominous bird, fierce, with ten necks and nine heads, and the head on one of its necks was shot off, and it was bleeding profusely.
The nine-headed bird in the sky, the Zhang family on the ground, the immortal nine-headed bird, the immortal Ba Shangzhang.
"Taipinglang, come forward, I will take a good look at you.
On the day you were born, I went to see you and hugged you personally.
In the blink of an eye, you're already able to lead your army and defend one side. ” Zhang Jing stood in front of the emperor's door, Li Shimin looked at him, and seemed to see himself when Taiyuan raised troops, enthusiastic and flying.
"Sit next to me."
Li Shimin took Zhang Jing's hand and sat down, "I heard that you are doing a very good job in Liuqiu, you have been here for less than half a year, and you have achieved such a great victory against Shanyi, capturing more than 100,000 people, and now the main force resisting Shanyi is surrounded by you on this Jilong Mountain, and you can fight a battle, and you have done a beautiful job."
"It's all Your Majesty's protection, and the soldiers are attentive."
Zhang Jing said with a smile, and there was some little pride in his words that could not be concealed.
"Young people, too much humility is pride.
Of course, there is the merit of the soldiers in the war, but the merit of the commander cannot be erased.
The more I look at you, the more I like you, and I was right at the beginning, and I chose you to be my son-in-law at a glance.
It's better for you to pick up Changle and follow me to the Americas.
When the time comes, you will conquer the Americas with me, and conquer a great territory, and when I arrive, I will make you a king and give you a kingdom of thousands of miles. ” Zhang Jing's smile froze.
Americas He really didn't think about going, this Ryuqiu was already very good.
To be the prince of the country of Liuqiu, and even to inherit his father's title and become the king of Luzon in the future, this life will be very good.
Zhang Chao smiled on the side and didn't speak.
Li Shimin This is just a joke, even if he really takes the joke as the truth, Zhang Chao will take it as a joke.
Zhang Chao's eldest son, how could he go to the Americas.
Maybe in another one or two decades, Zhang Chao will send one or two concubines to the Americas to explore, but it is by no means now.
"Hahaha, I'm kidding you.
Maybe in the future, you and Changle will have more children, and then you can send one or two little ones over, and then I will give them a fief in the Americas."
Everyone, huh.
The Emperor Taishang came to Liuqiu and came directly to Jilong Port.
This can be said to make the generals and colonels of Liuqiu very surprised, and even very excited.
Either way, this is a great emperor.
Maybe those top nobles and nobles in the court are not so loyal to the emperor.
But the soldiers below are still very in awe and respect for the emperor.
Even before the abdication, he did some ridiculous things, but the court also announced that he was killed by the demon monk, poisoned by the demon pill, and his brain was not good.
Now His Majesty has abdicated and passed the throne to the crown prince, and now as the emperor, this time he will go to the Americas to inspect the Yin tribe.
Zhang Chao accompanied the emperor and brought a lot of wine, meat and vegetables to comfort the army, as well as a lot of coins and silk cloth.
In the camp, pigs and sheep were slaughtered, and silk money was distributed as rewards, and the soldiers were very happy.
When they received their reward, they all chanted the name of the nine-headed bird.
Li Shimin listened from afar, and felt very uncomfortable.
These elite soldiers are not Li Tang's soldiers, but the soldiers of the Zhang family.
If you really want to talk about it, the relationship between the imperial court and these princes today is also the same as the relationship between the imperial court and the Khitan, Xi, Tuyuhun and other vassal states in the past, and the relationship is a little closer, but the princes do become a country of their own.
It's just that everyone uses the laws and taxes of the imperial court, implements a unified official language, and uses standard Chinese characters, which is more closely linked, but this cannot change the fact that the princes have become a country of their own.
"More than ten years ago, this was a wilderness, a place outside the world, and I didn't want to send it to the court for nothing."
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Li Shimin smiled self-deprecatingly, "At that time, Zhang Chao proposed to buy this place, and I was very surprised.
Later, Zhang Chao said that he wanted a slave hunting permit, and he wanted to come here to hunt slaves and prospect here, and I agreed and sold it for a good price.
Later, I simply gave this place to the Zhang family as a fief, and made another profit. ” More than ten years ago, Zhang Chao was making a loss-making deal with him like a big fool.
More than ten years later, he felt that he was the big fool and sold a piece of gold as a brick.
Wei Chigong sat there roasting a leg of mutton, carefully soaking the oil, and slowly flipping it to make the force more even.
But he was thinking about another thing in his heart, the Emperor Taishang still felt that he had suffered a loss, and in his heart this request was his.
But calm down and think about it, is that what happened?
No, not at all.
Although Liuqiu has been discovered in the Central Plains since the Qin and Han dynasties, Eastern Wu also went to the island to reclaim during the Three Kingdoms, and the Sui Dynasty also sent troops to attack and even capture one of their chieftains.
But is Ryuqiu from the Central Plains?
No, it has never been the Central Plains Dynasty, and it is different from Hainan.
It was Zhang Chao, who spent manpower and material resources to land in Liuqiu, develop colonies here, and operate little by little.
At first, it was to buy a foothold from the Ryugu tribe, and then expand it little by little through trading and so on.
Finally, for more than ten years, the Zhang family has spared no effort to immigrate, develop, and conquer, so that the former wild land has become a rich pearl on the sea.
If there was no Zhang Chao, Wei Chigong thought, maybe in another hundred or two hundred years, Liuqiu would still be the original desert island where birds don't.
That's just the way it is.
From beginning to end, the imperial court had nothing to lose. even made a lot of money, and received money from the Zhang family twice, not one or two million, but tens of millions.
Secondly, after the development of Liuqiu, grain was sold to the Central Plains every year, and more and more, and now millions of stone of grain are sold a year, and the price is not high, which is another great thing for the imperial court.
Not to mention, the development of Liuqiu, a large number of immigrants, this place has become a huge market, how many goods are sold here every year, and how much tax the imperial court gets.
Especially in these years, half of the annual tax was paid to the imperial court.
What did the imperial court do in the development of Ryuqiu?
It's basically nothing, so a county order was sent, and later it was upgraded to a state, and a thorn was sent to the history, and a little soldiers and horses were stationed.
Compared with the Zhang family's investment, the imperial court basically did not spend any cost.
But he got half of the tax revenue that Ryu had asked for more than ten years.
And now, the imperial court has withdrawn its soldiers and officials, and although the tax revenue has been reduced to one-third, Liuqiu now has such a large population and such a prosperous economy, and one-third of the tax is also quite considerable, which is a net income without cost.
In the past, Liuqiu would not pay tribute to the imperial court, even if it was a vassal like Khitan, how much could they pay in a year, and it would be worth a few thousand cattle and horses to pay tribute Wei Chigong found out for the first time that in fact, the emperor's complaints were a bit excessive.
Rather than letting Liuqiu always be a land outside the block, and letting a group of Shanyi rulers, the imperial court have no benefit, why can't you let a hero like Zhang Chao divide the feud Why did the imperial court allow those subordinates after the conquest to attach themselves and allocate land to them for grazing, why couldn't it be divided into feudal feuds for the imperial court's meritorious officials?
For those nomadic tribes attached to it, can the court receive taxes, can they have the same heart with the court?
He knew what the emperor was worried about, and many emperors had this kind of thought, thinking that the barbarian Hu tribe would be put in front of the door after being subdued and kept as a dog.
Anyway, Huayi is different, don't worry too much.
But if they are divided into heroes of the Han family, or divided into clans, it is difficult for them to feel at ease.
What are they afraid of Wei Chigong knew very well that even if the barbarian was left at his doorstep, he would not get the support of the ministers and the people, and he did not have to worry about him usurping his throne one day.
But the meritorious clan is different, very different.
This kind of thinking is not completely unreasonable, but Wei Chigong still thinks that the emperor is too stingy.
For the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the Emperor, Zhang Chao has made many plans, planned many schemes and made many contributions, could it be that even the wild places outside the border lands would rather be given to the barbarians, and would rather be thrown there than given to the heroes Just like this Liuqiu, this is still bought by the Zhang family at a large price, and then beaten down by themselves.
Hearts and minds.
In the past, he felt that the emperor's idea was right, and it was Zhang Chao who was wrong, Zhang Chao was a chaotic minister and thief, ambitious, and unloyal.
But now that I think about it, it's not that simple.
Zhang Chao may not be the kind of pure loyal minister, but he is certainly not a chaotic minister and thief.
Li Shimin was still sighing there, but Wei Chigong didn't bother to reply.
Zhang Chao walked in with a smile.
"Your Majesty, good news.
The Shanyi sent messengers down the mountain and asked to surrender.
His Majesty is really Wei Jia Yunei, and as soon as he arrived, Shanyi was afraid to surrender. ” The situation of the Shanyi is very bad now, although the mountains are continuous, and the Shanyi occupy one mountain after another, all over the jungle.
But until now, they have not won a battle, fought once and lost once.
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The flag of the nine-headed bird fluttered, and every time under the guidance of this banner, the Tang army advanced into the camp, but they were defeated step by step.
Tens of thousands of tribal warriors were killed or captured, and many of their cottages in other places were breached, and women, children, and the elderly were taken captive.
And today, another fleet has arrived.
The scout reported that the emperors of the Tang Dynasty had come, and even Zhang Chao had arrived in person.
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to the news, and the chiefs didn't believe it.
But Zhang Chao's name, they are quite clear.
Those Han people have been on the island for more than ten years, and they are all Zhang Chao's subordinates, and even this nine-headed bird flag is basically Zhang Chao's family emblem.
It was Zhang Chao's young eldest son who defeated them one after another.
Now that Zhang Chao is here in person, how can this battle be fought.
A group of leaders discussed for a long time, but they felt that they couldn't fight anymore.
In the past, the Zhang family had always sent people to recruit them, and many small tribes had joined the Zhang family, and their lives were very good.
Some remained in the stockade, while others moved down the hill to flat land.
Or when they go into the city, their days are pretty good.
There are those who work for the Zhang family, those who farm for the Zhang family, and those who serve as soldiers for the family.
"This is a good thing," Li Shimin laughed, "It's better to pass on this Shanyi envoy, I want to see it in person." ” There were several Sanyi who entered.
June day.
Shirtless, with a deerskin around his waist and his hair scattered, he came in bare-handed.
The envoy could only speak very simple Chinese, but there were Shanyi people in the camp.
Although there are many tribes in Shanyi, and there are even many languages, the Zhang family has been running Liuqiu for more than ten years, and they know each tribe very well, and they have long been proficient in the translation of the languages of each tribe.
After a translation, each introduces his identity.
Shanyi asked for surrender.
But they have conditions, they are not slaves, they are willing to belong to the Zhang family, but they want to continue their old life, they express their willingness to pay taxes to the Zhang family, willing to serve the Zhang family with military service, etc.
In fact, these are also the conditions that the Zhang family offered when they recruited Shanyi from all over the country.
It's just one moment, another time.
If the Shanyi could agree to these conditions, Zhang Chao would of course be very happy.
But now, after so much effort, how can it end like this.
Zhang Chao didn't reply yet, but Li Shimin spoke first.
"Since the tribes have surrendered sincerely, I am very happy.
I have promised you to surrender, and tomorrow morning, all my subordinates will come down the mountain, swear to surrender, and then go home separately. ” A group of generals in the tent were slightly stunned.
Liuqiu is the fief of the Zhang family, and the lord is Zhang Jing, the prince of Liuqiu.
Theoretically, Zhang Jing has the right to decide these things.
Taishi Zhang Chao is Zhang Jing's father, so his words should be more effective.
But the Emperor suddenly intervened, what was going on.
Even the Shanyi envoys were stunned for a moment after listening to the words of the translator.
They looked at Li Shimin, then at Zhang Jing, and then at Zhang Chao, but they didn't pay tribute to the emperor's great kindness.
They came to surrender, but they were not frightened by the Tang Emperor.
They were frightened by the defeat of Zhang Chao and his son.
Besides, they have now figured out some of the situation, this is not the emperor, he is the father of the current emperor, and it seems that he is still the father of Zhang Jing's wife.
Well, the owner of Liuqiu is Zhang Jing, and next to him is his father and his wife's father.
Who should I listen to?
A few Shanyi exchanged heads and muttered for a while.
In the end, it was concluded that Zhang Chao must have listened to him, and Zhang Chao should be the most effective in speaking.
The translator stood there very embarrassed, and the voices of those Shanyi who were muttering in private were very loud, and he heard them all.
But he didn't dare to translate it directly to the emperor, that would be too rebellious, how could the words of the emperor not be effective for the emperor and the prince.
"What are they saying" Li Shimin couldn't understand Shanyi's words, and he might have looked at his face.
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The translator didn't dare to hide it, but still said euphemistically, "They want to know the answer of the Taishi" "I've answered" At this time, a Shanyi and Wa Lawa said.
Li Shimin was very dissatisfied, "What do you say?"
"They say that His Majesty's words don't work, they only listen to the decision of the Grand Master."
There was a sudden silence in the tent, and the atmosphere was very solemn. t1706231537: