Chapter 94 Six Edicts Offering Treasures One courtier after another brought their gifts, and interestingly, each of them had only one gift, not that they couldn't get more, and they might even have better in their hands.
It's like Fang Du and the others, the sons of the two of them have been mixed with Li Zhen for so long, from Lingnan to Nanyang, from Nanyang to South Asia, if you want to say that they didn't loot good things, it is impossible, in fact, Li Zhen alone rewarded them, much better than the jade cups and walking beads offered by the two of them, no less than ten.
But this is the rule of officialdom, just do it when the meaning comes, the things sent are too good or too much, Li Shimin is not happy in his heart - you can take out so many good things at one time, are you here to congratulate me on my birthday, or are you here to show off your wealth to me?
And the big guys in front have already set an example, and the gifts of the little minions below naturally don't dare to surpass them, after all, even the big guys in front of them only gave one gift, and you even gave more than them?
Are you going to give them ugly?
Aren't you afraid that they will give you small shoes in the future?
After the ministers congratulated them on their birthdays, it was time for the envoys of various countries to appear, and the first one surprised everyone, and it turned out to be the representative of the six edicts.
This made everyone rush to be very surprised, it stands to reason that among all the vassal states, the six edicts should be the most inconspicuous kind, after all, the six edicts are located in the poor mountains and bad waters, and the country's annual per capita GDP is not as high as that of a lower state in the Tang Dynasty.
In all the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, they are the last kind, and most of the gifts presented every year are rare birds and beasts, not some strange-shaped stones, which look quite strange, but to say how precious it is, it is not, it can only be regarded as a thousand miles of goose feathers - the gift is light and affectionate.
What's more, in order to express his demeanor as a great country, Datang often has to be returned exponentially.
It is said that it is impossible for such a small role to attract the attention of Datang, let alone be ranked first, but what is going on today?
A small six edicts are actually in front of everyone?
Why do they stand in the first place in such a small country that doesn't even know where it is?
If the Tang Dynasty does this, isn't it afraid that other vassal states will not be convinced?
The envoy of the six edicts didn't care what others thought, and when he saw that he was the first in line, he immediately stood up with a happy face: "The envoy of the six edicts (the six edicts are composed of six tribes, but it is also a force as a whole, so there is only one messenger) Duan Yanping, seeing the congratulations to His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, the holy life is boundless, and the immortal blessings are forever enjoyed, and two pairs of colorful parrots, two pairs of white peacocks, nine golden monkeys, two elephants, and a fine marble statue of Shengshou Wujiang......"
When others looked at the congratulatory gifts of the envoys of the six edicts, they immediately showed such an expression, don't look at the gifts offered by the six edicts, but all of them are some animals, or strange flowers, all of which are local specialties, don't look at the quantity, in fact, 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.
The envoy of the Murwei was whispering to the envoy of the Murwei, but the envoy of the Murwei laughed: "What am I talking about......
The gift of the six edicts is ......
What?
” Halfway through speaking, the envoy suddenly reacted, and looked at the envoy with a confused expression: "I said, did I hear it wrong?"
What map did I just hear?
Could it be that I am having auditory hallucinations in my ears?
” "......"
The envoy was also shocked, and when he heard the words of the envoy of Murwei, he smiled bitterly: "You heard it right, you can just look back at the expressions of others." ” The envoy of Murwei looked around, and sure enough, he found that everyone's expressions were exactly the same as his own, and even Li Shimin himself was surprised, which showed how heavy the last gift of the six edicts 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 pretended, he was really sloppy in his heart at this time, because the last gift of the Six Edicts was too much beyond his expectations.
"Your Majesty heard me right, the last gift of the ministers, the map of the six edicts."
Duan Yanping took out a roll of maps from his arms, held it high above his head, and presented it with both hands.
"Wow!"
At this moment, everyone heard it, and they were sure that they really heard it correctly, Duan Yanping's last gift was really the map of the Six Edicts, and suddenly there was an uproar, everyone looked at Duan Yanping with shocked eyes, and there was only one meaning in everyone's eyes - are you crazy?
In order to make such a limelight, he even presented a map of his country.
You must know that the map in ancient times is not like in later generations, a few dollars can buy one, because of the lack of development of technology in ancient times, geographical exploration is very difficult, so every map is extremely precious - no, not just precious, but very important strategic items, can be called the country's important weapon.
Why was Qin Shi Huang so easily approached by Jing Ke?
The main reason is because Jing Ke presented the map of the Yan State Governor, this sincerity is too much, as for Fan Yuzhi's head, it is actually not very important, at most it is just to let Qin Shi Huang relieve his hatred, just with a head, it is impossible to get close to Qin Shi Huang. and Zhang Song during the Three Kingdoms period, why was he courteous to Liu Bei?
It was because he presented the map of Shu, and 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.
Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, why were devils able to conquer China so easily?
There are many reasons, and the blame cannot only be attributed to Jiang's inaction, but more importantly, the devil has been preparing for decades in order to attack China.
Before the invasion of China, they not only used commercial means to rob the market of China, but more importantly, they often turned into a variety of identities, the terrain of China was thoroughly touched, and then drawn into a map, after decades of preparation, except for some remote corners, I am afraid that most of the area of China has been thoroughly touched by them, and fortunately, the people of China are brave enough, otherwise Huaxia will really change the surname of the devil.
Through the above examples, we can know what kind of status the map had in ancient times, which can be said to be the real important weapon of the country, and it is easy to show people.
Moreover, the ancient technology was not developed, and the drawing of maps was very troublesome.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Tai compiled a "Chronicles of the Universe", and Li Shimin's favorite was like 2580,000, but how many years did it take for a "Chronicles of the Universe"?
Li Tai began to edit from the twelfth year of Zhenguan, and it was not until the fifteenth year of Zhenguan that it was preliminarily completed, a full five years - this is still under the condition that Li Tai has the support of Li Shimin, the states of the world take the initiative to offer local materials, and the help of many scholars in the Wei Palace, if Li Tai himself compiles and revises, God knows when it will be completed.