CHAPTER 40 Baekje is only one strait away from the Wa Kingdom, and there are frequent commercial exchanges between the two countries, and as a country between the Tang Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, Baekje has been a good dealer in recent years, and the goods purchased from the Datang Dynasty are sold to the Wa Kingdom at a high price.
Through this means, he made money from the Wa State, which also led to a large amount of silver money flowing into Baekje from the Wa State, and the wealth was self-evident.
So when the Tang army broke through the Baekje royal city, the harvest was amazing - no one thought that as the smallest country on the Korean Peninsula, Baekje was actually the richest one, and the silver harvested in the Baekje treasury alone was enough to cover half a year's taxes in the Tang Dynasty, plus the looted from those noble mansions, it was basically equivalent to a year's tax revenue in the Tang Dynasty.
After Li Shimin learned about it, he was very excited, as long as the money was safely transported back to Datang, then even a penny of tax could not be collected this year, and Datang would have enough money to complete this year's goal.
After returning to Datang, the next most important thing is that Li Shimin has always wanted to do it, but because he wants to go out to fight, he has nothing to do - the prisoner sacrifice ceremony.
This time the prisoner sacrifice ceremony is destined to be the largest and highest captive ceremony in history, and this ceremony is destined to shock the world and go down in history forever.
Because of this captive ceremony, a total of more than 30 countries of all sizes will surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and their kings will appear at this ceremony, bow their noble heads to the Tang Dynasty, and completely surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, the Tang Dynasty is not the kind of unsentimental person, except for the countries demarcated by Li Zhen, the kings of all countries will accept the canonization of the Tang Emperor, although there is no authority from then on, and there is no status above 10,000 people, but as an idle nobleman, it is okay to live a free life - provided that they do not die, what is the restoration movement.
Li Shimin has returned, and preparations for the prisoner sacrifice ceremony have also begun, as the biggest contributor to such a large-scale prisoner sacrifice ceremony, Li Zhen must be present, it just so happens that he has nothing to do recently, so he just went back to take a look.
Not only Li Zhen, but also Liu Renliang, Xue Wanche, and Xue Rengui......
These heroes who raided Nanyang and won Tianzhu have all returned to Yuezhou one after another, preparing to go back to Chang'an with Li Zhen, not only to participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, but more importantly, to accept the emperor's reward - according to Li Zhen's estimate, this time back, they can at least be promoted to three levels, and their titles can be at least one level.
As for the war in Tianzhu, it can only be temporarily suspended, which can be regarded as giving the countries of Tianzhu a chance to breathe.
However, speaking of the Tianzhu War, since the King of the Ring of the Sun was killed, Al Qiu Na made a so-called usurpation show, but was tied up by the people of Qunu City, opened the city gate and gave it to the Tang Army, and the Ring of the Sun Empire quickly fell apart.
Those vassal states that were originally subordinate to the Ring Sun Empire declared themselves to stand on their own, and once again became a state with one, and even those territories that originally belonged to the Ring Sun Empire were directly occupied by local generals or city lords, and declared to be a country.
However, how could such a farce country be the opponent of the Tang army?
The most common thing that has appeared on the Tianzhu continent recently is that a certain place announced its independence from the Ring of the Sun Empire and became a sovereign state, and then the Tang army quickly arrived, under the pressure of the Tang Army, these countries immediately announced the surrender of the city, all the nobles in the city were captured, and the king became the trophy of the Tang Dynasty, as a gift at the upcoming ceremony of sacrifice of prisoners, and presented to the Tang Emperor - with the efforts of the Tang Dynasty, the number of kings they captured in the territory of the Ring Sun Empire alone has exceeded thirty, As for the aristocracy, there are even more numerous.
If Li Shimin knew that Li Zhen had added dozens of countries here, he would probably be even more ecstatic - the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, of course, the more kings they captured, the better, as for how many days they have been kings, whether this king is really not worthy of his name, it is none of his business.
Even if you only be a king for one day, you are still a king, as long as you are a king, then you will be fine.
Now the empire has basically stabilized, after the Tang Dynasty announced the order to abolish the caste system, the Tang Dynasty has been supported by nearly nine adults within the empire, Brahmanism quickly lost the soil for survival, and became a cult that everyone shouted and beat, while Buddhism was once again popular in Tianzhu because of the concept of equality of all people.
However, Li Zhen is not ready to let Buddhism monopolize the Tianzhu Continent, he has already discussed with Taoism, once the sacrifice ceremony is over, the Tang Dynasty declares the legal dominance of the Tianzhu Continent, Taoism will immediately go west to preach, taking advantage of the fact that Buddhism is suppressed by Brahmanism and has not yet recovered, go to Tianzhu and Buddhism to compete for believers.
With the efforts of the Tang Dynasty, the Empire of the Ring of the Sun has stabilized internally, but it is a stormy situation on the outside - without him, because of the racial equality policy promulgated by the Tang Dynasty, the entire Tianzhu has completely exploded.
The whole Tianzhu is basically the territory of Brahmanism, and now as the largest country in Tianzhu, the Brahmanism in the country has been turned into a cult, and the higher castes have become street rats that everyone shouts and beats, so what does the higher castes in other regions think?
Therefore, under the auspices of the Shalou Dynasty, the second largest country in Tianzhu, almost all Brahmin countries have secretly formed an alliance to resist the invasion of the Tang Dynasty - but how much cohesion this alliance has, this is a matter of opinion.
After all, these small countries are not very peaceful with each other.
But even if you put aside those small countries, just a cover is enough to make Datang vigilant.
After all, this is a country that has fought against the Ring of the Sun Dynasty for more than ten years without falling behind, and under the leadership of their king Bula Jisha II, they have stubbornly blocked the footsteps of the King of the Ring of the Sun to the south - this is also an absolute overlord who is not inferior to the King of the Ring of the Sun.
During the reign of the monarch Pala Jhasha II, the Sharuqi entered and crossed central India, reaching its largest size (not much smaller than the Ring Sun dynasty), which stretched from present-day Madhya Pradesh in the north to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the south.
Under the leadership of Bula Jisha II, the Shalou Dynasty repelled the invincible Ring Sun Dynasty and gained enough glory.
If it weren't for their existence, maybe the King of the Ring would have laid down the Southern Tianzhu a long time ago and completed his ambition to unify the Tianzhu Continent - and fortunately, it would be difficult for the King of the Ring to protect himself after unifying Tianzhu, and set his sights on his friends in the north.
Tibet may not be the opponent of the King of the Sun.