"This is an agreement made with Hou Jun. His merits and demerits will be judged by future generations, but Helan Chushi did make a great contribution to the Northeast, so..."
Tang Ping was interrupted by Li Shimin before he finished speaking.
"Okay, I understand. Now that you have spoken, I will issue a decree tomorrow to make him... the son of Quanjiao County."
"Quanjiao County Prince?" Tang Ping was slightly startled, then bowed and said, "Then I'd like to thank my second uncle."
You must know that before Hou Junji was granted the title of Duke of Lu, his title was the son of Quanjiao County.
"Isn't this too difficult?"
Tang Ping hesitated and asked.
"Hey, you kid, you know it's difficult and you still mention it." Li Shimin smiled and shook his head: "Since you want to seal it, then seal it. As for other people, if they have any objections, just let them come and mention it to me."
The other people Li Shimin mentioned here are actually the small northeastern countries that were beaten by Hou Junji.
You were beaten by Hou Junji, the traitor general of the Tang Dynasty, and you gave Hou Junji's son-in-law the title he had before. Isn't this obvious enough?
If it had been in the past, I'm afraid some countries would have had to protest, but now...
Some countries were directly destroyed, and some lost large areas of their territory. Anyway, the hatred was settled. .z.
And now that Datang is extremely powerful, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they still have to smile on their faces.
Weak countries have no diplomacy, and this has been the case since ancient times.
After saying this, Li Shimin asked curiously: "I heard that a young monk came to you for help today?"
Shanghe Village was the second most controlled place in Chang'an after the imperial palace, so it was impossible to hide the fact that little monk Wukong had gone from Li Shimin.
Of course, Tang Ping didn't intend to hide it, so he told Li Shimin everything he knew from the young monk.
"Hehehe, Tianzhu!" Li Shimin turned the globe and rubbed the slightly raised area of Tianzhu with his thumb.
I had just conquered the entire Chinese region, and when I was very proud of myself, this guy actually dared to make me feel uncomfortable.
What's more, when you still have a customs clearance document written by yourself, you must know that the customs clearance document you wrote to Tang Sanzang actually has the same meaning.
——Either let him pass, or I will come over!
"How do you plan to solve this matter?" Li Shimin asked.
"Well..." Tang Ping was thinking about this issue all the way here. When Li Shimin asked, he answered directly: "Now that the Tang Dynasty has decided to add too much land at once, troops will be needed everywhere to maintain stability, so I think it's better to let this matter go. Let’s go to Honglu Temple to deal with it.”
In a short period of time, small countries in Tubo, Northeast, Northwest and even Southeast were annexed or merged into the Tang Dynasty and became autonomous regions.
These places are not comparable to the mainland of the Tang Dynasty in the past. The various local forces in them are complicated and must not be taken lightly.
Therefore, not only could the garrisons in various places not be moved, some of them had to be transferred from various places in the Tang Dynasty.
The current Tang Dynasty has changed the past military system and adopted a recruitment system.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were already professional soldiers, with higher living standards and professional military training.
Although the combat effectiveness has greatly increased, the number of people is also much smaller than during the period of the military system.
After dispersing the troops to various places, the current Tang Dynasty's active army is somewhat stretched, and it is really not a good time to launch a new foreign war.
The country of Tianzhu is the most powerful religious country in the southwest. Even though Datang now has the military strength to crush it, it has no energy to attack it.
Therefore, this matter had to fall on Honglu Temple in the end, and Tianzhu was allowed to release Tang Sanzang through diplomatic means.
"Okay!" Although Li Shimin was dissatisfied with Tianzhu's actions, he also knew that what Tang Ping said was the best choice now.
"The dinner will start soon. You can talk to the Lord of Honglu Temple later, and I will ask him to fully cooperate with you."
A Tang Sanzang is actually not important to Li Shimin, whether he can bring him or not
All Mahayana Buddhism was dispensable to Li Shimin's Tang court.
But what he took was the customs clearance document written by Li Shimin himself, so he couldn't lose his face.
Now Tang Ping is the most popular figure in Chang'an. Even if Li Shimin doesn't give orders, Honglu Temple will never dare to neglect his affairs.
After the dinner, the minister of Honglu Temple did not go home, but directly called several deputies over to discuss the matter.
"There is no small matter in diplomacy, especially since this matter has reached His Majesty's ears. Of course we have to handle it well. What do you think?"
Several deputies looked at each other. Tianzhu didn't have much contact with them. This time he was detained inexplicably. They didn't know the specific situation. But now that His Majesty Heping Guogong wants to save him, he must be detained. People must be brought back whole and tail.
"Sir, what does Duke Ping mean?"
"Pingguo Gong said that he would personally lead the envoy, but he asked us to send a deputy envoy who understands the etiquette there to follow."
In fact, the Minister of Honglu Temple did not expect that Tang Ping would personally lead the delegation, but His Majesty has already said that Tang Ping has full authority to make the decision, and they only need to fully cooperate, so he can't say anything.
Calling several deputies is to discuss who is the most suitable to be this deputy.
"Sir, when it comes to being the deputy envoy, there is someone below me who I think is quite suitable."
A deputy spoke up.
"Oh, who is it?"
"That man used to be the magistrate of Huangshui County in Rongzhou. Because of his outstanding political achievements, he was promoted to Chaosan doctor and worked in our Honglu Temple. The lower official also accidentally knew that he was proficient in Buddhism and had a good understanding of Tianzhu literature, so he wanted to send him to the best place. suitable."
"Magistrate of Huangshui County, Rongzhou?" Honglu Temple Qing thought for a moment: "You are talking about that little king...what is his name?"
"Wang Xuance."
"Yes, yes, that's him, can he really do it?"
"I don't think the problem is big, but you can call him over tomorrow, or take him directly to see Duke Ping. After all, the leader is Duke Ping."
"Hmm..." The minister of Honglu Temple nodded in agreement and took the person over to let Tang Ping choose. As long as he liked it, there would be no problem.
So they sent people to Wang Xuance's home overnight and asked him to go to Shanghe Village to meet Duke Ping early the next morning.
Wang Xuance had just been transferred from the local government to the central government, and he was feeling bored working at Honglu Temple.
As the saying goes, a weak country has no diplomacy.
The Tang Dynasty is now a first-class powerful country. Honglu Temple has always been the stronger party when it comes to communicating with envoys from other countries. They should not be too simple in doing things.
I heard that there was such an opportunity to go to Tianzhu as an envoy, so I was eager to get ready.
The next day, I followed Honglu Temple Qing to Shanghe Village early.
After the announcement, I saw Tang Ping who had just gotten up and held his child.
"The lower official, Wang Xuance, has met Duke Ping."
"Hmm..." Tang Ping was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What's your name?"
"Your Majesty Wang Xuance!"
