Tang Ping happily went to the palace to ask for leave, but when he came out, he was dejected.
The leave was granted, but Li Shimin arranged another errand.
At this grand ceremony, envoys from all the subordinate countries came, but one was missing, and that was Nanzhao.
In the early Tang Dynasty, many tribes in the Erhai area merged and united with each other, and gradually formed the Langqiong Zhao, Chengyang Zhao, and Shi Lang Zhao of the Heman people, the Mengshe Zhao, Meng Song Zhao of the Ailao people, and the Yue Xi Zhao of the Mozi people. The six relatively large tribal states were collectively referred to as the "Liu Zhao".
Among them, Meng Shezhao was called "Nanzhao".
At that time, these tribes continued to harass Datang.
But then the Tang Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and these tribal states had no choice but to gradually move south.
Because the closer they get to the Tang Dynasty, that is, the states in the north, the more their strength is depleted, and gradually they begin to lose balance.
Finally, it was annexed one by one by Mengshe Zhao in the south and became a unified country, Nanzhao Kingdom.
It's just that the Nanzhao Kingdom has always been ambiguous between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. After Tubo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, they professed their vassalage to the Tang Dynasty.
But he was still wild and untamed, and he only paid superficial tribute to the Tang Dynasty.
After the Daughter Kingdom moved back from Tianzhu, the Tang Dynasty issued an order to move Nanzhao several hundred miles southward again, and their territory was handed over to the Daughter Kingdom.
After all, the Daughter Kingdom is less threatening than Nanzhao and is much more obedient.
This also caused dissatisfaction in Nanzhao, so even this time, no one was sent to attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the Tang Dynasty because the king of Nanzhao was seriously ill.
Li Shimin wanted Tang Ping to take people with him to attack Nanzhao when he passed by.
In Li Shimin's words, in the future, the daughter country will grow tobacco, which will be another money bag for the Tang Dynasty.
With an unstable factor like Nanzhao around, it's best to stay calm, otherwise don't blame Li Shimin for being unkind.
This job sounds easy to say, but against a guy like Nanzhao who is tough but not soft, I am afraid it will really be a real "beat".
So even if Tang Ping took a leave of absence, his face would be full of displeasure when he returned.
How to describe it?
It's like giving you an eight-day holiday during the National Day. It seems like you can have some fun, but then I immediately tell you about the holiday.
It's the same as having to work for seven consecutive days at the end.
It seems to be released, but it seems that it is not completely released.
When I went back and told the matter to Gou Shaoqun and Li Shanyi, these two people were very excited. What was the point of just traveling to Yunnan?
If they want to go back to Hyundai, they can just get a plane ticket.
"Did His Majesty say how to scare them?" Gou Shaoqun asked excitedly: "Did he send a tank corps?"
Tang Ping rolled his eyes at him: "That's your hometown, don't you know? Do you think Datang's tanks can drive in now?"
Gou Shaoqun thought about it and was right. There were mountains and hills over there. According to Tang Ping, several cities in Nanzhao were among the mountains, and the Tang Dynasty's roads had not been built there.
It's really difficult to get in if you use a tank.
"ThenAre we going to give you the Xuanjia Army? Or the Musketeers?" Li Shan is more reliable.
Tang Ping said: "There are one thousand Xuanjia troops and one thousand musketeers, but we can take the Chang'an."
The Chang'an he mentioned was the huge airship used during the grand ceremony.
This type of airship can carry up to 9 passengers, has a maximum range of 1,700 kilometers, and a maximum flight time of 20 hours.
In other words, if they take the Chang'an and walk straight from the air, they can get there in about a day and a night.
"We already have the Chang'an, so why don't we need bicycles!" Gou Shaoqun said exaggeratedly: "When the time comes, we will directly drive the airship over Nanzhao and scold the King of Nanzhao. Can he still bite us?"
"And if he is not convinced...Xue Rengui, where is Agui?"
Xue Rengui came over and asked, "What's the matter, Master Gou?"
"Didn't Brother Ping just get you a new guy? I think you should give that guy a name with the word "virtue" in it! If King Nanzhao is not convinced, you can just convince people with virtue on the airship. "
Tang Ping rubbed his forehead: "So what you mean is that as long as King Nanzhao is not convinced, we will kill him and replace him with another King Nanzhao. If he continues to be unconvinced, we will kill him again until they are convinced?"
"Isn't it very simple and crude?" Gou Shaoqun asked proudly.
"Please, my dog is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty no matter what. The reason why he didn't come this time is that the king is seriously ill. You can just go and kill it for the king. What will happen to other vassal states in the future?"
think? "
The Tang Dynasty's policy towards vassal states was to slowly assimilate, so this approach of directly stimulating conflicts was not acceptable.
After all, even if a war can conquer that piece of land, it will probably take decades to resolve the hatred. In comparison, war is just the worst of the worst.
"Then what should we do?" Gou Shaoqun asked: "Ask San'er to go and show the king of Nanzhao whether it is a real illness or a fake illness?"
Tang Ping's eyes lit up: "That's okay. Then we will say that San'er was sent to see a doctor by Your Majesty because he was worried about the King of Nanzhao's health."
"If he is really seriously ill, whether he can be cured or not, it will be Datang's kindness."
"If you are pretending to be sick, then you can also take the opportunity to give it a beating."
Li Shan didn’t care. It was just a physical examination. He could also take an airship to see different customs. What’s wrong with that?
So after the agreement was made, Tang Ping arranged for the Xuanjia Cavalry and the Musketeers to follow the guards of the King of the Daughter Kingdom and return to the Daughter Kingdom first with the tobacco seeds obtained by Gou Shaoqun.
As for them, they remodeled the inside of the Chang'an cockpit.
After all, this thing had torn down a lot of things for a performance a few days ago, and they planned to live in it for a few days this time.
Fortunately, when the design was started, Li Shimin was considered to be a passenger, so various facilities were quickly added.
Gou Shaoqun was the first to run up with his luggage, nodded and said, "It's no worse than our private jet."
"Haha." Tang Ping smiled: "The interior is all made of high-quality Hainan Huanghuali, and the gold on it is all pure gold. And which of these jade stones is not the best jade? Not to mention the craftsmanship, just these materials If I sell it to Hyundai, I’m afraid it will be enough to buy a private jet.”
This is not a lie. These things were all paid tribute to Li Shimin by various vassal countries this time, and they are regarded as his private property.
He thought about it and simply used it on this airship. This could be regarded as the Air Force One of the Tang Dynasty.
Yang Jinlam was even more frightened by the decoration inside.
"I... It's not over the limit if I take this ride, right?"
"Hey, His Majesty asked you to do it, what are you afraid of!" Gou Shaoqun shouted: "It's too late, get in the car, no, get on the airship, let's set off!"
