The Xue Yantuo matter has been completely agreed upon. When they came, Qibi Heli and others also received certain authorizations, and since the negotiation was settled, Zhenzhu Khan simply wrote his credentials directly.
And he took the initiative to write in his credential: I think that although the countries in the Western Regions are vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, they are still managed separately, which has brought the threat of possible war to the people of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the Western Regions. This matter Rangchen was quite moved.
I have always been deeply touched by His Majesty's kindness to me. After thinking about it again and again, I feel that this matter must not be delayed for this reason. For the sake of the many tribes, herdsmen and the people of the Central Plains, there will no longer be conflicts and bloody conflicts. , I am willing to give up all my power.
I am willing to become an ordinary citizen of the Tang Dynasty, and lead the entire Xueyantuo tribe and other grassland tribes to be completely integrated into the Tang Dynasty, become a state of the Tang Dynasty, and be included in the management of the Tang Dynasty to avoid misunderstandings due to insufficient communication between the two parties.
I implore your Majesty to send capable ministers to the grassland to lead the many herdsmen and people in the grassland. I implore your Majesty to do your best to let the many herdsmen and people in the grassland live a good life so that they no longer struggle for survival!
For this, I am willing to give up everything.
Xue Yantuo's subordinate: Yi Shiyi male, submitted a letter on April 27, the 22nd year of the Tang Dynasty. "
After Zhenzhu Khan finished writing his credentials, he handed it over to Qibi Heli, who sent him to the Tang Dynasty with 300 cavalry.
And they will stay in Xueyantuo for the time being to carry out other subsequent procedures, such as other tribes that jointly form Xueyantuo with the Xueyantuo tribe. To persuade them, they will definitely have to come forward to explain.
Therefore, it is definitely impossible for them to return directly for the time being, and they still need to cooperate with Zhenzhu Khan to make the next plan.
I have to say that Zhenzhu Khan is also very straightforward. In other words, he knows a truth. Either don't do it. Now that he has done it, he should do it more simply and strive for more benefits for himself.
Being neither up nor down is what a fool would do. Otherwise, don't agree. Now that you have agreed, you must completely commit to either side.
What's more, there is still money to be had by persuading other tribes to join the Tang Dynasty. In the future, we will also be members of the Tang Dynasty. If we want to live a good life, we will definitely need more money.
No one can complain about having too much money.
In mid-May, Zhenzhu Khan's credentials were sent from the grassland to Chang'an City. Li Shimin, who received the credentials, naturally handed Li Ke to Liangyi Palace as soon as possible.
Naturally, the credential was accompanied by a memorial written by Qibi Heli and others. In the memorial, Qibi Heli and others wrote about the conversation between the two parties that day and the entire process.
After receiving the credentials and memorial, Li Shimin read both of them one by one.
After reading it, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing "hahaha". He directly handed the memorial and credentials in his hand to Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng.
"Look, look, hahaha, this Yishuyi man is quite a wonderful person. To be honest, I didn't expect this guy to be so straightforward." Li Shimin was very proud.
Fang Xuanling and the other three immediately circulated both items.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." The three people all smiled and congratulated Li Shimin. After all, the threat from Xue Yantuo and other tribes in the north was completely eliminated, which was definitely a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.
At present, the only thing that the Tang Dynasty cannot solve through peaceful means is Goguryeo.
They didn't expect that His Highness's move would actually work.
"You should congratulate Li Ke. To be honest, I didn't expect this kid's method to be really effective." Li Shimin said with emotion.
"I'm afraid these are closely related to some of His Highness's reforms." Fang Xuanling also added with emotion, "Without His Highness's reforms, this trick would be impossible to work. After all, if you want them to give up the entire Xue Yantuo, just The money we paid was a huge amount.”
"What Mr. Liang Guo said is true. If I had put such a method in the past, I wouldn't have dared to think of it." Changsun Wuji nodded, which showed that his vision was different.
If it weren't for Li Ke, they would never have thought that there was such a trick, but could this trick be used casually? No, because this move requires massive financial resources! Let's just say that this time the entire Xueyantuo was bought, involving Zhenzhu Khan and the leaders and nobles of Xueyantuo's various tribes.
The total amount of money paid by the entire Tang Dynasty was close to 15 million to 20 million yuan. In the past, this was the treasury of Datang for two years.
Even based on Datang's treasury income in 2021 or this year, it means Datang's entire year's income!
How could they have paid this money before? Not to mention whether the Tang Dynasty had it, but even if the Tang Dynasty had it, they didn’t have so many copper coins!
But now it's different. Banknotes can be printed directly by the mint affiliated with the central bank.
Although His Highness has said that banknotes are not printed casually, but are calculated based on national strength, commodity prices, commodity circulation rates, etc., which is said to be very complicated.
But His Highness also said that a country can over-issuance of part of its currency, but the over-issuance must be controlled within a certain range. The prerequisite for over-issuance is that Datang is very optimistic about Datang's future economic development. .
In fact, the currency circulation rate of the Tang Dynasty was too low, and too many copper coins were lying dormant in different places. This is why there was not enough money before the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that the currency of the Tang Dynasty was actually around. All small countries have circulation.
Now that these small countries have been included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty, all aspects such as commodity circulation in these small countries must also be included in the calculation.
Increasing currency issuance is naturally inevitable, not to mention what is a commodity? There are currently more than 30 million livestock in the entire Xueyantuo territory, all of which are commodities! Since Datang bought these commodities and became Datang's goods, as well as the land area, etc., it is naturally feasible to issue currency.
But that was definitely not possible in the previous Datang Dynasty.
In fact, if the Tang Dynasty really had so much money in history, Li Ke's policy would have been implemented in real history. For these kings of small countries who are unable to defeat them and know that they may die if they fail, it is not difficult for the other party to give up this position if you provide enough status and money.
"Can your Shangshu Province make arrangements for follow-up work?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and asked.
"The problem is not big. Although we are still in short supply of officials, we are already working hard to train them. Some casual officials in the court can be put to important use, and these people have also been trained on them for several years in accordance with His Highness's previous instructions. Months of training are mainly to change their attitudes.”
"Especially the young literati who His Highness left from the Imperial College before, as well as the newly trained young officials. They are young enough and are exposed to new things quickly enough. They can all be used."
"The other thing is that these tribes in the grasslands are different from other countries. They start their nomadic life in the summer, and they do so in the form of small tribes or small villages. After choosing a village, they can solve some simple daily things within themselves." Fang Xuanling said seriously.
