Chapter 266 Wang Xuance
Who knows if they are really descendants of Li Ling? Just because they have Han blood and claim to be descendants of Li Ling, they can't drag others to recognize their ancestors!
What if the ancestors don't recognize them? What if the ancestors are unhappy?
"Thank God Khan! The Jiankun Governor's Office will guard the border for the Tang Dynasty for generations." Shibo Qu Azhan said excitedly.
"Okay! Everyone raise your glasses and drink this glass of fine wine to celebrate today's happy day!" Li Er raised his glass and motioned everyone to drink together.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty! Congratulations to the Governor!" Everyone congratulated Li Er and Shibo Qu Azhan.
The banquet lasted until midnight, during which the beautiful women of the Khitan people performed a rather exotic song and dance to liven up the party.
Many people were drunk, and in the end the prince ordered the guards to send them back to their homes.
Li Er not only established the Jiankun Governor's Office in the Jiegu Tribe, which was subordinate to the Yanran Protectorate, but also established the Qilian Prefecture in the location of the Ashide Shijian Tribe, which was subordinate to the Yingzhou Governor's Office.
As the Tang Dynasty became more powerful, the rulers of the four barbarians around the Tang Dynasty rushed to send people to Chang'an to pay tribute and express their loyalty to Li Er.
They were afraid that if Li Er was unhappy, he would accuse them of disrespect and send troops to attack them, which would be bad for them.
Therefore, every year on the first day of the first lunar month, there were hundreds of envoys coming to pay tribute, so Li Er was very proud.
On the tenth day of a certain year, Li Er summoned the envoys of the various Hu tribes, and the complacent Li Er showed off his achievements to the ministers around him.
"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spent thirty years of war and exhausted the Central Plains, but gained very little. How can it be compared with today's pacification with virtue, making the barren land become a household of the Tang Dynasty!"
Just from this sentence, it is enough to see how high-spirited Li Er was.
Not long after the Tang Dynasty sent away the Khitans, the Songwai Man and the Khitan successively submitted to the Tang Dynasty, which expanded the area controlled by the Tang Dynasty again.
At the same time, the Western Turkic Khan Ashina Yugushe saw that he was deserted by his people and fled to Tokharistan, while the Western Turkic Yehu Ashina Helu led his people to submit to the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty! The envoy Wang Xuance who was sent to India has reported!" The relevant departments of the morning court presented a report to Li Er.
Wang Xuance, a native of Luoyang, Henan, the Tang Dynasty, was born and died in an unknown year. He was a famous diplomat of the Tang Dynasty. He was from the same hometown as Xuanzang. He had served as the magistrate of Huangshui County, Rongzhou, and the chief of Youwei Rate Mansion. Later, he was promoted to the rank of Chao San Dafu.
From the 17th year of Zhenguan to the first year of Longshuo (643-661), he was an envoy to India three times (some say four times).
The most glorious thing he did in his life was to destroy the country of India with his own strength.
Even though Wang Xuance had done such a great feat, he still did not receive the attention of the court. In fact, the Tang Dynasty was full of famous generals and important officials, and his deeds were not worth mentioning.
Li Er had already taken the report sent back to Chang'an by Wang Xuance from Wang Yuan and opened it to read.
During this period, Li Er's face changed constantly, and finally he breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone was confused and did not understand what Wang Xuance wrote in the report .
Among the crowd, only Li Chengqian, the time traveler, knew what was going on. Everyone else was confused.
In fact, Li Er's face changed too quickly. Before they had time to figure it out, Li Er's face returned to normal.
"Your Majesty! I wonder what Wang Xuance wrote in his report? I just saw that Your Majesty looked angry!" Chu Suiliang, who had just replaced Ma Zhou and was newly promoted to the position of Minister of the Central Secretariat, stepped out and asked.
"When the king of Central India, Magadha, Shiratayi, died, Central India fell into chaos. The traitor Arahashuna established himself as the lord, usurped the treasures of India, and pretended to be the king."
"Not only that, Arahuna also attacked the envoys of our Great Tang. Wang Xuance, Jiang Shiren and Bian Ji led 50 cavalrymen to fight hard, but were finally captured alive."
"Arahuna also plundered the tributes from various countries to our Great Tang. Finally, Wang Xuance escaped at night when the guards were not paying attention and fled all the way to the western border of Tubo." Li Er said.
India, that is, ancient India, is divided into five parts: East, West, South, North, and Central India. Central India is the most powerful, and the other four Indias are all subject to it.
Although Li Er said it lightly, everyone knows how dangerous and thrilling it is.
"What? Alona Shun of Central India is really abominable! Your Majesty! I think you should immediately issue an imperial edict to order the Anxi Protectorate to send troops to attack
Central India. Those who dare to attack our Tang envoys will not be spared." Changsun Wuji said. In recent years, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has been growing day by day, and its strength is far from what it used to be! A mere Central India country actually dared to provoke the Tang Dynasty. If they don't show them some color, they don't know how powerful the Tang Dynasty is.
"Don't worry, Situ. I just saw that your majesty's brows were relaxed. This matter may have a turn for the better. Let's listen to your majesty's words." Li Chengqian said.
As a time traveler, he naturally understood the development of the situation. Wang Xuance was known as a man who could destroy a country by himself. How could a mere Tianzhu be his opponent?
But then again, the strength of this third brother was also poor. He was fighting in his own territory, and his military strength was superior.
It can be said that he had the best of both worlds, but he was still defeated by Wang Xuance's thousands of troops.
It was no wonder that Alona was captured alive, and his entire family was taken back to Chang'an. He dared to provoke the Tang Dynasty when he was weak. What else could this be but courting death!
After hearing what Li Chengqian said, the ministers waited for Li Er's next words.
"Wang Xuance took the imperial edict I gave him, and recruited more than 8,000 soldiers from Tubo and Nepal to attack Central India, defeated the Indian army, and captured Alona Shun and his family."
"Now Wang Xuance is escorting them back, waiting for my trial. Wang Xuance also brought back an Indian alchemist who claimed to know the art of longevity. This person is over 200 years old." Li Er said.
After saying so much, for Li Er, longevity is the key point, and the rest is nothing.
Everyone nodded, and they all felt that Wang Xuance's actions were reasonable. This is the attitude that an envoy of a powerful empire should have.
Although Wang Xuance defeated the Indian army and captured Alona Shun and his family alive, which is also a meritorious thing, it is really nothing to these court officials.
"Father! Wang Xuance's victory over the Indian army is a great achievement. I think he deserves a reward." Li Chengqian saluted. "
Your Highness is right! I have my own opinion on this matter. It won't be too late to reward Wang Xuance after he returns." Li Er said.
He didn't take Wang Xuance's matter too seriously. After all, Indian army was nothing to Li Er, or even to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
No one took Tianzhu seriously, and Wang Xuance's tiny contribution was really nothing.