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Chapter 368 Post-disaster reconstruction, all countries pay tribute one after another(1/2)

 The next days will be about post-disaster reconstruction.

Post-disaster reconstruction not only involves the reconstruction of houses, but also the reconstruction of people's hearts.

Many people in Qingzhou and even Henan Province have been brainwashed by Qingshan, thinking that Qingshan is the emperor.

Therefore, the top priority for the reconstruction of Qingzhou is to appease the local people.

Post-disaster reconstruction is also a time to spend money, and it is also a very busy day for Fang Yuan.

Regarding this, Fang Yuan was speechless and asked Li Shimin several times to arrange for two ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs to come over.

There is currently no Minister of Household Affairs in the Household Department, and there has been no such thing since Fang Yuan was promoted.

But now Li Shimin is also very busy and has no time to choose the Minister of Household Affairs for Fang Yuan.

Moreover, the imperial court still has the most officials with five surnames and seven looks, and Li Shimin does not want to elect them.

More than half a month has passed, and Qingzhou's reconstruction is finally on track.

On this day, the Tibetan envoy came to visit, the Western Turkic envoy came to visit, and the Xue Yantuo envoy came to visit.

According to reports, envoys from Japan, Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo and other countries are also on their way.

With three big countries visiting in succession, Honglu Temple suddenly became as lively as if it were a Chinese New Year, and there were suddenly more people.

According to normal circumstances, if other countries come to visit, they will be received within a day or two after arranging to enter Honglu Temple.

However, this time, no minister proposed to receive them early to show that the country is big-hearted and so on.

Because everyone knows that they came to visit because Tuyuhun was destroyed and Murong Fuyun was captured.

This is probably a sign of weakness, so let them wait until representatives from Japan and other countries arrive.

Similarly, under normal circumstances, countries like Western Turks would also ask to see the emperor as soon as possible.

But this time there was no rush, and there was a tacit understanding of waiting for the arrival of Japan and other countries.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Jing's army has not all returned yet, but Murong Fuyun escorted them back.

At the same time, envoys from Japan, Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo also arrived one after another.

On this day, Li Shimin led Fang Yuan and other ministers of the DPRK and China to receive the envoys from these countries at the Taiji Hall.

"Welcome to our Datang!"

"I have been too busy recently to find time, please forgive me!"

Li Shimin said slowly.

He glanced at the representatives from various countries present, with a sense of superiority in his eyes.

This is what the Kingdom of Heaven should be like, the prototype of the coming of all nations to the Kingdom.

"Understand, understand."

"I have no objection."

"Thank you, Khan, for hosting us."

Everyone spoke out one after another with flattering smiles.

A total of seven countries were visited, with seven different languages.

But at this time, they all answered Li Shimin's words in Chinese.

"You must have noticed that there are still two empty seats on site."

Li Shimin pointed to the two empty seats and chuckled.

The banquet was clearly arranged, with Tang and other states divided into two sides.

Among the countries, there are a total of eight positions, and two positions are still vacant.

The envoys from various countries were a little surprised at first, but they were even more surprised when they heard Li Shimin's question, and they talked in low voices.

"Please invite Tuyuhun Khan and Jieli Khan!"

Li Shimin said loudly.

After saying this, the expressions of the representatives present changed.

As we all know, Tuyuhun suffered a disastrous defeat in the battle with Datang, and Murong Fuyun was captured.

I heard that Li Jing was still hunting down the army in Tuyuhun and beating Tuyuhun to pieces.

In addition, Murong Fuyun was arrested, so Tuyuhun was finally destroyed.

Now Li Shimin actually invited Murong Fuyun and Jieli Khan. Is this a show of force?

Soon, Jieli Khan and Murong Fuyun walked out from one side.

Among them, Jieli Khan looked indifferent and calm.

Murong Fuyun, on the other hand, had an ugly face, as gloomy as water.

As everyone watched, the two people sat down one after another without saying a word.

"Okay, let's get down to business, I welcome you!"

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and raised his glass to everyone present.

Fang Yuan and others also raised their glasses to everyone present.

"Thank you, His Majesty Khan."

Representatives from all countries raised their glasses and drank.

"Everyone, may I ask what's going on?"

After Li Shimin put down his wine glass, it was time to get down to business.

Of the seven countries, two have been destroyed, making the total nine.

Nine countries came to Datang together. Why did they come?

"Your Majesty Tian Khan, I am Lu Dongzan, the Tibetan envoy and the Prime Minister of Tibet."

"I apologize to His Majesty Tian Khan on behalf of my king. It was my king who was deceived by Tuyuhun and sent troops to intervene in the Tang Dynasty. Please forgive His Majesty Tian Khan for his fault."

"This is a small gift. Please accept it, His Majesty the Khan."

The Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan stood up and said politely.

As he spoke, he waved to the people behind him, and someone immediately carried out six large boxes.

Judging from the way they were carrying the box, you could tell that the items in the box were very heavy and should be gold, silver and jewelry.

Sure enough, after opening it, six large boxes were filled with gold, silver, jewelry, etc., full of sincerity.

"Fang Yuan, tell me."

Li Shimin did not reply immediately, but looked at Fang Yuan and said.

Before convening today's banquet, Li Shimin and others had already held a small meeting in advance.

The countries must be afraid of the Tang Dynasty, and their coming this time must be to please the Tang Dynasty and make deals with the Tang Dynasty.

In this case, Datang must seize the opportunity to obtain more and greater benefits from this visit.

"I have met all the envoys. I am Fang Yuan, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Tang Dynasty."

"Lu Dong praised the Prime Minister. We in the Tang Dynasty are deeply touched by your Tubo sincerity."

"But we in the Tang Dynasty do not need these vulgar things. We only need you, Tubo, to agree to one condition."

Fang Yuan said loudly.

At the same time, he looked Lu Dongzan up and down.

People in their thirties look quite young.

But this person is also famous in history.

He unified the plateau with Songtsen Gampo, the current King of Tubo, and almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty in the future.

This is an amazing person, and you should not look down on him because of his age.

"Please say."

Lu Dongzan nodded heavily and said.

Representatives from various countries looked at Fang Yuan, curious about Fang Yuan’s conditions.

Six big boxes, worth about millions, if you don’t want these, what are the conditions?

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"Every country must know that our country, the Tang Dynasty, is promoting paper currency."

"Banknotes are easy to use and help stimulate economic development."

"I hope that Tubo can accept banknotes and support the circulation of banknotes in Tubo."

Fang Yuan’s righteous way.

This is a strategy, the lifeblood of economic control.

I wonder if Lu Dongzan and the representatives present can understand this.

"This matter is of great importance. Please allow me to ask my king."

Lu Dongzan's expression changed, he hesitated for a moment and then said.

As Fang Yuan thought, he immediately felt the danger of supporting the circulation of Tang Dynasty treasure banknotes in Tubo.

If something similar to the seven-star banknotes happened after Datang treasure banknotes entered Tubo, wouldn’t Tubo’s money flow to Datang in vain?
To be continued...
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