Chapter 458: Envoys of the two countries, Tubo asking for marriage?
Chapter 458: Envoys from the two countries, Tubo asks for marriage?
The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month! The last day before the New Year!
Today is the day of the great court meeting, and after today's meeting, the entire court will be closed for a few days to allow all the courtiers to rest.
Moreover, the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin who came to congratulate Zhao Shen have also arrived in Lin'an City. Today, they will go to the temple to pay homage and congratulate Zhao Shen on the New Year.
However, in addition to the envoys from the Jin Kingdom, there will also be envoys from the Tubo tribe present.
The Tubo tribe is located in the west of the Song Dynasty, on the plateau! Although this nation is also divided into many small tribes like Mongolia, it is also extremely powerful.
Moreover, this country is surrounded by neighboring countries.
To the east of Tubo, it borders the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, to the north it borders Xixia and Xiliao, to the south it borders Dali and Niboluo, and to the west it borders Badahashang, Tianzhu and other countries!
Although the surrounding area is full of tigers and wolves, the Tubo tribe is not in a panic.
On the contrary, life is extremely nourishing.
Tubo's territory was not too small, and was naturally slightly inferior to that of the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty today.
However, compared to Dali, Xixia and others are much larger.
Coupled with the unique fighting power of the plateau peoples, although they are not good at conquering other countries, it is still difficult for other countries to conquer the Tubo tribe.
After all, even if elite divisions from other countries came to the Tubo Plateau, their combat effectiveness would be weakened to the extreme.
Therefore, although it has neighboring countries on all sides, the country is very stable.
Moreover, the fighting power of the plateau people cannot be underestimated. At least, a country like Dali is no match for the Tubo tribe.
Although Xixia and Xiliao were not weak in combat power, their main opponent was the Kingdom of Jin, so there were not many conflicts between them.
As for the relationship between the Tubo clan and the Song Dynasty, it was neither harmonious nor hostile.
In the west of the Song Dynasty, Chengdu Prefecture and Lizhou Road were often attacked by the Tubo clan. However, their conquests were not to expand the land, but to plunder property and women. This was within tolerance of the Song Dynasty.
However, the Tubo tribe had never paid much attention to the Song Dynasty, let alone sent envoys to pay homage to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zhao Shen was quite happy when he heard that the Tubo tribe had envoys coming.
After all, almost every emperor has a dream of coming to court from all nations.
As for the current Song Dynasty, not to mention that all countries came to court, it was already a good thing not to go to court to meet other countries.
Nowadays, the arrival of the Tubo tribe is a good thing after all.
Therefore, Zhao Shen always had a rare smile on his face when he went to court today.
"My dear friends, the prosperity of our Song Dynasty this year is all due to your hard work. Thank you for your hard work."
On the dragon chair, Zhao Shen said with a smile as he looked at the courtiers below.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty is the king of Yao and Shun, and the prosperous age of our Song Dynasty is approaching..."
When complimenting each other, the ministers below will naturally understand the situation, so a lot of flattering words will be given directly to them.
"Hahaha……"
Although he knew that everyone below was suspected of being flattering, Zhao Shen was also extremely happy.
After all, although this kind of thing happened often before, but there was no reason at all to flatter him, which was quite embarrassing even for him.
But now, at least the Song Dynasty had the upper hand against the Jin Kingdom, and the flattery at this time can be regarded as a 'fact'.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shen naturally thought of the young champion in Lianli City.
"Well... after the New Year, I will give him a generous reward."
Zhao Shen thought in his mind.
"Okay, ministers, today we have envoys from Tibet and Jin to congratulate us. Please hurry up and announce that the envoys from the two countries are coming to the palace."
Zhao Shen said.
Immediately, a chamberlain stood up and shouted loudly, "Proclaim... the Kingdom of Jin, and the Tibetan envoys are here to see you!"
The sound spread out all the way to the envoys from the two countries who were already waiting outside the main hall.
Then, a small official on the side came forward and led the envoys from the two countries into the Daqing Hall.
Standing in front were three Tibetan envoys with buns, earlobes and leather boots.
Behind them were the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin.
The leader of the Tibetan envoy bowed slightly, saluted Zhao Shen who was sitting on the dragon throne, and said, "The Tibetan envoy Nisang Buza pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty! I am here to bring Zanpu's greetings to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Blessings and hope that our two countries will always have peace and prosperity."
The leader of the Tubo clan was not called the emperor, but was called Zanpu.
For example, we are most familiar with Songgan Zanpu who married Princess Wencheng.
Although this clan is also divided like Mongolia, at least in name, Zampu is the supreme leader of the Tubo clan, while the heads of other tribes are nominally loyal to Zampu.
However, when Zanpu is strong, this kind of allegiance is more real. When Zanpu is weak, these small clans work on their own, and the so-called allegiance is naturally empty talk.
Speaking of which, this is just like the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago in the Central Plains Dynasty! When the Zhou royal family was strong, it became the Zhou Dynasty. When the Zhou royal family became weak, it became the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the various vassal states ostensibly obeyed the Zhou king. , but in fact, King Zhou is just a puppet.
Zhao Shen nodded with satisfaction, "Well, the Tibetan envoy is too polite.
Thank you Zamp!”
"In addition, our Zanpu asked us to bring a hundred plateau yaks..."
After hearing what the Tibetan envoy said, Zhao Shen was naturally more satisfied.
Although he didn't care what kind of yak he was, after all, it was a congratulatory gift and represented a country, so it was naturally different.
However, before he could express his gratitude, he heard the Tibetan envoy say again.
"We Zanpu want to use these hundred yaks as a gift to marry a princess of the Song Dynasty. We hope that His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty can agree."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Shen's face froze, and the atmosphere in the originally festive court became stagnant!
It is said that for the princesses of the Central Plains Dynasty, they were simply the delicacies of that era! Especially for the surrounding small countries or tribes, it would be an extremely glorious thing to marry a Central Plains princess.
After all, with the precedent of Princess Wencheng, the princesses of the Central Plains Dynasty have an excellent market in the surrounding small countries.
Not only will you gain face, but it may even make you stronger. This kind of business that will never lose money is definitely a huge profit.
But this kind of thing is not so beautiful for the Central Plains Dynasty.
Because, the Central Plains Dynasty has a humiliating term called ‘harmony’!
For any aspiring emperor, marriage is a shame.
Therefore, it is not an easy task for the surrounding small countries to marry the princess of the Central Plains Dynasty.