Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 882 A Big Event

Autumn and winter come.

After winter, the weather in Chang'an City became very cold.

And the cold weather made going to court a torment for the officials.

Even though the kang stove has been set up in the main hall, it is relatively warmer, but the journey from home to the palace is still uncomfortable for a long time.

This morning, the ministers discussed matters.

And at this moment, Changsun Wuji stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, I just got the good news from the grassland. Ma Zhou and Chen Shixiong have wiped out all the rebels on the grassland. If you calm them down, they will be able to return to Beijing."

Hearing that Ma Zhou had solved the matter on the grassland, all the ministers were very satisfied.

Only Gao Shilian rolled his eyes, feeling very upset.

At the beginning Cui Yan was asked to make trouble for Ma Zhou, who would have thought that Cui Yan would be killed instead if he failed to find trouble.

Moreover, Li Shimin did not punish Ma Zhou.

Now that Ma Zhou has settled the matter on the grassland, I'm afraid Li Shimin won't punish Ma Zhou even more?
Gao Shilian didn't even know why he was so upset.

"My lord, the matter on the prairie has been resolved, I am really happy and congratulated."

"That's right, that's right, a big hidden danger of my Tang Dynasty has finally been solved."

"After the beginning of spring, the prefecture on the grassland will be built, and the people will be relocated, and then the Turkic people will be relocated here. The grassland will permanently become the territory of our Tang Dynasty."

"Who said it wasn't..."

Everyone said so excitedly, Li Shimin was also very happy here.

And at this moment, Changsun Wuji said again: "Your Majesty, next year will be the fifth year of Zhenguan. It took you four years to destroy the Turks and make me very rich in Tang Dynasty. In my opinion, Let Wan Guo come to court next year, as well as the vassal princes from all over the Tang Dynasty."

Changsun Wuji still knows Li Shimin very well.

Now, Li Shimin has experienced the most embarrassing years, he must want to show off to the world, let other countries and those vassal kings know how powerful Li Shimin is, and want to show off to other countries, the best The best way is to let other countries send envoys to pay tribute.

As long as all nations come to court, Li Shimin's vanity will definitely be satisfied.

Of course, the most important thing is to show the strength of Tang to other countries, so that other countries dare not easily get involved in Datang.

Changsun Wuji's words can be said to have reached Li Shimin's heart.

When he became an emperor, he wanted to be an emperor through the ages, so that other countries would pay tribute, which naturally became something that he longed for deeply in his heart.

Now that Changsun Wuji brought it up, it couldn't be better.

However, although he liked it very much in his heart, Li Shimin was not in a hurry to express his opinion. He just glanced at the officials and asked, "What do you love?"

After Li Shimin asked, someone stood up.

"My lord, now our Tang Dynasty is prosperous and powerful, and our military strength is also very strong. It is very normal for other countries to pay tribute."

"My lord, I also think there is no problem."

"My minister agrees."

"The minister also agrees."

"My lord, I don't agree with you."

Just when many people were seconding, Wei Zheng stood up and expressed his disapproval.

Seeing Wei Zheng, Li Shimin's face turned slightly pale, and he was so angry that he wanted to rush down and beat Wei Zheng up.

Why does Wei Zheng always like to tear down the stage?

Suppressing his unhappiness, Li Shimin asked, "Oh, why does Wei Aiqing disagree?"

Wei Zhengdao: "The Holy Majesty defeated the Turks. This is indeed a supreme achievement. It can definitely be a close-up in the history books. However, the economy of our Tang Dynasty is not particularly prosperous. Those envoys from various countries came here. There are a lot of people. We have to find a way to receive them. This is a big expense. Nowadays, there are still many people in Tang Dynasty who can’t wear cotton-padded clothes in winter, and they can’t eat enough. Many places will freeze to death. I think, Use this money to take care of the people of our Tang Dynasty first, and when our Tang Dynasty is really rich, what kind of nations will come to court."

Wei Zheng didn't give Li Shimin any face.

In today's Datang, the development of economy and agriculture is already very good, but no matter how good it is, it has not yet reached the level of special wealth, so if Datang really wants to burn money, Wei Zheng feels that burning money in Datang Tang Minmin is the best.

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, many ministers in the court who had the same thoughts as Wei Zheng also stood up one after another.

In any case, the people of Datang are more important than the so-called face.

At least that's how it seemed to many of them.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wei is right. The common people are not living well. How can we spend this money to entertain those outsiders?"

"That's right, that's right, please wait another two years, Your Majesty, until my Great Tang is prosperous, and then do this thing."

"Yes, the Majesty has waited for four years, are you afraid of waiting for another two years?"

"Your Majesty, please think twice, Master Wei is right..."

In the court of the Tang Dynasty, there will never be a shortage of people who dare to speak out, not to mention that Wei Zheng is the leader. Even if Li Shimin is angry, he is angry at Wei Zheng, so many people stand up to support Wei Zheng.

Li Shimin's face became a little ugly when these people talked one after another.

Indeed, the people are very important, but he thinks his own face is more important. How can Datang lose face?
Li Shimin was a little unhappy, but under the leadership of Wei Zheng, those people in the court were still talking.

But those officials who supported Wan Guo's coming to the DPRK just now were a little silent.

Obviously, after Wei Zheng told the situation just now, they really couldn't find a good reason to refute.

The common people have not given enough protection, but now they are spending money to do all kinds of kingdoms to come to court, it is really not worth the loss.

Many of them dare not stand up.

Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji, this matter was brought up by Changsun Wuji, and Changsun Wuji must find a way to solve it.

After being persecuted by Li Shimin in this way, Changsun Wuji secretly complained in his heart, and he said casually that he just catered to Li Shimin. Who would have thought that Wei Zheng would make such a fuss.

But now it's like this, it seems a bit unreasonable for him not to stand up and say something.

After pondering for a while, Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think that if all nations come to court, we should continue to do it. After all, we need to show off the national power of our Tang Dynasty, so that they will be afraid. That's the only way. We dare not easily trouble our Datang, our Datang can maintain stability for a long time, only when we are stable can we carry out economic and agricultural development."

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji showed a faint smile, and said, "Our Datang can still afford this amount of money. We must have a long-term vision."

(End of this chapter)