Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 513 The Wealth of the Wa Country
Li Shimin didn't realize that Gao Ming had been leading the whole conversation before.

Anyone who has done sales knows that if you want customers to accept the products you sell, you must first give customers a sense of belonging.

For example, many smart furniture dealers generally do not directly discuss business with customers, but first discuss with the other party about the furnishings of the furniture. When the customer has figured out how to arrange the furniture and even what sofa covers to use, then the The success rate of the transaction is very high.

What Gao Ming did before is exactly the same as this.

Gao Ming is very clear that Li Shimin is short of money, and Datang is also short of money, because for a country, money will never be enough, otherwise the leaders of later generations would not put forward the policy of "centering on economic construction".

And more importantly, Gao Ming knew that Li Shimin was actually a person whose interests were paramount. For such a person, no matter how obedient and obedient Wa Guo was, it would be useless to treat Datang as his own father.

Like now.

Originally, Li Shimin planned to help the Emperor Xiaode of the Wa Kingdom to restore the country, but after Gao Ming guided him to think of ways to spend money, all he thought about in his mind was how to get the gold and silver of the Wa Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Kotoku had long been forgotten by him.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Shimin issued an imperial decree, which probably meant something like this:
The country of Wa was attacked by pirates. As a subsidiary state of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty naturally had the duty to do so, so Li Shimin will send [-] troops to help Emperor Xiaode recover the country of Wa.

After receiving this imperial decree, Emperor Xiaotoku was naturally grateful, but unfortunately he didn't know that he was actually seeking skin from a tiger, because Li Shimin had no intention of returning the Wa Kingdom to him, but instead planned to "occupy the mountain and become king"!
The Wa Kingdom is nominally a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and has never done anything wrong to the Tang Dynasty, which makes it impossible for Li Shimin to find a normal reason to seize it.

Since there is no kingly way, then we can only go heresy.

In order to occupy the Wa country for a long time, it is undoubtedly a safe way for people to pretend to be bandits and occupy the mountain as king.

As soon as Datang's army landed on the island, the "pirates" disappeared, and when Datang's army left, the "bandit" appeared again. At that time, Datang's army went again, and so on.

On the surface, it is to exterminate the bandits, but in fact, it is to transport the gold, silver and other resources from the islands of the Wa kingdom to the Tang Dynasty!

For the uninformed ministers in the court, Li Shimin's move to help the Wa country is undoubtedly "the demeanor of a great country", and they all shouted "My emperor is holy"!
Emperor Kotoku didn't know that his "Da Tang Dad" was about to wipe out his family fortune, and thought that the restoration of the country was hopeful, so he cheered with the ministers, and then happily exited the hall.

After Emperor Xiaotoku left, Li Shimin announced the second edict-because Yanqi and Western Turks intercepted and killed the envoys who paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, so King Yanqi and Yipi Shekui Khan of Western Turks were asked to come to Chang'an to plead guilty!
Undoubtedly, facing such an imperial decree, it was impossible for the kings of the two countries to come, and the reason why Li Shimin wanted to issue such an imperial edict was not to expect them to come obediently, but just to find an excuse to start a war.

In this era, there is no such thing as "regime independence" in weak countries. Li Shimin is honored as "Tian Ke Han" by all countries, which is not just a title, it represents the power of life and death in his hands!
If I ask you to come, you have to come here obediently, otherwise I will send troops to break your city and capture you again!

From this point of view, Li Shimin is indeed very domineering.

As for the imperial decree issued by Li Shimin, the officials did not have any opinions. After all, even the envoys of the tribute were killed, which is already a matter of the face of a country.

The most important thing is that Datang's toughness has penetrated deep into his bones, coupled with successive victories in foreign wars, even civil servants are very tough in dealing with foreign issues.

It is worth mentioning that when Li Shimin announced the imperial decree, Ashnadur, who had always been silent in the court hall, stood up.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my troops to announce this imperial decree to Yanqi and Yibi Shekui Khan!"

Hearing Ashnadur's words, a smile appeared on Li Shimin's face.

Li Shimin could tell that Ashnadur meant that he was going to announce the decree. If the other party didn't listen, then he would fight the battle!
Ashnadur is using this method to express his loyalty to Li Shimin and Datang, which is very commendable!

In fact, Ashnadur was the son of Chuluo Khan. In terms of blood, he was more qualified to inherit the position of Turkic Khan than Jieli Khan.

As Jieli Khan was captured, the Turks also perished, and Ashnadur led his tribe to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Although Ashnadur returned to Datang, this did not prevent his subordinates from respecting him. In private, people from Tiele tribes still called Ashnadur "Dub Khan"!
In their hearts, Ashnadur is still their king!

It is not easy for such a person to be an ordinary general in the Tang Dynasty willingly, so Li Shimin also valued him very much, and even married his own sister, Princess Hengyang, to him and made him a son-in-law Captain.

Ashnadur did not disappoint Li Shimin's value, and played a very important role in the conquest of Gaochang and the subsequent military operations against Kucha.

In recognition of his achievements, after his death, Li Zhi buried him next to Li Shimin's tomb for future generations to look up to.

Of course, Li Shimin didn't know these things, but this didn't hinder his affection for Ashnadur, especially after he issued the imperial decree, Ashnadur stood up to ask for the decree without hesitation, which made him Very satisfied.

Seeing Ashnadur with a serious face, Li Shimin suddenly smiled.

"Dur, I have already decided to leave this matter to Ashina Helu. As for you, I have other arrangements!"

"Yes!"

Hearing that Li Shimin had other arrangements for him, Ashnadur didn't ask any more questions, and withdrew after agreeing.

After retiring from the court, Li Shimin called Ashnadur to the imperial study room, intending to entrust him with the search of the Wa Kingdom.

In Li Shimin's view, Ashnadur is the most suitable candidate.

Back then when Hou Junji and Ashinadur attacked Gaochang, Hou Junji brought people in to rob Gaochang after they broke the city.

According to the principle of having a share for those who see it, Hou Junji also gave Ashnadur a large share, but Ashnadur didn't want it. Not only did he not ask for it, he also told his soldiers not to accept these things, Let alone disturb the people of Gaochang.

It wasn't until later that the imperial court issued a decree to reward meritorious men, and Ashnadur picked a few trophies as souvenirs. After Li Shimin heard about this incident, he praised him for his integrity and rewarded him with a precious sword.

Now that Li Shimin decided to send people to search for the wealth of the Wa Kingdom, what he needed was a clean person, so Ashnadur naturally became the first choice!
After entering the study, Li Shimin smiled at Ashnadur.

"Dur, this time I plan to let you take someone to the country of Wa!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Ashina Dudu immediately nodded happily.

"Yes, I understand, I will definitely recover the Wa Kingdom as soon as possible!"

Seeing Ashnadur with a serious face, Li Shimin immediately laughed, shaking his head while laughing.

"No, I didn't ask you to recover the Wa Kingdom. I have already arranged the candidates for the recovery of the Wa Kingdom. As for you, I want you to send someone to pretend to be a bandit and snatch all the valuable things from the Wa Kingdom!"

Ashnadur: "..."

(End of this chapter)