Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1128 The son-in-law is king
"Xu Shibi?"

In the palace hall of Jilin, the capital city of Silla, King Jin Baijing of Silla squinted his eyes and stared at the Daqin official in front of him.

"Daqin Weiwei Temple Shaoqing, Wu'an Marquis Xu Shibi."

Wearing a purple robe and jade belt, Xu Shibi stood proudly in the hall. In front of the aged Silla king, he was not timid at all, and even carried a bit of natural arrogance. This was the unique arrogance of the envoys of the upper kingdom when they faced the king of the lower kingdom.

The king of Silla lowered his head, and a young general said, "Why don't you kneel when you see my king?"

Xu Shibi shook his head and laughed.

"I am the founding prince of Great Qin, and your king is no more than a vassal of my Great Qin. My emperor bestowed the Duke of Jilin County, and you are also a minister of Great Qin!"

Although Silla has been established for hundreds of years, it also paid tribute to the Central Plains and accepted the canonization of the Central Plains.During the Sui Dynasty, the King of Silla was conferred the titles of Shangkaifu, Duke of Lelang, and King of Silla.After the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, Silla sent envoys to pay tribute, and the emperor changed the title of King of Silla to Hushi General, Duke of Jilin County, and King of Silla.

Originally, the emperor even wanted to change his title to Jilin Hou, but because of his contribution to helping Qin Ping Goguryeo, he was changed to Duke of the county.However, this Duke of Jilin made Silla secretly dissatisfied.Originally, in the Sui Dynasty, for the three kingdoms of Liaodong, the king of Goguryeo was granted the title of Duke of Liaodong, the king of Baekje was granted the title of Duke of Daifang, and the king of Silla was granted the title of Duke of Lelang.

This title is very particular. Liaodong, Lelang, and Daifang are the three counties set up on the peninsula by the Han Dynasty.Historically, by the time of the Sui Dynasty, the three kingdoms of Goguryeo almost each occupied all or part of these three counties, so this title is relatively close.

But the Emperor Daqin directly changed Lelang County Lord to Jilin County Lord, something is wrong.Jilin, also known as Xu Luofa, is the capital of the king of Silla. Silla is a country that has passed down more than 20 generations of kings. Even if it is a state in the Central Plains, it is still a country. Now the imperial court has created a Jilin County Duke, which has revealed that it will It is the intention to change Jilin into a county.

Think about the Khitan and Xi vassals in the north, whose lands were either changed to Songmo County, Raole County, or Sumo County, etc., and their leaders and chiefs were appointed as Dukes, and each of them has been included in the Great Qin Dynasty.

And the original Goguryeo, now only became the Andong Road and the Liaodong Road of the Sui people, and Silla did not want to suddenly become the Qin people one day.

Jin Baijing stopped the young general from wanting to argue.

"I don't know why Marquis Wu'an came here. Could it be that the emperor has a purpose? Or is it that the emperor has already approved the request made by Gu earlier, and is willing to give me all the land south of the North Han River to Silla?"

The corners of Xu Shibi's mouth curled up in a sarcastic smile.

"The Han River Basin was originally the land of Lelang and Daifang County. My emperor led his elite troops to attack Goguryeo, punished the king and destroyed the country, and then regained this place. How many soldiers died here. How can it be easily handed over to the vassals now? "

"Although our Great Qin Kingdom is large, there is never an inch of extra land."

"My emperor established the national motto at the beginning of the founding of the country, not to cede land, not to be a minister, not to pay tribute, and not to make friends!"

Jin Baijing twitched his face a few times, very disappointed.

"So it is."

"Then what happened to Marquis Wu'an?"

Xu Shibi said, "I'm here to propose."

"Proposal?"

Now the Silla monarchs and ministers were all surprised.

"Before the Silla Kingdom paid tribute to many beauties and talented women, my emperor was very satisfied, because I heard the Silla women in the palace mention that Princess Deman, the daughter of the Silla King, is smart, smart, generous and kind, and she is still unmarried. Come and propose, Xia Ping!"

"Princess Yuping, my emperor, is Zhaoyuan of the Nine Concubines, and ranks second!"

Jin Baijing hadn't spoken yet, but the young general blushed angrily, "Don't even think about it!"

Xu Shibi turned his head and looked at the bearded young general, "For those who haven't come yet, may I ask, who is your lord? Why do you keep interrupting me to talk to the county magistrate?"

"I am the Immortal Jin Yuxin!"

"National Immortal? What is this? Could it be the Supreme Immortal, the national teacher of Silla? But you don't look like a Taoist monk or Taoist with profound mana?"

The king of Silla coughed twice, and explained to Xu Shibi with a smile, saying that the king of Silla was the leader of the Hwarangs of Silla.

"What is Hwarang?"

Hwarang is an organization specially created by Jin Baijing, also known as Hwarang Tu, Lang Tu or Guoxian Tu, Merry Tu, Fengyue Tu, etc.

In fact, Hua Langdao is equivalent to the pro-Xun Yiwei of the Central Plains court. The purpose of selecting noble children is to organize the noble children to practice martial arts together, instill the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and cultivate loyal warriors.

These Hwarangs were born in aristocratic families, practiced martial arts, and received etiquette training. Therefore, when grand ceremonies are held, Hwarangs are also responsible for playing musical instruments, painting, composing poems, and serving as guards of honor.

Hwarang's coach is called Huazhu, and Hwarang's leader is called Guoxian.

The leader of Hwarang Dao is Guoxian, the most trusted person of the king, and the coach is the flower master. Then there are Hwarang and Langtu subdivided below.

Candidates must not only be noble youths, but must be authentic and above four-headed, and secondly, they must be handsome. After being selected, they should not only wear brocade robes, but also dress up with powder, hence the name Hwarang.

Jin Yuxin was less than 30 years old and served as the Immortal of the Kingdom precisely because he was trusted by the king and he came from a very high family background.

He entered Hwarang Dao at the age of 12 and became a disciple, became a Hwarang at the age of 13, and became a flower master at the age of 15. He was good at swordsmanship and had great kung fu. At the age of eighteen, he became the national immortal of all Hwarangs.

In addition to good looks and great swordsmanship, his ability to become a national immortal also stems from his origin.He is the sacred bone of the royal family, the most noble bloodline, and at the same time he also has the bloodline of Galo.

His father was from the royal family of Jialuo, and his mother was from the royal family of Silla. Jialuo, also known as the golden official Gaya, was one of the tribes of the Gaya Kingdom that stood side by side with Silla before, and later Gaya was merged into Silla.

Therefore, Jin Yuxin, who has the blood of the two royal families, was born noble, good-looking, and skilled in martial arts, so he was deeply loved and trusted by the king.

There are rumors that the king is planning to let him marry Princess Deman, who will be named after him in the future.

With the king's hint, Jin Yuxin had long regarded Princess Deman as his fiancée, and even secretly regarded himself as the future king.

Now a Qin envoy jumped out and said that he wanted to propose to Princess Deman for the emperor of Qin. How could this work?
Although he is now trusted by the king, he is already a high-ranking Jiaogan before he is thirty, and he is also a national immortal, but if he can't marry the princess, he is just an official and will never become a king.

You know, according to Silla tradition, a son-in-law can also be king.

In the early days of Silla, Park was originally the king. Later, the king’s son and son-in-law often gave up the throne to each other. So the original royal family was only Park, and later the son-in-law of Xi and Jin was also elected as king. So it gradually evolved into a system in which the three surnames took turns inheriting the throne, until a long time later, the family of the Jin surname dominated and took charge of the throne.

(End of this chapter)