This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 860: The Weakness of a Nation Is Its Original Sin
At this time, in a house in Pyay City, Vikrama was chatting with a group of his confidants.

"King, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has left the palace and is now wandering around the city with his men."

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Vikram stood up and walked over. Without any warning, he kicked the man to the ground, and then said angrily: "How many times have I told you, from now on, don't claim to be king!

Since you’re pretending to be my grandson, just do it directly!

From now on, anyone who dares to call me king will be killed, no one will be exempted! "

Upon hearing this, the subordinate who was kicked over quickly stood up and said, "I understand."

"Get lost!" Vikram shouted angrily, and returned to the main seat again. He then showed a friendly face and said to everyone, "From now on, we have to be more careful."

As he spoke, Viktorama patted his thighs with both hands and said, "The present is different from the past. The Han people have a saying that the situation is stronger than the people. In the final analysis, it is still because of our own lack of strength. If we also have the strength of the Ming Dynasty, how dare the Tang Dynasty do this?"

"A blacksmith must be strong himself..." Hearing this, someone said, "But I see that the officials of the Tang Dynasty don't look so friendly when they look at us, especially Yuchi Jingde, who looks like he wants to draw his sword against us.

Will the Tang Dynasty really let us go so easily?"

After he finished speaking, everyone looked worried.

Someone added: "I heard that Yuchi Jingde killed a lot of people in Siam, and he killed nine out of ten Siamese dignitaries..."

Vikram knew these people’s concerns, and upon hearing this he smiled and said, “Don’t worry about him.

Over the years, we have also come to know the Central Plains dynasties. Although they were cruel and inhumane, they seemed full of benevolence and morality on the surface.

But it is their hypocrisy that gives us the opportunity, doesn't it?
As long as we don’t do anything out of line, they won’t do anything to us, at least in the short term, so you can rest assured.”

"That's true." Someone nodded after hearing this, but he was still a little worried, "From now on, I'm afraid we will lose our voice in Pyu Kingdom..."

"At best, he has temporarily lost his real power.

For the Tang Dynasty, the Pyu Kingdom was far away and the emperor was far away. Could the Tang emperor still live in the Pyu Kingdom for a long time?
Once the Tang army returns north, who will have the final say in the Pyu Kingdom? Haha, that remains to be seen."

At this point, Viktorama smiled and said, "When the time comes, we can use the power of the Tang Dynasty to develop the Pyu Kingdom, and then wait for the right opportunity. Perhaps in a few years, a more powerful Pyu Kingdom will be born.

But before that, we must be patient. After all, the reason why Pyu Kingdom has fallen to this state today is that we ourselves are unable to protect everything in Pyu Kingdom.

I believe everyone knows why we chose to submit to the Tang Dynasty before?

Isn’t it hard-earned for our Pyu Kingdom to be what it is today?
Think about what the Pyu Kingdom was like before?
Now, even if in the eyes of others, these are just insignificant bottles and jars, who among us has the heart to break them?"

Upon hearing this, everyone sighed.

This is indeed the truth.

Up to now, the Pyu Kingdom only has a few cities, which was only possible after Vikramaditya ascended the throne and worked hard to govern the country.

Before this, the Pyu Kingdom only had two or three cities.

They really couldn't bear to see all their years of hard work and dedication destroyed in a war they knew they would lose.

This is the tragedy of a weak country.

"We have a few cities, but not even as many as one prefecture in the Tang Dynasty. But this is our Pyu Kingdom..."

Virūra said with a look of regret, "Just bear with it for now. As long as we protect the people of Pyu, the light will shine upon the land of Pyu. Only on that day will we be able to wash away today's shame."

This is the choice made by the emperor, or what others call the overall situation.

It was also the final sigh of helplessness.

From Viktorama's point of view, this might be the only way for Pyu to survive the crisis.

Of course, there are also radical people who believe that they should fight to the death with the Tang Dynasty.

The Pyu people should be born standing up and live on their knees, but they can't do it...

Even if it means the destruction of the nation and the extinction of the race, one cannot live on in vain. As for which of these two methods is right or wrong, it is estimated that only future generations can judge.

……

A few days later, Li Er left the city of Pyay and continued westward.

In the end, Li Er still did not take action against Vimalakirti.

It was not that he was kind-hearted, but at this point in time, he could not do anything to Vikramā.

Let's put it this way, we are all smart people. The reason why Vikramaditya was willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty was that he was sure that the Tang Dynasty would not do anything to them.

This point made Vikramaditya and others make the right bet.

However, this time Li Er kept Fang Xuanling.

The Pyu State was officially renamed Pyu Prefecture, and Fang Xuanling was temporarily appointed as the governor of Pyu Prefecture, in charge of all power within Pyu Prefecture, including military areas.

This, in fact, surprised everyone.

It’s not that they questioned Fang Xuanling.

But if this is done, and it becomes a permanent rule, the future Governor of Piaozhou will become a very popular position.

Isn’t this better than being a vassal king?
At this time, the temporary governor's office of Pyuzhou was in the city of Bimyu.

Fang Xuanling shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Sir, Viktorama is outside the palace with a large group of people asking for an audience."

Hearing that Viktorama was coming, Fang Xuanling put away his thoughts and said with a smile: "Make arrangements. Today I will entertain the Prince of Pyu and his party at the Governor's Mansion."

Li Er's usual practice was to confer the title of king on the rulers who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Vimalakirti was no exception.

Soon, Vikrāma came in with everyone.

"Greetings, King Piao." Fang Xuanling bowed.

Upon hearing this, Virūṇārāma hurriedly smiled and said, "Duke Liang is very polite. You are very polite."

Although he kept smiling on his face, in his heart, he hated the word "King of Piao".

This is a shame...

Fang Xuanling did not expose him, and asked: "Prince Piao came to visit today, is there anything you want to ask for?"

"I am a lazy prince, how dare I give orders to the Duke of Liang." Vikirama said with a smile, "It's like this, I heard that the governor's office is collecting grains to appease the people recently. These people are all the most famous grain merchants in my Piaozhou. I think it is our responsibility to protect the country and the people, and we dare not disappoint the great grace of the emperor."

After he finished speaking, the people who came in with him bowed and said, "Greetings, Duke Liang."

Fang Xuanling was stunned when he heard this.

He had heard of these grain merchants from Pyu, but he didn't expect that they were with Vikramaditya. No wonder he sent people to look for them for several days but found no trace of them.

"It is a blessing for our Tang Dynasty that King Pyu has such an intention." Although he was a little cautious in his heart, he still praised him.

"Then I will take my leave first." Then he turned to the grain merchants and said, "You must cooperate with Duke Liang in all matters. Do you understand?"

"I understand..."

A group of grain merchants also responded in unison.

After walking out of the governor's mansion, Vikrama finally showed a brilliant smile.

Food is the first necessity of the people...