My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 540: Protectorate of the Western Regions

The noise and lively market gradually faded away as the Western Region team marched.

Fortunately, after entering the south gate, we did not enter the busy and busy streets. Instead, we turned around a corner and went to Suzaku Avenue. We followed the cavalry leading the way and went straight to the imperial city.

Otherwise, if you want to enter the palace to see the Emperor of Xia, you may not be able to enter the imperial city even if it is dark.

Soon we arrived at Kaiyang Gate on the left side of the imperial city. Here we were greeted by the ministers of Honglu Temple, and this was the only gate where foreign envoys could enter.

After all, Zhengyangmen can only be visited by the emperor.

After the Minister of Honglu Temple counted the names of the envoys from various countries on the list and checked that no one was missing, he asked Enonham to follow him with the envoys.

As for the tributes, they were all kept in a special storage place inside Kaiyang Gate.

Along the way, envoys from the Western Regions such as Yinongham and Bainani looked curiously at the Xia Kingdom's imperial city, the high red palace walls, the glass reflecting the sunlight, the ponds, waterside pavilions, and the strange piles of stones. Create a shape that looks good.

After entering Chengyun Gate and being searched by the eunuchs, Bainani was a little annoyed when she saw this. Even after hearing the explanation from the Honglu Temple Minister that they were all eunuchs, she was unwilling to let him touch her.

He was about to meet the legendary Emperor of Xia and his civil and military officials who had unified the six kingdoms. It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous. Just standing in the square in front of the hall, his legs were trembling slightly.

Bai Nani frowned, thinking of something.

"You should be lucky that His Majesty did not personally conquer the Western Region. Otherwise, you would all have been like the Japanese pirates on the East China Sea, massacring cities and annihilating people. You know, our Majesty brought down all the meteorites, and those big guys are now outside the city."

The captain probably admired Lu Bu. He made gestures and talked a lot as he walked, including Li Jing, Li Xuanba, Xiang Yu, Guan Yu, Xia Houyuan and other generals in charge of the army.

"I'm just a member of the palace. I don't know much." The young eunuch had a tight mouth. After all, he had been in the palace for a long time and knew what it means to have trouble come from his mouth.

He was more aggressive than the Xia generals he met in Longyang County before.

Legends of meteorites falling from the sky also circulated in the Western Regions, but most of them were regarded as rumors to enhance the prestige of the Xia Emperor and were not taken seriously.

It wasn't until several palace maids were called that they were searched.

The red robe billowed in the wind, and the general glanced sideways, as if he had looked at all the people in the team. His sharp eyes made Bai Nani feel breathless.

"really……"

On the contrary, the former captain did not have so many worries.

"How does it compare with Su Dingfang, Ma Chao, and Huo Qubing?"

The eunuch was young. He followed Bainani's gaze and quickly buried his head.

The envoys from the surrounding countries also pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

"That's Marquis Wen, the commander of the String Wolf Cavalry."

Yinongham smacked his lips, but he was naturally extremely envious of the wealth and strength of the Xia Kingdom. He turned around and looked at the Xia Kingdom generals who were riding horses and waving their long soldiers in the open field over there, with a worried look on their faces again, thinking At that time, the eunuch leading the way shouted: "We have arrived at Chengyun Palace. All the envoys are lining up to wait for His Majesty's imperial call."

Yi Nongham looked at the majestic Chengyun Hall, and his heart beat rapidly.

"Who is that person?" Bai Nani subconsciously pressed the hilt of the knife at her waist and asked in a low voice to the eunuch leading by her side.

"Marquis Lu Wen is a very powerful general. He can be ranked among the top five in our Daxia. This is just talking about martial arts. When it comes to using troops, there are even more powerful ones."

But when the Xia soldiers in front of him said it in person and vividly described what happened that day, Su Chen's image was directly raised from the emperor to the level of a god in the minds of the envoys from the Western Regions.

Not long after entering the palace, they saw a knight on the lawn on the side of the front palace, holding a weapon they had never seen before, and riding a red horse running there.

While waiting, soldiers wearing iron armor and holding halberds patrolled twice. Every time they came, the sound of the armor plates on these soldiers' bodies rubbing against each other made them feel frightened.

These palace guards are all strong and strong. Bai Nani is also a famous master in Yelan Kingdom. She can clearly feel the blood surging in these soldiers. They are stronger than ordinary Jianghu people. .

Occasionally, the other party came over on patrol, and they all looked at each other with murderous intent.

While thinking about it, two people walked by outside Chengyun Palace. One of them held an orchid finger and applied some powder on his face. He probably felt that there was a master in the Western Region envoy team, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"In the desert, there are people with advanced martial arts skills. Wait a moment, and you must keep a close eye on them so as not to surprise His Majesty."

The man following him responded respectfully and left first.

Zheng He looked at the waiting delegation from the Western Regions with a smile. He flicked his wide sleeves and walked along the eaves of Chengyun Palace to the side door and entered. Just in the side hall, he could hear the emperor's words slowly speaking in the main hall over there. Talking.

"The East China Sea Islands must be utilized. I have said before that we want to build them... Don't worry about the expenses. What you spend can be earned back a hundred times a thousand times..." A powerful voice echoed in the hall, Hundreds of civil and military officials stood neatly on both sides of the hall with distinct distinctions. Their official robes were of distinct colors and different decorations, representing their official ranks and the different affairs they were responsible for.

"There are also several countries in Nanyang. They are all small countries, gentle and respectful. Let's not bully others. We should do business well, earn money from their pockets, and let them follow us around. valid reason."

Su Chen sat behind the long desk, talking and reviewing the memorial that had just arrived in his hand. Zheng He came in from the side hall, passed Dian Wei and went straight up the imperial steps, and whispered a few words in the ear of Su Chen who was writing.

"I almost forgot about them."

Reminded by Zheng He, Su Chen put down his imperial pen and smiled at the ministers below: "I was talking to Zhu Aiqing about the East China Sea Islands and almost forgot about the envoys from the Western Regions who came to see me. You let me neglect this. , you can treat me to dinner next time.”

In the court, a group of civil and military officials laughed.

"Call in the envoys from the Western Regions."

Here, Su Chen waved to a eunuch below the imperial steps. The eunuch in front of the palace flicked his fly whisk, stepped forward two steps, and shouted loudly: "The envoys from the Western Regions have entered the palace to meet the Emperor of Great Xia!"

"His Majesty has ordered that the envoys from the Western Regions come to the palace to pay their respects!"

The eunuch outside the hall followed up with a loud noise, and the captain who led the team in the square turned around and said to the more than 20 envoys from the Western Regions in front of him: "Go in, His Majesty has called you."

The eunuch who led the way walked in front first, making a gesture for these envoys from the Western Regions and beckoning them to follow his actions.

'There are so many rules. 'Bainani muttered.

However, he still followed the actions of the eunuchs in the palace in front, and came to the Chengyun Hall with others, keeping two rows of files entering.

The envoys from the Western Regions all spoke the Chinese language. After entering the palace, they carefully avoided the Xia Kingdom's civil and military gazes that glanced from both sides.

After standing still in the middle of the hall, more than twenty people knelt down and saluted the figure above the imperial steps with the highest etiquette in their respective countries.

"Get up!"

Su Chen raised his hand behind Long An. This was the first time he saw people from the Western Regions in this world. They looked similar to those from later generations.

After watching for a moment, Su Chen slowly stood up and walked around the dragon case, and his clear voice echoed in the hall.

"...The six countries have been in dispute for hundreds of years. There is only one article for hundreds of miles, and one track for thousands of miles. The roads are different, and the characters are different. It is really inconvenient. I have unified the six countries, unified the characters, and calibrated the tracks. But above the sea, there are The Japanese pirates were rampant and harassed the people on the coast, so I wiped them out. "

The wind blew in from outside the palace. On the imperial steps, the tall emperor took a Japanese sword from the dragon table, looked at it, and then threw it to the ground.

"... When I unified the six kingdoms, I worked hard to prevent my people from being bullied by others. Anyone who dares to stroke my tiger beard in Daxia will be rewarded ten times or a hundred times. Even if they are far away in the East China Sea, they will be punished!"

The fallen Japanese sword hit the ground and slid down the imperial steps.

"You want to say that the countries in the Western Regions, especially the Western Region countries in the South and Middle Roads, have not provoked Daxia, so why should I send troops to attack them."

A group of envoys from the Western Regions below suddenly shouted in unison: "Don't dare!"

"There's nothing to be afraid of. I never do things secretly." Su Chen walked up to the royal steps, stepped on the edge of the stone steps, and placed one hand on the carved animal sculpture.

"Among you, some countries have secretly communicated with Liang Guo, and they want to stab me in the back, and go a little further to help Luo Ting pull out ghosts and harass our army. From that moment on, I have already had thoughts about you. There are too many seventy-two countries in the Western Region. When there are more people, there will be all kinds of messy thoughts. I am really too lazy to guess them one by one. I might as well help you clean them up and let you know what a corpse is. An army that came out of mountains and seas of blood, what does it mean to be an elite in hundreds of battles——"

Then, in the main hall, the emperor's majestic voice suddenly rose up: "——At the same time, I also tell you that as long as I want to! You are the lambs to be slaughtered in my hands."

"Do you understand now?! This is what I think!"

The faces of the Western Regions filled with astonishment looked at the Emperor of Xia Kingdom above the Golden Palace. The murderous aura emanating from his body seemed to have condensed into a real thing at this moment.

The words that came from them made them breathless, and goosebumps appeared all over their bodies.

It was okay for the envoys who had no martial arts skills, but Bainani, a master from the Western Regions, had a different feeling. Behind the Emperor of Xia Kingdom in his field of vision, there seemed to be countless shadows overlapping each other, just like the vastness of the starry sky in summer.

Her legs felt a little weak and she couldn't help but want to kneel down.

Looking at the envoys from the Western Regions below, Su Chen had no intention of giving any gentle words. At least before Tian Zao, he would hit them with a big stick and knock them out of breath.

"Since you have chosen to submit to me, I will establish the Western Regions Protectorate in the Western Regions."

Su Chen walked back to the dragon chair and sat down, looking like a wolf at the people from the Western Region below.

"Except for domestic affairs, everything involving military matters must be approved by the Protectorate. Is there anyone among you who objects to my arrangement?"

(End of this chapter)