Chastity Layman

  Chapter 653 Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate

   "This is unrighteous!"

  Wei Zheng was the first to express his opinion, thinking that Gao Chang's heart is for the Central Plains and he has always been loyal. If Datang engages in this kind of action now, it is unrighteous and will be ridiculed by the people of the world.

  Although Qin Lang believes that national interests are paramount, the time is not ripe after all.

   "You may wish to confer the title of Queen Yuwen, Wentai's wife, as Li's family first, and entitle her to a princess title, which can be regarded as friendship.

   Between countries, interests come first. It is not that simple. If only the same language, the whole country will belong to each other, and there will not be so many wars and divisions.

  The prime ministers discussed for a while, and finally decided to give Wentai's wife Yuwen Yubo the surname Li, included the royal genealogy spies, and gave the title Princess Changle.

  As for Qu Wentai, although he was far less loyal to the Central Plains dynasty than Boya, Zhengshitang still believed that he should be given a higher level of treatment.

   "It should be treated the same as Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, Silla, etc., and can be granted the title of Zhuguo, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Cheshijun King, and Gaochang King as a show of gratitude."

  Gaochang is just a small oasis country with a registered population of 30,000. In fact, the total population, including slaves, will not exceed 100,000.

Such a small country, of course, is not enough to compare with Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, Silla, Baekje, etc., but after all, Gaochang is at the gateway of the Western Regions, and it is a Han regime with the same language and the same species. Therefore, Zhengshitang believes that the next strategic goal of the imperial court is the Western Regions. Therefore, You can win over Gaochang a little bit and give him an exceptional reward.

In the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang bestowed the reward on Gaochang King only as Duke of Bian. Now Qin Lang simply proposes to make him the king of the county. This is the same as the king of Goguryeo and the king of Liaodong, and the king of Silla was named the king of Shangzhu and Lelang. The king of the county, while the king of Baekje was granted the title of king of Shangzhu and Daifang, and Murong Shun of Tuyuhun was granted the title of king of Xiping, both of which are at the first level of county king.

In this regard, the Tang Dynasty was much more generous than the Sui Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang only retained the three levels of princes, dukes and marquises for the domestic nobles, and most of them only granted the titles of dukes and dukes to the outside world. He was granted the Duke of Lelang, and the King of Baekje was granted the title of Duke of Daifang.

   On the contrary, it was Gaochang Wang Boya who organized 27 countries in the Western Regions to worship Yang Guang.

   "Do you want to set up a Dudu Mansion again?"

  Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and smiled.

   This intention is very treacherous. Setting up the Dudu Mansion is tantamount to lowering Gaochang's status by one level, from a very independent vassal state to a place of detention in the Tang Dynasty.

  If it is a vassal state, Datang actually has no right to interfere, but if it is the Jimi Dudu Mansion, Datang has great interference power, and can even garrison troops and send officials.

   "Isn't that good?" Qin Lang responded with a smile.

   "Give Wentai an official, what's wrong, just set up a Che Shi Dudu Mansion?"

  Qin Lang thought for a while, "If you really want to add, I think it's better to set up an Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, with a prince remotely leading the position of the Metropolitan Protector, and then let Wen Tai be the Deputy Metropolitan Protector."

The Dadu Protectorate originated from the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there were already two major protectors, Anbei and Annan. There is a big difference between the Dadu Protector and the Dadu Dudu. The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is weaker, mainly targeting the newly opened and attached land along the border.

  The Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is located in the Monan and Hetao areas outside the Great Wall, while the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate is located in Jiaozhi in the south of the sky.

"When the time is right, you can send a general to Gaochang to take up the post of chief protector or Sima, and lead an army to station in Gaochang to protect Gaochang, that is, to protect Gaochang from the oppression of Turks and Tie Le. "

   The two sang and drank, but they were already thinking about how to swallow Gao Chang into their stomachs.

  Wei Zheng frowned while listening, how could this be so shameless.

  Fang Xuanling, Dai Zhou and other prime ministers are all practical, and they don't care what they do.

   It was noon in a blink of an eye.

   There are dine-in meals in the Zhengshitang, and the dishes are still very rich. Eight dishes, four hot, three cold and one soup, are the standards set by Li Shimin. But Li Shimin thinks that the prime minister is too hard to handle political affairs for the country, so of course he should eat better.

  Anyway, there is only one dine-in meal a day, and he specially approved this meal fee to be taken from his internal treasury.

  Because the emperor was rich, it was useless for Wei Zheng to object. After Wei Zheng was added the rank of suffrage and was also eligible to eat dine-in, he immediately felt that it was really delicious.

  These eight dishes are really fragrant, delicious and beautiful, and they are eaten in different ways every day. It is really a pleasure to eat dine-in.

  Today’s dine-in is no exception, because during the Chinese New Year, the emperor specifically increased the price of the meal, so the imperial dining room was even more thoughtful, and made eight special dishes, all of which were foreign dishes.

  In the cafeteria, the prime ministers each have a few, eight dishes per person, and eat separately.

  The emperor also specially prepared some wine for the prime ministers, because it was a work meal, and there was only one glass of wine, but it was also a famous product, not to mention the fruits and refreshments after the meal.

   While eating, you can talk about work by the way.

  The prime ministers ate small stoves from the imperial dining room, but the officials in the fifth room of the Zhengshitang could only eat four dishes and one soup made by the cooks in the canteen of the Zhengshitang.

It's not bad, although these officials are all officials, they are the most core officials of the Tang Dynasty after all, so they are all well-born nobles, or very talented officials. It is also much higher than other yamen officials of the same level.

  In fact, as officials of the Zhengshitang, they can also enjoy the benefits that many officials in other yamen of the Chang'an capital do not enjoy, and have a lot of legitimate gray income.

   Not to mention, he has done a good job, has sufficient qualifications, and is at least from the county magistrate, so he has a very good background.

  The officials would line up to report to the prime ministers when they ate every day.

"It is planned to confer the titles of Gao Linghou, King Jialuo, Xian'anbo, King Anluo, Shanchuanbo, King Doro, Yiningbo, King Sierqi, Shanqingbo, King Zuma, Guchengbo, King Gucuo, and Fu, King Zita. Lin Bo, the beggar king Dancheng Bo, the Renli King Yining Bo, and the Sanbanxia King Caoxi Earl."

  Qin Lang dictated, and the official hurriedly picked up a pen and took a scroll to record it. He secretly slandered the names of these countries, but he also knew that these were the city-states of the Gaya Alliance of the Bianhan tribes.

Most of the small city-states in Gaya have been occupied by Silla, Baekje, and Wa, but these ten countries came to pay homage this time. In fact, they have already perished. The envoys who came to pay homage were actually exiled to Chang'an Some of the former king or the royal family's children, under the banner of the former royal family, occupied islands, or gathered in the mountains and forests, called the Restoration Army, but in fact they became a group of bandits.

   They congratulated the emperor of Tang Dynasty, and at the same time asked Datang to uphold justice for them and restore the country for them.

  The prime ministers of the Zhengshitang didn’t bother to pay attention to these small countries, but Qin Lang made a special confession, drafting a canonization document in the name of the Zhengshitang, and submitting it to the emperor, who asked the emperor to issue an edict to confer the kings of these ten countries as marquis or earl.

   It was officially announced to the outside world that these ten small countries were officially included in the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty became their protective suzerain.

  Although a canonization edict may not really restore them to the country, it can make the situation on the peninsula more complicated.

  Qin Lang is still very happy to do this, which is also an ambush for Datang to intervene in the peninsula in the future.

  Anyway, one day, Datang will finally turn his attention to the Korean Peninsula, and that day will not be too long. From now on, it is necessary to place a few chess pieces.

   "By the way, have you made any plans regarding the tribute reward of the Japanese mission?"

  (end of this chapter)