The hall was as quiet as death, and after a long time, I saw Yu Zhining, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, whose face was flushed with anger, pointed at Li Hao, his beard trembled, and scolded: "Shaft! You erector! Outrageous! Outrageous! ”

Li Hao slowly bowed his hand towards Yu Zhining, and asked with a smile: "What does Lord Yu have to teach you?" ”

Yu Zhining was extremely angry, holding his breath in his chest, his face turned red, his old body was trembling, and his arms and fingers pointing forward were trembling.

"I have been delighted that China has enjoyed the reputation of a country of etiquette for thousands of years, but it is worthless in your mouth! Who do you think you are! Saints! Yu Zhining scolded Li Hao loudly, roaring like thunder.

"Don't dare." In the face of Zhining's roar, Li Hao was calm and calm, and said loudly, "In fact, it is indeed an honor for my country of China to become a state of etiquette, because this is a proof of a civilized country, distinguishing us from barbarians, but the state of etiquette is only glory, not shackles, so please don't put the cart before the horse, first focus on the community, and think about the people. What we are discussing today is the matter of the vassals of the Japanese kingdom. ”

Kong Yingda, who was dumbfounded before, snorted coldly at this time: "There is no hurry to claim the status of the Japanese state, first discuss your affairs, according to your meaning, my Datang should abolish the suzerainty system and no longer let all countries come to the court?" ”

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, asking him to give up the title of Tian Khan, it is absolutely impossible, the whole world is not the king's land, the emperor has no pursuit in material aspects, they pursue good name, and Li Shimin pays more attention to his reputation, because his way of ascending to the throne is not very good, and he is finally respected as the Tian Khan, so that all countries come to the dynasty, how can he be willing to give up.

Li Haofeng said lightly: "It doesn't have to be like this, it's actually very simple, for the tribute of the subordinate countries, there is no need to return the gift so much, the amount is half of their tribute, and the hard-earned money of the common people can't be used to support those barbarians." ”

"Humph! You say it lightly! Kong Yingda snorted coldly, "There were so many gifts in return before, but suddenly the return gifts plummeted, and those Fanbangs are not stupid, will they still come to pay tribute?" ”

The corners of Li Hao's mouth raised, and he sneered: "Fanbang is not stupid, should I be a fool in Datang?" Are you insinuating Your Majesty? ”

Kong Yingda immediately panicked when he heard this, knelt down towards Li Shimin with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the old minister has no such intention!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand: "I know, I know, you get up." ”

Kong Yingda got up tremblingly, faced Li Hao, and continued to stare and argue: "If the return gift is reduced, then many Fanbang will no longer come to the court, which will damage the prestige of my Tang Dynasty......"

Li Hao raised the feather fan to stop him, and said: "The prestige thing is made by real swords and guns, not by sending money, besides, the return gift has been reduced, let's make up for it in other aspects, our Datang things have always been sought after by Fanbang Huyi, Your Majesty only needs a will, increase the trade volume between Datang and the subject countries, I believe that those Fanbangs dare not complain, otherwise they don't want to drink a drop of spirits in the future." ”

The ministers looked at each other when they heard this, Li Hao's method is really good, many Fanbang Huyi are particularly sought after for things in the Tang Dynasty, such as silk, tea, and ceramics, especially the spirits of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, increasing the volume of trade with Fanbang is beneficial and harmless for Datang, and many of Fanbang's specialties and livestock are also needed by Datang.

Li Hao's proposal, Kong Yingda had to accept, he looked at Li Hao depressedly, and secretly wondered in his heart: "Why is this bastard kid's mind so flexible, and he can come up with such a wonderful method of getting the best of both worlds?" ”

He was puzzled, only to hear Li Hao say again: "For the subordinate countries, my Datang has always taught them etiquette education and production skills, I think this is inappropriate." ”

"Oh?" Kong Yingda sneered when she heard this and asked, "What's wrong with this?" ”

Li Hao said: "It is still advisable to teach etiquette and education to Fanbang, because this can allow those barbarians to teach etiquette and promote my Tang culture, but the production skills can never be taught?" ”

"Why?" Kong Yingda said, "Many Fanbang countries have a hard life and weak national strength, as the suzerain, do we have to sit idly by?" ”

Li Hao smiled indifferently, shook the feather fan lightly, and said: "Old master, the exchanges between countries are all based on interests, mutual benefit between the two sides, in order to become a friendly country, the Ming monarch governs the country, and the people of the country should be in mind, because the people are the foundation of a country, and the productivity of the subordinate countries of the Fan State is low, that is their business, my Datang's production skills are used to strengthen the country, not to enhance the foreign race, even if the foreign race gets the favor of the Tang Dynasty and becomes stronger, it will not really thank us, at most it is just a superficial eye-dressing, on the contrary, If one day, our Datang is weakened, they may still fall into the ground, all because it is profitable. ”

"Nonsense!" Kong Yingda shouted angrily when he heard this, and then saluted Li Shimin, and said excitedly, "Your Majesty! Li Hao actually openly cursed my Tang Dynasty on the top of the hall, and the old minister implored His Majesty to severely punish Li Hao to set an example! ”

Li Hao also held a feather fan and arched his hand towards Li Shimin, and said: "Your Majesty, the fortune of a country, there will be prosperity and decline, this is the principle of nature, Weichen has no intention of cursing, please Your Majesty Mingjian." ”

Li Shimin didn't blame Li Hao, on the contrary, he felt that Li Hao was very reasonable, and Li Hao had already said it very tactfully, Li Shimin had heard a lot more than this ugly word, and Wei Zheng had said more than once that the country was destroyed.

Li Shimin said indifferently: "Master, don't misinterpret the meaning of the poetic madness, the poetic madness is just alerting me." ”

"Your Majesty." Li Hao said, "Fanbang has been begging my Datang to teach me the skills of iron smelting and casting, which shows that they have ulterior motives. ”

Li Shimin nodded frequently when he heard this: "The words of the poet maniac have won my heart, and many states have come to beg me to teach me iron smelting and casting skills, but I have not agreed. ”

"Your Majesty is really sage!" Li Hao patted his ass lightly and continued, "As for the matter of the Wa State requesting to be a minister, Weichen thinks that it is not appropriate to let him be a minister, but it can become a country of father and son, my Tang Dynasty is the father, and the Wa State is the son. ”

When Kong Yingda heard this, he immediately glared and shouted: "Such a humiliating strategy, how could Fusang agree!" ”

"Not necessarily." Li Hao smiled lightly and shook his fan, and said confidently, "As long as my Datang offers enough favorable conditions, the monarch of the Wa Kingdom will still agree." ”

"No way!" Kong Yingda snorted coldly, not believing Li Hao's words at all.

Chu Suiliang sneered and asked, "Li Xianhou, you should tell me, what kind of favorable conditions should we offer in Datang?" ”

Li Hao smiled slightly, raised the feather fan lightly, and said slowly: "First of all!" Trade with the Japanese country! ”

Chu Suiliang was stunned when he heard this, and then sneered: "This is indeed a good condition, but if you want to make such a humiliating alliance with the Japanese State because of this, I am afraid it is whimsical." ”

"I'm not done yet, what are you anxious about?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and continued, "Second, pass on his Confucian scholarship and etiquette education. ”

Kong Yingda snorted coldly when he heard this: "These two conditions are available to other Fanbang vassal countries. ”

Li Hao ignored him and continued: "Third, I, the Tang Dynasty, implement a protective policy for the royal family of the Japanese Kingdom. ”

Chu Suiliang asked suspiciously: "What is the protection policy?" ”

Li Hao explained: "That is, our Datang only recognizes the current royal family of the Wa Kingdom, if there is a rebellion in the territory of the Wa State, or the Wa State is invaded by other countries, my Datang can send troops to support the current royal family of the Wa State, if the rebellion of the people is successful, or other countries have occupied the Wa State, my Datang can also send troops to help them regain the throne." ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, this policy is indeed very tempting for the royal family of the Wa Kingdom, and it can be said unceremoniously that as long as there is the Tang Dynasty in one day, the current royal family of the Wa Kingdom does not have to worry about their throne, it is simply a retirement with the Tang Dynasty.

This group of ministers can only see this, including Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, and even Li Shimin, their eyes are only so far, but what Li Hao sees is that once the royal family of the Japanese Kingdom asks for help from the Tang Dynasty, then ...... Hehe, I'm sorry, there is a plan, called the colonization plan.