Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

However, he was equally puzzled.

What exactly is Liu Bai talking about?

His Majesty can't even take care of the empress's birthday!

The people in the hall became more and more anxious as they waited.

Wei Zheng stood up from his seat and walked to Chai Shao.

Someone took the lead, and the Tai Chi Hall became a mess in an instant!

After such a mess, the imperial wives who were lucky enough to come to the Tai Chi Hall for the first time stopped being tense and started chatting.

Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others surrounded Chai Shao, asking questions in a hurry.

There were also people surrounding Li Daliang.

When Liu Bai was in the Daoist sect before, they clearly saw that the person in the small black armor in front of the Liu family's carriage was Li Daliang's son, Li Fengjie!

Maybe, some useful news can be extracted from their mouths.

However, Han Tong, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, had the most people around him.

Anyone who knows that this guy is Liu Bai's dog leg.

But to everyone's disappointment, the three of them didn't know anything about it!

For a while, the hall became even more chaotic.

"No! It is impossible for His Majesty to support Buddhism!"

"I think it's Liu Bai playing tricks!"

"Bullshit! Your Majesty is extremely wise. If Liu Bai is playing tricks, His Majesty will surely expose him. How could it be possible that he hasn't appeared yet?"

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Civil and military officials have different opinions.

Even veteran ministers who have lived through several generations of emperors can't figure out the reason.

It was the first time for them to see His Majesty, such a gaffe.

Apse!

Xuanzang stood beside him, looking at Li Er and the others who were chatting excitedly, neither sitting nor walking.

As soon as he came in just now, Li Er only said 'Master Xuanzang is hard work', and never paid any attention to him again.

This made Xuanzang very embarrassed.

He sighed helplessly, as if this was the only way to make his heart feel a little better.

Before entering the city, I thought I was the protagonist today, but now, I can't even count as a walk-on, and it would be uncomfortable for anyone else.

"Your Majesty, you haven't seen that the Western Regions are no longer the 36 countries recorded in the Han Dynasty. There are hundreds of small countries that Caomin and others passed by!"

"There is a country named Shanheng, with a population of just over 200 people. The king works in the fields with the people all day long."

"We in Khotan discovered a stele erected by Ban Chao in the Eastern Han Dynasty. This stele has guarded the border of Khotan for nearly 600 years. They still believe that the Central Plains belonged to the Han Dynasty."

Zhou Cang's eloquence is very good, and he specially picked anecdotes to tell Li Er.

Not only Li Er, but even Empress Changsun listened with great interest, so she almost took out a handful of melon seeds to eat.

Datang didn't know much about the Western Regions, and the connection between the two had been broken since the Three Kingdoms period.

Although there are merchants from the Western Regions in Chang'an City, they all come from countries that are closer to the Tang Dynasty.

Such as Qiuci, Gaochang and other places, they are all countries with a population of tens of thousands, or even millions!

As for the others, some are not much bigger than the villages of Datang.

But no matter how small it is, it is a country.

Logically speaking, the rulers of those small countries are on the same level as Li Er

"It turns out that the nine surnames of Zhaowu belong to nine countries"

"Since you have passed through Dawan, can you bring back the bloody horse?"

Li Er's eyes lit up, completely forgetting that there were a lot of people waiting outside.

Zhou Cang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Dawan was the old name in Han Dynasty. Today, Dawan has already changed its owner and is named Ningyuan Kingdom!"

"Under the command of the young master, Cao Min brought back 160 male horses and [-] mares. However, these hard-earned horses are expensive and cannot adapt to the climate of the Central Plains. Now they are all fostered in the residence of Guo Xiaoke and Guo Shuai, the governor of Liangzhou! "

Li Eryi patted his thigh and said, "Good! Good! With these 160 mares, my Tang Dynasty can form an invincible cavalry in just a few years!"

He looked at Liu Bai, the excitement on his face was beyond words.

"Liu Bai, you really brought me a big surprise!"

He couldn't stop rubbing his palms, as if he couldn't help but want to go to Liangzhou City and see the bloody BMW with his own eyes.

Zhou Cang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the special products of Ningyuan Kingdom are not only hard-earned BMWs. The grassroots only knew after they went there that almost all the grapes sold by merchants in the Western Regions come from there. It is more than a hundred times cheaper than Chang'an City. Cao Min and the others also brought some back, right outside the Tai Chi Hall!"

Several people chatted, but no one remembered the time.

It was almost noon.

Empress Changsun was the first to react, and reminded: "Your Majesty, the civil and military officials and the wives are still waiting outside!"

Only then did Li Er pat his forehead as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Almost forgot about them!"

As he spoke, he stood up, the same as when he entered the palace, holding Liu Bai with his left hand and Zhou Cang with his right hand.

"I should reward you well for your contributions, go, go drink with me!"

The hall was in a mess.

All civil and military officials were guessing why His Majesty hadn't come out yet.

The wives gathered together in large and small circles, talking about clothes and jewelry.

Li Er suddenly appeared, and the hall was suddenly quiet.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people ran away and returned to their respective positions in a blink of an eye.

Li Erzheng was overjoyed and didn't blame them for their rudeness.

Walking down the dragon steps, Li Er laughed a few times, and said: "My dear friends, I will introduce to you a hero of our Tang Dynasty!"

Liu Bai glanced at Zhou Cang, and Zhou Cang stepped forward immediately, saying, "Zhou Cang, see you adults!"

Li Er didn't care what the officials thought, he even snatched the tray from the maid next to him!

A glass of wine was handed to Liu Bai, and a glass of wine to Zhou Cang. He also took a glass himself, and then threw the tray away.

"My dear friends, today, Liu Bai and Zhou Cang brought me a big surprise, come! Let's respect them together!"

After speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine in his hand.

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, and quickly drank the wine as well.

Seeing someone motionless, Li Er's face drooped instantly.

"Why don't you drink? Could it be that you are jealous of the merits of my two lovers?!"

Where is this going?

What kind of credit did they make, you co-authored the explanation?

Seeing that His Majesty was angry, those people rushed to drink down the wine.

What is used in today's banquet is the Liu family's high-quality wine.

After drinking a glass, even Li Er, who has always been a good drinker, was a little dizzy.

He hiccupped and his face turned red quickly.

However, his expression became more and more complacent.

"Wynn, open their eyes to what Zhou Cang brought back!"

Chapter 430 Have all the countries in the Western Regions surrendered to my Tang Dynasty?

Wynn was the first to come to Fang Xuanling.

He had a stack of papers in his hand, which looked tattered.

Fang Xuanling felt a little resentful.

The prime minister has the responsibility to rectify His Majesty's gains and losses, no matter how happy you are, you should take care of the face of all civil and military officials, right?

The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty had such a high authority that it was rare in ancient times. He did not dare to criticize Li Er face to face, but it was only natural to show his anger by playing with his temper.

"The old minister drank too much alcohol today, and his eyes are not very comfortable. Let's show it to other colleagues!"

As he spoke, he hummed lightly.

Li Erming knew what Fang Xuanling was thinking, and he was not angry. He kept smiling all the time, as if he knew what would happen next.

Wynn bowed and was about to hand the stack of papers to Du Ruhui who was next to him.

"Wait!"

Fang Xuanling suddenly let out a cry.

It's true that his eyesight is bad, and he can't read clearly, but he can clearly see the big red seal on the top piece of paper!

I accidentally glanced at it just now, and suddenly discovered that this is actually a national seal!

In the Tang Dynasty, the national seal was Li Er's jade seal.

The national seal represents the authority of a country and is a symbol of supremacy.

Whether it is size or shape, there is a strict distinction from private printing.

This also applies to foreign races.

Fang Xuanling didn't know what the national seals of those countries in the Western Regions looked like, but he knew what the seals of Goguryeo, Tubo, Uighur and other big countries looked like.

Therefore, he knew at a glance that the red seal on the paper was the national seal!

He didn't care what other people thought, so he snatched all the papers!

"This, this is"

He rubbed his eyes and switched to the next page.

When the same square red seal appeared in front of his eyes, Fang Xuanling immediately screamed.

Du Ruhui and other bigwigs from the three provinces looked at each other and came over in unison.

After looking at it, he even screamed out.

"This is"

"My God!"

"Such a thick stack, at least there are seventy or eighty sheets, right?!"

The surrounding ministers stretched their necks to look at them, but they couldn't see anything, so they could only worry.

"Hahaha! It's God's will!"

Fang Xuanling laughed loudly, carefully handed the stack of papers to Du Ruhui, hurried to the center of the hall, and knelt down at Li Er's feet with a 'plop'.

"The old minister congratulates His Majesty! This is the biggest happy event since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!"

There was an uproar in the hall.

There are so many eye-opening things today!

Li Er helped Fang Xuanling up.

"It should be congratulations for me!"

The two ministers looked at each other and laughed. Those who didn't know would definitely think they were crazy.

Immediately afterwards, Du Ruhui and the others, who were trembling all over and unable to control their excitement, also ran to the center of the hall.

Like Fang Xuanling, she knelt down at Li Er's feet.