Chapter 1234 Farce
Being an emperor is indeed quite busy.
During the Zhengdan Dynasty, officials from all over the country and tribute countries from abroad offered a large number of specialties one by one.
Especially Goryeo and Bohai, envoys from both countries were eager to tell the key things of the war, either explicitly or implyingly.
But the emperor had no accurate letter at all, and kept getting out of the topic, making both countries very irritable.
There is nothing we can do about this, the territory is there, it is really tempting.
Hundreds of miles south of the Yalu River are basically mountains. For Goryeo, it is a natural danger, no less than the Great Wall. If you get these territories, you will no longer have to be afraid of the nomadic peoples in the north.
The Bohai Sea is even worse. They are eager to restore their land and even more want to alleviate the oppression on their bodies.
The Khitans suffered heavy losses. After returning, they not only plundered the land and people of the Bohai Kingdom from other small tribes, but also continued to plunder and invade the Bohai Kingdom.
This made the Bohai Kingdom anxious.
If you can't beat Tang Kingdom, you will suck your own blood. It's really too much.
"Your Majesty, the Khitans are really barbaric and inhumane. Tens of thousands of people in our country are plundered, a large amount of food and grass are plundered, hundreds of miles are deserted, and the people are hungry for feeding..."
The Bohai envoy knelt on the ground without any image and started crying loudly. It seemed that he wanted to imitate the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period and cry for help!
Li Jia was helpless and frowned. He was neither beating nor scolding. When he met a shameless person, he really had no choice.
After all, my younger brother was beaten, so it would be fine if he didn't help, but it was really unreasonable to take advantage of the situation.
Then, he glanced at the Goryeo envoy looked quite gloating. He had a plan in his mind and couldn't help but whisper: "Has the land ever been harvested in Goryeo?"
"Report to Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to be blessed. Goryeo was in good weather last year and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment!"
The envoy of Goryeo raised his head and looked at the crying and faceless envoy of Bohai. He couldn't help but say proudly: "Since last year, I learned that the Tang Dynasty would deal with the Khitans and recover Liaodong, all the people were excited. The Tang Dynasty regained Liaodong, which means that Goryeo regained its hometown, and he should use his soldiers to do their lives and the people to work hard."
"That's good!"
It's not yet a land worth hundreds of miles.
Li Jia sighed in his heart, and then said, "The Bohai Kingdom is the main force in attacking the Khitan. Now the country is in poverty and the people are scarce. As an ally, the Goryeo Kingdom should help some food and weapons."
"But, Your Majesty, the Bohai Kingdom and our country are not allied countries!"
The Goryeo envoy said hurriedly.
He gave money and food for no reason, Gao Yuguo was not as rich as he thought, nor was he that stupid.
"Your country and the Tang Dynasty are allies, can you get food?"
"Of course, yes!" said the Korean man quickly.
"I am an alliance with Bohai and I will also help with food, right?"
"Should you do this!" The Bohai people wiped their tears and said with red eyes.
"Since that's the case, I have to transport grain from thousands of miles away. Why don't Gaoli transport grain directly from Gaoli to the Bohai Sea? Isn't it cleared up the two sides? And it also saved a lot of losses, manpower and material resources!"
The emperor said seriously.
"This is excellent!" The Bohai people smiled.
"This--" The Goryeo was confused. He always felt something was wrong, but he didn't know where it was, which was so strange.
"The foreign minister cannot make the decision, and he still has to return to his country to report to the master--"
"Of course you can't make the decision!"
Li Jia said softly, looking at it for granted: "I don't need you to make the decision. After you return to China, you tell King Goryeo to send 50,000 stones of grain to the Bohai Sea, and to equip the weapons of ten thousand people."
"This..." The Goryeo envoy felt bad in an instant. This must be bleeding. After he went back, he had to be castrated.
For a moment, his legs and feet became weak and he collapsed directly.
Seeing this, the emperor couldn't bear the situation like this and added: "It's not in vain to ask for yours. In two months, I will give you a thousand war horses!"
"Take it seriously?" The Goryeo envoy immediately had the strength, knelt down and said with great energy.
"You have no jokes!"
Li Jia smiled.
For a moment, the atmosphere calmed down.
Goryeo lacks war horses, so it has been on the defensive stance in its offense and defense with the Khitans. It wants to go north, but it is powerless.
However, Gao Liguo's mountainous land occupied half of the land, and the people were tired, but there were no war horses. The desire for war horses reached its peak.
So, at that time, Li Jia obtained the right to mint Goryeo at the price of 500 Khitan horses per year.
However, these geldings were abandoned in a few years and could not reproduce, with many diseases and disasters. At present, the only remaining war horses in the Koryo Kingdom were only more than 3,000, and half of them were occupied by high-ranking officials and nobles, with only more than 1,000 becoming war horses.
A thousand war horses, worth more than 100,000 jin in Goryeo, are much more valuable than those food weapons.
For the Tang Dynasty, with the recovery of Liangzhou and the gradual recovery of Henan territory, the more superior Hexi horses became the best source of war horses in the imperial camp.
Even Jeju horses that combine Indian horses and Khitan horses are even more majestic and elegant, but due to the annual output of hundreds of horses, they can only serve as pets for the nobles.
Therefore, the Khitan horses cherished as treasures in the Goryeo Kingdom were really useless for the Tang Dynasty, and they even gradually transitioned to an ordinary middle-class family's transportation tool.
The people of Bohai also became relaxed for a moment and shouted long live.
For a time, the image of the Tang Dynasty became taller and taller.
In the afternoon, Prime Minister Sun Zhao came over with a serious look on his face and said, "Your Majesty, will you ever intend to go to Liaodong next year?"
"No!" Li Jia shook her head and said, "Defending northeast and advancing northwest, this is the established strategy, and it will not be changed!"
In this way, Sun Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. Since the emperor followed the strategy of the pre-defense meeting, it would be better then.
After working hard all day in the grand court, Li Jia felt that she couldn't bear it.
Of course, this also officially means that the whole world has entered the eleventh year of Shenwu. (970)
However, in the first month of the year, Li Jia couldn't calm down and was overwhelmed with the women.
Spring rain is as precious as oil, and the raindrops are slapped on the windows. In the pink curtains, whale oil candles as thick as children's arms seem to be mixed with spices, and the air emits a different smell.
Mrs. Huarui's face turned red as if she was drunk, and she couldn't say a complete sentence. She just lay halfway on the bed, her fair skin could faintly appear.
Li Jia then saw the Luo skirt slowly slipping on her shoulders, round and charming.
Mrs. Huarui raised her head and showed a charming and passionate smile. She bit her red lips and looked at the emperor, with a very charming look in her eyebrows.
"The spring rain nourishes the earth and all things are revived, which is a great time."
"Your Majesty, I also want to contribute to the country and country of the Tang Dynasty!"
Damn, this fairy is so tempting.
Chapter completed!