Chapter 545 From then on, the Tang Dynasty came to protect the Japanese countries
Hearing this, Li Xuan just chuckled.
"Your Majesty, those Japanese ministers are a bunch of scoundrels. Anyone who dares to say no will have his head chopped off. You don't know that when I raided their mansion, I only had to kill two disobedient ones.
After that, there was no need for me, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, to call the door, because those Japanese ministers were very active in opening the door and took out all their hidden belongings for me!"
Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others did not explain these matters in detail to Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others. Therefore, after listening, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others could not help but subconsciously open their mouths.
"These Japanese hozens are really cheap!"
"Hmph, as long as their interests are guaranteed, they won't care about the life and death of those Japanese hozens!"
Li Xuan looked disdainful.
He has countless precedents for these Japanese hozens, all of which he keeps in his mind.
Then, the rest of the time was spent drinking and talking about various details.
On top of these actions, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others can list dozens of plans.
The meal lasted nearly two hours.
Then, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others left drunkenly.
In the afternoon.
The sky suddenly turned dark.
In the evening, snowflakes began to drift in the sky.
In the evening, Li Xuan still stayed in Ziyun's room.
Li Xuan was full of resentment about this, and Cui Mi was also full of resentment when he looked at Li Chenglu's expression.
The next day, go to court in the morning.
Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were the first to speak and reported to Li Shimin in the court hall the affairs of the Japanese leader Shu Ming and a group of Japanese ministers.
At this time, all the courtiers realized that the King of Jin, together with the prince and others, had captured the leader of the Japanese country and all the Japanese ministers and brought them to Chang'an.
At the same time, none of the courtiers had any objection to the handling of the Japanese state.
Because the leader of the Japanese country and most of the important officials of the Japanese country have been captured and brought to Chang'an.
In other words, it can be said that the King of Jin led the prince and others to attack the Japanese country!
Although it is a bit difficult to understand, but thinking of the rumors among the missions and the former hegemony of King Jin, these aristocratic families can only accept it helplessly, with at most a little regret.
Among the small countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese country was also one of the targets of their family.
You know, this winter, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the Lu family in Fanyang have already begun to attack Baekje and Goguryeo.
Moreover, each family has already captured two or three cities!
Thinking about it, after the morning court, those aristocratic families hurriedly gathered together.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others gathered in Liangyi Hall.
Then call Soga Ezo and other Japanese ministers and Lord Shuming to come.
"I'm here to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and to all the nobles of the Tang Dynasty!"
In the past two days, after spending thousands of dollars, Japanese people such as Soga Ezo and Lord Shuming had truly seen the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Especially the beautiful clothes on the streets of Chang'an City, the various fragrant restaurants, and the various shops in the East and West markets made Soga Ezo, Lord Shuming and others wish they could live in the streets of Chang'an every day.
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Just one street in Chang'an is more prosperous than the Bird City of Japan.
Even now, Lord Shu Ming's mouth is still full of oil residue, and he seems to have gained weight in the past two days.
"It seems that your life in Datang is very comfortable!"
Li Shimin said with a gentle face.
Inugami Mita Sagi quickly translated for Soga Ezo and others.
Soga Ezo looked overjoyed and congratulated him repeatedly: "The Tang Dynasty is hundreds of times more prosperous than the Japanese country. It is the true celestial kingdom. Especially the east and west cities of Chang'an City are extremely prosperous..."
After listening to the translation by the translator from Honglu Temple, a slight smile appeared on Li Shimin's lips.
"Since you are so greedy for the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty, then I will allow you to live in our Tang Dynasty! It just so happens that your Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty also bought a courtyard in our Tang Dynasty and tidied it up so that you can all live there.
over there!"
"Thank you so much, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
Soga Ezo and all the Japanese ministers were grateful.
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were stunned. They did not expect that these Japanese ministers were so easy to talk to.
But little did they know that the 'tyranny' of Li Xuan, Cheng Chusi and others had already frightened these Japanese hozens into submission!
Now, I just want to save my life and live comfortably.
"In this case, in order to protect you and other Japanese countries, I ask Lord Shuming to issue an edict. The Japanese country is a vassal state of our Tang Dynasty and must pay taxes to our Tang Dynasty every year... From now on, I, the King of the Tang Dynasty, will come to protect you and other Japanese countries!"
Soga Ezo and all the Japanese ministers were dumbfounded when they heard this.
This Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was really shameless and a bunch of thieves.
However, after seeing Lord Shu Ming who was still looking happy, Soga Ezo and all the Japanese ministers sighed inwardly.
Immediately, everyone looked at Li Shimin with grateful faces and fell to the ground.
"We would like to thank the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty for your kindness!"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were startled again, looked at each other in surprise, and laughed.
"In this case, how much tax and annual tribute do you think the Japanese country should pay to the Tang Dynasty every year?"
Hearing this, Soga Ezo looked startled and prepared to reply.
Li Shimin waved his hand directly.
"What the King of Jin said about the ambition of the Japanese country is very untrustworthy. Therefore, I gave each of you a piece of paper, and you all wrote down the annual taxes and grain taxes of the Japanese country.
If anyone dares to cheat and lie about the amount, I will punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor. Not only will your car be torn apart, but your family will be slaughtered!"
Hearing this, Soga Ezo and all the Japanese ministers shuddered subconsciously.
Immediately, he quickly and respectfully wrote down a series of numbers.
Then, the translators from Honglu Temple translated it one by one for Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others.
The numbers are almost the same.
However, the boss of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others was dissatisfied and frowned slightly.
"A million strings?"
"We are a country after all. How can our annual tax revenue be so small?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, your country is barren and its people are poor. These taxes are already the highest in Japan among us!"
Soga Ezo quickly explained.
"snort!"
Changsun Wuji, who was on the side, snorted coldly, "You hozens, don't try to deceive us, these taxes are just taxes paid by the poor people of Japan.
And you, the ministers and nobles of Japan, have embezzled at least one million of Japan’s tax money!”
Hearing this, Soga Ezo and all the Japanese ministers suddenly looked frightened.
"Humph, you are a group of barbarians. From now on, you Japanese countries will have to pay tribute to us, the Tang Dynasty, two million guan of property and five hundred thousand dan of food every year!"
Li Shimin said with a gloomy look.
The Soga Ezo and Japanese ministers looked bitter and prepared to beg for mercy.
Li Shimin said again: "If you can't hand it over, I, the King of the Tang Dynasty, will collect the money, materials and food from your family. In addition, how much money you spend in the Tang Dynasty every year will also need to be paid by your family!"
All this money will be collected from you and others by Datang!
If you can’t pay it out, you all have to do corvee service for me!”
Inugami Mita Sagi quickly translated for Soga Ezo.
Immediately, Soga Ezo and all the Japanese ministers all said humbly: "Yes, yes! Please rest assured, Emperor Tang, we, the Japanese nation, will definitely take out these money and materials!"
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others all snorted coldly.
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