Chapter 1357 Submission (1)

Each radio station is assigned a transmitter, who is seconded here for a term of five years. After five years, they can choose to return to their country.

Countries that were lucky enough to be gifted with a radio station cherished this talent. Not only did they allocate him a house and slaves, but also gave him money and gifts. Some countries even promised him a high position, as long as he was willing to stay forever and teach their people how to use the radio station.

No matter how Zhao Hanzhang seduces them, since she gave away the radio station and people, she is not afraid of them using and possessing it.

She hopes that the world will get better and better, and that it will be good as a whole, rather than just one thing in the East, otherwise it will be easily destroyed by the wind.

If the outside becomes better, it will definitely feed back the inside. She has the patience to wait for China to unify, and she also has the patience to wait for technology to radiate outwards before giving back.

She said to the officials: "What other countries and people are there in the west of Dawan? Is there land at the end of the sea? The place we can see is too limited. The vastness of the heaven and earth cannot be measured by our human power now. How can we know that there is nothing beyond the sky?" God, is there no one else?"

"So we can't stand still. Our current radios and motors have evolved to the third generation. It's time to communicate more closely with neighboring countries. Who knows if they can have better ideas?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "The world is safe. The world is good, and Fang is really good."

The officials agreed. They also wanted to know what other countries were to the west of Dawan, whether there was land to the east of the sea, where the northernmost place the Xiongnu reached was, and what they had.

Radio can convey information that is difficult for humans to convey.

Perhaps feeling the power of the Chinese state, or maybe feeling the familiar heart of the Han emperor in Zhao Hanzhang, the countries in the Western Regions formally submitted their credentials on the first day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Yuanzhen.

The envoys from the twelve countries brought back by Zhao Xin all knelt in the main hall and handed over their credentials, asking the emperor to accept their country as a vassal state.

Although this matter is not a secret, after all, it must be informed before submitting credentials. Some ministers are involved and have known about it for a long time.

The other ministers also heard about it.

But the fact that twelve envoys actually submitted their credentials together still shocked them.

Especially Li Ban, the crown prince of the Cheng Kingdom, and the leaders of various Xiqiang tribes who also came to watch the ceremony.

Last year, the Xiqiang surrendered, and Zhao Hanzhang divided the Xiqiang into two, establishing the Usipandusi and Duogandusi respectively. Yao Yizhong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Duogandusi, and Ji Ping was the commander-in-chief of Usipandusi.

In other words, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is all dependent on it. Currently, there is only one vassal state east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chengguo.

Because of this, Li Xiong was uneasy. In addition, since the country was autonomous, laws and systems could not be self-consistent. His generals often took their own official positions, were arrogant and unruly, and often committed crimes without being punished.

Li Xiong had already felt that his ability was not enough to control such a large territory. The most terrible thing was that it was difficult for him to say no to his heroes. In addition, his sons were dissatisfied with him for establishing Li Ban as the crown prince, and the domestic fighting became more and more serious. .

Two years ago, the elderly Prime Minister Fan Changsheng passed away. Before his death, he said to Li Xiong: "Your Majesty, the roots of the troubles in Chengguo have been laid. It is difficult to eradicate it with your ability. There is no outstanding person in Chengguo who can eradicate this disaster, so we can only ask for help." His Majesty the Emperor."

Li Xiong was dubious at the time, and comforted him: "Although my dozen children are not talented, they are still filial. As long as I am here, they will not offend the prince. When I am gone, the prince has taken power."

For this reason, Li Xiong also specially handed over part of the government affairs to Li Ban to let him cultivate his own power.

Fan Changsheng shook his head and said: "The prince is too innocent to protect the country."

Even Li Xiong could not control the merits of Chengguo's old ministers and often committed crimes. However, Li Ban was very tough and insisted on ruling by law. As long as anyone who committed a crime fell into his hands, he would punish him according to law;

Therefore, although everyone in Chengguo was full of praise for Li Ban, privately, the old ministers resented him a lot, but they did not dare to express it openly.

There is nothing wrong with this, but he is too kind and tolerant to Li Xiong's dozen sons. He always treats these cousins ​​with the best imagination. Fan Changsheng can already foresee that if Li Xiong passes away in the future, Li Ban will His body was torn apart by a dozen of his cousins.

By that time, the merits of those old ministers will no longer be under control, and Shu will be in chaos again.

Chengguo is a vassal state of Dahua. Dahua will send troops to suppress the rebellion and then re-submit. Everything will be back to the beginning. However, the Li Xiong family is afraid that it will be annihilated in history, and it is unknown how many people will survive in the end.

Fan Changsheng and Li Xiong were well suited to each other. Before he died, he finally put his hand on Li Xiong's hand and said what was in his heart, "Back then, I persuaded the king to surrender because I figured that Emperor Zhao was the chance of survival for the king and the crown prince. Now it is time to realize that chance." time."

He said: "Your Majesty, if after my death the Xiqiang people join Dahua, and Dahua has established the foundation of the country and has no worries about the future, you can ask for the reduction of vassalage and let the imperial court govern the country."

Li Xiong's expression changed drastically, and before he could agree, Fan Changsheng died suddenly.

It was the sixth year of Yuanzhen. In the second year, September of the seventh year of Yuanzhen, Zhao Renjia was five years old and was named the crown princess. In the same year, Yao Yizhong finally persuaded the various tribes of the Western Qiang and led the Qiang people to surrender and live in the mountains of the Western Qiang. The people here also began to contact the outside world and recognized Zhao Hanzhang as their emperor.

In May of the eighth year of Yuanzhen, the emperor's second son was born. Zhao Hanzhang divided the area once occupied by the Xiqiang into two parts and established a capital, which was governed by the imperial court.

Chengguo became the only vassal state surrounded by it.

Although Zhao Hanzhang was still very polite to him and often rewarded him with things, the tribute he asked for every year was not much.

But he still felt the pressure of being unable to breathe, even for him, let alone his sons.

They acted more and more absurdly, and several times they even clashed with the imperial army. Li Yue's son even encouraged Lao Liu to lead his people to plunder the caravans and engineering teams coming from the Central Plains.

Li Xiong could feel that Zhao Hanzhang was forbearing and the court was also forbearing. They were waiting for him to make a decision.

But... Li Xiong couldn't do anything to his biological son.

A feeling of catastrophe enveloped his heart. Li Xiong believed in his intuition, so he began to find his confidants to discuss reducing the vassal status.

After half a year of consideration and observation, Li Xiong finally made up his mind to ask Li Ban to hand in his credentials when he celebrated the New Year and request the reduction of the vassal state.

But Li Ban didn't expect that the Twelve National Congresses of the Western Regions would choose to submit their credentials at this time, and Li Xiong didn't expect either.

So after the court meeting, Li Xiong received a telegram from Li Ban and became anxious. He quickly asked Li Xiang to ask him, "Ask him quickly. Has he received the credentials requesting the reduction of the vassal state?"

Li Xiang said: "I have already entered, but His Majesty did not accept it immediately. The Crown Prince said that His Majesty wanted to talk to you personally."

Li Xiong's eyes flashed and he was ready to make a move, "Did your Majesty invite me to Luoyang?"

To be honest, Li Xiong really wanted to go, but he was a little scared.

Li Xiang was even more afraid and quickly stopped him: "My king, if you go to Luoyang, the country will be in chaos. You can't leave."

Because Li Xiong insists on cutting down the vassal, the young prince and the old ministers have been very restless recently. If Li Xiong hadn't controlled them, they would have rebelled long ago.

If Li Xiong dares to go to Luoyang, if he leaves with his front foot, Shu will be torn apart.

Li Xiong sighed, "It seems we can only talk through the radio." (End of Chapter)