The next day, Zhao Xu continued to receive envoys from various countries in the Zichen Palace.

First, envoys from the Kingdom of Khotan entered the dynasty.

There is nothing much to say about this. It is basically a mission from the Black Khan Dynasty in the name of envoy from Khotan.

Sometimes there were even Uighur merchants pretending to be people from Khotan and coming to Bianjing to steal food and drink.

The Song Dynasty court actually knew this well, but pretended that they were Khotanese.

They kept losing money and making money, but these cunning guys caught the sheep of the Song Dynasty and killed it.

In the tenth year of Xining's reign, a delegation from Khotan came to the DPRK and brought more than 30,000 kilograms of frankincense to Beijing at one time. Are you here to pay tribute or to do business?

Therefore, Zhao Xu's father issued an edict: From now on, all tributes from the Khotan Kingdom will be paid to the king, and no more than fifty people will be allowed to go to the palace with the king's appearance and other things. Donkeys and horses are allowed to do so.

Qinzhou was stationed in Qinzhou and sent people to be in charge of sales and buying.

You come here to eat and drink, at least stamp it with the golden seal given by the Tang Dynasty in Khotan, and give us a thought.

Since then, the Khotanese tribute envoys have become more regular, coming only once every five years, although they still come to eat, drink and do business.

But at the very least, they will bring out the certificate of credence stamped with the gold seal given by the Tang Dynasty.

In the first month of this year, Khotan had already entered the imperial court.

According to general rules, the next time they enter the court will be in the fifth year of Yuanyou.

However, due to the recent heavy movements on the Xihe side, and the addition of Xiba Wen, Wen Xi's heart turned to the Song Dynasty, making the trade route safer.

Therefore, the Black Khan people came here to buy goods again, and took a look at the situation in the east.

Zhao Xu has no idea about Khotan for the time being - it's too far away.

Therefore, just sitting and accepting the envoy's courtesy is enough.

After Khotan, they were the tribute envoys of the five Tibetan surnames in the southwest.

The so-called five surnames are Fan, Long, Luo, Zhang, Shi, Fang and other chieftains.

They were all canonized by the Song Dynasty and had official titles.

The area under its control was probably in modern Guizhou Province, and the Song Dynasty only had a claim to these people.

but……

Zhao Xu thought of Tian Shiru when the envoys of the fifth surnamed Fan entered the hall and knelt down.

"But we have to set up the Tian family sign!"

Although Zhao Ji, that bastard, is ridiculous, there is one thing he did right!

During his reign, the Sizhou Tian family was specially supported, won over, and set up as a model.

Tian's chieftain became the most loyal chieftain among the Zhao officials - one of them.

The Tian chieftain was even the last armed force to resist on land in the Southern Song Dynasty.

As a result, it actually showed its own united front value. After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the chieftain of the Tian family was demoted to the Yuan Dynasty and was granted the title of Xuanfu envoy of Sizhou by the Yuan Dynasty. The territory more than doubled.

The historical value of Tian's toast doesn't stop there.

They were the first chieftain family to establish an academy in Qianzhou - Luantang Academy.

At the same time, the first local illustrated chronicle in Guizhou Province, the "Sizhou Illustrated Book", was also edited by Chieftain Tian.

It is no exaggeration to say that later the Ming Dynasty's rule was able to penetrate deep into the mountainous areas of Guizhou and Chongqing, and the pioneering and demonstration influence of the Tian clan chieftains played an important role.

So, Zhao Xu thought about the reward for Tian Shiru in his heart.

In addition to the originally set rewards - Tian Shiru was promoted to the imperial city envoy to lead the governor of Rongzhou, was granted the title of Sizhou at the founding of the country, was transferred to the Zuo Guard Army by honor, and was informed about Sizhou's army and state affairs.

Zhao Xu also planned to give him a favor by appointing one of Tian's children in Taixue, Martial Arts, and Arithmetic Studies to enhance the cultural level of Tian's chieftain.

If possible in the future, we can even select a few girls of the right age from the Tian clan to enter the capital, or enter the palace as beauties, or match them to the clan.

Marriage has always been the best united front strategy for feudal dynasties.

It's just that I might have to work a little harder.

As I was thinking randomly in my mind, the tribute envoys of the five surnamed Fans had already retreated.

"Foreign Minister Dali has sent his envoy Taiming to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and wish His Majesty the best of health!"

A man in his thirties, wearing a scarf and white silk satin, was led to the temple by an official from the Ministry of Etiquette. He bowed respectfully and bowed his hands. His rhyme had a strong southwest accent, but he could still hear it.

Understand.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu suddenly raised his head and picked up the credentials sent from the Tongwen Library on the desk.

Look directly at the title and name of the envoy who came this time.

The emperor of Dali was Shuang (approximately equal to the Minister of the Ministry of War), Shan Chanhou, and the envoy Gao Taiming.

Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed.

"Gao Taiming?"

"A Gao family member?"

This is interesting!

Zhao Xu has not specifically studied the Dali Kingdom in modern times. He only knows roughly that the current structure of Dali is roughly similar to the later Japanese shogunate era.

The so-called king is just a puppet. If the Gao family is unhappy, they can order him to become a monk at any time and replace him with someone else.

It is the Gao family who is really telling the story!

The hometown of the Gao family was probably in Kunming City, Yunnan Province.

What should Kunming be called now?

Zhao Xu thought about it - Shanchan!

So, is this the real story of Dali Kingdom?

Zhao Xu then became serious.

When he first woke up in modern times, he had a roommate from Kunming.

Zhao Xu remembered that when his roommate was bragging to him, he said that Kunming has been the spiritual capital of Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and other places since ancient times.

Many wealthy people from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, even in modern times, are keen to send their children to Kunming to study.

The ancient name of Kunming was Shanchan, which was popularized by my roommate.

Zhao Xu then showed what he thought was a friendly smile and asked for the first time today: "Gao Qing, is your lord okay?"

Gao Taiming, who was in the palace, showed a slightly embarrassed expression. After a long time, he bowed weakly: "I would like to inform His Majesty, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, that the foreign minister and the king are always well."

Very good indeed!

So good that the father and son planned to let him become a monk and go to the temple to chant sutras and pray for the people of Dali.

Therefore, he came to Bianjing specifically to check the wind direction.

The main reason is that the Song Dynasty's southern expedition was too fierce and went too smoothly.

According to the reports of many merchants who traded with the Song Dynasty, the Song army wiped out the northern part of Jiaozhi without any effort.

Even a Jingguan was erected!

Of course, the Gao family was a little panicked, so they sent him over to take a look and find out the news.

There was no other way, so he and his father abolished the lunatic Emperor Shangming, forced him to become a monk, and established the current puppet Duan Zhengming.

It seems that everything in Dali is developing for the better.

But the problem is that after a period of crazy manipulation by Emperor Shangming.

The Gao family's mentality was a bit broken.

Especially Gao Taiming and his father, they really couldn't stand it.

The father and son believed that they were 'loyal' enough to the Duan family.

At that time, Yang Yizhen staged a coup and killed the monarch.

It was their father and son who sent troops to kill the rebels on behalf of the Duan family and restore the country.

However, Emperor Shangming, who had supported him, was always suspicious in the palace, always feeling that the Gao family wanted to harm him.

So he secretly contacted the powerful factions from other places and the domestic nobles, hoping to call the princes from outside the town to enter Yangjume City (the capital of Dali, approximately the area around the ancient city of Dali today).

Encountering such a lunatic, Gao was paralyzed.

Gao Taiming and his father Gao Shengtai have been thinking about it for the past two years - or else, they might as well replace it with the Duan family!

The Duan family in the province is mentally ill again!

So, I have been actively planning and preparing.

But the problem is that the powerful factions in other places think that the Duan family is good for the country. Why should the Gao family replace them?

If the Gao family takes over in the future and these people collude with Song Ting and attack the Gao family together, it will not be fun.
To be continued...