"Aronashun, the Grand Minister of Jienri Dynasty, pays his respects to His Majesty the Emperor of Tang. On behalf of my king, Aronashun presents fifty pairs of the best ivory, thirty precious Buddhist scriptures, and a golden jade Buddha statue to His Majesty... May His Majesty the Emperor of Tang be in good health and may Tang prosper forever!"
As time went by, the gifts presented by the emissaries gradually came to an end. Those who had finished presenting their gifts stood aside leisurely, waiting to see if the gifts presented by the emissaries were as valuable as theirs. For a moment, their faces alternated between joy and annoyance. It was a wonderful sight. What surprised many people was that the last person to present the gifts turned out to be the Prime Minister of a country!
Other countries had sent emissaries. What was this Jienri Dynasty up to? They had even sent the Prime Minister of a country!
Sitting above, Li Er could not help but feel shocked. He straightened up and looked at the middle-aged man who wore a white turban and was as black as a charcoal ball. He said in a low voice, "King Jienri has troubled you. Aronashun, when you return, please express my gratitude to King Jienri on my behalf!"
Putting aside political factors, the Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues brought by Aronashun were very much to Li Ernian's liking. When Li Ernian was young, he had formed an indissoluble bond with Buddhism because of his physical condition. Moreover, starting from Li Yuan, the entire Li family respected Buddhism very much. Of course, the Li family also respected Taoism very much. This family believed in both Buddhism and Taoism.
As for the Buddhist scriptures that came from the Jianri Dynasty, they were simply too precious. To a true Buddhist enthusiast, they were priceless treasures!
This was not an exaggeration at all, because Jienri Dynasty had a great background. In terms of land area, it was currently the largest country in Southeast Asia. In terms of geographical location, it was the later Northern India, and India was the birthplace of Buddhism!
Oh, speaking of Jienri Dynasty, there was one person who had to be mentioned — Chen Xuanzang. Counting the days, it would be next year. This guy would start to go to the west to seek scriptures. This was not Journey to the West, but a real trip to the sacred land of Buddhism to seek the true scriptures.
In fact, this year, Xuanzang had written to Li Er that he wanted to travel west to seek Dharma. However, Li Er did not approve of it. However, Xuanzang had already made up his mind. In the second year of Zhenguan, Xuanzang, who was 29 years old, started his journey west to seek Dharma.
In the fifth year of Zhenguan, an eminent monk with a dusty face came to India. He traveled to the states of India and preached the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. He became famous and attracted the attention of King Jieri. He was Chen Xuanzang from the Tang of the East.
King Jieri specially held an open meeting for Xuanzang in Qunv City, the capital. More than twenty princes and more than five thousand senior scholars of Mahayana Buddhism and Brahmanism attended the meeting. Xuanzang preached the doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism, and no one could refute him. Therefore, he was given the title of "Mahayana Heaven". After the meeting, King Jieri invited Xuanzang to ride an elephant around the world and preach. For a time, the "China Fever" in India started. In fact, it was also an opportunity to unify the doctrines of Buddhism and eliminate disputes.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Aluo will definitely convey His Majesty's goodwill to my king! In addition, my king has entrusted you with a task, and I hope Your Majesty can agree to it! "
Aluo Nashun bowed to Li Er and said with a smile.
After hearing the translation from the translator of Honglu Temple, Li Er raised his eyebrows and said, "Please speak!"
Aluo Nashun pursed his lips. Under the gaze of everyone in the hall, he slowly explained the purpose of his visit.
"Your Majesty, my king admires the culture of the Tang Empire very much and is willing to build a good relationship with the Tang Empire for a hundred years. I heard that Your Majesty has a virtuous princess, so my king sent me to propose a marriage to Your Majesty to build a friendship between the two countries!"
Silence!
As soon as the translator of Honglu Temple translated Aluo Nashun's words, the hall immediately fell into silence! The officials and envoys in the hall were all shocked. It was clear that they had not expected this. Li Chengqian, who was standing in front of the officials, was stunned for a moment and suddenly became anxious.
"No!"
There was one person who was faster than Li Chengqian, and that was Li Zexuan. This fellow was originally taking advantage of the time when the envoys were paying tribute and was secretly sleeping with his eyes closed. Who knew that someone actually dared to cause trouble and set their sights on Changle? How could he sit idly by and do nothing?
God had mercy on him. Changle was only a seven or eight year old girl. Although he did not know much about the bullshit King Jieri, he should be at least thirty or forty years old.
Bah, even if they were close in age, Li Zexuan did not want the princess of the Tang Empire to marry a foreigner!
"Marquis Yong 'an, don't be rude! In front of the envoys, don't be impulsive and ruin the friendship between the Tang Empire and the other countries! "
Cui Shanfu rolled his eyes and immediately jumped out and said in a sarcastic tone.
"Impulsive your mother! Get out of this marquis's way!"
For some reason, Li Zexuan, who had never lost his composure in court, felt a ball of fire burning in his heart at this moment. When he saw that Cui Shanfu still didn't forget to dig a hole for him to jump into, Li Zexuan was instantly enraged. He slapped Cui Shanfu to the side, and before that old thing could complain, he fiercely looked at the translator of the Chamberlain of Dependencies standing to the side and said,
"You are not allowed to translate what this marquis is about to say, or else you will be betraying the Great Tang. Do you understand?"
Li Zexuan had been made a marquis at a young age and was skilled in both the pen and the sword. He was extremely famous in Chang 'an. When the interpreter saw that Li Zexuan looked like he was about to eat someone, he did not dare to refuse and nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
In truth, when the foreign envoys had come to the Great Tang, they had brought interpreters with them. But today was a court session, and on such an important occasion, their interpreters naturally did not have the right to enter. They could only use the official interpreter from the Chamberlain of Dependencies.
"Your Majesty, please forgive this official for being rude just now!"
After explaining to the interpreter, Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said to Li Er.
"Humph! You better give me a reason, or else I'll teach you a lesson! "
It was hard to tell whether Li Er was happy or angry as he spoke to Li Zexuan.
After hearing Li Er's words, Cui Shanfu, who had climbed up from the ground, temporarily gave up on the idea of suing Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan raised his head and said firmly, "Your Majesty, the princess is still young and should not be married off to another country. Furthermore, this official believes that the Great Tang does not need to be married off to another country. Even if there is a marriage, it should be the other country marrying the princess to the Great Tang, not the Great Tang!"
Today, he had only wanted to be a bystander. But after encountering such a situation, he could no longer be a bystander. In the history books of his previous life, the Great Tang was the pride of all the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. However, there was a flaw in this otherwise perfect situation, and that was that the Great Tang's Princess Wencheng was married to Tubo. As powerful as the Great Tang was, it also accepted the marriage policy.
Now, Li Zexuan would definitely not allow such a thing to happen again!
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