After that, Zhang Cong, Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, stepped out and reported, "Your Majesty, Li Yuanzhe, prince of the Li royal clan, requests an audience with Your Majesty. Does Your Majesty wish to receive him?"
"Forget it. Let him stay put and behave himself," Emperor Yanping said lazily, waving his hand.
The Li royal clan was the royal clan of the Lisheng Dynasty. Ever since the twenty-ninth year of Chengping, when the Silla Jin Clan seized the throne of the Lisheng Dynasty, Li Yuanzhe, prince of the Li royal clan, had fled to Da Rong, hoping to ask Da Rong to send troops and help him reclaim his rivers and mountains.
Emperor Chengping had been old at the time and busy choosing a suitable heir, with no mind at all to deal with matters concerning the Lisheng Dynasty.
And now Emperor Yanping had only been on the throne for less than two years, so he had even less energy to bother with the affairs of the Lisheng Dynasty.
However, Da Rong had not acknowledged the Silla Jin Clan's kingship either, so this matter would probably keep causing trouble in the future.
Er, not the future.
"Your Majesty, the Silla Jin Clan has sent envoys once again to request Your Majesty's investiture. Their envoy claims that as long as Your Majesty is willing to grant the investiture, they are willing to pay annual tribute to Your Majesty of one hundred thousand taels of silver and eight thousand taels of gold," Zhang Cong, Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, spoke up again.
Emperor Yanping's eyes lit up. "Oh! They really are willing to pay tribute every year?"
Eight thousand taels of gold was equivalent to eighty thousand taels of silver. Offering up one hundred and eighty thousand taels