The Korean sticks have seized their ancestral lands and brazenly incited the Khitans and other northern tribes to invade the border.
The Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganates on the grasslands often raid and burn villages in the south, slaughtering ordinary people, while proposing an alliance in exchange for food and money, fertile pastures, and our submission.
The nations of the Western Regions refuse to relinquish their rule and seek to resist the empire and divide its territory.
The uncivilized lands of Tibet threaten to attack the empire unless we agree to a political marriage.
I swear this day!
Those who defy the might of the Great Tang, no matter how far away, will be put to death!
No political marriages, no reparations, no ceding territory, no tribute, no submission!
From the emperor down to the common people, this is the law of the land. Let all hear it...
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
