Chapter 34: The Decision of the Princes (thirteen)
Chapter 34: The Decision of the Princes (13)
Looking at the chaotic battlefield in front of him, watching the groups of Silla people fleeing in all directions, and watching the Bohai navy soldiers fighting like tigers and wolves on the battlefield, Li Chengzhong suddenly ordered: "Inform all the ministries, I only want the heads of the monk soldiers, and the rest
It won't be counted as meritorious service." Zhong Shao agreed and quickly sent someone into the battlefield to deliver the order.
The Yuhou and Bohai admirals beside them all looked at each other in shock. Looking at Li Chengzhong's suddenly downcast face, they didn't understand why the governor was angry. In everyone's minds, since these common people have joined the battlefield, they must fight against the enemy.
Regardless of their status, they should be killed regardless of whether they are old, weak, women or children. Especially Jin Shunji, the chief supervisor of the Silla War Department, he knows the basics. Although the situation in front of him seems very miserable, but if the opponent wins, these people
In the blink of an eye, they became more vicious gangsters than the main force of the thief army. The blindness and destructiveness they unleashed were no less than that of the main force of the thief army.
But Li Chengzhong has in his bones the different views of time travellers from later generations, otherwise he would not have fought to the death to prevent his companions from massacre in the Beizhou battle the year before last. At this moment, he suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion. In the future historical records, he
What kind of legacy will it leave? He doesn't know yet whether he will be evaluated positively or negatively in the history of the Tang Dynasty, but at least in the history books of Silla, he will definitely become the executioner who suppressed the peasant uprising.
Li Chengzhong's orders were very effective. His military orders spread quickly throughout the battlefield. All departments of the Bohai Navy gradually stopped killing the people. They just drove the people to one place and asked them to surrender. However, they were not so polite to the monk soldiers.
When I saw them, I killed one by one and cut off their heads.
In the end, Jin Gongyi still failed to run back to Songyue City. His use of Maitreya's Observation of Mind the day before was too physical, so he was quickly caught by the sharp-eyed Yang Yuequan, along with dozens of Mo Zhenguo's civil and military "ministers" including Wang Jian.
, were all kidnapped and escorted to Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengzhong was not interested in Jin Gongyi, the leader of the rebel army. Well, in fact, Li Chengzhong also knew that if according to the evaluation of later generations, no matter how brutal he was, Jin Gongyi would be written as the "leader of the peasant rebel army", just as later generations recorded Huang Chao
Usually, he only cared about one thing, so he called Han Yanhui to his side and gave him careful instructions. During this army expedition, Han Yanhui was the one with the highest knowledge and insight, and he was also the one who could best figure out Li Chengzhong's intentions.
Han Yanhui took dozens of people under Jin Gongyi away and began to interrogate them. Of course, Gao Mingbo, a veteran interrogator, was bound to be there to help.
After some extreme physical and mental torture, Jin Gongyi finally bowed his head.
"The Gong descendant of the Jin family was originally a bandit leader in the mountains. He used the name Maitreya as the reincarnation to lure the people to gather together and conspired to establish his own cult with the intention of tearing apart the earth and making money... The Gong descendant of the Jin family, the above is your self-confidence. Do you have any objections?"
Luo Tong translated Han Yanhui's words and asked Jin Gongyi. Jin Gongyi was a member of the lower class and had not received "Chinese Studies" education, so he could not understand Tang dialect, let alone Tang Wen.
"No objection." Jin Gongyi lay on the ground dying. Although he couldn't figure out why the other party bit him to death because he was the bandit leader in the mountain, he couldn't bear the torture at the moment and just wanted to die quickly. As for the identity issue, he no longer cared about it.
"Very good, Hua Yin."
The sergeant grabbed Jin Gongyi's palm and put his fingerprint on the self-identification form.
"Drag him out and take Wang Jian with him below."
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Soon, a collective confession from the leader of the bandit army was presented to Li Chengzhong. After reading it, he expressed satisfaction, summoned Jin Shunji, and threw the confession to him: "Superintendent Jin, take a look, this is what the leader of the thief said, please transfer it to me."
To Wang Jing, to be recorded in the annals of history." Domestic historians will not easily tamper with history, but based on Li Chengzhong's understanding of the Silla people, he knew that this group was good at "cloaking their mistakes with their mistakes".
The nature of the document was defined as "the leader of bandits in the mountains", so he was bound to be of great interest. Sure enough, Jin Shunji smiled after reading it, and then bowed and thanked Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengzhong didn't know if it was useful, but if you can change something, just change it and do your best. Everyone thought that Li Chengzhong was fighting for the status of "righteousness" in order to completely quell the civil strife in Silla - even Han Yanhui
He and Gao Mingbo also think so. Only Li Chengzhong knows that what he strives for is his good reputation in history books.
At this moment, Songyue Mansion is almost an empty city. In order to gather an army of 50,000, Jin Gongyi brought out all the people in the city who could wield a sword or a stick, regardless of age or gender, so he was sitting in the city at this moment.
The last "minister" of the Mo Zhen Kingdom, Long Jian, had no soldiers. When the Bohai navy soldiers rushed into the city, Long Jian hung himself from a beam.
"Is this man Wang Jian's father?" Li Chengzhong was surprised when he looked at Long Jian's body hanging on the beam.
"Yes. This person is the prefect of Tieyuan County. The father and son ignored the country's favor and surrendered to the traitors." Jin Shunji was very angry at Long Jian. He raised his knife and went forward to chop Long Jian's hanging corpse in the air several times.
What Li Chengzhong was surprised about was not why the dignified third-rank nobleman Wang Jingtou sought refuge with a rogue monk. What surprised him was why father and son had different surnames: "Why isn't Wang Jian's surname Long?"
Regarding this question, Jin Shunji was at a loss for words. He didn't know how to answer it for a while. In fact, the natives of the peninsula originally had no surnames, and many people did not even have names. For example, the Jin Gong descendant who had just been captured turned out to be an anonymous person. Later, the natives established a country.
Later, they named themselves according to the surnames of the Central Plains. Some of them were surnames given by the nobles themselves, and more were given by the emperors of the Central Plains or the officials of border counties. This is how the custom of naming came into being. But this
This custom is still quite confusing to this day. Even many wealthy people still can't figure out whether the first character is the surname or the last character is the surname. The example of Long Jian and Wang Jian and his son is an example. They think that the second character is the surname.
It's a surname, that is to say, they come from the Jian family. If Wang Jian has a son in the future, his son's name should be "Jian".
Regarding this question, Li Chengzhong just asked casually, and it didn't matter if he couldn't get an answer. In fact, he didn't ask further, but it made Jin Shunji determined to report to the king after returning and thoroughly clean up the surname issue in the junior high school to avoid being exposed.
The governor of the Tang Dynasty looked down upon him.
Li Chengzhong did not want to continue fighting in the southern part of the peninsula. He had eliminated Liang Ji and Jin Gongyi, and the remaining rebels were small groups of rebels. No matter how incompetent the Hwarang Dao soldiers in the hands of the Silla Royal Court were, they should be able to deal with them. As for the southwest,
Even the royal court of Silla actually recognized Zhenxuan's separatist regime in Jeonju and Wuju. Why did Li Chengzhong bother to do that? Of course, Li Chengzhong himself felt that leaving a separatist force in Silla
That might not be a good thing.
On the fifth day after the news came out that the Allied Forces of the Tang Dynasty and the Bohai Sea had annihilated the Jin Gong people, an envoy from Baekje came to Songyue City and asked for an interview with the Governor of the Tang Dynasty. The envoy's name was King Kong, and he was the king of the Baekje vassal Zhenxuan.
The fourth son. Li Chengzhong was once again confused by this confusing name. Not enough that with the examples of Long Jian and Wang Jian and his son in front of him, he was not surprised again.
Zhen Xuan was born as a local citizen. After joining the army, he moved to serve as a general and raised troops in Wuzhou. His power gradually expanded to the whole state, occupying the old land of Baekje and calling himself the King of Baekje. Different from Liang Ji and Jin Gong, Zhen Xuan
Proclaiming vassal status to Silla had no intention of subverting Silla. He just wanted to become a vassal in his own territory.
Zhen Xuan had four sons, the eldest son Shenjian, the second son Liangjian, the third son Longjian, and the fourth son King Kong. The King Kong who came to see Li Chengzhong this time was also his most beloved son. As soon as King Kong entered the door, he bowed deeply and sang:
"The king of Baekje, the ruler of the western capital of Silla, the governor of the army and horse system, the military governor, Quanwu Gong, and others were on a day trip to Quanzhou, the governor and censor of Zhongcheng Shangzhu, the founder of Hannan County, the official shrine of 2,000 households, King Kong, the son of Zhenxuan, and visited the Tang Dynasty
Governor, I bow to all the princes of the friendly countries in the Bohai Sea, and to the Chief Superintendent of the Ministry of War." It is difficult to say such a long list of official titles in one breath, but King Kong has obviously practiced it, so he sang it smoothly.
King Kong sang smoothly, but Li Chengzhong felt awkward. He asked Jin Shunji next to him: "Is this official title bestowed by your king?"
Jin Shunji looked slightly embarrassed and said "Huh", so he couldn't say it anymore. In fact, this is the only official name in Silla with such a long official name. There is no other semicolon. It was Zhenxuan who asked for the title after the secession. The king of Silla
Ting Zhenxuan had no choice but to hold her nose and admit it.
Li Chengzhong turned to King Kong and looked at the frail man in Confucian attire kneeling on the ground. He couldn't see the burly look of "King Kong" anywhere. He couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Get up and answer. Tell me, what are you doing here?"
King Kong stood up and said respectfully: "My father ordered me to come here. One is to pay homage to the governor of the superior country and listen to the superior's orders. The other is to reward the three armies and thank the superior government for sending troops to quell the civil strife in Silla. The third is to pay tribute to the governor. I don't know.
If the governor still has peace and needs, Baekje is willing to serve as his subordinate."
Li Chengzhong smiled and said: "You are quite clever. I was about to lead my troops westward to join General Zhen in hunting in Nanyuan, and you came here on your own."
King Kong was shocked in his heart, but his face remained calm: "The Zhen family serves the King of Silla very respectfully, and treats the country with sincerity. I wonder where the talk about the governor meeting the hunter comes from?"
Li Chengzhong said: "Do you want to be sincere to the country? Proclaim yourself the king and plan to establish Baekje. I don't know who gave you the power?"
King Kong said: "The country's title was given by Silla, and there is a national document to prove it."
Li Chengzhong said: "The king of Silla was forced by you and others and had no choice but to do it. In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, there was only one vassal state here, that is Silla. There was no Baekje. Baekje had long been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty."
King Kong's words were stagnant and he didn't know how to continue the conversation, while Jin Shunji burst into tears of gratitude.
King Kong thought for a while and said: "From now on, Baekje is willing to obey the order of the governor and guard the border for the Tang Dynasty." He was very smart, otherwise he would not be valued by Zhen Xuan, and his words pointed to the key point - Baekje
From now on, the country will listen to Li Chengzhong's orders and only hope to gain Li Chengzhong's approval.
With this statement, Li Chengzhong did not embarrass King Kong. He originally wanted to leave a separatist force on the peninsula so that he could easily control this land in the future. He immediately said: "General Nian Zhen is quite respectful to Silla.
The governor doesn’t want to be too embarrassed. I plan to set up the Xiongjin Governor’s Palace in the whole state. Your family only needs to do three things according to this governor. I will ask the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to grant your family the title of Xiongjin Governor. What do you think?
?”
King Kong was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Please tell me, the Commander-in-Chief."
Li Chengzhong said calmly: "First, go to the title of Baekje Kingdom, go to the title of Baekje King; second, the Zhen family will take the Tang Dynasty as the master and withdraw from Wuzhou; third, pay annual tribute to Yingzhou and be controlled by the Yingzhou Governor's Office."