An Xiyu, the ruler of North Silla Province, has been a little uneasy recently.
An Xiyu overcame everyone's objections and asked his son An Shougui to lead the family's private soldiers to build a city on the edge of the Yalu River. In fact, he knew the power of the Tang Dynasty better than anyone else.
An Xiyu once entered the Tang Dynasty as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and also studied in the Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty for a period of time. He was a well-known Tang sect in Silla.
But it was because of his understanding of the Tang Dynasty that An Xiyu believed that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take advantage of the rebellion in the three towns east of the Tang Dynasty to invade the land west of the Yalu River.
The geographical conditions of North Silla Province are very harsh. The small plain near Pyongseong has to support the population of North Province. The savages and barbarians in the mountains of North Province continue to harass Pyongseong.
However, there is a vast black land in the Yalu River Basin, which was also the fertile land for the rise of Goguryeo.
After the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, it established the Andong Protectorate, but did not develop these lands.
Looking at the vast wasteland of fertile black land, how could An Xiyu, the ruler of Northern Province, not covet it?
Silla needs land and needs more land that can be developed. This is the best way An Xiyu can solve Silla's problem after thinking about it.
Although Silla is a small country, its internal struggles are not inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty, and its internal conflicts are very sharp.
The biggest contradiction is the "bone product" system implemented in Silla.
Silla Kingdom is a country built on the basis of blood. It has the three most powerful tribes during the tribal alliance period.
The three surnames of Park, Kim, and Silla are the largest nobles in the Silla ruling group. Not only can they inherit the throne, but they also monopolize the entire bureaucracy and have supreme power. The three royal families of Park, Seok, and Kim have the highest status and are called the "Holy Bones."
The children of the Sacred Bone Nobles who marry other great nobles are called "True Bone" nobles. Although they can also have extremely high power, they are regarded by the Sacred Bone Nobles as hybrids that have tainted their bloodline, and they are politically discriminated against.
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Under the Holy Bones and True Bones, there are three classes: six-headed class, five-headed class, and four-headed class. For example, the An family where An Xiyu lives is a six-headed class noble, which is inferior to the real bone nobles.
However, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Jin Chunqiu, a real nobleman, ascended to the throne of Silla.
Jin Chunqiu was originally an important minister of Silla, and he rose to power. He also served as an envoy to Goguryeo, Japan, and the Tang Dynasty, promoting a pro-Tang diplomatic line and launching the Tang culture movement in the country.
Jin Chunqiu assisted the Tang Dynasty in defeating Baekje and became the monarch of Silla who unified the peninsula. He ended the tradition of the Holy Bone Nobles inheriting the throne. From then on, the Holy Bone Nobles in the Silla court surpassed the Holy Bone Nobles and became the powerful faction in Silla.
However, the holy bone nobles who were not willing to lose their power to the real bone nobles competed for power with the new real bone nobles in Jincheng, and many conflicts broke out.
The real bones and the sacred bones compete for the highest position of power, so the local nobles of Silla and the Tang senters like An Xiyu compete for positions in the Silla court.
Jin Chunqiu carried out the Tang cultural reform and sent many envoys to the Tang Dynasty.
After these envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty, they could often stay in the Tang Dynasty to study for a period of time.
In the late Jin Chunqiu period, Silla even consciously sent foreign students to the Tang Dynasty to study the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty.
After these envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty returned from their studies, they could enter the Silla court and hold important positions to promote the Tang-oriented reform of Silla...
However, as more and more envoys were sent to the Tang Dynasty, it also aroused dissatisfaction among the conservative nobles.
Originally, the official positions in the small court of Silla were controlled by the Zhengu nobles and the nobles of the sixth, fifth and fourth ranks.
In order to suppress these nobles, the King of Silla often sent the second sons of these big families, or simply the children of poor families, to study in the Tang Dynasty.
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The root of the struggle, in addition to fighting for the right to speak in the Silla court, was also land.
Jin Chunqiu also learned from the Sui and Tang Dynasties and implemented the land grant system. In the hands of the previous Silla kings, the land grant system increased the prestige of the Silla kings in the country and advanced Silla's originally loose tribal alliance government system into a feudal monarchy.
However, after Baekje and Goguryeo fell one after another, Silla could no longer expand its territory, and with more and more people, the land grant system became as unsustainable as the Tang Dynasty.
The original aristocratic power of Silla was strong, and the consequences of the collapse of the land grant system were much more serious than those of the Tang Dynasty.
Local tycoons continued to gain power through land granting. The monarchy that had been concentrated through the land granting system was once again weakened, and local powerful factions also began to rise.
Although An Xiyu could not understand why there were so many problems in the land grant system, he quickly grasped the key. If Silla could obtain more land, then the domestic problems would be easily solved.
The King of Silla could use new land to win over people's hearts, and the nobles could work together to expand outward instead of staying on the peninsula and fighting internally.
For all this, after An Xiyu took office as the governor of North Road, he began to train troops in Pingcheng, preparing to take advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty to occupy the land of Andong. If he could occupy Andong at this time, he might really be able to restore Goguryeo.
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From the small imperial court in Beidao, An Xiyu called Cheng Minglang next to him and asked:
"Is there no news from the north yet?"
Chengminglang is equivalent to the Secretary Lang of the Tang Dynasty. Basically, he is a descendant of a noble family. His main job is to assist the left ministers in doing some literary work.
Young Cheng Minglang said: "The last letter to ensure safety has been received, but it was written half a month ago. General An is building a city along the river east of the Yalu River."
An Xiyu frowned and said, "Why build a city east of the Yalu River? Haven't the Tang people already withdrawn from Anton?"
Cheng Minglang quickly said: "General An sent a letter saying that there are still Tang troops stationed in Dahang City. He did not dare to provoke easily, so he just built the city to confront the Tang troops."
An Xiyu asked anxiously: "Tang people? Are there still Tang people in Daxing City?"
Unexpectedly, my premonition came true. Before crossing the Yalu River, I encountered the resistance of the Tang people. Even though the Tang Dynasty was declining, it should not be underestimated.
Cheng Minglang immediately said: "General An's letter said that there are only more than thirty veterans of the Tang Dynasty in Dahang City. The purpose of building the city along the Yajiang River is to intimidate these Tang soldiers and make them retreat voluntarily."...
An Xiyu said to Cheng Minglang: "It is good for my son to be so cautious, but you should draft a letter to my son now. Don't be frightened by the Tang people's bluff. It will cost a lot to supply the army. If you can't
The results of the battle must be produced as soon as possible. The opposition in the court has risen, and even my father cannot suppress it."
After saying that, An Xiyu put on his fox fur coat and said, "Let's go and have a look at Nanpu?"
"Government, do you want to go now?"
Although Nanpu is not far from Pingcheng, it still takes half a day by horse-drawn carriage. It is already noon, and it will probably be dark when we arrive at Nanpu.
Nanpu Port is also a key project after An Xiyu took office in Beidao.
Silla had many ships, but its ports were concentrated in the south.
The communication between Pingcheng and Jincheng still needs to rely on land roads, so the transmission of messages and material transportation is very slow, and it also deepens the remote feeling of the North Road area.
In order to bring the North Road closer to the Silla court and to allow more talents to go to the North Road, An Xiyu presided over the construction of the Nampo Port and recruited a group of shipbuilders to come to Nampo.
An Xiyu took a bullock cart and arrived at Nanpu along the bumpy road. It was already getting dark.
Looking at the growing port, An Xiyu was full of pride. This was all built when he was in charge of the North Road. In the future, it will definitely have its own place in the history books of Silla.
At this moment, the man at the dock suddenly shouted: "There is something on the sea!"
Is there something in the sea?
Nanpu Pier has not been built yet, so it is impossible for ships from Nanpu to dock?
Just now
In the first month of the year, no fishing boats can go out to sea to fish?
"Ship! It's a ship!"
Only a clipper with a white sail was seen breaking through the waves from the other side of the sea level and heading straight for Nanpu Pier.
This boat was so fast! An Xiyu saw that the boat flew out on the wind and waves, and then landed steadily in front of the waves. It was faster than the wind and waves on the sea!
I saw this strange-looking clipper ship taking off into the sky, and then the sails on the ship fell down, and the clipper ship began to slowly slow down and approach the shore.
At this moment, An Xiyu realized that the ship was heading for Nanpu Port.
"Be on guard!" An Xiyu immediately asked Cong Chengminglang to notify the port defenders to be on guard, and he walked quickly to the dock wearing a cloak.
This long and narrow strange ship suddenly raised a red flag, and An Xiyu took a breath of cold air again.
The flag of the Tang Dynasty!
The Tang Dynasty was still red. When Su Dingfang destroyed Baekje and Goguryeo, the red flag of the Tang Dynasty brought deep memories to the people of the Peninsula.
It turned out to be a ship from the Tang Dynasty!
When the clipper ship docked, a dizzy An Shougui got off the ship. He had already determined that this was Nanpu Port. This was Nanpu Port, which took thirty days to and from Dahang City! The clipper ship was for
Arrived in half a day!
After being surprised, An Shougui was deeply frightened.
It only takes half a day to get from Dahang City to Nanpu. According to fellow captain Su Xing, this flying shear ship is the smallest version. He can also build larger and longer flying shear ships.
If that were the case, the Tang army could board the ship from Dahang City in the morning, land at Nanpu Port at night, and attack Pingcheng the next day!
With the terrifying weapons of the Tang Dynasty, Pingcheng couldn't even be defended for a day!
Not only Pyeongseong, if you take a clipper ship to Incheon Port, it is not far from Jinchong, the capital of Silla!
No, I must persuade my father not to go against the Tang Dynasty, but to be the dog of the Tang Dynasty!
An Shougui came up with a firm idea:
Only by being a dog of the Tang Dynasty can we save Silla!