Chapter 28 Establishment of Liaodong Road and County Administration
Chang'an.
News from Goguryeo would be sent to Chang'an every three days for the emperor and officials to read.
At this time, Li Zhiyun already knew that Goguryeo was destroyed, and he was not very happy or excited. He could even be said to be very calm. Or, it should be said.
The Tang army has been conquering the country in recent years, and has destroyed the country everywhere. It is strong enough to wipe out Goguryeo in a matter of seconds, not to mention the existence of artillery, a big killer. In the current world, if artillery is used to attack cities, it is dimensionality reduction.
blow.
Why did Goguryeo hold on?
It's not just based on the terrain and the solid city, but the Tang army has artillery. If they come up, they will be covered with firepower. The bombing will make you unable to live in peace, and the bombing will destroy your morale. How can you defend the city?
If you don't defend the city, you can only choose to go out of the city to fight or escape.
Fighting with Tang Jun for hard power?
Do you have that strength?
Tang Qi and even Turks and other grassland tribe soldiers and horses were able to press down on the ground and beat them violently. They were unparalleled in plate armor. They were either killing the enemy or on the way to kill the enemy. Goguryeo would hit them on the head.
The Goguryeo soldiers and horses, which had no advantage, were like lambs to be slaughtered in front of the Tang army.
Political Hall.
"I congratulate Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty." The six prime ministers congratulated the emperor for conquering another country.
Press, the ministers are also very calm now. There is no way, since the Turks were killed by the emperor's teeth, the Tang Dynasty has always won the foreign wars, and won and made money. This time to attack Goguryeo, the food, grass and weapons are abundant, in addition to using the troops along the way
Civil servants from various states helped carry the grain and hardly disturbed the people.
What's more, the people of the Tang Dynasty now earnestly hope that His Majesty the Emperor will expand abroad. Because the benefits brought by treating grassland people as human beings have gradually fermented over the years, the burdens on the people who used to be heavier have been reduced because of the replacement of grassland slaves.
How many. The imperial court plundered the cattle and sheep from the grassland every year and distributed them. I don’t know how many families without cattle have been benefited.
As for whether those slaves will cause trouble?
Haha, look at the bones buried under the cement road. That is the result of disobedience.
Is it bloody?
It was very bloody, but if it weren't for such bloody oppression and slavery, why would the Tang Dynasty become so powerful in just a few years, and why would it attack cities and destroy the country?
The benefits brought by plundering were turned into industrial nutrients and were feeding back to the Tang Dynasty.
The population of the Tang Dynasty was increasing rapidly, the imperial court collected more taxes year by year, the territory of the empire expanded rapidly, and even the common people gradually became wealthy over the years, and in many places they were able to have enough food and clothing.
This is the prosperous age.
How many people can know the darkness under the prosperous age?
Just like the Weihe River workshops that emit black smoke day and night, the imperial officials only knew that the agricultural tools produced there every once in a while to increase production were very practical, the cement produced there was very hard, and even the products produced there were very useful.
Others, who knows.
Of course, those slaves have resisted a lot in these years, but what's the use? They are unarmed, and if they resist, they will die. If they don't resist, if they build roads, open canals, and reclaim wasteland, they still have a chance to survive.
After the violent oppression in the early days, the court's treatment of slaves was now much more relaxed, and it began to use one group of loyal dog-type slaves to exploit another group of slaves.
For example, domesticated grassland slaves were used to exploit Tuyuhun slaves. These slave races were artificially created to make them fight among themselves to death.
Another example is to let Xue Yantuo slaves fight with Uighur slaves, and let Khitan slaves and Xi tribe slaves supervise. In order to prevent them from colluding, every once in a while, several of these loyal dog-type slaves will unexpectedly die tragically.
It's so appalling, it's like trampling the word "harmony" under its feet.
But who knows!
The people of the Tang Dynasty only knew that they rarely served as slaves now. Even if they did serve as slaves, they would follow the army to supervise the work of slaves.
They only know that the cement roads are getting longer and longer, and the activities of merchants are unprecedentedly active, bringing a large amount of commercial tax revenue to Chang'an.
For the officials of the imperial court, traveling became more and more convenient and efficient. Even the censors were often there.
Traveling around, conducting overt and covert inspections.
Changes have gradually emerged, and the national power of the Tang Dynasty is advancing rapidly.
"Hahaha." Li Zhiyun smiled proudly, and immediately asked several prime ministers to sit down and said: "This time our army successively broke through the city and destroyed the country of Goguryeo within a few months. This is really the contribution of all of you who love me and are loyal to the country. I highly commend it.
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Then, naturally, there will be mutual business promotion, and then there will be some rewards.
Later, Du Ruhui asked: "Your Majesty, what should we do with the land of Goguryeo?"
Generally speaking, a governor's office is set up to govern, but this time, Li Zhiyun had to make some changes based on local conditions.
"Goguryeo is different from the grasslands. Its country has been established for a long time. Although its country is now destroyed, its spirit has not been destroyed. I am afraid that its people will change. Therefore, I established the Liaodong Road, established prefectures and counties, and sent officials to rule them. In addition, I can order the officials to move
Their wives and children were made citizens of the Tang Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, what should we do with the Goguryeo man?" Xue Fang asked.
Li Zhiyun said calmly: "Just do what you have to do, don't worry too much. The population of the grassland has been gradually decreasing over the years, so it's just right to replace it with Goguryeo. Give the grassland a year or two to recover, and then move on to the past."
After hearing this, everyone immediately obeyed.
Although there are still many slaves in the empire available, we need to plan well now, and we can't just grab a sheep to pluck the wool. It is unreasonable.
Li Jing asked: "Your Majesty, if we implement the grassland strategy in Goguryeo, wouldn't it be a pity that the land will be desolate in a few decades?"
If we follow the grassland approach, we are exterminating species.
But the difference is that the grassland people are herding animals. As long as there are people, they can be driven everywhere to graze without fear of wasting resources. Moreover, in the grassland, there are only a few places suitable for farming and military settlements, and other places are not suitable for use.
But Goguryeo is different. Goguryeo mainly focuses on farming. Now the emperor wants to take away the women of Goguryeo and make them people of the Tang Dynasty, and he also wants to make the men of Goguryeo slaves. If this continues, the area of Goguryeo will inevitably become deserted.
In this case, there would be no point in conquering Goguryeo.
But Li Zhiyun has his own reasons.
First, you can immigrate. This is a step-by-step process. It cannot be done all at once. It must take decades to do it.
Secondly, of course that area is closer to the Japanese country, so it will be easier to send ships there to occupy it in the future. If we want to do this, then the Goguryeo area will be a springboard, and we must manage it well.
"Immigrate." Li Zhiyun said: "Every year, you can move a hundred families and tell them that if they go there, they will be exempted from taxes for three years and will work on a per-acre basis. How much they can farm depends on them.
ability."
At present, the people of the Tang Dynasty are definitely not willing to go to that ghost place, so they can only set a low goal and move about a hundred households every year.
"yes."
The several prime ministers were not surprised by the emperor's decision. The emperor had been preparing for immigration for a long time, but there were many obstacles, and most of them came from the private sector.
After the wars in the late Sui Dynasty, the imperial court still had land in its hands, and the people felt that life was getting better and better now, so who would want to go to those wild places. Therefore, the imperial court would either force criminals to go to those places, or they would seize the son-in-law.
Send it over. Normally, most people would be unwilling to do so.
What's more, the previous places of immigration were close to the grasslands, which was even more difficult. In the eyes of the courtiers, Goguryeo was only half of the places worthy of immigration in the true sense.
However, Li Zhiyun felt that when merchants discovered the Japanese trade in the future, Goguryeo would gradually prosper. After all, that place was very close to the Japanese country. This chapter has been completed!