Then Li Po gathered together He Chou's disciples and asked, but none of them could have heard of He Chou's true biography. Many of them had never done such a big thing as building Chidao, and they couldn't come up with any construction projects.
Sexual opinions come.
Li Po has also made efforts to cultivate engineering talents. Last year, all academies offered engineering subjects. He just wants to be effective, but there is still a long way to go.
Moreover, this type of talent must not only be taught by good teachers, but the most important thing is practice. If you have not carried out engineering construction for more than ten or twenty years, then there will definitely be a gap in talent.
Why did there appear some great craftsmen in the former Sui Dynasty? It was because there were many construction projects. Whether it was building roads, casting bridges, building cities, or digging canals, they were all major projects rarely seen in the past.
Spending people's resources is one thing, but it has indeed cultivated a large number of engineering talents, among whom Yu Wenkai and He Chou are the best.
The construction of infrastructure projects in the early Tang Dynasty was also in progress, but the scale was not comparable to that of the previous Sui Dynasty. Moreover, wars in the late Sui Dynasty resulted in widespread casualties across the country, and some craftsmanship was lost.
Therefore, there are many difficulties in repairing these two roads.
When asked about Su Quan, many people had already given their opinions.
But Su Tan is different from others. He doesn't care about the technical difficulties of the project, he only cares about the cost.
After listening to Li Po's question, he thought about it for a while and put forward his own suggestion. He might as well start work first and give it a try. The section from Wannian County to Wuyuan City should be the easiest.
Let's see how much it will cost to build it, and also take a look at the talent of the road construction officials. If it goes well, we can continue to build it. If it doesn't work, don't worry. After two years, the treasury will be full, and we can just continue the construction.
Su Tan's thoughts were similar to Xiao Yu's. He took it step by step and did not directly persuade the emperor to give up building roads.
The other two prime ministers also had different intentions. Fan Wenjin thought this was a good thing and strongly agreed with it. He believed that this move could greatly enhance Datang's control over the Hexi region. No matter how many people died, as long as the road was repaired,
It is a good thing that benefits the world.
Wen Yanbo believed that it would be safer to wait for two years and finish the Liaodong war first.
In August, several small court meetings were held, and the opinions were not unified enough. They talked about everything but did not try their best to stop it. Li Po knew it.
He was not in a hurry. Winter was coming soon and he had time to think about it carefully.
The Ministry of Finance is currently counting the number of Goguryeo people sent back.
After the destruction of Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty's policy towards the Goguryeo people was very cruel. Anyone who resisted would be slaughtered, one after another. It was necessary to ensure that the Goguryeo people had no chance of resurgence in the peninsula.
All Goguryeo officials and wealthy households had their property confiscated, most of the officials and tribal leaders were executed on the spot, and their wives and daughters were demoted to military prostitutes, leaving no trace of dignity for the Goguryeo people.
The people of Goguryeo were sent back to the Tang Dynasty in their families, and together with the Japanese who came first, they became a new class in the Tang Dynasty, the slave households.
The hatred between Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo was finally settled.
According to estimates from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the number of slave households in the Tang Dynasty this year should be 100,000, or about 4 to 50 million, with young men and women accounting for more than half.
Most of the prisoners of war in the past dynasties were consumed on the battlefield, because the imperial court was unwilling to bear the additional expenses of these people, and some domestic construction projects were solved by civilian service.
This policy was most obvious during the Five Hus' period of chaos in China. The Hu people's oppression of the Han people was very cruel, but compared to the fighting between them, it was still a bit inferior.
When we came to the pre-Sui period, except for the Xianbei people, most of the remaining Hu people had disappeared. Some people would say that this was the result of ethnic integration, but in fact it was not.
The four tribes of the Xiongnu, Jie, Qiang, and Di, in the long-term conquest of each other and the resistance of the Han people, actually very few were left dead.
The Xianbei people remained until the end, but they gradually integrated into the Central Plains ethnic groups. This was national assimilation. By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many people calling themselves Xianbei, and the integration became more and more complete.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]
It was another matter for the Goguryeo, Japanese, and Baekje people to come to the Central Plains. They did not belong to the common subordinate tribes in the Central Plains and did not receive any preferential treatment.
They will appear in various engineering projects in the early Tang Dynasty. How many will be left in the end can only depend on God's will. If Li Po lives a little longer, maybe these people will disappear from history or even be remembered.
Mention one sentence.
Li Po, the founding king, was the most cruel existence to these foreigners, but to the people of the Tang Dynasty, he was more kind than the previous kings.
Because at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, corvee was light and taxes were low, and civil service was rare, the people of the Tang Dynasty naturally celebrated it with their foreheads and hands. It was a blessing for the people that the emperor was wise and his ministers were virtuous.
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On August 16, the seventh year of Yuanzhen's reign in the Tang Dynasty, warships gathered at several docks from the east, and Li Jing, the conquest governor, returned to his army.
The first packages of skeletons that came ashore were the remains of the soldiers who led the Northern Expedition that Li Jing ordered to collect in the mountains and forests of Goguryeo.
There are almost more than six thousand tools.
At that time, more than 200,000 Sui troops were buried in the mountains and forests of Goguryeo. The survivors of the 300,000-strong army were less than 30,000, which can be said to be very rare.
Many years later, the Sun, Moon and Star Banner of the Tang Dynasty returned here, and finally succeeded in one battle, wiping out a powerful enemy. Due to the numerous blood feuds between the two countries, countless people were killed. Even the tombs of the kings of Goguryeo were destroyed by the Tang army.
They dug them out and exposed their bodies in the wilderness together with their descendants.
During the two years of war, all the large tribes in Goguryeo were uprooted and their heads fell. Only a few wandering ghosts survived by hiding in the mountains and forests.
The policy of the Tang Dynasty was long-term. It continued to liquidate the Goguryeo tribes hidden in the Gaima Mountains. By August of the seventh year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, dozens of Goguryeo tribes were defeated, more than 60,000 people were killed, and ten were captured.
More than ten thousand.
By this time, there was actually no Goguryeo in the world anymore. Among the three peninsular kingdoms, only Silla remained, the ancestors of those who later mistakenly identified their ancestors.
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Yu Wenshi, the prefect from the east, and others had already prepared the remains. They landed the bones and immediately sent them to the dug cemetery for burial, and erected a tablet to record them.
The next day, Li Jing led a crowd to pay homage to the souls of the dead, and wrote a memorial letter in person, informing the soldiers who died in the Northern Expedition that their great revenge had been avenged, and their souls could return to their hometowns safely.
Li Jing stayed in Donglai for a few days, and enjoyed the warm hospitality of Yu Wenshiji like Du Fuwei. After three years of campaign, he was finally completed.
Li Jing was relieved and fell ill for a while in Donglai, which frightened Yu Wenshi and other local officials. He hurriedly sent a letter to the court, saying that this was none of our business. The governor seemed to be tired from the journey.
If you occasionally feel cold, it shouldn't be a big deal... right? Don't do it.
Li Jing fell ill for a while, and Yu Wenshiji was so frightened that he stayed beside his bed day and night to serve him, thus becoming a filial son and grandson.
When his father Yuwenshu died of illness, he probably wasn't as concerned as he is today.
A few days later, Li Jing recovered. Looking at Yuwen Shiji, who looked even more haggard than himself, he felt a little guilty, and his political IQ was in arrears again.
He told Yuwen Shiji that after returning to the capital, he would help Yuwen Shiji make his case in front of the emperor. As for the outcome, he could not guarantee it.
Fortunately, I haven't finished talking yet...
Yu Wenshiji was naturally extremely grateful, and it was not in vain for him to "fulfill his filial piety" in front of the governor. Compared with Wu King Li Fuwei, how humane was Li Jing?
Li Jing set out to leave Donglai. The county officials along the way received the governor with all their heart and soul. Li Jing had been used to being welcomed by others over the years, so he didn't feel proud.
After three years of fighting, when I came back, I felt a little uncomfortable seeing the busy farming scene along the road. In addition, I had a minor illness in the east, and I was also feeling a little unwell, so I walked even slower.
Before they even left Shandong, they met the welcoming team of Xu Shiji and Wang Zhibian who were coming.
Wang Zhibian and Li Jing did not know each other. They knew each other, but they had no friendship. When Li Jing went out to lead the army in Beijing, he met Wang Zhibian several times in Luoyang.
This time they met again, the status gap between the two was even wider. Wang Zhibian showed great enthusiasm, and when he gave the courtesy, it was the courtesy of a lower official meeting.
They are all ministers of the Dragon, and Li Jing does not dare to neglect them.
Needless to say, Xu Shiji was a disciple of Li Jing, and if he had not been favored by Li Jing, he would not have been able to marry the princess, so meeting Li Jing was like meeting a relative.
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Looking at the teacher who was chatting happily with Wang Zhibian, Xu Shiji was greatly relieved and said with a smile: "I wanted to greet the teacher in Luoyang, but I heard that the teacher was ill in the east, so he discussed it with General Wang.
All of a sudden, he rushed over quickly and slowly.
I didn’t expect but I met Teacher Chai here. Teachers are the pillars of the country. You have to take good care of your health. Why don’t you come east to take care of yourself for a while?”
Wang Zhibian laughed and said, "I have been waiting for the Governor in Chang'an for half a year. Your Majesty is also eager to see through it. It is understandable that the Governor is in a hurry to return to Beijing, haha."
Li Jing patted the cheap disciple's shoulder affectionately. Unlike his son-in-law, this disciple accepted the offer in a cowardly manner when he was drunk.
However, compared with his reluctance when he accepted his son-in-law, he was very satisfied with Xu Shiji.
Xu Shiji's family background is not important. The main reason is that when he accepted Xu Shiji as his disciple, this man was already one of Conglong's heroes, and his military exploits were even much better than his teacher.
Moreover, in terms of knowledge, the emperor's son-in-law was really incomparable. After spending time together in Chang'an, it seemed that he, Li Jing, had indeed taken advantage of him.
In the past few years, when he was commanding troops in Goguryeo, Li Jing accepted another close disciple, Su Dingfang from Jizhou. He was brave enough to fight at a young age and had a lot of strategy. He was deeply loved by Li Jing, so he accepted Su Dingfang as his disciple last year...