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Chapter 439 Wa country, you don't want to become like Silla, do you?

The former Silla Royal Palace is now the Governor's Mansion of Jilin Road.

As night fell, in the rudimentary house for the Tang people, various officials were still working overtime, at their desks sorting out various rules and regulations, and summarizing all aspects of the new territory of the Tang Dynasty to Dongdu.

King Jin Famin of Silla led his officials to formally surrender, and the good news was sent back to Luoyang, which did not mean the matter was over. On the contrary, a lot of appeasement work was still to come.

How to truly transform the fruits of war victory into national benefits is often more difficult than winning a war.

Fortunately, Liu Rengui was originally the prime minister and was called "General Scholar". Under his command, the work was carried out in an orderly manner.

Li Yan was among the overtime crowd.

He is more concerned about the harvest of this war.

At this time, he put down the collected documents, but sighed: "It's really poor!"

An Zhongjing curled his lips on the opposite side: "This small country has been fighting for years, and the domestic harvest is poor. It is really poor. How dare you provoke me, Datang?"

Li Yandao: "This is gambling on the nation's fortune. If Silla succeeds in encroaching on the Ungjin Governor's Mansion, and then carve up the land of Koryo and unify the Liaodong Peninsula, the national strength will be completely different. Now it will be the end of the bet."

An Zhongjing frowned: "Even so, the gold and silver here are all calculated in 'points', which is really a headache!"

Li Yan was also a little speechless.

In history, Jin Faminjin offered a certain apology to Datang as follows: 33500 points of silver, 33000 points of copper coins, 120 points of gold, 400 pieces of needles, 120 points of bezoar, 6 pieces of forty-liter cloth, and 60 pieces of thirty-liter cloth .

The "fen" among them, according to the calculations of later generations, is about 10 cents equal to 1 qian, and 10 qian is 1 tael. If you convert it, it is pitifully small. According to Jin Famin's attitude of begging for mercy at that time, it should not be intentionally less, but Silla really paid less. If you are poor, you can't afford to pay more.

So it’s embarrassing to win this kind of poor place. Datang sent troops this time very smoothly. Silla resisted to the end with very few cities, and the number of soldiers lost was not much. It can be called a brilliant victory. In addition, these soldiers had suffered losses from farming at home. Even if they won such a big victory, they would still lose money.

The farming dynasty can't afford to be hurt in a war.

Of course, not to mention the subsequent political influence, the current harvest is not limited to these, for example, after entering the city, seeing those Buddhist temples is very luxurious...

Just as they were thinking, Guo Yuanzhen, Jin Liangtu, and Gong Siguang, who was flying on the grass, walked in and saluted together: "Liulang!"

"Sit all!"

Li Yan smiled and looked at Guo Yuanzhen: "How are the students from the second hall doing?"

Guo Yuanzhen said: "Thanks to Liu Lang's early preparations, they have studied a lot of the situation in Liaodong before, and now they are very fast."

Li Yandao: "Promoting enlightenment is very important. Even the prefecture of Jimi can't keep everything intact, but must spread the thoughts of the Tang Dynasty. Silla actually has an advantage in this regard, because the Duke of Chunqiu and Jin Famin The atmosphere in the country is very good if the king is in touch with the Tang Dynasty."

Guo Yuanzhen was somewhat disdainful: "Handan is learning to walk, but Dongshi is just a mere imitator."

Li Yan said sternly: "You can't think so, you have to agree with this attitude. Look at the Subi tribe in Tubo, because they have kept the old customs, they still want to restore the country. Since Silla admires the king, it will To lead them on the right track."

Guo Yuanzhen reflected on himself, and immediately said, "I understand Liu Lang's meaning."

The current subjugation of the country is only a matter of political structure. When the Silla people lose all their traditional customs and fully implement the customs of the Tang Dynasty, then they will be completely subjugated.

Li Yan looked at Jin Liangtu again: "Liangtu, you have made great contributions in this battle. Without your mobilization, there would not be so many officials in Silla who have turned their backs to the bright side. I will specifically ask His Majesty for your merits!"

This is the significance of buying horse bones with thousands of gold. If it weren’t for the exemplary role played by Jin Liangtu, the fifth-rank scarlet robe, although the middle-level officials in Silla were dissatisfied with the suppression of the bone system, they would turn to Datang instead. I also have scruples in my heart. Now I see that he can be reused. Compared with myself, I can't get promoted after making meritorious deeds, so I directly choose to surrender.

Jin Liangtu got his wish, and he was full of energy: "If Liulang hadn't been promoted, how could I be where I am today? We will try our best to appease the survivors of Silla, let them turn their hearts to Datang, and become real Datang people."

Li Yan nodded slightly. Once Silla was destroyed, Jin Liangtu's sensitivity to his former identity suddenly decreased a lot: "Then you are willing to stay in Jilin Road Governor's Mansion?"

Jin Liangtu knows that staying now has a better chance of making meritorious service, so he is full of enthusiasm for his work: "The lower officials are willing to stay!"

Li Yan said with satisfaction: "Okay, the requirements of the low-level people are very simple, they can live a life of food and clothing. This place has been fighting for years, so it's time to recuperate."

Jin Liangtu cupped his fists: "Yes!"

Li Yan finally looked at Gong Siguang: "Siguang, the next task of the Gong Family Chamber of Commerce is also very heavy."

Gong Siguang became a little nervous: "Liulang, you know me, some things that are too difficult, you should not leave them to me."

Li Yandao: "It's not too difficult, it's just that the inner guards received the letter that after the fall of Silla, the major slave trade associations will take action and will take a large number of Silla maidservants back to the Gaomen to enjoy. Those Silla maidservants in the past were not from my Tang Dynasty. I can't control it, if they take advantage of the chaos to rob Silla's maidservants again and profit from it, then they have to investigate carefully!"

Gong Siguang breathed a sigh of relief: "Understood, my Chamber of Commerce will definitely cooperate with the internal guards, those slave traders really have no good things, and they will not be wronged no matter how many they kill."

Seeing that he scolded himself, others couldn't help but smile, while Li Yan watched the grass fly alive and kicking in the land of Liaodong, thinking that this person who specialized in selling pets should be able to make a fortune.

In any case, everyone has their own arrangements. Li Yanning said: "The aftermath is not as important as destroying the country, but also a longer battle. We must not take it lightly."

Everyone responded in awe: "Yes!"

Guo Yuanzhen thought of another thing: "Liulang, the Japanese envoys have repeatedly asked to see you, do you want me to see you?"

Li Yan raised his brows: "The Japanese envoys came so quickly? It seems that they have been waiting for the outcome of the war here... Do they claim to be the Japanese country, or Japan?"

Guo Yuanzhen laughed: "What is Japan? How dare those dwarfs call themselves this, of course they still call themselves Japanese slaves."

Li Yan nodded slightly.

During the time of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the Japanese Nu Kingdom paid tribute to the congratulations, and Guangwu bestowed a seal and ribbon. Since then, there has been a fixed name. is obedient.

But now, because of the short and ugly appearance of the Japanese people, this word has become a word of contempt because of the short and ugly appearance.

In history, the word "纣" of King Zhou may also be in a similar situation. The possibility of King Zhou being a posthumous title is not high, because the Shang Dynasty did not have a system of posthumous titles in the standard sense. Zhou was originally the title of Emperor Xin. There is no derogatory meaning, because King Zhou was defined as cruel and injustice.

Now that the Japanese word has become derogatory, the Japanese country is naturally unwilling to admit it. Just a few years ago, this country has officially changed its name to Japan, but this time the envoys are still called Japanese slaves.

An Zhongjing said: "I have also seen the little messengers, they have not been summoned recently, they are afraid that they will commit suicide, I don't know why they are so afraid."

Li Yan said with a smile: "This is actually the fault of Baekje. When Baekje fell, they went to the capital of Japan, Dahezhou, to ask for help. What they said at that time was exaggerated. In Baekje, the ruler and ministers are always captured, and there is no chewing class."

Everyone didn't feel anything when they heard the front, but they were very helpless when they heard the end. They all shook their heads and said, "Doesn't 'slightly non-chewy' mean that no one will be left alive? Even the livestock were killed, and the Turkic people can't do that. When things come, it's no wonder the Wa Kingdom is so afraid."

Li Yandao: "Since the Baekje Rebel Army at that time wanted to ask for help from the Wa Kingdom, they naturally wanted to make the matter more serious. The Shaofuyu people and the Sanhan people sent troops in the end."

"It may be out of righteous indignation, or it may be out of greed to take the opportunity to occupy the land of Liaodong. They really sent reinforcements, and then they met Old General Liu, and the Battle of Baijiangkou broke out..."

"When Silla was conquered this time, my Tang army was still on guard against the Wa country as a demon, but the opponent was as quiet as if it didn't exist. When Silla was destroyed, I sent an envoy immediately. It seems that I was particularly worried about being implicated."

Only then did everyone understand, but they were completely uninterested in that ghostly place in the Wa Kingdom.

Silla is so poor, not to mention the isolated island nation.

But this is really a wrong perception.

Japan's other resources are not very good, but gold and silver minerals are good.

Especially silver. During the Ming Dynasty, China called Japan the "Silver Islands". During that period, Japan also set off a boom in mineral exploration. Silver mines were discovered in many areas, and it became one of the few silver-producing countries in the world. It is said that at that time One-third of all silver in circulation was originally produced in Japan.

At the same time, there is also a lot of gold. During the Song Dynasty in history, it began to import a large amount of placer gold from Japan, which is the kind of gold that is as fine as sand. Because during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Buddhist temples in Japan were so extravagant that they built a large hall with gold. , China is very jealous.

Of course, mineral resources are one thing, and how to get them is another. Going to destroy that country just to mine mines may not be worth the loss. It would be too wasteful to use the role of the Datang Lighthouse in this way. Li Yan’s plan is still open. Immigrants, when the time comes, the fee can be charged a little expensive.

In view of this, Li Yan said to Guo Yuanzhen: "Yuanzhen, go and meet the envoy and hear how sincere the other side is begging for mercy. If it's just empty words, show them Jin Famin's "Begging for Sin" , ask if you want to become like Silla."

Guo Yuan stood up and said: "Then I will go, I am afraid that if I go late, the Japanese envoy whom no one wants to see will really commit suicide~"

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Li Yan ordered the inner guard again: "Bring Jin Famin here, I want to ask him about the whereabouts of a person, and formally advise His Majesty to destroy Silla, or should it be that person..."

(End of this chapter)