Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1267
Luoyang.

This morning, the hall was full of laughter and laughter, and everyone was full of joy.

The civil and military court officials were all elated when they heard the news that Xu Shiji had won a great victory in Baekje, captured the king after breaking the country, and all over Baekje surrendered one after another.

Really happy in my heart, with a smile on my face.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Luo Cheng was also very happy.

"I added 1000 troops to Xu Shiji before, and gave him another [-] million in military expenses. I meant that now the court has freed up its hands to clean up Fuyu. I never thought that I would win the first battle, and I even asked Xu Shiji not to think about it." Who knows, Xu Shiji really gave me a pleasant surprise. He was mobilized in August, and by November, he had captured and surrendered the entire Baekje."

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Facts have proved that Baekje's yelling is fierce, but it's just a dog, not even a wolf. As soon as my Great Qin Tianbing comes out, it will immediately become a dead dog."

"Haha, Prime Minister Wei made a good analogy. The Baekje rebellion also caused me some troubles. Fortunately, the demise of Baekje is now a good thing."

Baekje was conquered, and now the imperial court has to discuss how to deal with it.

Although there was also a pedantic official who said that another prince of Buyeo should be canonized as the king of Baekje, and then Baekje should be made a vassal state.Luo Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to such a pedantic proposal.Of course, the imperial court mainly focused on wooing a country like Silla.

But since the Baekje rebellion was defeated again, it is natural to take the opportunity to change the counties.

"I think that Baekje can be designated as Baekje-do, and it can be divided into five counties based on its five original kingdoms, which can be divided into five counties: Xiongjin, Mahan, Dongming, Jinlian, and De'an."

Fang Xuanling, who had just returned to the court from the governor, suggested, "I think that although Baekje is named 37 counties, 80 cities, and [-] households, but Baekje is small, it is too much to set up one. It is better to belong to An As for the host country, Baekje County should be set up, and Xiongjin and other five counties should be under its jurisdiction."

At this time Wei Zheng objected.

The reason is that although Baekje is small, it has a large population. According to previous statistics, there are 80 households. If slaves from powerful nobles are added, there should be a population of three to four million.Even if it was the county with the largest population in the Central Plains at the beginning of Daye, a county only had a population of one million.

Baekje has actually lost a lot of population due to the war in the past two years, so there are still about 300 million people. If you add some Goguryeo people who fled to Baekje before, there should be more than 300 million people.

Luo Cheng thought about it.

"It's a lot to set up five counties, but it's really not good to set up only one county. I think we can set up three counties, Xiongjin, Dean, and Dongming. , but to set up a separate North Korean road.”

"Your Majesty, isn't it appropriate for Baekje to set up a path?"

Hou Mochen also expressed his opposition.

But Luo Cheng still has a long-term plan. If Baekje is included in Andong, then Andong Road will almost occupy the entire Korean peninsula except Silla. It is bounded by the Yalu River in the north and reaches the sea in the south. If it is too independent, it does not meet the imperial court's canine-toothed road-level divisions, especially since Anton is so far away. After a few generations, it is extremely prone to rebellion or separatism, so it has to be prevented in advance.

Of course, Baekje Province is not that big now, but Luo Cheng still has room for it, and maybe Silla will be annexed in the future. At that time, Baekje and Silla will be merged into one, and the Korean peninsula will be divided into two. Baekjedo is not small.

"Your Majesty, I believe that even though Baekje surrendered, the rebels must be severely punished." Hou Mo Chen Yi argued.

He believes that the remnants of Goguryeo in Baekje must be hunted down, and once captured, they will all be reduced to slaves and sold to the Central Plains.And those Baekje nobles and soldiers who led and participated in the Baekje rebellion should also be severely punished. The first ones were executed, and the rest were demoted to slaves.

This not only eliminates the anti-Qin people in Baekje, but also weakens the power of Baekje and reduces its population. The court can also take advantage of the situation to confiscate the property and land of these people, and then move to the Central Plains. .

Past experience has shown that in order to gain a firm foothold in a newly occupied area, or even to rule for a long time, the key is to have a sufficient number of Han people.

Otherwise, sooner or later there will still be instability and even rebellion.

In order to be able to turn Goguryeo into the territory of the Great Qin, the imperial court relied on this kind of ruthless and iron-blooded tactics to make Andong a paradise for immigrants.

Hou Mochen believes that it is best to clear half of the more than 300 million Goguryeo people in Baekje, and transport these people to the Central Plains as slaves. earn a fortune.The income from these slave sales can also be used for the expenses of emigrating to Baekje.

However, there were also senior scholars such as Wen Yanbo who reminded the emperor.

If it is done as Hou Mochen said, it will inevitably lead to another rebellion in Baekje.

After all, no one wants to be a slave.

"Don't be afraid of rebellion. Anyone who rebels will be uprooted. Aren't Fu Yulong and Jiebo rebellious? Haven't they surrendered now? So the court doesn't have to worry about saying they are rebellious. I think that the most important thing to govern Anton is us Han people The number of people must exceed the number of those Baekje people, otherwise, there will be chaos sooner or later. Therefore, it is actually a good thing that they are going to rebel now, and we just have a reason to uproot them, so that we can get rid of them once and for all.”

Fu Yulong and others have already surrendered, Jie Bo and other generals have surrendered, and even the more than 200 cities in Baekje have all surrendered. Xu Shiji has sent troops to take over all the cities.

If there is a big rebellion in Baekje at this time, the court really has nothing to worry about.After all, a rebellion has to be powerful.

Now that Baekje has suffered a serious setback, who will lead the rebels?
Yes, there must be someone who will come out. For example, after Baekje was attacked by Tang and Silla in history, Heizhi Changzhi and others set off the rebellion, but they have never really succeeded.Later, under military pressure from the Northwest and Tubo, as well as the North and the Tiele people, the Tang Dynasty withdrew its troops from the peninsula. In the end, it only allowed the Silla people to take advantage of it and seized the land of Baekje and Goguryeo on the peninsula.

Now the imperial court has no military pressure at all in other aspects, and it can even increase troops on the peninsula, so there is really no need to worry about forcing them against them at this time.

From a short-term point of view, an overly tough policy is indeed not conducive to stability, but in the long run, it is better to pierce the pustule early.

"Saint, there is one more thing. Xu Shiji reported that Silla sent [-] troops to help attack the Baekje rebels. As a result, they now occupy more than ten cities in Baekje, but they refuse to hand them over."

(End of this chapter)