The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 416 Intelligence Agency
It has been more than a month since Chang'an received the news of the coup d'état in the Wanu Kingdom.

Li Shimin couldn't help laughing when he saw the battle report: "Liu Rengui and Gao Biaoren did a good job, accurately predicting the situation in Japan."

Li Chengqian was also very happy after reading the information, and said: "I didn't expect them to complete the first step of the plan so quickly, and the next thing will be much easier."

The same is true for other people, and the island of Enu Island is a testing ground for the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

It is not only a test site for enfeoffment, but also a test site for various new strategies.

In the future, Datang will attack enemies thousands of miles away, and it is impossible to directly send troops to conquer them, so more attack methods are needed.

There is also the cultural assimilation method proposed by Chen Jingke. I don't know if it will work. It needs an experimental place.

Wonu Island is isolated overseas and the situation is complicated. It is not far or close to Datang, so it is the best place for experiments.

Seeing the success of the first step of the plan, everyone is naturally very happy.

At this time, Changsun Wuji said: "It is directly related to Gao Duhu's intelligence that things can be done so smoothly."

"If he hadn't been familiar with the national conditions of the Japanese slaves and their intricate faction relations, we would not have been able to grasp the opportunity even if it was right in front of us."

"In the future, if I want to conquer the world in Tang Dynasty, I must first understand the detailed situation of each place, and adopt different strategies for different tribes."

"To do this, we need to collect all kinds of information in advance. So I invite you to spread the Wind Watcher widely, and set up a special yamen to manage this matter."

Fang Xuanling also said: "Mr. Wei's words are very true. The territory of the Tang Dynasty is expanding day by day. It takes several months to get to Chang'an as far as the farthest point."

"It will be too late to wait for the court to respond in case of an emergency, and early warning is especially important."

Changsun Wuji said: "It's better to set up another yamen to analyze all kinds of intelligence and give predictive suggestions."

"In this way, not only can danger be discovered in time, but plans can even be made based on intelligence to induce things to develop in the direction we want to see."

Most of the others also agree with this matter, and Datang really needs a special office to handle overseas strategy plans.

Take those islands one day earlier, and they will be able to obtain the closure of the country one day earlier.

Li Shimin didn't have any objections anymore, so he said: "Your wishes are very kind, let the auxiliary machine be responsible for this matter."

Changsun Wuji paused for a moment, heaved a sigh of relief seeing no objection, stood up and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will surely pay my kindness."

As the queen's elder brother, he has never held a specific position in order to prevent people from gossiping, and usually participates in government affairs as Li Shimin's adviser.

But if the name is not right, the words are not right. He has a lofty status, but he has no corresponding real power.

At this moment, there are finally specific things to do, and finally, he has gained real power and can show his strengths.

Others would not say anything about it. It was not the intention of the ministers to prevent Changsun Wuji from becoming an official, but the queen's own decision because she was afraid that people would gossip.

Now the emperor puts him in charge, and it is a new department, and there is no conflict of interest with other people. Naturally, everyone will not come out to be this villain.

Everyone discussed the specific responsibilities of this new department and finalized the general framework before bringing the topic back to the beginning.

Li Shimin said: "Getting rid of Suga Ezo is only the first step, and the next step is the most critical. What do you think we should do?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Keeping the continuous division of the Japanese slave country, it must not be brought back into unity... so the king brother Shanbei must not be allowed to ascend to the position of the king."

"Although his strength is not very strong among the many factions in the Wonu Kingdom, his father is the prince of the stable family."

"Prince Stable House has a very high prestige in the Japanese slave country and has a huge influence on the political situation. As his son, brother Shanbei can naturally gain general support."

"And his ability is outstanding. If he is allowed to ascend to the position of lord, he will soon be able to integrate various factions and regain power, which is not conducive to our follow-up plan."

"The emperor of Huangji is the new king supported by Suga Eizo, and she is a daughter who has no real power...so it is best for us to recognize her as the emperor."

"She will definitely not be able to reconcile the forces of all parties, and the Japanese slave country will surely fall into endless civil strife."

Although the strength of the Su'er family has been greatly reduced after these two major defeats, the broken ship still has three catties of iron.

What's more, Soga Ishikawa Maro is the hero who killed Soga Eizo this time, so he must be able to occupy a high position.

Therefore, the strength of the Suwo family should not be underestimated, and it can even be said that it is still the most powerful force in the Wonu country.

Needless to say, Brother Shanbei, the direct son of Prince Sudo (Prince Shotoku), has inherited his father's political legacy and has extensive influence.

There is also the line of monarchs who are loyal to the royal family. Originally, their strength was not strong, but their strength has greatly increased after this coup.

There is also a family of pro-Tang people who entered the family and became a new army in the court of the Wonu Kingdom... Coupled with other large and small feudal states, the political situation is extremely chaotic.

"As long as we continue to balance the relationship between the parties and let them fight each other endlessly, they will not be able to organize a large army to rebel against Datang again."

"Then there are Einu people, you can step up the attack here..."

"There are only two sea routes from Wa to the outside world. One is from Xinma Island to the north, to the extreme north. The other is from Chikushi Island to Nanyang or through Tsushima Island to Liaodong."

"Both Xinma Island and Chikushi Island are under the control of my Tang Dynasty. If Ezo Island is in my hands again, Wa Kingdom will lose all outward channels and be completely locked there..."

"At that time, we can use any means we want to completely take down the Japanese slave country in the shortest time."

Li Shimin looked at the map, analyzed what he said in his mind, and finally slapped the table and said: "This strategy is very good, send someone to do it immediately."

Then it is to discuss how to reward these meritorious men, but they only need to consider the rewards of high-level officers.

The coup d'état in the Japanese slave country did not attract much attention. There is really nothing to talk about in these small countries.

But for the small countries around Datang who fantasize about enclosing their own land, this is nothing less than a blow to the head.

It is well known that Datang intends to entrust the princes and states overseas, even if they don't know whether their territory will be favored or not.

The Japanese slave country made them feel cold.

Especially the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong trembled even more.

You must know that they had to pay tribute to the Japanese slave country before, especially Silla and Baekje, who even sent protons.

As a result, this seemingly powerful country was first defeated by Datang twice in a row, and now it was even planned to launch a coup.

The three of them are the closest to the Wonu country. Will they be the next target to be attacked?

Especially Goguryeo, the heart is the most flustered.

Gao Jianwu was startled three times a day, and couldn't even sleep well, which made him fall ill again after his poor health.

However, Yuan Gai Suwen, the largest hawk in Goguryeo, was dishonest again, and began to take advantage of this opportunity to jump up and down, exaggerating the danger of Datang.

Encourage the country to build a line of defense on the border with Datang, relying on the mountains.

Knowing that the Datang navy is strong, he also proposed to build a navy to prevent accidents.

Although Gao Jianwu was cowardly, he was very aware of the hatred between Goguryeo and the Central Plains Dynasty, and he fully agreed to his plan.

Then Yuangai Suwen gained more power through this matter, and further grasped the military power, and gradually became the first official of Goguryeo.

Chen Jingke still knew this information from Li Chengqian, but he was not surprised by this result at all.

After handing the son over to the nanny to play with, he said, "With the abilities of Liu Rengui and Gao Biaoren, it's not difficult to accomplish this, what's difficult is the follow-up."

"Don't underestimate the Japanese slaves. Their ability to pass on for hundreds of years shows how strong their resilience is. Don't get carried away and end up capsized in the gutter."

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Aye has passed on the decree to General Liu and Gao Duhu, I believe they will not make such a mistake."

Chen Jingke nodded and didn't talk about this matter again, but said: "You must have something else to come to me. I guess you have found the answers to those questions?"

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Yes, I read many books and consulted many people, and Aye also asked all the ministers to write memorials to discuss this matter. I finally have some experience."

Chen Jingke regained his energy immediately, and said, "Oh, let's hear it."

But Li Chengqian took out a thick stack of paper and gave it to him, saying: "I wrote it all down, you can see it at a glance."

Chen Jingke took it and looked it up on the spot.

But the more I look at it, the more I am disappointed. How should I put it, he never broke away from the "sovereign power granted by heaven" in his writing.

Traditional ideas such as 'the old is the old and the old is the old, the young is the young and the young is the young', 'don't worry about the few, but the inequality'.

Li Chengqian knew this would be the result a long time ago, so he asked directly: "I don't know if you can tell me your answer?"

Chen Jingke put down the stack of papers and said, "Okay, let's first talk about what a country is."

"A country is a social group composed of four elements: territory, people, culture, and government..."

What he was talking about was the concept of country in previous life politics, which was not difficult for Li Chengqian to understand.

In other words, after hearing this answer, many hazy places suddenly became clear.

Then Chen Jingke explained the people, power, rights and obligations and so on.

"Talent is the main body of a country, and the country exists because of people...

"The power of the country is endowed by the people... In order to live better, people give part of the power to the country, hoping that the country can lead everyone to live better..."

"Once the country does not do well and makes most people unable to survive, the people will revolt and take back their power, and then give power to the new country..."

"Power and duty should be equal, and as much power as you enjoy, you have as much duty as you enjoy...Once the balance between power and duty is broken, various problems will appear in this country."

China pays the most attention to respecting the ancients, and likes to find answers in the thoughts of ancient sages. Here Chen Jingke also borrowed the words of Mencius.

The people are the most precious, the country is second, and the king is the lightest.That's why you get the people of Qiu to be the son of heaven, you get the son of heaven to be a prince, and you get the princes to be a great official.

If the princes are in danger of the country, they will change their positions.Sacrifice is done, prosperity is clean, and there is a time to worship the ancestors. However, when the drought is dry and the water is overflowing, the country will be changed.

Mencius is not only the proponent of the idea that the people are more important than the emperor, but also a standard pragmatist.

Only those who win the hearts of the people can be the monarch, and if the monarch is not qualified, rebel and replace him.Worship the gods during the drought, and destroy the sacrifices before it rains to worship the gods.

So Mencius's ideas have never been liked by the ruling class, but no matter how they don't like them, everyone will recognize his status in the world.

And this kind of thinking can just be used to endorse his answer above: You see, those words above are not my nonsense, but Mencius's.

We just made a little modification on the basis of Mencius.

Of course, Chen Jingke is not all head-to-head, and he has also modified the compromises according to the current situation.

For example, imperial power is the most untouchable taboo.

Even if he has a special status, if he dares to challenge the imperial power, there is only one end, death.

Therefore, in his answer, he also admitted the saying of 'Heaven grants the right to the king'.

He even quoted the words from the Tao Te Ching: The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking.The way of man is not so, the loss is not enough to give more than enough.

Pedestrians want to make themselves richer, which is not wrong in itself.

But desires are hard to fill. After having enough food and clothing, they still want to wear gold and silver and eat delicacies from mountains and seas. They want to marry three wives and four concubines, want to have billions of dollars, and want to enslave others.

Then there is the merger of wealth, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are being exploited and getting poorer.

When the poor can't survive, they will rebel, killing all the rich and robbing them of their wealth.

Then everything returns to chaos, and a new round of reincarnation begins.

If you don't want to usher in the catastrophe, you need a person to exercise the power of heaven, restrain the merger of wealth, provide the people with the most basic guarantee of life, and give them the opportunity to change their destiny.

In this case, the Great Destruction can be postponed indefinitely.

Who will play the role of heaven and exercise the responsibility of heaven?

Emperor.

Only the emperor who holds the power of the world has the ability to act on behalf of the sky, and the emperor must also find a way to restrain the merger of wealth and let the people live.

Otherwise, the emperor will be the first to fall when the catastrophe comes.

If the emperor is gone, who will the power of heaven fall into?
Ordinary people?No, it will only fall into the hands of the rich.But will the rich harm their rights to protect the common people?
No, what they are doing is humane, and they will only intensify their efforts to exploit the people.

If the common people do not want to be exploited or starved to death, they must support the emperor to restrain wealth annexation.If the rich do not want to usher in a catastrophe, they must also support the emperor.

All the policies implemented by Datang, such as the academic and political system, the imperial examination system, the medical system, and so on.

It's all about making up for what's not enough, and it's exercising power on behalf of heaven.

Sure enough, Li Chengqian's solemn expression finally eased when he heard this.

Chen Jingke had also been observing his expression, and was relieved to see this.

Even he, the crown prince, can accept it. It seems that these changes have been successful.

As for other more radical ideas, forget it, these are enough for now, and it will be too much to say more.

The road has to be walked step by step, and the meal has to be eaten bite by bite.

(End of this chapter)