Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 468
"Ah Weng is still very optimistic about Wang Wenzuo!" Li Jingye said with a smile.

"In Baekje, in the country of Wa, and in Chang'an, people can go straight to the top. How can such a person be underestimated?" Li Ji snorted coldly: "Besides, I am already old, and what I say and do is not all for you. ?”

"The grandson is incompetent, let Ah Weng down!"

"That's all!" Li Ji sighed: "You still don't understand what I said earlier. Some things are brought from the mother's womb. If you have something, you have it. Learned. How can I be disappointed by such a thing?"

"Then Aunt doesn't have any expectations for his children and grandchildren?"

"Loyalty and filial piety to the family, isn't it good to have a long life?" Li Ji asked: "Dedication, do you know? Being my grandson, Li Ji, is actually a very dangerous thing!"

"Very dangerous? Grandson doesn't understand!"

"The old man has been on the battlefield for decades, and he was lucky to get a little reputation. If you lead the army in the future, the opponent will only think that you have my inheritance, and regard you as a strong enemy, and you have no real skills. Wouldn't it be very dangerous? "

"Ah Weng!" Li Jingye was compared with Wang Wenzuo by Li Ji from the beginning to the end, and he was already bitter in his heart. He could bear it when Wang Wenzuo was there just now, but now that no one else is present, how can he bear his temper? Said: "You always say that I have no real ability, so what is the real ability? Now you keep me by your side every day, is what you talk about real ability?"

"Finally lost your temper?" Li Ji said with a smile: "It's okay, what I teach you on weekdays is what a general in the army should know! But those are not enough!"

"What else is missing?"

"Take Wang Wenzuo as an example! How much did he know about the enemy's situation when he went to the Wa country? Everything can only be adjusted accordingly, and if one wrong step is lost, everything will be lost. You can teach everything else, but no one can teach you the ability to adapt to the situation. This is what you need!"

"You didn't let me try, so how do you know I can't do it?" Li Jingye sneered.

"You are my grandson, if you really have Wang Wenzuo's talent, how come you are still unknown today?" Li Ji sighed: "Actually, why should you be unhappy because of this? The earthen pot will never break away from the well, and the general will inevitably fight." Shangde, you envy Wang Wenzuo, how do you know whether he envies you or not?"

Li Jingye was so angry that he couldn't speak, he just bowed his hands to Li Ji, then turned his head and left, leaving only his grandfather shaking his head and smiling wryly.

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"Sanlang, you're back!" Shen Faseng greeted him enthusiastically: "What did the Duke of England say to you?"

"I just said some gossip!" Wang Wenzuo untied the cloak and handed it to Cao Wenzong: "I guess we won't talk about the military affairs until everyone arrives!"

"So we have to stay in Yingzhou for a while longer!" Shen Faseng sighed, looking depressed.

"Didn't you just arrive?" Wang Wenzuo smiled and said, "Why, are you still thinking about your business?"

"Yes!" Shen Faseng sighed: "To be honest, since I followed Sanlang, I have become less interested in fighting and killing. I think back to when I first arrived in Baekje, I killed you to kill me. How many bolts of silk? How stupid to be made things difficult by the little officials of the Ministry of War after returning home."

"You can't say that, without a life-and-death battle at the beginning, we can't do the following things!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Anyway, defeating Goguryeo is also a matter of great benefit to us. If Baekje, Silla and the Northeastern territory of the Tang Dynasty are connected together, it will make our business much easier!"

"That's true!" Shen Faseng nodded: "But will the court intervene when the time comes—"

"This is not something you and I should consider now!" Wang Wenzuo said: "We have to believe in the sageness of the emperor, and we will be able to see what is best for Datang!"

Seeing the back of Shen Faseng leaving, Wang Wenzuo couldn't help sighing.The corruption of money on his subordinates is really fast. One or two years ago, Shen Faseng said that the Mohe people, Baekje people, Goguryeo people, and Japanese people were all barbarians and di, who refused to accept the king's transformation. Some of the children with the surname of Lu, I am afraid that even Suolu, Hugou and so on will be scolded.

But with more and more manors in Baekje and Wa Kingdom under his name, as well as lucrative trade with Mohe people and Ainu people.His titles to these people have undergone tremendous changes, and at the same time, his loyalty to the Chang'an court has also declined rapidly, especially when his own pockets are endangered.Although all this was expected by Wang Wenzuo, it was too fast, right?

From the perspective of traditional historiography, the Tang dynasty's vassal towns are considered to be the erosion and destruction of the unified regime of the Tang Dynasty, and are considered to be an important reason for the Tang Dynasty to turn from prosperity to decline after the Anshi Rebellion.However, with the development of modern historiography, the evaluation of Tang Fanzhen has become increasingly complicated: quite a few historians believe that while the existence of Fanzhen weakened the central power, it also shared the responsibility, thus extending the life of the Tang Empire;

Some people think that the existence of feudal towns protects the local economy and culture, because before the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Empire was actually "Guanzhong egotistical", with Luoyang and Chang'an as the center, and other parts of the empire were only obliged to pay taxes and labor. Without much power, the result is the abnormal prosperity of Luoyang Chang'an and the decline of other local states and counties.

The existence of feudal towns protects the locality to a certain extent. Taking Weibo among the three towns in Hebei as an example, except for the symbolic payment of a little tax, the rest of the financial resources are reserved for the locality, and Jiedushi is also very simple because of concerns about mutiny Therefore, scholars who cannot make their way to the central government can also seek a way out from the feudal shogunate.

In stark contrast is the Jiangnan area. Since there were no vassal towns in Jiangnan for most of the middle and late Tang Dynasty, it became a "milk cow" in the eyes of the empire. As a result, Weibo Town had no farmers for 150 years. There was an uprising, no refugees fled, and famine occurred twice in three days in the Jiangnan area. When Weibo Town ate 10 pennies a bucket of salt, the people in Jiangnan ate 370 pennies a bucket of salt. (Students who are interested can look up the experience of Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi, the founding monarch of the former Shu Dynasty Wang Jian, the founder of Wuyue Kingdom Qian Liu, the governor of Tianping Jiedu Zhu Xuan, and the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty Xu Wen. They all worked as private salt dealers , this is no accident, and none of these people are from Hebei)
Of course, Wang Wenzuo doesn't think it's time to start a rebellion now, and set up feudal towns decades earlier, but one thing is for sure. The existing system of the Tang Empire is too easy to play. Officials are corrupt, but compared with the local officials of the Tang Dynasty, the local officials of the Ming and Qing Dynasties can only be younger brothers.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty Huainan Jiedu envoy Du Ya was playing dragon boat racing. The bottom of the dragon boat was all painted, and the crew wore silk and satin clothes painted with tung oil, and the sails were embroidered. , spent tens of millions of money, and this person is still well-known in history, but because he was unhappy about not being the prime minister, he only played and did not work when he was appointed as the Huainan Jiedu envoy, so this is left in the history books.The local officials who dared to do this in the Ming and Qing dynasties were killed by the local gentry in the same year when they contacted the court.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty have just begun, and there is no huge class of scholar-bureaucrats in the region. As long as you don't meet those high-ranking students, other places can squeeze them at will.According to the rules of the political game of the Tang Dynasty, after the big bosses in the central government step down, they will usually be sent to the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas to serve as Jiedu or the governor of Dazhou, and so on. Those who have a rich wallet or retire for retirement or return to Chang'an to play power Game, the eating appearance of these Jianghuai and Jiangnan governors is comparable to that of the governor of the ancient Roman Republic, as evidenced by Bai Juyi's famous "Jiangnan Drought".

In Wang Wenzuo's view, the current Goguryeo is just a corpse, and its elimination is just a matter of effort.But the problem is how to deal with it after the fight is over. If the set that Datang is currently playing in Jiangnan, Jianghuai, and Hebei is placed in the Northeast and Korean Peninsula where martial arts are abundant, it is no different from throwing cold water into hot sulfuric acid.Even if it can be suppressed, the huge financial burden can also ruin the finances, and sooner or later it will be vomited out.

Now it seems that the only feasible way is to ensure its obedience to Emperor Tang while giving it sufficient autonomy to obtain benefits through various franchises and trade instead of taxation and labor.It is no different from using wolves and tigers to force a group of officials who have left office after a few years to put them on top of these rebellious Hu Hanhaoqiang.

Of course, this is just Wang Wenzuo's own opinion. Although from the history of later generations, this may be the only way for Datang to maintain its influence in Northeast Asia for a long time, but the Chang'an court at that time may not be willing to accept it. Since the founding of the country, the Tang cavalry has been invincible, and all those who dared to resist turned into fans. If this is the case, why not winners take all?
"Ming Gong, Baekje has an urgent letter!" Cao Wenzong said in a low voice.

"Oh? The letter came here as soon as I got here. This is chasing our heels!" Wang Wenzuo took the letter paper with a smile, opened it and looked at it, and said with a sneer: "Silla people really don't miss any chance. !"

"what happened?"

"At this juncture, there is a conflict with us on the border line! To put it bluntly, don't you just know that we will send troops to conquer Goguryeo next year, and want to force us to pay a high price to buy peace before sending troops?"

"What should I do?"

"Just report it! Let the British government worry about it!" Wang Wenzuo sneered, "We don't want to make trouble ourselves!"

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"Wen Zuo, what do you think of this matter?" Li Ji put down the letterhead in his hand and asked.

"I think the Silla people are preparing to carve up Goguryeo!" Wang Wenzuo's answer immediately aroused low laughter from around, and few people present took this vassal state seriously.

"What's the reason?" Li Ji didn't seem to hear the low laughter around him: "Border conflicts like this should be common, right?"

"Yes, but this timing is very coincidental! Quangai Suwen is dead, as long as the Silla people are not fools, they can guess that we are about to attack Goguryeo from the north to the south, and the Silla people are the main force on the southern front. If this time happens Conflict, in order for them to send troops, many things will be suppressed!"

"That's a good idea!" Li Ji nodded. "It's very likely, but it's just a border conflict. With the national strength of the Silla people, it's still far from dividing up Goguryeo, right?"

Wang Wenzuo didn't answer Li Ji's question right away. He stood up, went to Li Ji's case and pleaded guilty, picked up a cantaloupe on the plate, and then slammed it on the ground. What was his intention, he was stunned.

"This melon is Goguryeo, and after we win, the old place of Goguryeo will become a stall on the ground!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to the broken melons on the ground: "Everyone, it's easy to pick up the melon, but it's very easy to pick up the melon. It is very difficult to tidy up the broken melons in this field, and Silla people are like domesticated raccoon slaves, and I think it is not difficult to steal a few pieces of broken melons while the owner is not paying attention!"

"That's a good analogy. This Goguryeo is indeed a cantaloupe!" The speaker was Gao Kan, the governor of Yingzhou. Although his surname was also Gao, he had nothing to do with the Goguryeo royal family at that time. The royal family can be regarded as distant relatives, and Yingzhou was an important town in Liaodong at that time. He knew the situation of Goguryeo very well, and the weight of speaking was not light.

"Captain Gao, please explain in detail!" Li Ji asked.

"Goguryeo was originally built by Fuyu people. It is divided into five parts, but apart from the five parts, there are many subjects. Silla is comparable. If I destroy Goguryeo and its tribesmen are scattered, I will definitely establish myself as king and guard against danger, just like broken melons on the ground. How can I take them all? Hard to deal with!"

"Then simply wipe out Silla in one go, wouldn't it be worry-free?" someone said.

"Silla is my country belonging to the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court has not issued an edict, how can we lightly attack war?"

"It was Xinluo who first conspired against the law, and we sent troops to punish it. The doctor went out of the border and benefited the country. This is the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. The British Duke is the minister of the Zhu Kingdom. How can he have no arbitrary power?"

The generals in the hall started arguing, but Li Ji pretended he didn't hear him, he just twitched his beard and said nothing, and Wang Wenzuo didn't speak, as if the dispute had nothing to do with him.

After a while, the quarrel gradually subsided, and everyone's eyes were on Li Ji again. After all, everyone knew that there was only one person who could make the decision here, and that was the British Duke Li Ji.

"Except for Gao Yingzhou and Wang Dudu, everyone else should step back!"

"Obey!" Everyone retreated in unison.When there were only three people left, Li Ji snorted coldly: "Wen Zuo, what are your plans, can you tell them all?"

"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo saw that Li Ji had seen through his thoughts, and he no longer concealed it: "As the general sees it, we should use false means to destroy Guo, killing two birds with one stone!"

"False way to destroy Guo?" Li Ji smiled: "You have a big appetite, so let's talk about it carefully!"

　Qin Zhong chanted ten poems about light fat (one is Jiangnan Drought)

　　Don Baijuyi
　　The road is full of pride, and the pommel horse shines in the dust.

　　Those who ask what they do are called ministers.

　　Zhu Fu is a doctor, and Zishou is a general.

　　Boast to go to the banquet in the army, and go like a cloud on horseback.

　　The honor is overflowing with nine brews, and the water and land are full of eight treasures.

　　The fruit is broken into Dongting tangerines, and the Tianchi scales are cut into pieces.

　　When you are full, you feel at ease, and when you are intoxicated with wine, your energy is boosted.

　　It was a year of drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and people in Quzhou cannibalized.

　　Although Le Tiangong should have a monthly salary of [-] to [-] yuan when he wrote this poem, it is still better than those people who turn a blind eye to the drought in the south of the Yangtze River and cannibalism.Most of the characters in my books are exploiting classes, and so are the protagonists, and I don't paint them and make excuses for what they do, but that doesn't mean I approve of what they do, as a historical text Writer, I'm just telling the story as objectively as possible. As for right and wrong, good and evil, readers make their own judgments.

　　
　
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