Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 439 Protector Anton
"Quan Nanjian is the head of the crime. He is exempt from capital punishment and living crimes are inevitable. He was exiled in central Guizhou, and Fuyufeng of the former Baekje was exiled in Lingnan." Li Chengqian said.

After the rewards are over, it is natural to punish the guilty, especially the principal culprit Quan Nanjian and others, and none of them can be let go.

After dealing with the captives, let people take them down.

"Divide the five parts of Goguryeo, 170 six cities, and 69 households into nine Dudufu, 42 prefectures, and [-] counties, and set up the Andong Duhufu to govern the entire territory."

"As for how to divide the size of these capitals, prefectures and counties, it will be handled by the prime ministers of the three provinces." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! Now that Goguryeo has been merged into the territory of our Tang Dynasty, who should be the governor of the nine capitals, the governor of the prefecture, and the magistrate of the county?" .

Now that Goguryeo has become a part of the Tang Dynasty, the vacancies of these newly established governor's mansions, prefectures, and county officials are urgently needed to be filled by officials.

According to past practice, this matter is actually very easy to handle, that is, let the leaders of the original conquered areas take up these official positions.

The original leader still manages the original people. Although this can quickly stabilize the local situation, it is also prone to riots.

One day these leaders feel that their wings are hardened, and if they want to fly solo, they will easily incite the local people to rebel.

Later Li Chengqian abolished this practice and chose to apply the strategy of co-administration of the Han Chinese and the natives of these conquered areas.

"Select the leaders of the Goguryeo tribe who have contributed to the crusade against Goguryeo to serve as governors, governors, and county magistrates. These meritorious people, as well as the officials in the north, select the most suitable candidates." Li Chengqian said.

"Minister obeys the decree!" said the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. As for the largest remaining official, An Dong Duhu is not something he can control.

"Appoint Xue Rengui as the Protector of Andong, and lead [-] soldiers to guard the old place of Goguryeo. The Governor's Mansion will be established in Pyongyang." Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Xue Rengui hurried out to salute.

"Let's come here today! Retire!" Li Chengqian said.

"I will send you off to Your Majesty!" All civil and military officials knelt and respectfully sent Li Chengqian away.

On the [-]th of this month, Li Chengqian held a sacrifice to heaven in the southern suburbs and reported to heaven that the problem of Goguryeo had been resolved.

Let Li Ji become the second person to offer sacrifices after him, which is regarded as his reward for destroying Goguryeo this time. For a courtier, it is a supreme honor to be able to sacrifice to the sky behind the emperor.

This is enough for Li Ji to boast for a lifetime, enough for his descendants to show off for a long time, and how many officials have had this honor since ancient times.

Before Xue Rengui left for Pyongyang to take office as the first-generation guardian, Li Chengqian called him to the palace and told him something.

"The humble minister Xue Rengui pays homage to His Majesty!" Xue Rengui paid homage to Li Chengqian after seeing him.

For Xue Rengui, Li Chengqian is his bole, if not for Li Chengqian's kindness, maybe he is still working for others now, how could he have the current status and wealth.

Therefore, Xue Rengui is very grateful to Li Chengqian.

"Free of courtesy and flat body, give me a seat!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xue Rengui got up and saluted, and the eunuch moved a chair for Xue Rengui.

"I called you here this time because I have a few words to tell you." Li Chengqian said.

"Despite your Majesty's orders, I will do my best to solve your Majesty's worries and problems." Xue Rengui said.

"This time you are going to serve as the protector of Andong. In addition to appeasing the survivors of Goguryeo as soon as possible and restoring production in Andong as soon as possible, you also need to pay attention to every move of Silla."

"Also, station heavy troops in important places to ensure that the Andong area and the Central Plains are unimpeded, especially Black Bone City, which is the main traffic link connecting Liaodong and Pyongyang."

"As long as Black Bone City is occupied, the connection with Liaodong can be completely cut off. Once Silla occupies this place, it can besiege our army when advancing, and stop Liaodong's reinforcements when retreating." Li Chengqian said.

Xue Rengui understood what Li Chengqian meant, and wondered in his heart whether the emperor wanted to destroy Silla by the way, or whether Silla did not have two feuds, so he had something wrong.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Xue Rengui asked, he had to figure out what kind of situation it was, which would determine his attitude towards Silla in the future.

"Silla has always had the ambition to unify the peninsula. Silla and our Tang Dynasty sent troops to destroy Goguryeo and Baekje. The purpose is to occupy the land of these two countries and make Silla the most powerful kingdom in the history of the peninsula."

"Today, both Goguryeo and Baekje have been merged into my territory of the Tang Dynasty. How can Silla, which covets the homeland of Goguryeo and Baekje, watch the cooked duck become someone else's meal?"

"There is bound to be a war between Tang and Silla. It's only a matter of time. Therefore, you must guard against Silla. As long as Silla dares to do anything wrong, you will immediately suppress it."

"The Great Tang will always be your most steadfast backing, as well as the Khitan and other tribes, you must also find a way to divide and weaken them." Li Chengqian said.

Not only Silla was arranged, but even the Khitan and other tribes were arranged again. If the tribes in the Northeast want to establish the Bohai Kingdom, go ahead and dream!
"I understand!" Xue Rengui said, he already had a countermeasure in mind.

"Silla wants to annex Andong (Koguryeo) and Woongjin (Baekje) areas, and it will inevitably unite with anti-Tang forces to make trouble, but you don't have to worry, anyone who may oppose Tang will be kept in Chang'an by us. With this group of people, it is basically impossible for Silla to make trouble."

"I have appointed Prime Minister Liu Rengui as the Chief Protector of the Xiongjin Protectorate, leading [-] troops to guard the Xiongjin area. You should help each other and take care of each other."

"I plan to disperse part of the population migration from the Andong area and the Woongjin area to various parts of the Central Plains, and then transfer people from various places to fill these vacancies." Li Chengqian said.

"I know what to do," Xue Rengui said.

This time, in order to better deal with tribes such as Silla and Khitan, Xue Rengui was asked to lead [-] troops to guard the Andong area on the surface, but secretly added [-] troops.

Even the Xiongjin Protectorate's Mansion is the same. It claims that there are only [-] soldiers and horses guarding it, but in fact it has assembled [-] elite troops.

In addition to these, Li Chengqian also planned to recruit soldiers and horses from tribes such as Silla and Khitan to the north after a while.

To deal with the rebellious tribes in Tubo and Mobei, take the opportunity to weaken the strength of tribes such as Silla and Khitan, so that these guys have no chance to come out again.

In order to better control the Andong area and the Xiongjin area, Li Chengqian also planned to migrate part of the population of these two areas to the inland of the Tang Dynasty and disperse them to various places.

Then, the population was transferred from the inland area of ​​the Tang Dynasty to the Andong area and Woongjin area to fill these vacancies.

In this way, even if Silla still wants to instigate the hatred of Tang Dynasty by the adherents of Goguryeo and Baekje in the future, it will be useless.

Because most of the people in these two areas were originally citizens of the Tang Dynasty, they would not hate the Tang Dynasty, and as for the remaining survivors, there is no need to worry about it.

If Silla can keep its own place, let it go. If Silla still doesn't give up, it will send troops to destroy Silla. Anyway, Goguryeo and Baekje are destroyed, so he is not bad for Silla.

(End of this chapter)