Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

"Silla, do you have any regulations?" After the prime ministers came, Shao Shude asked straightforwardly without talking nonsense.

"Your Majesty, the garrison is nothing at all." Zhao Guangfeng said: "Although Silla is small, if only a few thousand people are stationed, it is expected to be able to support it. However, once the army is stationed, it will not be so easy to withdraw."

"Why, Zhao Qing thinks that even if Master Wang is stationed in Silla, Baekje and Taefeng will still come here?" Shao Shude asked.

"I think it's possible." Zhao Guangfeng said.

"Xiao Qing, what about you? What do you think?" Shao Shude looked at Xiao Yun and asked.

"Your Majesty, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were many vassal states, but the real garrisons—" Xiao Yun began to sing.

Shao Shude interrupted and asked, "I remember stationing troops in Baekje."

"Yes." Xiao Yun quickly changed the subject and said: "During the period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Goguryeo and Baekje allied forces attacked Silla and conquered more than [-] cities. Silla asked for help, and the Tang army attacked Goguryeo and Baekje and set up the Dudufu. Choose a place to garrison. Later, the survivors of Goguryeo rebelled, and the people of Silla avenged their favor and secretly supported it..."

"Stop." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "How long has the Tang army been stationed in Baekje?"

He didn't want to hear about those old sesame seeds and rotten millet.

Silla was jointly invaded by Goguryeo and Baekje. Tang Jun came to help and wiped out Goguryeo and Baekje.But Silla wanted to annex the territories of the two, so it secretly supported the subjugated survivors to sabotage and attack the Tang garrison.

Silla people have no faith, that's for sure.

They are like green tea, they cry when they are pitiful, and once they gain power, they will definitely kick you away.

Shao Shude didn't have a good impression of them, and he was not a good person who read the scriptures in his mind. On the contrary, he was a pure and evil person with a kind face and a dark heart.

The current Silla Pian'an regime is terrified to death, because it is the weakest of the three countries, and it is still the original orthodox peninsula. The other two countries started their business by opposing it.No matter which one of Taebong or Baekje is in power, most of the old and young in Silla will have a difficult life, and they will even face extinction.

Therefore, they asked the Great Xia garrison to help them scare away potential enemies.

But Shao Shude can fully predict that this group of people will definitely be like their ancestors more than 200 years ago. When the time is right, they will turn against the water.

At other times, it may be possible to play like this, and the effect may be not bad.But people like Shao thief have no bottom line. Once you invite him over, things will not be that simple.

The only obstacle now is whether you can make up your mind.

"Your Majesty, the Tang army has been stationed in Baekje for 16 years." Xiao Yun said, "It began in the fifth year of Xianqing (660) and ended in the first year of Yifeng (676)."

"Why withdraw?" Shao Shude asked.

"There are many incidents in the Western Regions, and Tubo is rising again, so the troops are withdrawn."

"Is there another reason?"

"Your Majesty has learned from you. The army sent by Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty to Baekje was mainly government soldiers, and there were fewer Long March athletes. Silla was not willing to die, and Baekje was still in turmoil, so it had to retreat."

To put it bluntly, the government soldiers can go out to fight, and they can be stationed abroad for a short time, but if they want to stay in a certain place for a long time, it will be difficult for them.

Most of the government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty were located in Guanzhong. How far were these places from the Korean Peninsula?Is long-term presence realistic?The government soldiers did not have military pay. To a certain extent, they had to prepare their own equipment and horses to fight for the imperial court.Being stationed abroad for a long time will cost a lot of money, not to mention that there were not many soldiers in the Guanzhong government during Tang Gaozong's time, and life was not very rich.

Compared with Fubing, recruiting soldiers are paid.They are professional soldiers, and what they eat is fighting. They can fight and garrison for a long time, and they just need to be rotated regularly.

In addition, the military pressure of the Tang Dynasty in the west was indeed great.In the Helong area, there were repeated fierce battles, and the battle was not so smooth.The recruited Long March athletes were mainly distributed in Khotan, Qiuci, Shule and other places.

As for why the Long March athletes were not recruited to farm in Baekje, apart from the fact that the west is more important, it is also related to the poverty of Baekje.

The farmland in the oasis of the Western Regions is of good quality, the yield is quite high, and it also has the advantage of a commercial route.Baekje pales in comparison to these.

"Tang Gaozong persisted for 16 years, and finally had to abandon Baekje and shrink the territory." Shao Shude said: "How many years do you think I can persist?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

Your Majesty, how many years do you have left to live?The more important thing to ask is this, right?

"Your Majesty, the former Tang Dynasty had to withdraw its troops from Baekje..." Zhao Guangfeng, as the prime minister with the highest honor and status, had to respond positively.

"Tang is threatened by Tubo and Turks in the west, and Khitan is becoming more and more disobedient in the northeast. I have already planned to negotiate peace with Persia." Shao Shude reminded: "From now on, Anxi Dao will be peaceful and nothing will happen."

Of course things are not that simple, but Shao Shude said so, at least on the surface, there is no problem.

"Your Majesty, the new Russell has no faith, or there may be repetitions." Zhao Guangfeng said.

"Is that why you don't want me to use troops outside?" Shao Shude said helplessly.

What he said actually spoke to the essence.

Such a large piece of land has already been laid down, and it is too late to manage it well. Why waste money abroad?

"I don't want to destroy Silla, Baekje, and Taefeng." Shao Shude said: "How did the former Tang Dynasty do it in the Western Regions, the country can follow suit. Some things, take your time and don't worry."

Zhao Guangfeng and Xiao Yun looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If it's just a simple garrison, it's acceptable.But if you are caught in a war, thousands of people will definitely not be enough. In the end, you will have to transfer troops from the country. At that time, the cost will increase sharply, which will cause a lot of commotion.

They already know that it is impossible to completely convince the saints, and the matter of sending troops seems to be a certainty, so as long as they don't worry too much and don't try to force the three countries together, then there is room for maneuver.

As prime ministers, they certainly have many means to influence the three countries of Taebong, Baekje, and Silla. At least they can stabilize them a little bit and prevent the situation from developing in the worst direction.

The garrison of troops in the Western Regions in the former Tang Dynasty is actually a very positive example.

Taking Khotan as an example, Tang Ting did not think about destroying this country.The garrison returned to the garrison, and the king of Khotan could still govern the country, but he had to spend part of the money and food to support the Tang army.The other is to accept a group of assistant officials sent by the Tang Dynasty to help them improve the level of governance of the country.

To be precise, the garrison and officials of the Tang Dynasty ruled the country with the King of Khotan, and the overall cooperation was quite pleasant.

Even if the Anshi Rebellion broke out and Tang Ting's rule in the Western Regions was slowly disintegrated, the Long family in Kucha would rather move east to Hexi than seek refuge in Tubo.Although the Kingdom of Khotan became a vassal of Tubo, when Zanpu was assassinated and the country was in turmoil, he was the first to bounce back and sent envoys to Chang'an to meet him and express his respect.

In fact, Tubo did not squeeze Khotan very much, and may even have benefited Khotan a little bit, expanding the territory of the country, but this false combination quickly fell apart when the catastrophe came.Khotan kicked Tubo, and then went back to find Datang's "true love", leaving the Tubo people speechless.

If the sages intend to use this kind of hard work to slowly infiltrate the state affairs of Silla through the garrison, they can still accept it reluctantly, and try their best to win over Silla officials, generals, and wealthy families, and gradually occupy their nests, such as Khotan, Kucha story.

"Nothing to say?" Shao Shude looked at them amusedly and asked.

"Your Majesty has made a decision, and the minister agrees." Zhao Guangfeng said.

"For decades, His Majesty has traveled all over the world, and there has never been a mistake, and the ministers have seconded the proposal." Xiao Yun said.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Wang Yong also said.

Shao Shude's eyes swept over all the prime ministers one by one, no surprise, everyone had no objection.

He was very satisfied, but also a little empty, unexpectedly he thought of Song Le, that gentleman who would offend Yan Zhijian.He also thought of Chen Cheng, the old fox who would beat around the bush and use all kinds of metaphors or tricks to persuade him.

Why is the whole court so obedient?He sighed secretly.This is not the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperor has not been able to directly manage the six ministries and nine temples, those officials are responsible to the prime minister, not to the emperor, the emperor wants to intervene in government affairs, and divides the political affairs hall to bring in some sycophants.

Of course, if the prime ministers contradicted him and got into a heated argument, Shao Shude would get angry again, and even wondered if they had any connection with the prince, because the prince was not allowed to interfere in government affairs, which was an absolute taboo, unless the emperor allowed it.

A king of this age is such nonsense.

"There is no objection, so let's make a decision like this." Shao Shude said: "How many troops do the Silla people want?"

"They want three thousand cavalry." Zhao Guangfeng replied.

"It's a good idea." Shao Shude sneered, and said, "Three thousand cavalry is fine, plus six thousand infantry."

The more soldiers you have, the more influence you can exert, which is obvious.The Silla people only want Daxia to send the relatively rare cavalry from the Korean Peninsula to help them out. How is this possible?Isn't that just as cannon fodder for you?After all, cavalry cannot occupy states and counties, and are destined to become thugs of the Silla people.

"You guys handle this matter." Shao Shude said again: "I will summon the people from the Nanya Privy Council in a while to determine which troops will go there. The Pinghai Navy should also prepare ships."

"The minister obeys the order." Everyone responded one after another.

Shao Shude subconsciously looked up at the map.

From the perspective of historical results, the Korean peninsula is not slippery, and the Central Plains Dynasty has never been successful.

All the countries in the Western Regions were encroached and controlled step by step by the Tang court.If there hadn't been the Anshi Rebellion, it might have become no different from Zhengzhou in the end, but before Tang Ting had time to perform this last step, he collapsed himself.

However, Silla directly forced out the Tang garrison in Baekje through continuous provocations, and at the same time caused the Andong Protectorate to shrink.To be honest, if the Balhae Kingdom hadn’t risen in the northeast and defeated Silla, the land north of the Daedong River might have been lost. After all, the descendants of Taifeng have been eyeing Pyongyang, thinking that this is a good place to set up their capital.

After the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed, Khitan fought several battles with Goryeo, winning and losing each other, but lost a large part of the land north of the Datong River.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Goryeo people even wanted to make the Northern Expedition. Although they failed in the end because of the mutiny, they were "loved" by Zhu Yuanzhang. country", which can be safely and boldly digested.

From the point of view of the whole 1000 years, the operation of the Koreans was really successful, directly doubling the country’s territory, and it was also confirmed by the Central Plains Dynasty.

Shao Shude wanted to see what kind of waves would be caused if Da Xia stationed troops in Silla.

"The east tour will be held in March next year, and you should also be prepared." Shao Shude finally said.