Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Shangguo Tian Khan His Majesty, the minister's life is not long! The minister's country, Silla, is in danger! The minister cannot serve the Tian Khan!..." Eunuch Shun's shrill voice sounded in Wangbei Pavilion.

It turned out that this Jin Baijing came to seek help from His Majesty Li Er this time!

In this era, on the Korean peninsula, the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were fighting against each other.Among them, Goguryeo is the most powerful, and Silla and Baekje are equally divided.

It stands to reason that at this time, Silla and Baekje should jointly fight against Goguryeo.

But the thinking circuit of people on the Korean peninsula, is it that ordinary people can predict?In fact, Silla and Baekje have never been united, and they are the two who fought the hardest.

After Jin Baijing came to the throne, he made great efforts to govern. During his more than 50 years in power, he attacked Baekje many times, and beat Baekje until his mother didn't even know him.

Baekje couldn't beat Jin Baijing, so it had to find Goguryeo to form an alliance.

Originally, in terms of national strength, Silla's strength over Baekje was limited. With the addition of Goguryeo, Kim Baekjeong couldn't stand it anymore. Not only did he spit out all the Baekje territory he had taken down, but his own country also suffered a lot.

This is not a big problem, the key is that Jin Baijing is over 70 this year, and he feels that his time is running out.Jin Baijing has no son, only four daughters.To whom is the throne passed?He wanted to pass it on to his daughter Kindermann.It is too shocking for a woman to be king, and when he let out a little bit, there was an uproar in the court of Silla.

At this time, Baekje stormed Dangxiang City, an important town in Silla. Under internal and external troubles, Jin Baijing really had no choice but to ask His Majesty Li Er for help.

Of course, in this letter, Jin Baijing also gave Goguryeo and Baekje a lot of eye drops. For example, Goguryeo and Baekje have long been disobedient to His Majesty Li Er. To prevent Silla from becoming a minister to Datang Tian Khan, you have a nose and an eye.Finally, it was suggested that His Majesty Li Er quickly send troops to nip the danger in the bud and destroy Goguryeo and Baekje.

The above is the understanding of Mr. Guo Ye, Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

However, the other ministers didn’t see it that way. After hearing Jin Baijing’s letter, they were all furious and discussed a lot. They scolded Goguryeo and Baekje for not paying attention to the Tang Dynasty. They knew that Silla was the first country to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. He even dared to violate the border.It's really too disrespectful to Datang.

Guo Ye was amused to hear that Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje have been attacking each other for hundreds of years, and they bite dogs like dogs, so what's the matter with Datang?As for Dangxiang City, it is indeed a necessary place for Silla to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, but the problem is that for this place, the three countries have fought for more than 100 years. It is said that Baekje besieged Dangxiang in order to prevent Silla from paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty. City, it is too far-fetched.

Guo Ye wondered, what does this matter have to do with His Majesty Li Er's promotion of several senior ministers today?For such a small matter, is it worth His Majesty Li Er's big fight?

His Majesty Li Er saw that everyone else was arguing and advocating justice, but Guo Ye stood out from the crowd and said nothing, and asked, "Accordingly, your Ministry of Rituals should mediate the matter of foreign feudal vassals. I wonder what Guo Aiqing's opinion is?"

Guo Ye replied disapprovingly: "Whether it is Goguryeo or Silla and Baekje, they are all foreign vassals of my Tang Dynasty, and they are also His Majesty's subjects. You can't treat one more favorably than the other. As long as they all respect the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between them Things, I, Datang, shouldn't interfere too much."

His Majesty Li Er said angrily: "Guo Aiqing, you are confused! Goguryeo and Baekje surrendered to my Tang Dynasty in name, but in fact, they have never paid attention to my Tang Dynasty. Goguryeo is still building the Great Wall to prevent Who is it, isn’t it my Datang? As for Baekje, it is nominally a vassal to my Datang, but secretly to Goguryeo. One servant serves two masters, and the head and mouse are at both ends. His heart can be punished! Only Silla has great respect for Datang. Tang has always been obedient, and they joined forces to attack Silla, what kind of Silla is they attacking! It’s my face! I can’t even protect Silla, so what face do I have to call God Khan?”

Guo Ye secretly slandered, you are too concerned about face, are you tired?

Goguryeo and Baekje are not good things, but what about Silla?On the surface, he is submissive, but in his heart, he probably has the intention of using the Tang Dynasty to destroy the enemy and unify North Korea.It's good for them to fight, the Three Kingdoms are not good birds, the more people die, the better.The weaker the national power of the Three Kingdoms, the more peaceful the border of our Tang Dynasty will be.

However, it is not Guo Ye's style to stand up to His Majesty Li Er, saying: "Your Majesty, what you said is great! Goguryeo and Baekje ignored His Majesty's Longwei and attacked Silla. It is a heinous crime! My minister is short-sighted and cannot understand I am really ashamed of the wolf ambitions of Goguryeo and Silla. Thanks to your Majesty’s reminder, I have seen through their true colors. Your Majesty, you are so far-sighted, and I am so admired by you!”

It's not that Guo Ye can't shoot more flattery than this, but considering that Wei Zheng is here, Guo Ye didn't dare to say something that was too nasty.

Otherwise, Wei Zheng, who has just been promoted, will immediately label Guo Ye as a "rogue minister, traitor, treacherous villain"!

Qiangu Mingjun can't beat the army of flattery, His Majesty Li Er nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Knowing mistakes can be corrected, and there is nothing good about it. In fact, Guo Aiqing has made great achievements many times, and she still has some knowledge. Unfortunately, she still has little reading and is not very familiar with foreign affairs. That’s it. I still need to read more books in the future, so I won’t make such jokes. Since all the ministers think that Goguryeo and Baekje are disobedient, let’s discuss what we should do in Tang Dynasty now?”

Li Daozong saw Guo Ye's smile on His Majesty Li Er's picture, and said to himself, is this the way to Guo Ye's success?He can do it, so can I.Anyway, just follow the emperor's words, it's not difficult.

Therefore, he hurriedly said: "Goguryeo attacked my Tang Dynasty without the consent of my Majesty the Tang Dynasty.

Who would have thought His Majesty Li Er gave him an angry look, thinking that if Goguryeo was so easy to fight, I still need to worry?

His Majesty Li Er said angrily: "King Jiang Xia is very loyal, I am very relieved, please sit down!"

His Majesty Li Er said words of encouragement, but he had an expression on his face that I don't know as well as you.

Alas, Li Daozong guessed the beginning, but missed the ending!

Wei Zheng said: "King Jiangxia should not underestimate Goguryeo. At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui's army of one million conquered Goguryeo three times, but they were all defeated. How to deal with it still needs a long-term plan!"

Li Jing retorted dissatisfiedly: "Master Wei, don't overextend the ambition of Goguryeo and destroy the prestige of our Tang Dynasty. Emperor Sui Yang is the king of subjugation, how can he compare with my emperor of the Tang Dynasty? Your Majesty, I am willing to raise an army of [-] , Bring the King Yingyang of Goguryeo to dance for you!"

His Majesty Li Er nodded in satisfaction, and said: "King Yingyang is in his seventies and eighties, and dancing is nothing to watch, let him live his life in Chang'an City. Well, Duke Wei's ambition is commendable! Best wishes! "

As soon as this remark came out, Wei Zheng was fine, but Li Daozong was so angry!

He wondered, what is the difference between what Li Jing said and mine?For me, the nose is not the nose, and the face is not the face. How can I reward Li Jing as I wish?Emotional Majesty, are you watching people order dishes?Fuck!

Uh... In fact, he is right to think so. His Majesty Li Er has confidence in Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, to defeat Goguryeo, but he has no confidence in Li Daozong.

Kong Yingda also said: "I am a big country, how can I allow a small country to provoke you, please Your Majesty send troops quickly to conquer Goguryeo!"

Duan Zhixuan said: "I will reconsider!"

Wei Ting said: "The minister also reconsiders!"

Although Fang Xuanling was also dissatisfied with Goguryeo, it always felt a little wrong to attack Goguryeo.But seeing everyone talking about fighting, I dare not refute.Otherwise, as soon as His Majesty Li Er promoted him, he would immediately sing against His Majesty Li Er, which would be too disrespectful to Li Er Majesty.

This is, really want to fight?

Guo Ye hurriedly searched the memories of later generations. It seems that there is indeed a record of His Majesty Li Er's attack on Goguryeo in history, but the result was that His Majesty Li Er was defeated and lost, which became a stain on his life.

No, to stop His Majesty Li Er, but how to stop it?

At this moment, at this moment, His Majesty Li Er suddenly asked: "Guo Qing, I think you are not interested in the position of minister of the Ministry of Rites. In my opinion, only in the position of minister of the Ministry of War can Guo Qing's talents be displayed. Well!"

What?

The minister of culture goes directly to the minister of defense?

Guo Ye's heart was pounding, and he subconsciously asked His Majesty Li Er, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

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His Majesty Li Er smiled slightly, and looked at Guo Ye amusedly: "I'm just asking if you are interested in moving from Minister of Rites to Minister of War?"

Which one is better, the Minister of Rites or the Minister of Military Affairs? If you ask this question to the brick professors who study history, they can concoct countless professional papers to dazzle your eyes.

After you spend countless brain cells and read these papers through, you can only come to one conclusion: specific analysis of specific issues.

It's the same as not asking them!

But for Guo Ye, it is really not a problem to choose to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites or the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Absolutely forced to choose the Minister of the Ministry of War!

That's right, in terms of official positions, the ranking of official positions in the Tang Dynasty is Li Li Hu Bing Xinggong, and the status of the Ministry of Rites is indeed higher than that of the Ministry of War.

But the biggest problem with Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is: he is not easy to get promoted!If the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites wants to be promoted, he can only rely on seniority.

If Guo Ye didn't have any ambitions and just wanted to enjoy the glory and wealth, he would definitely choose the Minister of Rites.When he has been the Minister of Rites for 30 to [-] years, no one will be ashamed to prevent him from being a prime minister!

But if this is the purpose, why should Guo Ye stay in Chang'an?If you go back to Tianzhu directly with Rajashri, you will be directly under one person and above ten thousand people.Well, at night, you can put that one person under him too!

It's different when you become the minister of the Ministry of War. Although Datang can't be said to be fighting everywhere now, the use of soldiers is definitely not uncommon.

Stay in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War for a few years and make a few great achievements.The position of prime minister is not achieved in one step!Wei Guogong Li Jing was promoted from Minister of War to Minister Zuo Pushe, this happened just now!