Fu Tang

Li Congjia couldn't believe it, it was actually Zhao Pu who said it, it didn't look like him.

Zhao Pu, who was bathed in the disbelieving eyes of everyone, was very calm, with a demeanor that I will not say, just love it.

In the end, Li Congjia had no choice but to say: "Regarding the surrender of Japan..."

"His Majesty!"

Before Li Congjia finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fan Zhi. He looked at Fan Zhi helplessly, and the expression on Fan Zhi's face was vaguely reproachful: "I know that your Majesty is unwilling to do so because of Lei You's great contribution to the country." Punish him, but stir up disputes between the two countries for your own selfishness, this is a big taboo! If your majesty doesn't know, it's fine, since you know, how can you turn a blind eye?"

What Fan Zhi said... is indeed reasonable. What Lei Youzhong did was indeed inappropriate. This is because Li Congjia had long harbored ill intentions against Japan, and Datang's force was strong enough.

If it was the other way around, maybe Datang was caught in the flames of war again at this time, and the lives of ordinary people who had just stabilized would also become bubbles.

Of course, some people might say that Lei Youzhong dared to do this because he knew that Datang was stronger than Japan, but unfortunately, this was not the reason for him to act arbitrarily.

After Fan Zhi said this, even Zhao Kuangyin and Li Hongji didn't dare to speak. Everyone knew that Li Congjia attached great importance to military power, and Lei Youzhong's actions had actually touched Li Congjia's bottom line. If it doesn't work out, the opposite will happen.

Li Congjia struggled for a while before saying: "In this case, Lei Youzhong will be transferred to Beijing, and he will be the commander before closing the palace. However, because of the mishandling of the pirate incident before, he will be fined for one year, and he will think about it behind closed doors for three months."

The commander in front of the palace is half a rank higher than the rank of the general governor. It seems that he has been promoted, but strictly speaking, Lei You was eventually deprived of his military power, and the commander in front of the palace is also in his hands. It can be regarded as having military power, but he is in command of the guard team of the capital. Not to mention the combat effectiveness of this team, the most important thing is that in the capital, everything is under the nose of the bosses of all parties. Even if he wants to work hard, he will not use!

It can be said that Lei Youzhong's military leadership career has come to an end. Whether he will be used or not depends on Li Congjia's mood.

Zhao Kuangyin and Li Hongji looked at each other and said nothing more. This way of handling things was much better than what they had imagined before. After all, they thought that Lei You would eventually be dismissed from office and exiled.

Fan Zhi and the others did not continue to say anything. Lei Youzhong deserved credit. If there was no credit, they would definitely want Lei Youzhong to be exiled.

Ordinary people would not be able to see such a way of ascending and descending, but the moment Lei You finally knew it, he sighed and felt that he was ten years older in an instant.

He knew that he would probably not be able to go to the battlefield in this life, and he paid the price for his impulse, but what can he do?

This is life.

After dealing with Lei Youzhong's matter, Li Congjia turned around and began to deal with Japan's plan to surrender. In fact, he was not very willing to accept surrender. If the big family kills them, even if they don't kill them all, they will have no ability to recover.

As a result, Lei Youzhong directly gave him such a coquettish operation, which caught him off guard. Although there are still generals who can lead the army on the front line, Li Congjia dare not bring it up.

This is not the kindness that a monarch of a big country should have. He originally wanted to give a secret decree to let Lei Youzhong do it quietly. Anyway, he will not accept the military order abroad. At that time, even if someone bites him in the court, he can do it as much as possible. Do your best to keep Lei Youfinal.

But now... can only forget.

Li Congjia said regretfully, "What should I say now?"

Fan asked: "What does your majesty mean? Japan is an island after all, it can be regarded as isolated overseas, and it is actually closer to Koli Island than to Dengzhou. I am afraid that it is not easy to rule."

Li Congjia looked down at the surrender book in his hand, and after reading it for a long time, he raised his head and said blankly, "Who can read Japanese?"

Yes, at first he saw that the Jiangshu was written in Chinese characters, and thought that the Jiangshu was written in Chinese, but when he took it over and looked at it, he found that it was not the same thing at all, and there were still some Japanese native characters mixed in, Li Congjia Naturally, I couldn't understand it, so I had to find someone to translate it.

Fortunately, Honglu Temple is a good place. There are talents who can speak various foreign languages. It is not a problem to find one or two, but after the translation is finished, Li Congjia looks at the translation and sneers.

Although this letter of surrender was issued in the name of Emperor Shouhei, it may actually be the idea of ​​Fujiwara Miyori.

In the letter of surrender, Fujiwara Minorai expressed his willingness to follow Khotan's example and hand over military power and political autonomy.

This seems to be quite sincere, but Li Congjia spent a long time trying to get you to destroy the military power of an island country?What's left for you to be self-governing?

What a beautiful idea.

Li Congjia would definitely not agree to such a condition, so he said categorically: "The Japanese are so insincere in surrendering. I think we should continue fighting. If they are scared, they will know what to do."

In fact, Fan Zhi thought that the form of the autonomous region was quite good, and it was not bad to implement such a rule over remote areas. Although it is self-governing, it still has to abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty. They also have to obey some regulations of the imperial court. The only one The difference is that their officials are self-elected.

And Li Congjia just doesn't want to let big families appear in Japan again, to prevent them from having the ability to turn things around, how can it be possible to give them the right to choose officials themselves.

Fan Zhi heard that Li Congjia was unwilling to do this, so he couldn't help asking: "Then... what is your majesty's idea?"

Li Congjia said bluntly: "I hope that Japan will become a vassal state, but it cannot have independent political, military, economic and diplomatic rights. Everything must be subordinate to the imperial court. Isn't this too much?"

Everyone looked at him speechlessly, if this is not too much for you, then what is too much?

However, thinking about how much the Tang Dynasty paid, and more than 600 people died, it is not impossible to treat Japan like this, right?

Yes, even though many people know that Lei Youzhong lured those pirates here, but if Japan doesn't bring out pirates to rob, how could Lei Youzhong think of such a way?So this pot... still has to be carried by Japan.

Seeing that there was no objection, Li Congjia decided not to send generals to the front line at all. Anyway, they were almost done fighting. Sending another one would make people think that they might be picking peaches. The impact was not good. He promoted a general on the spot A general named Guo Yu was directly appointed as the same governor, and let him lead the troops to continue fighting until Japan was convinced.

While Guo Yu continued to fight against Japan, Li Congjia began to recall the concept of colony that he had learned in school.

Yes, he said before that he would cancel all things that Japan can be independent. In a fundamental sense, it is to be used as a colony, but colonies are still different from colonies. In a broad sense, colonies include colonial colonies, resource-plundering colonies, and colonies. There are three types of commercial colonies.

So the question is, what kind of Japan is it?

First of all, commercial colonies... probably have to be ruled out. Generally, commercial colonies are established because of overseas trade needs. The position of Japan... is not what Li Congjia said. If you go from there, you might as well turn around. Going west is more convenient.

In fact, in Li Congjia's opinion, the resource-plundering colonies are the most suitable for Japan. There are actually some good resources on this island country, and because of Japan's geographical location, Li Congjia has always felt insecure about this place. When an earthquake will probably disappear.

From this point of view, it seems that it is useless to manage carefully in Japan, but after thinking about it, there are not many earthquakes in Japan, but they have lasted for many years like Xiaoqiang, maybe... there is no problem?

Li Congjia shook his head and decided to hand over this issue to the cabinet. Anyway, there are only two options to choose from, and it depends on the cabinet.

After listening to Li Congjia's explanation, Zhao Pu, who had been passive and sabotage before, said very positively this time: "Plundering of resources...isn't this just fishing out of the river? This...isn't so good?"

Li Congjia murmured and did not speak. In fact, he had already expected that there would be opposition. After all, the idea that has been deeply rooted in the Central Plains for so many years is to increase income and reduce expenditure. To plunder all the resources of a place and then discard them is not in line with the values ​​​​of these people nowadays. .

So he asked again: "Then...do you think it would be better for him to develop into what he is?"

The cabinet also looked at each other in blank dismay, fluctuating for a while. After all, they also said before that the island of Japan is isolated overseas, and the Khitan is watching it. It is really not easy to rule. It's a pity.

Li Congjia added: "It is probably impossible to develop agriculture there, so there are only other things. However, Japan seems to be still very unconvinced. Let Guo Yu educate them well before we talk about it. Everyone will think about it when they go back."

For a moment, Fan Zhi wanted to follow what Li Congjia said before, take back all the independent privileges of Japan, and slowly talk about other things, time will give them answers to some things, after all, they have taken a path that no one has taken before. way.

Today's territory of the Tang Dynasty may not be considered the largest in history, but it is definitely not small. The larger the land area, the more laborious it is to govern.

They are basically crossing the river by feeling the stones now.

After Li Congjia returned to his study, Shi Xueting asked after finishing today's paperwork, "Lei Youzhong really doesn't plan to use it anymore?"

Li Congjia waved his hand: "Although Lei Youzhong is capable, he has too many ideas and is not very obedient. The Privy Council is much more capable than him. Is brother like him? Is Zhao Kuangyin like him? To put it bluntly, he This is another way of arrogance, it’s too dangerous to let such a person out, let him be under my nose, after all, he has made great contributions to Datang, and he can’t let him end, that’s just right.”

Shi Xueting didn't say anything else, he just felt a little surprised, obviously Li Congjia's attitude was not so persistent before.

Of course, it is also possible that although Li Congjia was uncomfortable before, he didn't feel offended, and now the more he thinks about it, the more he feels inappropriate.

Li Congjia turned to look at him and said, "Now the cabinet is also worried about how to treat Japan. Hey, I said, what are you thinking about so much? It's just a broken island."

Shi Xueting asked: "What's going on?"

After Li Congjia told Shi Xueting about the options he mentioned earlier, Shi Xueting was silent for a while and said, "Why can't there be another way?"

"Ok?"

"Industrial colony?"

Li Congjia looked at him in surprise: "What is this?"

Shi Xueting walked behind him and massaged the acupuncture points on the top of his head and said, "I suddenly remembered what you said just now. Didn't we discuss it before? I think that if technology continues to develop like this, it may have a negative impact on the royal family's dominance. Influence?"

Li Congjia narrowed his eyes comfortably, and let out a short sound from his nose, expressing that he heard and agreed.

Shi Xueting was slightly impulsive after listening to his hand, but he continued: "In this case, if all the Japanese people are turned into slaves, let them carry out various industrial productions, how about letting all the things be processed there? And this area is notified by the imperial court. If a businessman wants to contract with people and land, he must sign a contract with the imperial court, and the imperial court can limit the number of insured businessmen, and even... the imperial court directly controls it, and no one underwrites it. .”

Li Congjia had been pressed down just now and was drowsy. After hearing what Shi Xueting said, he suddenly became more awake, and turned his head to look at Shi Xueting dumbfounded: I never expected that it is you who are more powerful.

Li Congjia never dared to think about the fact that all the people in a country have become cheap laborers with low status.

But when you think about it this way, it's really good. After all, after the Japanese people have been belittled from their fundamental status, no one will object to how strict they are, and it is not so easy for them to come back.

But it seems a little inhumane to do so. When the Tang Dynasty was just founded, what Li Congjia and the others did was basically domineering, but now that the world has been unified, they should change their ways and follow the kingly way.

In short, force and brute force cannot be used blindly, but he thinks this idea is really good.

And what Shi Xueting said is actually... the embryonic form of state-owned enterprises. Although he knows that with the development of the economy, state-owned enterprises will eventually lose their glory, but it depends on when.

After all, it is still in a feudal period when the status of businessmen is low. In other words, what the world wants to look like is a matter of the ruling class.

Under such a strong guarantee, it is also a good choice to start a state-owned enterprise.

Li Congjia rubbed his chin and thought about it. He even thought about it. In the future, the people on the island will exist as cheap labor, and then the imperial court will send people to manage it. Of course, this management will also adopt a rotation system like the army. As for how to do it... well, let the people below discuss it. Li Congjia is only responsible for a general direction.

The next day Li Congjia told the cabinet about this idea. He was worried that the cabinet would object, but he didn't expect that the group of bigwigs in the cabinet didn't even raise their eyebrows. Instead, they all looked thoughtful.

Wei Renpu is a kind person, but he just said: "If you directly beat everyone into slaves, Japan may not surrender."

It is not that there are no slaves on the island of Japan. They know very well what life a slave lives. It is more terrifying than death. Death will be a hundred. However, if you become a slave, your children and grandchildren will be slaves for generations. , unless there is a great opportunity, it is impossible to restore the status of civilians one day.

The common people in Japan would not be willing, and those nobles would not be willing, maybe they would rather have broken jade than accept this fact.

And once they have a feeling of going to a dead end, maybe Datang's army will usher in a crazy counterattack, which may bring great losses to the Tang army.

Li Congjia said thoughtfully: "That means there is no need to bring it up so early?"

Fan Zhi nodded: "That's right, let them hand over all their rights first, then follow our arrangement, and then disperse the active force of the Japanese people, and it's the same wherever they are transported, and at the end, they will be a little bit more gradual, and even change the title. That’s right, the word “slave” may not be used at all, so as to prevent them from rebelling.”

That is to say, change the method, change the name, anyway, the treatment they receive is the same, as long as they can be stabilized first, and then let Datang slowly divide them, making them unable to counterattack, and will not cause greater losses That's it.

Li Congjia instantly understood the meaning of these big shots, and he also felt relieved by the way: Seeing you are such hooligans, why do I have to worry about it?

Fan Zhi and the others were even very lazy, they didn't bother to name these people, they simply called them Japanese, which was regarded as a new class in Datang, but the treatment of this class was similar to that of slaves, or even worse than that of slaves a little.

Li Congjia silently watched them draw up various strategies, and began to think about how Japan had offended these big bosses, and why these people were more ruthless than him.

His ruthless attack on Japan is mainly because he has a new and old hatred. These people... what's wrong?

what else?There are children in their families who were killed by Japanese women. After all, there are only a few who smashed the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, and there are more children who have been deceived. Even if they are not the direct descendants of these big bosses, they are the kind that are relatively close to the collateral.

Moreover, some children are already weak, and if they do this again, they feel that they will die soon, and they seem to be going away at any time. Naturally, they hate the Japanese even more.

The Japanese side did not accept their surrender to Datang, but fought more fiercely. They were really frightened, and Fujiwara Miyori was naturally reluctant to give up the rights he had.

However, Emperor Shouping yelled at him very righteously: "If you don't bow your head, you will die!"

Of course, Emperor Shouping wanted to bow his head. Anyway, he never got any rights from the beginning to the end, and he didn't have much nostalgia for this position. Moreover, judging from Datang's past behavior, he might be given a vacant position, so that He is a rich man to spend his days, it is better than being a puppet in Japan... I can't say which is better, but it has reached this point, what is there to compare it to?

Mirai Fujiwara had a gloomy face, he raised his head and looked around and said, "Is the glory of the Fujiwara family going to end in my hands?"

Emperor Shouping sneered: "You should have thought of this day when you sent your son to Tang."

Fujiwara Mirai turned to look at Emperor Shouping: "Do you really think that after surrendering, you will have a good life?"

"It's better than being so frightened now. The Tang army is about to approach the city. If you don't surrender, I'm afraid you won't even be able to live your life now. Even if you don't want to think about yourself, you have to think about the rest of the Fujiwara family, right? Angry Tang Emperor, he can really do things like ransacking the family and exterminating the family, and if you lower your head once, you will be able to keep the blood of the Fujiwara family, and there may not be a bright future in the future, why should you be so persistent now?" Emperor Shouping is probably the first time in his life. When Fujiwara Miyori said this, even he himself felt a little fresh.

Fujiwara Minorai took a deep look at Emperor Shouping and said: "You convinced me, but if Japan is gone, no one can say whether this place will be called Japan in the future. As the last monarch, you are obliged to fight for it. Sacrifice, I will give you a decent death."

Emperor Shouhei looked at Fujiwara Miyai in astonishment. All his previous thoughts were defeated by Fujiwara Miyai's words - he was about to die, what else did he want to do so much?

However, he knew that even if Japan was in danger now, it would be easy for Miyori Fujiwara to kill him.

Li Congjia didn't know what happened to Emperor Shouping, maybe even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart, anyway, they didn't want to keep Emperor Shouping.

But to his surprise, Emperor Shouping contacted Ah Rong again, and gave an explanation: he was willing to surrender, willing to live in Chang'an, and only hoped that Tang Guo could save his life.

To be honest, Li Congjia was not very moved by this condition, but Emperor Shouping was not stupid after all. He knew that doing business with Li Congjia required his bargaining chips to be strong enough, so he directly said: "I have Funan and Khitan in my hands who intend to do things wrong with Datang. Evidence, and some secret methods passed down by the royal family, I hope to exchange two lives."

Li Congjia is actually not very interested in the so-called evidence and the secret method. Having the evidence will only make him more confident when he fights Khitan or Funan in the future. He is more interested in... two lives?Who else does Emperor Shouping want to save?I never heard that he married a wife.

Soon Arong told him the answer: Emperor Shouping hoped to bring his elder brother, the former Emperor Xianping, to settle in Chang'an.

Li Congjia: Brotherly love really.