Tibet

At dawn, a team came outside Chunming Gate. A dozen horse-riding warriors were guarding two scribes, one old and one young. Although they were dressed as Tang people, their appearance was not. They were obviously Donghu people.

This team was the envoy of the Bohai Kingdom, coming from the distant Shangjing. They landed in Dengzhou by boat, bought horses in Dengzhou, and headed west.

The Balhae Kingdom was a political power established by the Su Mo tribe in Mohe. In the first year of Wu Zetian's magical power, the leader Da Zuorong established the Balhae Kingdom on the coast of the Whale Sea, which is today's Sea of ​​Japan, attracting a large number of Goguryeo survivors to come and seek refuge.

In the early days, he used force to rule the country and was extremely warlike. He once invaded Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty, killed the governor of Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and robbed a large number of people.

After its decline in the middle period, it revived and began to govern the country with culture. It completely imitated the Tang Dynasty and established the system of three provinces and six ministries, and submitted to the Tang Dynasty. Later, the country was destroyed by the Khitan hero Yelu Abaoji.

The third generation king of Bohai State, Da Qinmao, is currently in charge. After Da Qinmao came to power, Bohai State entered its heyday. However, since Da Qinmao has been in power for thirty years, he gradually became arrogant and tired, and spent national power on large-scale construction projects. He built palaces and cities, and maintained close relations with Japan. He continued to send large-scale missions to Japan, and at the same time accepted beauties and various luxuries from Japan.

If we follow the trajectory of history, Da Qinmao will continue to be in power for nearly twenty years before his death. After his death, various conflicts broke out, and the Bohai Kingdom fell into chaos for nearly thirty years. All Japanese forces entered the Bohai Kingdom and carried out long-distance operations. Manipulate and prepare for a massive invasion.

After Da Inxiu ascended the throne, the Balhae Kingdom began to revive, expelled Japanese forces, defeated Silla and Heishui Mohe successively, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty again, established the Balhae Kingdom of Wenzhi, and the country began to become strong again, and was praised by the Tang Dynasty as the Haedong Kingdom.

This is the trajectory of history, but as the Tang Dynasty entered the resurgence, eliminated vassal towns, recovered Youzhou, began to build passes in the Liaodong Corridor, and hoarded supplies and grain in large quantities, the butterfly wings stirred up the situation in Liaodong. The situation in Liaodong began to change drastically. Khitan united with Silla and Heilongjiang The Shui Mohe Ministry is preparing to jointly attack the Bohai Kingdom.

The Khitans are eager to obtain the population, troops, resources and land of the Bohai Kingdom, and are preparing to strategically deepen the Bohai Kingdom. Once the Tang army launches a large-scale northern expedition, the Khitans will retreat to the Bohai Kingdom.

The Bohai Kingdom lost all three battles and the situation was critical. Da Qinmao sent his third son Da Yingjun and minister Yang Chengqing to the Tang Dynasty to seek help.

The two scribes, one young and one old, are Da Yingjun and Yang Chengqing, the minister of auxiliary affairs.

Yang Chengqing is a Han from Yingzhou. He has led a delegation to visit Japan twice and has won the trust of Da Qinmao. He is currently the Shaozheng of the Bohai National Military Administration, which is also the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Chengqing once came to Chang'an during the Tianbao period. Now that all the walls in Chang'an City have been demolished, the original walls have been turned into rows of shops. He was stunned and didn't recognize them at all.

Yang Chengqing inquired all the way, and finally they saw the East Hall of Honglu Temple at the entrance of East Market. Honglu Temple has a building at the entrance of East Market and West City to receive envoys from various countries.

Official Jian of Honglu Temple was an envoy from the Bohai Kingdom and had a formal document. The official immediately took Yang Chengqing to the official office of Honglu Temple.

Li Ye is taking a closer look at the rice planting situation in Jiaozhou sent by Jingxiang.

Perhaps because it was relatively recent, the first detailed report Li Ye received was from Jing Xiang.

Of course, it is not a comprehensive promotion. Each county only cultivates one thousand acres, which are official fields. Only when there is a clear growth and stable harvest can ordinary people plant a large amount.

Each county's production increase is different. The highest county has an increase of 35% per mu, while the lowest one is less than 10%.

This means instability. You have to plant again next year, and you have to exchange rice seeds. Take the rice with the highest yield to the county with the lowest yield, and then in turn, take the rice with the lowest yield to the county with the highest yield. Let's see what the reason is. causing such a huge difference.

Li Ye gently threw the report aside. He felt that he had acted too hastily. This new variety of grain must undergo repeated planting and cultivation for at least ten years before it can slowly adapt to the local soil and water.

If you are too impatient, big trouble will happen. Once there is a large-scale reduction in grain production, hundreds of thousands of people will starve to death.

At this time, someone reported at the door, "Your Highness, Prime Minister Wei wants to see you!"

"Please come in!"

Soon, Wei Jiansu hurried in, bowed and saluted, "I am here to see you, Your Highness!"

"Wei Xiangguo, please sit down!"

Wei Xiangguo sat down and said with a smile: "Your Highness, early this morning, the envoy from the Bohai Kingdom came!"

What a coincidence. Li Ye leaned on the back of his chair and asked, "Why are they here!"

"In order to ask for help, they suffered a joint attack led by the Khitan, and the kingdom was in danger!"

"Who else besides Khitan?"

"There are also Silla and Heisui Mohe. The three forces are attacking Silla from three directions. According to them, the Bohae army has been defeated in three battles and half of its territory has been lost."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and asked, "I want to know, have they asked Japan for help?"

"The minister didn't ask, and they didn't say anything."

"Who is here?" Li Ye asked again.

"One is the handsome prince, and the other is Yang Chengqing, their minister of war."

Li Ye took out a file from the cabinet behind him, which contained various intelligence records about the Bohai Kingdom. He flipped through it and said, "This Yang Chengqing has been on two missions to Japan, he should know!"

"Does Your Highness want to see this Yang Chengqing?"

"Okay, let's make arrangements in the afternoon."

"Weichen, go make arrangements now!"

Wei Jiansu bowed and hurried away.

Li Ye paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Bohai was attacked, which was beyond his expectation. Needless to say, Khitan must be eager to expand and absorb other people's resources to deal with himself.

To a certain extent, this is also a good thing, allowing them to fight and consume each other's strength.

Li Ye will not save Bohai, but he will act according to the original plan. It depends on the luck of Bohai.

In addition, Li Ye is very concerned about whether Japan will send troops to Bohai, nominally to rescue, but actually to occupy.

Although the Japanese invasion of Bohai did not happen in history, the Khitan attack on Bohai did not happen either. If history is changed, then everything is possible.

In the afternoon, Wei Jiansu came with Yang Chengqing, but did not bring the envoy Prince Da Yingjun, because Li Ye had not agreed to meet them yet, and now he just wanted to understand the situation.

Yang Chengqing entered the room and knelt down to pay respect, "Your humble servant Yang Chengqing, General of Bohai State, Junior Officer of Military Affairs, pays respect to His Royal Highness the Regent!"

"General Yang, please take a seat without formalities!"

Li Ye politely asked Yang Chengqing to sit down, and also asked Wei Jiansu to sit down.

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "I am a little curious, how did you get through the Khitan country?"

"Your Highness, we took a boat from the seaport of Bohai State, had a smooth journey, and arrived in Dengzhou five days later. We bought horses in Dengzhou, and then rode all the way west to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I also want to know, did you ask for help from Japan?"

After a while, Yang Chengqing nodded, "Two envoy ships set off at the same time, one went to Japan for help, and the other came to the Tang Dynasty for autumn aid."