Hearing this, Liu Yu's face changed slightly and he turned to look at Liu Muzhi: "Is this really true?"
Liu Muzhi sighed softly: "It is true, but during the court discussion, it was just a trivial matter that was insignificant and not even worthy of further discussion. I even specially interjected at that time,
It is inappropriate to say that Baekje also claimed vassalage and pledges from Japan, but Xie Hun said that this is just a common behavior of small foreign countries. The two sides pay tribute and fight against each other. Baekje has also made vassalage to other countries before.
The precedent of accepting pledges, Princess Gao, I think is right."
Gao Yunyan smiled slightly: "Liu Changshi, are you making a pun and blaming our country?"
Hu Daoan sneered and said: "Lelang, Lelang is the territory, prefectures and counties of the Jin Dynasty. You, Goguryeo, took advantage of the troubled times to send troops to seize it. How to settle this account?"
Liu Yu was a little confused and said: "You might as well speak more clearly. I have never heard of these things before. Listening to your words now is like guessing riddles."
Liu Muzhi nodded and said: "Commander, it's like this. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed Wei's North Korea, he divided the area north of the Han River, east and south of the Liao River into four Han counties, which was the Wei's North Korea.
There are four formal prefectures and counties to manage the land, namely Liaodong County, Xuantu County, Lelang County, and Daifang County. Among them, Liaodong and Xuantu County are located in Liaodong north of Yalu River.
Daifang and Lelang Counties are located on the peninsula south of the Yalu River."
"Between the two Han Dynasties, Xinmang brought chaos to the world. One of the disasters was the execution of Zhu Meng, the leader of Goguryeo who was loyal to the Han regime. From then on, Goguryeo rebelled and left. Although it later surrendered to the Eastern Han Dynasty and Cao Wei, the trend of self-reliance was already established.
Especially during the Three Kingdoms period, after Sima Yi defeated the Gongsun family, Goguryeo no longer had the power to suppress the Liaodong region, and actually annexed Liaodong and Xuantu counties. Cao Wei later sent his mother Qiujian's army to accuse Goguryeo of being disobedient.
Attacking and almost destroying Goguryeo, this is what we were talking about before."
Gao Yunyan looked solemn and said sternly: "We had no disobedience to Cao Wei at that time, and we did not cut off the tribute. It was my mother Qiu Jian who, as a border general, wanted to make meritorious deeds, fabricated charges, and launched a border provocation to attack us. This is not the same as
Just like our founding king back then, it was the Central Plains regime that failed Goguryeo, not us who rebelled."
Liu Yu nodded: "It's an old thing more than a hundred years ago, so don't mention it. Let's talk about Cao Wei and Mu Qiujian. They have long been scattered into dust and no longer exist. Later, you, Goguryeo, will begin to develop towards the peninsula and cross the Ya.
Green water started to encroach on the Han people in the land of Lelang, right?"
Gao Yunyan shook his head: "That's not the case. After our ancestors encountered a catastrophe, they were indeed unable to gain a foothold in Liaodong and began to migrate south of the Yalu River. But at that time, our tribe was very sparse, even smaller than
There were only a few thousand Han households in Daifang and Lelang counties, so at that time we fled into the mountains, formed villages and established strongholds, conquered the more primitive and barbaric barbarians, and expressed our gratitude to the Jin governors.
Submission, under such circumstances, slowly recovered and developed."
Liu Muzhi also followed up and said: "Princess Gao is right about this, Marshal. After Goguryeo entered Daifang and Lelang, it lurked for many years before slowly paying tribute to Jin again after the establishment of Jin. Since
If we pay tribute, we cannot openly attack Daifang and Lelang counties, which still belong to the Jin Dynasty."
Liu Yu softly said "Oh": "Then how did Daifang County and Lelang County get lost?"
Hu Daoan curled up his lips: "It was during the Yongjia Rebellion at the end of the Jin Dynasty, when the land of China was sinking, and rebel separatist forces were everywhere. Even in the eastern and western Liaoning areas, the Murong clan, Yuwen clan, Duan clan, etc. who originally submitted to the Jin Dynasty also successively
They are self-reliant and attack each other. The number of Han people in these prefectures and counties outside the Great Wall is very small. Their total number is no more than 10,000 households, which is less than the population of a large county in the Central Plains. In times of war, they are even more unable to protect themselves. Leading Fang and Lelang
The governors of the two places took the initiative to withdraw to Liaodong with more than a thousand households of Han soldiers and civilians. Later, they accepted the asylum of the Murong family and became a subject of the Yan Kingdom. Princess Gao, it seems that the Han people are still more willing to get close to and join the Murong family. Sheng
I'll pass you."
Gao Yunyan smiled slightly: "The county guard left with more than a thousand Han households, but there are still five to six thousand Han households staying in the local area. Mrs. Hu seems to have forgotten this. After all, they have moved from the Central Plains to the peninsula.
For hundreds of years, they have taken root and settled in the local area, intermarried and integrated, and have become one with the local people. The north of the peninsula is the land of their ancestors. We Goguryeo people are not savage beasts or cannibal barbarians. The reason why the officials want to escape is because
Their family properties are still in the Central Plains, but most of these people are still left behind."
Liu Yu frowned: "Does this mean that the governor abandoned his land and fled, and you, Goguryeo, won the land of two counties without fighting, and have dominated the peninsula since then?"
Gao Yunyan shook his head: "Strictly speaking, this is not the case. At first, we in Goguryeo still only controlled the countryside and wilderness, and did not enter the big cities including the two counties. It was Baekje who took the initiative and occupied the main cities in these two counties, and
Further attacking us, our country fought back. After paying the price of the death of the king, we finally defeated Baekje and drove them out of the two counties. General Liu, you must know that since Yongjia, the Jin Dynasty has been
We have not sent officials to these places, let alone the return of Master Wang, so there is nothing wrong with these places becoming the territory of our country."
Liu Yu shook his head: "Since you are not the officers and soldiers who took the initiative to send troops to attack the Jin Dynasty, then according to the convention, you can be rewarded for giving up the land. Liu Changshi, that's right."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "This is the old practice in the past. However, Goguryeo defeated Baekje, seized a large area of land, and forced Baekje to hand over its clan and ministers and surrender to it. This is the result of this war. Princess Gao,
Your father has indeed gained a great reputation, but isn’t this act of forcing the vassal states of the Jin Dynasty to claim vassal status and pay tribute a bit too much?”
Gao Yunyan said calmly: "Then let me ask you, Baekje took over the two counties of Lelang, which was the leader of the Jin Dynasty, and attacked our country. When our late king died in the battle, where was the Jin Dynasty? Did they restrain Baekje or rescue us?
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Liu Yu frowned slightly. This question was indeed difficult to answer. He sighed: "The country is unfortunate, the Yi and Di groups have risen, and the Central Plains has been lost. It's not that we don't want to save the trapped people, but because we are beyond our reach. Today I will lead the northern expedition to regain the country.
The purpose of losing territory is to make up for the past mistakes, Princess Gao, please rest assured, as long as I, Liu Yu, have a breath, I swear that the whole world of Han will be filled with Jin banners."
This chapter has been completed!