From the end of the third year of Guanghua to the beginning of the first year of Tianfu, Li Chengzhong spent the entire winter outside the customs. During this period, he connected the two countries, stabilized the shaky Bohai and Silla, and reintegrated them into the vassal system of the Tang Dynasty. This new vassal system was more in-depth than in the past. In addition to handling domestic affairs, all foreign-related and military-related affairs were controlled by Li Chengzhong.
When Li Chengzhong led the Yingzhou Army and the Huaiyue Allied Forces from Songyue, Silla State, back to Xijing, Bohai State. After staying for three days, they turned west and returned to Yingzhou. Du, Prime Minister Pei Ting and others gathered in Xijing to see Li Chengzhong off. Later, the Bohai monarchs and ministers headed by Da Weiyi personally saw off Zhengzhou and watched the Yingzhou Army and the Huaiyue Allied Forces in the west of Zhengzhou City. He disappeared and then returned to his home country. Such a gift was the first time in the two hundred years since the founding of the Bohai Kingdom, but Li Chengzhong deserved it.
Not to mention Li Chengzhong's contribution in sending troops to determine the policy of the upper and lower dynasties for the Balhae Kingdom, stabilizing the current situation, and punishing the rebellious officials in the dynasty, but only the Hanzhou, Shuozhou, and Mingzhou north of Silla that were obtained for the Balhae Kingdom during the southern expedition to Silla. The land of the three states deserves the gratitude of the emperors and ministers of the Bohai Sea.
In the end, Li Chengzhong did not continue to go south. He stopped at Songak Mansion and issued a governor's order to summon King Jinyao of Silla to meet at Songak Mansion. The army was eagerly watching. How dare the King of Silla not come? He did not care to continue to stay in Songak Mansion. Wang Jing was having fun, and Pi Dian Pi Dian led all the civil and military officials to Songyue. Of course, due to the morbid pride of the Silla people, they issued an edict before leaving, calling this trip to Songyue to pay homage to Li Chengzhong. For the "Northern Hunting", 10,000 Dianhualang Dao soldiers "went out", saying that they were going to put down the Jin Gongyi rebellion.
Of course, the Silla monarchs and ministers did not dare to lead troops to Songak to meet Li Chengzhong. They divided the Hwarang Dao soldiers and stationed them along the way, euphemistically calling them "guarding the back road." When they reached the gate of Songak City, there were only dozens of monarchs and ministers left.
Zhenxuan, the newly minted governor of Unongjin Prefecture, has already arrived at Songak. He has already gone to Baekje Kingdom and Baekje King, and is just waiting to take over the appointment of a new official position from Li Chengzhong. As for the previous "Silla Seomyeon Capital Ruler" The military and horse system was established to hold the festival governor Quan Wugong and others during the day. The governor of Quanzhou and the censor Zhongcheng Shangzhu Guo founded Hannan County and the official title of "two thousand households" was abandoned. This is the same as the "Captain of Xiongjin Prefecture" appointed by the Tang Dynasty. "In comparison, although that string of official titles sounds bluffing, it's actually bullshit.
Li Chengzhong held a banquet in honor of the King of Silla and Zhen Xuan, and re-appointed the King of Silla as the governor of Jilin Prefecture - this is an official position of the Tang Dynasty that every Silla king must receive, but the emperor's canonization of Jinyao has never been delivered, and He also formally appointed Zhen Xuan as the governor of Xiongjin Prefecture. The purpose of sending Jin Xuan and Zhen Xuan here was not to announce their official positions. Li Chengzhong was going to have an alliance in Songyue. In addition to the Tang Dynasty he represented, the parties to the alliance were also the King Tai of Bohai. My younger brother is a descendant of Dafeng.
The alliance will naturally sign an agreement. Although in this era, an agreement is just a piece of waste paper that can be torn up at any time, Li Chengzhong values this thing, so the agreement has to be drawn up. Han Yanhui and Gao Ming came to discuss the text of the agreement on his behalf. Bo, these two people are not only tough in attitude, but also good at observing words and emotions, seizing on each other's weak points and pursuing them fiercely.
In this "Songak New Testament", in addition to the old clauses such as declaring Datang as the suzerain, the most important thing is to reaffirm the territory of each party. The three northern states of Silla were assigned to Bohai, and Datang Xiongjin Prefecture and Wu were established throughout the state.
The states, Xiongzhou and Sangzhou were returned to Silla.
The Bohai Kingdom was overjoyed. Their close following of Li Chengzhong finally received huge rewards, and the benefits of sending troops were extremely rich! Zhen Xuan was also very happy. Although Wuzhou was returned to Silla, from then on he became the legitimate leader of the Tang Dynasty.
The governor of Xiongjin Prefecture was able to compete with the king of Silla! The kings and ministers of Silla were both happy and worried. Wuzhou, Xiongzhou and Sangzhou had been separated from the rule for ten years. Now they can regain their homeland, which is not bad, but Hanzhou, Shuo
The cession of Zhouzhou and Mingzhou, as well as the separation of Quanzhou, made them very sad. According to the ideas of Silla kings and ministers, it was only right that Governor Li of the Tang Dynasty should return all these places to Silla. They struggled with this,
They hoped that Li Chengzhong would take back his life, but they forgot three words - why! If Li Chengzhong hadn't led his army southward, Silla would still be huddled in the two states of Kang and Gyeongsang, and it would probably perish in a few years. Where would it be?
Today's situation.
Regarding the entanglement between the kings and ministers of Silla, Han Yanhui said nothing with a livid face, while Gao Mingbo continued his ruthless attitude when negotiating with the Khitan people: "This is the case in the new contract. Not a single word of the terms in it should be changed! Your country only agrees.
And don’t allow it!”
Of course I agree, I have no choice but to agree.
In addition to the re-division of the territory, Silla's foreign affairs and military power were also taken over by Li Chengzhong. At the same time, Silla also had to pay tribute to the camp of 300,000 guan a year. As for whether they would continue to pay tribute to Chang'an, Li Chengzhong did not care.
Li Chengzhong was still hesitating whether to simply include Silla in the future, lest a strange country appear on the peninsula that would include all of East Asia as part of its historical territory. But in fact, he himself did not know that when Jin Gongyi and Wang Jian were newly
When Luo Junchen brought Wang Jing back to Wang Jing with great joy, the dynasty of later generations had already lost its roots in its origin.
With such a rich harvest, Li Chengzhong returned to Yingzhou. When he passed through the Huaiyuan Army City, he left the Huaiyue Allied Forces and the Joint Headquarters Ba Yuhou behind. At this time, the Huaiyue Allied Forces had reached 5,000 troops. In addition to the original
In addition to the two temporary cavalry battalions, Gao Mingxun, Wu Yingli and Yang Yuequan also joined the coalition with one thousand troops each, among which Gao Mingxun's troops were cavalry. Zhen Xuan also sent her fourth son Jingang to join the coalition with one thousand troops. In this way,
The new Huaiyuan coalition army now has four temporary cavalry battalions and six temporary infantry battalions. An army of this size is placed in the strategic location of Huaiyuan Military City, which is enough to deter all ethnic groups. Of course, the strength of this army
Most of them had not received complete training. The Operational Training Department immediately established a new training camp in Huaiyuan Military City and transferred key instructors from the Operational Training Department to come for training.
It should be noted that the military expenses of the Huaiyue Allied Forces are not borne by Yingzhou. All parties sending troops must deliver the generals, grain and fodder to Huaiyuan on time, and the Huaiyue and Yuhou Joint Headquarters will uniformly deploy them.
On April 1, Li Chengzhong led the Yingzhou Army Headquarters back to Liucheng, and Zhang Xingzhong, Zhou Kan, Jiang Miao, Feng Dao, Liu Shenjiao and others arrived ten miles away from the civil and military suburbs of Yingzhou.
The spring breeze has arrived, bringing warmth to the countryside of Liucheng. There is a lot of new green on Helong Mountain, the grass mats are turning from yellow to new, new seedlings have been planted in the fields, and the newly built canals are pouring Bailang water into them.
, what a school full of vitality.
Feng Dao stood in front of the queue of civil servants on the outskirts and looked out. He saw a banner coming from a distance, and there was an immediate surge in the crowd.
Liu Shenjiao couldn't help but took a few steps forward, stood next to Feng Dao, and said an obvious nonsense: "The Governor is back!" His enthusiasm was beyond words.
Feng Dao looked at his best friend next to him and remembered how angry he was with Li Chengzhong last autumn. He couldn't help but smile: "Please help me, brother, what do you think?"
Liu Shenjiao knew that Feng Dao was still laughing at his lack of composure last year, so he couldn't help but said in shock: "Brother Dao, please stop teasing me. I already knew you were wrong."
"What about this 'military and aggressive' strategy?"
“Very good!”
Li Chengzhong's "militancy" is of course "very good". Since the last month of last winter, messengers have been coming from the east without stopping.
"Great victory in Xijing! The commander-in-chief defeated the Bohai Navy, and the battle will determine the outcome!"
"Great victory in Shangjing! The governor entered Shangjing, killed the 27 culprits including the rebellious Zhu Chengming, and reset the policy of the Bohai Sea!"
"The governor has sent troops to march south to Silla and has entered Shuozhou!"
"The governor's troops surrounded Beiyuan and surrendered to Beiyuan's thief commander Liang Ji!"
"A great victory in Songyue! The governor defeated the puppet Mozhen army and captured all the puppet Mozhen king Jin Gongyi and others!"
"Songyue Alliance! The governor redefines the territory of Silla!"
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One after another good news spread to Liucheng, Yanjun, and Jin County, focusing the attention of the entire Yingzhou on the east. Following the good news, there was an endless stream of immigrants from Dingkou, and huge amounts of supplies piled up like mountains.
of gold, silver and copper coins...
Throughout the winter, the entire three counties of Yingzhou were busy, receiving and resettling immigrants, reclaiming wasteland for spring plowing, building and renovating water conservancy projects, and supervising shops and workshops... The officials worked day and night and were exhausted, but everyone
They are all so tired that they are happy, and they are so tired that they are happy.
According to Li Chengzhong's instructions, Feng Dao must spend at least 300,000 gu before spring comes! This 300,000 gu is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the harvest from the Eastern Expedition, but for Yingzhou, it is a huge fortune.
, it is not easy to spend it. But Li Chengzhong said that it must be spent, no matter how it is spent, it must be used up! So from Feng Dao onwards, the officials in the three counties were anxious but happy and busy spending money.
What Li Chengzhong once said has become a mantra on the lips of officials: Pain and happiness!
Large sums of copper coins were poured out, and new workshops were established; after new labor was added, various businesses flourished. The layout of the workshops in Liucheng and Yanjun was completely completed and began to flourish, and the city walls in Jinxian County were also erected. The next step is
Build the buildings and government offices in the city.
In the winter of this year, Yingzhou achieved an economic take-off, stimulated by a large amount of wealth. Its radiation effect affected the surrounding areas, and Pingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou all received huge benefits. The trade routes were completely connected, and merchants were busy
In order to transport supplies to Yingzhou to meet Yingzhou's massive needs, the people of each state worked hard to meet the orders issued by the merchants, and they also had a surplus of money. Compared with the disastrous defeat of Lu Long's army in the south, the northern states were prosperous.
situation.
Therefore, Liu Shenjiao said that Li Chengzhong's "militancy" was very good, and his change of concept represented the unanimous trend of Yingzhou officials. From originally opposing Li Chengzhong's "militancy" to strongly supporting it, it only took a few months.
The core idea of this change is the recognition of what Li Chengzhong originally said: "War can be operated as a business." This sentence has now become a conclusion, and this conclusion is now popular in Yingzhou.
, the officials who originally regarded it as "absurd" have long forgotten how they sneered at it before. They talked about this "final conclusion" with smiles, predicting and speculating on how the next "business" should be carried out.