Chapter 1047 The thirsty single dog is the most effective
When Vice Admiral Bao Yifen talked about the Goryeo issue, Li Xuan was lost in thought and actually did not hear Bao Yifen's report later.
At this time, he was thinking about how to deal with the Korean issue.
The northern part of Goryeo is a mountainous area with very poor traffic conditions, which is not suitable for large army assault operations, and there is also a Yalu River.
Therefore, if we attack from land, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. From a military perspective, it is actually not very easy to fight.
Of course, it is only relative that it is difficult to fight. If the Tang Empire really takes action and sends two divisions to the dynasty, it can basically control the overall situation.
Therefore, the key to the Koryo problem is not how to fight, but how to deal with it after the fight!
After the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty entered Seoul and took control of the Korean Peninsula, what should the Tang Empire do with the peninsula?
Direct annexation to the mainland? Or as a colony? Or re-support a Korean king?
These are the questions that trouble Li Xuan!
Because these three have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it makes Li Xuan hesitate.
To be honest, Li Xuan would be a little reluctant to directly annex it to the mainland!
Although Li Xuan's goal was to conquer the world, he never said that he regarded people all over the world as people of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Xuan also had no intention of simply turning people from other ethnic groups into Chinese people.
There is no intention to turn other places into locals.
The mainland is the mainland and the colonies are the colonies. These are two different things and cannot be confused.
If India, Southeast Asia and other places were militarily occupied in the future and directly annexed to the mainland, wouldn't it mean that those monkeys and the indigenous people who wiped their butts with their fingers and grabbed food directly became the people of the Tang Dynasty? And became Chinese people?
And they also enjoyed the many preferential policies of the Tang Empire like other Chinese people?
How can this be!
Making an international joke!
They are going to conquer foreign races and plunder their land and wealth, but they are not going to open a charity!
The same is true for Korea. Although they look similar to Chinese people, with yellow skin and dark eyes, they are not Chinese after all.
Even if they later generations refer to Confucius and Laozi as people from their Korean peninsula every day, they try every means to describe various Chinese traditions as their own traditions.
This kind of thief-like behavior can actually fully prove one thing: they are eager to become Chinese!
When they were unable to become Chinese, they used various things to strengthen this point, and came to a conclusion that they were probably unwilling to admit in their hearts: all the good things in China are mine. Since all the good things in China are
If it's mine, then I must be Chinese!
but!
They are still not Chinese!
It is impossible for them to be in later generations, and it is equally impossible for them to be during the current era of the Tang Empire!
Li Xuan will never regard Koreans as people of the Tang Dynasty!
But in this case, the problem arises. If it is directly annexed, there are still millions of people on this peninsula. How to deal with it? It is impossible to treat them as subjects of the Tang Empire. Killing them all directly will have a bad reputation.
Nice to hear.
If annexation is not possible, then what about colonies?
It will definitely work. In this case, the Tang Dynasty can confidently and boldly exploit the Korean Peninsula and let them use their hard work to contribute to the prosperity of China and the happy life of the people of the Tang Dynasty, just like what they may get in the future.
Just like the natives in the colonies!
But if it is just a colony, to be honest, Li Xuan is a little reluctant. Although the resources on the Korean Peninsula are not rich, it is a peninsula connected to the mainland of China. If it is just a colony, who knows what will happen in the future?
It will not be independent. Once independent, it will definitely become a dagger piercing the heart of the Tang Empire.
What if a cat or a dog was randomly selected from the Goryeo royal family and supported to rule the Goryeo Dynasty, turning the Goryeo Peninsula into a vassal state of the Tang Empire?
Li Xuan is even more unwilling to do so!
I sent an army to conquer Goryeo and then made someone else the king? What a deal!
The blood of the Tang Dynasty soldiers will never be shed for foreigners!
They won’t even fight for the people of the Tang Dynasty!
The blood of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would only be shed for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Li Xuan!
There is absolutely no second option. Once the second option appears, it can basically be declared that the army will no longer be loyal to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
After thinking for a while, Li Xuan returned his thoughts to annexation, but he knew very well that it could never be simply annexed!
Because he only wants land, not people!
It has been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times. From this perspective, they are originally a part of China. The Korean Peninsula has been an undisputed Chinese territory since ancient times. There is no legal problem in annexing Goryeo and directly treating Goryeo as the mainland.
of.
Even if there is, it is irrelevant.
He, Li Xuan, is the Dharma and Li Xuan is the Li. He said that the Korean Peninsula has been the territory of China since ancient times. If the Tang Dynasty wants to recover the lost land, then the Korean Peninsula has been the territory of the Chinese Empire since ancient times. After regaining it, it will be the mainland of the Tang Empire.
Anyone who disagrees with this statement and conclusion can be charged with disrespect or even treason!
Because the theory promoted by the Tang Empire in recent years is that "the whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers." The entire world, including known and unknown lands, oceans and other spaces, no matter how many latitudes it is
All belong to our glorious and great Eternal Saint King Li Xuan, who is greater than the sun!
In the general environment, do you dare to say that the Koryo Peninsula is not the territory of the Tang Dynasty? This is a political mistake.
Although everyone said it was fine in private, if you express this view publicly, it would be a minor matter to lose your official position. At worst, it would be doubting the sanctity of the Holy Emperor, which would be a big problem.
In recent years, the Tang Empire has been working hard to promote various etiquettes. There are many various ceremonies held every year, and they are more and more grand each time. In the Huangzhushan era, the first heaven-sacrifice ceremony was built.
It's just a small wooden platform, but last year's ceremony to worship the heavens was a specially built rooftop. Li Xuan personally led the civil and military officials to worship.
In fact, the main purpose of these ceremonies is to allow the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the Holy Emperor Li Xuan to truly put on a sacred coat!
They want to create a holy emperor, a living god, not just an emperor!
Based on this, whether Li Xuan wants to annex the Korean Peninsula or treat it as a colony is actually a matter of one sentence. Even if this decision is wrong, in order to maintain the sanctity of the Tang Empire and the sanctity of the Holy Emperor, Datang
Even if they know clearly that something is wrong, they will still find ways to do it and achieve their goals.
Among the three options of annexation, colonies and vassal states, Li Xuan is more inclined to choose direct annexation, and it will be over immediately!
But after annexation, how to deal with the indigenous people on the Korean Peninsula is a problem!
The people in this place still have yellow skin and dark eyes. In terms of appearance, they are actually not much different from the Chinese people. Moreover, the Koreans these days are relatively good Koreans. Their eyes do not grow to their foreheads. They sit there every day.
What kind of dream does it have for a great power in the universe?
On the contrary, what they have long accepted is the culture of the Central Plains. The characters their scholars learn are all Chinese characters. They even have imperial examinations, and the test questions are also based on the content of the Four Books and Five Classics. Everyone admires China from the bottom of their hearts.
To be honest, he still couldn't bear to let Li Xuan implement the same population policy as in Nanyang in this place, but he couldn't just let it go and let the million-level alien population stay in the same place. To be honest,
Li Xuan is worried.
Moreover, this will also cause huge obstacles to local Chineseization and localization.
What to do?
After some brief thought, Li Xuan decided to take several steps. After occupying Goryeo, he was going to prepare several large-scale immigrants, not only to immigrate from the mainland to Goryeo, but also to immigrate the people of Goryeo.
After several rounds of large-scale immigration, Li Xuan can say with certainty that the proportion of local Koreans will drop sharply!
Then there is the promotion of Sinicization, especially cultural Sinicization, promoting Tang Mandarin in the Korean peninsula, setting up schools, using Chinese in all education, abolishing Korean characters, costumes, traditions, and burning all books with Korean characters.
He wants to see no Korean characters, no so-called Korean traditional costumes and customs on the Korean peninsula.
In addition to cultural sinicization, China has tried and tested its integration for thousands of years, relying on its huge population advantage to directly swallow up the Koreans.
Moreover, both parties have similar looks. If they get married, they won't have to worry about the mixed-race child turning into the same blond hair and blue eyes as the barbarians. Therefore, it is very necessary to promote marriage and racial integration.
In addition, some specific means can also be used to reduce the proportion of the local Korean population. How can it be reduced at the same time?
Marry all their women and make their men single!
In order to prevent these singles from causing trouble, Li Xuan thought that he could drive these Korean singles to Nanyang to colonize. There is nothing more powerful than hungry singles. For women, they can kill all the local native men.
Light, and then snatch the indigenous women.
Using many means, Li Xuan is confident to kill them even if there are tens of millions of people on the Korean Peninsula, not to mention the millions of people now on the Korean Peninsula!
Let there be only Chinese people in the Korean Peninsula from now on, and no Koreans!
Li Xuan made a decision in his heart. At this time, Bao Yifen also finished the report on the Navy. However, the content of the subsequent report was basically the same old tune. Li Xuan did not listen carefully or listened attentively. It was just saying that the Navy was awesome.
Forced, the Liaodong Sea was completely blocked, and by the way, the coast of the Koryo Peninsula and even the Tsushima Strait were blocked.
Li Xuan doesn't care about this, and neither does anyone else!
The navy is so awesome. The key is, does the Liaodong Ming Army have a navy?
No! Those sampans are not considered naval forces at all!
Does Goryeo have a navy? Yes, but there are only a few sampans. Even the pirates active in Fusang and the coast of Goryeo can't defeat them. They often run away first when they see the warships of the Tang Dynasty navy approaching.
After the navy finished speaking, it was the army's turn to speak again, but this time it was not about Liaodong. The war in Liaodong was basically a foregone conclusion. Various plans were in place. They were just waiting for the plans to be implemented and then successfully captured Liaodong.
, incidentally captured Korea.
The army is talking about the situation in other directions, mainly the movements of the Tatars in the north and the Tubo and Oara people in the northwest!
The army reported that in the past six months, the Tatars in the north have been very active. They took advantage of the Tang Army's attack on Shanhaiguan to attack the Chahar Department on a large scale, and it was said that the progress was quite smooth.
In fact, the Sixth Army of the Tang Army's operations in western Liaoning were so smooth. Of course, they themselves were powerful enough and sent thousands of cavalry to support them. But a very important part of it was Chahar, who fought in coordination with the Ming Army in Liaodong.
The main forces of the tribes in eastern Mongolia such as the Tribes and the Duoyan Sanwei were used to fight against the Tatar attack, and they could not spare much power to help King Hui of Liaodong.
Therefore, to a certain extent, the Tatars and the Tang Dynasty King's Division actually cooperated and helped each other in the war in the northeast.
Anda Khan attacked the Chahar tribe, and Li Xuan attacked King Hui of Liaodong. It was tantamount to a strong alliance, and the enemy was defeated and defeated.
But this situation caused a group of generals to frown!
At the end of the report, Lieutenant General Hao Bainian, commander of the Third Army, said in a heavy tone: "We cannot allow the Tatars to continue developing like this. We must take decisive and resolute measures to curb the expansion of the Tatars. Otherwise,
In a few years, what we need to face will be a unified Tatar steppe."
Once the northern grasslands are unified, they will be a huge threat to the central dynasty of China in any period, and the Tang Empire is no exception!
Compared with the massive expansion of the Tatars, the Tubo and Oara people in the northwest have not seen much movement. In the past year, they have been busy doing business with the Tang Dynasty, bringing a large number of horses to the Tang Dynasty, and then taking them away.
Various specialties of the Tang Dynasty.
In order to exchange for more and better war horses from them, especially in order to exchange for more Central Asian horses, especially stallions and mares, from Tibet, the Tang Dynasty even opened fire ropes to them.
guns, and even sold them a small amount of artillery as an exception.
Although it was known that the sale of these guns would pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty itself, this threat was nothing compared to the acquisition of a large number of horses.
Li Xuan even gave instructions personally. As long as the Tibetans were brave enough and dared to send enough Central Asian horses, they would open up the sale of artillery. Shotguns, field guns, and even nine-pound guns were all on sale.
within.
Of course, after modification, artillery with better performance cannot be sold, and howitzers cannot be sold either.
It's just that the Tibetan people don't actually have many Central Asian horses in their hands. Many of the Central Asian horses they use for trade are actually traded from more western countries, so the idea is good, but it won't happen for a while, Datang
It is impossible for the dynasty to obtain Central Asian horses in large quantities.
Therefore, for a long time in the future, the military horses of the Tang Dynasty will mainly be traded Mongolian horses.
Hearing the army talk about the situation in the north, and describing how bad the situation was, as if the Tatars were going south to invade the Central Plains tomorrow, Bao Yifen of the navy flashed a trace of contempt.
After listening to the Army's remarks, he knew that the military spending dispute between the two sides had officially begun.
So when Hao Bainian finished speaking, he stood up and reported again, and this time, he was not talking about Liaodong, or even the security of the home coast, nor was he talking about pirates, he was talking about Nanyang or Nanyang. There are Portuguese people!