Goguryeo, the country that historically caused the dynasty of the Central Plains to suffer great losses, finally perished. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xia Hongsheng looked at the ruins of the palace in front of him and sighed in his heart.

One step ahead, Li Shimin stood silently on the ruins of the Goguryeo Imperial Palace, on the remnants of the high platform, looking at the city of Pyongyang.

His face was solemn and calm, and he didn't know what to think about anymore.

It's just a military uniform, and the long cloak behind him is swept up by the wind, which has the meaning of "I am standing, in the cold wind, with the sword in my hand, asking who is the hero in the world".

After thinking about it, I felt that this sentence was full of spirit but tragedy, which seemed a little sad. There should be a kind of "ask the vast earth, who is the master of the ups and downs" like a magnificent and confident emotion.

Xia Hongshengwu had his own thoughts, and for a while his mind traveled through time and space, remembering the original history and the current reality. I felt even more emotional.

In the original history, the war of the Sui and Tang dynasties against Goguryeo has always been criticized for "not caring for the people's strength and going on an expedition with labor", and even the infamy of "feudal military imperialism's aggressive behavior".

But is that really the case?

Turning over the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the battle of Goguryeo occupied an important position in the political life of the whole country at that time, since the beginning of Emperor Wen of Sui, China has taken the conquest of Goguryeo as a long-term strategic task of the country to carry out unremittingly, although it has faced many failures, although it may lead to the destruction of the country, but after four generations of emperors, and even the world chaos of the change of dynasties in the middle, generation after generation of Sui and Tang political elites have never given up a strategic goal: to eliminate Goguryeo.

The Sui actually died indirectly in the battle against Goguryeo. And the world of the Tang Dynasty was defeated by Taizong Shimin, as a generation of Ming monarchs, he knew the reasons for the death of Sui. After Taizong succeeded to the throne, he accepted the lessons of the Sui Dynasty, acted cautiously everywhere, and never made a big mistake in his life, and there was a rare scene of peace in the world. But only in the matter of the conquest of Goguryeo, the wise Tang Taizong was the same as the tyrant Yang Guang.

Even Gojong, who has a somewhat timid personality, is extremely tough on the conquest of Goguryeo and vows to destroy Goguryeo.

In fact, through this battle, Xia Hongsheng already knows the answer.

Around the Tang Dynasty, in addition to those small countries in the Western Regions that can now be left alone, Linyi and Wa are two of the territories that have been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Goguryeo, on the other hand, was completely different from these two countries.

Thanks to the Central Plains Dynasty, Goguryeo was already a feudal and highly centralized state. But from this point, it is far more than the Wa Kingdom, Linyi, and even the Turks who have been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty.

Goguryeo's political system, class nature, and various regulations were basically the same as those of the Central Plains Dynasty. In this day and age, this is already very advanced.

Among the countries around the Tang Dynasty, only Goguryeo had the same precedent as the Tang Dynasty. It also means that he will be the biggest threat to Datang.

The Turks had become stronger, so the Tang Dynasty had to start exterminating the Turks first. Otherwise, Goguryeo should be the first country to be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. If Goguryeo is allowed to encroach on the northern land step by step and expand his kingdom, then the Goguryeo that grows up will be no less than the dynasty of the Central Plains. A country with the same regulation, culture, and class characteristics as the Central Plains Dynasty, if it has land and population comparable to the Central Plains Dynasty, then how big the threat to the Central Plains Dynasty will be!

Goguryeo in the sixth and seventh centuries was to the Sui and Tang dynasties, just as Carthage was to Rome in the first three centuries, and the Manchu Qing dynasty was to the Ming Dynasty in the seventeenth century.

Luckily!

Xia Hongsheng took a deep breath and slowly spit it out.

This one slowly inhaled and exhaled, and was also heard by Li Shimin.

"Why does the virtuous son-in-law sigh for a long time?" Li Shimin didn't look back, just asked.

"The son-in-law is very fortunate in his heart." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "Goguryeo is gone, and on the side of the couch of the Tang Dynasty, there is finally no one who can pose a threat anymore." As long as you run Liaodong, you will be dispatched to occupy the land of Sakhalin, and the coastline in the east will be under the control of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Sakhalin, which later became Sakhalin. At this time, it is also called the cave theory, and because it is controlled by the black water art, and the black water water artery calls it the library page, so the Tang Dynasty is often called the library page.

"Virtuous son-in-law is talking about the Ghost Country?" Li Shimin turned around and asked.

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Where the Wandering Ghost Country is located, it is a natural harbor, and it will not freeze even in the cold winter. There are countless fertile black soil like Liaodong around, which is worthy of being based on the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin nodded, paused, and asked again: "Liaodong's business is not as good as that of Waguo and Linyi. The Wa Kingdom and Linyi are barbarians and indoctrinate, while the people of Goguryeo and Baekje have been educated a lot by our Central Plains, but they may not be easy to assimilate. Now that Goguryeo is destroyed, it is expected that Baekje will not last long. At that time, I will leave Liaodong, and the virtuous son-in-law thinks that who can take on the important task of managing Liaodong? ”

"This ......" Xia Hongsheng didn't expect Li Shimin to ask him who to let stay in Liaodong to operate, so he was stunned.

After thinking about it for a while, there was no suitable candidate for a while.

War is for conquest. But war is not just conquest.

The purpose of war is definitely not to win.

Stabilize the situation, consolidate achievements, reassure the people, and restore order...... There are too many follow-up things, and as for taking possession of its land, assimilating its people, making them a people of a country, with a people's heart, this is a very complicated and difficult matter.

It's one thing to win a war, it's another thing to conquer this place, it's another thing to own this land.

In Goguryeo, there are many different places in the Wa Kingdom and in Linyi. These differences led to the post-war assimilation of Goguryeo to be much more difficult than that of the Wa Kingdom and Linyi.

Both the Wa Kingdom and the Linyi Kingdom are very backward countries. This backwardness was reflected in the fact that when the Japanese were conquered, the Japanese were still slave countries, and the forests were not as good as the Japanese countries. Therefore, the people there already have resistance and resistance to their own rulers in their hearts, and they also dare not express their resistance and hatred, and there is not much concept of a state. And Datang only needs to give these ordinary people some of the meager rights and status that the Datang people already have, which is enough to make them grateful and enough to win their popular hearts.

And Goguryeo is different.

Goguryeo is already a centralized feudal state, and the status of the people in the country is almost the same as that of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

As a result, there is more of a sense of national and national belonging.

If the Tang Dynasty wants to really win the hearts of the people here, it takes much more effort than in the Wa Kingdom and Linyi.

And in such a situation, who should preside over the overall situation in order to effectively manage Liaodong for the Tang Dynasty is indeed a headache.