"Pyongyang?" Li Ye was stunned, "Isn't Pyongyang the big city of Silla?" I'm afraid it's not realistic to be stationed here. ”

As for Pyongyang, Li Ye only knew that this was the big city of the peninsula in the later generations, and it was also the original station of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

As soon as Li Zhen heard Li Ye's words, he knew that the saint might not know much about Pyongyang, so he hurriedly saluted and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Pyongyang used to be the capital of Goguryeo, and in the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it became the residence of the Andong Protectorate of my Tang Dynasty, and later Silla occupied it when my Tang Dynasty was weak.

But Pyongyang is not the Great City of Silla. ”

"Why? How could such an important city not be the Great City of Silla? Li Ye was puzzled.

"Back to Your Majesty, because when I was at war with Silla in the Tang Dynasty, there were often wars in Pyongyang as the front line. Later, it was incorporated into the land of Silla, but after years of war, Pyongyang was abandoned.

Far from the core of Silla, the northern part of Silla is now very chaotic, with large and small rebel forces such as Yanggi and Gong descendants, but no one cares about Pyongyang.

Rebuilding Pyongyang will not be an easy task for these rebel forces. Pyongyang's foundations exist, but they are thorny, and it is only through the migration of large numbers of people that the city can return to its original prosperity.

The minister's suggestion was to enter Pyongyang in the name of mining and other things, and with the awe of the various forces in Silla for our Datang, no one would stop him; Or support a relatively weak Silla rebel army to capture this place, and then declare it to belong to the Tang Dynasty when the time is right.

At that time, the wood was already in the boat, and even if the Silla forces were dissatisfied, there was nothing to be done. In addition to explaining the reason, Li Zhen also gave two suggestions.

Judging from Li Ye's reaction, it is not bad.

"Li Jian!"

Li Jian hurriedly stood up and saluted, "The minister is here." ”

"This matter is left to you Jinyiwei, no matter what the method, as long as within two years, part of Pyongyang's popularity will be restored, and then the city will be repaired to make it suitable for the army to be stationed." Li Ye commanded.

Li Jian hesitated for a while, "Your Majesty, this may require a certain amount of money and food from the household department, and it also needs the assistance of the Denglai Water Master."

There were many pirates in the western waters of Silla, and those local heroes were also part-time pirates, and the ministers were worried that they would not be able to fulfill His Majesty's will by relying on the strength of the Jinyi Guards alone. ”

"On the Qian Liang side, I will say a word to the household department, and I will also ask Li Rang to assist you.

He is in charge of liaising with the various forces in northern Silla, and there should be a way. Li Ye said.

"Your Majesty, is it true that the current attention of the imperial court is still on the Western Regions?" Li Sizhou asked.

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Sizhou still has the right to know.

"Naturally, it's still on the Western Regions, but there's still the Pingnan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Duan Baolong's escape is a scourge after all, and there are still many old lands in Nanzhao that have not been taken.

Since the Pingnan Metropolitan Governor's Office manages Nanzhao, it has to take over everything in Nanzhao.

As for Silla? Let's let them fight for a few years, and then say, the Silla royal family has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

Although the other rebels were strong, the battle was still not fierce enough, and let them fight for a few more years. After there are no major events in other directions of the imperial court, come and clean up Silla. ”

Out of some personal emotions in it, Li Ye doesn't like the capricious Silla.

"Your Majesty, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, because of the establishment of Longyou Dao, the troops are a little stretched.

If the next battle against the Western Uighurs is to come, I am afraid that some of the troops will be insufficient. Li Sizhou worried.

"There's no hurry. With the addition of Khotan, the problem of insufficient troops in the Anxi metropolitan protectorate can be alleviated.

And if you really need more troops, you can also draw them from Longyou Dao.

In addition, the shortage of soldiers in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate must also be replenished in a timely manner. ”

Li Ye did not plan to increase the strength of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate too much, at present, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has two full-fledged forbidden armies, which is 50,000 people, plus the border armies of the prefectures, and the soldiers and horses of the Khotan and Zhongyun Departments, it is still possible to gather more than 100,000 troops.

Although he trusts Liu Kui, he still has to be on guard.

Moreover, with the current situation in the Western Regions, an army of about 100,000 is enough to deal with it, and he also asked the military department to replenish the shortage of soldiers in time.

Although the strength of the Western Uighurs was not exhausted, the loss of the tens of thousands of troops before was enough for the Western Uighurs to drink a pot, and there were definitely some injuries.

"Obey the order!" Li Sizhou replied.

"By the way, there is a matter, Shi Ling is rumored that Wang Shimiao, the general of the Mingzhou Water Division, came to Chang'an."

Seeing Japan next to Silla, Li Ye remembered something.

In Li Ye's monetary conception, gold and silver are very important.

The production of gold and silver in Datang is not high, but the production of Silla and Japan is high.

Especially the latter.

Sado gold, Iwami silver and Besko copper.

In particular, Iwami silver, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Iwami's silver mine production accounted for one-third of the entire world at that time.

He knew that Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and other countries in later generations had high silver reserves, but they were too far away, and the nearest ones were Silla and Japan.

If he wants to realize his monetary policy, there must be enough gold and silver to support it.

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"Father, He Dong agreed to sell more weapons, 1,000 pairs of iron armor, 10,000 pairs of leather armor, 5,000 spears, 5,000 horizontal knives, 10,000 ordinary war knives, plus 2,000 war horses."

"How is it different from what we planned? So much less? Jin Yao was a little puzzled.

"He Dong only agreed to sell so much, but there are additional conditions." Park Jinghui hesitated.

"On what terms?"

"He wants a royal girl!"

"A royal daughter?" Jin Yu frowned and said, although he had planned to do so before, but he always felt a little inappropriate to really send out the women of his clan as goods.

"Father, He Dong promises to help us say good things in front of the Tang Emperor and change the Tang Emperor's opinion of us Silla." Jin Yu explained.

"Really?" Jin Yu was a little excited, and hurriedly grabbed Park Jinghui's hand.

"Really!"

"And how much do these weapons cost?"

"To exchange it for Datang's currency, it takes 850,000 yuan." Park Jinghui hesitated for a moment and said, then looked weakly at Jin Yu in front of him.

"850,000? So much? Kim Yu was also frightened by this number, "How can we Silla come up with so much money?" ”

"He Dong said that the insufficient part can be mortgaged with cloth and mines."

"That's too much!" Jin Yu frowned.

"Father, we can think so. With these weapons, we will be able to assemble a strong army, which will put down local rebellions.

As long as the rebellion is quelled, the taxes will be collected. This is a bit much for a short time, but considering the future, Erchen thinks it is acceptable.

After all, it is not from the royal family, but from the treasury, and it also supports bartering, so we can't actually contribute much. Thinking of the benefits of the cooperation, Park Jinghui wanted to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction.

He doesn't have to pay a penny anyway.

"That..." Jin Yu hesitated for a moment, "Then so be it." ”

After saying that, Jin Yao walked back to the throne and sat down, as if he had made a difficult decision.

"Father, what about the royal girl?"

"Just find two young and beautiful royal daughters from the real bones, and when He Dong leaves, go with him in the name of sending them to Datang to study."