Chapter 247: Garrison Silla

While waiting for Kim Baek-jeong, the king of Silla, to come to the military camp from Jincheng, Li Yuanjing also had some understanding of what happened in Datang during this time.

His real estate plan has already begun, and the progress is not fast, but it is not slow, according to his planning and design, plus the time of sealing the soil in winter, it will take about two to three years to complete the whole project.

In addition, the imperial court is very keen on currency reform, and there are many reasons for this, one is that the copper money in the Tang Dynasty reserve is not enough, and it will only become more and more tense in the future, so various reform methods have now been listed on the desk, including the two tax laws in the later period, although the time is still a long time, but Li Shimin has this idea now.

But compared to the two tax laws, monetary reform is clearly the best way to solve the problem directly.

When he heard that there were a large number of gold and silver mines on the peninsula, Li Shimin was moved, although it was a little unpleasant for the Celestial Empire to rob other people's mines like this, but through Li Yuanjing's operation, the form changed from robbery to cooperation.

So Fang Xuanling and Hou Junji went on an expedition with an army of 10,000 together, of course, these 10,000 people are just the vanguard, and after they gain a foothold here, there will be 40,000 people to join in the later stage.

The imperial court's plan was to garrison 50,000 troops in Silla, of which 30,000 would be used for normal military defense and 20,000 for guarding various gold and silver mines.

And Hou Junji was the Tang general selected by Li Shimin to be stationed in Silla, responsible for commanding the entire Silla defense affairs.

When King Kim Baek-jeong of Silla came to the barracks again, he regretted it.

The last time I was under house arrest, I still remember it vividly, but I didn't expect that now the barracks are even larger, and the number of Tang troops is also larger.

But it's still that sentence, whether to come or not, it's up to him.

"What kind of disarmament" Jin Baijing looked at Fang Xuanling with a pale face, and couldn't believe this result for a long time.

If a country does not have its own army, what is the difference between it and slaves?

He had considered that the Tang Dynasty might garrison Silla and seek some benefits in the form of a garrison, and at the same time fulfill their promises, after all, with the Tang army there, Goguryeo would not dare to act as wantonly as before.

Of course, Silla could not act arbitrarily either, and the Tang Army was a deterrent to the other two countries, and it was also a deterrent to Silla.

"Isn't this your request" Fang Xuanling looked at Jin Baijing and responded calmly.

"Xiao Wang...... Xiao Wang ...... "Jin Bai is sweating profusely, when did he have this request."

'Bang ......'

Li Yuanjing directly took a fine porcelain teacup and threw it towards Jin Baijing, but the accuracy was a little poor, and the teacup fell to pieces one step in front of Jin Baijing.

"Your ability is quite great, why didn't this king find out that your connections are so extensive," Li Yuanjing looked at Jin Baijing with an unkind face.

"Your Highness...... Xiao Wang...... Xiao Wang really didn't mean that......" Jin Baijing hurriedly explained, he was also frightened at first, and then the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he wanted to regret it, but he didn't dare, but Cheng Chuliang had already left.

Now seeing that Fang Xuanling was here in person and came with a large army, Jin Baijing's heart was even more panicked.

But on the contrary, all this was done secretly while currying favor with King Zhao, so in fact, Jin Baijing had no choice, there was only one way in front of him, obey the arrangement of the imperial court, and let the imperial court suppress the anger of King Zhao, otherwise, he could only offend the imperial court and King Zhao at the same time.

"So what do you mean, that's good! That's good! I even knew that the emperor had intervened by using gold, silver and copper mines to trade with the imperial court," Li Yuanjing smiled coldly.

Although the tone was not too harsh, after saying this, Jin Baijing was completely afraid.

"King of Silla! I don't know if you have survived a sentence" Li Yuanjing looked at Jin Baijing with a smile and said: "There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves!" This king will see how long you can defend against it! ”

"Your Highness, just enough, Silla is the Tang Dynasty, and it is currently ranked first among all the kingdoms in the eyes of Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty loves you so much, you can't help but mess around in this matter!" Fang Xuanling just stood up and warned, secretly praising in his heart, he didn't expect Li Yuanjing's acting skills to be so good, he almost thought it was true.

If it weren't for Li Yuanjing explaining the details to him a few days ago, Fang Xuanling himself didn't know that the whole thing was actually not discussed, and he didn't even talk about it, the so-called garrison, the so-called exchange, was completely made up by King Zhao himself.

And the rabbit cub of the Cheng family also made a lot of efforts in this matter, and almost all the members of the mission worked together to make up a trap, so that the king of Silla fell in with a white eye, and now it can be said that he is in a dilemma.

However, there is no way to be embarrassed, 10,000 troops are not surprising, and it is not enough to destroy Silla, but the Tang Dynasty can send 10,000 troops to send 100,000 troops, although the Tang army here can't attack too far away, but in the same way, the Silla army can't attack either, hold this barracks, and the Tang army behind will continue to come.

"Fang Xiang, can you keep some Xiao Wang is also a king......" Jin Baijing cried and prayed to Fang Xuanling with a sad face, the matter has come to this, what else can he do

When Tang Jun didn't come, he dared to be tough, but now that Tang Jun is here, he is in Silla, what kind of toughness does he have

The soldiers of the Tang Army also need to solve their personal physiological problems, Jin Baijing waited for them to be alone, and secretly arranged it, and then the three ordinary Silla soldiers couldn't hold down a Tang Army, and the King of Silla was completely cowardly after this incident.

"The king of Silla may have a slight misunderstanding of the will of the imperial court, disarmament, it does not mean that the king of Silla does not have any power in his hands, in fact, on the contrary, the power in your hands is greater than before." Fang Xuanling smiled, looking at King Silla who was older than him like a kind father.

"Silla and Datang belong to the suzerain, and the Datang, as the suzerain, will naturally not make any unequal transactions with the sub-country, let alone force the sub-country to do what it is unwilling to do.

The imperial court planned to garrison 50,000 troops in Silla, of which 30,000 were stationed in the border areas of Goguryeo and Baekje, responsible for taking over the defense of the current Silla border army, 15,000 people were scattered in various mines, and the remaining 5,000 people were stationed in Geumseong, of which 1,000 were stationed inside the city and 4,000 were stationed outside the city.

On weekdays, they are not responsible for patrolling and other tasks, if you think that someone is unfavorable to Silla, you can directly mobilize these 5,000 soldiers with the Tiger Talisman!

That is to say, under the premise of peace, the Tang army stationed at the border, except for the normal change of guards, they will not leave the border barracks, and the Tang army stationed in the mine will not leave the mine except for escorting the minerals into the port, and the Tang army in Jincheng is to protect you, and these 5,000 people are not under the jurisdiction of the Tang general in Silla.

The price of the 50,000 garrison is the minerals in Silla, but His Majesty also took into account the situation in Silla, so 20% of all the minerals were owned by Silla, and the mining and all expenses were the responsibility of Datang. ”

With Fang Xuanling's explanation, Jin Baijing slowly understood the meaning of the garrison, if this is the case, it is actually not bad, although it is a little suspected of losing power and humiliating the country, but in fact, the impact is not too big.

"In other words, in addition to these areas, there is still a need for the defense of the Silla army," Jin Baijing cautiously probed, and the 50,000 Tang army could not protect the entire territory of Silla.

Of course, having said that, in fact, 5,000 Tang troops stationed in Jincheng can keep the whole of Silla safe, which is the deterrence of the Tang Dynasty to the countries of the peninsula.

"That's what it means, but if Silla still maintains the army, if other countries are looking for trouble in the future, the Tang army will have some trouble dealing with it, so the size of the Silla army must be reduced, and it can no longer bear the name of the army, just in the name of the patrol battalion, each county will establish a patrol police battalion, with three hundred people, three state capitals, each with four hundred people, and ten Jincheng, each with five hundred people......" Fang Xuanling paused when he said this.

This is tantamount to directly compressing the Silla army into a city defense force, and the number of people is only enough for normal patrols, except for Jinseong, other state capitals and county towns have no mobility at all.

However, this is also the situation that Datang wants, and Fang Xuanling also feels that this condition is a bit excessive, so he decided to give some benefits to King Silla.

"The old man will play Your Majesty, and regularly send the elite of the Tang Army into the patrol battalion to train these patrol police, in addition, all the equipment of the patrol police, Datang will provide it uniformly, and the type may not be complete, but the old man can guarantee that it is definitely the standard equipment of the Tang Army in active service."

Jin Baijing secretly calculated with a sad face......

It's a fart, a weak country has no diplomacy, and although Silla is stronger than Baekje, there is no difference between the two in front of the Tang Dynasty.

Now he also realizes that this may be a pit dug for him by the Tang Dynasty, if he can't see it at this time, this Silla king will be in vain for so many years.

But when he saw it, he still said the same sentence, a weak country has no diplomacy, and Jin Baijing has no choice in front of the powerful Tang Army.

The Tang Dynasty was targeting his Silla, and no matter what he did, the other party would find an excuse.

But the good thing is that the current Tang Dynasty shows that it is interested in the gold, silver and copper mines here, although it is not very reluctant, but the Tang Dynasty still left him 20%.

Now that the matter has come to this, Jin Baijing's mind has gradually become active.

"Xiao Wang has only one request, if Fang Xiang can agree to this request, Xiao Wang will agree to Fang Xiang!" Jin Baijing, who had already made a decision, looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Tell me about it!" Fang Xuanling still said calmly.

"The imperial court wants to train an army of 10,000 people for Xiao Wang, and the combat effectiveness and equipment can be comparable to the Tang army!"

"10,000 is too many, you can't control it, go back and select 2,000 suitable people to send to Datang......"