Chapter 165: Asking for help from the Chrysanthemum Country
Under the left and right ministers, there are big and small ministers, left judges, and right judges. The left official is in charge of the four provinces of central affairs (management of history and astronomy), Shibu (appointment and dismissal of officials), Zhibu (management of noble marriages and foreign affairs), and Ministry of Civil Affairs (management of household registration and civil affairs).
The right official is in charge of the four provinces of the Military Department (in charge of soldiers and the army), the Criminal Department (in charge of justice and punishment), the Great Treasury (in charge of finance, profits and taxes), and the palace (in charge of official fields and government-run handicrafts).
This is very similar to the Tang Dynasty's Shangshu Province, which had six departments, including officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers. Danzhengtai, the main supervision, is located in each county, which is equivalent to the imperial history platform of the Tang Dynasty, supervising officials at all levels.
The local state, county, and county are also set up with reference to the three levels of province, prefecture (prefecture), and county during the time of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and are respectively under the control of the state department, the county department, and the governor.
3. The domains and subjects of the royal family and nobility shall be abolished, and all shall be nationalized and shall be turned into commons and citizens. The corresponding economic measure was to imitate the uniform field system implemented in the early Tang Dynasty and implement the "Bantian Acceptance Law".
Men over the age of six are given two sections of land, two-thirds for women, and one-third for private slaves and maidservants, and return to the public after death.
The rent of the people of the field is borne by the people, just like the rent of the Tang Dynasty: the rent is two bundles and two handfuls per section, and the rent is ten days per person per year, and the rent is adjusted to pay one zhang and two feet of cloth for each household.
Fourth, the funeral system was reformed, the royal family and nobles were prohibited from building large mausoleums, and there were strict regulations on funeral goods.
In 646 A.D., the second year of Daihua, Emperor Kotoku set up a cabinet to accept the people's submissions.
Envoys from Goguryeo, Baekje, Renna, and Silla visited Japan.
Emperor Kotoku issued an edict to admonish the Eastern State Division. Emperor Kotoku summoned an envoy to the Eastern Kingdom, reproached the Ministry of Kuo's misadministration, and issued an edict. The eldest brother of the middle brother offered his own private property and tuncang to Emperor Kotoku.
Emperor Kotoku registered the custody of horses on the road to the capital and forbade misconduct.
Give the rulers of the market, and the keepers of important roads to the fields, and stop the collection of dovers. Emperor Kotoku abolished the Ministry of Goods, abolished the old posts and established 100 officials, and announced a system for the promotion of official positions.
Emperor Kotoku exempted Renna, who had only symbolic meanings. A large number of attachés were sent to visit Datang with the Tang envoys.
Emperor Xiaode comprehensively studied the Tang Dynasty and achieved very good results, and all aspects of the Chrysanthemum Country have also undergone great changes, and great progress has been made, the comprehensive national strength has been further improved, and power has been concentrated to the center.
Goguryeo and Silla, the three kingdoms of Baekje, not only paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, but also had to curry favor with the Chrysanthemum Kingdom because they were afraid that the Chrysanthemum Kingdom would favor a certain country, and took the initiative to call the Chrysanthemum Kingdom a tribute.
Baekje and Silla often had conflicts, and the Tang Dynasty always favored Silla, because Silla and the Datang had no conflict of interests, and the places under their jurisdiction were not connected, so there were no territorial disputes.
And in every conflict, the Chrysanthemum Kingdom will fall to the Baekje Kingdom, and the reason is the same as that of the Tang Dynasty.
Because of the separation of a Silla, Baekje and the Chrysanthemum Kingdom did not have any conflicts of interest, and their territories were not connected, let alone territorial disputes.
This is also one of the reasons why Silla is willing to sell Tamna Island to Datang.
With Datang as a buffer, what kind of conflict did you have with Baekje from then on? Baekje has the help of the Chrysanthemum Kingdom, and he can also rely on the Tang army on Tamna Island, wouldn't it be much safer?
When the Tang Emperor personally conquered Goguryeo, he encountered the internal strife of the Chrysanthemum Kingdom, and at the height of the heat, Emperor Hyodeok had just passed the change and ascended to the throne of the emperor.
At this time, the contradictions within the Chrysanthemum Country, Emperor Xiaode can't be busy, where is the energy? Take care of these things.
At that time, Baekje sent people to the Chrysanthemum Country, wanting to ask for help from the Chrysanthemum Country, but in the end he could only leave disappointed.
Now, although Baekje didn't suffer much in this battle, the thirteen cities that were captured from Silla last time were actually taken away by Silla, and Baekje felt as if he had suffered a big loss.
Therefore, Baekje sent envoys to the Chrysanthemum Country this time, one is to pay tribute and gifts, and the other is to purchase some grain from the Chrysanthemum Country, there is not enough food, and the next year of Baekje will not be good! I'm afraid I'll run out of food and seeds by then.
The third is to complain to the suzerainty of the Chrysanthemum Kingdom and ask for military support, and it is best to let the Chrysanthemum Kingdom destroy Silla.
Goguryeo is also short of food, although it is closer to buy grain from Liaodong, but Goguryeo hates the Tang Dynasty very much, and is even more resentful of the Tang Liaodong Jiedu envoy who occupied Liaodong, so the first thing that comes to mind is to go to the Chrysanthemum Country to ask for help and buy grain back.
Fortunately, in this war, the two countries did not gain any benefits, at least from the hands of Silla, not only grabbed a large amount of grain, but also gained a lot of gold and silver treasures.
But gold and silver treasures alone are of no use, and gold and silver treasures cannot be eaten.
As long as the Chrysanthemum Country can come up with grain and sell it to them, they still don't care about money.
However, although the Chrysanthemum Country is not small, under the rule of Emperor Kotoku, power is gradually returned to the central government.
But the effect did not show itself so quickly.
And there are still many small princes and states, and they don't pay attention to the power of Emperor Kotoku, and they still go their own way.
Under the Chrysanthemum Country, there are hundreds or thousands of small princes, and they often fight with each other in order to compete for resources and territory.
Don't think it's a joke, in the country of chrysanthemums, even a larger village dares to call itself a vassal state.
In this way, although the territory of the Chrysanthemum Country is not small and there is a lot of land, most of it has been abandoned.
In this way, the grain produced is only enough for the people of their own country, and even if there is some surplus, it is only in small quantities, and it is definitely not enough to feed the population of Goguryeo and Baekje.
Although Goguryeo and Baekje were allies, and Baekje could actually be regarded as a vassal state of Goguryeo in name.
However, in the competition for the purchase of that little bit of grain, the two sides did not give in to each other and competed to increase the price.
Of course, Emperor Kotoku was very happy, but in order to promote the reform, he urgently needed to spend a lot of financial resources, and he was worried that the money had no source, and he did not know where to go to make a fortune.
Goguryeo and Baekje brought a large amount of gold and silver treasures to the door.
In order to meet the food needs of the two countries as much as possible, Emperor Kotoku ordered that the daily food consumption of the entire chrysanthemum country be reduced by one-third on the basis of the original normal.
In addition, he ordered the ministers on the left and right to make every effort to buy surplus grain from the hands of the people, and it did not matter if the price was higher than before.
Anyway, the gold and silver brought by Goguryeo and Baekje, the Chrysanthemum Kingdom will never let them bring it back again.
Speaking of the fact that the Tamna Kingdom was actually occupied by the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, and it was bought from Silla by the Tang Dynasty in exchange for grain, Emperor Hyodeok was also very distracted.
Emperor Xiaode imitated the Tang Dynasty, of course, he also had great ambitions, and wanted to lead the Chrysanthemum Country to the road of enriching the country and strengthening the army.
In his opinion, Silla and Tamna are both his subject countries, and they are at his doorstep, how can Silla sell Tamla to the Tang Dynasty? And who gave Silla this power.
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