Chapter 758: The Calm Before the Storm

The Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers had already discussed the development of various countries after the incorporation of various countries in the Chang'an Imperial Palace, but at this time, the Goguryeo people, who were still unaware, were caught in a lot of discussions because of a notice from the imperial court.

"Did you hear that? Datang came a few times at this moment, and stole into the palace to rob the princess. ”

"Hey, man, you don't really believe this lie, do you?

This is obviously the imperial court wants to recruit soldiers and wants to go crazy, and deceive us with such a levelless lie, after all, no one wants to be a soldier.

I don't believe in this, besides, what does it matter to us whether the princess in the palace lives or dies? At that time, I might as well think about how to make money by dumping some mountain goods. ”

Two passers-by just tore it up on the street.

All around were passers-by, and after a while, a group of people participated in the discussion of this matter.

"A distant cousin of mine was on an errand in the royal palace, and I heard that he saw it with his own eyes, and it was true." One shouted excitedly.

"Yes, yes, the official text will not deceive people, it is our Ruyi princess of Goguryeo."

"Phew, what Princess Ruyi? I've never heard of it, besides, there are a large group of princesses on the king, one less is a lot, what's the matter?

I want Lao Tzu to be a soldier, but there is no door, and my three children are still pointing at me to feed, I don't want to die on the battlefield. The man from before insisted with a red face.

"Yes, yes, that's right, the government will only exploit us when they collect grain, and now they want us to send people to death when we are disgraced? There are no doors, and we will never go to be soldiers, so can we fight Datang? A few years ago, the 100,000-strong army of General Yizhi Wende was wiped out, and none of them survived, and my brother was captured by the strong men before he was sent to death. Someone chimed in.

Another person stood up and said, "You don't know, it's not just a few years ago that I have relatives who served in the army.

I heard that a few months ago, the imperial court and several other countries organized an army of 500,000 to attack the Tang Dynasty, and they were all killed, and the casualties were all from our side, and they couldn't win at all, maybe they robbed the princess to take revenge. ”

"Oh, no wonder they said that the grain tax would rise this year, and they were also leviing conscription near the royal city, it turned out that there was a war, but why didn't we know anything? Why is the court hiding it from us? "Many people suddenly realized.

There was a witty mockery, "Let you know? Let you know what's the use? Can you decide not to fight? You're going back to join the army to help? It's a gift if you don't catch you, and you still want to participate in national affairs. ”

"Why doesn't it have anything to do with us? Now that they are coming to retaliate, they will not have to fight again, and if they can't fight at that time, they will definitely have to pay for and contribute, and I don't have any surplus food at home to hand them in. The man argued.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but think deeply, this is really the case, so a new round of arguments started again, and at this time, it seemed that no one really cared about whether the princess was a princess or not.

I wanted to arouse the hatred of the people in China against the Tang Dynasty with a piece of paper, but the effect seemed unexpected, as can be seen from the anger of Lu Yuan Gai Suwen at this time.

"Damn, a group of useless untouchables, the heart of Goguryeo in the Central Plains Kingdom has not died for decades, and countless wars have been caused by large and small wars, and we are mortal enemies, which family has not killed or injured their relatives because of them? How did they all become shrunken turtles at this time? Have you forgotten the blood feud? ”

An attendant behind him pursed his lips in his heart, and secretly said that he deserved it, it is true that the Tang Dynasty fought and killed people, but how did the army of Goguryeo come about, it seems that it was not caused by the Tang Dynasty, it was you who forcibly arrested the strong men, you forced the people to die, so the people did not put the accounts on the heads of the Tang Dynasty, if it were not for the disaster of the people in the imperial court, could Lao Tzu be reduced to the deep palace as an internal servant?

Obviously, this is a poor background, and in order to survive, he had to enter the palace to serve the powerful, but even so, he did not forget where he came from.

"Big to Lu, in fact, there is no need to be so angry, although the effect of large-scale conscription is not good, but after all, there are still 350,000 people who are bloody, and those who are determined to serve the country and join the army, the soldiers are not expensive, besides, the last general thinks that in the face of the thunder of the Tang Dynasty, it seems that the number of people is not the point, and even a group of timid people may lower our morale, so don't do it."

An insightful military general stood up and persuaded him.

Yuan Gai Suwen was still angry, pondered for a moment, and snorted: "What you said is not unreasonable.

However, this group of Diao people do not remember the emperor's favor and do not think of serving the country, and this crime must not go unpunished.

The autumn harvest is coming soon, and this year's grain tax will be increased by 20%.

In addition, for the thunder of the Tang Dynasty, hum, the secret weapon obtained from the Western Turks should be used, send people to increase the production of cement, since they want to attack the city, then before the autumn harvest, all our cities will be replaced with copper walls and iron walls.

Don't care about the cost of labor, the people don't want to fight and have to be willing to pay, and if the manpower is not enough, they will be conscripted, a group of untouchables, the country does not exist, and there is no point in protecting them. ”

This......

When the military general heard this, his heart was awe-inspiring, this order seems to be a bit brutal, and if the grain tax is levied at 20%, I am afraid that the people will be miserable, and what if it causes internal riots?

But looking at the madness on the face of the big pair of Lu, he didn't dare to persuade more, it wasn't for the great general Yizhi Wude, and basically no one in the court dared to contradict the big pair of Lu.

"That damn Du Ruhui, since our people don't know and don't believe in this matter, and if this matter is passed on to Datang, I don't believe that the people of Datang can tolerate a person who robs women and children as the prime minister."

"Order!" Compared with state affairs, a rumor is not enough, the general immediately responded, he also knew that the eldest brother of Lu was brutally killed, but he couldn't kill him in person to take revenge, so he could only let go of the rumor.

But even this one seems to be in vain, and their own public opinion in Goguryeo can't be controlled, so how can they talk about the Tang Dynasty?

Half of the public opinion of the Tang Dynasty is in the imperial court, half is in the people, of which the folk are in charge of Bai Fan, after all, although the beggar gang is adapted, it is a change of appearance to hide the people in the people, as long as Bai Fan gives an order, millions of people drown a rumor is not the same as playing?

In addition, Gao Ruyi, the Goguryeo princess in Chang'an City, personally came out to refute the rumors, and in Chang'an City, she married the new Pyongyang Hou Dugou as his wife under the witness of the people, where is there a half-cent captivity?

As for how Du Gou explained his title, as well as the trivial matters of the Tang Dynasty winning Goguryeo in the future, it is the private matter of the young couple, with the image of Li Yuanba, who kills people if he disagrees, it is not a problem for Du Gou to fool a little girl who has just fallen in love.

It seemed to be the calm before the storm, although the two faced each other at the border, but just looked at each other, and in less than a few months, they entered the autumn harvest, and it was a calm autumn harvest, without even a trace of friction, as if both countries were busy harvesting the fruits of autumn.

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