Chapter 110: Li Shimin's thoughts

The nobles of Goguryeo did not know that the Tang Dynasty was ready to reduce them to slavery to death, and they thought that since the Tang Dynasty had captured them, they would definitely treat them very favorably after offering the prisoners to Taimiao, after all, their influence in Goguryeo was still very large, and the Tang Dynasty wanted to maintain the stability of the Goguryeo region, and their support was indispensable.

What's more, there is a precedent for this matter before, whether it is Turkic or Gaochang, or Tuyuhun and Tubo, etc., etc., but all the countries defeated by the Tang Dynasty, their nobles have been given preferential treatment by the Tang Dynasty, except for those who die by themselves, and those who are honest and obedient to the people have a good end, although there is no freedom, but the safety of life is at least guaranteed, and they will be canonized by the Tang Dynasty, and they can still enjoy glory and wealth.

However, they would never have thought that long before Li Shimin captured them, they had already decided where they would go - that is, like the king of Nanyang, they would all be thrown into the subordinate division and let them work until death.

After learning about Li Shimin's thoughts, Li Zhen actually persuaded him, because Goguryeo is different from the Nanyang countries, and because of the particularity of the environment, the Nanyang countries have really rotted to the bones, from the princes and nobles to the Li people, they have basically become lazy. If such a person is merged into Datang, not only will it not promote the development of Datang, but it will also become a burden to Datang.

What's more, the law of the jungle dooms them to be a group of white-eyed wolves who can't be fed, the more you treat them, the harder they will bite you in the future, for the sake of the future, simply remove this tumor directly from the root.

Goguryeo was founded in 37 BC, and the Buyeo prince Jumong fled from Buyeo to establish Buyeo (that is, Goguryeo) due to discord with other princes.

Where is Zumoto Buyeo?

The main body of this place is actually the four counties of Lelang in the Han Dynasty, but later the Han Dynasty weakened and lost control of this place, so Zhu Meng seized the opportunity to occupy this place and establish a country.

Therefore, Goguryeo is actually a secessionist regime that has been outside the Central Plains Dynasty, and its main people are still Han Chinese, just like Gaochang during the Tang Dynasty, the difference is that Goguryeo is a country established by the Han people, while Goguryeo is a country established by the Han people, but it is just a different name (Goguryeo, in fact, it is the Han nationality) - so a certain stick country in later generations thought that Goguryeo was the predecessor of Goryeo, which is actually very nonsense, Goguryeo did occupy half of the Korean Peninsula, But it was fought by the people themselves, and then they thought that this place was good, so they moved there, and Goryeo was established by the Baekje people, Goguryeo's sworn enemies, after Goguryeo was destroyed, what does it have to do with Goguryeo?

That is to say, the people of Goguryeo still agree very much with the Tang Dynasty (otherwise Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo and plundered so many people of Goguryeo before leaving, but he didn't hear that a person ran back), for the governance of this place, we can only copy the experience of Gaochang and other countries, and we can't deal with the Goguryeo aristocracy according to the Nanyang treatment method - because to be honest, the influence of the Goguryeo royal family on Goguryeo is still very great, although it has been destroyed now, but after all, this is an excess that has been established for hundreds of years, The prestige of the royal family is still very strong. If you want to govern Goguryeo in peace, it is inevitable that you will be treated favorably by the Goguryeo royal family.

It's just that what Li Zhen said is very reasonable, but Li Shimin obviously didn't listen to it, he thinks that the people of Goguryeo are too hateful, although because of their hard work, they can forgive their people's crimes, but as a royal family, the punishment that should be there is no less, and the punishment in his mouth is naturally to throw these nobles to the Liyu Division, as long as they are alive after five years, they can naturally return them a free body.

But is it possible?

It's impossible to think about these pampered aristocratic lords who want to live for five years in the slave camp of the Liyusi, which is nothing less than hell on earth.

However, since it was Li Shimin who insisted, Li Zhen had no opinion, and besides, the Goguryeo people were indeed very hateful. He knew that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty not only defeated his country in Goguryeo, but also left hundreds of thousands of corpses of soldiers in Goguryeo, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was too anxious to take care of these corpses when he retreated, so these corpses became the trophies of Goguryeo, and under the order of the king of Goguryeo, Goguryeo used these corpses to build a large-scale Jingguan to declare his merits.

However, there is a reincarnation in the way of heaven, this time Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo, and after a battle, these Jingguan naturally fell into his eyes, Li Shimin was furious, not only ordered the demolition of Jingguan, collected the bones of these soldiers, but also collected the Goguryeo soldiers and civilians who had been killed before, and built a Jingguan in the same way, tooth for tooth, to vent his anger.

But now it seems that this Jingguan has not completely dissipated Li Shimin's anger, but I am afraid that when he sees Jingguan, he has already decided the fate of these Goguryeo nobles - let them repent of what their ancestors have done in the Liyu Division.

Li Zhen thought that she had guessed Li Shimin's mind correctly, but in fact, this was not the case.

Although there is indeed a reason for this, in the final analysis, Li Shimin was still stimulated by Li Zhen's behavior.

You must know that when Li Zhen sent her decision back to Chang'an, all those who knew the inside story of the matter gave Li Zhen an evaluation as soon as they got the news - what a lot of courage.

Since ancient times, only those with great courage and vision can achieve great things, and Li Zhen himself is not lacking in vision, and courage is now vividly expressed by him.

And after their in-depth research, they found that listing the people of Nanyang as slaves is indeed the best way to deal with it at present, so Li Zhen's behavior was naturally praised by everyone, thinking that Li Zhen will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future.

But when such a comment fell into Li Shimin's ears, it made him a little apprehensive - I am the son of the Tang Dynasty, I am the master of this country, and now these people are praising another person in front of me, don't you think it's a bit excessive, isn't my courage insufficient?

Since you think so, then I will show you the courage to show you, so that you will also know that my courage is no less than that of my son.

So Li Shimin, who was stimulated, decided to do the same thing as Li Zhen - he was also ready to make the people of Goguryeo become slaves and become the objects of plunder by the Tang Dynasty.

(End of chapter)