Book 5 Whose Great Cause Chapter 40 The Messenger is Greedy
In addition to Baekje and Silla, there used to be another country on the peninsula called Ga, which was located in the Nakdong River valley in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and was an alliance of many small city-states that existed for more than 500 years, but was finally completely annexed by Silla in 562 AD.
Goguryeo has always had the ambition to unify the peninsula, and in the face of Goguryeo's strength, Baekje and Silla can only fight each other by forming an alliance, and among the three countries, Goguryeo was the strongest, followed by Baekje, and Silla was the weakest.
During the reign of King Baekje (346–37), Baekje expanded its territory to the north through wars with Goguryeo, while exterminating the remaining Mahan tribes to the south. At its peak, Baekje encompassed most of present-day western Korea (except for North and South Pyongan provinces). In 371, Baekje even defeated Goguryeo in Pyongyang and killed the former king of Goguryeo's homeland.
This situation changed more than 50 years ago, due to the long-term war against Goguryeo was dominated by Baekje, Baekje's national power was severely weakened, but Silla gradually gained its wings by annexing the Gaye Alliance, and in 551 AD, Baekje and Silla joined forces to attack Goguryeo and recaptured the fertile Han River valley that Baekje had previously lost, and just when Baekje was cheering for regaining the Han River valley, the Silla people turned around, and in 553 AD, Silla sent troops in the name of helping Baekje. However, he launched a sneak attack on Baekje, and finally took the entire Han River basin into his pocket. Angry at Silla's betrayal, the Baekje King attacked western Silla in retaliation the following year, but because the wounds suffered in the previous war were not healed, the Baekje King was captured by Silla and finally executed. The richest of the Han River valleys not only took the place of the leader of the Baekje League in the New Hundred League, but also had direct access to the Yellow Sea, allowing it to conduct direct trade and diplomacy with the Central Plains.
After being so calculated by the Silla kingdom that even the king died at the hands of the Silla people, the successor king of Baekje was of course unwilling, but due to the reason of strength, not only could they no longer seek revenge on Silla, but also had to form an alliance with Silla, otherwise they could only cheapen Goguryeo. In the decades that followed, the three kingdoms were intrigued with each other, but most of the time it was Silla and Baekje who fought against Goguryeo. After the Great Sui unified the Central Plains, Baekje and Silla sent people to pay tribute to the Great Sui and learn various advanced technologies from the Great Sui.
It's just that in the face of the behemoth of the Great Sui, both Baekje and Silla are very vigilant. For fear that it would be easy to invite God and difficult to send God, he was unwilling to bring the Great Sui as help, so the two countries have always been cautious in their exchanges with the Great Sui. It's only cheap, but it's not contributive. This time, the Great Sui raised an army to destroy Goguryeo, although the two countries were secretly happy, but they were also worried, for fear that after Goguryeo was destroyed, it would be their turn, if it were not for the fact that Goguryeo was really unable to resist the Great Sui, they might have secretly overjoyed the Goguryeo envoy and the Silla envoy behind their backs. It's just a matter of taking care of the other. But he didn't want to say it, if it weren't for Goguryeo. The two countries have already fought to the death, and now it seems that Goguryeo is about to die, and whoever can get enough benefits from the hands of the Great Sui will be likely to win on the peninsula in the future, and how will they be willing to reveal the details between them.
"Why, you are in a hurry to see me, don't you have nothing to say? In that case, you may go down. Seeing that the envoys of the two countries were speechless, the corners of Yang Yong's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of mockery.
If the information on the relationship between these small countries was changed to the previous Central Plains court, they would not know much at all, and Yang Yong would naturally not be like this, as early as when he was the prince, he ordered the dark guards to pay attention to the information between the three kingdoms, and after more than ten years, they basically knew what they should know.
Hearing that he wanted to let himself go down, the Silla envoy Da Nama Wan was anxious, and he didn't care about the Baekje envoy beside him, so he arched his hand: "The Great Sui Emperor forgives his sins, and the little envoy has a national letter here, and he also asks the Great Sui Emperor to read it." After speaking, Da Naima Wanshi took out the national letter from his bosom and held it high above his head.
Seeing that the Silla envoy had obtained the letter of state, the Baekje envoy did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took it out: "The Great Sui Emperor forgives his sins, and the small envoy also has the national letter to present, and I hope that the Great Sui Emperor will read it." ”
The Baekje envoy was also a middle-aged man in his thirties, a ghost chamber chief, a little taller than the Silla envoy, with a white face and beard, dressed in silk clothes, looking very gentle, like a teacher, but at this time the expression on his face was not very good, and he couldn't help but glare at the Silla envoy.
The alliance between the two countries is to deal with Goguryeo, if Goguryeo is finished, the two countries will be enemies, more than 50 years ago the Silla people treacherously war, all the Baekje people regarded it as a great shame, the ghost room Changfeng arrived one day before the Great Naimawanshi, but he was received with him, and there was inevitably resentment in his heart, but this grievance must not be directed at the Great Sui Emperor, if the eyes can kill, the ghost room Changfeng is afraid that he will kill the Great Naima Wanshi on the spot.
Yang Yong nodded: "Present it." ”
Hearing the emperor's will, Zhao Nian took the letter of state from the hands of Da Naima Wanshi and the ghost room Changfeng respectively, flipped it over first, and presented it to Yang Yong when he saw that there was nothing wrong, Yang Yong first picked up the letter of Silla and looked at it, at this time, whether it was Goguryeo or Silla, Baekje did not form its own script, and it was written in Chinese, so Yang Yong saw it quickly, but the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and his heart couldn't help but be angry.
Silla not only agreed to raise the army of the country to help the Great Sui to destroy Goguryeo together, but also wished to be the Great Sui for eternity, which is of course a good thing, but it was too greedy to say that the Great Sui land was rich and rich, and the bitter cold land of Liaodong was useless, so it was better to reward Silla with all the land after obtaining the Goguryeo land, and also asked the Great Sui to help him and allow him to destroy Baekje.
Although Yang Yong had already made up his mind in his heart, he was still angry with Silla's national letter, the Silla people were not fools, and they could not let themselves give up all the Goguryeo land with just a few good words, and barely suppressed their anger, Yang Yong opened the national letter of Baekje again, read it in a hurry, and could no longer hold back his anger, threw all the two national letters on the ground with a snap, and said loudly: "Come on, drag these two fools down, and each of them will hit twenty boards." ”
Hearing the emperor's words, the civil and military officials accompanied by Lu Mulin, Xue Shixiong and others next to him were all dumbfounded, these two people are also envoys of one country, the Great Sui rules the country with courtesy, and the two do not kill the envoys, not to mention that the two are envoys of vassal countries, how can there be any reason to fight and fight?
Hearing the emperor's command, Mai Tiezhu was unceremoniously, stretched out two palms like a fan, grabbed the necks of the two people, and dragged them outside the hall.
"Master Mai, let go, don't let it go."
Fang Xuanling hurriedly blocked the way of the wheat iron staff, and tried to break the big hand of the wheat iron staff clamping the necks of the two envoys with his hand, but with Fang Xuanling's strength, even if he had one hand on the wheat iron staff, he couldn't do anything, seeing that the two messengers were already rolling their eyes, Fang Xuanling hurriedly glanced at Li Mi and motioned for Li Mi to help, Li Mi quickly glanced at the emperor's face, and saw that the emperor's face was still full of anger, shook his head, and showed that he was helpless.
In the face of Fang Xuanling's blockade, Mai Tie Staff showed a hint of ridicule, and with a little force, Fang Xuanling was thrown away, and the two of them were thrown out of the hall with a snap, and the two messengers suddenly fell with a blue nose and swollen face, but at this time, they didn't care about the pain, like a fish in the lack of oxygen, opened their big mouths, and greedily breathed fresh air.
Seeing that the two envoys were fine, Fang Xuanling shook his clothes and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the two of them made the emperor angry?" These two people are the envoys of the Great Sui Domain, and they also ask the emperor to take back the rod and beat them to their lives. ”
Yang Yong snorted: "Aiqing will see for herself." ”
Lu Mulin had already picked up the two letters of state from the ground, and quickly swept the two letters of state, his face was also full of anger, the meaning of the letters of Baekje and Silla was almost the same, they both wanted to obtain all the territory of Goguryeo, and then let the Great Sui help destroy each other, no wonder the two twisted and pinched, and at first they didn't want to take out the letters of state in front of each other.
Although it is said that the price is sky-high and the money is repaid on the ground, but this condition is too outrageous, Lu Mulin nodded silently, no wonder the emperor is so angry.
Fang Xuanling took the letter of state from Lu Mulin's hand, and was also dumbfounded, and sympathized with the two of them just now, but he still said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Silla, and Baekje are too arrogant, but they are messengers after all, if they are beaten by the emperor's order and spread all over the world, it is easy to be misunderstood by the surrounding countries and tarnish Your Majesty's holy name, and please ask Your Majesty to suspend the anger of thunder and forgive them once." ”
Yang Yong just gave the two of them a dismount, so as not to open his mouth too much, and after a little thought, he borrowed the slope to step down: "Okay, let them come in" My emperor is wise. ”
The two of them were invited into the palace by the Praetorian Guards again, and their faces showed a trace of panic, they naturally knew that the content of the national letter might anger the Great Sui Emperor, but in their hearts, they were not without luck, if they could get the promise of the Great Sui Emperor, their national strength could increase several times and become a big country.