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Fang Xuanling's brows were twisted together, "Your Majesty, there are more than a thousand vassals in Liaodong. He had to remind the emperor that although Liaodong was not easy to get, since it had been divided, he would break his promise now, and he was afraid that the thousands of nobles who had been divided would not be willing to do so, which involved the entire imperial court.

Li Shimin pinched his chin, "But Liaodong is not easy to get." Besides, if Liaodong honors the separation, what about Pyongyang? What about Buyeo? The imperial court could not always divide Liaodong, and the areas further north and east were directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. If it is directly under the central government, Liaodong is divided, and it is not suitable. ”

Anyway, Li Shimin really wanted to regret it in his heart.

At first, he did not expect that he would be able to destroy Goguryeo eight years later. Although he once shouted slogans back then, he wanted to revenge the enemies of the Chinese people. But that's just a political slogan, a goal. Under the circumstances at that time, Li Shimin felt that taking the land of Liaodong was not only rewarding the meritorious heroes, but also the imperial court also obtained a large amount of money to help the imperial court survive the crisis.

At that time, I thought that even if I conquered Liao in the future, it would be good if I could lay the first line of Liaodong, but I never thought that it would be possible to fight the Yalu River and hit the Samhan Peninsula, let alone destroy Goguryeo. So at that time, the idea was to regard Liaodong as the northeasternmost point of the Tang Dynasty.

"Fang Xiang, do you see if there is any workaround. For example, to replace the fiefs of the vassals in Liaodong with the north of Buyeo City, or to the area of Taibai Mountain and Sumoshui in the upper reaches of the Yalu River? ”

What Li Shimin now wants is to take all the territory of Goguryeo under the direct jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. After all, Goguryeo has been developing here for hundreds of years, and there are cities and land in these places, and the Tang Dynasty immigrants can take it over.

From Liaodong to Pyongyang, those are the four counties of Han.

Fang Xuanling sighed.

"Your Majesty, the Liaodong fiefdom will be replaced further north and east, but I'm afraid no one will want to. Those places are the territory of the Ya tribe, and they are still wild places, cold and remote. ”

"Moreover, if you want to replace it, then may I ask, should the fief of Wenyuan in southern Liaoning be replaced?"

Southern Liaoning is the fief of Li Chao's family, and Li Chao has already laid down southern Liaoning by himself six years ago, and has been operating here for six years, with a huge investment. The establishment of Lushun Port, Dalian Port and other two major commercial ports, but also continue to immigrate to this side, now here farms are everywhere, the port business town is prosperous, with a population of hundreds of thousands.

There are many shipyards and other workshops.

Can the Li family promise to return this fiefdom to the imperial court and replace it in the cold and snowy old forests in the mountains?

Li Shimin also frowned.

"The fiefs of the vassals only enjoy one-third of the taxes, and I can find a way to compensate them for this. For example, after the Li family's fiefdom in southern Liaoning is replaced, all their private property in southern Liaoning is still theirs, shipyards, mines, etc. can continue to operate, farms are still their own, and even the ports they built themselves are still theirs. I promise that this will not change. ”

But Fang Xuanling felt that things were not so simple.

Indeed, the vassal's greatest benefit to the realm was one-third of the tax. But can Liaonan be the same as other places? The Li family has been operating here for six years, and now this is not an ordinary territory, this is an important commercial port on the Tang Dynasty - Goguryeo - Baekje - Silla - Dongying route, especially now that the Tang Dynasty is about to destroy Goguryeo, then the imperial court will develop Liaodong, close to the Liaonan commercial port of Dengzhou, the geographical advantage is greater, and the industrial and commercial trade will definitely be more prosperous in the future.

In other words, how much tax does such a prosperous commercial port have to collect in a year? Even if the Li family only takes one-third, it will not be less.

Changing the old forest fiefdom, does the Li family rely on collecting taxes from medicine pickers and hunters? How much money can you collect in that year?

"The location of southern Liaoning is really good, and Dengzhou, the largest port in the north, is not far from the strait, and whether it is to the mouth of the Liao River or the Yalu River, it is close. Transactions with Khitan, Murowei, etc., from Dengzhou to southern Liaoning, and then to the mouth of the Liaohe River are the fastest and most convenient. To go to the three countries in the Northeast Sea, it is also a must-pass place. The more Li Shimin said, the more reluctant he was to give up the treasure land of southern Liaoning.

And there are not only commercial benefits here, but also military importance.

Dengzhou is the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the largest commercial port in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, although southern Liaoning is the fief of the Li family, the imperial court can garrison and send officials."

"That's different."

Li Shimin said.

He could predict that after the fall of Goguryeo, the imperial court would inevitably begin to develop and operate Liaodong, and at that time, Liaonan would prosper rapidly, and even become a prosperous city like Dengzhou.

Pingbai divided one-third of the tax to Li Chao, how much does this imperial court lose in a year? One million or two million?

Year after year, how much the imperial court has to lose.

"If Your Majesty really wants to change the seal, then the minister thinks that it can only be exchanged for the land of Goguryeo south of the Yalu River. The climate there is similar to that of Liaodong, and the land is more fertile. ”

But Li Shimin was reluctant to go over there.

The homeland of Goguryeo, from the Yalu River to the Han River, is much more fertile than the mountainous areas of Liaodong.

"Liaodong has what I want, and Pyongyang has what I want!"

"Your Majesty, you can't have both fish and bear's paws." Fang Xuanling still persuaded him.

"Forget it, let's talk about it after destroying Goguryeo first." Li Shimin shook his head helplessly.

March.

Liaohai ice disappears.

The Tang fleet finished its rest from the ice-free port of Lushun and arrived directly under the city of Jian'an.

By this time, Goguryeo had been completely deprived of food, and it was reported that the Goguryeo people in Jian'an City had eaten all the war horses and were now eating people.

Cannibalism.

This is already the most desperate moment, but Ezhi Wende still refuses to surrender. However, although Goguryeo still had more than 30 mountain cities at this time, there were nearly 200,000 soldiers.

But in fact, the city of Jian'an, where the small court of Goguryeo was located, had become an isolated city and had been cut off from the outside world.

His most recent reinforcement is Yang Wanchun from Anshi.

But at this time, Yang Wanchun, who was also starved of food, hesitated for a long time, and after many negotiations with the secret envoys of the Tang army, he finally decided to lead the army to surrender in Kaicheng.

March 10.

Yang Wanchun, the city lord of Anshi, led 8,000 people to open the city to surrender to the Tang army, and Li Jing finally captured this fortified city that had not been gnawed for two years.

Yang Wanchun's surrender made the last bit of luck for the Goguryeo people gone.

As the ice and snow melted, the Tang army finally began to attack again.

In the face of the Tang army, one mountain city after another surrendered.

The first day of April.

Under the city of Jian'an, Li Shimin rode a bloody horse and looked at the city from afar.

"Attack!" Li Shimin coldly issued an order.

A row of cannons bombarded violently, bursts of fireworks, and the sound of cannons rumbled, and Yang Wanchun, who was named the Marquis of Jian'an by Li Shimin, led tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops to launch a fierce attack on Anshi.

The battle lasted three days and three nights.

Although Yizhi Wende in Jian'an City is so desperate that it eats people, it is still extremely fierce.

If it weren't for the Tang Army's escort, Yang Wanchun's troops would have collapsed many times.

However, although there were many corpses under the city, three days later, Yang Wanchun finally paved a bloody road with the corpse and entered Jian'an City.

After Yang Wanchun entered the city, he slaughtered Jian'an City.

At that time, there were only more than 3,000 people left in the city, and they were killed by Yang Wanchun and his more than 10,000 men. In three days, they suffered more than 10,000 casualties under the city, almost half of them.

The fall of Jian'an Fortress also finally marked the demise of Goguryeo, which had been established for hundreds of years, and was not defeated by the Central Plains Dynasty as before, but was completely destroyed.

Looking at the dead city, Li Shimin turned around and went back to the boat.

"Take away the bodies of Takazo and Etoji Buntoku, and burn the rest of the bodies."

The war is over.

What to do with the territory of Goguryeo?

What to do with the people of Goguryeo?

In the previous three years of war, the Tang army practiced the method of taking a city and taking everyone away, in order to prevent them from resisting. In order to punish the Goguryeo people for hundreds of years of invasion, especially those Han children who died in the battle of Liao several decades ago, the captured Goguryeo people were reduced to slavery and transported back to the Central Plains for sale.

The Han people who were captured and left behind during the Sui Dynasty's expedition to Liao were returned to their hometowns after their identities were confirmed.

In three years, the Tang army transported back more than 1 million Goguryeo slaves to the Central Plains, and some fled into the deep mountains and forests, or fled to Baekje, Silla, and Murowei.

Now, with the end of the Spring War, a large number of Goguryeo surrendered in the prisoner camps of the Tang army, nearly a million of them. Most of these people are starving.

Wei Zheng proposed to appease these people, let them return to their hometowns, give them fields, and organize their households, and they would be the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

"The minister is resolutely opposed!" Ma Zhou said loudly.

"The Tang Dynasty is a war to destroy the country against Goguryeo, and now that the country has been destroyed, and millions of Goguryeo people have been sold into slavery before, then it should be done once and for all, and there will be no future troubles. The remaining million Goguryeo people should all be sold into slavery, preferably to the Central Plains, so that we don't have to worry about the resurgence of the Goguryeo people when we immigrate over next. ”

Wei Zheng talks about benevolence and righteousness, while Ma Zhou talks about Wang Ba.

If Wei Zheng's is used, the imperial court will only get a name, but since they have done it before, they can't actually get this name. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty is destroying the country, and the Tang Dynasty wants to turn this place into a direct jurisdiction, not to implement the detention system here, nor to support the Goguryeo people to manage this place.

Once and for all, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and never suffer from future troubles.

These words swirled in Li Shimin's mind.

It is true that he is concerned about fame, but now is not the time to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality. It took eight years before and after the Tang Dynasty, three years of war, and tens of thousands of casualties before he took this territory, what reason did he have to let go.

"Fang Xiang, what do you want?"

Fang Xuanling said, "The minister supports Ma Xiangguo's intentions. ”

"Complementary." Li Shimin asked the eldest grandson Wuji again.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, was also in favor of destroying Goguryeo and enslaving its people.

Gao Shilian, Yu Wenshi, Chu Suiliang, Cen Wenwen and other Zai Fu have all asked, and most of them agree with Ma Zhou's meaning.

Li Shimin's eyes finally turned to Li Jing, Li Ji, Qin Qiong and other generals.

Without exception, they all supported Ma Zhou.

Li Shimin had a smile on his face. "Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty once said that the Han Dynasty has a way in the world, and the king is domineering. Educate your own people with benevolence and righteousness, and slaughter foreign enemies with kings and tyrants. ”