However, the biggest problem that plagued Xue Rengui was the issue of prisoners.

What should be done with these surrendered Silla troops?

These people are like soldiers and civilians, even those Silla troops with 'good' weapons are the same, in them, there may be some military taste, but that smell is not pure.

Maybe it's because they're in a corner, or maybe it's because they're in other places, anyway, the army here leaves Xue Rengui with the feeling that they don't seem to be an army.

But even so, it is a headache for a platoon of about 50 people to control ten times as many captives.

It's not impossible to keep an eye on them, the question is what to do with the reconnaissance mission in the future?

In the end, they had to send people back and ask for someone to help take care of these captives.

"Here, it is probably equivalent to the ...... of the Tang Dynasty" Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Daoyan paused, and for a while, he couldn't find a suitable word to describe the scene he was seeing now.

This place belongs to Silla, but the conditions here make Li Daoyan feel incredible.

It's not that he hasn't been to poor places, grasslands, plateaus, those places are not rich, but that's made up of their national identity, nomads, don't look at houses at all.

This part of the Korean Peninsula is still relatively influenced by the Central Plains Dynasty, and many times, they are actually copying the system of the Central Plains Dynasty and some ideas.

For example, kneeling sitting, which still exists on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan, was passed down from the Central Plains Dynasty in ancient times, including the current Japanese-style families, looking at old-fashioned sliding doors, sleeping directly on the ground, and so on.

It's just that later the Central Plains Dynasty abandoned these traditions and chose something that was more comfortable and more in line with people's own development, but they did not change with it, but kept it.

So, Luo Huan legs......

Off topic.

Looking at the Silla at the moment, Li Daoyan has only one word in his heart, poor.

is really poor, so that he, a person who has lived for decades and has traveled countless places, can't find a place in Datang that is similar to the situation here.

The house was made of wood, and there was not even the simplest treatment, just wood one after another, and the gaps in the middle were pasted with earth.

On the roof, find some fine wood and put some thatch on it, which is the majority of the cases here.

Although the crops in the fields seem to have put a lot of effort into taking care of them, they are used to seeing the fields of the Tang Dynasty, and when they look at the fields here, they just glance at it and know that the yield here will not be too high.

There are almost no agricultural facilities, iron hoes and shovels, there is no need to think about it, and even the ploughs used to plow the land are made of wood, and the cutter heads are made of stone.

This is a region where the economy is at the bottom, agriculture is backward, and all aspects are backward.

As for the rule over the people......

I'm sorry, the problem that plagued Xue Rengui before has also become a problem that plagues Li Daoyan now.

The harvest is not high, the taxes are heavy, and the people do not even have food at home to support their normal life, and there is almost no need to think about what they have to eat, and not starving to death is the biggest victory.

The only difference may be that it is slightly better than the natural disasters of the Tang Dynasty a few years ago.

It's just that they all look malnourished.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the strategy of the Tang Army, the Tang Army did not come here to beat people, and the purpose of the war is not that I see you as unpleasant, or that you dare to provoke me.

From the very beginning, they had the idea of incorporating this land into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

So, what is the best thing to do to avoid a protracted war?

Of course, it is to buy off their people, so that the hearts of the people do not have much resistance to the Tang Army and the Tang Dynasty, and even let them accept the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Army.

This is only the first step, but once this step is completed, are the remaining questions still problematic?

Without the support of the people, Silla can only find a way to force the people to join the battle, which will only make the people more and more disgusted, and the other way is to surrender the whole country directly, but if you can, why not do it earlier?

To be honest, a ruling class has failed to do this.

……

When Li Yuanji heard the news, he didn't want to believe it.

Although he did not know the details of the history, one thing is for sure: the situation in Silla should not be too bad.

Otherwise, how did they unify the Korean Peninsula decades later?

Of course, how Silla accomplished this hegemony, Li Yuanji didn't know, and he didn't even remember the time, he only knew that Silla had done it.

Therefore, in Li Yuanji's impression, Silla has always been the most powerful country on the entire Korean Peninsula.

But now the news received is the opposite, the combat effectiveness of the Silla army is even inferior to Goguryeo, and the poverty in the country is unbelievable, and Lee Do-yan even used a sentence to describe the situation of Silla in a way that he does not know how to describe its poverty and backwardness.

"Chengguang, what do you think about this?" Li Yuanji's eyes were aimed at Li Chengguang beside him.

Although he was still a child, Li Yuanji always habitually asked him some questions during this time, although what he said would not be adopted, but what was the specific, Li Yuanji knew it in his heart, and the ministers knew it.

What they want is a prince who is constantly improving, and only by maintaining this progressive attitude can Li Chengguang be canonized as a prince on New Year's Day next year.

Because under the new system, this is especially important, and now, in theory, there are still people who can snatch his crown princeship.

"Father, the son thinks that although the population of Silla is not much, it is also a burden for the Tang Dynasty, and now more and more Silla people are surrendering, and the Tang Dynasty should treat each other with courtesy, so that they can experience the difference between the two, and let them truly realize the benefits of surrendering, and support this decision and support this fact from the bottom of their hearts. But the problem is that the current supply capacity does not seem to be able to support the food ...... so many people."

Speaking of this, Li Chengguang was depressed, because he didn't know what to do.

You don't have to think about land transportation, from Datang, ten truckloads of grain can be sent to one car, but the loss on the way is too great, and it is too wasteful of manpower.

At present, there is no need to think about the sea transportation, which is a transportation channel to ensure the military's operations, not only to transport soldiers back and forth, but also to transport their supplies, and now the Tang Army is more dependent on logistics, and the railway has to transfer half of the trains to ensure the transportation of military funds, which is barely enough, and it is impossible to vacate too much capacity to transport grain for those Silla people.

The railway has a large carrying capacity, which is a method, but for a while, it is impossible to build the railway directly to Silla, so this method is not a method at all.

"Your Highness, let me ask, what is the benefit? How will His Highness make the people of Silla feel the goodwill of the Tang Dynasty? Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Li Chengguang's response made him see the innocence of the child, even if he is still making progress these days, but there are some things that cannot be done in a while.

"This ......" In the face of Xiao Yu's problem, Li Chengguang has no choice at all, the kindness he said has actually been said before, but the problem is that the capacity is not enough, which is unrealistic.

"Why did the imperial court ensure that they would not starve to death? Or even full? Standing at this time, they are still in a hostile relationship with Datang, and their kindness to the enemy is not cruel to themselves? Li Yuanji also reminded with a smile.

Of course, this is just a reminder, and Li Yuanji already has it in his heart.

In general, Li Chengguang saw the essence of the problem, but there were great deficiencies in the solution and some details of thinking.

"As far as I know, the taxes that the people of Silla need to bear are far heavier than those of the people of the Tang Dynasty before the burden reduction. What is good? Treating everyone equally is good and good, Datang doesn't have to pay anything at all, just need to implement the same policies as Datang itself in the occupied areas, as for relief, that will only make them enjoy it more comfortably.

Good and evil! Good and evil! It can be separated or connected, and those who are obedient should naturally be treated with courtesy, and those who resist should be ruthlessly suppressed. Li Yuanji continued.

Simple benevolence cannot bring gratitude, and it cannot bring long-term obedience to a region, and the best way is to combine grace and power.

This is like the local benevolence and law, those who do not violate the law can naturally enjoy all kinds of treatment, and on the contrary, they think about the consequences themselves.

What Datang has the ability to do, why not do it? If you have the ability to do better, why should you leave some trouble?

As for the future, Li Yuanji is still relatively confident in the ability of the Chinese nation to integrate with foreign races, or in less than a hundred years, there will be no Silla natives or Goguryeo natives, all of them are Tang people.

Of course, Li Yuanji has some bad intentions in this regard, for example, most of the immigrants in the past are poor and can't open the pot, relying on policy protection, going there to rob local women as wives, and then letting local indigenous men have no wives, so that as time goes by, the scale of the indigenous people will become smaller and smaller.

However, the most important thing is the synchronization of cultures, the same race, different cultures, the final result will be different, different races, the same culture, the final result will not be much deviation in general.

"The Ministry of War has arranged the rest of the things, and in addition, this year's conscription can start in advance, and the number of retired soldiers can be appropriately reduced." Li Yuanji then commanded.

For the application of the front line, he agreed, and the early conscription and reduction of the retirement quota are actually preparing for the future, and then the army will definitely be stationed in the past, and then the layout of the Western Regions will be completed, which needs to be completed by troops, and if you don't deploy it as soon as possible, you can't do the rest of the things at all.