After Jingwen left, he took a good rest, and found Duguxin and Yuriko to solve their physiological needs, and then they were all a little helpless. He really didn't have any good way to solve this problem, so Jingwen had a headache. And Duguxin and Yuriko don't know what to do, the two of them are specifically to help Jingwen solve the problem of force, and they can't solve this kind of thing that requires brains. So I can only use my body to appease Jingwen's feelings.

"Sacrificial wine, the emperor is looking for you!" Gao Kan said.

"What's the matter with me?" Jingwen asked.

"I don't know!" Gao Kan replied.

Jingwen had no choice but to take advantage of the night to come to Li Shimin's temporary dormitory.

"Jingwen, you threatened that Silla queen today, saying that you want to destroy them?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "I don't have no way to do this!" They are so stubborn and stubborn that they want to occupy the Han River Valley, how can we agree? This is the four counties of Liaodong during our Han Dynasty, if we agree, then this expedition to Goguryeo is not a sandwich meal? So how could I possibly say yes? ”

And Li Shimin thought about it carefully and said: "Since they want the area south of Pyongyang, then it is good for them." Anyway, we have also taken most of the places, and most of the four counties of Liaodong are coming back, so there is no need to get involved with them in these places. ”

"The core of our Datang will always be the Central Plains Guanzhong area, not here, at most it is to set up a capital protectorate to manage it. I've already thought about setting up an Andong Protectorate here, and then sending a garrison or two divisions over, so that we can be basically safe. ”

When Jingwen heard this, he was almost blindsided. This Li Shimin actually wanted to treat the Korean Peninsula here as a metropolitan protectorate, and he just sent a metropolitan protector to manage it. And the nature of the Metropolitan Protectorate, of course Jingwen knows. The Prefecture is just a coordinating body. It's more about the local Haoqiang governing by themselves. In other words, the Metropolitan Protectorate only has the right to instruct, and the right to give instructions is relatively lacking. And Li Shimin's meaning is to regard this part of the Korean Peninsula as a state of bondage.

There were three kinds of prefectures in the Tang Dynasty, the first of which was governed by local heroes according to local customs, inherited by local heroes from generation to generation, and then self-governing by themselves. However, the local governors of this attribute are responsible for some things, such as loyalty to the central government, providing some troops, and paying a certain amount of tribute. In this way, a metropolitan protectorate was usually set up to manage the local tribal leaders in lieu of the central government. And this nature, similar to the nature of the colony. However, Datang will not take the initiative to exploit them.

Although the Tang Dynasty claimed to have more than 10 million square kilometers of territory in history, most of it belonged to this attribute, and even the Tang Dynasty did not attach much importance to the territory of this attribute. This can also be seen from the frequent changes in the scope of the rule of the later Anxi Protectorate, and by the late Tang Dynasty, they had completely abandoned the Western Regions and Central Asia.

And the second type is the internal subject. In fact, the internal subject countries are some foreign countries that take the initiative to merge into the Tang Dynasty, and then their leaders inherit to obtain the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, and if there is no canonization of the Tang Dynasty, their inheritance is not legitimate. And if this kind of region is to be compared to later generations, it is actually a special administrative region, with an independent hereditary system of chiefs, but it must be recognized by the central government. Otherwise, it is illegal. This kind of example, the later Uighurs, and some countries that were very close to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty, a vassal country, recognized them more, and the Tang Dynasty often had garrisons nearby. They are also nominally within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but this kind of land is relatively rare.

As for the last one. That is, the enemy country and the country of the Absolute Domain. The so-called enemy countries are nominally vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty, but in fact they have a very poor relationship with the Central Plains Dynasty, such as Goguryeo. Their monarch can inherit by himself. Decide for yourself, and the legitimacy of the monarch does not need to be recognized by the Central Plains Dynasty. And the Central Plains Dynasty recognized it or not. That's what it did anyway. And the Central Plains Dynasty can often only be recognized after the fact according to the actual situation, and Goguryeo belongs to this category.

As for some peerless countries, that is, countries that do not border the Tang Dynasty, such as Japan's Silla Baekje. They do not border with Datang, they can choose some monarchs internally, and then Datang will posthumously recognize them according to the actual situation. And now Silla is in this situation, although their monarch is a woman, but the Tang Dynasty can only accept it. If the Tang Dynasty can have enough influence over Silla, then I am afraid it is not very willing to accept a woman as a monarch. But the influence is insufficient, so it can only be acquiesced.

"Jingwen, you should know that we in Datang do not currently have the ability to directly control these territories. After all, this place is too far away from the Central Plains, and we can't control it at all. No matter how much you play, what can you do? So why should we quarrel with Silla for the sake of these territories? If these things can be exchanged for Silla's loyalty, then it is nothing. If you really want to continue fighting, then my Datang cost a lot of money. It is impossible for my Datang to rub with Silla here for a long time, otherwise we must garrison the army here. The consumption of the army is very large, and we Datang can't afford it. So, no further ado. Li Shimin said.

After Jingwen heard this, he immediately realized that the current transportation and communication capabilities were very poor, and Datang could not control the territory so far away. This was not the case with Alexander back then, although he built such a huge empire, but with the means of transportation at that time, it was impossible to truly unite those lands. And the same is true for Datang now, even if these territories are swallowed, it will not be possible to directly manage them in the end, and it must still choose the fetters system. Since it is impossible to control it directly, it is better to simply exchange these territories for the loyalty of a subject country.

"Your Majesty, give me a chance, I'll try one last time, if it really doesn't work, let's talk about it!" Jingwen said.

"You know you can't do it! Well, the last two months. If you can convince Silla to cede these territories north of the Han River within two months, then I will be fine, and you will be credited. When the time comes, I can give you a knighthood and directly promote you to the county duke. And in the past two months, that is, the troops will be gradually collected and returned home, and now it is just a matter of doing some aftermath. Li Shimin also shook his head and said.

Jing Wen took a breath, he knew that it was only the last two months. In the last two months, if you don't find a way to solve this problem, then I'm afraid that the territory of the hand will also fly. That Jingwen really didn't have the face to see his ancestors, so he had to come up with a way. (To be continued......)