Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 387 Goryeo, pigs and sheep too 【Subscription】

In the night sky, the moon fainted, the stars were sparse, and the whole earth fell into a deep sleep.

The lights were still on in Prince Qi's mansion, and Lu Qian was carefully reading the financial report just handed over by the household department.Due to the shortage of manpower, and the fact that many places have just taken shape, the financial expenses that should have been calculated years ago were not handed over to him until the end of the first month.

A large deficit, in all aspects, besides losing money is still losing money.

This was not what he expected.Not only last year, but also this year and next year, he still has to lose a lot of money.The money, food and fodder currently stored in the treasury are prepared for the present.

What's more, he also decided to exempt the people under his rule from the land tax and abolish the poll tax this year.Only relying on industry and commerce, this income will be extremely pitiful compared to Zhao Song's taxes.

Qingzhou and Jinan are far from famous cities and counties like Damingfu and Yangzhoufu, let alone prosperous places like Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Jinling, which are well-known in the world. The latter can collect [-] yuan in business tax alone a year. Wan Guan, the former also has an income of [-] to [-] guan, while the peak of Qingzhou, the most prosperous place in Qilu, is only [-] guan.Anyway, if the land tax is not collected and the poll tax is abolished, the people will gain advantage, but Lu Qian will suffer a big loss.

But this is buying people's hearts.

If he wants the people to truly support him, it is not only about shouting slogans loudly, but also for them to see and feel the benefits.

Lu Qian looked through such data, and then focused on the expenses of accompanying the army and preparing local garrison. It was more out of good intentions. By analogy, he roughly estimated the money and food needed for this year.This is not even a war.

He took out a pen and scribbled on the paper, and the final amount shocked him.Because this year he wants to annex most of Huainan, and also wants to capture Yingtian Prefecture [Shangqiu] and Xingren Prefecture, and send troops to Tokyo City and Hebei.Such expenses are indeed an astronomical figure.

The next day, Lu Qian convened his civil and military officials to discuss matters, and he said this.

"Internal consumption and external compensation. Today's convening of civil and military discussions is to let everyone speak freely. I plan to attack Korea after the thaw at the Kaichun port, and use Korea's money and grain to make up for my consumption. What do you think?"

There was an excitement in Lu Qian's heart that outsiders could not detect.It is incomprehensible to the characters in the current time and space.

Zong Ze and Wen Huanzhang looked at each other, a little surprised.They are aware of Lu Qian's plan to fight internally and supplement externally, but is it too hasty to start a war with Korea now?They also read the documents of the Ministry of Households, the huge deficit was shocking, and this year Lu Qian was going to exempt the land tax and poll tax, they knew even more that the financial pressure would be even greater.

But even so, with the reserve of the Liangshan Army, it is still not a problem to support it for three or two years.

The eyes of Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, and Qin Ming all lit up.

The value of a soldier is on the battlefield, but Qi Lu and Song Shi are afraid of beating a wolf with a stick, and neither of them is willing to take things lightly.

In terms of the overall strategy, Tian Hu from Hebei, Wang Qing from Huaixi, and Zhong Xiang from Dongting Lake are all Lu Qian and Fang La's scapegoats and shields.No matter how strong the Western Army can fight, it is impossible to flatten three places within a year.As long as Lu Qian doesn't attack Hebei and Gyeonggi urgently, the possibility of fighting each other is very small.During such a year, the pressure on Liang Shanjun was very small.

The task of the military lies in preparing the army for war.

But that's just not interesting.

In what year has the current general in the army not been fighting since he went to Liangshanbo?War is exhausting, but the taste of victory is even more addictive.

What's more, the Liangshan Army currently implements a variant of the "farming war" system. The greater the military exploits, the more land.And not a little bit has been implemented.In this way, not only the generals are willing to fight, but the soldiers are also happy to hear the battle.

This time Lu Qian wanted to conquer Goryeo, the civil servants did not say anything, but the governors of the five armies all responded.

"Your Majesty, our army and Koryo have never had any grievances and enmity. It is not fair to say that it is not right to promote the army innocently." Zhao Mingcheng felt that Lu Qian's behavior was inexplicable.Why didn't Huainan land be brought into hands early when there were troops to conquer Goryeo, which was across the sea?Whether it is to march into Gyeonggi, or to attack Hebei, it is all right.

As for the issue of money and food, he found it even more ridiculous.As long as the Liangshan Army sweeps across the Northland and the general situation is established, how can there be no money?

He thought so, but he didn't realize that there was a fundamental change between Lu Qian and Zhao Song. ——The official system has changed.

Lu Qian introduced professional officials for taxation and law, and soon, professional technical officials will be introduced, such as the Armament Supervision and Shipping Department.

In this way, the former can still be accepted by scholars, at least not too much.The latter specialize in "extraordinary obscene skills", which is very different from the Confucian view, that is, to slap them in the face.The reaction must be boiling.

It is not guaranteed that some of the existing officials will resign.

If Lu Qian wants to build a new China according to his own ideas, instead of following the existing ones, the difficulty must be different.

Some means will also vary greatly.

This very fundamental problem is that Zhao Mingcheng's political sense is very bad.It's not that he didn't know that Lu Qian's subordinates were different from Zhao Song's, but he didn't put this difference together with "Confucianism governed by culture" and systematically linked it.

Lu Qian laughed when he heard the words, "Why is there no excuse? Koryo is a small country, and it is a crime to steal the land of Han." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Lelang County, Xuantu County, and Zhenfan County in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula after he destroyed Weiman Korea. , Lintun four counties.Now it's all Koryo's territory.

People in later generations know that the Yalu River is the dividing line between China and North Korea, but they don't know that the Koryo Kingdom completely pushed the border to the banks of the Yalu River last year.During the chaotic period of the Liao-Jin War, Goryeo took the opportunity to gain a major advantage, that is, to capture Baozhou (Baozhou, Bazhou) and Laiyuancheng.

These two cities were built by the Liao Kingdom on the east bank of the Yalu River to monitor Koryo during the Koryo-Khitan War. To Koryo, they were like the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. unsuccessful.In the middle of the previous year, Gao Yongchang rebelled in the Bohai Sea. The Jin army took advantage of the situation to seize Liaodong and besieged the two cities. On the one hand, the King of Koryo sent someone to summon Yeluning, the guard of the Liao Dynasty, and on the other hand, he sent someone to Jurchen to tell that the land was originally Koryo land. Aguda gave it in principle. agree.In March last year, Yeluning and others borrowed food from Goryeo due to lack of food. Goryeo asked for the return of the people in the two cities to borrow food. Yeluning and others had to lead the officials and people to abandon the city and flee, and handed over the two cities to Goryeo. Uiju, so far the territory of Goryeo has really reached the Yalu River (before it only reached the mouth of the Yalu River).

"Although Goryeo is small, it has thousands of miles of land. Its population is 200 million, and its annual production of money and food is enough to meet my needs." But Lu Qian also knew that with the current strength of the Liangshan Army, it would be easy to defeat Goryeo, but if it completely occupied Goryeo, It's hard.His appetite is not big enough to swallow Goryeo in one gulp.Just convince Goryo and make Goryo obedient.

The civil servants inside shook their heads speechlessly at the poor excuse Lu Qian was looking for.Lu Qian also knew that his excuse was foolish, so he smiled and told them to discuss this matter later, but in fact he already had a preliminary plan in mind.He will first send envoys to Goryeo to ask why the Koryo Offshore Navy attacked and killed the merchant ships from Qilu to Japan, ask the Goryeo court to hand over the offending soldiers and generals, and then pay Wanguan money, and finally send envoys to Qilu to rescue the merchants who died. I apologize, and I will present Lu Qian as a minister again.

Hmm, if the King of Korea and his officials can endure such a combination of punches, Lu Qian said that he really lost.

In such a 'framing' of Hong Guoguo, the military officials do not need to participate.

Lu Qian called people to roll out a wooden movable wall with a map of North Korea hanging on it, and Jurchen and Qilu Jiaodong in the corner.

Two dotted lines are drawn between Jiaodong and Kaijing, the capital of Koryo. One starts from the newly established Yantai Port on Zhifu Island and ends at [-] miles away from Kaijing; .

Some of the Liangshan Army's naval divisions were sailors who ran back and forth, and even Zhang Rong himself had been to Kaijing.From Wendeng to Kaijing, the sea conditions are good, and it only takes five days to go there.

"Korea is a small country. Its population is 200 million, and it is divided into four classes: nobles, yangbans, beauties, and sluts. Let alone this, let's just talk about its interior. There are four generations of the Li family in Inju who are married to the royal family. family of relatives."

This is especially ridiculous. The former king of Goryeo seized the throne by quelling the Li Ziyi rebellion. The Li family of Renzhou who married the royal family for three generations had already been greatly restricted, and Li Ziqian and others were forced to dormant.However, as the current king of Koryo accepted Li Ziqian's daughter as his concubine and gave birth to a prince, the Li family revived and their power expanded again.I really don't know what is going on in Wang Yu's mind.

"Secondly, there are survivors such as Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo, and the hidden dangers have not disappeared." Lu Qian said, pointing the northeast, southeast, and north of Goryeo respectively with the pointer in his hand.

According to his later generations, the aborigines of the Korean peninsula evolved from Silla and the survivors of Goguryeo and Baekje under its rule to the entire Goryeo people, and then from the Goryeo people to the Korean people. There is a very important process in this, that is, Goryeo Mongolia Baptism of war.

Just like the Qin people, Zhao people, Wei people, Qi people, etc. in China, all became Han people in the end, and the name of the Huaxia people also became Han people. No one can deny the influence of the Han-Hungarian War in it.

Then the Han people became Tang people and Song people, just like the Goryeo people became Koreans, and then became Nanhan Bangzi, which is generally the same.

"Your Majesty is saying that as long as our army can beat Goryeo hard, the other country will be afraid of chaos in the country first?" Lin Chong's character has always been on the safe side. This cross-sea expedition to foreign countries is of great importance. Naturally, the greater the grasp, the better.

Lu Qian said: "What Dudu Lin said is true. These are not very confidential. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can easily know the details." In terms of intelligence, you can't be reluctant to spend money.Yan Qing did a good job at this.

"As for the military horses of Goryeo, it's ridiculous to say that even the medical officers and envoys sent by the Song Dynasty all said that their troops were extremely weak, and their weapons were very simple and sparse. Their combat power can be seen."

Even if the medical officer said so, Gao Lijun was not taken seriously by Lu Qian.

The current king of Goryeo, Wang Yu, is a king of Goryeo who respects Han culture very much. During his reign, the exchanges between Goryeo and Song Dynasty reached the highest peak in a century.From ten years ago to the present, Wang Yu sent envoys to the Song Dynasty six times, and the Song Dynasty sent envoys to Koryo four times during this period.The great artist Zhao gave Goryeo unprecedented favor, and issued two imperial edicts to Goryeo, and Wang Yu also personally made a table to express his gratitude.Previously, because the King of Koryo was not canonized by the Song Dynasty, the letters to the Song Dynasty were all called "King of Koryo" (or "King of Koryo"), while the great artist removed the word "Quan" to show respect, and later promoted the envoys of Koryo to It is at the level of "Guoxin". From a certain system, the status of Goryeo is elevated above that of Xixia, and it is under the management of the Privy Council (formerly Honglu Temple) along with the diplomatic relations with the Liao state.

Awarded Goryeo Dasheng music and various sacrificial vessels, medicines, calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures, and sent medical officers to Goryeo.In short, the diplomatic relations between the two countries have reached the stage of the closest relationship between Song and Gao in the past ten years.

If such words appear in the record of knowledge, the Zhao Song medical officer who went to Korea as an envoy would not deliberately belittle Korea.

Lu Qian was very well prepared, and whoever said the account of that mission was clearly recorded in the booklet.After the civil and military officials read it, the civil officials didn't say anything, but here in the five-army governor's mansion, everyone laughed uncontrollably.

The navy came to report that the Koryo army was weak, and it might have been false; the officials of Zhao Song would not work for Liang Shanbo.If Goryeo was really so weak and sent troops to conquer, wouldn't it be a one-shot?

"Koryeo's small army was weak, but it was able to repel the Khitan back then only because of the high mountains and ridges in the north. But this time our army took ships and sailed in, and the army went straight to Kaijing——"

This is not only a harvest trip, but also a training trip.It is true that the local garrison stays in the area, but soldiers who have never actually been on the battlefield are rookies in training.

And looking around, what is more convenient for training soldiers than Goryeo?
The sea route from Shandong to Jeju Island is still a long one, so carving out two leased areas on the Korean Peninsula for turnover is the right way.

Lu Qian's starting point for everything is to cut Goryeo's flesh and blood to meet his own needs. In his eyes, Goryeo is like a pig and sheep.Zong Ze blinked his eyes, and a kind of enlightenment suddenly rose in his heart.

(End of this chapter)