Great Tang Southern Emperor

The nobles of Goguryeo didn’t know that Datang was going to degrade them into slaves and work till death. They thought that since Datang had captured them, they would definitely treat them very preferentially after they sacrificed their captives to the Taimiao. After all, they were indeed Their influence is still huge. Datang wants to maintain the stability of the Goguryeo region, and their support is indispensable.

What's more, there are precedents for this matter before, whether it is Turkic or Gaochang, or Tuyuhun and Tubo, etc., but for all countries defeated by Datang, their nobles have received preferential treatment from Datang. Except for those who commit suicide, those who are obedient citizens have a very good end. Although they have no freedom, at least their life safety is guaranteed, and they will be knighted by the Tang Dynasty, and they can still enjoy the glory and wealth.

However, they would never have thought that long before Li Shimin captured them, they had already decided where they would go—that is, like the kings of Nanyang, they would all be thrown into the Li Yusi and let them work to death.

After learning about Li Shimin's thoughts, Li Zhen actually persuaded him, because Goguryeo is different from the Nanyang countries. Because of the particularity of the environment, the Nanyang countries are really rotten to the bone, from the princes and nobles to the common people. Basically they have become lazy.If such people are merged into Datang, not only will it fail to promote the development of Datang, but will become a burden to Datang.

What's more, the law of the jungle dooms them to be a group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves. The better you treat them, the harder they will bite you in the future. For the sake of the future, we simply cut off this cancer from the root.

But Goguryeo is different. In fact, there is still some salvation for this country. Goguryeo was founded in 37 BC. Because of discord with other princes, Prince Ju Mong of Buyeo escaped from Buyeo and established Buyeo (that is, Goguryeo).

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The main body of this place is actually the four counties of Lelang in the Han Dynasty. It was only later that the Han Dynasty weakened and lost control of this place, so Ju Mong seized the opportunity to occupy it and establish a country.

Therefore, Goguryeo is actually a separatist regime that has always been separated from the Central Plains Dynasty. Its main people are still Han people, just like Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty. The country established by the Han people as the main ethnic group just changed its name (the Goguryeo nationality is actually the Han nationality) - so it is very nonsense to say that a certain Bangzi country in later generations believed that Goguryeo was the predecessor of Goryeo. Goguryeo did occupy half of North Korea. The peninsula, but it was built by others. Later, they felt that this place was good, so they moved there. After Goguryeo was destroyed, Goguryeo's deadly enemy, the Baekje people, established it. What does it have to do with Goguryeo?

In other words, the people of Goguryeo still agree with Datang (otherwise Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo and plundered so many people in Goguryeo before he left, but he didn’t hear that one person ran back). For the governance of this place, we can only move According to the experience of Gaochang and other countries, the Goguryeo nobles cannot be dealt with in the way of Nanyang—because to be honest, the Goguryeo royal family still has a great influence on Goguryeo. After a hundred years, the prestige of the royal family is still very strong.If you want to govern Goguryeo stably, it is inevitable to give preferential treatment to the Goguryeo royal family.

It's just that what Li Zhen said was very reasonable, but Li Shimin obviously didn't listen to it. He thought that the people of Goguryeo were really hateful. Although because of their hard work, the common people could be forgiven for their crimes, but as a royal family, the punishment they should have is not. It is indispensable, and the punishment in his mouth is naturally to throw these nobles to Li Yusi. As long as they are still alive after working for five years, they can naturally return them to freedom.

But is it possible?

It is impossible for these noble gentlemen who are pampered and pampered on weekdays to live for five years in the slave camp of Li Yusi, which is nothing less than hell on earth.

But since Li Shimin insisted, Li Zhen has no objection, besides, Goguryeo people are indeed very hateful.He knew that Emperor Sui Yang's three expeditions to Goguryeo not only wiped out his own country, but also left hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers in Goguryeo. Emperor Sui Yang was too anxious to retreat, so naturally he couldn't care about these corpses. So these corpses became the trophies of Goguryeo. Under the order of the King of Goguryeo, Goguryeo used these corpses to build a large-scale Jingguan to declare its achievements.

However, there is reincarnation in the law of heaven. This time Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo and lost in the first battle. These Jingguans naturally fell into his eyes. Li Shimin was furious. He not only ordered the demolition of the Jingguan and collected the bones of these soldiers, but also beheaded the former soldiers. The soldiers and civilians of Goguryeo were collected, and a Jingguan was built in the same way, to vent their anger with an eye for an eye.

But now it seems that this Jingguan has not completely dispelled Li Shimin's anger. I am afraid that when he saw the Jingguan, he had already decided the fate of these Goguryeo nobles-let them serve their ancestors in the Liyu Division. Repent what you have done.

Li Zhen thought that she had guessed Li Shimin's thoughts correctly, but in fact it was not like this.

Although there were indeed reasons for this, in the final analysis, Li Shimin was stimulated by Li Zhen's behavior.

You must know that when Li Zhen communicated her decision back to Chang'an, all the people who knew the inside story gave Li Zhen a comment as soon as they got the news--so courageous.

Since ancient times, only those with great courage and foresight can achieve great things. Foresight is not lacking in Li Zhen himself, and his courage is even more vividly displayed by him now.

And after their in-depth research, they found that enslaving the Nanyang people is indeed the best way to deal with it. Therefore, Li Zhen's behavior was naturally praised by everyone, who believed that Li Zhen would definitely achieve great things in the future.

But such a comment fell into Li Shimin's ears, and it made him taste a little bit-I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I am the master of this country, and now these people actually praise another person in front of me, you guys Don't you think it's a bit too much? Isn't my courage not enough?

Since you think so, then I will show you my courage and let you know that my courage is no less than that of my son.

So Li Shimin, who was stimulated, decided to do the same thing as Li Zhen - he also planned to turn the people of Goguryeo into slaves and become the targets of Tang Dynasty's plunder.

Chapter 748 The Influence of Han Civilization

Chapter 1 Eleven: The Influence of Han Civilization

But how can things be so simple?

After Li Shimin expressed his thoughts, it was very unexpected and was opposed by almost everyone, not to mention his close officials, even Wang Tingchu, who was in charge of the Li Yusi, did not approve of this—after all, Goguryeo There is no comparison with the Nanyang countries. Nanyang are all newly civilized aborigines. In the eyes of the Central Plains people, they are no different from pigs and dogs, but Goguryeo is an old neighbor who has been in contact with the Central Plains dynasty for hundreds of years.

If you kill a pig or dog, no one will say anything about you, but if you kill your old neighbor, it will be unreasonable. No matter how big the enmity you have, after all, you have been together for hundreds of years. If you say kill, kill it?

So Li Shimin had no choice but to take the next best thing, imitating Li Zhen, letting go of the Goguryeo people, and only holding the Goguryeo royal family accountable.

No one objected to this opinion, which not only deterred the enemy, but also relieved the hatred in their hearts, killing two birds with one stone.

As for the treatment of the Goguryeo royal family in this way, will it cause protests from the Goguryeo people?

This must be there, but don’t worry too much, it’s just a little trouble. After a long time, the people of Goguryeo will naturally agree with the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Everyone believes in this point—don’t underestimate Han The influence of civilization on the whole of Asia, and never underestimate the strength of the Tang Empire's rule over neighboring countries.

In later generations, the Han civilization may be regarded as a backward civilization by foreign countries. Despite the efforts of the big bosses to promote it, it still cannot be recognized by the mainstream civilization.

But that was only after the twentieth century, before the Qing Dynasty, and even before the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], the Han civilization was in absolute dominance over the entire East and Southeast Asia.

Not to mention the current Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was a period of highly developed Han civilization. During this period, Han civilization was expanded to its peak. Since the Sui Dynasty, the Han people have developed their influence even more. At the limit, the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia are within the radiation circle of the Han civilization.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Sui Dynasty at this time was completely capable of making all nations come to court-although this is not necessarily a commendatory term, it undoubtedly explains some problems.

The deeper level of these problems represents that from the Western Regions to the Wa Kingdom, from Southeast Asia to Siberia, is the radiation range of the Tang Dynasty.

Although after the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the influence of the Han civilization has declined, but in the Tang Dynasty, and after three generations of governance from Li Yuan to Li Zhi, the Tang Dynasty has regained its vitality again, and even made great strides to expand this area. Expanded again, and even extended to Central Asia.

According to records, after the continuous development of the Han civilization, these vassal states of the Tang Dynasty would let their princes and vice-kings (kings next to the monarch, there is no such thing in China, but this title is very common abroad) as envoys, As an envoy to the Tang Dynasty.

Datang will also give them certain gifts in return (although Datang will always take advantage of them in many cases), and even canonize them with certain official positions, allowing them to stay in Datang to work for Datang.

In the face of Tang's bestowal of officials, most of these people will agree, and willingly serve as hostages to maintain peace between the two countries.

And Datang will also send officials to their countries, on the one hand to help them build their own country, on the other hand to survey and draw local maps, investigate the local customs, and strive to know themselves and the enemy.

How terrifying was the influence of Han culture on neighboring countries at that time?

Tang people are super-class citizens abroad. It is said that in foreign countries at that time, an ordinary Tang person could enjoy the treatment of a scholar-bureaucrat. If a Tang person with a little bit of status needs to be received by the king in person-this is also in Nanyang before. Why are there so many Han Chinese holding important official positions?

In order to show respect for the Tang Dynasty and ensure the safety of the people of the Tang Dynasty, some countries have specially enacted laws. If the people of the Tang Dynasty kill the people of the Tang Dynasty, they need to pay with their lives.

When the currency of the Tang Dynasty was spread to foreign countries, it was not used as currency at all, but was collected and turned into a collection, and it was the kind of collection that no one could see.

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This kind of situation cannot be traced back to later generations, and only when the development of civilization has entered a bottleneck period and foreign countries catch up with this opportunity, can there be etiquette between countries and opportunities for equal communication.

But at the beginning, the relationship between Han civilization and other civilizations in Asia was actually the relationship between father and children, king and minister, and even gods and people.

When these countries were weak, Datang was a god to them, their monarch, and their father, who gave them everything, and at the same time, they were grateful and looked forward to their father.

This situation has been developed to a certain level, civilization begins to evolve, and the inferior side of human beings begins to show, the relationship between the two will change quietly.

It can be said that despite this, for a long time, China's influence on the entire Asian circle has not changed much.

This situation continued until the iron hooves of the Manchus in the north broke through the last line of defense, and the barbarians in the west trampled on the ancient oriental world. Everything was destroyed, and the situation changed drastically beyond control.

The original awe, the original belief collapsed in an instant, and the newly established values, eager to get rid of the original setting, the relationship between the two began to reverse.

The relationship between the two sides is no longer between father and son, monarch and minister, and god and man, but has become a relationship between man and devil. The former ruler, now that he has achieved success, immediately turned around and began to oppress the original suzerain country.

And because they have belonged to the ruled for thousands of years, a deep-seated inferiority complex has not been eliminated with turning over.So in order to eliminate this inferiority complex, they began to turn into demons, spitting frenzied killings, trying to make them feel inferior, make them fear, and make them afraid. In the end, in this kind of killing, the Han people's pride in their own civilization was completely wiped out, and the Han people were wiped out. The bone marrow of Chinese civilization prevents them from turning over forever.The Han civilization that has lost itself will completely become garbage in history, and begin to turn into slaves, kneeling and licking the inferior civilization that they would never even look at in the past.

The situation of master and slave has changed, and the Han civilization is no longer superior, but has become the lowest existence, and any dog-like thing can be trampled on, and then spit out.

The Chinese civilization collapsed completely, reduced to the humblest weaklings, curled up in a corner and moaning, no longer their former splendor.

Chapter 749