Su Dawei thought about returning to the Tang Dynasty.I used to think about it day and night, and I wanted to return to Chang'an as soon as possible.For a moment, when Su Dawei received the letter from Liu Niangzi who asked him to write it to him, he suddenly realized that his mother was already old.Parents are here, not far away.There must be a way to travel.No matter which time and space Su Dawei is, he is a Chinese person in his bones, and he naturally wants to return to A-Niang to fulfill his filial piety.But during the time when he led the troops to fight, he could only put down his family affection for the time being.Until this moment, I heard Li Tao suddenly say the news that Li Zhi urgently summoned him back.I was not surprised as I imagined, but I felt a sense of relief from my shoulders.Finally......
I can finally go back.But the next moment, Su Dawei suddenly became vigilant again.Li Zhi summoned himself back this time, which was a little unusual.In the past, because Su Dawei also worked in the Ducha Temple, there was an urgent communication channel with Li Zhibaili in the DPRK.If Li Zhi had any orders to the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion before, he would directly order Su Dawei.But this time, it was obvious that this rule was broken, and it was actually conveyed through Li Tao.Is there any particular purpose in this?
As a Tang man who has lived in this era for more than ten years, Su Dawei has long understood that Li Zhi is not only not stupid, but an extremely intelligent person with good political power.But for a while, he couldn't guess Li Zhi's intentions.It is impossible for Li Tao to spread the news falsely, and the answer to all the questions can only be made clear when he returns to Datang what medicine Li Zhi sells in the gourd.Li Tao stroked his long beard, and when he saw Su Dawei, he bowed his head and said nothing, and he didn't make a sound to disturb.When Su Dawei raised his head again, Li Tao said: "It's a verbal message, saying that the sooner the better, you can prepare it yourself." ”"Then the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion ......"
"Your Majesty also has a clear decree to make Liu Renliang the acting governor, you only need to hand over the government affairs seal, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
I see.Su Dawei was stunned for a moment, and then had a sense of understanding.No wonder Liu Renliang felt a little strange when he was in front of him before, presumably he already knew the news and knew that he was about to replace himself and become the acting governor of Xiongjin.Su Dawei fell silent again, thinking about the pros and cons in his mind.The news of returning to Datang, although it is what he has been looking forward to.But at this time, I was really caught off guard.There is still much to be done.For example, the strategy for Baekje, as well as on the side of Hokkaido, the Tang army's troops continued to advance.There is now an Wensheng town in the Wa Kingdom, and the black tooth Changzhi and Shazha are similar, plus the generals such as Ashina Daozhen and Cui Qi who were added in the follow-up are still crisscrossing and closing.If there are a few more months, it should be able to subdue all the Wajima.Why is this time in the first place?"
The matter at hand, you will hand over to Liu Renliang, and I have another thing here to tell you separately."
Li Tao glanced at Su Dawei: "Have you heard of the Goguryeo ghost pawn?"
”The sun is slanting to the west.In the temporary camp belonging to the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, Su Dawei sat upright in the tent with a calm face.The light of the whale oil lamp in the tent was bright, but it could not illuminate the haze in Su Dawei's heart.It was not only the matter of the Son of Heaven urgently recalling Tang, but also another thing that Li Tao told him during the day.Goguryeo ghosts.During the day, he walked with Li Tao into the city of Pyongyang, a secret room in the old royal palace.His nose seemed to smell the corpse-like and strange smell in the secret room.The smell is like a stinky salted fish basking on the beach and being exposed to the scorching sun, and the smell can't be dispelled.In the center of the chamber is a square-shaped black pool.The black water in the pool was dull and dark without a trace of light, and it was as black as ink.There should have been a lot of ghosts here, but now, it's empty.Where did the ghost pawn go?
And when did you leave?
It is rumored that in the past year, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Liaodong, and the Goguryeo general Eulzhi Wende drove the ghost pawns to kill the Quartet on the battlefield, which caught the Sui army by surprise and beheaded the general of the Sui army, resulting in the collapse of the Sui army.reversed the entire battle situation in one fell swoop, and finally caused chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the collapse of the Great Sui.It can be said that the key to all this is the sudden appearance of Goguryeo ghosts in that war.Originally, Su Dawei was still wondering, in the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo in the past few years, he had not seen the ghost pawn appear.Still, no one can ignore the presence of the Devils.Including when Su Dawei attacked Pyongyang before, he always tightened a string and beware of ghost pawns.But until the end, the city of Pyongyang fell, and there was no trace of the ghost pawns.Originally, Su Dawei thought that Goguryeo had no ghosts.But in retrospect, that was not the case.Who was the one who took the ghost pawn?
How many more ghost pawns are there?
Will it pose a threat to Datang?
All of this needs to be followed up by Ducha Temple."
Ami."
There was a voice outside, and Su Dawei raised his voice and said, "Come in." ”It was Su Qingjie who walked in, followed by Gao Dalong and Zhou Liang behind him.This is the core of Su Dawei's circle.Even Lou Shide and Wang Xiaojie were not notified.Originally, Su Dawei still wanted to find more people, but An Wensheng was still in the Wa Kingdom, and Hei Zhi Changzhi and Sha Zha were similar, Ashina Daozhen, and Nan Jiulang were also over there."
How's things going to be organized?"
Su Dawei looked up at Su Qingjie.His previous conquest of the Wa Kingdom, and the affairs of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion were all handed over to Su Qingjie for the time being.After learning about the incident in the afternoon, he began to gather people to do the aftermath."
Now there are 5,500 soldiers in the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, and Liu Renliang, as an assassin envoy with a side, has 7,000 soldiers in his hands.""
That is, the soldiers available in Liu Renliang's hands after that, there are 12,000 people.""
That's not counting the 10,000 people you borrowed from Silla."
Su Qingjie smiled at Su Dawei: "At that time, it was supposed to enrich the Governor's Mansion, but now it is also going to be cheaper." ”"Hugh is going to say that."
Su Dawei waved his hand and said: "General Liu is a square person, and with him succeeding him as the acting governor of the Xiongjin Metropolitan Mansion, he will definitely be able to continue to stabilize the situation." ”After speaking, he looked at Zhou Liang and said, "Brother Tuesday, how is the money and food here in Baekje now?"
”The soldiers don't sound like much, but according to the practice of the Tang Dynasty, there will not be too many people stationed in the newly conquered land.Like the four towns of Anxi, it is almost like a sentry post at this time.If there is a war, the first thing to do is to borrow a servant army from the vassals.The second is to borrow troops from the Metropolitan Protectorate.The problem is that the Metropolitan Protectorate generally has only a few thousand soldiers.It will not be until later, when it competes with Tibet for control, that the allocation of troops will be strengthened.However, troop strength is only one aspect, and what is more important than troop strength is the control of local resources, which is embodied in the word "money and grain."
Zhou Liang has been in charge of the intelligence network of Ducha Temple on this side for Su Dawei, and when he heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Baekje has always been a handicraft industry and agriculture before, mainly developed industry and commerce, and has frequent business contacts with the Wa Kingdom, Liaodong Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty.If we only talk about food, I am afraid that it will take several years to recover after the previous war.Recently, food has been strapped to feed the locals, and Silla needs to be funded. ”Su Dawei nodded silently.If you want Baekje to be stable, you must first ensure that the local people can eat and not starve to death.Otherwise, if there is a famine, a new round of rebellion will surely break out.This must be guarded against.In fact, Baekje was inferior to Silla and Goguryeo in agriculture, and it had been suppressing the Silla people before, relying on his handicraft industry and industrial and commercial development to support it."
Over there in Silla, Kim Famin has been quite honest recently, I will write to him before I leave, and knock him again, so that he can cooperate with Liu Renliang as much as possible, and also relieve a little pressure on your work.In addition, handicrafts and commerce can be more encouraged, and the tax system is not arranged by the imperial court now, just like their old practice.Food......
Silla alone may not be enough. ”Speaking of this, he turned to the tall dragon on the side: "Dalong, how is the production recovery over there now?"
”"Just about to mention it."
Gao Dalong also had just returned from Kyushu and was familiar with the situation over there.His eyes flashed slightly: "Kyushu is now occupying the area, and it is roughly still in Amakusa and Hizen, Higo, and Tsukushi.The Udo Jingu side is still handing over, and it hasn't fallen into full control for a while.In the area under the actual control of Kyushu, there are roughly 180,000 households and a population of more than 400,000. ”Su Dawei nodded and motioned for Gao Dalong to continue.At this point in terms of the number of households, of course, it is far from being comparable with Datang.But for Baekje, it's quite a lot."
The previous war has missed the agricultural time, and this year's harvest will be reduced, so our situation will be a little difficult.""
The country is also short of food?"
This result surprised Su Dawei, and his brows couldn't help frowning.The people regard food as their day, and there will be a big mess when there is a shortage of food.Gao Dalong continued: "It's not that short, there is actually still food, the kind of high-yield rice seed that you ordered to spread in the middle of the year, the harvest is not bad, and some losses are flattened.It's just that new problems have arisen recently. ”"What's the problem?""
In the past, when the Wa Kingdom collected grain, it was all appointed by the royal family to collect grain, and the price was much lower than the market price."
was mentioned by Gao Dalong, Su Dawei thought about it.Those grain collectors are similar to the "middlemen" of later generations, or the squires.However, this group of people, except for a small number of people who saw the opportunity quickly and defected to the Tang Army, most of them were taken as negative examples in the first wave of war.In other words, the ecology of local agriculture in the original Wa country was broken.Even if the peasants have grain, they don't know how to hand it over or collect it.Su Dawei thought about it for a moment, thought about it clearly, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, just let the grain be bought and sold freely, and if the governor's mansion needs grain, just buy it from the farmers at the market price." ”"We have thought about this issue before, and we have also told the farmers, but as a result, the farmers in many places are against it.""
Against?"
Su Dawei was stunned for a moment: "In the past, the price given by the grain collectors was far lower than the market price, but now we allow them to buy and sell grain freely and set the price at the market price, so that the farmers make more money, why should they resist?"
”"Because they feel that it looks like the income is high, but the risk is also high, and when there is a good harvest, if the grain is sold at market prices, it will only be sold cheaply.Moreover, each peasant household has less than 300 catties of grain a year, and there is not much to sell except for rations, so they find a way to find a place to sell this grain alone, which they find very inconvenient, and will delay the time to do farm work. ”"And what do they want?"
Su Dawei was a little speechless.Now these peasant households were all landless and proletarian peasants at the beginning.It can be said that it is the bottom of the Wa Kingdom.It's only been a long time, and it's a little sour.In the past, when there was no proletarian, as long as the Tang army gave them fields to cultivate, they would agree to any conditions, and respond positively."
They said they still wanted it to be collected by a unified grain collector as in the past.""
Hehe, this is really ......"
Su Dawei shook his head helplessly.As farmers, they would oppose a policy that is good for them.Human nature and local affairs are complex, and they cannot be explained in a few words.()