My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 248: King of Northeast

The twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, the eighteenth year of Zhenguan.

Li Shimin announced it to the world.

The former Goryeo area was officially renamed Liaodong Road of the Tang Dynasty.

Even at the end of the year, there was still an endless stream of students from the Tang Dynasty heading to Liaodong Road.

It’s nice to have a family reunion during the Chinese New Year, but it’s far inferior to a career in politics.

By today, the news of Goryeo's destruction had spread throughout the entire Tang Dynasty. In this era, the speed of information dissemination was just that fast.

However, even in backward and isolated areas, people basically knew that the prince was in Liaodong and was actively recruiting students.

This attracted scholars from all over the world to flock to the school.

Liaodong City feels quite overcrowded.

Large-scale population movement also means economic development.

But for the people of Goryeo, last year and this year are like two different eras.

With the implementation of the new policies promulgated by Li Chengqian, various cities in Liaodong Road were directly reformed.

For students who arrive here earlier, it is like a step to heaven.

Those who have achieved some political achievements will be promoted directly.

He was a county magistrate yesterday, but might be promoted to governor today. This would be almost impossible in the Tang Dynasty.

But in Liaodong, many people are no longer surprised.

Due to the increase in official positions and the proliferation of a large number of public offices, the demand for officials has become greater.

The two things that Li Chengqian paid more attention to before spring ploughing were population census and land measurement.

Without the obstruction of local nobles, things went very smoothly.

Although according to the laws of development of things, wealth will gradually be concentrated, at present, the emergence of landlords and gentry will naturally not happen so quickly.

The people of Goryeo also began to have direct contact with officials.

The first is the Agriculture Department.

The Agriculture Department will be responsible for spring farming matters, including water power construction.

They deal directly with the people face to face.

The people from the Agriculture Department will directly teach the people how to promote the curved plow and various ways to increase harvests from farming.

If you don't have seeds and equipment, the government can provide them for rent.

The class reshuffle meant that a large number of Goryeo people were allocated enough land to be self-sufficient.

Who would want to go back to the hard days they had lived, being insulted and whipped by the nobles?

In the fields everywhere, the Korean people, who once had dull eyes, are now energetic and there is light in their eyes.

The reputation of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is further exacerbating its influence.

From the perspective of increased officials, there are more departments and the burden seems to be greater.

But there is one obvious benefit, that is, power truly falls into the hands of the people, breaking the tradition that imperial power does not extend to the countryside.
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Shenwu Palace.

Li Chengqian once again issued an edict on the policy of returning soldiers to farming.

Liaodong is the Northeast in later generations.

The soil here is fertile, and the famous black soil in later generations came from this place.

Silla is completely finished.

Although they were still there in name, in reality, most of the officials in the Silla court were involved in various crimes, and many were thrown into dungeons. At the very least, they were sentenced to hard labor, with a minimum sentence of three years in prison.

Three years of imprisonment does not mean exile, in other words it means reform through labor.

The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is still very kind.

In addition to confiscating the property of the families of these criminal officials, as long as they can recognize Chinese characters, they will be arranged to go to school, and teach the former Goryeo people Chinese characters according to the established teaching methods.

In fact, although many people were arrested, unless they had committed heinous crimes, they were basically sentenced to imprisonment instead of being executed directly.

They will be assigned as workers and teachers to contribute to the Liaodong Road.

Mid-February.

The ice and snow are gradually melting, and all things are reviving.

The arrival of spring plowing makes the entire Liaodong Road busy.

Reclaiming wasteland and farming became the mainstream.

This is the Northeast Plain, one of the most fertile places in the world.

The most advanced farming method of the Tang Dynasty was promoted in this land.

We were supposed to conquer Silla this year, but now that Silla has been taken over, there is no such thing as a conquest.

Everyone was busy, but Li Chengqian had some free time.

There is almost nothing to do except reading the reports from various places.

Shenwu Palace, rear hall.

“Are you satisfied now? Silla died in your hands, and you will be a sinner of Silla.”

Kindman said coldly.

By now, she was also aware of the conspiracy of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Strictly speaking, it should be considered an open conspiracy.

But even though he knew it, Kindman could only watch helplessly, with nothing he could do.

In a sense, she has now become a prisoner.

"Shouldn't you thank me?"

Jin Shengman retorted without showing any weakness.

"Thank u?"

"What a joke you are telling me now!"

“You and I are the last holy bloodline of Silla. After me, you will be the only one who can take the throne of Silla.”

“I originally thought that you wanted to use the Tang prince to continue the holy bone bloodline, but I didn’t expect that you would directly betray Silla.”

"Now you're telling me that I want to thank you?"

Kinderman was furious.

Jin Shengman said calmly: “Sister, do you think that if I were not there, the prince of the Tang Dynasty would let Silla go?”

“No, he won’t. He never wanted to let Silla go from the beginning.”

"Everything I said was just an excuse. I just went with the flow to protect myself."

"When the Tang army captures Jincheng, will my sister still have a chance to survive?"

"So shouldn't sister be thanking me?"

There were no other palace maids or servants in the room.

With a smile on her face, Jin Shengman twisted her waist, walked to Jin Deman's side, picked up the tea, and pursed her red lips.

"Sister, this is the most precious tribute to the Tang Dynasty imperial family, Fuding white tea."

"Only here with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can we enjoy it."

"Sister, don't you want to have a taste?"

What Kim Seung-man meant by this was to tell his sister Kim Deok-man that Silla could not defeat the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Goryeo had lost, so how could Silla win?

If there is any possibility of winning, will my sister go to Shenwu Palace in person to apologize?

The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty had no intention of keeping Silla from the very beginning.

Preparing food and manpower to attack Baekje via Silla was just a cover.

The real purpose of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is Silla.

This is just like Silla wanting to secretly ally with Baekje to deal with the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

The only possibility for Silla to turn the tables lies in the trust of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

But the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty made it clear that he didn't trust anyone.

Since we are all going to lose, why not be decent?

If they lose the war, their holy bones and bloodline will become worthless, just like Yeon Gaesomun of Goryeo now, becoming a stray dog.

Moreover, in Jin Shengman's view, she could get more by following His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Jin Deman took a deep look at the tea in his sister's hand, and then said coldly: "Is this the reason why you betrayed Silla?"

"If you hadn't informed on him, how could the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty have suspected him?"

Hearing this question, Jin Shengman burst into laughter.

Laughed for a long time.

"Have you laughed enough?" Kindman said impatiently.

Jin Shengman then stopped and touched Jin Deman's delicate cheek.

"My dear sister, you really should listen more about the things in Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty."

"You know, the prince and the emperor have already fallen out."

"That is, the Crown Prince now has a large army under his command, and the great victory in the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo has forced the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to restrain himself."

"But in reality, the prince can no longer return to the Tang Dynasty."

"What my sister saw was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, who wanted to establish his own reputation in the land of Liaodong."

"But what I saw in the palace was the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, who wanted to establish a power completely of his own here."

"Why do we have to go to so much trouble to clean up all the Goryeo nobles? This is to get rid of all the disobedient people."

"Only in this way can the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty gain a foothold in Goryeo and confront the Tang Dynasty."

Jin Shengman was a very smart woman. Even if she surrendered to the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, she still hoped that she could be valued by him.

And for her, the current Shenwu Palace is the best time.

Because there were no palace maids, these Silla maids became palace maids in Shenwu Palace, serving the prince in his daily life.

So Kim Seung-man knows a lot of information.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that Li Chengqian did not deliberately conceal it.

After knowing this, Jin Shengman became even more excited.

It was inevitable for the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty to unify the Liaodong region. No one could stop it, not even Silla or Baekje.

And if the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty cannot return to Chang'an, then the Crown Prince will be the new King of Liaodong.

She, Jin Shengman.

She will be the princess of Liaodong King.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty probably won't let the Crown Princess of the Tang Prince go.

Isn't such power greater than that of tiny Silla?

The offspring she gave birth to with the crown prince would be more noble than the holy bloodline of Silla.

Look at it from a different angle.

If the prince returns to the Tang Dynasty, he will inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty.

Then she will also become the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty.

No matter how you calculate it, it’s not a loss.

"The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is going to rebel?"

"How can you be sure?"

At this point, Kindman already believed it.

In fact, there is another point here. It is impossible for Jin Shengman to know these things before reporting them.

It is obvious that he found out after he reported the incident and gained the trust of the Crown Prince of Tang.

But this is no longer important in the current situation.

Jin Shengman said calmly: "Sister, the prince has already issued a new policy."

"Do you know how many officials the prince is going to appoint?"

"Twenty thousand. A full twenty thousand officials."

“This already includes Silla.”

"Does the Tang Dynasty have so many officials?"

"The Crown Prince wants to re-establish a court in Liaodong that is larger than the Tang Dynasty. What does this mean? Do you want me to explain it clearly?"

With the facts before him, Kindman felt weak and slumped in his chair.

Silla actually didn’t have any chairs.

Living in the Shenwu Palace these days, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty has chairs everywhere, and Jin Deman has gradually gotten used to it.

“Is it true that Silla really has no way out?”

Kindman felt somewhat unwilling. Was the tradition of so many generations going to be cut off with her?
The king of subjugation?

Jin Shengman said nonchalantly: "Even if there is no prince of the Tang Dynasty, will Silla still have anything to do with us?"

"We are the last of the holy bloodline, but there is no suitable marriage."

"Those people prevented us from getting married, saying that it was to keep the bloodline of the Holy Bone pure, but in reality, they wanted to sever our Holy Bone."

"If we have no offspring, then who will rule Silla in the end has nothing to do with us."

"My sister relied on the bloodline of the Holy Bone to become the queen, but she is also trapped by it."

According to the Silla bone rank system, the offspring born from the combination of holy bones and real bones would be downgraded.

In the absence of a male heir to the Holy Bone, the so-called Holy Bone bloodline had actually been cut off with the two sisters.

The only way out is to marry into the royal bloodline of the suzerain state, the Tang Dynasty.

If it weren't for the sisters' offspring taking charge of Silla, it would really be meaningless to them.

For the political groups in Silla, they did not want to see the Holy Bone Bloodline always being superior to Silla.

Kinderman was silent.

From this perspective, it seems that my sister's choice is the only way to ensure the longevity of the holy bone bloodline.

"What do you want me to do."

She compromised.

Jin Shengman smiled and said, "Of course, I will completely dedicate Silla to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After a slight hesitation, Kindman nodded heavily.

If he had the cooperation of the Queen of Silla, it would be much easier for the Crown Prince of Tang to completely control Silla.

It can be considered a smooth transition of power.

But Jin Deman didn’t care what would happen to those Silla nobles.
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"He is quite knowledgeable."

Jin Shengman quickly told the prince the news.

Li Chengqian was quite happy about this.

In addition to making it easier to capture Silla, it would also be legitimate.

After Silla gradually digested the enemy's forces, from summer to autumn, it was time to attack Baekje.

Even if Li Chengqian wanted to unify the northern region faster.

But it is not worth delaying spring ploughing and summer harvest for this.

The Tang Dynasty basically would not continue to provide him with food, fodder and armaments. In a sense, Li Chengqian could be considered to have set up a new country on his own and could only rely on himself.

Fortunately, the soil in Liaodong and Haidong is fertile, and both Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje have abundant reserves of food and fodder, so they do not have to run out of food and fodder just a few months after mobilizing the army.

Li Chengqian’s territory now is larger than the entire Northeast region in later generations.

Although the Heilongjiang region is now deserted and belongs to an uninhabited area.

However, some areas that belonged to the Mongolian region in later generations were included in the Goryeo region.

When considering the area of ​​Pyongyang, the overall scale cannot be underestimated.

The population is over four million.

The Northeast is the most abundant granary in China. The reason why it was not developed during the dynasty era was that it was not under the control of China for a long time. Later, after it was ruled by the Central Plains dynasty, it was affected by the Little Ice Age, and the winters were extremely cold and long.

Conventional crops cannot adapt to this low temperature environment and are extremely difficult to grow. Even if the soil is fertile, the harvest is not guaranteed.

Moreover, life is a problem and the situation has been unstable for a long time. How can it be effectively developed?

But now, it is not the Little Ice Age yet, the climate is relatively warm, and it is the most suitable time.

(End of this chapter)