Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, Tang Dynasty, July 6, 26 AD, His Majesty the Emperor Li Shimin left Chang'an City, went to Mount Tai to inspect, and held a Zen ceremony.
At this moment, Li Chengqian in Liaodong was also discussing this matter with Li Shiji and others.
"My father will be enshrined in Mount Tai on August 1st. At that time, we will make a final decision in Liaodong, so I will also perform a ceremony to worship heaven on behalf of my father. By then, our 150,000 soldiers who are temporarily located near Pyongyang will definitely be Gathered together." Li Chengqian said seriously.
"His Majesty's order is for our troops to temporarily assist in stabilizing Silla Prefecture and allow Silla Prefecture to resume operations. It is of great use to these soldiers." Li Shiji frowned slightly.
He did not object to holding the ceremony. The ceremony to worship the heavens was a very important matter. Li Shiji would not object, but Li Shiji felt that there was no need to gather so many soldiers.
"At least the 150,000 main elite soldiers must be gathered. The Tang Dynasty will send 300,000 troops this time. Although some of the troops have begun to turn back, the remaining troops are enough to assist. Currently in the territory of Silla Prefecture We have no enemies."
"The reason why there are so many soldiers left is just to clean up some bandits."
"But the remaining soldiers are enough, not to mention that we will train these soldiers from Goguryeo to become members of the Ministry of Security." Li Chengqian said.
"Okay, no problem, just think of it as training for a month, and help the people in Pyongyang by the way." Li Shiji thought for a while and did not refuse.
He has the final say on how these soldiers should be used, and what Li Chengqian said makes sense.
So he didn't refuse.
"Then I won't disturb General Li from his official duties. I'm going to chat with the soldiers." Li Chengqian said with a smile.
Li Shiji naturally said goodbye to Li Chengqian. After Li Chengqian left, Li Shiji shook his head. In fact, His Royal Highness could have gone back long ago, but so far His Highness has not left.
It is estimated that it will be the same as when I went to Youzhou before. It will probably take a year or even half a year before I return to Chang'an this time.
I don’t know what’s scary in Chang’an.
All the generals responsible for attacking Goguryeo this time have not returned to Chang'an for the time being. They are expected to return to Chang'an one after another in the future.
However, Li Shiji does have a lot of things to deal with at the moment. The first thing is about Gao Jianwu. I don't know if His Majesty or His Highness did it on purpose or if he forgot about him. Anyway, there is no word on how to deal with Gao Jianwu for the time being.
But Li Shiji thought about it and finally sent Gao Jianwu directly to Chang'an, including Gao Jianwu's family and concubines.
But for the remaining Goguryeo nobles, Li Shiji did not do this. Instead, he directly imitated His Highness and held a public trial in Pyongyang.
Let the people in Pyongyang convict them, and then conduct trials, complain, etc.
Anyone who has committed many evil deeds will be executed. If they behave fairly, then these people can stay alive and retain a certain amount of property.
As for Liu Zhao and others, according to His Highness's order, they will also go to Chang'an later and then be rewarded.
However, Liu Zhao and the others obviously did not expect that Li Shiji would judge these nobles of Goguryeo like this, but it has to be said that this move can be said to put these original nobles of Goguryeo directly against all the original people of Goguryeo.
Not to mention those who were sentenced to death for committing many evil deeds, their families may have hatred, but most of their families' property was confiscated, allowing them to retain a very small part of their property and live as ordinary people.
They probably don't have the strength to take revenge. The Tang Dynasty in the future is not Goguryeo, and they don't have the foundation at all.
The point is that these nobles were tried by a public trial, which means that if they keep a low profile in the future, it will be fine, but if they don't, they will not find anyone to support them at all.
Liu Zhao and others have clearly seen that for the current Tang Dynasty, the people are the foundation and foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and these people do not have the foundation of the people, they are nothing.
This year, a large number of people throughout Silla and Liaoning Prefecture have delayed farming because of the war, but it doesn't matter, Datang has issued the latest announcement.
Not only did they hire a large number of people to cultivate fields, but also gave them very high monthly wages, and they also sold grain according to the grain prices in the mainland of the Tang Dynasty.
At the beginning, all the people in Silla Prefecture and Liaoning Prefecture who had not had time to farm were very anxious. However, when the Tang Dynasty implemented a series of policies, especially when every household hired at least one common person, they either cultivated fields, built roads, or It can help Datang transport supplies from various ports.
All in all, there is a lot of work that they need to do, and they are still continuously exploring minerals in Gaimou City and other places, etc., which requires a lot of manpower.
Therefore, the common people have earned monthly money, and with the monthly money, the food they purchased is enough to easily feed their family, so these people naturally do not have to worry.
The Tang Dynasty was already very proficient in using these methods. Li Shiji had done a lot of similar work in Youzhou, especially just opening up official roads required a lot of manpower.
Anyway, as long as there are enough manpower, Datang can afford to hire them now. So many people have not farmed this year. Even if they are not assigned to work, food relief will be distributed.
In this case, it would be better to hire them directly to do the work. Farming and building roads are all serious work, and there are still a lot of cities that need to be repaired.
As for the city walls, Li Shiji hesitated for a long time. In the end, the blown-up walls were repaired. At present, although Datang has the means to destroy the city, the city wall is not only for defensive warfare.
In daily life, it also plays a certain role in preventing wild beasts or bandits, especially the walls of some small cities are more important.
Therefore, these city walls were directly repaired.
Speaking of which, there is still a lot of work in Silla and Liaodong.
In this way, time passed quickly in Liaoning and Silla, which were busy. Until August 1st was getting closer and closer, the 150,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had been located near Pyongyang City had also begun to arrange the venue.
In addition, all the senior generals currently located in Liaoning and Silla also handed over their work to their adjutants and rushed to the vicinity of Liaodong City.
The heads of all the security forces in various parts of the Tang Dynasty also followed Li Shimin's order and asked them to prepare to hold similar sacrificial activities on August 1, requiring the security forces in the city, the garrison near the city, and the people in the city to come. Make time as much as possible.
Because His Majesty is going to perform the Taishan Zen ceremony and perform the heaven-sacrifice ceremony together with the world.
