How to build a twenty-foot high platform? It can't be built. Even though it's just a landing platform, your requirements are too high. It's twenty feet, more than sixty meters, and it's all made of wood. I'm sorry, I'm afraid you'll fall.
It is even more impossible to build a stone barrier, and the project will be even bigger.
How to do it? He Chou found a hill with relatively soft soil near Liaodong City, just twenty feet high. He first set fire to it, and burned all the trees on the mountain. Then two thousand people began to burn the charred trees. They were cut down cleanly and then covered with new soil brought from elsewhere.
Stone slabs dismantled from the surrounding mountain towns were paved with steps up the mountain, and a platform was paved on the top, where the emperor stood.
Flags are planted all over the mountain. It looks majestic from a distance, but when viewed up close, it looks rough.
He Chou is in trouble. He can't pay for his work. What should he do?
It is made of both soil and stone, and it looks really unsightly. According to the aesthetic taste of the current emperor, I am afraid it will not pass the standard.
"The time is too tight, we have nothing to do," Li Chungui said: "Your Majesty is in Liaodong City, and the city walls here cannot be demolished, but the demolition of the surrounding mountain cities is too big a project, and there is no way we can do it within the time limit required by Your Majesty. It’s done, now we can only use gravel to cover the black soil to slightly hide the ugly appearance.”
He Chou nodded helplessly.
A normal surrender platform is actually only five or six feet high. There is no such thing as a twenty-foot-high surrender platform in history books.
He Chou did not have the ability to build such a high platform in such a short period of time. Even if Yu Wenkai came back from the dead, he would not be able to build it.
If you want it to be beautiful, it must be of the same color, and it must be stone, because stone shows solemnity.
So He Chou quickly greeted the Ministry of War and asked them to allocate manpower to collect gravel and cover the entire mountain. Anyway, no black soil could be seen.
The Ministry of War is also in a dilemma. The soldiers have returned with their achievements, and they are all very arrogant. It is inappropriate for you to ask them to work as coolies again.
So the Ministry of War went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to discuss borrowing some civilian men. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said, I'm sorry, I really don't have any extra manpower here.
In the end, there was no choice but to force the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City and nearby mountain cities to work as coolies.
Under normal circumstances, people will not be violent with the people who have just occupied the territory, because they are afraid that you will cause trouble, and they do not want to increase hostility, otherwise they will not be able to control them in the future.
It's harmless to kill some thorns, but it's not appropriate for you to conduct a comprehensive recruitment.
Sure enough, the local people in Goguryeo were very resistant, but the Sui army would not be soft on the whip, so nearly 20,000 civilians were recruited to build a surrender platform.
The entire high platform is divided into nine levels with distinct levels, which means that the person who surrenders is the honorable one.
On each high platform, there are heavy troops, and they are densely packed. In fact, this is to hide their appearance.
The Ministry of Rites waited until the high platform was completed, rehearsed a few times according to the etiquette, and then reported it to the emperor.
Taichang Temple chose an auspicious day, and Yang Guang left the city with his left and right guards.
There were troops all around the high platform, and the ministers lined up on both sides to get out of the way of the main road.
Yang Guang led Su Wei, Pei Ju, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er, Yang Xuangan, Niu Hong and other ministers to the high platform step by step amid the sound of music.
After reaching the top, Yang Guang was only surrounded by his twelve thousand niu guards, Yang Xuangan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Niu Hong, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Qing of Taichang Temple.
Not far below, officials from the Ministry of Rites read the surrender edict loudly for half an hour.
But this official has a really awesome voice, his voice is high-pitched, his words are clear and solemn.
Gao Yuan's gray-faced hands held a tray with a piece of yellow silk on it and a national seal on it.
In fact, he has rehearsed it many times under the guidance of the Ministry of Etiquette. The first few times, he staggered and burst into tears, but today, he couldn't cry.
Of course, he couldn't laugh either. The heroic spirits of his ancestors were watching him in the sky. As the king of a subjugated country, he could no longer enter his ancestral grave.
Gao Yuan was alone, wearing a shameful and fancy surrender, and walked step by step towards the high platform.
In the middle, there is a small square platform. Gao Yuan needs to stop here, and then read out the letter of surrender. It probably means that I am ashamed of my ancestors, I am ashamed of the people, and I have failed to govern the country well, but don't worry, everyone, now there is a comparison My king, who is a hundred times more powerful, will continue to rule here, and we will be Sui people from now on.
When reading this passage, Gao Yuan couldn't help but almost cried several times, but he couldn't cry, otherwise he would have a hard time in the future.
To put it bluntly, he is just a weakling and a cheap person.
Yang Jian warned Goguryeo many times, but you didn't listen. Yang Guang also warned you. If you had honestly gone to Luoyang to meet Yang Guang, nothing would have happened today.
Do you think you are cheap or not? Of course, the king of a country's first consideration is his own interests. Gao Yuan believed that the Sui Dynasty would deal with him sooner or later, so he prepared in advance. Since you choose to be tough, then you have some backbone. Can't Pyongyang City find a crooked neck? Tree?
After reading the letter asking for surrender, Gao Yuan continued to walk higher until he came to Yang Guang.
Yang Guang naturally looked condescending and stared at Gao Yuan coldly:
"Although the land on that side is small and the people are few, all the people in the world are my ministers. I have advised you several times that if you can do it with your heart and obey the charter, you are my good ministers. But if you gather all the people in a corner, you will be stunned. If you are arrogant and do not obey my words, you will be where you are today."
Gao Yuan's face looked ashen: "Liaodong Shitu Chen Yuan, please accept the surrender of the Sui Emperor."
Yang Guang curled his lips, Niu Hong stepped forward to take the national seal, then took a few steps forward and shouted towards the high platform:
"Goguryeo is dead! It will be incorporated into the territory of the Sui Dynasty immediately. It will be divided into seven counties: Fuyu County, Xincheng County, Liaodong County, Guiguo County, Beishe County, Wugu County, Pyongyang County, and fifty-four counties."
"Canonize Gao Yuan as the King of Liaodong County and General Zhongwu."
Then, Yang Xuangan stood up again, holding a scroll in his hand and read out, to the general effect that the local people were exempted from taxes for three years, allowed to go to the Central Plains to do business, set up Liaodong comfort envoys to educate the local people, and re-granted land to the people according to the Sui system.
As for the local wealthy families, they all moved to the inland and resettled, and among them Gao Xianzhi's ancestors should be included.
However, their migration was in batches, and they could not move at once. Historically, Gao Xianzhi followed his father Gao Sheji to migrate to Anxi, which is the Xinjiang area.
The reason for moving the nobles away is to prevent them from rebelling. The common people are deceived into rebelling. If the deceivers are removed, it will be much more stable.
On the third day after the surrender ceremony, good news came from the Eastern Route Army.
The domestic city was captured by Wei Xuan, Yuan Taizuo was captured, and Gao Jianwu committed suicide.
At this point, the entire territory of Goguryeo fell into the hands of the Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang personally conquered Goguryeo and achieved full success.
So next, Yang Guang is leaving. He can't wait to go back and show off. When I wanted to conquer it myself, you didn't agree. Now you see it, right? It has to be me.
The mess in Goguryeo still needs someone to clean up.
There was originally Liaodong County in the Sui Dynasty, but there was only one Tongding town as the administrative center. The new Liaodong County now covers Liaodong City and more than ten surrounding mountain cities. The prefect is Deng Hao, who has made meritorious deeds. Yang Guang clearly rewards and punishes. , sealed the Zhu Kingdom.
The remaining six counties have also appointed governors. Zhou Fashang was unlucky and became the governor of Pyongyang. Moreover, the 20,000 troops who followed him to fight Goryeo cannot leave yet, and some small-scale rebellions need to be eliminated.
He definitely didn't want to stay in this place, but the emperor's order could not be violated. The person who recommended him as the governor of Pyongyang was You Yuan, the comfort envoy who came to protect his son.
So, scholars have very small minds.
The governor of Xincheng County was Xue Zuo, who had accomplished the feat of crossing the river. A small hussar general, he suddenly became the governor. It sounded impressive, but in fact it was a hard job. From now on, he had to be in fear almost every day, worried about being assassinated by the locals. In his opinion, it would be fine if such a governor did not do it.
The governor of Beishe City is Gao Yixian, which he can accept, because this is Dalian, and across the sea is his hometown Bohai County. Looking across the sea is his hometown, which is actually not bad.
The prefect of Wu Gu is Duan Wenzhen's eldest son, Duan Cheng, the prefect of the country is Huang Junhan, and the prefect of Fuyu is Yang Wanshi.
Yang Wanshi was about to vomit blood. I am the Zuo Yuhou of the East Palace. The prince needs me. Why should I be put in such a place? I'm not convinced.
So he went directly to his eldest brother Yang Xuangan and uncle Yang Yue to plead for him, but they ignored him this time.
You idiot, the more chaotic a place is, the more troubled it is to fish in troubled waters. The governor of the Central Plains, how dare you do this? But here, no one cares about you. If you work for a few years and make more money, you will be transferred back.
Where is Fuyu City? It is Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province. It is a great place. It is located in the Songliao Plain and is rich in food. Are you not satisfied with this?
The few plain areas in our country are all major grain-producing areas. Being a local official on the black soil of the northeastern plains is a bit difficult, but the benefits are definitely not small. It depends on whether you can do it.
The prefects of the seven counties, with the exception of Zhou Fashang, are all of the younger generation. Because of their seniority, Yang Guang was embarrassed to arrange them here, so he could only let young people do it, but you have to keep a mature and prudent one, so Zhou Fashang was unlucky and was left behind by Yang Guang.
I am old and stay here far away from my homeland. Zhou Fashang wants to cry but has no tears.
So he wrote a letter early and sent someone to the capital to present it to the prince, "You must get me as soon as possible. I don't want to die in another country."
In the seventh year of Daye, on October 13th, Yang Guang returned to the Central Plains via Lulong Road.
He originally entered Shanxi from Hebei, but the rebellion in Hebei was not over yet, and the ministers advised him not to do so.
So Yang Guang could only take Chidao, and then go south from Yanmen Pass to Jinyang County, Taiyuan County, to inspect Jinyang Palace.
After Li Yuan received the news, he spent a lot of money to pave roads and clean up the county.
The Jinyang Palace he supervised was extremely grand, and the materials inside were luxurious to show the emperor's dignity. The little money he had originally obtained had been spent long ago, and he had no money left, and he still owed the Wu family a lot of debt.
But he has no intention of repaying this debt. He has already reported it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I am building a palace for His Majesty. This shortfall should be settled by your Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs is also very angry. Old debts have not been repaid, and new debts have arisen. Damn it, this grandma's side. (End of chapter)
