"His Royal Highness served Silla in the Tang Dynasty. The family and country are united, and he has fulfilled his filial piety!" The person who reconciled the situation was Jin Yuxin. As an important minister appointed by Jin Chunqiu to assist the country and the father-in-law of the new king Jin Famin, he could be said to have said something in the scene. Jiuding.
"Your Highness, we are all members of our own family here, so we will not go around in circles. After the new defeat, we are really unable to send troops to transport food. Is there any room for maneuver on the side of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"
"A new defeat? The recent defeat at the hands of the Baekje people? How much was lost?"
"There were not many casualties, just over a thousand people, which is quite a killing, but all the baggage was lost!" Jin Yuxin's voice was low: "Last year, when the lost land was recovered, there were more than 3,000 casualties, and troops were sent to escort the Tang envoys to Sixian. If we continue to transport grain to Pyongyang this year, I’m afraid it will damage the country’s vitality!”
Jin Inwen moved his butt uneasily. In a sense, losing baggage is worse than dying. The body is worthless to the Baekje people, but weapons, armor, food, and carts are precious to everyone. Especially for the Baekje people after their country was subjugated.
"How big is the scale of the Tang people's troop dispatch this time?" Jin Yuxin asked.
"The troops were divided into four groups. Counting the soldiers of the subordinate countries, there were 350,000 soldiers. The states in the south of the Yangtze River were also ordered to send out boat divisions. It can be said that they are the most powerful army in the country!"
Hearing Jin Renwen's answer, everyone in the room took a breath. They all knew that Goguryeo and Tang Dynasty were separated by Liao Ze and the sea, and supplies were difficult. Everyone sent there must be a capable soldier, otherwise they would be nothing. It will increase the logistical burden in vain.
Therefore, these 350,000 people must be well-trained soldiers or loyal followers of the country who dare to fight, rather than a temporary mob.
Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla only had 50,000 to 100,000 troops like this, but Tang Dynasty could send 350,000 at once, which is simply unbelievable.
"This is simply overwhelming!" A Silla official sighed: "It seems that Goguryeo will not be able to escape this disaster!"
"That's not necessarily the case!" Someone next to him interjected: "Have you forgotten the three expeditions to Goguryeo during the Sui Dynasty? In terms of the success of the military expedition, I'm afraid this time it won't be as good as that time!"
"Yes, Liaoze, Yalushui, and the mountain city of Pyongyang are not easy to chew! According to me, if the Tang Dynasty mobilizes troops this time, they will probably return in vain!"
"Yes, the more troops are sent, the more people will eat, and we will have to transport food to Pyongyang. I think that although the Tang people are powerful this time, victory or defeat is still at a loss!"
Jin Yuxin glanced at everyone's faces, and the room suddenly became quiet. Before the lion roared, the sheep would be silent, Jin Renwen thought to himself.
"Your Highness! What do you think of the Tang Dynasty sending troops?"
"Eating the emperor's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor! If Ren asks to eat the emperor's salary of the Tang Dynasty, he will naturally do his best and die for it. As for success or failure, it cannot be reversed by a foolish person!"
Jin Ren asked this answer but it came from Zhuge Liang's "Shi Shi Biao". After Jin Chunqiu popularized Sinology in these years, everyone here except one or two who are too old will naturally be familiar with it.
Others did not dare to speak, but Jin Famin couldn't help it: "Second brother, you only remember that you are a minister of the Tang Dynasty. Have you forgotten that you are also the son of your father and the prince of Silla Kingdom?"
"Of course Renwen will not forget it!" Jin Renwen seemed not to sense the accusation in his brother's words, and replied respectfully: "But in Renwen's view, being loyal to the Tang Dynasty means being loyal to Silla, and doing your best for the great Tang Dynasty If Tang Dynasty works, Silla will naturally be healthy, this is the same thing, no need to distinguish!"
"Haha!" Jin Famin sneered twice: "So, if this year's grain transportation to Pyongyang hurts the country's vitality, it will actually benefit the country?"
"Exactly!"
Jin Famin laughed angrily and was about to scold this unfamiliar brother. Jin Yuxin coughed and stopped his son-in-law's anger. He said in a deep voice, "I would like to hear the details!"
"Yes!" Jin Renwen responded: "Baekje is my eternal enemy. If there is no Tang Dynasty, with the power of Silla, it is possible to destroy it and regain the lost territory?"
"No!" Jin Yuxin shook his head: "But now that Baekje has been destroyed, it is the Tang State who wants something from me, not me who wants something from the Tang State!"
Jin Renwen glanced at everyone in the room. Although everyone was smiling, he could see the pride hidden behind them. He stood up and said solemnly.
"If everyone thinks so, then Silla is in danger! From what Renwen can see, the rise and fall of Silla are all due to the emperor Chang'an's thoughts. If he wants me to live, I will live, and if he wants me to die, I will die. Previously, the Tang people were trapped Si Xiang City, but the former king did not save the country and sent troops to recover the lost territory, Tang officials came to remonstrate, saying that we, Silla, had both ends of the rat, which was not the courtesy of a human minister. They wanted to send Fu Yulong back to the country to become the governor of Xiongjin Dudu Prefecture, in order to divide the country. , join forces with the Japanese to destroy our Silla!"
Everyone in the room suddenly felt a chill. If the Tang Dynasty had implemented this strategy, even if Silla would not be destroyed, its vitality would definitely be severely damaged. Not only would it lose the homeland that it had finally regained, but it would also be beaten back to the city-state alliance hundreds of years ago. Not impossible.
"What did the emperor say that day?" Jin Famin felt his mouth was dry.
"The emperor will show me the remonstrance! I replied: The father of the Tang Dynasty, the son of Xinluo, the Japanese traitor! Even if the son is disobedient, the father can rebuke, whip, stick and even execute him, how can he be with foreigners? The reason why thieves join forces to attack?
What my father did was indeed inappropriate. A saint can just send an envoy to observe the law, so why bother the king? As the ancients said, it is not the work of a saint to punish someone without teaching! If Silla did bad things, it would be enough to punish the bad people. If they used Japanese soldiers to attack together, wouldn't it mean that both jade and stone would be destroyed? I'm afraid it will harm the emperor's virtue! The emperor gave up now! "
Jin Famin stood up, gathered his clothes and bowed deeply to Jin Renwen: "If it weren't for my second brother to be around Chang'an, I, Silla, would have turned into powder! Brother Fool is so ashamed that I just spoke nonsense. Please forgive me, second brother!"
Jin Ren asked how he dared to accept Jin Famin's bow, and quickly got out of the way. After doing this several times, he sat down again. Jin Renwen sighed.
"Brother, General, the Tang Dynasty established its capital in Chang'an, which is thousands of miles away from the east coast. The land is not enough to cultivate, and the people are not enough to use. The reason for raising troops and mobilizing people is nothing more than to avenge the ancestors. I, the new If Luo can contribute, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will not take it seriously even if he goes against the rules in one or two ways; but if he is unwilling to contribute to Goguryeo, no matter how much I try to persuade him, it will be useless!"
Jin Famin and Jin Yuxin looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes. As Jin Renwen said, Silla's expansion on the peninsula was actually based on the support of Datang, or at least its tacit approval.
