The corners of Wang Wenzuo's lips were slightly raised, revealing a sneer. He did not answer, but turned his eyes to Liu Renyuan and Du Shuang. He saw exhaustion and boredom on their faces. It seemed that this was not the first time this guy said this. What a stupid thing to say.
"What will be done with the recovered land?" Wang Wenzuo asked.
"Give it to the people who deserve it!" Fuyu Long shouted: "Only those with blood and surname are worthy of these lands!"
"You mean the original owners of these lands?" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "As far as I know, most of them are either dead or sent to Chang'an!"
"If you look for it, you can always find it!" Fuyulong said: "Wang Sima, believe me, Baekje has existed for more than 600 years starting from its founder, King Onzuo. Although the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, it only had a few Ten years of history! Only by using my method can this land be long-term and peaceful!"
"Hahahaha!" Wang Wenzuo finally couldn't bear it anymore and burst into laughter.
"Wang Sima, why are you laughing? Am I right?"
"Yes, it makes sense! But Buyeolong, you have forgotten one thing. You are no longer the King of Buyeo, but the Commander-in-Chief of Xiongjin of the Tang Dynasty. This is no longer the Kingdom of Baekje, but Xiongjin of the Tang Dynasty. Jindudufu. If you have forgotten this, I will be happy to remind you!" At this point, Wang Wenzuo had already pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist, with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Sanlang, there's no need to say it!" Liu Renyuan stopped Wang Wenzuo and turned to Fuyu Long: "I think the prince knows his identity very well, and there is no need for you to remind him!"
"That's right!" Du Shuang also stood up and stood between Wang Wenzuo and Fu Yulong: "It was just a joke. Your Highness, don't you think so?"
"The little king made a mistake, please forgive Wang Sima!" Faced with Wang Wenzuo's intimidation, Fu Yulong weakly lowered his head. He knew very well that although Du Shuang and Liu Renyuan seemed to be leaning towards him, in fact they still stood by him. On Wang Wenzuo's side, he just didn't want to end up in a bad situation if he broke up with each other.
"Prince Fuyu!" Wang Wenzuo said in a deep voice: "You have been to Chang'an before, but do you know who owns the best landowners on the riverbanks on both sides of the Wei River?"
Fu Yulong was stunned. He didn't know why Wang Wenzuo suddenly asked this question, so he could only shake his head: "I don't know!"
"When Emperor Taizong Wen raised troops from Jinyang, he had 30,000 heroes. These 30,000 people were called the Yuan Congzong. After Chang'an was established, the emperor gave these 30,000 the best riverbanks on both sides of the Wei River. Yuan Cong thought that he would be rewarded by the mediocre, not his clan relatives, so the farm owners you saw on both sides of the Wei River in Chang'an were all the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Peng and others made great contributions in quelling the Fuyu Fengzhang Rebellion. , I reward them with land in accordance with the precedent of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to take away their land, are you trying to shake the foundation of the Xiongjin Governor's Palace in the Tang Dynasty?"
"I have no such intention!" Fuyu Long said with a strong smile: "I just said that just for the long-term peace and stability of Baekje. If there is anything wrong, please ask Wang Sima Haihan!"
"That's the best!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "I'm just being rude to you, but I'd like to ask Prince Haihan!"
Wang Wenzuo sat back down, and Liu Renyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and said with a smile: "That's good, that's good. Sanlang, how wise are you, how do you think you should handle this matter?"
"Right now, I don't know anything about the situation at that time, so I'd better ask Wang Peng first!" Wang Wenzuo said: "But in the final analysis, before Goguryeo was destroyed, the Silla people did not dare to fight with us. At most, they are just playing small tricks and encroaching on the border. We must be armed when doing business. In my opinion, we should reorganize our military affairs first. No matter what we do next, we will not go wrong!"
"Reorganize the military?" Du Shuang said with a bitter smile after hearing this: "What you said is true, but the problem is that all the armies are stationed in the fields, and they are only thinking about returning to their hometowns and have no intention of fighting. If they don't rectify it, they will cause rebellion every day. Why don’t you make a big fuss?”
"That's true!" Wang Wenzuo nodded. He had been in Baekje for more than two months, and he had some understanding of the situation of the local Tang army. In one sentence, the old soldiers were tired and it was hard for the gods to save them. It is estimated that the Silla people also knew the situation of Baekje Tang Army very well, so they dared to play so many tricks.
"Then let's train these local Baekje powerful men into a united force.
! Wang Wenzuo said: "Anyway, they have been used to fighting the Silla people for hundreds of years. It won't be difficult to change their flag and continue fighting the Silla people!"
"This is also a way!" Liu Renyuan nodded: "What are you going to do, Sanlang?"
"It's very simple. First, organize a hunt in Sixian City, let each family bring their own people, and then enter them into the roster. This will give you a foundation. If something happens, just recruit troops according to the roster!"
"How can this work!" Du Shuang said with a smile: "You are doing this on your own initiative, how many soldiers can you have? No, no!"
"Of course not many people and horses will come the first time. Anyway, those who come will be given food and rice according to the soldiers and horses they bring. One person and one horse will be given ten stones of corn and three bolts of cloth a year. The second time will definitely There are so many people!”
"Ten stones of corn, three pieces of cloth? There are so many, how can you get so much grain and rice to distribute?" Du Shuang became anxious when he heard this: "The Baekje people are not fools, how could they believe it!"
"I'm just making an analogy. The specific figure can be discussed later!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "As for the source of grain, rice and cloth, then we can increase the tax from fields in various places. For example, one liter per acre of land, one man per woman. Add half a bolt of cloth!"
"This is a solution!" Du Shuang nodded: "It's just that the officials below are all powerful Baekje people. If we want to collect more grain and rice, we will probably have to fight a lot of lawsuits!"
"This is actually not a difficult task!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Assign the Baekje powerful men who came to participate in the hunt to each county and let them collect military rations and rice by themselves. It concerns their own pockets. They will definitely not be lazy!"
Hearing Wang Wenzuo's suggestion, Liu Renyuan and Du Shuang exchanged glances. Liu Renyuan whispered: "Sanlang, if you do this, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble and endless troubles!"
"If Liu Gong feels it is not appropriate, then let's postpone it for the time being! Let each county first recruit troops, grain and rice!"
Seeing that Wang Wenzuo did not insist, Liu Renyuan nodded. Perhaps because of his promotion, he gradually felt that Wang Wenzuo had become a different person after returning from Chang'an. Although his attitude towards him was still respectful, his actions were much more decisive and arbitrary. . He once mentioned it to Du Shuang in private, but Du Shuang advised him not to say anything more. The reason was that the imperial court had granted Wang Wenzuo the official position of ambassador to comfort the Japanese country, which was a missionary position.
In the political terminology of the time, Wang Wenzuo's ambassador to the Japanese nation could be said to be "unfavorable to Cao Si, special imperial edict". There was a certain process for the normal selection and appointment of officials in the Tang Dynasty. According to their affiliation, they were recommended, selected, approved, and finally appointed by officials at the corresponding levels in the six ministries and twenty-four divisions. The process was clear, and each link had special officials and criteria for screening. . However, Wang Wenzuo's ambassador to comfort Japan was directly selected by the top management (recommended by the queen and named by the emperor). He did not go through the original selection and appointment process. Naturally, he was not restricted by the original six ministries and twenty-four departments, and had more discretionary power. Big, this is not good for Cao Si. After Wang Wenzuo finished his work, he reported directly to the Emperor and Queen and was not responsible to anyone else. This was a special imperial edict.
This kind of mission was rare at that time. Wang Wenzuo could directly submit letters to the emperor across the three provinces. In fact, neither the Six Ministries nor the Shangshu Province had any restrictions on management. Later, as the number of envoys increased, in 723 AD, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty changed the name of the Zhengshi Hall to Zhongshu Menxia, and set up five rooms for officials, cardinals, soldiers, households, and Xingli as its specific administrative agencies. It is equivalent to merging the Shangshu Province responsible for execution with the original political hall. The decision-making and execution powers were refocused on the prime minister. The original system of three provinces and six ministries transitioned to the system of two governments and three divisions. In this way, the official position was re-incorporated into the Tang Dynasty. within the government administrative system.
Therefore, although Liu Renyuan was actually the highest official of the Xiongjin Governor's Office and his rank was higher than that of Wang Wenzuo, according to the bureaucratic system at the time, once the two sides disagreed, Liu Renyuan could only write a letter to the Andong Governor's Office first, and then the Andong Governor's Office Then he submitted a letter to the Ministry of War, and then went to the Zhongshu Province, which then gave it to the emperor; but Wang Wenzuo was able to directly put it on the emperor's desk. If this kind of pen-and-ink lawsuit started, Liu Renyuan would definitely lose. As long as you are not a fool, you will naturally not make yourself unhappy.
After Wang Wenzuo finished the discussion, he returned to his residence and immediately called Sancho: "Go to Wang Peng's place in person, find out the situation there, and then come back and report to me!"
"As you command!"
"Black Teeth Changzhi!"
"exist!"
"How many troops can you muster now?"
Black Teeth Changzhi thought for a while: "The total number of tribe members is about five hundred!"
"Very good, you gather the troops immediately! Rush to Wang Peng's place to show support! Don't let the Silla people take the lead!"
"As you command!"
After the assignment was completed, Wang Wenzuo breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, this matter was actually a rare opportunity. No matter what he wanted to do next, the land of Baekje was the foundation. But the problem was that the resources he had at hand were too large at the moment. Few, many well-thought-out plans can only be shelved. The external threat from the Silla people gave themselves an opportunity to flex their muscles. But when the opportunity comes, what to do next and where to do it will be very knowledgeable.
Although there are many kinds of resources in Baekje, they are roughly divided into two types: human resources and material resources. Human resources are simply soldiers and labor, and material resources are simply taxes and monopoly purchases. For Wang Wenzuo, recruiting soldiers was simple. Both the captured Japanese and the new landlords of Baekje who had previously established a master-slave relationship with him could provide a considerable number of soldiers, plus the two thousand people brought from Chang'an. The number of rural party members who were willing to follow them in the Tang army stationed in Baekje was quite considerable. But if these armies are to have sufficient combat effectiveness, a considerable amount of compensation must be given. This compensation can take many forms: money, food, cloth, and even land. If done well, it will form a positive feedback process - recruit people - defeat enemies - get rewards and become stronger - recruit more people to join next time, and so on. This involves a question, who will pay?
The simplest way is to let the enemy pay for it - the spoils of war, the enemy's property, land, and even the enemy himself, his wife and children, and distribute these fairly to the soldiers as compensation. As long as you can continue to win, this road can keep going. Go down until all enemies within sight are conquered. But Wang Wenzuo can't take this road now, because the Silla people are still vassals of the Tang Dynasty, and nominally Silla and Baekje are still close allies. There can only be small-scale friction between the two sides, and it is impossible to break out a large-scale war. , it is impossible to get enough spoils to pay the army in such a small-scale battle.
Then there is only one other way - to collect temporary military taxes from Baekje, and then use these military taxes to supply the army. According to Wang Wenzuo's idea, he also planned to establish an organization to collect military taxes. He would select officials from the Baekje landowners who were loyal to him and let them collect military taxes to support himself. This actually formed a military government parallel to the original grassroots government. As long as there is enough time, this shadow government will replace the original government and become the actual controller of Baekje's grassroots level. Of course, there will be fierce conflicts between the two parallel governments during this process, but Wang Wenzuo doesn't care. After all, most of the current Baekje grassroots are in the hands of the original Baekje powerful. To fight against them, they will replace the big ones with new Baekje landlords who are loyal to them. Tang is also beneficial. Liu Renyuan also saw the dangerous consequences of doing so, so he objected. Wang Wenzuo had to take a step back temporarily and wait for the opportunity. Anyway, as long as the army was formed, they would definitely be able to find food for themselves if they had knives in their hands.
"Ming Gong!"
Wang Wenzuo turned around and saw Cao Wenzong standing respectfully at the door. He nodded: "You are back, okay, come in and talk!"
"Thank you Ming Gong!" Cao Wenzong bowed to Wang Wenzuo, walked in the door, stood with his hands down, and waited for Wang Wenzuo's instructions.
"Come, sit down and talk!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to the cushion beside him: "I asked you to follow Master Shen these days, how are you doing?"
"Okay! Colonel Shen takes good care of the villain!" Cao Wenzong bowed and said, "Let the villain and his apprentices teach the sergeants how to use crossbows, guns, clubs, round cards, and long cards. The villain has benefited a lot!"
"Hahaha! That brat Shen Fanseng!" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "To ask you to train soldiers with your martial arts skills is really an indignity. Next time I will talk about him!"
"No, no!" Cao Wenzong waved his hand quickly: "I have never been in the army before, so I can't even let a villain become a fire chief."
"Chang Huo?" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "I don't think you are that good. I think you should stay with me! If you have nothing to do, accompany me to throw pots, play chess, and play drums. You
What do you think? "
Cao Wenzong's eyes lit up: "A villain can't even play chess or drums. I'm afraid he will be despised by Duke Ming for being stupid and unworthy of education!"
