Chapter 74 Tang Dynasty Soldiers

Almost everyone understands that Songtsen Gampo’s peace request this time. This is just his slow-down strategy. What the Tang Dynasty should do most is to take advantage of the victory and defeat the main force of Tubo in one fell swoop, attack the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and take down the entire Tubo territory.

However, although everyone understands it, Tubo cannot resist the wealth. All kinds of money and goods are stuffed into the homes of the Tang nobles for fear of life. Although some important officials returned the gifts twice, some people accepted Tubo's generous gifts, and then pretended to be confused with clichés. They said that the killing was too severe, which would hurt the sky and the sky...

Li Shimin knew that these people had received gifts, but the civil service group was too large and pressed step by step, so Li Shimin almost agreed.

Fortunately, Li Zhen noticed it in advance and mentioned this to Li Shimin the day before. Thinking of what Li Zhen said to him, Li Shimin finally gritted his teeth and did not let go. Not only did he not let go, but he also used this to lose his temper and investigated and dealt with a large number of bribery officials, and severely suppressed the civil servant group.

However, the civil servant group did not give up. Faced with Li Shimin's suppression, they not only did not retreat and lick the wound, but became more and more excessive. Every time the Tang Dynasty defeated a country, they would stand up and continue to fight.

Especially this time, when all preparations were made, Li Shimin finally announced his combat plan in the court. The aristocratic family and the Confucian group immediately panicked and even fought desperately against it.

Of course they did this not to fight against Li Shimin. The Confucian group was not that childish. The reason they did this was purely to protect themselves.

The reason is very simple. Why did Li Shimin know that most of the underground civil servants have become corrupt, but he still has not increased his efforts to deal with the civil servants group? Could it be that he really has no backup talents and can only rely on the power of Confucianism and aristocratic families?

Of course not.

There are many people in this world who want to be officials, and those who are talented but have no way to serve the country can be seen everywhere. As long as Li Shimin dares to dismiss the civil servant group, some people are willing to offer their loyalty and step on the corpses of their predecessors to take office.

But there is a problem. Such a large-scale purge of officialdom will inevitably cause national turmoil. Will the alien races who have always coveted the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty take advantage of the situation and put in the injustice, and give the Tang Dynasty a cruel thing when it is in chaos? Without thinking, this is something that will definitely happen. Moreover, it is likely that not one alien race that took action, but many countries attacked at the same time, and the impact would be disastrous.

What's more, some people may even lead wolves into the house and actively release alien races into the Central Plains, which will bring endless disasters to the Tang Dynasty and may even shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

This is also the main reason why Li Shimin dared not move Confucianism before. It is not that he cannot move, but that he dared not move. If he moves, he might be the country and the family will be destroyed.

But now it’s different. Li Shimin has begun to remove external threats.

The external threats of the Tang Dynasty were basically concentrated in three directions, namely the north, the west, the south and the northeast.

The one in the north is easy to say, the Turks, which was done more than ten years ago, so I won’t say much.

Then there is the western part. Tubo, Gaochang and Tuyuhun in the western part have been destroyed, and the Anxi Protectorate has also been established. A big nail has been inserted in the Western Regions. There is basically no need to worry about the threat here. In other words, in addition to the Western Turks, the threat of the Tang Dynasty in the western part has been eliminated.

Although there is also a Western Turk, the Western Turks is a big country. The Tang Dynasty did not know how many spies were installed in it. Any military mobilization there would arouse the Tang Dynasty's surprise and make full responses as soon as possible. There is no need to worry that the Western Turks would suddenly attack.

Then there is the south, not to mention the south, mainly Nanyang and Tianzhu. Tianzhu and the Tang Dynasty are separated by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Himalayas, so there is basically no need to worry. In other words, the threat to the southern part of the Tang Dynasty is basically only the Indochina Peninsula.

But now, except for one Liuzhao, the rest of the countries on the Indochina Peninsula have been destroyed, and the entire Indochina Peninsula has been taken into account by the Tang Dynasty.

Even the only remaining Liuzhao was surrounded by the Tang Dynasty and was trembling under the army of the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why Liuzhao was left was that Li Zhen considered that Liuzhao belonged to the Yunnan Province of later generations and also belonged to the Chinese bloodline. Moreover, the soldiers' combat effectiveness was super strong (Liuzhao was full of mountains, and ordinary people who came out of the mountains were born infantry, just like people who came out of the grassland were born cavalry). Martial conquest would only bring losses to the Tang Dynasty, which was far worse than a peaceful solution. It not only reduced losses, but also added many excellent soldiers to the Tang Dynasty, killing two birds with one stone.

Moreover, in the face of the Tang Dynasty's recruitment, the chiefs of Liuzhao naturally welcomed each other, especially after hearing that the Liuzhao Society was incorporated into the Tang Dynasty and the Liuzhao people became the people of the Tang Dynasty, they were even more happy. It was not that they were so contented. It was really the Tang Dynasty's work in Nanyang that scared Liuzhao crazy. They often turned their clans into slaves, and worked until they died in the dark slave camp... It was so terrible.

Compared to their experience, Liuzhao's treatment was much better. Not only could he become a citizen of the Tang Dynasty and enjoy all the benefits the people of the Tang Dynasty enjoyed, but he could also send soldiers from his clan to join the Tang army, conquer all directions, make contributions, and be promoted and become generals... This day was simply too beautiful.

Therefore, the South Ocean has basically been annexed by the Tang Dynasty, and the threat from the South has also been lifted.

The threats from the north, west and south were all eliminated, and the Tang Dynasty was left with only one Goguryeo and the Marine tribes in the northeast.

Now Li Shimin is preparing to lead the army in person, and his troops are aimed at Goguryeo. This battle of the Tang Dynasty is fully prepared, and there will be basically no big variables in the outcome of the war. Goguryeo will definitely lose.

In the northeast, there is only Goguryeo, a country that can pose a little threat to the Tang Dynasty. The rest, like Silla Baekje, are all small countries. The Tang Dynasty only needs one wave to conquer them. Although the tribes of the Marine tribes are powerful, they are also divided into several forces, and there are many internal conflicts. The Tang Dynasty does not need to send troops at all. As long as one group is pulled and one group is fought, it can be completely free of effort to let the tribes of the Marine tribes fight in their own internal struggles.

In other words, as long as Goguryeo is destroyed, there will be basically no enemies outside the Tang Dynasty. So where will Li Shimin aim his butcher knife next?

There is no doubt that it was the aristocratic families and Confucians who had once fought against him and forced him to be embarrassed. The aristocratic families and Confucians brought so much trouble to Li Shimin. Now that the external enemies are cleared, it is time to resolve the internal enemies.
Chapter completed!