The First Family of Tang Dynasty

Just like Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, he is full of praise for these winter clothes designed by Cheng Sanlang.

After all, Yingzhou of the Tang Dynasty belonged to the Liaodong region. Among all the frontier troops, the place where Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, was stationed in Confucius was the most northerly and coldest.

It is also because of the long-term trial of the soldiers and civilians in Yingzhou, so it is natural to provide these winter military uniforms to these Tang Wuben who came to conquer Goguryeo.

In addition, due to the timely mining of a large amount of coal, there is an adequate supply of high-quality and cheap coal.

The heating of the military and civilians has also been sufficiently guaranteed. Thinking about the past, in order to keep warm, the people in Liaodong used to burn firewood and carbon for heating every winter.

Unlike now, every household has an iron stove distributed free of charge, and all the new and old houses have used heating kang.

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This thing, coupled with the iron stove, is definitely an artifact for the Liaodong region to resist the severe cold.

Regardless of gossip, Ma Zhou and Li Daozong sat in this room, and after a short time, they felt warm and comfortable all over their bodies.

Li Daozong wiped off the sweat that was slightly coming out of his face, looked at Li Shimin who was wearing a thin shirt in front of him, and couldn't help saying happily.

"It's still little Cheng Taibao who will play tricks. Look at this heating method. It doesn't cost much, but it can still be so comfortable in this bitter cold place. It makes people wonder if it's going to be summer."

"Haha, yes... But it's better to be warmer this way, and the clothes are thinner, and people are much lighter. It's a pity that the land of Liaodong.

The temperature is too low to be like in Luoyang, Chang'an, where you can cook wine and tea in the deep winter, watch the snow and admire the plum blossoms. "

Li Shimin raised his finger and pointed to the front. Li Daozong and Ma Zhou looked in that direction, and saw a glass window with a height and width of about three feet.

Through this window, one can just see the snow scene in the courtyard, but unfortunately, there are only a few green pines in the courtyard, nothing else.

For the windows here, Cheng Sanlang personally designed this kind of double-glazed double-layer windows in order to keep warm enough to avoid freezing his father-in-law.

Let the father-in-law be able to enjoy the snow scene and watch the bustle outside, but minimize the invasion of the cold.

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After chatting and laughing easily, Li Daozong began to tell Li Shimin about his affairs, stating the past few days.

The Datang Dengzhou Navy, headed by the general manager of the Pyongyang Road March, continued to harass and harass the Baekje court.

Not only captured a large number of Baekje soldiers, but also dealt a heavy blow to the morale of Baekje.

Now Baekje has adopted the method of a strong man cutting his wrist, that is, abandoning the coastal or riverside towns.

This kind of coquettish operation made Li Jing, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, very painful, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, the strength of the Dengzhou navy lies in its quick action and ease of advance and retreat, but its disadvantage is that there are not many soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to conduct large-scale mobile operations outside the cover of the battleship's artillery.

In addition, it is now deep winter, and several major rivers in Baekje have been frozen one after another. The Datang Dengzhou Navy can only withdraw its troops temporarily, and the main force of the navy retreats to Dengzhou.

And in Tamnaju (Damna Island), a partial division was left to guard and patrol the coast of Baekje.

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"As for Goguryeo, first there were Goguryeo ministers and workers because the Goguryeo king Gaozang had a daughter and no children, and the close royal family was not involved in the war.

Therefore, Yuan Gai Suwen recommended the powerful minister Yuan Gai Suwen as the lord of the country, but Yuan Gai Suwen refused..."

In the end, the position of the king of Goguryeo fell to Yuan Anshun, the grandson of Nagao Zang. And this Anshun, who should have been surnamed Yuan, changed his surname to Gao Anshun logically. "

"I think it seems that Goguryeo has no choice but to protect the blood of the royal family.

In fact, it was Yuan's conspiracy to seek rebellion against Goguryeo..."

Li Shimin listened to the words of Li Daozong and Ma Zhou silently, and after pondering for a long time, he opened his mouth slowly.

"Second lovers, since the establishment of the country, Goguryeo has often fought with us in the Central Plains, and the wars have continued, so that the people in the Liao region are in dire straits, and the people are miserable."

"Furthermore, Goguryeo has repeatedly provoked the Central Plains by relying on its geographical advantage and severe cold, and its evil deeds are even better than Gaochang."

Hearing the last sentence, both Li Daozong and Ma Zhou's eyelids twitched subconsciously.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty made a passionate speech. Whenever Goguryeo was strong in the Central Plains, it might show a little respect.

But most of the time, it's disgusting like a nasty blood-sucking mosquito.

Li Shimin counted the various crimes committed by Goguryeo since the founding of the country, and Goguryeo's capricious attitude towards the Central Plains Empire.

All in all, even if Goguryeo surrendered, it must not stay in this country.

Instead, it should be like this Liaodong Prefecture, in the land east of the Yalu River, design the Dudu Mansion, the Dudu Mansion of the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, it is a governance method of military-political integration, similar to the military management described by later generations.

At the same time, it is also conducive to the consolidation of Datang's rule on this land. After Datang firmly grasped the old land of Goguryeo.

Then from the north to the south, conquer the Baekje Kingdom that had the same nest as the Goguryeo Snake and dared to destroy Silla, the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

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After putting on the thick winter gear, Li Daozong and Ma Zhou walked out of the house slowly.

The chill outside the house hit their faces directly, but fortunately, the cold protection equipment on the two of them was thick enough.

The two walked forward slowly, and not far from the courtyard, Ma Zhou heard Li Daozong beside him.

"Ma Xiang, what is your majesty's plan? Why did you not go all out and continue to attack Baekje after taking down Goguryeo?

Hearing this, Ma Zhou subconsciously raised his hand to pluck his beard, then glanced at his thick gloves, and finally could only hold his hands in front of his belly resentfully.

"Your Majesty's doing this is naturally in the hope that all the peninsula will be brought under the direct jurisdiction of our Tang Dynasty, and he doesn't want to leave any hidden dangers in the northeast of our Tang Dynasty."

"You mean..." Li Daozong raised his eyebrows~www.readwn.com~ subconsciously turned his head and looked at Ma Zhou.

"It's not Ma's intention, but His Majesty's. Today is the first time His Majesty has expressed such thoughts."

After pondering for a while, Li Daozong, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty, came back to his senses.

"That's right, those Silla survivors who were loyal to Silla were mostly sent to Kuyi Island by that boy Cheng Sanlang."

"If I, the Tang Dynasty, came down with a drumbeat and went straight to Baekje, those Silla monarchs and ministers who had just left their homeland would make a fuss and return to the peninsula."

"It is for this reason that His Majesty does not want this land to be repeated again, so he made up his mind to settle on Goguryeo first."

"The excitement and prosperity of Liaodong Prefecture today is enough to prove that it is not impossible for us, Datang, to manage such a bitterly cold place."

"Speaking of which, it was Cheng Sanlang who gave His Majesty a sample to make His Majesty make up his mind..."