Great Tang Southern Emperor

Li Zhen scratched her head and said: "Actually, it's not a serious matter, I just want to ask my father, if this time I win the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are destroyed, I don't know how you plan to deal with the Turks?"

"How to deal with it? Of course it's the same as before." Li Shimin said as a matter of course: "Change someone who is loyal to Datang and let him take Xieli's place."

"Isn't that bad?" Li Zhen grabbed Li Shimin's beard and whispered: "Although the child is young, he also knows that people's hearts are the most unpredictable. Even if you change to an obedient person, the emperor can guarantee that he will be able to live forever." Are you obedient? Even if he is really loyal to Datang, can you guarantee that his successor will still be loyal to Datang? If they disagree, it may be another military disaster."

This is the case in history. After Li Shimin defeated the Eastern Turks, he re-appointed Asina Simo (also known as Li Simo) as the Turkic Khan, known in history as Yimi Nishu Libi Khan.As a result, Ashina Simo was defeated by Xue Yantuo, and then Xue Yantuo appointed Ashina Hubo as Khan. This guy is crazy and disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty. In the case of military disasters, the Mushu Khan and Fu Nian Khan after him are similar.

The later post-Turks were still the same, and even the founder of the post-Turks, Ashina Gu Dulu, even relied on the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty to start his family. In short, the north has always been full of military disasters. never broke.

"But what can be done?" Of course Li Shimin knew the disadvantages of doing so, but he could only smile wryly and said, "Turk is too big. If it is included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the issue of Turkic people's attachment, it will be so big. How much do you want to draw? Zhener, why are you asking this?"

"Because, baby, there is a solution here." Li Zhen smiled, and then violently pulled off a bunch of Li Shimin's beard.

Regardless of the pain, Li Shimin grabbed Li Zhen's arm and swayed it back and forth: "Zhen'er, what you said is true? Did you not lie to Father? Do you really have a solution?"

"Oh, father, you hurt me." Li Zhen showed pain on his face, and Li Shimin's two hands were like two steel hoops, pinching his arms with excruciating pain.

Li Shimin woke up immediately, let go of his hand quickly, and apologized: "Oh, I'm sorry, Zhen'er, it's the father who lost his temper."

As he helped Li Zhen rub his arms, he said in his mouth: "It's really Zhen'er, what you said is amazing, do you know? If what you said is true and your method is really feasible, it will solve the problem for thousands of years. Come on, the most troubled problem of our Chinese ancestors, from now on, my Tang Dynasty will always be free from the troubles of the north, it is really a merit that will benefit the future."

"My boy knows, and my boy didn't lie. My boy really has a way—to be exact, it is recorded in the strategy of governing the country that my grandfather gave me." Li Zhen naturally knew how important this method was, Therefore, he didn't dare to take the credit, but gave the credit to Immortal Zhenyuan.

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"It turned out to be passed down by the old god, no wonder." Li Shimin was deeply poisoned by the immortal Zhenyuan during this time, especially after the Taoists found evidence of the existence of the legendary ancestor Hongyun, the legendary immortal Zhenyuan's friend, they believed it deeply.

Therefore, he still half-believed Li Zhen's words at first, but now when he heard that it was transmitted by Zhen Yuanzi, he immediately believed it: "I don't know what kind of clever strategy it is?"

"Naturally there are clever strategies, but Father also knows." Li Zhen narrowed his eyes and smiled like a little fox: "Hey, I just don't know what price Father is going to pay?"

"Understood, the emperor understands the rules, and will not treat Zhen'er badly." Li Shimin immediately expressed his understanding: "But you have to let me see how it works first? If it is good, I will naturally give a high price, and I have to let the buyer buy it if I do business." How about seeing the goods at home, isn't it?"

"That's right." Li Zhen nodded pretending to be old-fashioned, and asked again: "I just don't know which one Father Emperor is going to choose?"

"Oh? Isn't there more than one?" Li Shimin wondered, but soon he was relieved: "That's right, what kind of person is the old god? How could he come up with a solution? Zhen'er, you can say it all, the emperor chooses himself .”

"Okay father, no problem father."

After deliberating on the language, Li Zhen said: "I thought about it just now, the old man has given you many methods, and I have picked out the best strategy, the best strategy, the middle strategy, the worst strategy, and the worst strategy, which are more practical, and the emperor wants to listen to them all. ?"

"Very good, come here one by one, my father is listening." Li Shimin made a plea to listen carefully.

"The first is to make a bad move. The bad move is actually very simple. It is to send hundreds of thousands of troops to push over and wash the prairie with blood. You must know that the Turks are only a few million people. As long as they are slaughtered, naturally there will be no more people." The theory of border troubles."

"Of course not. After all, it will cost millions of lives. How could I do this?" Li Shimin was a little angry: "If your methods are all like this, Zhen'er, then don't talk about it."

"But it's really effective, once and for all." Li Zhen said with a smile, seeing Li Shimin's face turned a little ugly, she quickly changed her words: "I'm sorry father, I just wanted to make a joke with you, and my next move is father The method you mentioned is to re-support a spokesperson—that is, to re-support a person who is loyal to Datang to become a Turkic Khan who guards the frontier for Datang. This strategy is called a support strategy.”

"What? My ancestors of the Han people have followed the method for thousands of years. In your eyes, it is just a bad idea?" Li Shimin is not happy anymore. No matter who it is, he will not be too happy if he dismisses his decision as worthless. of.

"Father, you have misunderstood. In fact, the support policy is indeed a good method, but this method is too advanced, because it is easy for us to support a new Khan, but there is not enough way to ensure that he or his descendants will be loyal forever. If we solve this difficulty , the child will not have today's trip."

To be honest, the concept of Datang is really very practical. By supporting the spokesperson to help him stabilize the region and fight for himself on the battlefield, he hides behind his back and makes a fortune. This is no different from the spokesperson war of later generations.

But just like what Li Zhen said, the spokesperson war is very dangerous. If you are not careful, the spokesperson will turn against the master. This is not uncommon in the 21st century when the control methods are already quite sophisticated. Put it 1000 years ago. The Tang Dynasty is really a bit too advanced.

"That's true." Although he was very upset that the strategy he pursued could only be judged as a bad strategy, the flaws Li Zhen said did exist, and Li Shimin had to admit it.However, he was still unconvinced and said slightly threateningly: "Zhen'er, this is just a bad move. If your next four strategies are not good enough, don't blame the emperor for punishing you for your inappropriate words."

"Father, don't worry, the child's next strategy is not very good, but it is much better than the support strategy." Li Zhen was full of confidence, and after whetting her appetite, she said slowly: "That is enfeoffment, The child calls it the policy of enfeoffment."

"Separate enfeoffment?" Li Shimin's frowned brows loosened immediately, and he had already made up his mind, but he asked, "Let's talk about it carefully."

"Do you need to explain it carefully?" Li Zhen rolled her eyes and wrinkled her nose and said, "It is to seal the Turkic lands to the children of the royal family, and let them develop freely except for the initial support. That can only be our internal matter, even if we fight, it won't be too big."

"But Zhen'er, since you mentioned the term enfeoffment, you should understand what enfeoffment is, right? You should also understand the disadvantages of enfeoffment, right?" Li Shimin frowned again: "In the pre-Qin period, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States 400 Years of war, in the final analysis, was caused by enfeoffment, and the Han and Jin dynasties were also disrupted because of enfeoffment. You don’t know where the idiom of chaos came from? Besides, restart the enfeoffment system , This will cause some people to have bad thoughts, this case is absolutely unacceptable."

"But no matter how you say it, it's better than handing over the hard-earned land to outsiders?" Li Zhen asked back: "To put it bluntly, if you divide the land you have won to your own people, even if In a fight, at most it would be to change the emperor, the blood is still the blood of our Li family, and the people are still from our Li family. If you seal it up to outsiders, if there is a rebellion at that time, then "

"Shut up." Li Shimin saw that Li Zhen's words were getting more and more outrageous, and immediately scolded: "Can you say this? What should I do if I let outsiders listen to it?"

Li Zhen hurriedly shut up: "Yes, I won't talk about it. However, the father made atonement, and the boy has to say that it is really inappropriate to entrust the Turks to the children of the royal family, because the Turks are too close to the Tang Dynasty. But if the father in the future When we are able to take over territories such as the Wa Kingdom, Dashi, and Persia that are thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty, I hope that the father will consider what the boy said today."

"Father, please write this down." Li Shimin was a little moved. Although Li Zhen didn't say the reason, but he is the emperor after all, of course he can think of the reason. It's nothing more than too far away. Beauty can also destroy ambition.

But this is after all a matter of the future, and Li Shimin couldn't agree to it, so he could only change the subject: "Let's talk about the middle strategy, don't you still have three strategies to say?"

"If the support policy and enfeoffment policy are considered nonsense, the middle policy is actually considered a good policy. It is to erase the name of the Turks, divide the state capital, and let us directly rule the Tang. The soil is used by the Tang Dynasty.” In Li Zhen’s view, even if he ruled by himself, it was better than having a spokesperson or enfeoffing the vassal states. After all, a spokesperson is only a spokesperson. What turmoil, no one asks Datang for help, and it is not easy for Datang to reach out to manage it.

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"This..." Li Shimin smiled bitterly, hugged Li Zhen in his arms, and said with his forehead against his forehead: "Zhen'er, your method seems to be better than restraining Turks or enfeoffing, but don't forget, Turks are unruly It is not easy to manage. Moreover, we are still far away from the Turks. If there is a turmoil, we will not be able to rescue them. Including them in Datang will only hinder us and add burdens to us, but it will not become a boost to Datang.”

"Hasn't the traffic problem been solved?" Li Zhen said, fingering her finger: "One hundred cement kilns have already been built in Longzhou. Once they are completed, cement can be supplied in large quantities. Isn't this the best road construction material?" ?”

"The cement is very good, of course my father knows it, but Zhen'er, you have to know that road construction is not only about materials." Li Shimin said helplessly: "Road construction also requires people, a large number of people, so many people rely on labor alone. , I’m afraid it will take decades to build the road from Chang’an to Turkic. And road construction is also a big project, not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, and people will die. Father can’t bear to see that a road is exhausted. I have countless people in the Tang Dynasty."

"Why use labor?" Li Zhen asked strangely: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been constant battles. After every battle, the captured prisoners are the best laborers? Where did those prisoners go?"

"Of course it was returned to them." Li Shimin said embarrassingly. He never thought of using captives to build roads. On the contrary, whenever he caught captives, he would take good care of them and return them when the enemy subdued. He never thought of using such captives rationally. Lots of idle labor.

"Father, what do you want the child to say about you? Forget it, let's talk about this later, let's talk about the best policy first." Li Zhen was also speechless

However, he also knew that Li Shimin was not to blame for this, because this has been done since ancient times, in order to save face in front of the enemy and let the enemy see our wealth.On the contrary, when dealing with his own people, he is merciless at all. It should be killed and shut down, and it would be nice to be able to give him a full meal.So this custom didn't just appear now, but has been passed down since ancient times. The difference is that now it is worshiping foreigners, but in the past it was because the flower growers were too strong and took too much face. lift.

"Okay, what is your best strategy, Zhen'er?" Li Shimin was also uncomfortable being watched by Li Zhen, and quickly changed the topic following Li Zhen's words.

"The best policy should be said to be a supplement to the middle policy, and it is called the immigration policy." Li Zhen smiled and said: "The reason why the middle policy was not accepted by the emperor, apart from the traffic problem, is another important reason is that the Turkic people are rebellious and do not obey discipline. It is easy to cause confusion, and it is really not worth the loss to be directly included in the management of Datang."

"That's right, it's true." Li Shimin agreed, and said, "My father also knows this, but now my father is even more curious. Zhen'er, can you explain it to my father? Since the best policy is a supplement to the middle policy , why is it still listed above the middle policy?"

"Because although it is a supplement to the middle strategy, it is actually very marketable to operate alone." Li Zhen yawned and said: "Father is worried that the Turks will rebel, so we can turn them into a small number of people." ?”

"A few Zhen'er, don't you still think about massacre?" Li Shimin's face became serious: "Didn't the father tell you? Massacre will not solve the problem."

"My boy didn't think about massacre." Li Zhen drank a cup of tea to lift her spirits before continuing: "My boy thought about mixing sand."

"speak English."

"Father, you are so unlovable." After complaining, Li Zhen still explained seriously: "The Turkic people are only a few million people, but our Tang Dynasty has tens of millions. People moved into the customs, and some Han people moved to the grasslands. In this way, the two migrations are completely integrated and inseparable. Even if someone wants to make trouble, they must consider the feelings of the Han people, right?

And there is another advantage of this. Our Han people suffered greatly from the barbarian cavalry in the north. From the Xia Dynasty to the previous Sui Dynasty, this was the case. Even in the Western Han Dynasty, when the cavalry was vigorously developed, we also suffered defeats.On the one hand, this is because all barbarians are soldiers, and the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, which is difficult to figure out, and more importantly, we don't pay much attention to the construction of cavalry.But if we can infiltrate our people into the grassland.It doesn't take two generations for the Han people to move north, as long as one generation passes, they can adapt to life on horseback, and my Tang Dynasty will have countless cavalry.In this way, our Great Tang not only possesses unparalleled prosperity, but also has cavalry that can traverse the world. Who can be the enemy of Great Tang in this world?Father, you can think about it, as long as we have cavalry, whether it is the northern grasslands, the western deserts, or the southern forests, there will be scenes of my Great Tang cavalry, how majestic it must be! ! ! "

"If the scene you mentioned, Zhen'er, can really happen, then even if the father dies, he will die in peace." Li Shimin was fooled by the blueprint drawn by Li Zhen, but he had a strong mind after all, and after lusting for a while, Still came back to his senses, frowned and said: "But Zhen'er, is this really possible? The Turkic people are okay to say, they should not be disobedient under forced migration, but it's hard to say in China, I'm Han You also know that you love home the most, and when the homeland is hard to leave, no one will leave the warm Central Plains and go to the bitter cold grassland, right?"