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Zhang said that when he entered the palace today to play an event, he also brought the drafts of poems and essays selected by the Chinese Literature Museum.Among them, the one with a relatively high evaluation is a parallel essay about events, which is called "Fu on Excavating Dayuling Road".

This Fu article is about the deeds of Liu Youqiu, the governor of Guangzhou, who dug mountain roads in Lingnan.Dayuling is one of the five mountains in the south of the Lingnan Mountains. Although the mountains are not majestic, they are rolling hills, hot and dense forests, which is a major obstacle in the transportation between Lingnan, especially Guangzhou, and the mainland.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, this place was known as Hengpu Pass. Zhao Tuo rebelled against Qin at the end of the Qin Dynasty and established the Nanyue Kingdom.The Tianshi Taoist chaos at the turn of the Southern Dynasties, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Liu Song Dynasty was also based on this.In the Southern Dynasties, Lianghou Jing rebelled and built Kang. Chen Baxian fought out from Dayuling to put an end to the rebellion, and established Chen Guo in the Southern Dynasties.

Although Dayuling is not as famous as the passes in the north, it is closely related to the situation in Lingnan.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, many Shiliu still regarded this Guanling as the most dangerous route in South of the Five Ridges. For example, Song Zhiwen, who was demoted to the South of the Five Ridges before, had "Title of Dayuling North Station", "Early Development of Dayuling" and " Du Dayuling" and a series of related poems compare "Du Ling" to "Ci Guo" in the poems, and think that the south of Dayuling is almost a foreign land.

In the fifth year of Kaiyuan, Liu Youqiu became the governor of Guangzhou. One of the most important tasks was to strengthen the connection between Lingnan area and the mainland.

After Liu Youqiu took office, it took him two years to raise funds. In the seventh year of Kaiyuan, he organized the people of the Tang Dynasty in south of the Five Ridges to dig the Dayuling mountain road with the support of local aristocrats. It took two years to complete the mountain road. The ridges are dense, and the carriages and horses can pass unimpeded.

This "Ode to Excavating the Dayuling Road" describes and records exactly this deed. The prose of only a few thousand characters traces back to the dangers of Guanling in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the hard work of digging the Dayuling mountain road. After the mountain road was connected, the Lingnan scholars and people rejoiced because of this benefit, which can indeed be called a detailed and profound description.

When Zhang Shuo saw the sage read this prose carefully with a scroll, he also laughed and said: "This prose was born with the heroic feat of the government and the people in the state. In other words, it already has the ancient rhyme of Yu Xin's Fu history in the Southern Dynasty, and there is no such thing as Yu's exaggerated and indulgent pen. Dedicated to the court, the flourishing of Kaiyuan Wenzhi is also a testament to this!"

The writing style of Yu Xin in the Southern Dynasties is magnificent, and even Zhang Shuo himself has poems praising him for "the pen is full of rivers and mountains, and the literature is proud of the clouds and rains". A master of parallel prose who preceded Jiezhi.

But now Zhang Shuo, a little fan of Yu Xin, commented on this prose from this year's Juren, and actually said that it is better than blue, which shows his appreciation for this prose.

However, after seeing the author of this prose, Li Tong was not surprised that Zhang Shuo gave such a high evaluation. After all, the two had a lot of intersection and origin in the original history. Zhang Shuo's grandson is the heir to Zhang Shuo's political and literary reputation.

In history, Zhang Jiuling was known as the last famous prime minister in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and he was also one of the representatives of the prime minister's demeanor in the Tang Dynasty.Although he was born in a large family in Lingnan, Lingnan people did not have much sense of presence in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty as a whole.

The reason why Zhang Jiuling was able to break through the geographical restrictions was not only that his own talent and bearing were indeed superior, but more importantly, he was appreciated and promoted by Zhang Shuo, the suzerain of the literary world and the current prime minister.

In history, Zhang Shuo spared no effort in promoting Zhang Jiuling. He not only used his influence in the literary world to make Zhang Jiuling famous, but also actively recommended him to Xuanzong.

Zhang Jiuling's appreciation for Zhang Shuo was naturally reciprocated. In the power struggle between Zhang Shuo and Yao Yuanchong, he actively rushed to the front line and spared no expense.

Of course, it was not the personal relationship between the two that really made Zhang Jiuling a famous prime minister in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Although Zhang Jiuling followed Zhang's theory, it was obvious, but when he became prime minister, he surpassed Zhang's influence and made his own deeds. .In particular, his person admonished to kill An Lushan but was not allowed by Xuanzong. Later, when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Zhang Jiuling was more aware of people.

Li Tong was naturally impressed by Zhang Jiuling, not only because of his image in the history books, but also because the name Zhang Jiuling had been mentioned to him long before.

Today, several prime ministers of Kaiyuan, Wang Fangqing, Li Zhaode, Liu Youqiu, etc. have served as the governor of Guangzhou successively.When the monarchs and ministers in the forbidden area occasionally gossip, Li Tong may ask about any outstanding figures on the surface of Lingnan, and several people will all mention Zhang Jiuling in unison.

On the one hand, it is naturally because Zhang Jiuling was born in a prominent official family in Lingnan, so he had the opportunity to have an intersection with a feudal official like the governor of Guangzhou when he was a boy.

On the other hand, it is also because this son has been intelligent, precocious, and well-educated since he was a child, otherwise the prime ministers would not be so impressed with the son of a state official far away in the south of the sky, and even conveyed it to Tian Ting.

In particular, Liu Youqiu, who is still serving in Guangzhou, has attached a letter to the tribute form last year, which is a more formal recommendation to the saint. Of.

Zhang Jiuling is not only proficient in poetry, but also has a good understanding of Lingnan politics. When Liu Youqiu excavated the Dayuling Mountain Road, he temporarily acted as an aide and actively contacted the powerful clans in Lingnan. Such a labor-intensive project , did not cause public dissatisfaction in Lingnan, and Zhang Jiuling's efforts to communicate with each other were also very helpful.The so-called tribute from the south of the sky is not only expected from land and sea, but this person can also be called a treasure.

People in the Tang Dynasty love to appreciate and criticize the talented people, and their words are not lacking in exaggeration. For example, when Di Renjie was young, he was praised as "the south of Beidou, just one person".Liu Youqiu's evaluation of Zhang Jiuling is a treasure in the world, but it is quite a taste of the times.

With the frequent mentions by ministers and the memory of the original history, it is difficult for Li Tong not to pay attention to Zhang Jiuling.

This young man from Guangdong, who has not yet had a famous background, is already in the heart of the emperor before he entered Beijing. Because he missed the tribute to Beijing last year, Li Tong even ordered the Guangzhou city ship driver to drive a car and send Zhang Jiuling to Beijing to take the exam. In recognition of his contribution to excavating the Dayuling Mountain Road.

Of course, only the assigned members knew about this matter, and Li Tong did not publicize it to the outside world.After all, Zhang Jiuling is just a Lingnan Gongju candidate at the moment. If his family is too prosperous and everyone knows about it, it will definitely affect the results of the imperial examination. It will be a blow to other Gongju candidates, and it may not be good for Zhang Jiuling.

Not to mention that Zhang Jiuling has been favored by the sage, but Zhang said that this historical Bole did not know that he had been poached.

After returning to the court from the Annan Protectorate Mansion, he has successively served as an official in Taiwan Province, and has no intersection with Zhang Jiuling at all.But the power of fate is still strong, even if he just saw Zhang Jiuling's essay, he would show a very appreciative attitude. It can be said that he is looking at mung beans, but he doesn't know that someone has already acted first.

At this time, hearing Zhang Shuo's great appreciation for Zhang Jiuling's prose, the sage put on a serious face and said: "The imperial examinations made by the country naturally gather talents and compete for beauty. To choose Si Fan's right, you only need to It is inappropriate to fill the selection rules with noises outside the case! The time and texts produced by the Huawen Museum can be appreciated, but the examination of merit and fame is still scheduled in the examination of the Ministry of Rites. Do not confuse the general case and be fair!"

Zhang said that he nodded quickly after hearing the words, but he was a little puzzled in his heart whether the saint liked or disliked this juren named Zhang Jiuling. Do you want to choose?

He didn't know that this was also a small test for him by the sage, and he wanted to see if he had the qualifications to enter the political affairs hall.

Zhang Shuo is also a model of becoming famous at a young age. During the Yongchang period, he won the championship and surprised Heluo.After entering Kaiyuan, he served successively in Taiwan Province in the court, and governed the localities outside.

But unlike Song Jing who immediately paid homage to the prime minister when he entered the court, Li Tong still had reservations about Zhang, not because of his lack of talent, but because this guy was too smart to be principled enough.

At present, Kaiyuan politics is in order, and there is no big issue of right and wrong.Based on the talents and qualifications Zhang said, it is only a matter of time before he meets the prime minister.But sooner or later, the difference is very big.

The current Zhang said that he is not yet forty, but his reputation is already quite high, and his reputation in the scholarly literary world has already threatened or even surpassed that of Li Qiao, a veteran national player.

However, Zhang said that he is flexible and has strong social skills. If he is the prime minister in his prime of life, once he is less principled and self-disciplined, it will be very easy to breed cronies and go beyond his duties.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Tong has always used and guarded against him. Now that internal and external affairs are becoming more and more complicated, he really needs officials with strong ruling ability to stay in the political affairs hall.Although the old people such as Zhong Shaojing are loyal and reliable, they are inferior in ability, so even if they worship the prime minister, they often do not serve for a long time.

Today, the few prime ministers in the Zhengshitang are not the best combination in Li Tong's ideals. For example, Jiang Shidu, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, is already in the prime minister, but he still lacks the vision of the overall governance situation. Everywhere can be repaired to connect the water, but the partial science is serious.

The position of prime minister not only needs to communicate with the upper and lower levels, but also serves as a bridge between the emperor and the court. It also needs to have a comprehensive vision and the ability to discern.

In the past few years, there have been many official positions in the political affairs hall, but there are not many who are truly competent. It is considered polite to get a half-baked evaluation.This is also caused by the fact that there are sages in charge of the overall situation, the world is turned from chaos to order, and the national power is booming. The political contributions of the prime ministers are not obvious enough.

In the past few years, the court's ruling context has been from the initial chaos to rule, resume production, and then rebuild military equipment, expand outward, expand financial resources, and revise laws and codes. Up to now, there are no major dangers inside or outside, or It is said that some hidden dangers have already lurked, and it is difficult to detect them directly.

Such a situation actually requires the prime ministers in power to have stronger abilities in order to see the subtleties, detect the small things and prevent the development of hidden dangers.

The reason why Zhang Jiuling was able to become the last famous minister of Kaiyuan is that during his reign, he was able to see many long-standing disadvantages and hidden dangers from the prosperous Kaiyuan era, and they were fulfilled one by one in the following years.

It's a pity that the Kaiyuan political situation at that time was no longer the original enlightened and inclusive, the monarchs and ministers enjoyed themselves peacefully, tabooed diseases and avoided medical treatment, and failed to carry out systematic self-correction.

Although Li Tong did not lose his awareness and spirit of being prepared for danger in times of peace, after all, he is aloof and has lived in confinement for a long time, so it is difficult for him to fully understand the sufferings of the people. Therefore, it is necessary for the prime ministers to remonstrate and help, so as to bring new impetus to the development of the world. .

Therefore, for Zhang Shuo, Li Tong also has higher requirements. In addition to talent, he pays more attention to whether his moral character has made great progress.Zhang said that he has been in the inspection period for several years since he returned to the imperial court. This time he presided over this year's imperial examination, which is a phased assessment.

As for cutting off Hu Zhang Jiuling, Zhang Shuo's god-grandson, it wasn't just pure evil.

Being able to get the appreciation and recommendation of several prime ministers before and after, Zhang Jiuling's talent and learning are naturally quite rewarding.After getting the attention of the sage, there is no need to follow the old path and join Zhang Shuo's sect.

Li Tong intends to train Zhang Jiuling to be a competitor of Zhang Shuo. In the future, whether in politics or literature, Zhang Shuo will gradually be replaced.

Zhang said that he didn't know the way of thinking of the sage. He hadn't really taken the position yet, so he prepared an enemy of fate for him.If you know the idea of ​​the sage, I am afraid that you must feel the sage's good intentions.

After the performance of the Yanying Palace, Li Qiao and Zhang Shuo got up and left, and Song Jing, who had been waiting in the side room for a long time, was also led into the palace by the palace people.

"The minister kowtows to see the saint!"

Song Jing went up to the hall, and first made a big salute to pay homage, until the saint said that the salute was exempted from the hall, then slowly raised his head, and when he saw the saint looking down at him with a friendly smile on his face, his expression couldn't help being excited Get up, and make Jishou again: "The old man's mission is to go out of Beijing, and the sky has been separated for a long time. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life, and I will worship again when I come back. I can see that my lord is as magnificent as yesterday, and his voice and appearance are not damaged. I am grateful to the heavens and protect me. Master Ming, Tang Ye is strong and prosperous, and Sheng Si is a..."

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help laughing. After all, the old comrades with deep feelings are moving. When we meet again after a long absence, others may feel the changes of the world and the prosperity of the king. Only Song Jing is moved by the fact that the saint is still the same as before. handsome!

Of course, not only one person has said this, but it is more pleasant to hear it from Song Jing's mouth, because it is more like the truth when it is said from his mouth.

"The love affairs of the past often linger in my arms. But now I look at you, but it is no longer the old way. Song Qing has a heavy responsibility, which makes the far away toil. Between gain and loss, it is touching!"

Li Tong stood up and bypassed the imperial case, and personally helped Song Jing up, the monarch and his ministers looked at each other, their eyes were filled with the joy of reunion after a long absence.

After they all returned to their seats, Li Tong asked about some details about the eradication of Sumo Mohe.

Although it is said that when Zhang Ren was willing to enter the court in the early years, the Donghu issue in Liaodong had been quite improved.However, the Sumo Mohe led by Qi Sibiyu still stayed in Haidong, and there was the secret support of the Silla people behind them. Some Goguryeo and Baekje relics also moved closer there, and the power of the Mohe people once grew to [-] households. huge.

After Song Jing took office, although he was also actively campaigning against the Mohe rebels, the Northeast was not the main place for the Tang Dynasty to use his force. In addition, Qi Sibiyu had the secret support of Silla, and he had been wandering in Haidong and Datong Jiangnan. , Still can't grasp the opportunity to wipe out all its troops.

It was not until the seventh year of Kaiyuan that the situation ushered in a new turning point. King Xiaozhao of Silla died young, but he had no heir to succeed to the throne. He could only visit Datang, hoping that Datang would repatriate the prince Jin Longji who was the proton. Canonized.

Of course, Jin Longji was not the only choice for the King of Silla.Silla followed the bone product system, and the sacred bone that had the right to inherit the throne had been cut off many years ago. Since King Wuyeol Jin Chunqiu, the real bone family has inherited the throne.

Although some Silla nobles still hope that the heirs of King Wuyeol Jin Chunqiu will dominate, after all, Silla completed the unification of the peninsula in the hands of Jin Chunqiu and his son.But there are also some Silla Zhengu families who think that the lineage of King Wuyeol has enjoyed the country for a long time. Now that the heir is extinct, it is heaven's deprivation of his family. They don't want to welcome Jin Longji back, but let other Zhengu families inherit the royal line.

Because of the chaos in Silla, it was not until the eighth year of Kaiyuan that the imperial court received the letter of credence delivered by Silla.

Of course, there have been discussions and preparations for the civil strife in Silla before that. For this reason, the plan to send troops to the Governor General Yushan in Mobei was even called off. As an envoy, he escorted the prince of Silla, Jin Longji, back to the country to succeed him.

At that time, the imperial court was ready for another war between Tang and Luo, and veteran generals Yang Xuanji and Zhang Jiujie also led Hebei troops to Yingzhou to stand by, and the existence of the Mohe people became a secondary issue.

However, this war between Tang and Luo did not start. After all, the war between Tang and Luo during the reign of Gaozong was due to the unity of the people in Silla, and the huge temptation of the hometown of Baekje and Goguryeo. The third great Tang Still caught in the quagmire of fighting against Tubo in Qinghai and fighting on two fronts.

But now there is nothing wrong with the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty, but Silla has fallen into civil strife without a monarch.In the end, before the envoys of the Tang Dynasty reached the south of the Datong River, the political struggle in Silla ended with the victory of the pro-Tang faction.

After Jin Longji returned to the country and succeeded to the throne, in view of the fact that the national conditions were still unstable, and he also saw with his own eyes the scene of tens of thousands of Tang soldiers Chen Ge in Yingzhou waiting for the conquest, he wrote to the imperial court, saying that his virtue is weak and his power is difficult to govern far away. Soil, I implore the court to reset the Xiongjin Dudufu to the south of the Datong River, and the Xiongjin Dudufu is under the jurisdiction of the former Baekje.

Not long after the Great Tang conquered Goguryeo and Baekje, it started a seven-year Tang-Luo War with Silla around the old places of these two countries. Finally, under the pressure of fighting on two fronts, Datang accepted Silla's Paying tribute and pleading guilty ended the war, and at the same time, it was also an acknowledgment of the fact that Silla occupied part of the old places of the two countries.

However, this time because of the civil strife in Silla, King Kim Long-ki of Silla was able to return to the country to succeed only with the support of the Tang Dynasty. Tang is in control.

Although the Tang Dynasty re-established the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, it also established a Linhai County in the area bordering Silla and the former Baekje, with the Silla aristocrat Jin Chaoyin as the Linhai County King.

This Jin Chaoyin is also the heir of King Wuye Jin Chunqiu. His father Jin Renwen stayed in Tang Dynasty all the year round, and was even named the new King of Silla by Emperor Gaozong during the Tang-Luo War.Now Datang helps him analyze the land and establish the country, naturally it is also to maintain the continued division of Silla.

Without the support and help from Silla, Mohe Yukou would have no leeway and space to continue to struggle.

Under the continuous pressure of Song Jing, the governor of Yingzhou, his living space gradually shrank. Finally, in the early winter of last year, the Tang army discovered the location of Qi Sibiyu's lair, and he surrounded and wiped it out in World War I, ending the continuous struggle since the Khitan rebellion. The Mohe Rebellion that lasted nearly ten years.The country of Bohai, which once made the saints vigilant, was finally killed in the bud by success.

"In this campaign, the chief bandit chieftain was awarded, begging for four feathers to descend to more than a dozen people, and many others were bound before the battle. They are currently in prison in Yingzhou, waiting for the imperial court to send envoys to punish them. In addition to the chief evil members, there are millet The more than [-] households of Mohe and the Eastern Hu Za tribe also need to be properly resettled..."

After a war is over, there are still a lot of things to follow, especially the management of regaining the territory and the people, which is even more related to whether the results of the war can be maintained for a long time.So when talking about the resettlement of these tens of thousands of Mohe prisoners of war, Song Jing couldn't help but look serious.

Li Tong asked again after hearing the words: "Regarding this matter, does Song Qing have a good plan?"

Song Jing served as the governor of Yingzhou for many years, so he naturally thought about it. When he heard the sage's question, he immediately said: "Mohe is not a new problem at all. The old home of Yingzhou is not lacking in the grace of granting land and land. The reason why they are still irritable and difficult to tame is not that the people cannot be educated, but that the suzerain of the household they lead cannot satisfy their desires! When the minister attacked the bandit camp, he saw that the soldiers had no armor, the people had no clothes, the people were devastated and famine, and the old and the young were hard to live...

The reason why the Hus who have been born and familiarized with Hu has a deep nature is that the chieftains under his supervision bully his superiors and his subordinates. If these kinds of people are still there, it will be difficult to change customs and be good at teaching.These kinds of penalized people are animals, intercepting the king's life, if they are not eradicated, even if there is a virtuous rule, it will be in vain.

If you want to recruit Qunhu, you need to cut off their feudal traditions and organize households to accept them.There is no need for rich money and fertile land, even though three acres of poor industry is more than twice the old livelihood, and scattered in prefectures and counties, it can make up for the lack of cultivation and cultivation.Hu's nature is undisciplined, gathering together will lead to arrogance;

I can't rule under the law of China, even if there are tens of thousands of people, I still need to surround and kill them, so as not to cause harm to future generations!Three years to reform, three years to change customs, three years to educate, and nine years to accumulate, if you are still stubborn, this day will abandon your kind, and wrong love will hurt you! "

Chapter 1002 The chieftains are self-fertile, and naturalization is not easy

Li Tong asked Song Jing about the resettlement and management of these Mohe prisoners of war in the Northeast, and he did not specifically address this issue, but the management of the Hu people in the territory has become a systemic issue.

Datang itself is huge in size and vast in territory, and a large number of Hu people live around the border.Along with the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, various forms of communication such as wars and commerce gradually allowed these Hu tribes to enter the gate of the Tang Dynasty.

Although population is also a precious resource, more population means more productivity.

But in the real situation, the situation is much more complicated. The Tang Dynasty is an empire dominated by farming. Not to mention whether these Hu populations have enough farming skills for production and utilization. It is just that their tribes are different, their customs are different, and their cultures are different. Due to the differences with social organizations, it is very difficult to manage effectively.

But accepting the barbarians is no longer an option that can be avoided, but a problem that must be faced and resolved.Only after the Qinghai War in the fourth year of Kaiyuan, and now in the tenth year of Kaiyuan, the population of the Hu tribe in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty has reached millions.

This is only a rough estimate without the establishment of comprehensive household statistics for the Zhuhu tribe, but the actual situation is only a lot more.

For example, when Song Jing fought against Sumo Mohe in Haidong, tens of thousands of households were captured.On other battlefields, the Tang Dynasty also made its own advances. In the ninth year of Kaiyuan's series of sweeps against Monan and Qikou, the population of Tie Le and the Turkic tribes confiscated also amounted to tens of thousands of households.

In addition to the war, with the restoration of Datang's domestic production order and local politics, there are also a large number of fleeing households who spontaneously defect to Datang every year.For example, in Heshuo's three surrendered cities, there are often thousands of households who escaped from Huhu scattered throughout the year.

This kind of situation not only happened among the low-level miscellaneous Hu in the border areas, but also the phenomenon that some upper-level Hu tribe fled to Datang frequently happened.Every year on the first month of the first lunar month, the Six Barbarians and the Hu tribes sent envoys to Beijing to offer tribute, and many of the envoys' entourage escaped from the envoys, hoping to stay in Chang'an, rather than returning to their respective tribes.

Similar situations were repeatedly prohibited, so that those Honglu Temple officials who received foreign guests hardly stayed in office for long.After paying tribute in January, it often took several months to hunt down those fugitive envoys throughout the city. Even so, there were still a large number of Hu envoys staying illegally in the Tang Dynasty.

As for the sale and purchase of Zhuhu slaves in the market, it is even more impossible to prohibit.Because if you want to ban it, you must at least buy and sell.But there are many escapees willing to commit themselves as slaves in order to be able to settle in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

After going out for a stroll, servants followed him back to the mansion.If this is just an occasional phenomenon, there can still be supervision such as prohibition of reporting, but if it has become a trend, how to stop it.

Previously, when Silla had an enmity with Datang, one of the grievances was that Datang was arrogant and unkind, and hunted down the people of Silla and sold them into slavery.According to the data provided by Silla, tens of thousands of people flow out of Silla every year, and flow into Datang from Liaodong and even Qingzhou across the sea.

Regarding Silla's accusation, Datang was also very helpless.

In order to solve the problem of Su Momo, Datang did not try to ban the trading of slaves in Silla before. The result was that the private market flourished. The phenomenon of Luo slaves.

The crowds from all walks of life flocked to the Tang Dynasty for various reasons.

First of all, Tubo was defeated and returned to its homeland, and Turks fled far away in Mobei. Datang once again became the most powerful empire in the region.The second is that compared with the same period in the original history, the business situation was more prosperous, which further promoted cross-regional personnel exchanges.

Of course, the choices made by the Hu people based on their own pros and cons are also indispensable.

After all, whether it is personal safety, living environment and production conditions, including material acquisition and enjoyment, Datang is a higher-dimensional existence than the surrounding barbarians.

At present, this phenomenon of population inflow is relatively positive.

After all, today is not the exhausted world that has been in great chaos. According to the household statistics conducted in the early years of Kaiyuan, there are now more than 730 million households in the Tang Dynasty. Although there are many Hu people, it is far from enough to shake the population structure dominated by Tang people. .

Moreover, the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty is strong, and even if the barbarians mix in, it is still not enough to form a force that endangers national security. These influx of barbarians can supplement the labor shortage caused by the development of commerce and trade.

But even if there is no disaster right now, if Datang Sheji wants to have long-term peace and stability, related issues must also be taken seriously.

After all, the harm and lessons brought about by the chaos in history are too tragic. Not to mention the great division caused by the five chaos and chaos that lasted hundreds of years, the Anshi Rebellion alone cut the prosperous age in half, which has caused countless people in later generations to mourn.

The management of Zhuhu is not just a current problem, but as the situation enters the Kaiyuan New Dynasty, this problem becomes more complicated.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, through a series of foreign conquests and developments, a complete set of restraint system was established.

However, the Tang Dynasty's policy of opening borders back then was still a series of wars conducted in order to ensure the integrity and security of the country's territory and borders. One of the biggest prerequisites was the security of the country.

In the case of ensuring this strategic goal, Datang’s attitude towards the barbarians on the frontier is not tolerant, and does not force them to annex their territories and serve their people as long as they do not openly violate Datang’s interests and threaten Datang’s security. , it is still based on restraints, giving those side Hus enough living space and autonomy.

Moreover, not long after the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the states in the world were still desolate.For example, after Goguryeo was conquered during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo survivors were moved inward one after another.

But now, in addition to ensuring the security of its own borders and consolidating its existing territory, Datang's external military operations also have further requirements, that is, the acquisition of new land and population.

In this way, the original rule of Hu with strong autonomy is no longer applicable. Only when Datang digests these frontier lands and populations more systematically and thoroughly can it be used as a driving force to continue to push forward the pace of development.

Measures such as changing customs and co-education proposed by Song Jing have been implemented by Datang in the past few years.For example, the registered households of the Turkic descendants of the six prefectures of Hequ, after the recovery of Qinghai, they simply established prefectures and counties in Haidong for direct rule, and so on.

However, the advancement of similar matters has not been very smooth, and it can even be said that there are constant obstacles and little effect.

Of course, there are reasons why the Hu humble people are not close to the Chinese people and do not understand the Chinese system, but one of the biggest problems is the existence of the chief suzerains of the Hu chieftains and so on that Song Jing said.

Although the social structure of Zhu Hu is simple, it does not have a complete system of rules and regulations like Datang, but whenever there is aggregation, there must be an organization, and those Hu chieftain suzerains are the controllers and beneficiaries of these organizations.