Li Shimin

Chapter 371 Strategies for Governing Turkic Lands
"slave?"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help but startled, their faces full of doubts.

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded lightly.

"These Turkic people have been harassing our Datang border all the year round, invading our Datang city, robbing money and people, and having a blood feud with our Datang.

Therefore, even if these Turkic people surrender, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot escape!Incorporating them into my Datang slaves, building concrete houses and paving concrete roads for my Datang, is atonement! "

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were thoughtful.

"But these Turkic people are reckless and don't accept Wanghua. What if these Turkic people resist or run away?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"Put iron chains on the feet of each Turkic person, or put an iron chain on his hand, in groups of two, so that they cannot escape. Then, send elite soldiers to be imprisoned together with the Turkic Han people. If anyone dares to escape or Resist, the Turkic people who live or work together, all sit together and kill!"

Li Xuan said, "However, in order to give hope to these Turkic people, as long as a concrete road is paved, or two years of hard labor, they can get rid of their status as slaves and become citizens of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court can distribute fertile land and teach them to farm. Make a living!"

"What if these Turkic people are used to grazing life and don't want to plant fields?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Your Majesty, these Turkic people have been able to build roads or houses in the Tang Dynasty for two years, and they haven't escaped yet. They should have gotten used to the life in the Tang Dynasty. If there are still people who like to herd, they can also be released back to the prairie and let them give to the Great Tang. Tang herds, raises cattle and horses!"

Li Xuan said slowly.

"How can this be done? Wouldn't this be letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Li Shimin's expression changed slightly.

"Your Majesty, in two years, with so many Turkic laborers, can we build a few concrete cities in the Turkic homeland?" Li Xuan asked slowly with a chuckle.

"It should be possible!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly.

"If it doesn't work in two years, then three years!"

Li Xuan said again.

"At that time, from Hexi to Xiangcheng, Qikou, Yinshan, Tuntieshan and other Turkic lands, a city was built every [-] or [-] miles, and the Tang army was stationed in it. Even those who Turkic barbarians who have thoughts they shouldn't have will be crushed by these cities!"

Li Xuan smiled lightly.

"Building a city in the Turkic land?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were all taken aback again.

"Xuan Ba, building a city requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Not only does it take a long time, but the money it consumes is immeasurable. The power of the whole country is also in those places, and it is impossible to build a few cities!"

Li Shimin said quickly.

Li Xuan said: "Your Majesty, I remember hearing Gao Ming say that there were a large number of Chinese (Li Shimin called the Han people abroad as Chinese) at the end of the Sui Dynasty, in order to survive and avoid military disasters, they dragged their families to the prairie and the Western Regions. Flee away.

And this year, it seems that millions of Chinese have returned from beyond the Great Wall! "

"That's true!"

Li Shimin nodded and replied.

Seeing this, Li Xuan's expression brightened, and Li Shimin agreed. It seems that there may still be millions, or even millions, of Chinese in the Turks and the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, do you think those Chinese who are still far away in the Western Regions or Turks want to return to the Tang Dynasty?"

"No matter where they are, they are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty, so they always want to be under the rule of the Tang Dynasty and be protected by my Great Tang Master!"

Li Shimin nodded confidently.

Hearing this, the corners of Li Xuan's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly, although Li Shimin was too trusting.However, he had to agree that what Li Shimin said was reasonable.

You know, those Chinese who escaped have a hard time living outside.

Even, many Chinese who fled had to build dock walls outside, that is, a group of small castles, grouped together to resist the invading Turkic people, in order to survive.

"Xuanba don't worry, this time when my master of the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks, there will be many Chinese people coming out of Wubi to support the master of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly and said, "So, why is Your Majesty unable to build a city?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin looked happy.

And Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also thought of something, and their expressions were overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, with the help of the Chinese in those Turkic lands, let alone a dozen or so cities, even hundreds of cities can be built."

Li Xuan looked confident, "Those Chinese who are far away in the Turkic land have lived in the Turkic land for decades, even hundreds of years, and have long been accustomed to the life there.

Your Majesty can send officials and troops to those Chinese to protect their safety.Presumably, those Chinese people must be very happy to accept the rule of my Tang Dynasty.

With so many people, there is still a need to build a city. For those merchants and aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty, it must be a place for gold mining. Even if they deliver some salt or grain to those Chinese, they can make a lot of money. .

Without worrying about His Majesty or the court, there will be a large number of families and merchants going to the Turkic land.

If His Majesty goes from Chang'an City to the land of Turkic, pave a cement road.

In that way, there are even more merchants who go to the Turkic land, and there are concrete roads connecting them, so my master of the Tang Dynasty can go to the Turkic land in an instant.

By that time, the land of Turks will be firmly controlled by Datang. "

"As for how the Chinese in the Turkic land live, they can build a big city in the Turkic land to trade with the Western Regions or the barbarians from all over the world. Your Majesty can also raise horses, cattle and sheep in the Turkic land, and then use these to communicate with us. Datang trade, exchange grain.

The land of Turks will be very prosperous within a few years.By that time, why can't Datang bring millions of dollars in taxes a year? "

"As for those Turkic barbarians who want to go back to the Turkic land to graze, let them go back. Maybe by then, the Tang people in the Turkic land will already be several times the number of those Turkic barbarians. Even if those Turkic barbarians are sent back , I can only continue to live with my head bowed under the supervision of the people of my Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, with the tax collected from the Turkic lands, some schools were built in the cities of the Turkic lands, and some loyal and patriotic masters were sent to teach the people of the Tang Dynasty to read and write, and be educated by the Tang Dynasty.

If things go on like this, there is no need to worry that the Chinese in those Turkic lands will have villains. "

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others were stupefied.

They came to Lijiazhuang, perhaps with the intention of asking Li Xuan for advice.

However, it is more about relaxing and relaxing, and I want to take a few bottles of liquor back with me.

However, it never occurred to him that General Li Xuan could really come up with a strategy for governing the Turkic land.

Moreover, after their analysis, it seems that they only need to fine-tune Li Xuan's strategy, and they can really succeed.

"The theory of Xuanba!"

"His Royal Highness King Jin is the great sage of the country!"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but praise Li Xuan.

Afterwards, Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian who was on the side: "Gao Ming, can you record all the strategies Xuan Ba ​​said?"

"Father, forgive me, the child was shocked by the master's policy just now, so I didn't record it. However, I will keep it in my heart, and I can record it right away!"

With that said, Li Chengqian hurriedly walked to the hut beside him.

　"Zizhi Tongjian" records: During the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, the population was 895 million households.At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was discovered that there were more than 200 million registered households in Qimin.The population of more than 600 million households that disappeared, some of them died in the war, some of them left their nationality, and some of them should have fled overseas or those places in the Western Regions, and became Chinese.

　　There is also "Zizhi Tongjian" records that in the three years of Zhenguan, China had a bumper harvest, and the result was: "There are more than one and two million Chinese who belonged to the prefectures and counties from outside the Great Wall and opened Siyi."

　　No matter what, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were really a large number of Chinese in the Western Regions or Turkic places.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)