The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 541 Self-defense in front of the palace

Li Muyun was caught off guard by Fang Xuanling's sudden intervention. It didn't mean that he didn't want others to intervene, but that he really didn't expect anyone to help him at this time.

The censor surnamed Xu didn't seem to have thought that Fang Xuanling would come out, he couldn't help being suffocated when he heard the words, glanced around between the two of them and said: "Master Fang, Xu didn't want to target Xiaoyao County King, but If the misunderstanding is not explained clearly, it will always be a big or small trouble for the county king, I hope you will not misunderstand."

It was such a trick to turn the tide, Li Muyun looked at the surname Xu and couldn't help secretly expressing admiration. Just now, he was stern, with a distressed look, but now he changed it to his own good in a blink of an eye. guy.

Looking at Fang Xuanling again, I saw that the old guy didn't seem to be persuaded by the surname Xu, but just gave him a cold look: "Xu Yushi, it's not that the old man misunderstood, but I hope you have something to say. Knowing that you are a censor and not a fool in the countryside, it is better not to talk about those rumors."

The censor surnamed Xu didn't dare to say a fart, he just bent over and responded carefully: "Yes, Mr. Fang taught me the lesson."

The status gap between the little censor and a third-rank senior official like Fang Xuanling is unreasonable. If he dared to commit crimes against the wind at this time, at most he would die with Li Muyun, which didn't seem to be very cost-effective.

Li Muyun watched from the sidelines with a cold eye, and from this, he could see some way. Fang Xuanling should represent the emperor at this time, after all, Li Er had some things that were difficult to explain clearly under such circumstances.

The guys who wanted to sue and spread rumors sent some shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and they were not prepared to die. When Li Er's representative came out, they had already planned to die. What too much power, otherwise it shouldn't be such a pussy.

Just as he was thinking about it, His Majesty Li Er coughed and attracted the attention of all the ministers: "Li Muyun, since Fang Aiqing has acted as a guarantor for you, then I believe that you have no intention of rebelling, but if you It is always a hidden danger that many foreign races are raised by you in Shuozhou, do you have any reasonable explanation for this?"

The meaning in Li Er's words is very simple, that is: Li Muyun, I gave you face and resisted the matter for you, shouldn't you explain why so many people are raised in Shuozhou?Give me an explanation.

Li Muyun understood the emperor's implication, rubbed his nose with a wry smile, first gave a deep salute to show respect, then straightened up and talked eloquently: "Your Majesty, the minister who raised those foreign races in Shuozhou has racked his brains and racked his brains. Thinking hard, forgetting to eat and sleep..."

Before Li Muyun could finish speaking, His Majesty Li Er had already slapped the table angrily: "Speak well! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will hit you thirty times first."

Li Muyun shrank his neck in fright, and quickly changed his humble expression: "Your Majesty, do you know the principle of energy conservation?"

Of course Li Er didn't know what energy conservation is, and he didn't want to know what energy conservation was, so he glared and said, "What energy conservation? What does this have to do with you taking in so many foreign races in Shuozhou?"

Seeing that Li Er couldn't understand, Li Muyun was overjoyed, and decided to fool around from the beginning: "Your Majesty, those alien races in Shuozhou are actually herdsmen living near Shuozhou. The reason why Shuozhou has border troubles is because of them."

When the censor Xu heard this, he interjected and asked: "Since the king of the county knows that they are the cause of Shuozhou's border troubles, why does he let them enter Shuozhou? And he also arranges work for them. Isn't this raising tigers to cause trouble?" ?”

Li Muyun glanced at him, applauded his proper 'cooperation', and then said after a pause: "This censor, in fact, raising a tiger is not necessarily a problem. If you have raised a tiger before, you will know it. As long as you master it In the right way, a tiger can actually be a domestic cat.”

Li Er seemed quite interested in Li Muyun's theory, he leaned forward upon hearing this, "Oh? Let's talk about it in detail."

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it? If I don't introduce those alien races into Shuozhou, but let them fend for themselves outside, what will they do when they have nothing to rely on for their lives? It's not like entering Shuozhou. And for us How much resources do you need to invest in defending against them? Does the frontier army need money for armaments? Does it cost money to fight the dead? If they sneak in, burn, kill and rob, the loss of the people will also be money, right? "

"But now I bring them into Shuozhou, give them jobs, give them wages, so that their lives are guaranteed, so that they will no longer have the idea of ​​joining the bandits, after all, they don't want to cut off their source of livelihood in the future. In addition, they work in Shuozhou, which is also creating economic benefits for Datang. They have worked hard to build a smooth concrete road, which is a benefit in itself, and they work in steel factories to produce steel, which is another benefit.”

"Compared to the fact that they didn't work at all but robbed a bunch of things, they actually got the same amount. It's just that their work in Shuozhou can make the frontier army no longer strictly guard and save the court. A large amount of military expenditure. In addition, the people of Shuozhou no longer have to worry about their property being robbed, and can live with more peace of mind."

"The most important thing is that if these people get used to this kind of life, they will no longer be able to adapt to the previous days of wandering and wandering. Slowly they will be 'domesticated' and eventually become the people of my Great Tang. "

Li Muyun stood on the main hall and chatted freely, Li Er, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help nodding their heads, with expressions of deep approval, even the censor surnamed Xu showed a look of admiration in his eyes.

Although energy conservation is a law of physics, it can be applied to human beings. Whether it is the alien races in the grassland or the Khitan people, they actually get the same amount of things from the Tang Dynasty, whether they are robbed or earned by labor. .

But after taking the initiative to introduce them to Shuozhou, it can save the people of Datang from the flames of war. At the same time, it can create a certain amount of value, so Datang took advantage of it.

After figuring this out, anyone with a little knowledge will immediately realize the benefits of doing this, and also find other easy-to-understand metaphors, such as blocking is not as good as sparse.

The Yellow River is prone to flooding. If you blindly block it, it is tantamount to killing one thousand enemies and harming yourself by eight hundred. If you open a new river channel to bring in the river water, the labor paid is actually the same, but it can let the river water flow. Free from flooding, and even increase the irrigated area, this is the benefit of empathy.

(End of this chapter)