Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 349 Hierarchy

Li Shimin knew that Gao Ming was not lying. With Gao Ming's current income, let alone raising 20 soldiers and horses, Li Shimin felt that it would be no problem to raise 50 soldiers.

The only thing that made him feel a little uncomfortable was that she suddenly felt as if she was being compared, which made him feel a little depressed.

"Okay, I got it. Class A people are classified into five categories: scholars, peasants, workers, merchants, and soldiers. What about the second class?"

Gao Ming could see that Li Shimin didn't want to continue on this issue, so he nodded immediately.

"Okay, then let me talk about people like B and others. There are many people in Datang who were exiled because they violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, or they had criminal records, or they were lazy market thugs. The contribution cannot be compared with the A class, so I set it at the B class, and besides that, I have to add another kind of person.”

"who?"

"Alien!"

Having said that, Gao Ming suddenly grinned.

"In recent years, my Tang Dynasty has conquered the world and come to the court from all directions. There have also been many foreigners in the city, such as the Hu people and Turkic people from the Western Regions. They have lived in the Tang Dynasty for a long time to do business, but they do not have a clear identity. This is not acceptable. Yes, because it is not convenient for us to collect taxes."

Now Li Shimin also understands that commercial tax is the main source of finance, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately frowned.

"Then what do you think? We can't drive them all out of Datang, can we?"

Seeing Li Shimin's embarrassed look, Gao Ming shook his head immediately.

"There is no need to expel, and not only do we not need to be expelled, we can also give them an identity, the identity of a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, we give them protection, and at the same time collect taxes from them. For some people who have made outstanding contributions to our Tang Dynasty, we and You can give them the status of first-class people."

Speaking of this, he immediately laughed.

"In this way, there will definitely be more foreign clans coming to Datang. In this way, the population of Datang can be rapidly expanded, and the market economy of Datang can be stimulated to obtain more taxes. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. .”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the benefits, so he nodded immediately.

"Well, this is indeed the truth, you continue to say!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Li Shimin listened to it, Gao Ming immediately felt refreshed.

"Let's talk about C and others. As our Tang Dynasty grows stronger, we will definitely expand abroad in the future. For example, we will fight Goguryeo in the future. After we capture Goguryeo, those aborigines will be C and others!"

Having said that, Gao Ming spread his palms towards Li Shimin.

"Although the palms and the backs of the hands are all meat, there are also internal and external distinctions. The people of our Tang Dynasty are the palms, and the aborigines in the places we captured are naturally the backs of the hands."

"Of course, it's not that we don't give them opportunities. As long as they can speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and identify themselves as Han Chinese, then we will also recognize them as Han Chinese, and naturally there will be no distinction between the palm of the hand and the back of the hand."

Gao Ming’s method is very simple. If you speak your own language and write your own characters, then you are a foreigner, and you are a third-class person. On the contrary, as long as you speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, and call yourself a Han nationality, you are a Han, and you are a first-class person.

Under such circumstances, Gao Ming believes that they will make a wise choice.

Li Shimin is a smart person, he immediately sensed Gao Ming's intentions, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately laughed.

"If this is the case, I am afraid that there will be no Goguryeo people in a hundred years. Gao Ming, your approach is really shocking, but it is still a good way. I probably know what you think, so I will come Guess this Ding and others."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming smiled and gestured "please" to him.

Seeing Gao Ming's action, Li Shimin smiled and nodded.

"Hmm... I think you should plan to list slaves as Ding and others, am I right?"

After speaking, he stroked his beard again, looking very proud.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahahahaha..."

Hearing Gao Ming's loud laughter, Li Shimin thought he had guessed right, and the smile on his face was even wider, but what he didn't expect was that Gao Ming's face was hard after he finished laughing.

"wrong!"

"Uh……"

Seeing Li Shimin's astonished expression, a smile appeared on Gao Ming's face again.

"No matter how low the status of slaves in my Tang Dynasty is, they are still slaves of my Tang Dynasty, so I classify them as C-class people. That is to say, after we conquer Goguryeo, even if those sticks intermarry, they can only marry us. Datang slaves intermarry!"

"hiss……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin gasped immediately. He didn't expect Gao Ming to give such an answer. At the same time, he also realized that the people of Goguryeo would definitely try their best to integrate in order to improve their level. To Datang.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at Gao Ming with admiration.

"Perhaps within a hundred years, there will be no Goguryeo. To be able to come up with such a solution, I really deserve to be my most valued prince!"

But at the same time, another question popped up in Li Shimin's mind.

"Since even the slaves are C-class people, what kind of people are D-class people?"

Now Li Shimin really couldn't figure it out, so he asked Gao Ming directly and clearly. Faced with Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming didn't hold back and told him directly.

"After we conquer Goguryeo, the nobles and officials of Goguryeo will be Ding and others!"

"This……"

It may be that Gao Ming's answer was a bit shocking, so after hearing his words, Li Shimin's eyes widened immediately.

Seeing his shocked look, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Actually, this is also a way to alleviate conflicts. Think about it. After we conquered Goguryeo, we turned the people there into people of the same level as the slaves of the Tang Dynasty. Would they have resentment in their hearts? Then who do you think they will hate?" ?”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin blinked immediately.

"Hate Datang?"

"The answer is correct, but unfortunately not all are correct!"

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately shook his head towards Li Shimin.

"They will hate the Tang Dynasty, but at the same time they will hate the noble officials of Goguryeo, because those guys not only exploited and squeezed them, but also lost the battle. At this time, we turned these nobles and officials into Ding et al. The hearts of the people of Goguryeo will be balanced!"

Gao Ming also read some books on psychology, so it is natural for him to talk about these things with reason.

"What people like most is comparison. Many people seem generous on the surface, but in fact their essence is the kind of person who I can't stand as long as your life is better than mine. We are using this kind of psychology now!"

Having said that, Gao Ming walked slowly to Li Shimin's side, and hugged his neck affectionately.

"Think about it, those Goguryeo people will be dissatisfied when they become C-class people, but won't they be happy when they see the aristocratic officials who oppressed them fall and become Ding-class people who are lower than them? So when that happens, who do you think they'll be grateful for?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table on the spot.

"Okay, this method is great, let's do it like this. Later, you write down the grades of A, B, C and D in detail for me, and I will immediately ask Shangguanyi and the others to compile it into "Tang Law."

Hearing that Li Shimin agreed, a bright smile suddenly appeared on Gao Ming's face.

"My Emperor Shengming!"

(End of this chapter)