Man Tanghong

Chapter 894 Convince Ren Gui
Therefore, wars still have to be fought, especially when this kind of country is about to become strong, it is even more necessary to fight. It is necessary to cultivate a warlike temperament throughout the whole country, so that a country can always maintain its aggressiveness.

Only in this way can a country continue to grow and become stronger.

Meng Shengren said very clearly in "Born in Sorrow, Die in Peace" that a country will be born in sorrow and die in peace.

Therefore, a country must have a certain sense of crisis, only in this way can it survive for a long time.

If you are greedy for pleasure and stability, it is easy to get drunk and dream of death.

Now that Datang has the sharpest military front in the world, Datang should have the sense of urgency to regard other countries in the world as enemies. Only in this way can we conquer and develop step by step, and finally become the world's largest of the peak.

Although the Tang Dynasty in history reached the pinnacle of the world without conquering the whole world.

But in Li Yuanji's view, the thighs in history can do better.

The Great Tang that he controls now is much stronger than the Great Tang of the same period in history, so he hopes to accomplish more brilliant achievements than in history.

So this battle must be fought.

Moreover, this battle is not the end of Datang's unification of the world and the conquest of its neighbors, but the beginning of Datang's conquest of the world.

He may not see Datang conquering the world, but this step must be taken.

"Ren Aiqing, what you said is indeed reasonable, but I, Tang Dynasty, must fight this battle."

Li Yuanji changed his name to Ren Gui, and his tone was very firm.

Ren Gui heard the unquestionable tone in Li Yuanji's tone, she was slightly taken aback, and said with an uneasy expression: "Now that Your Highness insists on fighting the Turks, just give the order to the minister, and the minister dare not refuse."

Li Yuanji could tell that Ren Gui was not convinced at all, even if he asked him to order directly, he dared not refuse.

But what he must be thinking in his heart is that if you order me directly, I will obey, but I just refuse to obey.

Li Yuanji took a deep breath and said, "Ren Aiqing, if I wanted to give you an order, I would have given you a long time ago..."

Li Yuanji didn't go any further, but he believed that Ren Gui could understand the meaning of what he said.

After hearing this, Ren Gui's expression changed.

But instead of becoming ugly, it became better.

He is not a fool, how could he not understand Li Yuanji's words?

What Li Yuanji said was very clear. He was trying to save face and take care of his feelings, so he didn't give him an order.

If Li Yuanji didn't give him face and didn't take care of his feelings, he would have made an order long ago, so why would he spend so much time talking.

After learning about Li Yuanji's good intentions, Ren Gui's attitude was not so tough, "Your Highness, I don't want to stop you from conquering the Turks, but the promotion of rice is far more important than conquering the Turks."

What Ren Gui said was sincere, and it came from the heart.

Before Li Yuanji could speak, Chen Shuda took the lead and said, "Why do you firmly think so?"

Ren Gui didn't hide it, and said frankly: "My Tang Dynasty doesn't have enough population to manage the Turks, so even if we defeat the Turks, we can only hand over the Turks' territory to the Turks.

The Turkic people are not my race, and they will turn against them after a long time.

It is impossible for my Tang Dynasty to guard against them all the time, nor is it possible to send troops to conquer them all the time.

Therefore, we should first increase food production, and then use this to generate a large population.

When our population reaches 500 million households, we will conquer the Turks again, and we will be able to move our people to conquer the Turkic territory.

At that time, we won't have to worry about repetitions, let alone another war in the north.

The former only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, while the latter can be done once and for all. "

Chen Shuda fell silent after hearing Ren Gui's words.

After Li Yuanji heard Ren Gui's words, he had to admit that Ren Gui's words were old-fashioned words for the country.

Compared with letting Turkic people govern Turkic after defeating Turkic, it is definitely more beneficial to transfer one's own people to govern Turkic.

The former has been verified by history, and the final result is more accurate. As Ren Gui said, the Turks have been repeating, and it has been repeated for hundreds of years before they disappear.

Although no one has tried the latter in history, the effect is definitely better than the former.

Why do you say that?
Because the Turkic people do not have any thoughts of loyalty and patriotism in their minds. If the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turkic people and handed over the Turkic territory to the Turkic people for governance, then in the eyes of the Turkic people, they would still be a power, a country, not a big country. An integral part of Don.

So when their wings grow hard, it is inevitable to go back to Datang.

It doesn't even have to wait until their wings grow hard, they just suffer a little grievance in the hands of Datang, and it is very likely that they will all turn back to Datang.

So let the Turks rule the Turks, 90.00% of them will be against it.

But the Han people are different. The Han people have accepted the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism since childhood. When the Tang Dynasty moved some people there, they would only think that the Tang Dynasty helped them open up a place for them to live. They themselves and the people under their feet The land belongs to Datang.

As long as Datang doesn't keep squeezing them until they can't survive, then their hearts will always be with Datang, and they will never rebel against Datang.

Once they took root in the Turkic territory and became local households, no matter whether it was them or the Turkic territory, they would naturally become an inseparable part of the Tang Dynasty.

So Ren Gui's words are very pertinent, and he is really thinking about Datang, so it is worth listening to.

But Li Yuanji was not prepared to accept it.

Because Ren Gui has his own ideas, he also has his own ideas.

He admitted that Ren Gui was right, but he didn't have to listen, because he didn't think Ren Gui's ideas were better than his.

Immediately, Li Yuanji nodded and said: "What Ren Aiqing said is not unreasonable, but I also have my own considerations. I admit that it would be easier for us to manage the Turks, but has Ren Aiqing ever thought that when I am rich in the Tang Dynasty? , everyone has no worries about food, who else is willing to move to Turkic?
Has Ren Aiqing ever thought about whether we will have the opportunity to conquer the Turks when the Tang Dynasty becomes rich? "

Ren Gui was silent for a moment.

He also knows the art of war and strategy, and he is still a master, maybe not up to Li Jing's level, but he is much better than generals who can only charge forward.

So he understands the truth that fighters are fleeting.

Seeing that Ren Gui had stopped talking, Li Yuanji knew that Ren Gui had listened to his words, and immediately continued: "Now Suni Shi and Xieli have lost both sides, and they have no intention of fighting again.

If my Tang Dynasty did not send troops and let one of them annex the other, then a new Turkic Khan would be born.

Turks will also usher in unification again.

At that time, what we have to face is a complete Turkic, not a divided Turkic.

If the Turks complete their unification, they will continue to make good friends with Tuyuhun and Western Turks, and even form an ally against us together.

Then what we have to face is not only a complete Turkic, but also Tuyuhun and Western Turkic.

But Tubo is on the rise, Mengshe Zhao is also unifying, and the Dahe family has always been bitter about the defeat at the hands of my Tang Dynasty.

If someone lobbied from them to attack Tang from all over the world, even if our Tang Dynasty had a strong army, how would we deal with it? "

Although Datang has now become the overlord of East Asia, it is not yet strong enough to go to war with all the surrounding countries.

With the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple in place, the possibility of the whole world attacking the Tang Dynasty is unlikely under the circumstances of distant friends and close attacks.

There is no need to worry about 'not afraid of [-], just in case'.

Li Yuanji, who is familiar with history, knows very well that in the next 50 years, among the surrounding countries and states, there is only Songtsen Gampo as a wise master.

So worrying about attacking Tang from the whole world is purely superfluous.

But even so, Datang still had to fight the Turks, because it was related to the layout of Datang towards the world, and it also related to the placement of vassal kings.

It is more related to Li Yuanji's layout for the future of Datang.

So even if it was alarmist, Li Yuanji had to persuade Ren Gui.

Naturally, Ren Gui didn't know that Li Yuanji was scaremongering. He frowned when he heard that if the Tang Dynasty gave the Turks a chance to breathe, they might face a joint attack from the Turks, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks.

As for talking about the whole world attacking Tang, he didn't think much about it.

The Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple are not decorations, and it is impossible for this kind of thing to happen.

But even so, just the fact that Turks, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks united to attack Datang is enough for Datang to drink a pot.

So his persistence has been shaken.

After the Tang Dynasty became strong, it was easier to attack the Turks and manage the Turks.

But now there is an opportunity to take advantage of, if Datang doesn't take advantage of it, it will be a waste of money.

Once the Turks escaped and rose again, the last unlucky one must be Datang.

"But my Tang Dynasty really doesn't have the energy to deal with the Turks now. If we defeat the Turks and hand them over to the Turks to govern, then it's the same as if we didn't defeat the Turks."

Ren Gui hesitated and said worriedly.

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Don't worry about this Ren Aiqing, I don't plan to put down the Turks in a single battle, I'm going to turn the Turks into a training ground to train our Tang soldiers.

After training an army strong enough to run rampant on the grassland, there will be no Turkic people in Turkic. At that time, the population of my Tang Dynasty will inevitably increase.

At that time, favorable conditions can be given to allow some people to migrate there.

It is even possible for soldiers who are already familiar with life on the grassland to move their families there and take root on the grassland. "

It is also possible to encourage the children of middle-class aristocratic families to join the army, to fight for a future in the army, and give them favorable conditions to allow them to settle in the grasslands.

In order to achieve the goal of dividing the middle family.

After the top aristocratic families were weakened or even eradicated, and the middle-level aristocratic families were divided again, the situation that the aristocratic families controlled the Great Tang would no longer exist.

(End of this chapter)