Man Tanghong

Li Yuanji asked with a smile, "So...have you made up your mind?"

Liang Luoren's movement of chewing the mutton with difficulty froze, and he swallowed the uncooked mutton into his stomach, showing embarrassment, not knowing how to speak.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji continued to smile and said, "If you haven't figured it out yet, I can give you some more time to continue thinking about it."

With that said, Li Yuanji was about to get up to find Li Shimin and Ashina Simo.

Liang Luoren became anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly said: "No need..."

Hearing this, Li Yuanji sat down again, looked at Liang Luoren with a smile and said, "Why, have you figured it out?"

Liang Luoren nodded his head with difficulty, and said with a complicated expression: "If... I mean, if I am willing to do my best for you, after you conquer Liangdu, can you leave a way for my people to survive?"

Li Yuanji thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Only yours..."

As for the branch of Liang Shidu, it must be killed.

This is the tradition of the old Li family, and it is the tune set by Li Yuan, which cannot be lost.

When Liang Luoren heard this, his face was full of unwillingness and sorrow, like a death row prisoner who was about to be killed.

Li Yuanji continued: "You should understand that this is the best condition I can get for you. If my father decides, not only Liang Shidu's branch will die, but your branch will also die. "

When Liang Luoren heard this, the unwillingness and sorrow on his face became stronger.

But he didn't refuse the condition, instead he nodded stiffly like a body without a soul and said a word.

"it is good!"

He had no choice, or in other words, when Datang was destined to conquer Liang, he didn't even have room to bargain with Datang.

All he can do is accept Datang's conditions, or reject Datang's conditions.

But when Datang was destined to conquer Liang, he accepted Datang's conditions, and their Liang clansmen still had a way to survive. If he didn't accept it, then the whole Liang clan would probably die.

From the fate of Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Li Zitong and others, it is not difficult to see that Datang has never been lenient in eradicating political enemies.

Not only will weeds be cut, but roots will also be removed.

So he had no other choice but to agree to Datang's conditions.

He couldn't even reject Datang, because in his heart, the life and death of the Liang family was obviously more important than the life and death of the Liang country.

"Since you agreed, then don't be so sad, and go to the banquet with me."

Li Yuanji had already guessed that Liang Luoren would agree, so he was not surprised by Liang Luoren's answer. He stood up, patted Liang Luoren on the shoulder, and smiled and invited Liang Luoren to go to the bonfire party with Li Shimin and Ashina Simo.

The business has been discussed, drinking and eating meat has become the only main theme.

Ashina Simo by the bonfire was already drunk, filling his belly one by one, laughing from time to time and clinking glasses with Li Shimin with the wine bag, and chattering to Li Shimin about the customs of Mobei.

Li Shimin is not interested in having a quick drink with Ashina Simo, but he is very interested in what Ashina Simo said about the customs of Mobei.

So he drank with Ashina Simo as if he was dealing with it, while patiently listening to Ashina Simo talk about the customs of Mobei.

When Li Yuanji took Liang Luoren to the bonfire, Ashina Simo was talking about the white camel in Mobei, saying that the white camel is the messenger of the gods in the world, and every time it appears, it will bring auspiciousness. He has also witnessed it with his own eyes. Said happily.

"I didn't expect King Heshun to have such a chance. It's really enviable."

Li Yuanji asked Liang Luoren to find a place to sit by himself, then casually praised Ashina Simo, inserting the topic of Ashina Simo.

Ashina Simo seemed to be more interested in him than in Li Shimin, seeing that he was very interested in the white camel, he immediately became more elated and talked more vigorously.

When he was about to get drunk, he even clamored to help him catch a white camel.

Li Yuanji didn't dare to agree, because the religions on the grasslands were more covetous towards white camels than the nobles on the grasslands. Competing with the religions on the grasslands for white camels was purely causing trouble for Datang.

When the Tang Dynasty had not completely conquered the grasslands and established its own political power on the grasslands, it was still inappropriate to conflict with the religions on the grasslands.

After all, those religions on the grassland, you let them succeed, they may not succeed, but you let them fail, they will be sure if they fail.

The reason why the grassland has never formed its own culture, and the reason why the grassland people have not had a national fortune for a hundred years, is the ghost of those religions.

They ruled the spirit of the prairie people and monopolized the culture of the prairie people, making it impossible for the prairie people to form their own culture, and in the end they could only be controlled by them and enslaved by them.

And the spirit and culture of a country and a nation are in the hands of a group of gods and ghosts. What do you expect this country and this nation to achieve?
The most important thing is that this group of gods and ghosts is not the kind of gods and ghosts in the West that combine theology and government, but the gods and ghosts who simply pull out the gods.

Your country, your nation, your tribe, they don't care whether they live or die.

They only care about you and whether your successor will serve them forever.

They only want to take, never want to return.

They only thought about being slave owners, never thinking about what to do for slaves.

And how can the slaves detach themselves when their minds are controlled and their culture is controlled?
"Hoo Hoo... Hoo Hoo..."

Amid Ashina Simo's unique grunts, Li Shimin, who was sitting by the campfire with blurred eyes, suddenly asked, "What are you thinking?"

Li Yuanji threw the mutton bones that had been eaten into the bonfire, looked at Ashina Simo lying on the grass with his belly glowing, and then at Liang Luoren, who was sleeping soundly sitting under the big willow tree, feeling a little melancholy He said: "After thinking about my Tang..."

Surprisingly, Li Shimin did not sneer, but looked at Ashina Simo with the same melancholy and said: "He is reassuring us in a way like a wild beast."

When a beast surrenders to another stronger beast, it will show its belly to show that it is harmless and dare not grin its teeth.

Prairie people often associate with wild beasts, so they also learned the way of surrendering to wild beasts.

That's why the prairie people never expose their belly when they sleep, especially the nobles on the prairie.

Ashina Simo now showed his belly without any scruples, just to show Datang his loyalty and his harmlessness.

Li Shimin paused and continued: "No matter what, we can't let Tang people show their bellies to others."

Li Yuanji was silent for a while, then sighed: "It's hard..."

It's easy for Tang Ren to cover his belly tightly in a short time.

But it would be very difficult for Tang Ren to cover his belly tightly for a long time.

Because it is unknown whether Datang can survive forever, let alone Tang people.

The Han nationality as a whole is not very aggressive, and in the 5000-year history, the Han people have not stepped out of Asia.

Therefore, when the Han people unified the Central Plains and governed the Central Plains reasonably, internal fighting became the only main theme.

In history, almost all dynasties after the Tang Dynasty were taken advantage of by others because of endless internal strife.

After studying the history of the changes of dynasties, historians of later generations have come to a common point of view, that is, the main reason for the demise of most dynasties is land annexation.

And what is the root cause of the annexation of land as the chief culprit for the collapse of the dynasty?

Some people say that the aristocrats are greedy, others say that the emperors are inaction, and some hold other views.

But these views are all based on the fact that land is abundant.

And this counting refers to the fact that the land in the Central Plains is scarce. After the nobles and landlords occupy it, the poor will have no place to stand, and they will have to rebel.

Then why not magnify the mind and magnify the pattern to look at this issue.

The land in the Central Plains is counted, but is the land outside the Central Plains also counted?
The land in the Central Plains has been occupied, why not try to go out?
The earth is so big, and the land suitable for farming and human habitation is so big.

Even if the Han Chinese conquered and developed with all their might, they would not be able to finish the development in hundreds of years.

So after going out, the problem of land annexation will not exist, at least until the Han people have developed the earth, the problem of land annexation will not appear.

But the Han people did not go out until later generations.

The root cause of this problem is the relatively low aggressiveness of the Han people.

After unifying the Central Plains and winning the honor of all nations coming to court, the Han rulers were satisfied, and the Han rulers began to stick to the rules.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Tang people to never show their bellies to others, and if the Han people never show their bellies to others, it is necessary to mobilize the aggressiveness of the Han people.

And this aggressiveness cannot be mobilized overnight.

Concepts such as falling leaves returning to their roots and homeland being hard to leave have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The Han people have been firmly locked in the Central Plains.

To mobilize the aggressiveness of the Han people, it is necessary to break this traditional concept that has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But this traditional concept is almost impossible to break in this era.

Because it requires a cultural revolution to break through.

And this era has no soil for cultural innovation.

Can only come gradually.

Li Yuanji didn't know how long he could live, nor was he sure that he could accomplish this feat in his lifetime.

So he can answer Li Shimin with only two words 'difficult'.

Li Shimin is a man with strategy, great ambition, and fierce tiger in his heart, so he doesn't know what it means to retreat when faced with difficulties, and he firmly said: "It is difficult to do it!"

Li Yuanji shook his head with a smile, but did not speak.

At such times, he was particularly envious of Li Shimin, a native.

Because he is ignorant, he can be fearless.

It's not like him, who knows too much and knows how difficult what he has to do, so he can't be fearless.

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