Man Tanghong

Chapter 931 To be a human being, you must not have shallow eyelids

Such as the Jin people, such as the Mongols, such as the Manchus.

When the Jin people went south to the Central Plains, they not only regarded human life as worthless, but also dug graves and exposed corpses in the wild.

The sheep-leading ceremony was invented by the Jinren.

When the Mongols went south to the Central Plains, they invented the wheel war that was quoted in many novels of later generations.

When the Manchus went south to the Central Plains, they slaughtered one city after another. Even after occupying the Central Plains, this slaughter did not stop.

In history, after the Turkic people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they rebelled several times and did not stop until the ethnic group died out.

Therefore, it is not advisable to use the barbarians to control the barbarians.

"good……"

Li Shimin didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking, so after hearing Li Yuanji's question, he nodded without hesitation.

That's what he thought, and he hoped that Li Yuanji would do the same.

Doing so would benefit the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Turks.

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "But if I support Ashinasheer to take over the position, what will I give to Qingque?"

Li Shimin stared blankly, and blurted out: "You want to seal Qingque in Turkic?"

Li Yuanji asked with a smile, "Can't you?"

Li Shimin opened his mouth, he wanted to speak but stopped, and he stopped talking but wanted to.

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "Do you want to say that as a Qingque, it should be sealed in the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty, not Turkic?"

The county kings of the collateral lineage of the Tang Dynasty were all sealed in the Central Plains, not to mention the county kings of the direct line.

Sealing a direct line of county king outside the Central Plains is no different from allotment.

The reason why Li Shimin hesitated to speak, and did not speak for a long time, was because with his current status, he was not qualified to make irresponsible remarks on this matter, nor could he decide the direction of this matter.

So although he was very unwilling in his heart and wanted to say something fair for his son, he still didn't speak.

Li Yuanji continued: "Second brother, don't you think that a place as big as the Central Plains is not enough for my Li clan?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and although he didn't want to, he still nodded stiffly.

Because this is the truth.

The Li family is a wealthy family, and also a big clan in Longxi. Not only the number of members of the own clan is large, but also the number of clan members of the branches that have been separated. If you calculate carefully, there may be tens of thousands.

Therefore, after the Li family became the royal family, they did not include people from other branches such as Wuyangfang and Danyangfang into the clan.

It's not that Mrs. Li doesn't want to accept it, but that she can't afford it.

If they were all included in the clan, there would be hundreds of people in Li Yuan's generation alone.

Li Yuan had to seal hundreds of county kings in one go.

Datang is such a big place, it is not enough.

Even if the Li family only accepts members of their own clan as the clan now, after two generations, the land is still not enough.

Therefore, it is obviously unrealistic to seal the three or four generations in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

People of the third and fourth generations, especially the third and fourth generations who are still out of power, are destined to be sealed outside the Central Plains in the future.

Unless there is a purge of the clan in the hinterland of the Central Plains to make room for them.

The problem is that even if the clans in the hinterland of the Central Plains are cleaned up to make room for them, those who can occupy these positions will be people from the line of power holders, and others will not have this opportunity at all.

"Then why don't we set our sights outside the territory? There is a large territory outside the territory that we can occupy. A Turkic can let us divide up dozens of kings.

Add the words of Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Mengshezhao, Linyi, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla.

Can we seal hundreds of kings? "

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked.

Li Shimin hesitated for a while, and still nodded stiffly, but this time he did not remain silent, but slowly said: "But the places you mentioned are all barren lands, and people from the clan may not be willing to go... "

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Is it barren? If it is barren, how do Turkic people, Tuyuhun people, Tubo people, Mengshezhao people, Linyi people, etc. survive?

Turks have countless cattle and sheep, and they can also herd countless cattle and sheep.

You said Turkic barren?

Although Tubo is located in a high and cold place, Tubo is rich in jade, rich in various precious furs and medicinal materials.

You said that Tibet is barren?

There is also Linyi, which has been confirmed by many important ministers such as Ren Gui, Pei Ju, and Ma Zhou, that rice can be grown three times a year, and the local people only need to scatter a handful of rice seeds in the field every time it is time for farming. When it's time to harvest, you can harvest a lot of rice.

You said that Linyi is barren?

I don't think these places are barren, but that the people in my clan have shallow eyes.

His eyelids are not shallow, and he doesn't want to go outside the territory, probably because he is thinking about the position under his father's buttocks. "

Li Shimin opened his mouth slightly, but did not speak.

Because these are also facts.

Those who don't want to go outside the region simply don't want to operate in the bitter cold places outside the region, and just want to enjoy the benefits in the hinterland of the Central Plains. They only see the good in the hinterland of the Central Plains, but they can't see the bad in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

They can enjoy ready-made wealth without doing anything in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

But when those in power need them to make room, they don't even have a choice.

It's different when they go outside the territory. Although it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to operate in the early stage, once it is in operation, while enjoying the wealth, the status is also very stable.

It is not easy for those in power to vacate their positions.

As long as they don't rebel, those in power are not easy to send a large army to deal with them.

Therefore, those members of the clan who have no ambitions are unwilling to go outside the territory, because they have shallow eyesight.

As for those who are not shallow-sighted and unwilling to go outside the territory, there is no need to say much about their thoughts.

It was clear that he was thinking about the throne.

Maybe they will not do anything in their whole life, they will serve those in power respectfully and respectfully all their lives, without the slightest disrespect, and without showing any ambition.

But this does not prevent them from thinking about that position in their hearts.

For others, the throne is out of reach.

But for them, the throne is enough.

If the direct line is extinct, does it have to be adopted from the common line?
If they work hard, will they have a chance to replace them in three or two generations?
Anyway, those who can't reach it have little greed for the throne, and those who can reach it have the most greed for the throne.

It is not without reason that the emperors of all dynasties have guarded against the clan.

"That's why I'm going to seal all the members of the clan out of the territory!"

Li Yuanji said firmly.

Li Shimin stared in astonishment, "Well, can they agree?"

Li Yuanji snorted softly, "It's up to them!"

Li Shimin said anxiously: "Then you have to choose the first person."

As long as the first candidate is enough to make everyone in the clan have nothing to say, then this matter can be done.

If the first candidate is a person who does not have enough weight, or does not have much weight at all, then the clan will definitely take the opportunity to unite and oppose this decree.

Li Shimin had a candidate in mind, so he became a little nervous.

The candidate he thought of was his eldest son Li Chengqian.

In his opinion, there is no one more suitable than Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian is the eldest grandson, and his weight is just enough.

The eldest grandson of the direct line has been sealed outside the territory, so what can the people of the common line have to criticize? !

He didn't want his son to go to the barren land to suffer, and he didn't want his son to be too far away from him, so he was very disturbed.

"I already have someone in mind."

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and said, "This person is you!"

Li Shimin was shocked, and stared in disbelief: "Do you dare to let me out?"

Li Shimin said dare, not willing, which shows that he has a clear understanding of his own destructive power.

Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "Why don't you dare? I will not only let you out, but also return Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others to you, and allow you to expand abroad."

Li Shimin's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously said, "Aren't you afraid that I will come back after I grow up outside the territory?"

It's not that he didn't want to hide the words, but he couldn't hide them at all.

He didn't think Li Yuanji didn't think of this when he decided to let him out.

So what he hides, he seems guilty instead.

Li Yuanji smiled mockingly: "Second brother, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a generation of heroes? How can your eyelids be so shallow? As early as the Han Dynasty, our predecessors had already helped us find out the way forward. There is a piece of hot land.

You don't focus on that place, but focus on the Central Plains, what's the point? "

Li Shimin said disapprovingly: "But there is no place in the world that is more affluent than the Central Plains..."

Li Yuanji sarcastically said: "It's just sitting in the well and looking at the sky. The Central Plains is rich in the Central Plains, and other places are also rich in other places. Take Linyi, which is full of poisonous insects and beasts, as an example. I didn't ask Ren Gui to send someone to find Linyi. Under the circumstances, who knew that this area of ​​poor mountains and rivers in people's mouth could grow three crops of rice a year?

You have never been to the places west of the Western Regions. You just learned a few words from Hu merchants from the Western Regions. Why do you think it is not as rich as the Central Plains?

Even if it is really not as rich as the Central Plains, you can consider conquering it instead of turning around and fighting with me if you have counselors such as Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and warriors such as Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong.

It's better for us to grab food from others than for our brothers to kill each other.

Even if the food in the hands of others is not as good as the food in the hands of brothers, killing others is more painful than killing brothers, right? "

Li Shimin was completely silent.

He had to admit that his eyelids were shallow.

He is a man with a strategy in mind, a man with great ambitions, and a man with a long-term vision who likes to conquer.

When his gaze has been set on the Central Plains, everything he can think of will be limited to the Central Plains.

But when his eyes fell outside the Central Plains, he could not only think of the Central Plains.

The scene of him fighting in the Western Regions and conquering places west of the Western Regions even appeared in his mind.

In his mind, the scene of recreating the universe for the Li family and for the children and grandchildren also appeared.

"Our brothers each take control of a domain, and it is far better to judge whether we are superior or inferior than us grabbing food from the same pot. When future generations talk about us, they will say that our brothers are role models for all clan children in the world, rather than criticizing us. Whoever kills will be in charge."

Li Yuanji said with emotion.

But Li Shimin is Li Shimin after all, although he was agitated by these words, but he did not lose his mind, he said with deep eyes: "But the long-term plan of Laoshi's expedition is not a long-term solution, and it is difficult to persevere."

Li Yuanji smiled, looked at Li Shimin and said, "So after you were sealed outside the territory, you still want to come back?"

Li Shimin didn't say anything.

He couldn't lie to himself, nor could he lie to Li Yuanji.

So there is no need for him to tell lies.

Li Yuanji continued to laugh and said, "Then what if I bring Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others to stand by your side?"

Li Shimin stood up abruptly, his head on the frame of the car roof without realizing it, his eyes stared like copper bells, big and rigid, as if he wanted to see through a person.

(End of this chapter)