Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 218 Ge Luolu Affairs Department

Fang Guoshou changed the subject and asked, "Has Your Highness seen any people on the grassland?"

Li Yan froze for a moment and shook his head, "I've only dealt with each other on the battlefield."

Fang Guoshou said: "I have been sent as an envoy to the Uighurs and dealt with people on the grasslands. The people of the Uighurs are warm and hospitable. Even if they know that I am an envoy from the Tang Dynasty, they will entertain us with the best things from home."

Li Yan looked at Fang Guoshou suspiciously, not knowing why he said this suddenly.

Fang Guoshou then said: "Why do hospitable grassland people invade Datang every year and plunder Datang cruelly?"

Li Yan couldn't answer this question, Yang Yan also fell into thinking.

Yang Yan once served as the secretary in charge of the Hexi Jiedushi, and there are also many Uighur businessmen in Wuwei City.

These Uyghurs were indeed more simple than the Han merchants, but they were fierce and brutal when they went south to plunder.

This in the end is why?

Fang Guoshou said: "The reason is very simple. The grassland is cold in winter, and the stability of animal husbandry is too poor. The tribes on the grassland cannot support themselves only by animal husbandry, and they must go south to plunder."

"That's why the warm and friendly grassland people turned into wolves in autumn and spring, plundering the food and population of the Tang Dynasty, because if they didn't go south to plunder, the tribe would starve to death."

Li Yan nodded. Fang Guoshou seemed to be right. In the video of the Geluolu people uploaded by Timur, these Geluolu tribes were warm and hospitable, and they were very loyal to their friends.

Timur helped the Muru tribe defeat the Uighurs, and he was honored by the Muru tribe as a guest of honor.

But the Geluolu people are also a branch of the grassland. Every year during the autumn defense and spring defense, the Geluolu people will also go south to burn, kill and loot.

Fang Guoshou said: "If people on the grassland can survive without plundering, then no one is willing to risk their lives to go south to plunder."

Li Yan asked: "Old Fang is about trade?"

Fang Guoshou nodded and said: "It is trade. In fact, there are many things we need on the grassland, such as wool, war horses and dairy products. These are all things that can make Datang more prosperous and powerful. Through trade, we can get what we need, and the grassland If the people above can survive, then there will be fewer and fewer tribes going south to plunder."

Fang Guoshou said again: "But you have to have carrots and sticks in your hands, so that people in the grassland can become docile sheep."

"The minister's second strategy is to divide and rule. This is similar to the Western Han Dynasty's rule of the barbarians. The Tang Dynasty should be the arbiter of the grassland, divide the forces on the grassland into small pieces, limit the annexation of the tribes on the grassland, and prevent the formation of such a huge Uyghur. tribes, maintain a state of loose small tribes."

"Let the tribes in the grassland fight each other and prevent them from appearing as a prestigious leader, then it is naturally not a concern."

Li Yan was overjoyed when he heard the words. Fang Guoshou actually used this method in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, supporting the small forces on the grassland to fight against the big forces, and repeatedly restricting the unity of the grassland.

But at the end of the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, Bianzhen gave up this flexible balance technique for military merit, and instead began to attack the grassland continuously.

In the end, instead, the forces on the grassland were combined, and the Uighurs seized control of the grassland.

Fang Guoshou's method was not original. Taizong Li Shimin was called Tian Khan, and he used the influence of the Tang Dynasty to divide and manage the grasslands, and indeed stabilized the situation on the border.

Li Yan nodded and said: "This is the best strategy, Mr. Fang has any other strategies to come up with."

Fang Guoshou paused and said, "Religion."

"religion?"

Yang Yan also pricked up his ears. As a scholar, he naturally does not believe in religion.

But Longyou believed in Buddhism, and many poor people still went to the monastery to give alms.

Fang Guoshou said: "Nowadays, the Changshengtian belief in the Mobei Grassland is the shaman belief of Animism, which is barbaric, backward and cruel."

"Because of their own needs, the wizard class often encourages the grassland tribes to go south to plunder."

"This barbaric and backward religion also makes the grassland tribes full of martial spirit."

"Buddhism persuades people to be good, and through the theory of the afterlife to make the public endure hardships, if it can make the tribes on the grassland believe in Buddhism, it will also weaken their fighting power."

Li Yan was overjoyed. Fang Guoshou's three strategies were, to put it bluntly, "trade, divide and rule, and preach".

These three strategies are practical strategies, and the cost to Datang is not high.

Even trading with the grassland can make Datang make money.

Fang Guoshou said: "After the Battle of Jinshan, the people of Ge Luolu and Datang were on good terms. You can try these three methods on the people of Ge Luolu first."

Li Yan nodded and said: "Good, Naha Mansion will set up the 'Geluolu Affairs Department' from now on, please ask Mr. Fang to be in charge of the affairs department!"

Fang Guoshou immediately received a long-term task. He originally wanted to decline, but after seeing the rewards for contribution points, he immediately couldn't move on.

He respectfully said to Li Yan: "I obey!"

After Luntai asked about politics, Li Yan asked Fang Guoshou to stay in Luntai County to prepare for the establishment of the "Ge Luolu Affairs Department".

Players like Timur were also assigned to the "Ge Luolu Affairs Department" and were responsible for carrying out various affairs with the Ge Luolu people.

At the same time, Longyou also specially approved the establishment of a mutual market in Luntai County, allowing Ge Luolu people to come to the Luntai side market for trade. Datang merchants can also sell non-regulated commodities such as salt and tea to Ge Luolu people.

After all these arrangements were completed, King Jianning's chariot drove towards Beitingdu to defend the city.

The players in Beiting Dufu Mansion are already ready to welcome King Jianning.

After Cao Lingzhong's army returned to the Duhufu, Cao Lingzhong, the Duhufu, immediately sorted out the army books in the Duhufu after staying, and sealed the seal and ribbon of the Duhufu.

The army book is the list of soldiers. Beiting Duhufu governs the three armies of Hanhai, Tianshan, and Yiwu. The information of all officers and soldiers is recorded in the army book.

In addition to the information of the officers and soldiers, there is also an inventory of the fields and acres of the Beiting Governor's Mansion in the army book.

After Cao Lingzhong returned to the Beiting Duhu City, he handed over all the affairs of the Duhufu to Shangbo. Apart from condolences to the wounded, he taught Pang Yawei the art of war every day.

In this way, Li Yan finally arrived at his loyal Beiting Capital Guard City.

Cao Lingzhong stayed behind as the Beiting Protectorate appointed by the imperial court, and led the generals and officials of the Protectorate to greet the Jianning King of the Tang Dynasty and the Chief Governor of Longyou outside the city.

Li Yan was riding a horse. When he saw Cao Lingzhong with pale beard and hair, he immediately got off his horse and helped Cao Lingzhong up.

"Mr. Cao is an important minister of our Tang Dynasty. Let's go to the city with this king."

Cao Lingzhong originally thought that King Jianning wanted to show him off and subdue all the generals in Beiting Duhufu.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan was so polite and insisted on dragging Cao Lingzhong into the city with him.

The two rode into the city side by side, and the Duhu Mansion was filled with cheers!

(End of this chapter)