Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 621 Cannons and scriptures

At the Hulun Conference, the plan of the three major Yehus to divide the grassland was strongly resisted by small and medium-sized tribes, and many small tribes shouted to invite Shang Kedun to come and uphold justice.

The Three Great Yehus were also very angry. This plan was discussed by the three of them after a long time. These guys didn't know how to flatter and resist their own plan. If they really wanted to turn the tables, the Three Great Tribes would not be afraid of these small tribes. The big deal is that the Hulun Conference will not be held, and swords will be used to divide the ownership of the grassland in the future.

While arguing endlessly on the grassland, Li Guangqin still didn't show any intention of showing up, and let their quarrel go on.

But at this moment, Longyou's envoy came to Wangzhang City.

This time Li Guangqin finally showed up with the little Khan. At the Hulun Conference, the envoys from Longyou brought an invitation from the King of Yue, Li Tan, to invite the Uighur Khan and the tribal chiefs to meet in Beiting.

This invitation made the three major Yehu tremble, they had also seen Longyou's army before, and they were full of fear for King Yue.

However, the envoy also said that this time the King of Yue will not only hunt Uyghurs, but also the enemies of the Uyghurs, the Geluolu people, the Shrews, and the Tuqi Shiren who have just attached themselves to the King of Yue.

In addition, King Yue will also invite the patriarchs of various tribes in Modong.

In other words, this is a meeting to discuss the future fate of the grassland.

In that case, Uighur must participate in this meeting.

After Tang envoy left, Li Guangqin immediately stated that he would take Little Khan to Tingzhou to participate in the hunting meeting.

San San Yehu bit the bullet and said that he would go to the hunting party.

At this time, Li Guangqin stood up and suggested:

"I don't know when I'll be back after going to Tingzhou. The grassland will be divided according to last year's plan. When we return to the grassland from Tingzhou, we will continue to hold the Hulun Conference. What do the patriarchs think?"

The patriarchs of the small and medium tribes whose interests had been damaged cheered one after another. The Three Great Ye Hus face was a bit ugly, but thinking of the Yue King who was backing Li Guangqin, the Three Great Ye Hus could only temporarily accept this plan.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Ke Dun Li Guangqin led the Uighur Khan, as well as the ministers in front of the king's tent and the chiefs of the tribes, and set off for Tingzhou.

Ge Luolu's Wangzhang Jinshan, King Moluo Yile of Jinshan also received the invitation from the envoy, and he immediately led the ministers and tribal chiefs of Ge Luolu's tribe to Tingzhou to participate in the hunting meeting.

On the Modong Grassland, the chiefs of the various tribes in Modong who had seen Tang Jun's powerful fighting power set off one after another after receiving the invitation, rushing to Tingzhou to participate in the hunting meeting.

Li Tan's car set off from Shazhou City and headed north all the way to Tingzhou.

Nowadays, there are wide roads paved between the major states and cities, and street trees are even planted on both sides of the road. Sitting in the carriage, Li Tan looks at the spring buds in the fields in Longyou, feeling a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Li Mi, who was in the same car with Li Tan, looked at the stable scene in Longyou and was very moved. There used to be such a scene in the Central Plains, but now the Central Plains, which should be the most prosperous, is full of hunger and starvation. The right is such a bustling scene.

In addition to Yue Wang's vehicles, there are also a large number of vehicles in Shazhou shuttling on this road.

Li Mi read the report that the two best-developed cities in Longyou are Gaochang and Zhangye.

The location of Gaochang City is really good. It is the largest city between Longyou East Road and Longyou West Road, and it is also the pearl connecting the Western Regions.

A large number of Hu merchants gathered in Gaochang with special products from the Western Regions, and then bought a large amount of materials from the Tang Dynasty in Gaochang and returned to the Western Regions.

Gaochang is the trading port for Datang's exports to the Western Regions. Now, from Rome to Dashi, the empire is in a stable period, and the demand for Datang's commodities has skyrocketed.

The King of Yue set up a mint in Gaochang City to mint new silver coins in Gaochang City. At the same time, he stipulated the exchange price of Longyou silver coins for silver coins of other countries. After the official recognition of the value of silver coins, the business became more prosperous.

If Gaochang is the window for trade with the Western Regions, then Zhangye is the largest trade city for the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty.

Despite the war in the Central Plains, Lingzhou, Lanzhou and other state capitals in the northwestern border of the Tang Dynasty still had purchasing power.

Zhangye is now still the center of agriculture and animal husbandry in Longyou, and the connection of the Hexi Railway line has made the Zhangye area more prosperous.

And the new animal husbandry developed from Zhangye is also changing the life of the whole Longyou.

Chickens that used to be free-range in rural areas have become intensive chicken farms.

With the emergence of a series of antibacterial drugs such as allicin, the risk of intensive chicken farming is reduced, and a slightly larger chicken farm can produce considerable eggs every day.

These eggs were sent to nearby cities, and eggs, which were once more precious on people's tables, became daily necessities.

According to the statistics of internal guard players, an ordinary worker's family can eat eggs two or three times a week. If it is a dual-career family, it can eat eggs every day.

Seeing the changes in Longyou, Li Mi strengthened her determination to follow Li Tan.

Unknowingly, the two of them talked about the grassland.

Li Mi also had some opinions on the grassland, and he suggested to Li Tan: "Why don't your highness implement the Tang system on the grassland, so as to resolve the barbaric nature of the grassland people?"

In this era, every Datang scholar has a strong sense of pride in the Datang system.

Now the vassal states around the Tang Dynasty are all learning from the Tang Dynasty, and Silla, Fusang, Bohai, Nanzhao, and even Tubo, the powerful enemy of the Tang Dynasty, are also learning from the Tang family's laws and regulations.

So Li Mi said this suggestion very naturally.

But Li Tan shook his head and said, "The Tang family system won't work on the grassland."

Li Mi asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask why Your Highness made such a statement?"

Li Tan smiled and said: "The system of the Tang Dynasty and the ethical norms of Confucianism actually establish a relationship, an orderly relationship from top to bottom."

Although what Li Tan said was a bit of a mouthful, Li Bi nodded. Confucianism said that the father and son of the monarch and ministers is indeed a system developed based on the ethical relationship as the outline.

In fact, not only Confucianism, almost all Central Plains academics emphasize "relationships", but each school's interpretation of superiority and inferiority is different.

Li Tan said: "The nomadic people live in grasslands. For the Uighur Khan, except for his own tribe, other tribes are loosely related."

"In the tribe, in order to allow enough space for the cattle and sheep to graze, the herdsmen will also divide their own pastures, and only a few times will they gather together."

"This is the habit on the grassland. How can we establish a close relationship under such circumstances?"

Li Mi lowered her head. Li Mi's statement is very novel, but it also explains why Confucianism has not been successfully promoted on the grassland for thousands of years.

The way of life determines the culture. It is not that the grassland people cannot read books. Those Hu people who migrated from the grasslands to the Central Plains will soon become Confucianized.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, countries established by foreign races such as the Northern Wei Dynasty were able to be Confucianized in the end, but the nomadic peoples living on the grasslands were still unable to be Confucianized.

Confucian culture can only have soil in the farming civilization that lives in agglomeration.

Li Mi asked dejectedly: "Then how does His Highness plan to control the grassland?"

Li Tan also fell down, and he said: "Actually, I don't want to use this method, but the cost of building a railway on the grassland is too high now, and this was the only way before."

"Building a temple."

Li Bi was taken aback, almost all Longyou people knew that the King of Yue disliked Buddhism, Taoism and other religions.

When he first entered Longyou, Li Tan cut down mountains and destroyed temples, and destroyed Leiyin Temple. Later, in Gaochang City, China’s National Life Insurance debated Buddhism, took back the monk fields in Gaochang, the city of thousands of Buddhas, and abolished the privileges of Buddhist and Taoist monks. .

Today, there is also a religious department in the Dudu Mansion, which specializes in dealing with the affairs of Buddhism, Taoism and various sects.

Li Tan secretly said in his heart, "Ming built the Great Wall and Qing built temples". Although the Qing Dynasty was despised by history lovers, there are even sayings in the Internet that Qing wears and does not rebel, and chrysanthemums x dragon diamonds, but it is undeniable that the Qing Dynasty was The dynasty that established the territory of the modern state was also the only dynasty that occupied and ruled Mongolia, Hui, and Tibet at the same time.

As for dealing with the northern nomads, the Qing Dynasty, which was also of nomadic origin, was more tactful than the Ming Dynasty, which was constantly troubled by the border.

Among them, building temples is one of the ruling methods of the Qing Dynasty Grassland. Religion is used to unify the spiritual world of the grassland, to win over the upper class through marriage, and to strengthen the connection with the grassland through hunting in the Qiulan paddock every year.

Now Longyou's main focus is on the Central Plains, and it is impossible to invest too much energy in the grasslands. Building temples is the cheapest way.

But what kind of temple to build, there are endless debates among the players.

The belief in the Changshengtian that was popular in the Uighurs was too barbaric, and the teachings were too crude and primitive. From the fact that Zoroastrianism took only a few months to convert Mou Yu Khan, we can see how unbelievable the belief in the Changshengtian is. hit.

Of course, foreign religions like Zoroastrianism cannot be chosen, and there are actually not many options.

This time Li Tan participated in the hunting conference, and he also brought the monks recommended by various Buddhist temples in Gaochang, Taoist priests recommended by several Taoist temples in Wuwei, Zhangye, and some players who chose to take up positions as "monks" and "taoist priests".

Although some scholars believe that Confucianism is also a religion, and Confucian students are equal to the priest class in religion, Confucianism is more of a group relationship, and it must rely on the gathered population to operate.

On the grasslands, religion is still more influential. Even in today's Xinjiang-Tibet areas, various beliefs still occupy the spiritual world of these areas.

Li Tan's convoy was powerful. Of course, besides the scriptures this time, Li Tan also brought cannons. After all, the gods and Buddhas were also under the caliber.

(End of this chapter)