People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1386 Destroy its writing and destroy its ancestral sacrifices

In the Zichen Palace, Li Zhi sat behind the imperial couch and looked at Li Xuan solemnly: "Fanzhou, the old Tubo country, has three million people, 15 prefectures, and 70 counties. If the land had not been leveled for the first time, There is no peace in all directions, and I will not leave such an important place to you to govern."

All the officials in the palace were in awe at the same time.

Although Fanzhou was initially peaceful, the world was too vast, the people were too numerous, and Li Xuan was too young. If there were other options, they would have considered replacing Li Xuan.

But those who can replace Li Xuan are already in front of the Luozhe Tao army. The others are either the prime minister of the court or the commander-in-chief of the army, and they are easily unable to move at all.

In addition, Tubo is located on a plateau with heavy miasma, and such a heavy responsibility is not something ordinary people can bear.

It's not like Li Xuan hasn't heard of the rumors, and there is indeed one person among them who has the ability to replace Li Xuan in leading the party.

But, this person is Wang Fangyi.

Li Xuan stood in the palace. He knew that the emperor was not really dissatisfied with him, but rather showing sympathy for him.

After all, he is only twenty-five years old. Although he has been fighting for many years, he is still too young.

The emperor could trust him, and the prime ministers also believed in him, but underneath, there was never a lack of discussion.

It's just because he just came back last year, he has the merit of destroying the country, and now he is ordered to destroy the rebel king of Yue, so no one will show it openly.

But no one doubted him, and these words reached the emperor's ears more than once.

What the emperor just said was clearly telling Li Xuan how critical his situation was.

If there is any slight mistake in governing Fanzhou, the imperial court will immediately attack it.

Li Xuan lowered his head and cupped his hands, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although I am young and in charge of one area, I have Luoche Road to appease the envoy Shi Zhanggong, and I have Luoche Road marching commander Shi Xiaogong to assist me. The governors of the five states are all wise people. I only need to sit in Luozao and govern the counties under my command, and then set an example by myself and lead others. This will surely make Fanzhou stable and the local area prosperous. "

"There are many words that are more beautiful than what you say." Li Zhi leaned forward slightly, looked at Li Xuan solemnly, and asked: "Tell me, what are your specific plans to govern Fanzhou, with millions of people? "

"Report to Your Majesty." Li Xuan cupped his hands and said: "Although Fanzhou is vast, the only thing that makes the people feel at ease is food, clothing, housing and transportation. The four directions are convenient and Fanzhou is stable."

Li Zhi nodded slightly. Li Xuan's statement was fundamentally correct.

After getting up slightly, Li Xuan looked at the ministers around him and said: "Although there are three million Tubo people, for many years, the nobles and big families have controlled the land, mountains and rivers, and the other people are lucky enough to have food and clothing. Others are more As a slave, as long as these slaves can be fed, clothed and respectful of the Tang Dynasty, stability will not be far away. "

The ministers in the palace couldn't help but nod. Li Xuan's move hit the mark.

Although Tubo was powerful in the early days, only a few hundred thousand people were powerful and wealthy, and many others were subordinates and slaves of these people.

As long as these dependents and slaves can be stabilized, the Tang Dynasty will be not far from stabilizing Fanzhou.

"Log in to the household registration, divide the fields, and according to the old Wude system, each person has a hundred acres of land, sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn. As long as there is a good harvest in autumn, you can return home and have peace of mind." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said seriously: "As for the others, they are nothing more than the old Tubo people. Due to the influence, I want to imitate the story of Jin's destruction of Guo State, destroy its writings, destroy its ancestral sacrifices, and leave only the land of Tang Dynasty."

Destroy its writing and destroy its ancestral sacrifices.

Jin destroyed Guo.

Hearing these words, the officials in the palace couldn't help but feel a little commotion for a while.

Many people in later generations have only heard the four words "the false way will destroy Guo". It is amazing that they know "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold".

Only those who know history well know the depth of Guo State, and even the formation of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were closely related to him.

To put it bluntly, if Guo had the intention of hegemony at the beginning, the first overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period should be Guo.

But unfortunately, the Guo State was finally destroyed by the Jin State. What happened in the middle can only be described as a false way of conquering Guo.

Even only in the margins and corners of history books can we find records that Jin destroyed Guo, destroyed its writing, destroyed its ancestral sacrifices, and annexed its people.

What Li Xuan wants to do in Fanzhou now is to exterminate the writing of the Tubo people, destroy the records about Tubo, and let the people of Fanzhou only know that their people of the Tang Dynasty are Tang people.

"Isn't this method a bit too drastic?" Li Zhi looked sideways at Liu Rengui and asked, "Prime Minister Zuo, what do you think?"

"It's a bit too drastic." Liu Rengui took a step forward, held up his hands, and said seriously: "I think that there is no need to exterminate the writing of the Tibetan people. We only need to send all the books, furs, and stone tablets that contain the writing in the Tubo. Just keep it in Chang'an."

After a brief pause, Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan and said, "Regarding Tibetan sacrifices, since the Tibetan royal family has moved to Chang'an, then the Tibetan ancestral temple should also be moved here.

It doesn't matter to others. When Songtsan was alive, he was indeed devoted to the Tang Dynasty. Afterwards, the troubled times were a matter for future generations, so his body was moved to Chang'an. "

At this point, Liu Rengui turned to look at Li Zhi, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please ask for a favor for the king of Xihai County, and let him be buried with Zhaoling. After all, the late emperor also wanted to take a good look at him underground..."

"Okay, that's it." Li Zhi slapped the armrest suddenly, his eyes filled with excitement.

Let Songzan stay underground and tell his father first that Tubo was destroyed by Li Zhi.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

He has even forgotten that in order to do this, Songtsen Gampo needs to be dug out of the ground first.

"I will accept the order." All the ministers in the palace raised their hands at the same time.

"My dear friends, please be safe." Li Zhi raised his head slightly, then looked at Liu Rengui and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, continue."

"Here!" Liu Rengui cupped his hand and said: "In fact, not many people in Fanzhou know the Tibetan characters, but most of them can read the Tubo pronunciation. Let the Tibetan people pronounce the Tang characters in the Tubo pronunciation, and then slowly correct them. It takes a while. In three to five years, let the people know the Tang characters and understand the Tang pronunciation. As for the Tubo pronunciation, let it be spread among the people, as long as the officials don't show up." Li Xuan took the lead.

Hei Te Changzhi, Shi Xian and others also surrendered.

They knew that although Li Xuan and Liu Rengui were just talking to each other, the words inside were meant for all of them to listen to.

In particular, every word Li Xuan said, as long as the emperor agreed, would immediately become the benchmark for governing Tubo.

All states and counties must proceed in the same way.

"That's it." Li Zhi waved his hand without any hesitation, and then he looked at Li Xuan: "The land of Tubo, the land suitable for growing food, seems to be only along the two rivers?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan cupped her hands and said: "South of Tanggula Mountain, although the weather is warm, the land fertility in most places is extremely poor and can only be used for grazing. The slightly better places are used to plant highland barley. There are only better places. It can be used to grow wheat as the foundation of the state capital.”

"This seems not enough, right?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xuan.

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "If Fanzhou wants to prosper, the best way is to communicate with water transport, especially in the land of two rivers, the Nu River and the Luoxue River. One leads to Shuzhong, and the other goes directly to Wuzhao. ; Therefore, I want to open up the water channels of Nujiang River and Luoxie River to increase the traffic of trade. "

After a slight pause, Li Xuan cupped his hands and said: "I would also like to request an order from the central government to allow the western states of Yizhou to build roads in Dangxiang and establish a place for trade. In addition, I would like to announce the Five Edicts not to embarrass our Tang Dynasty caravan."

"The affairs of Yizhou will be discussed by the political affairs hall and issued to the Governor of Yizhou. As for the Five Imperial Edicts, Zhao Guogong is in Qianzhou now, so let him be responsible for communicating with the Five Imperial Edicts. If there is any disharmony, just take a closer look. Road." Before Li Zhi finished speaking, many ministers in the palace could not help but raise their heads.

There are many meanings in the emperor's words.

The emperor had already prepared for the Five Imperial Edicts, otherwise he would not have transferred Li Jingxuan in advance.

However, once the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zhao went to war, Li Jingxuan would be completely left there.

No, to be more precise, from the beginning of the negotiations, Li Jingxuan has been nailed there.

"As long as there is waterway access, Tubo's goods can be easily transported to Shuzhong and other places, and then exchanged for gold and silver, and a large amount of supplies can be purchased and returned to Fanzhou."

Li Xuan slightly cupped her hands, and the emperor nodded slightly.

Entering and exiting here, the government does not know how huge benefits it can get from it.

"It's easy to get down from the plateau, but it's difficult to get up there. It takes several times the effort to transport many things up from the plateau, and without the power of water transportation, the road is not easy to travel." Li Xuan's face was solemn. stand up.

Li Zhi smiled, then waved his hand and said, "How to do it is your responsibility as the logician's pacifier. Don't ask other people here."

"Haha!" The officials in the palace couldn't help laughing for a while.

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and handed over. The biggest problem in Fanzhou is also here. The things inside are easy to transport, but transporting them up consumes more.

Especially if there is no military support and consumption, and the local government is unwilling to support it, the progress of this kind of thing will become extremely difficult.

More than that.

Many things need to be transported from Shuzhong and Changzhou to Fanzhou. If you don't pay attention, Shuzhong and Changzhou will become the throat of Fanzhou, and there will be a lot of trouble.

Li Xuan raised his head with a wry smile, looked at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, the governance of Fanzhou is basically like this. The rest is to connect the Western Regions and Tianzhu. If there are caravans passing through, it will also be the source of Fanzhou's finances and taxes."

Li Zhi nodded, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "I once heard someone say that you intend to enter Tianzhu."

The ministers in the palace immediately looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

But then they realized that Li Zhi was talking about attacking Tianzhu, not attacking Tianzhu.

To attack Tianzhu is to send troops to Tianzhu, which requires the support of the whole court, but to attack Tianzhu, Fanzhou itself can support it.

Even smarter people can see the future.

Now that the Tang Dynasty is peaceful, the ambitions of the generals may not be easily satisfied. If you want to use troops in the future, Tianzhu is a good choice.

"Yes!" Li Xuan cupped his hands and said: "There is a Ganges River in the southernmost part of Fanzhou, which leads directly to Tianzhu and then flows into the sea. At the mouth of the sea, many businessmen from the Tang Dynasty came across the sea and gathered in There, I wonder if I can get in touch with the maritime merchants if I enter Tianzhu in the name of an envoy, and then return home via the sea route."

"In the past, Faxian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty traveled westward to obtain Buddhist scriptures. This was probably the same road he took, and then came back from the sea." Li Zhi's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, I want to find out how much commercial profit this trade route will bring, and at the same time see how much loss it will cause." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "As far as I know, this trade route is far from the mainland. Not far away, there is a port for supplies from time to time. I remember that there are envoys from Shan State and Zhenla."

"Ask them to follow you and take a look." Li Zhi waved his hand directly with a stern look on his face.

He has seen a new path to open up.

As long as there are enough benefits, the family's attention can be attracted.

As long as the family's gaze turns outward, it will weaken the power of the family in disguise.

In the middle of the court, the pressure on the court will be much less.

This is of great benefit to the stability and continuation of the entire Tang Dynasty, and the emperor will not miss it.

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)