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"I would like to ask Mr. Lu to advise me, is there anything wrong with my military system in the Tang Dynasty?" Li Zhi said very modestly, he had already heard something in Lu Hong's words. He was sent to give advice to him, so he wasn't polite at all.

"Hehe, I don't dare to give advice, it's just that I feel something in my heart at the moment, and I think of some suggestions for Datang!" Lu Hong said with a smile, "Now that Datang has pacified the northern grasslands, the original grassland people have become Datang. People, and as far as I know, His Majesty is planning to recruit a large number of grassland people as soldiers. Although this can temporarily strengthen the Tang Dynasty's military strength, it may not be a good thing in the long run, especially when a large number of grassland generals enter the army. In the general system of the Tang Dynasty, although the Tang Dynasty is strong now, these people dare not do anything, but these Hu people are intimidating and not virtuous. If anything happens to the Tang Dynasty in the future, these Hu people will definitely use their troops to fight back. Your Highness is the Da Tang. The future master of Tang Dynasty, so His Highness Wanwang must be on guard!"

After Lu Hong finished speaking, he looked at Li Zhi with a smile. Half of the above words were thought of by himself, and the other half was mentioned by Li Yin in his letter. Both Tang and Li Shimin appointed many generals of the Hu nationality, such as Ashinasheer, Qibi Heli, etc., the most famous of them. Loyal and loyal, there were even five ranks and above in the imperial court, half of which were the grand occasions of foreigners. It can be said that the great Tang Dynasty in history was famous far and wide, and these generals of the Hu tribe also contributed a lot.

However, under the prosperity of Han Hu Tongzhi, a major hidden danger has been buried, the Anshi Rebellion a hundred years later.It was the evil result brought about by Datang's heavy use of Hu generals, and it started from then on.Datang began to go down a steep road, and the local government was separated.The result led to the downfall of Datang later.

It is precisely because of knowing this period of history that Li Min was quite anxious when he saw Li Shimin reuse the generals of the Hu tribe, but he could not persuade him, because the generals of the Hu tribe during the Zhenguan period were indeed very good and loyal. There is no problem, if he rashly advises, even if Li Shimin will listen, he will offend a large number of civil and military officials.Capital Datang 522

It is precisely these concerns.Li Yin just put his idea on Li Zhi. Anyway, in a hundred years, those generals of the Hu tribe will not be able to achieve much. As long as Li Zhi can follow his own advice, he should be careful when promoting and appointing Hu people in the future, so as not to cause future generations An Lushan That kind of powerful domestic warlord will do.

Compared with Li Shimin, Li Zhi lacked a decisive aura of killing and attacking, but had a bit more delicate and intelligent thoughts.It is precisely because of this that he pays more attention to what Lu Hong said, although he also knows that in the current Tang court.The generals of the Hu people are indeed a great force and have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but what Lu Hong said is also reasonable.These Hu people are not like the Han people, they don't value the royal orthodoxy that much.It's just that Datang is powerful now, so they will willingly work for Datang.But no one can guarantee that when Datang is not weakened, these barbarians will probably become Datang's confidantes by then!

Thinking of this, Li Zhi couldn't help being silent. This problem doesn't seem serious now, but it's very troublesome to solve it. At least he can't think of any good solution now.But then Li Zhi's eyes lit up, and he smiled at Lu Hong, "Thank you, Mr. Lu, but now the barbarian generals in the Tang court are so powerful that it's really hard to do anything, so please give me some advice from Mr. Lu!"

Lu Hong was waiting for Li Zhi's words, so he replied with a smile after hearing this: "Your Highness, don't worry, now that the Tang Dynasty is at its peak, those barbarian generals will only be loyal to the court, so you have plenty of time to eliminate this hidden danger." As for the method, there are two methods. One is to promote Sinicization among the Hu people under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Everything can be referred to His Royal Highness King Qi’s Sinicization policy, especially those Hu people with meritorious deeds. It is even more important to gather their descendants. Uniformly inculcating the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, such as the military academy is a good place, no matter how capable they are in the future, if they fail to meet the standard of loyalty to the emperor, then they will be suppressed openly and secretly, and they must not be allowed to enter the court!"

When Lu Hong said this, he paused and looked at Li Zhi, and found that the other party was listening very seriously, and then said: "The above is a permanent solution, and the only disadvantage is that the effect is too slow, so the second one is the effect. A quick solution to the symptoms, this method is actually very simple, that is to deliberately weaken the influence of those barbarians. Most of these barbarians hold military positions, and some of them are in charge of military and political power in a certain place. This is definitely not a good sign. The best way is for His Highness to strengthen the rule of the central government, separate the political affairs from the military in various places, assign civil and military officials to take charge, and the military generals are not allowed to interfere in local political affairs.

Lu Hongti’s palliative strategy is actually to separate the military from the government. Generals are only in charge of the army, and the most important political power is handed over to civil officials sent by the imperial court. Although there may be collusion between civil and military forces, for Datang as a whole, But it is the method with the fastest effect, and at the same time, it can greatly increase the centralization of power.

"Okay, a good way. If I remember correctly, this is the way Sixth Brother's subordinates are using now. Although troops are stationed in various places, the latitude and longitude of the garrisons and the local government are clearly defined, and they must not interfere with local government affairs!" Li Zhi also said loudly after hearing this. Admired, and at the same time praised Li Yin by the way.

But Lu Hong smiled after hearing this, and then took Li Zhi to walk around the rest of the steel city. As a result, Li Zhi found that this steel city was not only responsible for the production of steel, but also made some various products. For example, one of the workshops produces a kind of mild steel sheet, which is said to be ordered by his sixth brother Li Yin himself. As for what to make, Li Zhi did not find any clues after studying it for a long time. Even Lu Hong was not very affectionate about this matter, and finally had to give up.

After Li Zhi returned to the Sibi Palace, he locked himself in the study, and then carefully wrote down all Lu Hong's words today, and marked them with a red pen to show the importance of these opinions.In fact, he has already guessed that these opinions are not just those of Lu Hong alone, and there may be the shadow of Sixth Brother behind him, but his identity is too sensitive, so it is not easy to speak clearly to himself, which makes Lu Hong Take this opportunity to bring it up.

In the next few days, Lu Hong took Li Zhi to travel all over Nanhan Prefecture. In fact, Nanhan Prefecture is a steel base. In various coastal ports, there are countless ships from Andong Duhu every day. The coal and iron ore mined here were transported to various iron and steel factories to be smelted into steel, and then shipped to Taiwan and other places for use in various territories under Li Yin's rule.

Although Li Zhi was very interested in this steel factory, Cai'er and Sizi felt very boring, so they stayed in the Sibi Palace. Anyway, the scenery there is beautiful, and they won't feel bored if they live there for a few days. After Li Zhi visited South Korea, they left again, and this time they took a boat instead of going to China and North Korea by land. This was mainly because Li Zhi was going to visit Danluo and Tsushima Islands.

In order to protect the iron and steel base in South Korea, but also to block the connection between the Wa Kingdom and the mainland, especially the northern Ezo Island, where the barbarians are Li Yin's key defense targets, so in the Tsushima Strait Danluo and Tsushima two On the island, there is a navy with ten main warships stationed.

Li Zhi has always been very curious about the navy in Li Yin's hands, because he knows that the navy has always been the real trump card in the hands of the sixth brother, and it is also the basis for his outward expansion. It can be said that with this invincible navy, Li Yin This is why Li Zhicai has always wanted to see the majesty of the navy with his own eyes, but Dengzhou is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and only the navy of the Tang Dynasty is stationed there. Although there is also a navy outside Sibi City, Those were not used for combat, but some small warships that were patrolled and seized, and there were no main battleships at all.

After leaving South Korea, the fleet circled the protruding corner of the Samhan Peninsula and soon arrived in Danluo.The current Danluo Island is no longer the Danluo it was when Lu Qing and the others landed for the first time.When Li Zhi and the others came to this island, the first thing they saw was a bustling port city, which was Danluo Port, which was just built a few years ago.

Danluo Port was originally a military port, but later, as Sanhan and Wa were conquered by Li Yin successively, more and more businessmen came and went between these two places, and Danra Island, guarding the Tsushima Strait, naturally became one of them. It is an important traffic road, and many businessmen will stop here. Later, Li Yin simply ordered to divide Danluo Port into two parts, with the military port on the south side and the commercial port on the north side. Now after several years of development , this port has become a city with more than [-] permanent residents, one-third of them are local Danluo people, the rest are mostly Han Chinese, and there are also a small number of Sanhan and Japanese. .

The scenery on Danluo Island is beautiful, and it is worth a visit, especially Li Zhi went to the military port to have a look, and then boarded the navy's main battleship, and cruised around the sea. Lu Hong also specially arranged a round The artillery salvo fired, and Li Zhi was taken aback. At the same time, he was a little envious. With such a sharp weapon, it's no wonder that Sixth Brother was able to build such a foundation overseas.

After staying on Danluo Island for two days, Li Zhi and the others took a boat to Tsushima Island. There is also a navy stationed here, and its strength is stronger than that of Danluo Island. It is usually responsible for blocking the Tsushima Strait. Most areas.

Originally, after Li Zhi saw the navy on Danluo Island, there was no need to go to Tsushima Island, but Lu Hong received Li Yin's order and specially led Li Zhi and the others to the island, because there is a very secret thing here Let Li Zhi watch. (to be continued...)

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