Wentang

Chapter 468

"Someone, there is a group of aborigines living on Ezo Island and the surrounding islands. These people are short, dark-skinned and hairy, and even women have beards and hair at the corners of their mouths." Liu Rengui immediately replied:

"Their culture is very primitive and backward, even more backward than the barbarians around my Tang Dynasty. Their temperament is also very barbaric and cruel. According to investigations, they have the custom of cannibalism."

"Cannibalism?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

This level of barbarism has exceeded his imagination. For the Chinese descendants who have thousands of years of civilization, cannibalism has already touched their bottom line.

It's okay for a few people to be particularly cruel and have a habit of cannibalism. The whole tribe cannibalize human flesh, I can't imagine it.

"Ainu people do have a habit of cannibalism, especially like to eat the corpses of the enemy and the meat of captives, so as to show their bravery." Yue Shan didn't notice it himself, and there was already a little bit of sarcasm in his tone. hate.

But Li Shimin and Liu Rengui heard it, and they were thinking in their hearts what was the relationship between this primitive tribe and him, so that he lost his composure?
They didn't know that the Ainu people in the Tang Dynasty did not offend Yue Shan, but the Ainu people in later generations who offended him.It can't be said to offend him, but to offend the entire country.

According to the information later declassified by the island nation, the soldiers of the Ainu island nation were particularly cruel during the Anti-Japanese War, directly cutting and roasting the captured Chinese soldiers and civilians.The lunch boxes of many Ainu soldiers are filled with the meat of the Chinese people, and they eat it as food when they are hungry.

There is an old declassified photo of a dead soldier whose leg was picked off to the bone. It is said that this was done by the Ainu people.

Before seeing this period of history, Yue Shan still had sympathy for the Ainu people. After all, as a minority, they suffered discrimination from Dahe and were about to disappear in the long river of history.

But after looking at this period of history, all sympathy has disappeared, and it is better for this kind of thing to disappear.Besides, it's just a dog eats a dog, and it bites casually.

"What do you think Cuilan should do with the tribe that eats human flesh?" Li Shimin asked tentatively.

"Be courteous before soldiers, let them raise horses for us if they are willing to submit, and let them return to dust if they are not willing to surrender." Yue Shan blurted out.

Come on, Li Shimin confirmed that this group of Ainu people must have an enmity with him, and it is a big enmity.

"According to what General Liu said, there are quite a few Ainu people who are killed if they all kill Tianhe." Li Shimin shook his head and said.

Besides, slaughtering a tribe would also leave a reputation of brutality, Li Shimin was definitely unwilling.

"What's the situation in Wa Kingdom?" Yue Shan also knew that mass killing was unrealistic, so he didn't answer his question directly, but asked another question.

"Ezo Island has no affiliation with the Wa Kingdom. The Wa Kingdom people have always regarded this place as a barbarian land and disdain to associate with them." Liu Ren said.

Ok?Yue Shan couldn't believe his ears. Hokkaido, which is famous in later generations, is not the territory of an island country at this time?This……

It is said that the Fusang people did not occupy [-] square kilometers of land to occupy and develop it. What does it mean to invade Silla Baekje during Tang Gaozong's time?Then it became the background board of Liu Rengui's rise.

However, the brain circuits of Fusang people are always different from normal people, and it is not surprising to do anything.

But now they didn't occupy Ezo Island, but it was convenient for Datang.In the land of no man, whoever goes first will own it.

Only then did Yue Shan answer Li Shimin's question: "It is indeed the worst policy to exterminate the clan. We can expel them to Fusang Honshu Island and let the Fusang people deal with them."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he quickly said: "Okay, this strategy is very good, let's do it like this."

"Does the sage intend to occupy Ezo Island?" Yue Shan asked rhetorically.

"Uh... Zhan, God will not accept the chaos, I will discuss this matter with the officials." Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and said decisively.

"It's fine to discuss with the ministers. I am afraid that some people overseas will say that the saint has used weapons recklessly. It is better to discuss with some important ministers first, and then hand it over to the Dizhou Navy to do it. After the matter is made into an established fact, it will be announced. "Yue Shan reminded.

Li Shimin thought for a while, nodded slowly and said: "That's fine, this matter is of great importance. If too many people know about it, they may be heard by the Turkic people, which is not good for me. It is not suitable to publicize it for the time being."

Tsk tsk... As expected of the emperor, this scene is beautiful.

"From now on, this place will be the territory of my Tang Dynasty. It is inappropriate to call it Yezo again. How about a sage giving it a new name?" Yue Shan said.

Li Shimin was very moved, but he still said reservedly: "This is not good, let's discuss with the ministers before making a decision."

"What's wrong? You are a sage of the Tang Dynasty, and it is your right to name the newly added territory of the Tang Dynasty. Besides, it is also an honor for that island to be named by the sage himself." Yue Shan continued.

"Then... shall I take one?"

"Pick."

"Okay, then I will reluctantly choose a name." Li Shimin finally agreed, and said: "This is my new territory in the Tang Dynasty, and it is used to raise horses. Why not call it Xinma Island."

"Xinma Island?" Yue Shan savored it carefully, and said with admiration: "Good name, let's call it Xinma Island."

In fact, he kept complaining in his heart, what kind of stupid name did he use?Returning to Xinma Island, why not call it Xinmatai.But the name doesn't matter, as long as this land belongs to Datang.

Liu Rengui stood quietly aside, watching the sage of Datang and his teacher expand the territory of Datang to the sea thousands of miles away with just a few words.

The problem is, we have only landed on this island a few times, and we don't even know the specific terrain, so you declare it to be Datang's territory?

But he didn't dare to say these words, on the contrary, he had to pretend to be excited.

Having said that, he is indeed very excited... To capture a large island of [-] square kilometers is a feat of expanding the territory.With this credit, the road to his rise was paved for Liu Rengui.

As for whether he could take the island, he had no doubts.After the completion of the new giant ship, he dared to say that the Dizhou navy would be invincible in the world.Not to mention a mere Ezo savage, he wouldn't be afraid even if Fusang made a move.

At this point he has already started planning how to occupy the island.

Of course, at this time he is only the commander of the Dizhou Navy, and his status is either low or high, and he is not qualified to make decisions on this kind of strategic plan.They are all handed over to the core ministers to discuss and implement them.

But shrimp... Xinma Island is far away from the mainland of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperors and ministers in the court don't know much about it. The specific situation needs to be introduced by him, the governor of Dizhou.

Therefore, there must be room for him to flex his muscles in this matter, and besides, the presence of a teacher like Yue Shan will also create opportunities for him to perform.

At the end of the year, when Li Shimin was the busiest, Yue Shan couldn't take up too much of his time, so he was ready to leave after talking about this matter.

Li Shimin didn't ask him to stay either, but just told him before leaving: "Don't run around for a few days, in a few days I'm going to invite the ministers to enjoy a big show."

(End of this chapter)