"Yourself?" The ministers couldn't help frowning.

Merton nodded and said: "Yes, the biggest problem of the Turkic tribes at present is that there are many people and little land, when His Majesty moved nearly 200,000 Turkic tribes into the south of the Yellow River, and took great care of them, avoiding the bitter cold and hunger in the north, and gave them high-quality pastures, in the past ten years, the population of the Turkic tribes has doubled, and now the Turkic population south of the Yellow River has nearly 400,000, and the original planning to settle the herdsmen is probably not enough for a long time." ”

"Four hundred thousand!" The civil and military officials were shocked that they had ignored such important data.

Merton smiled bitterly: "If the people of the Tang Dynasty are good at farming, such a big place, it is naturally not a problem to feed these 400,000 people, but the nomadic habits of the Turkic tribes are difficult to change, in order to feed the population, grazing wantonly, even if Weichen invented the method of green storage forage, but still can not meet the needs of the Turks, a large number of cattle and sheep have been about to gnaw the grassland into sand, the Mu Us Desert has recently expanded continuously, and the Turkic tribes are the culprits. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be in an uproar, they didn't expect that the Turkic tribes were so destructive, of course, the Turks' desperate grazing might be inseparable from the invention of spirits in Mojia Village.

"This is not the most serious, in order to feed more livestock, the herdsmen can only graze more desperately, so that a vicious circle is formed, within a hundred years, now the Turkic internal migration will inevitably change from the steppe to the desert, or the Turkic herdsmen will be nomadic in farther places, encroaching on the farmland of the farmers, causing disputes between the herdsmen and the Han people." Merton Road.

The officials bowed their heads one after another, the population of the Turkic tribes increased dramatically, the pastures turned into sandy land, the prices of cattle and horses fell, the income of herdsmen decreased, and the disputes between Turkic herdsmen and Han farmers.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is the general trend to release the Turkic tribes back to the steppe, and those who are late will suffer from trouble." Eldest Sun Wuji gritted his teeth and got up in agreement.

Wei Zheng seconded: "The Turks are unruly and untamable, although Your Majesty treats them sincerely, but they don't know how to repay the favor, the Turkic habit was to go south to plunder whenever there is a shortage of livestock, and now it is a bad habit that is difficult to change, once Your Majesty can not satisfy the appetite of the Turks, the Turks will betray Your Majesty, as Ashina said, the Turks are a wolf, a wolf that cannot be fed. ”

This time, it was only an assassination, and the next time it was probably a large-scale rebellion, and then the Turks were afraid that the disaster would be even worse.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "A mere 400,000 people? …………。 ”

Merton shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, in just ten years, the Turkic population has reached 400,000, and in another ten years, I am afraid that it will be 800,000 or 1 million, will Your Majesty still be able to meet the requirements of the Turks?" Is there still so much grassland in Datang to house the Turks? ”

Li Shimin's heart sank, and at that time, either the Turks would bring down the Tang Dynasty, or the Turks would set off a bigger rebellion.

Li Ji saw that the court had always agreed to let the Turks return to the grassland, and frowned: "Then have you ever thought that once these 400,000 Turks are herdsmen in the Tang Dynasty, there will be nearly 100,000 troops in the grassland!" ”

The army of 100,000 is a decisive force anywhere, and it is an important help in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, if it returns to the grassland, the Tang Dynasty's fetters on it will be weakened, coupled with the Turkic influence on the grassland, once it is an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, it will be a disaster.

Li Shimin bowed slightly, the reason why he wanted to keep the Turks was because he valued the military strength of the Turks.

The court was silent, how could they not know the importance of the Turks, but just as the Mo family said, the world is safe and secure, and it lives up to its promise.

"In this way, the minister has the best of both worlds." A new voice appeared in the court, and everyone saw that it was the new firearms army general Chang Sun Chong, only to see that he looked like a weak scholar, but he was wearing a brand new armor, and he looked extremely out of place with the generals.

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he said in surprise: "Does Chong'er have a good plan?" ”

The eldest grandson Chong said proudly: "Your Majesty, the problem of the imperial court now is that the Turks are bent on returning to the grassland, and the imperial court is worried that these Turks will make the border unstable after they return. In this case, why did Your Majesty let the Turkic old and weak return to the steppe, and use the money and food used by His Majesty to appease the Turkic ministries before to recruit the Turkic youth, so that there is no need to spend more money and food to meet the requirements of the Turkic ministry, and there is no need to worry about the instability of the border, and the Turkic cavalry can become the help of the Tang military. ”

"Wonderful! Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog son, and General Changsun's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone. ”

"Your Majesty really has a good eye for talent, and General Changsun is really both civil and military."

When many ministers heard this, they praised each other, and by the way, they slapped Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji's sycophants.

Eldest Sun Wuji glared at Eldest Sun Chong, and then said modestly: "Dogs don't learn and don't know how to talk, they talk nonsense, and you praise them falsely." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was modest on his lips, but a smug smile appeared on his face.

Li Shimin showed a satisfied look, he tried his best to let Changsun Chong serve as the general of the firearms army, which has already made many people criticize, and now Changsun Chong has offered a good policy to greatly increase his face.

"What do you think of Aiqing, what is Chong'er's strategy?" Li Shimin asked the generals as usual, but in fact, he was already biased towards this strategy in his heart.

The ministers agreed that this strategy could indeed solve the current Turkic situation, meet the Turkic demands, and not let the Turkic ministries lose control, which is probably the best way.

Just when the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty thought that he had found a way to achieve both, a discordant voice suddenly said: "The Turks are naturally satisfied, if one day there are Turks with different intentions like Ashina's association rate, who endure humiliation and flattery, and one day have great power, and with a wave of his arms, hundreds of thousands of foreign recruits will respond, I am afraid that it will immediately sweep the Central Plains, and this strategy is no less than handing the sword to the hands of the Turks." ”

The civil and military officials were suddenly shocked, and suddenly felt a chill on their backs, drenched in cold sweat, and everyone turned their heads with difficulty, only to see that it was the Mo family who spoke out against it.

"And my Tang Dynasty soldiers all use the government military system, and there is no food and salary for sending troops to fight, but the Turkic recruitment system has food and salary, so how can the hundreds of thousands of government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty think, are the government soldiers still willing to fight the world for the Tang Dynasty?" Merton asked rhetorically.

Li Shimin couldn't help but look embarrassed, he was just deceived by this method of getting the best of both worlds, and did not realize the risks, this strategy allowed the Turks to directly control the military power, and it was very unfair to the government military system.

"And today's grassland is no longer the Turks want to go back, after the Turks moved south, the original Turkic playground has been divided by Xue Yantuo, Tiele, Khitan departments, just let a group of Turkic old and weak return to the grassland, I am afraid it is no less than a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, if Your Majesty supports the Turkic rush to return to the grass principle, it will arouse the dissatisfaction of the various departments, Your Majesty can have another plan to go north." Merton asked again. No one wants to spit out the fat in their mouths, and once the Turks return to the steppe, I am afraid that there will be disputes in the world.

Merton's three objections can be said to be a whip into the inside, which is in stark contrast to Changsun Chong's rhetoric, and the two of them made a judgment.