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But Yuming has a different view on this issue. Although he favored the county system, he did not completely reject the feudal system. He believed that the new territory that could be laid down by the imperial court and far away from the capital could be divided into feudal systems, and some members of the royal family could go there to establish their own kingdoms. At the same time, they were allowed to build up armies and expand outward, and whatever territory they conquered was the kingdom's own.

Of course, in doing so, there is a possibility that the frontier kingdom will be stronger than the central court, and finally send troops to seize the throne.

But Yuming believes that if this kind of thing really happens, it means that the Central Dynasty has declined. Even if the prince of the frontier does not come in, the alien races in the northern steppes, or the barbarians in the south, and the rebels in the Central Plains will overthrow the central dynasty. Rather than let the world fall into the hands of people outside the royal family, it is better to fall into the hands of other members of the royal family.

This argument attracted everyone's attention again, although many princes did not think so, but Sun Simiao's eyes flickered, obviously moved.

In the next few questions, Yuming and the other princes did not show much performance, and their answers in finance, taxation, and internal affairs were all decent. In contrast, Li Yuan was born in Guanlongmen and was officially called the emperor, so he still performed well in this regard and won a lot of recognition.

Soon comes the last question. After Sun Simiao took a sip of tea, Fang Zhengse said: "Now it's time for the Taoist meeting to come to an end." As we all know, our Central Plains Dynasty has been plagued by external troubles since Qin unified the world. First there was the southern invasion of the Xiongnu, and then there were Wuhu Chaohua, and in the Sui Dynasty, there were Goryeo and Turkic troubles. Now that Goryeo has been destroyed, the Tibetans in the west, the Nanzhao in the south, and the Turks in the north are still eyeing our Central Plains and intending to go south. I wonder what the princes can do to deal with these aliens? ”

This question was answered by Xiao Mian first, and his reply was nothing new, continuing Pei Ju's advice to Yang Jian on the Turkic threat: it was nothing more than to give him gifts, appease his leader, and then stir up internal strife, so that the Central Plains Dynasty could reap the benefits.

Li Yuan's answer was tougher, believing that he could emulate the Han Dynasty and temporarily seek satisfaction when the world was first unified, and when the army was strong, he would organize a large army to counterattack the steppe to eliminate the living forces of the Turks, and at the same time build the Great Wall to prevent the Turkic army from moving south.

The other princes' answers were similar to Xiao Miao's and Li Yuan's, but they just changed their words. After all, the border troubles in Mobei have been around for a long time, and all the tribes in the grassland are all soldiers, and they are all cavalry who come and go like the wind. Even if the Central Plains Dynasty sent a large army to pursue and suppress, it was often exhausted, killing a thousand enemies and injuring eight of itself. Even during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were not destroyed.

And when it was Yuming's turn to express his opinion, he solemnly proposed that whether it was to build the Great Wall for defense or send troops to attack the grassland, it was a way to make a standard but not a cost.

"Building the Great Wall is actually a passive defensive measure. China's northern border is thousands of miles long, and the enemy mobilizes a large army from the grassland to attack one point, and our defenders are often broken through by the enemy because they are outnumbered, making the defense of the Great Wall useless. And when our army mobilized a large army to come to support, the enemy army had already finished plundering and returned to the steppe. ”

As in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he took the initiative to send troops deep into the hinterland of the grassland to attack the enemy, although it was a step forward, but it was still a method of making a standard but not a cost. Because after the Han army conquered the Xiongnu tent at that time, the army withdrew to the Central Plains and receded the grassland to the Xiongnu. Although they suffered heavy losses, after a period of recuperation, they recovered and headed south. Therefore, from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Jin Dynasty, the Xiongnu have always been the henchmen of the Central Plains Dynasty. In the end, these Huns were still one of the main forces. Yu Ming elaborated.

When Li Yuanji heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "Yuming, what is the point of you just denying other people's methods, but you can't come up with a way to solve the troubles in the north?" If you can propose a constitutional monarchy, there must be a solution to the Turks, right? ”

After Yu Ming heard this, he laughed and said, "Li Yuanji, of course this king has a way." It's just that among the princes here, some of them secretly fornicate with the Turks, and even wanted to be the pawns of the Turks in the south. If I say it here, I am afraid that the man will immediately report to the Turkic Jieli Khan......"

Red Sleeves had reminded him before, saying that both Liang Shidu and Li Yuan might have secret dealings with the Turks, and on such occasions, it was best not to talk about specific strategies against the Turks.

When Liang Shidu heard this, he immediately sneered at each other: "Yuming, don't spew blood!" Who colluded with the Turks? If you have a kind of evidence, don't sow discord! ”

Red Sleeves pretended to be surprised at this moment and said, "Alas, what's wrong with Liang Yuanjun?" My husband only said that someone colluded with the Turks, but did not say that this person was Liang Zhijun. Why is Liang Lingjun so excited? ”

Liang Shidu suddenly opened his mouth, and he realized that he was impulsive and fell for Yuming's plan.

Li Liang and Liang Shidu had always had a gap, and at this time they took the opportunity to fall into the well and said: "Mrs. Red Sleeves doesn't know: this Liang Shidu's mother is a Turkic, and he has half Turkic blood, so he is naturally oriented towards the Turks." ”

Liang Shidu snorted coldly and said, "It's true that my mother is Turkic, but my father is Han!" So I'm naturally Han Chinese. During the Wuhu Rebellion, all ethnic groups in the north were intermarrying, and how many of the northerners here did not have Hu blood? ”

What he said made many people stop. Nowadays, the Hu and Han marriages in the north are widespread, and the ancestors of Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Yu Ming, Li Liang and others all have Hu people, although they all speak Han now, and the customs are the same as the Han people, but strictly speaking, they cannot be regarded as pure-blooded Han people.

Yu Ming said in a deep voice at this time: "I have always been against the pure bloodline theory. Although Emperor Xiao of the Northern Wei Dynasty was a Xianbei clan, he called on the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty to change his surname to Yuan, and ordered the Xianbei people to speak Chinese, Han, change Han customs, everyone said that he was like a Hu person, or like a Han person? ”

And some Han people, after the invasion of the Central Plains by foreign races, became accomplices of foreign races, helping those murderous Hu people to kill Han people. During the Wuhu Rebellion, Liu Yuan, a Hun and Shi Le, had many such Han people. For such traitors, how can they be regarded as the same species? ”

Yu Ming's words made everyone present fall into deep thought. Can a so-called Hu person who has Hu ancestry, but speaks Chinese, writes Chinese characters, and thinks like a Han person, be called a foreign race?

Sun Simiao couldn't help but show approval at this time and said: "King Zhou's words are reasonable. The former Sui Emperor Yang Jian was a Han Chinese, but Queen Dugu was a Xianbei person, but Queen Dugu was recognized as a good person with both ability and political integrity, motherhood, thrift, gentleness and virtuousness. The key to evaluating a person's quality is to see how the person is. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Today's discussion of the national policy, all the princes have made wonderful speeches. Now it's time to judge who will win. Please have more than half an hour of tea, and the old man will announce the results soon! ”

Sun Simiao's words can be regarded as the end of today's debate, and the next step should be voted by the forty-five governments.

At this moment, dozens of maids dressed in white light gauze walked out from behind the screen, each of them carrying a tray in their hands. On the tray are placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and other four treasures.

One by one, the forty-five stood up, lined up and walked up to the maid, took pen and paper from her hand, dipped them in ink and began to write.

Naturally, they wrote about the princes they liked the most.

Judging from the statements of the previous princes, Yuming clearly prevailed, and he proposed the court system, official position setting, the dispute between the feudal system and the county system, and the confrontation against the grassland aliens, etc., all of which were refreshing.

Li Liang, Liang Shidu, Li Tong, Shen Faxing, Du Fuwei and others never thought that they would win when discussing the policy of governing the country, but it doesn't matter.

Xiao Mo was bent on winning over Yuming, and he was under the threat of Li Yuan and Du Fuwei, and he didn't have such a thirsty need for the heirloom jade seal.

But for Li Yuan, it's different. He and Yuming are now recognized as one of the two princes with the best hope of winning the battle for the world. And he has the full support of Guan Longmen Valve, and has a deep family background.

Although Yu Ming was born in Guanlongmen, the Yu family has long since declined, and there are few people left. And after he took office, all the measures he implemented were to weaken the influence of the family, so his relationship with the major families of Guanlongmen was not good. It is impossible for Guan Longmen to support him anymore.

Not to mention the Shandong Shi clan, who had just set off a rebellion on Yuming's territory, although it was suppressed, it also put the Great Zhou in serious chaos and weakened its strength. made many poor families who were originally optimistic about Yuming hesitate again.

If Li Yuan can win the jade seal of the country at this Luoyang conference, he will increase his prestige and attract a large number of younger brothers from small families to take refuge. In an advantageous position in the war for world dominance. Therefore, Li Yuan is determined to win the jade seal of the country, and he cannot afford to lose.

"Shimin, what choice do you think these people will make? Is there a big hope that Daddy will win? Li Yuan asked Li Shimin quietly.

After Li Shimin heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's difficult! Several of Yuming's previous propositions are all new, and he is young, similar to these, so it is easier to agree. ”

A gleam flashed in Li Yuan's eyes and said, "But I am bound to get this heirloom jade seal." If you let Yuming get the jade seal and return. He was able to quickly settle the internal contradictions by winning the huge prestige of the jade seal. In the future, if I Li Tang fights with him, I will pay a greater price. ”

Li Shimin also understood and said: "Dad, please rest assured, Shimin has already made arrangements!" Even if Yuming gets the jade seal, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave Luoyang with it! ”

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