Chapter 955: A plan to kill two birds with one stone
Charter, Gu Sizhi doesn't want to read. But Li Mu asked him to watch it, and he couldn't help but watch it, so he had to watch it hard.
But at this glance, it was terrible, Gu Sizhi's eyes were intent, and when the others saw this, they became more and more curious, but without Li Mu's permission, they didn't dare to come over to look. When Gu Sizhi finished reading it and circulated it to them, everyone's expressions were almost the same, first frowning, then stretching, and then ecstasy.
Now it was Li Shimin's turn to be curious, and he also wanted to know what was in Li Mu's charter.
"Master Hou, we are respectful." After reading the charter, everyone bowed to Li Mu, if they followed the charter, they really didn't have any worries.
Li Mu laughed, waved his hand, and said: "What is disrespectful or disrespectful, the main thing is to do things, and if there is no objection, let's do it." Ugly words are ahead, if something goes wrong this time, Ben Hou will not tolerate it. ”
"Never let Master Hou down!" Everyone played the package ticket, especially Wang Rui, who beat the loudest in his chest.
After everyone left, Li Shimin couldn't wait to ask Li Mu what the charter was.
Li Mu knew that he had been selling Guanzi for a long time, and he didn't say that Li Shimin was afraid that he would be angry, so he said it one by one.
"Your Majesty, the minister knows that Your Majesty and these gentry are most worried about the force of the Turks. As the saying goes, the Turks are soldiers when they get on their horses and people when they get off their horses, and they are brutal by nature - the former ministers also thought so, but the ministers had a change in their feelings during a trip to the Western Regions last year. ”
Li Shimin didn't speak, but looked at Li Mu, waiting for him to finish speaking.
Li Mu continued: "Your Majesty, the minister wants Your Majesty to think about a question - has Your Majesty ever seen asking for a meal flower?" ”
Li Shimin wondered in his heart, what is the relationship between asking for Hanazi and the matter to be discussed, but since Li Mu asked, he thought about it and replied: "I turned to the north and south, of course I have seen Hanako, what's wrong?" ”
"The minister dared to ask His Majesty, whose responsibility is it for the number of rice flowers?"
Li Shimin was silent, and after a while, he said: "This is my responsibility - if I govern the country well, who wants to ask for food?" ”
Li Mu nodded and said, "It is this truth, so the same principle can also be applied to the Turks." Have you ever wondered why the Turks plundered the Central Plains? ”
Without waiting for Li Shimin to answer, Li Mu replied directly: "Isn't it because you can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes, so you can only plunder and fill it?" If they live in peace and contentment, how can they have the idea of plundering? ”
"If the Turks can live like the people of Chang'an City, they can work and have food and clothing, who wants to graze on horseback, and who wants to go to war?"
"The minister traveled in the Western Regions last year, and as far as his eyes saw, he knew more about the nomads in the Western Regions. Your Majesty knows that there is often no reason for the tribes of the nomads to draw their swords and fight each other. Even if there is a reason, it may be just a woman, or the belonging of a horse cub, and such a small thing is enough for them to kill. ”
"Is this brutal? Yes! Li Mu sighed and said, "The ministers don't wash their name, but why are they like this?" Isn't it hard to live? The resources to survive are limited, and in order to survive, the has to kill others, take other people's cattle, horses, and women, and the more they take, the more they can survive the long winter...... That is why, cannibalism often occurs in the steppes. ”
"When the Central Plains Dynasty is declining, they can come to the Central Plains to plunder, and when the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, they can't loot, and when they catch up with the sky, they won't allow anyone, isn't it just death?"
Li Shimin was deeply touched by this, and although the victory over Jieli was said to have been planned by the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers for several years, in essence, victory was brought by time. If it weren't for the heavy snow, which froze to death many Turks and livestock, it is not yet known who will win and who will lose.
"Your Majesty has been dealing with the Turks for many years, and you should have observed a pattern. The rise and fall of the Turks is often a cycle. When they are strong to the extreme, there will be civil strife, why? Because they don't produce, they only graze. And the grassland is so big, there are more people, and there are more livestock, and there are not enough points. If they fight among themselves, they will die, but this is not a bad thing for the Turks. Because when a person dies, his property, cattle and horses, women, and children can be inherited by those who live. This creates a relatively stable time when they don't have to loot to get by. ”
"Who doesn't want to live a quiet life? The Turks are also people, and they must also want to live a stable life. It is said that the Turks are soldiers when they get on their horses, and they are people when they get off their horses. Why is this happening, it's not forced? In the Central Plains, we can see that people are old and supported by their children, we think this kind of thing is normal, and filial piety is what everyone should do. But why do the Turks rarely have such a situation, and is it not because he can't buy it back? They are not born to be soldiers and people, but they can't do this, and they have long been eliminated. ”
"They have to fight with us, and if they don't fight with us, they will kill each other, and there is no other way."
Li Mu was moved with affection, and Li Shimin was also silent. These truths are simple, and Li Shimin does not understand them. But before he was the Heavenly Khan, he was first the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He has to be responsible for the people of the Tang Dynasty first, and only when he has spare strength can he manage the Turks. What's more, these things are not his forte, and he can't think of any way.
"Right now, the Turks are facing a crisis...... Li Mu Zhengse looked at Li Shimin and said, "And the crisis is right in front of you, and it will break out soon." ”
Li Shimin frowned: "Don't be alarmist, what crisis, why don't I know?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is by no means alarmist." There was a bit of eagerness in Li Mu's tone, and he said: "Counting it up, Your Majesty defeated the Turks the year before last and moved the rest of the Turks to Hetao. There is nothing wrong with this move, but His Majesty has overlooked one thing. ”
"What?"
"The Turks are nomadic herders, what is the root of the nomads? It's not people, it's livestock! And the livestock of the Turks, who froze to death in the heavy snow for a thousand years, ate a small half as rations when they fought with us, and the few remaining livestock were also taken as trophies by us, and the livestock in their hands was really very small! ”
"This ......" Li Shimin knew where to know the doorway here, and wondered: "But they have been trading with us, horses, leather, etc., the trade has not stopped, if they don't have livestock, how can these trades be carried out?" ”
"Your Majesty, what do the animals you are talking about have to do with horses? Their rations are not war horses, but cattle and sheep! As for the leathers, the minister checked the purchase list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and most of the bills showed that these cowhides were "Is this cruel?" Yes! Li Mu sighed and said, "The ministers don't wash their name, but why are they like this?" Isn't it hard to live? The resources to survive are limited, and in order to survive, the has to kill others, take other people's cattle, horses, and women, and the more they take, the more they can survive the long winter...... That is why, cannibalism often occurs in the steppes. ”
"When the Central Plains Dynasty is declining, they can come to the Central Plains to plunder, and when the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, they can't loot, and when they catch up with the sky, they won't allow anyone, isn't it just death?"
Li Shimin was deeply touched by this, and although the victory over Jieli was said to have been planned by the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers for several years, in essence, victory was brought by time. If it weren't for the heavy snow, which froze to death many Turks and livestock, it is not yet known who will win and who will lose.
"Your Majesty has been dealing with the Turks for many years, and you should have observed a pattern. The rise and fall of the Turks is often a cycle. When they are strong to the extreme, there will be civil strife, why? Because they don't produce, they only graze. And the grassland is so big, there are more people, and there are more livestock, and there are not enough points. If they fight among themselves, they will die, but this is not a bad thing for the Turks. Because when a person dies, his property, cattle and horses, women, and children can be inherited by those who live. This creates a relatively stable time when they don't have to loot to get by. ”
"Who doesn't want to live a quiet life? The Turks are also people, and they must also want to live a stable life. It is said that the Turks are soldiers when they get on their horses, and they are people when they get off their horses. Why is this happening, it's not forced? In the Central Plains, we can see that people are old and supported by their children, we think this kind of thing is normal, and filial piety is what everyone should do. But why do the Turks rarely have such a situation, and is it not because he can't buy it back? They are not born to be soldiers and people, but they can't do this, and they have long been eliminated. ”
"They have to fight with us, and if they don't fight with us, they will kill each other, and there is no other way."
Li Mu was moved with affection, and Li Shimin was also silent. These truths are simple, and Li Shimin does not understand them. But before he was the Heavenly Khan, he was first the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He has to be responsible for the people of the Tang Dynasty first, and only when he has spare strength can he manage the Turks. What's more, these things are not his forte, and he can't think of any way.
"Right now, the Turks are facing a crisis...... Li Mu Zhengse looked at Li Shimin and said, "And the crisis is right in front of you, and it will break out soon." ”
Li Shimin frowned: "Don't be alarmist, what crisis, why don't I know?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is by no means alarmist." There was a bit of eagerness in Li Mu's tone, and he said: "Counting it up, Your Majesty defeated the Turks the year before last and moved the rest of the Turks to Hetao. There is nothing wrong with this move, but His Majesty has overlooked one thing. ”
"What?"
"The Turks are nomadic herders, what is the root of the nomads? It's not people, it's livestock! And the livestock of the Turks, who froze to death in the heavy snow for a thousand years, ate a small half as rations when they fought with us, and the few remaining livestock were also taken as trophies by us, and the livestock in their hands was really very small! ”
"This ......" Li Shimin knew where to know the doorway here, and wondered: "But they have been trading with us, horses, leather, etc., the trade has not stopped, if they don't have livestock, how can these trades be carried out?" ”
"Your Majesty, what do the animals you are talking about have to do with horses? Their rations are not war horses, but cattle and sheep! As for the leathers, the minister checked the purchase list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and most of the bills showed that these cowhides were "
"Is this brutal? Yes! Li Mu sighed and said, "The ministers don't wash their name, but why are they like this?" Isn't it hard to live? The resources to survive are limited, and in order to survive, the has to kill others, take other people's cattle, horses, and women, and the more they take, the more they can survive the long winter...... That is why, cannibalism often occurs in the steppes. ”
"When the Central Plains Dynasty is declining, they can come to the Central Plains to plunder, and when the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, they can't loot, and when they catch up with the sky, they won't allow anyone, isn't it just death?"
Li Shimin was deeply touched by this, and although the victory over Jieli was said to have been planned by the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers for several years, in essence, victory was brought by time. If it weren't for the heavy snow, which froze to death many Turks and livestock, it is not yet known who will win and who will lose.
"Your Majesty has been dealing with the Turks for many years, and you should have observed a pattern. The rise and fall of the Turks is often a cycle. When they are strong to the extreme, there will be civil strife, why? Because they don't produce, they only graze. And the grassland is so big, there are more people, and there are more livestock, and there are not enough points. If they fight among themselves, they will die, but this is not a bad thing for the Turks. Because when a person dies, his property, cattle and horses, women, and children can be inherited by those who live. This creates a relatively stable time when they don't have to loot to get by. ”
"Who doesn't want to live a quiet life? The Turks are also people, and they must also want to live a stable life. It is said that the Turks are soldiers when they get on their horses, and they are people when they get off their horses. Why is this happening, it's not forced? In the Central Plains, we can see that people are old and supported by their children, we think this kind of thing is normal, and filial piety is what everyone should do. But why do the Turks rarely have such a situation, and is it not because he can't buy it back? They are not born to be soldiers and people, but they can't do this, and they have long been eliminated. ”
"They have to fight with us, and if they don't fight with us, they will kill each other, and there is no other way."
Li Mu was moved with affection, and Li Shimin was also silent. These truths are simple, and Li Shimin does not understand them. But before he was the Heavenly Khan, he was first the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He has to be responsible for the people of the Tang Dynasty first, and only when he has spare strength can he manage the Turks. What's more, these things are not his forte, and he can't think of any way.
"Right now, the Turks are facing a crisis...... Li Mu Zhengse looked at Li Shimin and said, "And the crisis is right in front of you, and it will break out soon." ”
Li Shimin frowned: "Don't be alarmist, what crisis, why don't I know?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is by no means alarmist." There was a bit of eagerness in Li Mu's tone, and he said, "Count it out,