Chapter Fifty-Seven: Layout of Anxi
Pei Min couldn't blow it anymore when he wrote, so he nodded contentedly.
Wang Wei was studying the ink on the side, with the intention of appreciating the regular script of a generation of Wenzong, and glanced at it a few times, and the explicit words made two red clouds float on his white and tender face. If you can't help but think about it in your heart: Pei Shuai looks very upright and flattering on weekdays, but he is so handy, I really can't imagine it.
But he did not know that it is better for a man to speak when he is glad and happy.
If Li Longji is not lifted to the sky, how can Pei Min comfortably lay out the Western Regions?
Pei Min then explained the situation in the Western Regions in detail, writing extremely delicately word by word, and then wrote Yan Gaoqing's three suggestions.
Compared with what Yan Gaoqing said, Pei Min wrote in more detail, especially in terms of details.
Yan Gaoqing just made an outline at that time.
Along the way, Pei Min added some things and thought about some implementation steps for this outline.
Especially for Yan Gaoqing's first and third points, Pei Min has a deep emotion.
The first point of cultural aggression was to encourage the people of the Western Regions to learn the culture of the Tang Dynasty on the grounds of recruiting talents, and to give them preferential treatment as officials in the Tang Dynasty.
This reminded Pei Min of many movies and TV series he watched in later generations.
Pei Min was not born in that era, and he can only learn about it from movies and TV series.
In the sixties and seventies, there was a widespread saying that foreign countries were heaven, especially for many college students, who regarded learning English as a supreme honor.
The situation at this time is very similar to that time.
It's just that the object of choice is reversed, and in this era, the Tang Dynasty is the real paradise.
As long as he is given the opportunity, Pei Min believes that the people of the Western Regions, people with lofty ideals will definitely be even crazier than college students in the sixties and seventies.
As for the third point of attacking the heart, discrediting the opponent, and improving himself, Pei Min is the best at it.
And there is no need to discredit the Arab Empire, which was heavily influenced by Western culture, and their style of conduct was conquest. If you are not convinced, you will kill it directly, anyway, the more people you kill, the more people you will be afraid of, and you will eventually conquer them in the end.
This is also the reason why the Arab Empire is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, in feudal society, population is the primary productive force.
Even though the Arab Empire spanned three continents in Asia, Europe and Africa, its territorial scope was broader than that of the Tang Dynasty.
But no matter how wide your territory is, no matter how much land you have, and you don't have enough people to develop governance, isn't it equal to zero?
Hence the notoriety of the Arab Empire, which is well known.
Another important point is that the Arab Empire was founded on religion and dealt with pagans very harshly.
As long as these two points are well utilized, the Tang Dynasty's control over the Western Regions will be significantly improved.
Of course, Pei Min would not swallow the credit of his confidant, and made it clear in the letter that Yan Gaoqing was the one who made the decision, and recommended him to join the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate as the chief historian and be responsible for the affairs of Anxi.
Regarding Li Longji's proposal in the letter about recovering the love, Pei Min did not agree very much.
Du Xian did have a certain ability, as a scribe, to lead the military and political affairs of Anxi, served for four years, appeased the soldiers, worked tirelessly, won the support of the local people, and did a good job.
But Anxi's situation is only for stability, and it is no longer enough.
The fact that Du Siam was able to stabilize Anxi did not mean that he was able to stand up to the advance of the Arab Empire.
Not every literati is Di Renjie, Yu Yunwen, Fan Zhongyan, and other literati who can govern the country and be safe and strong.
In the face of the Arab threat, Anthy's military should be handed over to a brave and resourceful general, not a civilian with little combat experience.
For this candidate, Pei Min has a good choice, Feng Changqing.
Now there are three people under Pei Min who have the ability and qualification to serve as the envoys of the four towns of Anxi, Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan, and Wang Zhonghei.
The three of them are all famous generals in history, and in terms of ability and historical performance, Wang Zhongsi is the well-deserved first, Ge Shuhan is the second, and Feng Changqing is the third.
But maybe it's because he's been following him for a long time, Feng Changqing has more opportunities to perform, or more opportunities to practice.
Feng Changqing in this era, in Pei Min's opinion, his strategy is not lost to Ge Shuhan.
However, Feng Changqing has a little congenital deficiency defect.
It's just that he is a cripple, and his personal combat power is so much higher than that of civilian officials. And Ge Shuhan is skilled in archery and horses, in addition to being proficient in military strategy, he also has a good martial arts.
The resumes and merits of Ge Shuhan and Wang Zhongji are far from enough to convince the public, and it is impossible to be promoted to the position of Jiedu Envoy.
Looking at Pei Min's command, only Feng Changqing, Zhang Xiaosong, and Cui Xiyi have this merit qualification.
It's just that Cui Xiyi is too calm and slightly lacking in flexibility.
And Zhang Xiaosong is too debauched, using scheming and scheming, and likes to go off the rails with swords. In the way of using soldiers, the first time to take risks is courage, and two or three times, that is to find death.
Therefore, sealing Changqing is the only choice.
It just so happened that Pei Min had the intention to take Gao Xianzhi into the account and listen to it, transferred Feng Changqing out, and recruited Gao Xianzhi in, which just made up for this vacancy.
It's just that Feng Changqing is Gao Xianzhi's younger brother in history, and it is under Gao Xianzhi's promotion that he has a future.
Now Feng Changqing turned around and ran to the front.
Pei Min did not directly propose Feng Changqing in the letter, but just asked Li Longji to choose a general who was both wise and brave.
Pei Min knew Li Longji, and Li Longji appointed him as the envoy of the two towns of Longyou and Hexi, which meant to entrust the war situation in the west with full authority.
Therefore, Li Longji did not say that he would listen to Pei Min in the arrangement of the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, but at least he would ask for his opinion.
There are still many differences between Li Longji's question and answer and Pei Min's proposal to make his own claim.
The more he is in a high position, the more Pei Min pays attention to this.
After the ink dried, Pei Min packed the letter, supplemented it with printing clay in a special envelope, and sent it to Chang'an.
In the next few days, Pei Min didn't deal too much with government affairs, just looked at the official documents, learned about what happened in Hexi and Longyou recently, and gave himself a few days off.
On this day, when Pei Min was going to go to Zhang Xu for a drink, he unexpectedly got a message.
"Pei Shuai brings Wei with you, Wei also wants to be with Brother Meng for a while."
Pei Min was a little surprised: "Who is Brother Meng?" ”
Wang Wei hurriedly said: "It's Wei's negligence, I forgot to report to Pei Shuai." Brother Meng is surnamed Meng, named Hao, the word Haoran, a native of Xiangyang, Xiangzhou, known as Meng Xiangyang. It was recommended by Brother Taibai, and when Brother Taibai came out of Shu, he got acquainted with Brother Meng. The two visited the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang together, and learned that Brother Meng had ambitions to use the world, but his career was difficult, so he persuaded him to come to Liangzhou to give it a try. Mr. Bergo's library was booming and in dire need of manpower. Brother Jiuling asked Brother Meng to go to the library to help. ”
Pei Min's eyes were shining, Meng Haoran, another phenomenal poet, thinking about the "Yellow Crane Tower" revealed in Wang Wei's words, he was greatly moved, maybe his apprentice had another masterpiece in the world.