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The nomads in the north have always been a big problem that plagued various feudal dynasties.

Herdsmen are a people who grew up on horseback, it can be said that they are born warriors, when the Turks were at their strongest, they were known as "millions of people who control the strings", and even Li Shimin, who can still control the air between the world, recognized the cowardice, and offered gold and silver treasures to sign the Weishui Alliance.

Although Li Shimin later successfully defeated Jieli Khan and avenged this revenge, the combat power and influence of the northern nomads can also be seen.

The most important thing is that no matter how traumatized they are, because as long as there is water and grass, it will not be long before they can grow stronger very quickly, and Xue Yantuo is a clear example.

And there is only one way to completely solve this problem, and that is to completely control the steppe, accept all the nomads, and turn them into their own.

To put it simply, it is two words - assimilation.

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has adhered to a philosophy, that is, the sea is tolerant of all rivers, because by enough tolerance, so this nation can stand in the forest of the world, Gao Ming, as a person who has come over, is very clear about this.

Therefore, when he received the news that Cheng Yanjin and others had returned to the court, he immediately returned to the palace quickly.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the palace, he saw that Li Shimin's guard of honor had come out, and he hurriedly turned his horse's head to keep up with the guard of honor.

Qianniuwei, who was in charge of guarding the honor guard, also discovered Gao Ming, and they hurriedly told Li Shimin, and after Li Shimin's consent, Gao Ming came to Li Shimin's side.

Li Shimin sat on the chariot, looked at Gao Ming riding a horse next to him, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

"Something?"

"Hmm!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately nodded, and seeing this scene, Li Shimin also nodded with a smile.

"I know, but there are a lot of people here, let's wait until I get back!"

"Okay!"

After Gao Ming nodded, he stopped talking, followed Li Shimin's honor guard out of the city, and then met Cheng Yanjin and others ten miles outside the city.

According to the rules, for the safety of the imperial city, when the general foreman returned to the court, he was not allowed to directly bring a large army to the city, and he had to stop ten miles outside the city and wait for the next step.

At this time, the emperor will generally give two kinds of wills.

The first is to let the generals disband their soldiers and return to Beijing for an audience, which is the most commonly used and has no special meaning.

The other is that the emperor leads the courtiers out of the city to greet them, which shows the emperor's trust and importance to the generals, and generally only those generals who have made great contributions have such treatment.

There is no doubt that Cheng Yanjin and others belong to the second type.

Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong and others originally followed Gao Ming to conquer Goguryeo, but after defeating Goguryeo and Baekje, they were sent to attack Xue Yantuo before they could return to Beijing.

Now that he has defeated Xue Yantuo and returned, it can be said that he has made outstanding achievements, and such a feat is certainly worthy of Li Shimin going out of the city to greet him.

Of course, polite etiquette is still indispensable, looking at the peaceful scene in front of him, Gao Ming suddenly yawned, and then shook his head helplessly.

"It seems that no matter more than a thousand years later, or now, the officialdom has not changed, the only thing missing is a camera, and a commentator who plays and sings."

When Gao Ming was slandering, Li Shimin, Cheng Yanjin and others had already finished politely, and when Gao Ming turned around, he happened to see him personally pulling Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong into his steps.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth twitched again.

"Damn, fortunately, the eunuchs in the palace have been replaced by female wrestlers, or this big man will sit on it, and it will take a few eunuchs to resist?"

When Gao Ming was muttering in his heart, Li Shimin ordered the honor guard to go back with a happy face, seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't care about muttering anymore, and hurriedly climbed on the horse, and followed Li Shimin back to the city.

After returning to the city, it was natural to catch the wind and wash the dust, and the honor guard came directly to Guanglu Temple.

At this time, the food had already been prepared in Guanglu Temple, and after everyone entered, they immediately brought up all the wine and food.

Next came Li Shimin's "wine giving link", in the look of anticipation, Li Shimin gave the wine to Gao Ming, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin and others in turn, and then raised his glass and shouted.

"I drink with all of you, Datang Wansheng!"

After speaking, he drank the wine in one gulp, and when he saw this scene, the entire Guanglu Temple suddenly boiled.

"Datang Wansheng! Long live our emperor! ”

"Datang Wansheng! Long live our emperor! ”

"Datang Wansheng! Long live our emperor......"

With the cheers of the crowd, the feast officially began.

Because it is mainly for the soldiers to catch the wind and wash the dust, so the banquet is not very elaborate, everyone is drinking and laughing loudly, the scene is very lively.

After the banquet began, Li Shimin left, which has always been a practice, so naturally no one said anything.

And Gao Ming also followed Li Shimin back to the Forbidden Garden, and then entered the imperial study.

As soon as he entered the imperial study, Li Shimin spoke to him.

"Gao Ming, what do you want to tell me? Isn't it about the steppe? ”

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"That's right, it's from the grassland, after this Xue Yantuo incident, I think it's really inappropriate to isolate the grassland from the Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin also nodded.

"Well, I also think so, if this goes on for a long time, maybe there will be the next Xue Yantuo, so I plan to divide the grassland into more than a dozen prefectures and counties, and appoint local tribal leaders as thorns and governors, what do you think of this approach?"

"Hmmm......"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming suddenly pondered for a while, and then nodded.

"This method is okay, but I think it's okay to appoint the assassin Shi, but a position like the governor still has to be done well by the people of the Tang Dynasty, because I think it's more reassuring that the army is still in the hands of its own people!"

Li Shimin agrees with Gao Ming's point of view very much, because he originally started by mutiny, so he has always attached great importance to the control of the army.

If it had been before, it would not have been said that he would not have handed over his military power to foreigners, especially these foreigners who had just surrendered.

But at this moment, he was a little hesitant.

"Gao Ming, I understand what you said, but there is no way to grow grain on the grassland, if I send an army to garrison it, it will be a great loss, but if I only send generals, I am afraid that those tribesmen will not obey orders."

Looking at Li Shimin's hesitant look, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"No, they'll listen, as long as we use the right way, they'll be absolutely obedient, and they're the kind of dead hearted!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately became interested.

"Tell me about it!"

"Yes!"