Chapter 300: Chapter 53: Hierarchy (Part II)

Li Shimin knew that Gao Ming was not lying, with Gao Ming's current income, let alone raising 200,000 soldiers and horses, even if he raised 500,000 Li Shimin felt that it was no problem.

The only thing that made him feel a little unhappy was that she suddenly felt as if he was being compared, which made his mood suddenly become a little depressed.

"Okay, I know, the first class is the five types of soldiers, farmers, workers, merchants, and soldiers, so what about the second class of people?"

Gao Ming could see that Li Shimin didn't want to continue on this issue, so he immediately nodded.

"Okay, then I'll talk about B and others again, there are many people in our Datang who have been exiled because they have violated Tang law, or they have a criminal record, or they are those who are lazy and lazy in the market, and this part of the people can't be compared with the contribution of A and others in Datang, so I will set it as B and others, in addition, I have to add another kind of people."

"Who?"

"Alien!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately grinned.

"Over the years, my Tang Dynasty has been subdued from all over the world, and many foreign tribes have appeared in the city, such as the Hu and Turkic people in the Western Regions, who have lived in the Tang Dynasty for a long time to do business, but they do not have a clear identity, which is not good, because it is inconvenient for us to collect taxes."

Now Li Shimin also understands that commercial taxes are the main part of finance, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately frowned.

"So what do you say? You can't expel them all from Datang, right? ”

Looking at Li Shimin's embarrassed look, Gao Ming immediately shook his head.

"There is no need to be expelled, and not only do we not need to be expelled, we can also give them an identity, the identity of a Datang people, we will give them protection, and at the same time collect taxes from them, for individual people who have made outstanding contributions to my Datang, we can give them the status of a class A person."

At this, he immediately burst into laughter.

"In this way, there will definitely be more foreign ethnic groups coming to Datang, in this way, first, we can rapidly expand the population of Datang, and secondly, we can stimulate Datang's market economy and obtain more taxes, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

Hearing Gao Ming say this, Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the benefits, and he immediately nodded.

"Well, that's true, you go on!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Li Shimin listened to it, Gao Ming immediately felt refreshed.

"Let's talk about C and others, as our Tang Dynasty becomes stronger and stronger, we will definitely expand externally in the future, for example, we will fight Goguryeo in the future, and after we capture Goguryeo, those aborigines will be C and others!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming spread his palm towards Li Shimin.

"Although the palms and backs of the hands are all meat, but there is also a distinction between inside and outside, the people of our Datang are the palms of the hands, and the aborigines of the places we have captured are naturally the backs of the hands."

"Of course, we don't give them a chance, as long as they can speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and consider themselves Han, then we also recognize them as Han, and naturally there is no difference between the palm of the hand and the back of the hand."

The clever approach is very simple, if you speak your own language and write your own words, that is a foreigner, that is, a third-class person, on the contrary, as long as you speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, and consider yourself a Han person, then you are a Han person, you are a first-class person.

In such a situation, Gao Ming believes that they will make a wise choice.

Li Shimin was a smart man, and he immediately sensed Gao Ming's intentions, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately laughed.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that after a hundred years, there will be no more Goguryeo people, Gao Ming, your approach is really shocking, but it's not a bad way, I probably know what you think, then I'll guess this Ding and the others."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately smiled and made a "please" gesture towards him.

Seeing Gao Ming's action, Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

"Hmm...... I think you should plan to list the slaves as Ding and the others, but I guessed right? ”

After speaking, he stroked his beard again, looking very proud.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahaha......"

Hearing Gao Ming's laughter, Li Shimin thought that he had guessed correctly, and the smile on his face was even worse, but what he didn't expect was that Gao Ming's face was fierce after laughing.

"Wrong!"

"Uh......"

Looking at Li Shimin's stunned look, a smile appeared on Gao Ming's face again.

"No matter how low the status of my Datang slaves is, they are also my Datang slaves, so I will list them as C, that is to say, after we conquer Goguryeo, even if those sticks intermarry, they can only intermarry with our Datang slaves!"

"Hiss......"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately gasped, he didn't expect Gao Ming to give such an answer, and at the same time, he also realized that those Goguryeo people would definitely try their best to integrate into the Tang Dynasty in order to improve their level.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at Gao Ming with a little admiration.

"Maybe in a hundred years, there will be no Goguryeo, and if you can come up with such a method, you really deserve to be the prince I value!"

But at the same time, another question suddenly popped up from Li Shimin's heart.

"Since even slaves are C and others, then what kind of people are Ding and others?"

Li Shimin really couldn't guess at this moment, so he asked Gao Ming directly and clearly, and in the face of Li Shimin's inquiry, Gao Ming didn't sell it, and told him directly.

"After we conquer Goguryeo, the nobles and officials of Goguryeo will be Ding and others!"

"This ......"

It may be that Gao Ming's answer is a bit shocking, so after hearing his words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened.

Looking at his shocked look, Gao Ming laughed again.

"In fact, this is also a way to alleviate the contradiction, think about it, after we conquered Goguryeo, we turned the people there into people of the same level as the slaves of the Tang Dynasty, will they have resentment in their hearts? So who do you think they will hate? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin suddenly blinked.

"Hate Datang?"

"That's right, but unfortunately not all of them are right!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately shook his head at Li Shimin.

"They will hate the Tang Dynasty, but at the same time, they will also hate the noble officials of Goguryeo, because those guys not only exploited and oppressed them, but also lost the battle, at this time, we turned these nobles and officials into Ding and others, and the hearts of these Goguryeo people will be balanced!"

Gao Ming had also read some books on psychology at the beginning, so it was natural for him to talk about these things at this moment.

"What people like the most is contrast, on the surface of many people is generous, but in fact, their essence is the kind of person who can't stand as long as you live better than me, and we are using this psychology now!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming slowly walked to Li Shimin's side, and then hugged his neck affectionately.

"Do you think, those Goguryeo people will indeed be dissatisfied when they become C and others, but will they be happy when they see that the aristocratic officials who originally oppressed them have fallen and become Ding and others who are even lower than them? So by that time, who do you think they will be grateful for? ”

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped the table on the spot.

"Okay, this method is too good, just do it, go back and write the detailed rules of this grade of A, B, C, and D to me, and I will immediately ask Shangguan Yi and them to compile it into the "Tang Law".

Hearing Li Shimin's agreement, a bright smile suddenly appeared on Gao Ming's face.

"My Emperor Shengming!"