Li Zhi thought about it, although Yongchang was located in the southwest, the barbarian rebellion still needed to be suppressed by sending troops, which was not only about the face of the imperial court, but also had a tone in his heart. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Since Xue Rengui's defeat of Dafeichuan, the foreign war has been on the defensive everywhere, and the border states are unstable and urgently need a victory.

As Zhang Da'an said, among the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Yao, Shan, and Rong governors in the south of Jiannan Province, more than half of them were set up by barbarians, and Tubo in the west showed a trend of eastward expansion.

If the Yongchang barbarian rebellion is not suppressed, it will definitely trigger a chain reaction in the counties of Jiannan Province in the southern part of Jiannan Province, and Tubo may also take the opportunity to extend its hand to this area after learning the news.

"The Yongchang barbarians gathered to rebel, and I decided to make a decision, and I chose Liang to be the head of the march of Yaozhou Road, and sent Liang, Yi and other eighteen state soldiers to go to the levy. Ladies and gentlemen, who can you recommend? ”

Zhang Wenguan opened his mouth, but seeing Li Zhi's firm expression, he knew that His Majesty had made up his mind, and it would be useless to make further remarks, which would only increase His Majesty's annoyance.

"Your Majesty, Liang Jishou, the deputy leader of the prince's left guard, is brave and good at fighting, has repeatedly made military exploits in Andong and Hexi, and is a native of Jiazhou, Jiannan, familiar with the climate and environment in the south of Jiannan, and can be the head of the march of Yaozhou Road." Pei Xingjian, the servant of the ministry, came out of the ranks.

"Pei Aiqing knows about military affairs, this time to send troops, the imperial court needs to transfer troops from Liang, Yi and other eighteen states to participate in the counterinsurgency?"

"Your Majesty, although the Yongchang barbarians have gathered hundreds of thousands, most of their troops are mountain barbarians, and they have not fought in a rabble. And Yaozhou has many high mountains and deep valleys, dense jungles, and it is not suitable for a large army to go to quell the rebellion, and a small number of elite soldiers can be used, and the minister is expected to be able to deal with it within 10,000. ”

Li Zhi thought about it and felt that what Pei Xingjian said was reasonable, and after soliciting the opinions of Zhang Da'an, Hao Chujun and others, he officially issued an order to appoint Liang Jishou, the deputy commander of the crown prince Zuowei, as the head of the Yaozhou Road march, and ordered Hu Zhitong and Li Dazhi to be the deputies, and transferred Liang, Yi and other eighteen state soldiers to recruit and suppress Yongchangman.

Li Yu estimated that this counterinsurgency should be put down soon, and the impact would not be great, otherwise there would be little ink in history.

After hearing the news of Yongchang's rebellion, Li Yu specially went to Hongwenguan to find a map of Jiannan Road, and found that Yongchang was actually in the southwest of Erhai Liuzhao, and checked the geographical records and learned that the two were only separated by more than 200 miles. Among the six edicts, the southernmost Mengshe edict was the tribe that unified the six edicts and established the Nanzhao decades later, which became a major disaster in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years, causing China to lose the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau for more than 500 years.

Is it time to take the opportunity of sending troops south to Yongchang to quell the rebellion, and nip the opportunity of the unification of the six edicts in the bud at the moment?

Li Yu's thumb slid over his lower lip, and he was full of energy thinking about what method to use to enable the Tang Dynasty to directly control the Six Edicts of Erhai and turn the barbarians into Xia, so as to use it as a base to intercept Tubo in the southwest in the future.

Li Hong looked back and saw Li Yu staring ahead, his eyes were shining, obviously he must have thought of something good.

Taking advantage of the fact that the courtiers were concentrating on discussing state affairs, and no one paid attention to their princes, Li Hong poked Li Yu in the elbow and asked quietly: "Brother Yu, what good things have you thought of?" ”

"There are no good things, I am sad for the country!"

"Oh? Brother Yu, if you have any good ideas, you might as well share them with Brother Wei. ”

Li Yu leaned into his eldest brother's ear and whispered about the good solution he had just thought of, Li Hong's brows gradually furrowed, and he discussed with Li Yu in a whisper, and he didn't agree with the strategy he proposed.

After the court meeting, Li Hong looked at the back of Brother Yu leaving and fell into deep thought, and there was a faint worry in his expression.

Li Xian was a little puzzled, what did Brother Yu discuss with his eldest brother, which made the eldest brother have a sense of sorrow on his face.

On the way back, Li Xian asked curiously: "Big brother, what did you discuss with Brother Yu that made you feel a little sad?" ”

"Hey!" Li Hong sighed: "Although Brother Yu is young, he has a strong bloody aura in his heart. ”

"With blood in your heart?" Li Xian was a little confused, "What does the eldest brother mean by this?" ”

"Maybe Brother Yu is used to seeing tearing and killing in Anton, and he doesn't care much about the deaths and injuries of the people in the war, and his heart has become ruthless."

Looking at the second brother's puzzled gaze, Li Hong coughed lightly twice and said, "Brother Yu has proposed a solution to the rebellion of the Yongchang barbarians once and for all - to kill and stop the rebellion!" ”

"Kill to stop rebellion?" Li Xian pondered these four words, there are already dead and wounded in the war, and it seems inappropriate to kill and stop rebellion!

Li Hong walked slowly and continued: "Brother Yu proposed to stop the rebellion by killing, and wherever he went, all the barbarians who participated in the rebellion would slaughter the city and wash the mountains, leaving no one behind, and the head would be built on the side of the road to form a Jingguan to deter. Women and children were all military prostitutes, and the old and weak were reduced to serfs and cultivated the fields for the counterinsurgency army. ”

"Slaughtering the city and washing the mountain, doesn't this prompt the barbarians to fight to the death and not surrender?"

Looking at the second brother's shocked look, Li Hong smiled bitterly: "What does Brother Yu mean, the barbarians are not my Huaxia people after all, today's rebellion is suppressed, and its population is especially there, tomorrow when we see the opportunity, it will still rebel, why not cut its population to prevent future troubles." If you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, these barbarians will have a gap with the Tang Dynasty after all. Tubo pushed the border eastward to the southwest of Jiannan Province along the barbarians, even if the Yongchang barbarians were suppressed this time, but it would also secretly pass through Tubo, lead to Austrian aid, and eventually lead to trouble in the southwest. ”

"What Brother Yu is concerned about is the truth, it's just that Yongchang has many deep mountains and valleys, and it is not easy to punish Yongchang." Li Xian didn't think there was anything wrong with Brother Yu's strategy, after all, what was the pity if it wasn't for the people of Huaxia to kill him. Repeated rebellions will only make the imperial soldiers and horses exhausted, and one day they will be too tired to suppress the rebellion.

Seeing that the second brother actually agreed with what Brother Yu said, Li Hong opened his mouth and didn't know for a while, shook his head and smiled: "Second brother, my Huaxia has been a civilized state since ancient times, and it comforts the Quartet with benevolence and righteousness, and it is respected by the four people." Since the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, China and Yidi have all been the people of the Tang Dynasty and have been treated as one. How can we be suspicious and jealous at will because of different types, and do the act of mutilating the people of the Tang Dynasty? The barbarian rebellion is actually coerced by the ambition of the barbarian chieftain, and the rebellion can only be punished, so why is it because the other party is not of the same species as my Huaxia and kills innocents indiscriminately? Doesn't this make Siyi suspicious of the Tang Dynasty and have a chaotic heart? ”

Li Xian wanted to refute, but seeing the shame on his eldest brother's face, he remembered that the eldest brother was benevolent and filial by nature, and even when he read the story of Chu Shizi Mi Shangchen killing the king contained in "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period", he couldn't help but cover up the book and couldn't bear to hear about it, and refused to read this book again.

The eldest brother, who cultivates himself with benevolence and virtue and loves the world, how can he kill the barbarians and agree with the bloody strategy mentioned by Brother Yu?

Poor Brother Yu was given a cruel and bloody comment by the eldest brother's benevolent heart, and Li Xian felt quite unfair for Brother Yu in his heart.

I don't know if the eldest brother's benevolent heart is good or bad for the country and the people?

Is not a ruler a man of sages and virtues? Since ancient times, the monarchs who have emphasized benevolence, righteousness and morality have fallen under the long sword of the enemy, and have become a joke through the ages.

The most famous ones such as Song Xianggong in the Spring and Autumn Period left the idiom Song Xiangzhiren to laugh for thousands of years and became a wake-up call for future generations.

Although Li Hong did not agree with Brother Yu's strategy of killing to stop the rebellion, he was quite appreciative of the other two strategies proposed by Brother Yu.

Doctors of Confucianism were sent to the southwestern counties to serve as state commanders and county magistrates, educating the localities and changing customs. Establish official schools in each prefecture and county, set up chiefs, doctors, and teaching assistants, with doctors of Confucianism as the director, to manage and teach the children of the barbarians.

Send Buddhist and Taoist monks and famous teachers to the southwest barbarian counties to preach, open altars and preach, and lead the barbarians to live in peace and be kind.

On the second day, Li Hong compiled the part of the policy proposed by Brother Yu into a book of music, and played it to the eldest father.