Xiao Quzhi looked into his eyes and said, "Xiao Qi, do you know what I like most about Datang?" One of my favorites is Datang's high-spirited self-confidence and pioneering spirit, and the second is Datang's tolerant, open-minded and inclusive broad-mindedness.

I don't like these Hu people now, but if you think about An Baozhen, Li Liangliu, Li Shahai, then think about Ge Shuhan, Li Guangbi, and then think about the previous Qibi He Li, Ashina Sheer, and Persistence.

They are all Hu people, but their thoughts, ways of thinking, and living habits are the same as ordinary Tang people, and they are also loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

It is by virtue of the high-spirited self-confidence and the spirit of striving for progress that Datang has struggled step by step to reach such a large territory, and the Tang people are the most confident and proud group of people in the world!

In the process of Datang's pioneering and hard work, it is because of absorbing and using the power of the Hu people that it has achieved so many brilliant victories in a short period of time!

In the campaign to pacify the Western Turks, General Su Dingfang, whom I admire the most, broke through 10,000 Western Turkic troops of 100,000, and there were 2,000 Uighur soldiers among the 10,000 soldiers.

Therefore, even if 90 percent of the Hu people are revenge and rebellious, we cannot beat the Hu people to death with a stick. ”

Li Qi's brows furrowed even tighter: "Hasn't Master always hated them?" And Master, aren't you worried about them backlashing? Raising a tiger is a remnant, and when the time comes, it bites the owner. ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled: "So we have to find a way to turn them into people like An Baozhen, the old general of Ge Shuhan!" ”

"How did it be?"

"Give them the household registration of Datang and make up the households. Let them become people like ordinary Chinese people. Collect their taxes. Let them pay for Datang from now on, participate in the construction of Datang and their hometown, and subtly, they will naturally become people like An Baozhen. ”

Li Qi's eyes widened, his face was full of disbelief, and after a while, he said, "How come?"

Now we are so nice to them that we don't collect taxes from these Hu people. Don't let them contribute to the Tang Dynasty, these Hu people are rebellious.

If you do what Master said, collect taxes, and let them contribute to the Tang Dynasty and take responsibility, I am afraid that these Hu people will immediately turn against them! ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled lightly and said, "Maybe, but for a long time, they will become people like An Baozhen as I said." ”

Li Qi thought for a long time. said: "Xiao Qi doesn't think very clearly, Master, you can briefly talk about it." ”

"I've been thinking about this for a long time. Not necessarily. Xiao Quzhi found a piece of iron and put two trona crystals on it, and then ran the qi and blood into the palm of his hand, and began to heat it while saying:

For example, An Baozhen, as well as his brother An Baoyu, their great-ancestors An Xiuren and An Xinggui, made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and thus won the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the two brothers and their descendants love Datang as their hometown, and consider themselves Tang people from the bottom of their hearts.

There is also Qi Bi He Li, he took the initiative to vote, Qi Bi He Li has been following the Tang Army for a long time, fighting side by side, making military achievements, and was rewarded by Emperor Taizong, so he is loyal to the Tang Dynasty;

And Qibi He Li's younger brother Helan Prefecture Governor Qibi Shamen, but he has been enjoying happiness in Jianzhou for a long time, and has never fought for the Tang Dynasty, so when he saw Xue Yantuo's strength, he took his mother to Xue Yantuo.

Later, he went home to save his relatives, and was tied up by his clansmen and handed over to Xue Yantuo Khan, who would rather die than surrender.

He Li and Shamen were originally two brothers, but there was such a big difference, wasn't it because He Li didn't pay for it? ”

Li Qi thought for a while and said: "Master, are you saying that Qi Bi He Li is loyal to Datang because he has contributed to Datang and made contributions to Datang, while his younger brother Qi Qi Shamen only enjoyed the favors and benefits given to him by Datang, and did not contribute to Datang, but was not loyal to Datang?" ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and nodded.

Li Qi's brows furrowed tighter: "It seems that this is the case, but the reason doesn't make sense!" Why is this happening? Those who contribute are loyal, and those who do not contribute but enjoy the benefits are not faithful? It doesn't make sense! ”

Xiao Quzhi looked at the sodium carbonate decahydrate crystals on the iron sheet, which had already evaporated and dehydrated at this time, and there was white powder precipitated.

After waiting for a while, the water vapor quickly dissipated, and the original crystal clear trona crystals were gone, leaving only a pile of white powder on the iron sheet.

Xiao Quzhi picked a little bit with his fingernails and tasted it, there was a slight bitter taste, astringent, similar to the alkaline noodles bought in the market, Xiao Quzhi was very satisfied.

"How so?" Li Qi looked curious.

"Amazing, right? Before, it was because it contained water, so it looked crystal clear. Now I use the method of heating to drive the water away from it, and it turns into a white powder. ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said, "This knowledge is the simple chemistry I will teach you in the future." Unlike arithmetic, you don't need to go too deep to understand a little. It's a magical science, and it's like a trick. ”

Xiao Quzhi didn't plan to teach Li Qi too much knowledge of chemistry and physics, just teach some basic principles, the purpose was to make him not strange to many "magical" phenomena, and to have more scientific spirit, so that he would not be superstitious and not deceived.

For example, when I was in Wudang Mountain, I saw a Taoist priest "catching ghosts" to deceive people. It seems that this kind of trick has also appeared many times in history, and many people have been fooled and will wait for the next opportunity to show him.

However, Xiao Qubing spent so much effort not to train him to become a chemist or a physicist.

Seeing that he showed a high level of interest, Xiao Quzhi promptly shifted the topic to the topic of Hu Ren.

"There will be a lot of small experiments to teach you in the future, in short, you must know that many seemingly magical things in this world are actually very simple principles in them."

Xiao Quzhi said with a smile: "Now let's talk about how to turn these Hu people into people like An Baozhen and Qi Bi He Li."

Didn't you just say that the performance of the two brothers was very unreasonable, right? ”

Li Qi came back to his senses and nodded very seriously: "Yes, Xiao Qi is a little confused. ”

"I figured it out from a different angle." Xiao Quzhi smiled lightly: "Let's make an analogy."

It's like a hostel, very well built, very beautiful and very comfortable to stay in. But how would you feel if it was suddenly burned? ”

Li Qi thought for a moment: "I will feel a pity." ”

"It's just a pity, I don't really care about it, do I?"

"It should be."

Xiao Quzhi smiled and asked: "Then if this house was built by you brick by brick and wood, you are very satisfied with him, and you think it is your most proud work, and now it is burned, how do you feel?" ”

"I'm going to be sad and heartbroken."

"And if this house was not only built by you, but also your shelter, and now it is burned, how would you feel at that time?"

"I can't wait to find that murderer and fight with him!"

"That's the reason." Xiao Quzhi clapped his hands and said: "Brother Qi Qi He Li participated in the construction of this house, watching it be built brick by brick, he spent effort and effort on it, he is very affectionate about this house.

At the same time, he also feels that he can build such a good house, which is very fulfilling, and naturally, he will cherish and take care of this house very much!

If someone were to burn down the house he had spent so much effort to build and destroy him, would he naturally fight with each other?

But the younger brother Qibi Shamen, when he was building the house, did not do anything, did not exert any strength. When the house is finished, he will move in directly, you say, how much affection will he have for this house? He just treats him as a hostel that doesn't cost money.

If someone was going to burn down the house, how could he fight the arsonist for the sake of a hostel that had no feelings for him and was just a temporary overnight stay? ”

Li Qi suddenly understood: "Master, are you saying that the reason why these Hu people are rebellious is because they don't have no feelings for Datang." And the reason why there is no emotion is because he has not put in his heart and effort for Datang. ”

Xiao Quzhi laughed and said: "That's what I mean, although it's not necessarily all right, but it's also more than eighty percent right!" ”

"So Master's method is to let them obtain Datang household registration, compile households, collect their taxes, and let them pay hard work and efforts for Datang and make contributions, so naturally they will have feelings for Datang and identify themselves as Datang people."

"That's it." Xiao Quzhi said: "In addition, of course, we must also give them some benefits and gains, such as although we collect taxes from them, we also find ways to improve their lives and make them live better than before." ”

"How is this going to be done?"

"For example, business exchanges, buying their cattle, sheep, war horses, giving them the food, salt and tea they want, as well as various daily necessities, and disaster relief when they suffer from snowstorms."

Li Qi was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he also felt that this was a good way, he thought for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Although we are kind, I am afraid that these Hu people may not appreciate it."

They are accustomed to being free and idle, barely producing, and at the same time plundering. They will definitely not see the latter at first, but only the households and the people in the front, and the collection of taxes.

They're going to resist! ”

Xiao Quai's face was cold; "Then it's up to them, it's useless to explain this kind of thing, and the explanation is different, and it's really difficult to change the habits.

Therefore, if they resist, they will kill until they dare not resist, and those who refuse to be tamed will be destroyed, and those who cannot be changed by plundering will be killed! ”

Li Qi's eyes suddenly lit up at this time: "Master, let's start doing it in this direction now!" (To be continued.) )