"Of course you can, first of all, we receive a large number of cattle and sheep from the Turks, which is money; secondly, the gold, silver, jewelry, and booty of the nobles' homes; The most important, and long-neglected of all, are prisoners of war. We can't let these people back into the grasslands, otherwise in three or two years, they will form combat effectiveness again and cause us harm again. Changsun Chong said solemnly, now is the time when Datang is short of people, and a lot of wasteland is undeveloped, which is a big waste!

"The virtuous nephew is wrong, this captive consumes a lot of food every day, not only does it take a lot of food and money to raise them, but it also takes manpower to take care of them, and from time to time it will be more costly, so it is better to let them go." Li Jinghe added that it would be bad to worry that Changsun Chong would be hot-headed and insist on keeping these prisoners of war.

Hey, the concept still hasn't changed, Changsun Chong continued to explain: "These prisoners of war are all young and middle-aged, although they need to spend money and food, but they have the strength to work!" ”

"Datang doesn't have any land to distribute to them now!" Tang Jian disagreed.

"Who said that let them go farming, during the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal, which cost the people and money, but now that we have such captives, we don't need to requisition the people of the Tang Dynasty to serve in labor, build bridges and pave roads, only need to provide food, and don't pay wages, which makes money." The eldest grandson Chong said proudly, he is still too little free labor!

"But how could these Turks be willing to work?" Tang Jiancai didn't believe that these Turks were so good at talking, working in vain, gathering people to make trouble, and escaping, wouldn't it be even more troublesome.

Eldest Sun Chong shook his head and added, "Lord Tang, you often deal with the Turks, how do you say the Turkic commoners are doing?" ”

Tang Jian thought for a while and said: "The Turkic commoners were oppressed by the Turkic nobles, and most of them were slaves of the nobles. ”

"This is simpler, then tell them that as long as An An is assigned to Datang for ten years of work, he can obtain a free status recognized by Datang and become a citizen of Datang. When working, Datang covers room and board. Ten years later, Datang will also give them land to settle down. "Changsun Chong has seen the Turkic common people, and he has lived a much harder life than the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"But where did Datang get the land to give to them? They will only graze, they will not farm, wouldn't it be better to go back to the grassland?" Li Jing asked, why bother to mobilize the people to divide the land among them.

The more Changsun Chong said, the more excited he became: "Hundreds of thousands of captives can open up a lot of wasteland and distribute these wastelands to them, so that they will merge with the people of the Tang Dynasty, and they will live well, intermarry with each other, and slowly become the people of the Tang Dynasty." If they are put on the grassland, they will let the tiger return to the mountain, and sooner or later they will deal with Datang. Let's think about it again, the total population of the former Sui was more than 40 million, but now there are only more than 10 million, which is only a quarter of the former Sui Dynasty. Datang now needs a population, a large population. ”

Li Jing and Tang Jian listened, thought for a while, and then slowly said: "The words of the virtuous nephew have opened the eyes of our two old guys!" In this way, the Turkic captives said that they could not be sent back. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty requisitioned the people to open the canal, labored the people and lost money, and made the people complain. Great idea, really a good idea. ”

"Calculated in this way, these hundreds of thousands of captives, one person's annual salary in addition to food and clothing, even if there are five wages, 130,000 captives are 650,000, and ten years are 6.5 million yuan, no matter how you count it, it is all earned. If you continue to do so, even if you go to war again, not only will you not spend money on the treasury, but you will also be able to earn a lot. Tang Jian did a rough calculation, and finally understood that the captives that Changsun Chong said were the most valuable.

"Yes, and in the land of Lingnan, where the temperature is high, the crops are two crops and three crops a year, but the environment is bad, and letting these people go to open up the wasteland can be regarded as atonement." Changsun Chong suggested, "Therefore, such a matter of benefiting the country and the people still needs the mediation of General Li and Lord Tang to persuade Your Majesty not to let go of such a good labor force because of those civil officials who chirp a few crooked words." ”

Li Jing is a military attaché, but Tang Jian is a veritable civil official, seeing the eldest grandson Chong speaking, he was obviously prejudiced against the civilian official, coughed dryly, and said: "It seems that your father, the eldest grandson Wuji, is also a civil official." ”

Changsun Chong was choked for a moment, and said: "I mean that some more pedantic civil officials insist on influencing these grassland peoples with benevolence, righteousness and morality, but they forget that these peoples are not educated at all, so it is in vain to teach them benevolence, righteousness and morality, so when they are obedient, and then educate them, this is the correct order." ”

"Your idea is good, but isn't it a little too profit-seeking and impersonal?" Tang Jian frowned slightly, although he could accept such a move, he was afraid that those pedantic literati in Chang'an would not be able to accept it.

"Don't don't, talking about money hurts feelings, but talking about feelings hurts money! If we don't do this, how can we pacify Tibet, conquer Goryeo, fight Nanzhao, and occupy the Wa Kingdom!" Changsun Chong hurriedly continued to brainwash, not to let these people fall into a dead end, to change the war strategy of the entire Tang Dynasty, and adhere to the principle that the more you fight, the more money you make.

"Virtuous nephew, you said that you will level Tibet, conquer Goryeo, fight Nanzhao, and occupy the country of Wa?" Tang Jian stammered, and was frightened by the eldest grandson Chong, this breath is really big, even the majestic and talented Majesty does not dare to have such an idea, the former Sui three expeditions to Goryeo, but one of the reasons for accelerating the fall of the Sui Dynasty.

Li Jing's eyes were like torches, staring at Changsun Chong, as if he wanted to see something from Changsun Chong's face, and asked for a while, "Why do you have such thoughts?" ”

Li Jing is a military general, so he naturally hopes that there will be endless battles, so that Li Er will reuse them as always, instead of flying all the birds and hiding the good bow; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook.

"Because I am a citizen of Datang, I hope to fight for more living space for Datang." The eldest grandson Chong said in a deep voice, "So we can't fight because of war, there is national righteousness in this, and we can't let the people suffer because of war, but we should let the people also enjoy the benefits brought by our Tang Dynasty's expansion of territory and conquest of the Quartet, so we can't lose money when we fight." ”

Tang Jian is good at handling foreign affairs, and naturally knows that although the Tang Dynasty has the prototype of a prosperous era, the threat from the surrounding countries is still not small, and he feels that what Changsun Chong said before is meaningful.

"The virtuous nephew has such an opinion at such an age, Senior Brother Yao, we are old!" Tang Jian nodded and said, "Let's talk about this Tubo, I have also heard that in recent years, there has been a more promising monarch who has gradually unified the following departments, and the national strength has increased rapidly, but because of geographical reasons, those people have not yet posed a substantial threat to the Tang Dynasty, but it is also a huge potential threat; As for Goryeo, not to mention, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo three times, not only because Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was so happy, but because in the early days of the founding of Goryeo, it only occupied a small piece of land in the middle reaches of the Hunjiang River and Yalu River, and the population was pitifully small. However, the Koreans are good at management and long-term planning, and they can gain a foothold in the base area, work steadily, and gradually expand their territory. For the Central Plains Dynasty, the strategy of superficial obedience and secret accumulation of strength was adopted, and if there was civil strife in the Central Plains of China, it would take the opportunity to occupy land and enhance its strength. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Goryeo Kingdom had occupied the land of the four counties of Liaodong, Xuansu, Lelang and Daifang in the Han Dynasty, facing China across the Liao River, and conquered the nomadic peoples such as Wofu and Fuyu, the territory expanded tenfold, the population also increased greatly, and the implementation of 'all the people are soldiers', and the standing army should be about 500,000 people. Externally, Goryeo formed an alliance with the Turks to divide the relationship between the Turks and the Central Plains Dynasty; Internally, small forces were constantly sent to intrude on the border. After the Turkic defeat, Goryeo had become the country that posed the greatest threat to the war. ”

Li Jing, as the greatest military god of the Tang Dynasty, naturally understood the relationship between the situation, and continued: "The six departments of the Southern Zhao, many ethnic groups gathered, it is not so easy to deal with, and it cannot be rushed; As for the Wa Kingdom, it is not a problem to face us across the sea from Datang. ”

Even Changsun Chong himself put the Wa Kingdom last, not to mention these generals who have never been to the Wa Kingdom, since ancient times, they all think that the vast sea is a natural barrier, and the Wa State is not to worry.

But since Changsun Chong came to the Tang Dynasty, he will never give up this attack on the Japanese state, even if he uses his life's strength, he will not give up.

From the perspective of war and diplomacy, Changsun Chong persuaded the two princes to stand on his side and persuade His Majesty and the court's ministers to change their war strategy.

Originally, Changsun Chong still wanted to talk about war reparations, but thinking that when Jieli was captured and the Eastern Turks had been destroyed, he asked who wanted the reparations, and directly collected all the property of the Turks and made them prisoners and slaves of the Tang Dynasty.

But to give them some sweetness, after their servitude, they will be restored to their free body, and give them land, after ten years of running-in, integration, these people will gradually integrate into the customs of the Han people, and then there will be no so-called Turkic barbarians.

"General Li, Lord Tang, the key to this, the last general has already made it very clear, as for whether he can convince His Majesty and the courtiers, it depends on the two of them." Changsun Chong said respectfully, believing that none of them were pedantic people, and they had already figured out the key.

"What the virtuous nephew said is very reasonable, now it seems that it is indeed those prisoners who are the most important, and this general will definitely play Your Majesty to explain the key to this." Li Jing responded and said, before the eldest grandson Chong was accused of ignoring the holy decree for him, now it is time for him to come out for the eldest grandson.

"Then thank you General Li, Lord Tang, if it's okay, the last general will retire first." The eldest grandson Chong had already finished speaking, so he took his leave.

What should be said and what should be persuaded, he said it, one of the camps is an outstanding military strategist, and the other is an experienced diplomat who can bend and stretch, after being pointed out, he must have seen it more clearly than Changsun Chong. (To be continued.) )