"Your Majesty, the minister has thought of a way to raise military expenses for Goguryeo!" Jingwen shouted at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin smiled, and then asked, "I'll just say, if you don't force you to order, I'm afraid you won't come up with a way at all." It seems that I will have to push you a little more in the future, so that you can come up with a solution! ”

Jing Wen scolded in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, after all, this is the emperor, and he wants to save some face for him.

"Your Majesty, why do you say that my Chinese people don't like war since ancient times?" Jingwen asked.

And Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "This, in fact, is also very simple. Because of the war, the people not only did not have any benefits, but also had to bear military service, and there were all kinds of taxes, grain and grass, and conscription for transporting materials, so the people did not like war. Therefore, the people do everything possible to avoid the war and will not support the country's expansion of territory. ”

Li Shimin still understood a lot, so he quickly answered.

And Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, what if I can make the war and benefit the people?" ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin was surprised.

Li Shimin had never heard of the fact that war could benefit the people. If the war can benefit the people, then I am afraid that the people will also support the war. After all, as the emperor, Li Shimin certainly knows the truth that money can make ghosts grind. Although profit is not necessarily money, the principle is the same. As long as there is interest, the people will support it. And if the people can benefit from the war, then I am afraid that the people will also support the war, and instead change from the side that opposes the war to the side that supports the war.

Even, Li Shimin can also think that if the people can support the war in the future, An will be able to let Datang continue to expand its territory, and then it can continue to conquer the world. And this benefit is crucial, because only after the benefit is obtained. Only then can the people continue to support the war, forming a virtuous circle. And Li Shimin was also in a hurry, because if this virtuous circle could really be formed, then the people would support the war, and the civilian officials might not be able to continue to oppose the war. Moreover, if you can gain benefits from fighting, then there is no reason why you will die in a belligerent war. The so-called belligerence will perish, that is because there is no benefit, so it will become a dead country, and the former Sui is the same. Now, if there are many practical benefits to be gained through war, then there will be no warlike death. On the contrary, it will get richer and stronger.

"Say, how are we going to get this money?" Li Shimin asked.

And Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, we might as well regard this war as a business!" ”

"Business?" Li Shimin was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, when we usually fight wars and wars against foreign countries, how do we deal with those prisoners, as well as all kinds of gold, gold, silver, treasures, and land?" Jingwen asked.

And Li Shimin said: "Prisoner." After we win the battle, we can let them go home! As long as they don't resist, then why should we embarrass them? ”

However, Jingwen immediately objected and said: "Your Majesty, we are going to Goguryeo this time. But in order to take revenge, to avenge the hatred of my Chinese children who died in Goguryeo. If their soldiers hinder us, they will naturally be our enemies, and we will naturally have no reason to forgive their sins! They had to do the hard work. Then create zào value for our people in the Tang Dynasty, so that we can compensate for their sins. For example, repairing river embankments, or various projects. That's all they can do. Those dangerous dirty work, that's all for them to do well. ”

Also, those people of Goguryeo, don't think that they are all good people. Many years ago, I don't know how many old people killed the soldiers of our Chinese Sui Dynasty when they conquered Goguryeo. Now that they are old, are their sins so lightened? If we forgive them like this, won't they become more and more proud, and many countries will not take our Datang in their eyes in the future? Therefore, they must serve as a substitute for the people of Datang to create value. As for their old age, let their children and grandchildren pay for it with hard labor. We did not kill them to take revenge, it is already very merciful. And how did those territories that Goguryeo is so big now come about? It was not obtained by invading our China, so they planted food on the land of China, and then fed themselves and gained profits. They are all beneficiaries, shouldn't they give us some rent? Over the past few hundred years, there should be a lot of land rent, right? Therefore, they must pay higher taxes than our people in the Central Plains, and then pay off the land rent for hundreds of years. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, even if he was a general and emperor for many years, he almost vomited blood. Li Shimin has seen something that can be nonsense, but he has never seen something that can be so nonsense. However, Li Shimin also immediately realized that these prisoners of war and ordinary people, even the aliens in the land of Goguryeo, all had a lot of "original sin". If they are able to survive and reproduce on the land that originally belongs to China, that is to say, they have stolen the land of China, and then they can reproduce. So they are inherently sinful and must pay for their ancestors. And they were able to survive, it was because they formed and plundered the land of China, and they were able to have today. Therefore, all the people who can survive are "guilty".

Of course, it is impossible for Datang to kill them because of this, but it is definitely appropriate to reduce their treatment. For example, they had to bear higher taxes to atone for the sins of their ancestors. And only when they have created enough benefits for Datang, and then their descendants have truly recognized Datang, then they can be regarded as truly integrated into Datang.

As for those who obstruct the soldiers and kill the Chinese people, of course, they must be punished. Although each has its own masters on the battlefield, but now Datang has no choice, so he can only work hard for them. Anyway, Datang didn't kill them to take revenge, that was already very merciful. Let them serve ten or eight years of conscription for Datang, that's not too much! Therefore, this is also the key to making money in the war, these are all interests one by one, and the people of the Central Plains in the past have neglected these interests, so they have lost money in the war. Now Jingwen brought it up, and Li Shimin immediately discovered that war is also beneficial, and it is not necessarily a good deal! The huge benefits in this are things that those officials in ancient times did not discover, and Jingwen, a later generation, easily discovered. (To be continued......)