Hearing Li Zhi say this, Liu Yi said in a very firm tone: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, although the land of Beihu is in the alpine zone, with long winters and short summers, there must be many suitable places to live, and many good places where crops can be grown, otherwise, how can the Hu people survive?" "In later generations, there were so many big cities in northern Mongolia and the Soviet Union, where millions of people lived, of course, they could live and grow crops, not to mention that there are also a large number of tribesmen living in this place now.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian glanced at each other and did not speak, but Liu Yi understood that they did not object to what he said just now. Liu Yi also saw Shangguan Wan'er on the side throwing complicated eyes at him, as if he was a little worried, Liu Yi followed Shangguan Wan'er's gaze back, and blinked quickly twice concealedly, indicating that he understood what she meant and would speak roundly.

"If our army can be stationed in the north and northwest for a long time, and does not fully need the supply of grain and grass and other materials in the interior, then in the military confrontation with the Turks or Tubo, the advantage will slowly grow, under the governance of His Majesty and Niangniang, the national strength of my Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the national strength is not the Turkic departments, and even the Tubo can be compared, the advantage of the population is more obvious, if the Tubo has maintained a high-intensity military confrontation with my Tang Dynasty, it will not take a few years, the disadvantage of our army can be transformed into an advantage, Under the continuous attacks of our Tang army, it is possible to drag Tubo down..."

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, Tubo could not bear the war for many years, and Liu Yi now knows that this should be an important reason why Yifeng did not continue to take further military action after Tubo won a major military victory in Qinghai in the third year. Liu Yi also knew that at the end of Zhenguan, Li Shimin led a large army to conquer Goryeo and obtained dozens of cities, although he did not destroy Goryeo, but in the following ten years, he continued to send troops of an uncertain size to harass Goryeo, so that the Goryeo people were tired and did not dare to relax at all. Forced by the pressure of our army, various forces in Goryeo continued to dispute over how to communicate with the Tang Dynasty, which eventually led to domestic turmoil and was destroyed by our Tang Dynasty.

"There's some truth to that!" After listening to what Liu Yi said, Wu Zetian was the first to react and nodded slightly.

Wu Zetian was the first to recognize Li Zhi, which surprised Liu Yi.

After Li Zhi praised Wu Zetian, he also spoke, "Nephew Liu Xian, I also agree with what you said, I guess you have more ideas that you haven't said, let's say it today!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Mother!" Liu Yi responded, and what he said was praised by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, which made him very encouraged, and he naturally looked at Shangguan Wan'er on his side, and he had already found that Shangguan Wan'er's face also had a taste of praise, which made Liu Yi feel very relieved.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Weichen thinks that for a tribe or a vassal state, military conquest is only preliminary, military conquest may not necessarily be able to firmly occupy the enemy's territory, but also must be supplemented by many means, just now Weichen said that the immigration to strengthen the strength of the Han people Although it is a supplementary means, it may lead to a long-term conflict between the Han people and the Hu people, if you want to make these Hu people from all over the country forever submit to my Tang Dynasty, further measures must be taken, that is, Sinicization, strong Sinicization... Only by sinicizing them can we completely conquer them..."

As soon as Liu Yi's words came out, several other people in the hall looked surprised, not only what Liu Yi said surprised them, but Liu Yi's very confident expression when he spoke surprised them. Shangguan Wan'er had already abandoned the sad feeling that Liu Yi brought her, and she recognized Liu Yi's views very much, and was proud that Liu Yi could think of these things that others couldn't think of, but what Liu Yi said later still surprised her, there is no minister in the court who has clearly proposed to sinicize the Hu people, and Liu Yi is the first person.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were surprised that Liu Yi could think of these things that most of the officials of the DPRK and China could not think of, this young man's mind was really not simple, and he was very confident.

"Nephew, tell me everything you think about quickly!" Li Zhi urged after exchanging a look with Wu Zetian, and Liu Yi's words aroused his great interest.

"Yes, Weichen obeys the order," seeing that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian did not show any displeasure, but looked quite interested, they were very relieved, and the opinions formed in their minds were organized into fluent language coming out of their mouths, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, and Chen believe that for a nation or tribe, or even a country, the clansmen and the people are the most important components, and language and writing are the link of their communication and contact, their roots, and the customs, morals, beliefs, and culture derived from language and writing. The common surname of this nation is the foundation of maintaining a nation, and it is an important embodiment of the cohesion of a nation.

Liu Yi, who is familiar with the affairs of the later world, knows too much the important surname of speech and writing, and forces people of different races to learn the script of the country and communicate in the language of the party, which is a means of cultural aggression and a very effective means of assimilating other peoples, and it has been proven many times in history that it has been a valid surname, such as the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the small devil, Islamization, and the empire of the year - Britain, look at so many English-speaking countries in later generations, as well as many countries under the British Commonwealth, You can understand the power of military and cultural aggression.

Of course, the most successful were the Manchus, who culturally destroyed the Chinese people and stabilized their rule, so that the so-called "Great Qing" existed for hundreds of years. In addition to massacring the Han people, the Manchu rulers also set up literary prisons at the beginning of their rule, carried out bloody suppression in the field of culture, destroyed and changed the history of ancient books when compiling ancient books, and shaved their hair to change their clothes, all of which seriously cut off the cultural traditions of the Han nation, completely castrated the Han culture, and destroyed the blood surnames of the Han people. Even the kind of Han Jian surnamed Shi can be used as a hero on the screen of national television.

It's all what is with what, society is black and white upside down... Nowadays, there are many people who realize that language and culture are important to a country and ethnic group, just like the Tubo renunciation of the sect and the praise of the Tubo people, who was called Songtsen Gampo in the history textbooks, and soon after becoming the Zanpu, he was busy creating the Tibetan script, formulating his own laws, and learning the advanced knowledge of the Tang Dynasty, which was an important means to maintain the unity and stability of the Tubo country, and also a manifestation of the wisdom of abandoning the sect and making praise.

Liu Yi put away his thoughts, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "To conquer a nation, especially a nation with a large population, killing people is a means, but it is impossible to kill all the people of a tribe or a country, and everyone is dead, then the meaning of conquest will be lost, excessive killing will also cause fear and hatred among these peoples, and the resistance will definitely be fierce. We must remove the language and script of the conquered peoples and their derivatives, let them learn our Chinese language and customs, brainwash these Hu people who have surrendered or annexed, and fundamentally have a sense of identity with our Datang..."

Liu Yi had already noticed that Shangguan Wan'er on the side had a look of amazement and admiration on his face, and he had a feeling of starry eyes when he looked at him, and he was even more proud at the moment, and continued: "For our Han nation, some of the nations that were once our enemies in history were conquered and assimilated by our Han nation, and adopted our language and writing, and their living habits have also changed. It can be said that it is sinicized, and it is also a person who can accept the rule of our Han nation..."

"Our Han people after thousands of years of practice and summary, created an excellent and splendid Chinese civilization, the ancestors in the production practice summed up countless valuable experience, it is these civilizations and experience, created the pre-Qin, the two Han Dynasty glory and prosperity, now my Tang Dynasty because of the implementation of His Majesty and Niangniang's various policies for the benefit of the country and the people, both people's livelihood, economy, military and other aspects are ahead of other ethnic groups and tribes, these policies, many are in the past history of the summary, this is also an important composition and inheritance of Han culture. It is precisely because of the implementation of these national policies that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has been rapidly improved, the people are rich, the country is stable, and it is invincible in foreign battles, far stronger and more prosperous than the pre-Qin and Han Dynasty. Many Hu people who surrendered, especially those who stayed in Chang'an, were all proud of learning Chinese characters, wearing Hanfu, and learning Chinese customs, and they all hoped that one day they would become real Tang people, and they would be recognized by the world as my people of the Tang Dynasty..."

Since Zhenguan me, the number of Hu who stayed in Chang'an was 100,000, and many people were reluctant to return after seeing the prosperity of Chang'an, and stayed in Chang'an all their lives, as a member of the Tang Dynasty, just like the United States in later generations, people all over the world envied its prosperity and hoped to live there.

"Virtuous nephew, don't stop, keep talking!" Li Zhi showed some anxiety that was not commensurate with his age and urgency.

"Yes..."Liu Yi swallowed his saliva again, moistening his somewhat dry throat, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian summoned themselves to ask about things, and they didn't let anyone bring them a cup of tea, the saliva was almost dry... Liu Yi saw Shangguan Wan'er go aside, and continued the topic just now with some puzzlement: "Our Han nation is the best nation in the world, and our Han people have created a brilliant Chinese civilization, which is incomparable and irreplaceable by other ethnic groups, and under the governance of His Majesty and Niangniang, the Tang Dynasty will be more prosperous, and it will also make the Han culture develop to a higher peak, so that the influence of Han culture will be stronger, and there will be more and farther foreign people to follow, or come to Chang'an, come to my Datang, these people, We can spread the prestige of our Tang Dynasty and the influence of Han culture to farther places, and then wherever our Tang army goes, there will be more people who support and cooperate with us, and it will be easier to govern in the future..."

"Our excellent Han cultural influence, supplemented by military means, is the best means of conquest, and in many cases the effect of cultural means of conquest is incomparable with military means. Under military suppression, the resistance may be fierce, but the influence of advanced culture is difficult to resist by others, human beings are from barbarism to civilization, from backward to advanced, no matter who wants to live a comfortable life, civilized and rich life, people get along with each other with etiquette, this is all desirable. And the Tang Dynasty led by His Majesty and Niangniang, whether in terms of materials, culture, and etiquette, can provide these surrendered Hu people with a better life, then these surrendered Hu generals and their people will also consciously or unconsciously learn our Chinese language and Han Xi, and after a few generations, they will be completely sinicized and become a member of my Tang people..."

"The conquest of culture, under the influence of a strong military force, is even more effective, if we wage war in a place, the military conquest is successful, Your Majesty sends officials to govern it, if at the same time of governance, and then apply cultural import, just like Qinghai, Anxi, Anbei, Andong, Annan land, let the local people learn Sinology, know Chinese characters, speak Chinese, wear Hanfu, practice Han etiquette, from Han customs, a few generations later, everywhere are Tang people who speak Chinese and practice Chinese customs, and how many people still remember their original words and customs, How many more people will consider themselves Turkic, Goryeo, Baekje, Tatar, Barbarian, and even Tibetan..."

"If this way is implemented in all the lands we have occupied, then in a few decades or a hundred years, there will be Tang people everywhere, and the whole world will be called China, then who will dare to be disrespectful to my Tang Dynasty..."

Liu Yi said, unconsciously showing a sinister smile, and at the same time some pictures appeared in his mind: all parts of the Tang Dynasty were calm and peaceful, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, all border towns, and all kinds of people who looked non-Han nationality in various appearances were dressed in Tang costumes, shaking their heads and shaking their heads to read the ancient Chinese characters of Zhihu Zhihu, and practicing square characters with brush characters; A large number of foreigners with high noses, blue eyes, and curly hair are arguing about the rhyme of a poem with red ears and red ears in an authentic guanzhong tone; In the restaurants, there are piles of such people talking about whether it is time to go to Chang'an to participate in the scientific examination, in addition to lamenting the long way to Chang'an, they are also discussing whether to enter the Shike or the Ming Jingke, what kind of subject essay will be appreciated by the examiners when participating in the imperial examination, and even inquiring about the submission of the paper to the important minister of the court...

(To be continued)