"Niangniang, Weichen thinks that these hundreds of thousands of people must not let them go back to Anbei!" Liu Yi bluntly stated his opinion, "Let these people be used by my Datang!"

"Oh!" Wu Zetian was a little surprised, and his surprised expression couldn't help but show, "You talk to this palace, how to use it?" ”

Today, there is a dispute among the courtiers over how to deal with the more than 200,000 Turks captured in this expedition to Anbei, and most of the courtiers are suggesting that these Turks be released back to Anbei to show the benevolence of our Tang Dynasty, and then entrust some surrendered Turkic leaders as chiefs, and lead these surrendered Turks to guard the northern frontier for my Tang Dynasty; There are not many people who oppose this opinion, only Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Xuantong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Wei Yuanzhong, the Zhongshu Sheren, etc., these people suggested that the imperial court should place this tribe between the Hebei Province and the Prefecture to the Shan Yu Duhufu, just like Wen Yanbo's suggestion in the Zhenguan period, to split the various departments in the form of tribes, place the prefectures and counties or the governor's mansion, and make their respective leaders the governors or assassins, or let them enter the court as officials, and strengthen the rule over these Turkic people. Ashina Sheer and other similar Turkic leaders who are loyal to my Tang Dynasty.

However, most of the important ministers did not agree with the decision to relocate and resettle, and their opinions dominated the court, although the court did not make a final decision, but everyone understood that the court would also adopt such a strategy, release these Turkic captives back to Anbei, and then appoint each head as the governor or assassin, and put them under the management of the Shan Yu Metropolitan Protectorate, so there was not much difference before.

Liu Yi said with a thoughtful look: "Niangniang, these rebellious Turkic people were originally the subjects of my Datang, and under the leadership of the tribal leaders, they betrayed my Datang, such a rebellious behavior must be punished accordingly, if they are let go, how can they achieve the effect of warning?" Not to mention that other tribes will laugh at me after knowing such a thing, and the Tang Dynasty will not dare to deal with the rebellious tribes, just say that these hundreds of thousands of Turkic people are a force that cannot be underestimated, among these people, there are at least thirty percent of the young and middle-aged people who can fight on horseback, with a total of nearly 100,000 people, these people have not been punished, and they will be let go back to the grassland of Anbei. ”

"You go on!" Regarding Liu Yi's words, Wu Zetian was noncommittal, and asked Liu Yi to go on.

"Wei Chen thinks that in order to punish the rebels, it is necessary to make these Turkic people who participated in the rebellion pay the price," Liu Yi cleared his throat and said firmly again: "The minister feels that they should contribute to the prosperity and construction of my Tang Dynasty..."

What do you mean by that? How can I contribute to Datang? Wu Zetian was interested in his heart, but there was no change on his face.

"The minister thinks that they should be allowed to carry out labor reform," Liu Yi said very resolutely, and quickly continued, "The minister knows that every year the imperial court will recruit the people to serve in Yao, build roads, and build water conservancy, if it is a slack time, it will not miss the agricultural work, but it will increase the burden of the people, and sometimes the migrant workers have to be recruited during the busy agricultural time, which will not only miss the agricultural work, but may even arouse the people's resentment, if these captives are used to do this..."Liu Yi paused, and glanced at Wu Zetian, who was staring at him, Seeing that Wu Zetian didn't have any displeasure, he continued, "The imperial court can not only save a lot of expenses, but also exempt the people of several states and even several provinces from the pain of labor, and the people will be grateful for the grace of the imperial court, and at the same time, these captives can also be reformed and their fighting spirit can be dampened..."

"The minister came back to Chang'an and Luoyang several times, and found that the official road from Chang'an to Luoyang already needs to be repaired, and some difficult places also need to be rebuilt, presumably there are many roads in other places that need to be built. Liu Yi swallowed his saliva and continued, "The minister also knows that natural disasters have continued in recent years, and many times the people's farmland cannot be irrigated because of drought, and many places urgently need to build water conservancy and irrigation facilities, and the construction of water conservancy facilities requires a lot of labor.

"What you said makes some sense, go on..."Wu Zetian already had a look of praise on his face.

"Thank you Niangniang for the compliment," Liu Yi stood up and thanked him, and then said, "These hundreds of thousands of captives only need to send a small number of sergeants to assist the magistrate in guarding them, and if they behave well, after a few years, they will be rewarded according to their respective performance to evaluate the degree of repentance of their sins, and even remove them from the status of coolies." If I Datang don't abuse them, these captives will definitely realize their crimes after a few years of hard work, and be moved by the tolerance of my Datang, so that not only can these hundreds of thousands of captives be reformed, but also these captives can be used to build a lot of roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure for my Datang, for the benefit of the people of my Datang, this is a good thing for my Datang, If the other tribes with different hearts knew about such a thing, they would definitely reflect on it before they made a disturbance..."

This is a plan to kill several birds with one stone, not only can these captives be transformed into used, and even let them join the army, this is also a way to reduce the northern tribesmen on a large scale, the recovery of the population is very slow, the population of the northern tribes has been captured by my Datang on a large scale, the population has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible to recover soon.

This method can also be a major psychological blow to other wavering tribes.

"That's reasonable, it's better than any minister in the court, listening to the words of the virtuous nephew just now, I can't believe that it is the mouth of a young man like you who has just been weak!" Wu Zetian stood up, walked down the steps, walked to Liu Yi's side, looked at Liu Yi and said, "I think, just listen to what you are doing today, and only entrust you with a Zhonglang general of Qianniuwei, it is really too wronged by you!"

"Niangniang, Weichen all came up with these things when he was resting in the house during this time and was idle and had nothing to do!" Liu Yi saluted respectfully, Wu Zetian's words, don't mean that he wants to give himself other official positions, or promote himself to an official, right? If so, it's a big bargain that was inadvertently picked up.

"If you think about this matter again, you will tell Your Majesty that it is so beneficial to the people of the Tang Dynasty, if you know about it and don't bring it up to the emperor, it really shouldn't be!" Wu Zetian smiled and said, "Don't tell anyone else about this matter for the time being, when the court meeting, you have to bring it up in front of hundreds of officials, and you will support you..."

"Yes, Niangniang," Liu Yi was ecstatic in his heart, as far as he knew, Wu Zetian openly expressed such support for the idea put forward by a minister, which was really very rare, and Liu Yi was also pondering another reason for this.

"Virtuous nephew, Yu still underestimated your talent!" Wu Zetian stood in front of Liu Yi about a step away, staring at Liu Yi with his eyes, and said in a gentle tone, "A person as talented as you, looking at my Datang, it's really rare, I didn't see the wrong person..."

"Wechen is also very grateful to Niangniang for her trust in the minister, if there is no implementation of the martial arts system proposed by Niangniang, as well as Niangniang's discernment, Wechen is still in the house with nothing to do, and there is no opportunity to do things for the court!" Liu Yi hurriedly patted his ass, Wu Zetian said this, this is the best time to show allegiance to her, although saying such things makes him feel very disobedient, but he is used to doing things that are against his will, not to mention just saying a few words against his will, without a little pressure.

"Your literary and martial arts are so extraordinary, no wonder there are so many people who like you, and even Yu loves you unusually!" Wu Zetian still looked at Liu Yi with a smile on his face and said, "Taiping, Wan'er, I've never seen the two of them like a person so much..."

"Niangniang..."Hearing this, Liu Yi was shocked.

Wu Zetian waved his hand, signaling Liu Yi not to ask anything, and then put his hand behind his back, until Liu Yi was on his side, as if saying something insignificant, "Virtuous nephew, a few maids gifted to you by Taiping have already arrived at your house, right?" ”

Liu Yi was even more surprised, he didn't expect Wu Zetian to ask about this after praising himself, this is where he has a little weakness, during his father's filial piety, he openly accepted the woman given by others, although he was just a maid, but he still felt that it was inappropriate, and he hurriedly explained: "Niangniang, this is really not what Weichen wants, Weichen is used to living in the house, and he doesn't need so many maids, but the princess's kindness, Weichen really can't refuse, he can only accept..."

Liu Yi was a little sullen, your daughter is so domineering, she openly asked her mother to sell the maid, what else can she do, she can only accept it, you can't even Princess Taiping and a few maids together, sweep out the door, Liu Yi also knows that Wu Zetian should be unhappy when he knows this, and he is ready to wait for punishment.

How do you know that Wu Zetian showed a brisk smile, and said as if talking to herself: "This girl, really dare to do things..."

When Liu Yi heard this, her head slammed, this seemingly light-hearted sentence already showed Wu Zetian's attitude towards this matter, that is, she already knew about it, but she didn't have any objection or blame, but praised her daughter a little.

Liu Yi didn't reply, but heard Wu Zetian say again: "Virtuous nephew, are those maids satisfied?" ”

"Wechen doesn't dare to be dissatisfied!" These maids who were sent as their maids were indeed not bad, and they were satisfied, but Wu Zetian asked, even if he was not satisfied, he would say that he was satisfied, otherwise the situation of those women would be very miserable.

"It's good to be satisfied!" Wu Zetian turned around and faced Liu Yi, "Virtuous nephew, you also make this palace quite satisfied, Taiping, she has always been pampered, you have to let her a little bit in some things, this is the case now, and it will be like this in the future..."

"Yes, Weichen understands..."If Liu Yi doesn't understand the meaning of Wu Zetian's words, then hit the wall..."This time you are given a position in the Yulin Army, you also need to serve in the Yulin Army, presumably you have some trustworthy subordinates when you go on this expedition, right?" You will present the list to them, and let them join you in the Feather Forest Army..."

"Wechen understands!" Liu Yi was overjoyed.

"You go first, after you are familiar with the affairs of the Yulin Army, I will tell you again,"

"Yes! !"

"Write down all the things you have said today and present them in a recital, and let them be seen first..."

"Wechen understands!"

(To be continued)