Zhuhu Qi calls the sky Khan, and the Tang Dynasty is powerful!

The envoys from the feudal clans danced in the Taiji Palace, Han Music and Hu Le were mixed in the hall, Li Shimin took the initiative to step down from the throne, his left hand pulled Jieli, and his right hand pulled Luo Xuanye, and took the initiative to dance Hu Dance in the hall.

"King Su, King Su, the power is vast!"

"King Su, King Su, the light is immeasurable!"

"King Su, give me good luck!"

Tian Khan rejoiced with the people, and all the envoys and ministers in the palace held hands in a circle, kicking and turning in circles while singing loudly.

In particular, those lords from the Western Regions sang in unison, "The Supreme King Heavenly Venerable, the Supreme Su King Great Heavenly Venerable, plead, please, beg you, bless our king, the king of kings in the Western Regions, the heavenly khan who is warmed by the emperor!" ”

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Some of the envoys of various countries were thousands of miles away from Chang'an, so they returned in a hurry, and some of the envoys asked others to go back, and they stayed in Chang'an directly.

It seems that there are countless faces of Hu people in Chang'an City overnight, and the people of Chang'an City have learned that the Tang Dynasty Emperor has become the Khan of Tian, and they only feel endless pride in their hearts.

In the Taiji Palace, a cadre of important ministers of the empire is still discussing these foreign affairs, and Li Shimin's attention to the affairs of foreign domains is far beyond the expectations of the prime ministers, and the reason is that the prime ministers have set their eyes on Luosu, which is the reason for the national teacher.

The Tang Dynasty conquered the Winter Turks, and the national teacher did not ask questions openly, and the Tang Dynasty dealt with the government affairs of the country, and the national teacher did not ask questions openly, but this time Zhuhu entered Beijing, and the national teacher came out.

The last time I came out was when the national policy of the Tang Dynasty was delineated, and you can imagine how much importance the national teacher attaches to this matter.

Luo Su held a turquoise scepter in his hand, in front of everyone, looking at the prime ministers, the future Tang Dynasty will rely on these people, he said with a straight face: "The world is in the king, the king is in the prime minister, and the prime minister in the world has three ranks." ”

With this sentence, the prime ministers in the palace immediately sat up straight, and wanted to listen to the third-class prime ministers of the national teacher.

Li Shimin was also quite curious: "What about these third-class prime ministers, please ask the national teacher to solve my doubts and the secretaries." ”

Luo Su said lightly: "The most inferior prime minister can see the needs of the imperial court, so that the supply of the imperial court is not scarce, and can deal with most of the problems that arise in the imperial court, and the national situation will not decline extremely because of people's mistakes." ”

Hiss~

This first sentence shocked everyone, it is not easy to ensure that the country's supply is generally not lacking, and it can also deal with the problems that arise, is this just the most inferior prime minister?

"A medium-sized prime minister can gain insight into the hidden crises in the world in advance, and then leave a warning for future generations, or solve him by himself."

Now everyone understands, this is not the meaning of the good fighter who has no outstanding achievements, but there is one point that everyone is puzzled.

"National teacher, since you have already understood the crisis in advance, why not solve it in advance?"

"Yes, national teacher, most people can't see the crisis, so they can only let it go, and now they know it but don't deal with it, what is the reason?"

Li Shimin also asked: "I also asked the national teacher to explain the doubts to the emperors, I am actually very confused about this, isn't it irresponsible to leave the problem to future generations?" ”

Hearing this, Luo Su smiled and said: "This is the best prime minister, with a vast vision of the world, he does not look at the world from the inside, from a low place, but from above the nine heavens, he has a choice in his heart, and he will not try to solve all the problems."

More than 1,600 years ago, when King Su formulated the feudal system and the patriarchal system, did he think that it would collapse later?

Thought.

It is recorded in our Rockish texts.

But King Su still has to carry it out, because things in this world are always changing, and the best prime minister looks down on the world from high to low, so he has insight into the law of the development of affairs, so when he is in power, he understands that those things that seem extremely dangerous on the surface do not endanger the world, and those things that are not very conspicuous will eventually destroy everything.

Come, I'll show you how. ”

After a while, a rather large wooden water tank was carried in from the outside, and in the water tank was placed a bucket, the lower part of the bucket was in the water tank, and the bucket was full of water, and everyone in the hall gathered around, looking at this water tank and the bucket, not knowing what Luo Su wanted to do.

Luo Su came to the bucket, pointed to the water in the bucket and said, "If this is the fortune of a dynasty, the moment the water runs out, the country will perish, then I will do it." ”

Saying that, he pulled out a wooden strip with a small hole on the barrel, and the water instantly flowed out and flowed into the water tank, Luo Su said: "This hole, it may be a defeat in the war, it may be a big construction, in short, now that the country is beginning to decline, you are all very good talents, you must be able to plug this hole."

But, you see. ”

As soon as Luo Su's words fell, everyone heard a boom, and it turned out to be a large hole in the bottom of the barrel, and the water in the bucket soon flowed into the tank.

"In a place that you don't see, there is actually a hole that is far more dangerous than this one, but it is hidden so that no one can see it.

The supreme prime minister, above the Nine Heavens, can see these things, so he always devotes himself to mending these things, of course, mending is mending, and it will never be restored to the original, and when one day it can no longer be repaired, it will be completely finished. ”

Li Shimin stared at the empty wooden barrel, fell into deep thought, and said for a long time: "This is not just talking about the prime minister, isn't it the same for the king?"

National teacher, I have been taught. ”

Luo Su reasoned with everyone, but his thoughts returned to the distant past, he remembered that he had changed the law, that is, to tinker with Bang Zhou's pedestal, but in the end he failed to change Bang Zhou's pedestal, so Bang Zhou's problem finally broke out, but it was only delayed for some years.

The hall bowed to Luo Su one after another, and Luo Su waved his hand and said, "It's not over yet, what is the world?"

The world is all the countries and forces that will affect you, and you have to take them into account. ”

After that, Luo Su reached out and lifted the other bucket of water next to him directly, and then poured it into the broken bucket, "Although the bucket is broken, as long as there is a steady stream of external replenishment, the country will not perish."

In the same way, even if you repair the inside of the barrel perfectly, there will be no internal force to destroy the barrel, but as long as I hammer it with a hammer, the final result will not change, and the country will still perish. ”

Luo Su's actions shocked everyone again, this kind of thinking was something that everyone had not thought of before, this is a broader thinking, breaking through the traditional Central Plains thinking.

"To rule the world, you must have the perspective of the world, and the world is the dynasty, and all the countries and forces around it that will affect the dynasty, you have to take them into account, this is called the inner saint and the outer king!

Anyone who treats people outside the Central Plains arrogantly will eventually be eaten by them, and if you don't pay attention to those Yidi and Hu people who are despised by you, those Hu people will burst out with unimaginable power.

You can deceive in deeds, but if a prime minister and a king despise from the bottom of their hearts, it is ridiculous. ”

Luo Su's vivid demonstration deeply touched Li Shimin and the prime ministers.

The rest of the people sat down in the seat, the attendants carried the barrel down, and Luo Su paced slowly in the hall with the emerald scepter in his hand, his stature was quite tall, and this was the first time that everyone looked up at him, he was as majestic and heavy as Mount Tai.

Luo Su muttered: "I attach great importance to Siyi, I attach great importance to it, more than twenty years ago, after I came into the world, I took Xuanye and Xuanjing to travel around the four directions, I stayed in the Central Plains for a short time, but I traveled all over the rest of the Siyi.

What were the Xiongnu like during the Han Dynasty?

They used bony weapons and arrows, and the iron armor was obtained from the more westward regions of the Western Regions, when Zhuxia was at its strongest, and it was completely possible to inflict a dimensionality reduction blow on the Xiongnu.

But this is no longer the case, and almost all the Hu people have quite high technology.

Their spiritual civilization is far inferior to Zhuxia, but militarily, they have been extremely armed, and when fighting against the Turks, they must be able to feel that during the Han Dynasty, the biggest problem was that they could not catch the Huns, as long as they fought head-on, the Huns were not the opponents of the Han army.

And now, the Turks are not afraid of a head-on battle with the army of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing's breakthrough of the Turks is a victory of strategy and tactics, a victory of diplomacy, but not a victory of individual soldiers.

Especially in terms of cavalry, the Turks and even the Hui and other tribes in the Western Regions are very strong, and in the Tang Army, there are also many of these Hu cavalry, who know how to use it.

What does this prove?

In terms of military power, Zhuxia no longer has an overwhelming advantage, and this is almost a predestined process, because even Luo's smelting technology has not made great progress for many years.

What are we going to do in this situation?

Countless wars to get everything? ”

What Luo Su said was an argument that Li Shimin and others had never heard, and almost everyone couldn't help but lean forward without anyone noticing, psychologically, this is a posture of listening, and it is a gesture of listening from the heart.

Hearing Luo Su's last question, everyone shook their heads, and Wei Zheng said directly: "After defeating the Winter Turks, the reason why all countries will come to Chang'an to congratulate is because the Tang Dynasty has very little loss in the war to defeat the Winter Turks, and in the eyes of any country, the Tang Dynasty has the strength to launch another war of annihilation."

But if the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Winter Turks was like the Hundred Years War between the Han and the Hungarians, then the countries would not be afraid.

Datang can quickly fight the Winter Turks, but it is impossible to hope for such a brilliant victory every time, and you all know very well that this war against the Winter Turks is not something that will inevitably happen. ”

Li Shimin stood up directly and looked at everyone and sighed: "Yes, in the face of the huge grassland empire, I have always been cautious, and now I have defeated the Winter Turks, but after that, the newly rising grassland empire, whether it is Xue Yantuo, or the Western Turks, or this or that country, if I don't come to provoke the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely not send troops."

It is precisely for this reason that after you talked to me about the Heavenly Khan system, I was ecstatic, and I was able to control the states and ensure the peace of the Central Plains without military service in the country, which is what I pursued.

Now listening to what the national master said, I feel more and more that it is too difficult to rely on force to subdue those countries, and it is difficult to succeed.

National teacher, if you have anything to say, please speak out, we monarchs and ministers are here to listen. ”

Luo Su lightly tapped the scepter on the ground, and the wooden plank sounded with a clattering sound, quite crisply, and he said in a deep voice: "War is not easy to start, every war must have a war purpose that must be achieved at the beginning.

Otherwise, even if you are on the battlefield, you will win and win all the time, and you will lose it all in the end.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, when he conquered Liaodong, he didn't think clearly about what he wanted, and he didn't even know whether he wanted to completely slaughter Liaodong or submit Liaodong.

If he wants Liaodong to surrender, then he has countless ways, if he wants to slaughter Liaodong, he can kill city by city, village by village.

But he didn't have a choice.

On the surface, the Sui army has achieved a lot of results, but the final result, you all know.

The purpose of defeating the Winter Turks is to ensure the border security of the Tang Dynasty, and now that this political goal has been achieved, all that is done next is to maintain this result.

So how do you maintain this state?

The Han Dynasty chose to fight constant wars, while the Tang Dynasty chose to play with the Hu people and establish the Tian Khan system.

The key to the Heavenly Khan system is that it is an imaginary enemy!

An imaginary enemy that harms the system.

An enemy that can cause harm to all nations.

This enemy can't be Datang, so Datang should be friendly to the outside world, that is, let everyone know that Datang is strong, but Datang appears as a protector.

And this enemy appeared in a country that could endanger the Tang Dynasty, this former enemy was the Winter Turks, who will this country be next?

We don't know now, but we all know that this country will definitely appear in the future, and someone will always do it.

In the next foreign war of Datang, only the only thing left is to defeat this enemy, and other unnecessary wars should not be done by Datang himself.

If there is no such enemy for the time being, for example, now that the Winter Turks have fallen and the new steppe overlord has not yet risen, it is necessary to constantly propagate the evils of the previous Winter Turks in order to continuously strengthen the necessity of the Heavenly Khan.

The Tang Dynasty will always stand with most of the Hu countries, and this process will last for a hundred or two hundred years, that is, the Heavenly Khan is not only you Li Shimin, but also your sons and grandsons in the future, and generations of Heavenly Sons will be this Heavenly Khan. ”

The easiest way to forge unity is to create an enemy, hiss!

Li Shimin and others all gasped, this kind of art between countries can't help but amaze, how did this come up with the idea.

But Li Shimin was very excited when he heard it, he himself became the Khan of Tian, which is certainly worth exciting, but the results can only be regarded as real achievements if they are passed on.

Just like the first Son of Heaven, the first emperor.

The first day Khan will always be remembered, and Li Shimin's greatest wish in this life is to remain in history as a generation of holy kings, so he is obsessed with this.

In the future, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty will bear the name of Tian Khan, and this name was brought by me Li Shimin!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin trembled with excitement.

Luo Su was very happy today, and continued all the time: "In this process of uniting the countries, Datang wants to use its outstanding art, culture, and aesthetics to conquer every Hu person who comes to Datang, just like those Hu people in Liaodong who are completely Han inside.

What can be done in this process?

Remember the imperial examination system we once discussed?

I've been wondering if this system has a bigger effect, and he has changed the scope of officials from scholars to everyone, and now it is completely possible to continue to expand its scope. ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and said: "National teacher, isn't it a bit absurd to let Hu Ren go to the imperial examination. ”

Fang Xuanling agreed and said: "It is difficult for ordinary scholars to be promoted, and most of the Hu people have never read any books at all, how can they be successful?" ”

The rest of the prime ministers nodded their heads when they heard this, thinking about it, they all know that those Hu people are absolutely impossible to win, and they can't pass the imperial examination, and they can't get into the scholars, let alone those Hu people who have no culture.

When Luo Su heard this, he sighed, "Why can't you just turn your minds? If you can't pass the imperial examination now, won't you increase the number of subjects?

Although there are few people in the Western Regions who learn Confucianism, those religions are prosperous, and they can produce subjects about religion, and what they are good at, the imperial court can add what subjects.

So they get good grades, and no one says anything.

Even the imperial court could directly announce that in order to allow the Hu people to have more opportunities to receive the teachings of the saints, they specially took separate examinations for the countries in the Tian Khan system and gave them places to show the heavenly grace of the Tian Khan. ”

Belch......

As soon as Luo Su's words came out, the hall was suddenly silent, obviously Luo Su's words made everyone a little confused, this can't be tested, how can the court still pull the bias, it is really a little unexpected.

Li Shimin also hesitated: "National teacher, is this a little bad?" ”

Luo Su asked rhetorically: "Is the imperial examination for the national selection of talents?" ”

"Of course."

Luo Su said angrily: "Selecting talents for the country is for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, these Hu people came to Chang'an to study, and became officials of the Tang Dynasty, after these people accepted the ideas of the Tang Dynasty, after returning to the tribe, they will naturally get close to the Tang Dynasty and help the Tang Dynasty control his country."

And do you think I'm only going to let the children of the nobility study?

Every batch of people who come to Chang'an to study, in addition to the children of the nobility, there are also those at the bottom.

After these low-level people see the prosperity of Datang, especially after Datang has a certain status, and then return to the country, it will definitely make the country go through a reshuffle. ”

This set of combination punches made everyone immediately know that the national teacher is definitely not something that was figured out in a short period of time, and it is likely that when the imperial examination system was fully rolled out, it was already beginning to consider letting the imperial examination system take root in the Hu area.

Luo Su's words dispelled all Li Shimin's concerns, he thought about it, and then the more he thought about it, the more he felt good, and he couldn't help laughing, and then he smiled at the prime ministers with hindsight: "I think what the national teacher said is right."

Since ancient times, they have been noble and cheap, and I love them as one.

Yidi has no culture, I should let Yidi feel the vastness of Zhuxia culture, Yidi should not be born without the opportunity to learn, no opportunity to feel the classics of the sages, I heard that in the Later Han Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of people in Taixue, and my Chang'an should be the same.

I don't just have to have tens of thousands of Han Chinese.

I still need tens of thousands of Hu people, so that all Hu people can read the books of sages and sages, and let all people speak elegant languages, and this will be implemented from generation to generation.

Declare my kindness to the entire Hu people's country, so that the Hu people of the world can understand that it was the Heavenly Khan who gave them a chance to turn over and become a master. ”

Luo Su's words are subversive to the prime ministers, and it is clear that the national teacher has always talked about this kind of rule, but every time he does something, he destroys those traditional concepts.

At least for these top people, they have never heard of it, and the assessment can also be assessed by region, but for the national teacher, this doesn't seem to be anything, so it is put forward in such a grand and justifiable manner.

Wei Zheng sighed for a moment and said slowly: "Your Majesty, National Teacher, aren't you worried that my scholars in the Central Plains will protest against this kind of thing?" ”

Luo Su directly waved his hand and said: "It's okay to protest, as long as you are willing to take your family to those countries to regain your household registration, and live in those places from now on, you can take the test according to the standards there." ”

Luo Xuanchen couldn't hold back his laughter, and everyone in the hall suddenly couldn't hold back, isn't this just taking his family to exile, you must know that most of these Hu people who came to Chang'an to study are going back to their country, a Central Plains person, living in those places all his life, in the eyes of these scholars, it is really no different from being exiled.

To put it mildly, many of the penal colonies in Datang are better than Mobei, and no one really wants to go to that place.

Luo Su said so much, which made everyone feel more and more that this foreign affairs were not simple, and they were definitely not something that could be handled casually, but should be cautious and cautious.

Li Shimin stepped down from the throne, paced in the hall, and muttered: "National Teacher, according to what you just said, I found that the complexity of the affairs of this foreign domain is almost not inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Luo Su stood beside Li Shimin, looked outside the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, around the Tang Dynasty, not counting the plateau south of the Hexi Corridor, there are about two million households and 10 million people, among these people, there are Hu people, Han people, Hu and Han mixed blood, there are Hu people, some have been completely Zhuxia, some have been completely Zhuxia, some have been Sinicized but have not been Sinicized, it is very complicated, these people are connected with the Central Plains, and there is an estrangement, which is intricate, and it is not enough to have an institutional yamen."

I suggest that the Son of Heaven set up a ministry within the Tang Dynasty, for example, it can be called the 'Domain Prime Minister's Yamen', or it can be called the 'Li Fan Yuan' or the 'Li Fan Province', at least give this institution a hierarchical structure similar to that of Shangshu Province, and be specifically responsible for the external domain.

In the future, don't use Hu people and Yidi to call those countries, but call them the Tang Dynasty Outer Domain, the Tang Dynasty Domain, and change it from a subtle name. ”

Set up an institution in Shangshu Province!

Shangshu Province has six departments and twenty-four divisions, and is the executive body of the entire empire, and the number of officials required is unimaginable in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province.

After all, if you look at the level of the three high-ranking officials, you will know the gap, Shang Shuling is the second grade, and even Shang Shuling's deputies are from the second grade, while the Zhongshu Ling and the subordinate servants are the third grade, in terms of level, only the six Shangshu of Shangshu Province are at the same level.

Li Shimin nodded without hesitation and said: "What the national teacher said makes sense, such an institution should be set up, and in this institution, there must be the participation of officials of the domain, so that the domain can feel the sincerity of the Tang Dynasty even more."

Not only politically, but also a military body, like the twelve guards of the government, should be able to recruit all the troops and horses. ”

Li Shimin followed Luo Su's train of thought, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was funny, and his tone couldn't help but bring a hint of excitement, "You really deserve to be the national teacher I personally invited, and you really deserve to be the famous Duke of Wen through the ages, you are really the first virtuous minister and prime minister in the past."

What do you think of what the national teacher said? ”

When the prime ministers in the palace heard that you look at me and I look at you, what can you say?

They are still in the stage of being bombarded with a lot of information from Luo Su and have not reacted, and there are still some things that they have not figured out, but they sound very reasonable.

For Luo Su, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng all have a feeling, that is, they look up to it and drill it.

It's not because of a single policy, if you have a single policy, sometimes you can feel the gap in wisdom, but in essence, it is not really that far behind.

But the biggest difference between Losu and them is the perspective.

They are like staggering in the long river, facing the waves and other unknown things in the long river, and they don't know what will happen to them on the road ahead.

What is in their hearts?

I can't walk the road with twists and turns, and I can't see the bright future.

But Luo Su is like standing on the dry bank, no, it should be said that he is standing on the mountain, the big river meandering, right under his eyes, he is always so leisurely.

Just as in the early years of Zhenguan, Datang wanted to recuperate, which was not only what Luo Su could think of, but Luo Su was able to clearly tell everyone why he wanted to recuperate, how to recuperate, and what could be done and what could not be done on the road to recuperate.

Huang Lao has been inherited for so many years, and no one has ever been able to tell it in such a realistic and clear manner, instead of saying some empty words of Taoism and nature.

The later discussion of the relationship between the foreign domain and the Tang Dynasty is simply an eye-opener for everyone, from theory to measures, almost every step is knocked in the hearts of everyone, this set can be used for a hundred years!

The most important thing is that from these discussions, how can these extremely intelligent people not hear that Luo Su has a theory for analyzing such countries.

National teacher, is it too late to apprentice now?!

(End of chapter)