People are still grieving over Du Ruhui's death.

From Lingnan Province, news of the rebellion of the bureaucrats came back.

Lingnan Road is located in the southernmost part of the Tang Dynasty, with a vast area and few people, many mountains and forests, and a tribal culture.

In this era, sending prisoners to Lingnan is a cruel punishment to throw people into places with different languages and cultures.

But that place belongs to Datang!

Therefore, Lingnan Road rebelled, and the Tang Dynasty had to settle it.

A group of soldiers have written a book, willing to lead troops to pacify!

However, Li Shimin did not immediately send troops, but convened ministers to discuss.

Fang Yuan, as the commander of Chang'an, had experience in quelling the chaos, and was invited to discuss it together.

"In the three years since I ascended the throne, there have been three rebellions!"

"In the nine years of the reign of the Emperor Taishang, there have been nine rebellions of the wingmen!"

"Once a year, the army is sent out, and that group of uncivilized bureaucrats is not too troublesome, I still have to consider the national finances, you say, is there any way to do it once and for all!"

Li Shimin said angrily.

The problem of the bureaucrats is already a matter of history.

Because of the difference in culture and customs, it is too far away from the center.

There is no less than one rebellion a year, large and small, which is a headache for the imperial court.

If it is not calm, it will affect the prestige of the country, and if it is serious, it will shake the foundation of the country.

If it is pacified, troops will be sent there every year, not to mention the loss of labor and money, and the soldiers will also have losses.

"Your Majesty, sweep the army and beat them until they are served!"

"We have now pacified the foreign strife, and we have the time and energy to pacify them!"

Li Jing, as the secretary of the military department, was the first to express his opinion and said arrogantly.

After the destruction of the Eastern Turks, his prestige was unparalleled for a while, and he was known as the military god of the world.

Although Li Jing is always vigilant not to get carried away, he can't help but flutter occasionally.

"One year of fighting, two years of fighting, and more than ten years of fighting, but still the problem has not been solved, which can show that the problem of bureaucrats cannot be solved by war alone."

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the bureaucrats live in the mountains and forests, and they should be gracious and trustworthy, govern them with kindness, and educate their culture, and they will belong to our dynasty."

The eldest grandson Wuji refuted Li Jing and put forward his own ideas.

"Different languages, different cultures, how to govern with kindness, how to educate their culture?"

Li Jing looked slightly dissatisfied, and after the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, he refuted.

"Just because the language is different doesn't mean you can't communicate."

"Just because the cultures are different, that doesn't mean they can't be blended."

"It's always useful to spend some time and communicate with each other."

Eldest Sun Wuji said calmly.

"Take your time, how much time?"

"How about the exchange between the two places, we are far away, and there are not so many talents."

Li Jing snorted coldly.

"It's worth the amount of time you spend to get it done."

"If there is no talent, then create talent and expand the recruitment of candidates for the imperial examination."

The eldest grandson Wuji pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"That's not what it says."

"Even if it's a 100-year plan, you have to know how much time to spend instead of throwing energy into it."

"Expanding the recruitment of talents for the imperial examination, recruiting all the children of the family, I am afraid that they are not willing to go to Lingnan, and it will only discredit the imperial court."

"According to me, only by pushing the army sideways, and being ruthless, and completely subduing them, can we truly put an end to the rebellion year after year."

Li Jing's expression slowly returned to calm.

He was not a reckless general, but a commander-in-chief, with a flexible mind.

"That's it!"

"Any other ideas?"

Li Shimin interrupted the two men's arguments.

Whether it is the eldest grandson Wuji or Li Jing's thoughts, there are problems.

The problem with the eldest grandson Wuji is that he doesn't know the cost of time, and there is a high probability that the scholars will not go to Lingnan, and it may really affect the imperial examination.

Li Jing's problem was that he only wanted to solve the problem by violence, but the imperial court was not familiar with Lingnan Road, where there were many mountains and forests, not plains, so it was not easy to start a war.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can refer to the governance of the south by the Western Han Dynasty and govern the customs with customs."

"While affirming their customs, we will send people to inject our Datang culture, and it is best to marry both sides, so that my Datang women can marry and educate their juniors."

"In this way, after twenty or thirty years, most of the descendants of the bureaucrats will be slowly assimilated by us, and the imperial court will control, guide, solicit, etc., and the problem of Lingnan will be solved."

Fang Xuanling stood up and said slowly.

When the words fell, everyone, including Li Shimin, showed contemplation.

"I think this method is not impossible, but there are also many drawbacks."

"For example, how many women do we have to marry in order for most of the descendants of the bureaucrats to be assimilated by us?"

"For example, if our Datang women marry in the past, will they only become reproductive tools, but have no status to educate children?"

"The most important point is that now that we in Datang want to recuperate and raise the population, we will marry a large number of women at this time, what should we do about the national situation?"

Wang Jue also stood up.

But he didn't refute Li Jing like the eldest grandson Wuji.

It's just to put forward his own opinions and ask questions about Fang Xuanling's plan.

"That's a problem!"

"Is there anything else to the contrary?"

Li Shimin sighed and said in disappointment.

The world experienced the chaos of the Sui Dynasty, the people's livelihood withered, and the population was sparse.

Now Datang has only been recuperating for a few years, and it still needs to vigorously develop the population.

Marrying a large number of women at this time is a burden for Datang.

Fang Xuanling also sighed, knowing that there were many problems with his thoughts, and returned to his position in disappointment.

Everyone was silent, thinking about countermeasures.

Among the ministers, Fang Yuan hesitated for a long time before standing up.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan!"

Fang Yuan said respectfully.

He didn't want to be in the limelight.

But after thinking about it, at this time, the rebuttal should not be so loud when he was promoted to the squire of the Criminal Department.

So Fang Yuan stood up, ready to bring out the historical records in his vague memory.

"Speak!"

Li Shimin was a little surprised.

He called Fang Yuan over today, just to let Fang Yuan show his face.

So that when he announced Fang Yuan's promotion to the squire of the Criminal Department, the ministers present would be less opposed.

But he never thought that the young Fang Yuan would also have ideas, and he dared to say them in front of so many ministers.

You must know that the people gathered in the imperial study room today, except for Fang Yuan, are all ministers above the fourth grade, the real ministers of the country.

Everyone at the scene looked at Fang Yuan, some curious, some surprised, and some contemptuous.

"As we all know, the Lingnan people are mainly tribal, and the leader of each tribe is called Tusi, and their system is the Tusi system."

"In their tribe, Tusi is like our emperor, with supreme power, governing the men and women of the tribe."

"The rebellion of the bureaucrats is, in the final analysis, the rebellion of the Tusi of various tribes, because they don't want the imperial court to seize their control of the Lingnan region."

Fang Yuan said slowly.

As Fang Yuan told the Lingnan situation, the expressions of everyone present slowly became serious.

Including Li Shimin, the imperial court's understanding of Lingnan is very limited, almost free-range.

There are several reasons for this.

First, Lingnan is too far away, it has always been the name of Nanban, and the imperial court does not value Lingnan.

Second, the imperial court did not really regard Lingnan as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it belonged to the Tang Dynasty entirely because of the historical legacy.

Third, the Tang Dynasty did not have so much time to govern Lingnan, most of the Wude years were to pacify the civil strife of the princes, and Zhenguan had the great enemy of the Eastern Turks in recent years.

"The minister thinks that the imperial court can recognize the Tusi of each tribe in Lingnan and canonize them as officials of the Tang Dynasty, such as being named the history of assassination, and so on, and give them the highest amount, and give them condolences three or five times a year."

Fang Yuan continued.

I wanted to go on, but someone interrupted at this time.

"We will accept them if we make them officials?"

"It is estimated that there are hundreds or thousands of tribes large and small in Lingnan, how much treatment do you have to give?"

"As for condolences, their tribal leaders, do they need our condolences, do they lack our gifts?"

Cui Zhentang, the head of the household, got up and said in a deep voice.

The others didn't speak, looking at Fang Yuan, waiting for Fang Yuan's explanation.

"Cui Shilang asked well."

"We recognize their status and seal their officials, we don't need them to pay anything, and the benefits we take for nothing are normal people, right?"

"Taking a step back, although they have rebelled repeatedly, if they can choose, they don't want to rebel, after all, the low-level bureaucrats will be dissatisfied."

"Taking our advantage and solving the problem of hostility in the imperial court, I think it is feasible."

Fang Yuan said loudly.

The scene is not the minister, and he nodded subconsciously.

"What is the court doing for them?"

Cui Zhentang continued to ask.

"In order to meddle in the internal affairs of Lingnan in an upright manner."

"They're all our officials, so it's okay for us to take care of it, right? It's okay for us to care about the low-level bureaucrats from time to time, right? ”

"After a long time, after the people at the bottom know about the Tang Dynasty, the follow-up rebellion will definitely be fewer."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

"What if they don't eat it?"

Cui Zhentang's face was a little stiff.

Originally, he wanted to refute Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan's answer was fluent, and it sounded better than the previous ministers.

This made his plan fail and his mood was not beautiful.

Li Shimin's expression became solemn, revealing a look of listening carefully.

He was also worried about this, what if the leader of the tribe didn't eat this?

"There may be, but certainly not all."

"We all know that Lingnan is a land of southern barbarians, with poverty and hard life."

"If we give them benefits, they will definitely be tempted, or they will feel that even if they scold us, we can't control them."

"And there is another point, not all the leaders of the Lingnan tribe are of one mind, there will always be people who want to get the benefits of our Datang, or even shelter."

Fang Yuan said confidently.

This time, Cui Zhentang opened his mouth, did not continue to ask, and returned to his position and sat down.

"Well said!"

"The idea is worth discussing!"

"Anything else, are you finished?"

Li Shimin said happily.

Fang Yuan's thoughts opened up an idea for him.

The imperial court could discuss and improve it according to Fang Yuan's ideas.

"And!"

"After the imperial court affirms their status, they set up counties in their tribes, and the county orders are elected by their tribes, and they are also given money and benefits, but if there are conditions, they must conform to the imperial court's three-year adjustment policy!"

"In addition, the county officials, the chief bookkeepers, and the doctors, etc., have been selected from the imperial court for a long time, ten years, eight years, or twenty or thirty years, and when the time is ripe, the county orders of Lingnan will be transferred out, and those county officials and the main books will be promoted."

Fang Yuan continued.

"Anything else?"

Li Shimin's eyes brightened.

According to Fang Yuan's plan, Lingnan will be controlled by Datang.

And it can be applied to other marginal areas as well.

"There is another point, that is, the issue of education that everyone is concerned about, in the future, the imperial court will try not to impose the death penalty, and instead assign Lingnan, and they will be responsible for educating the locals, making up for their mistakes, and having a chance to return!"

Fang Yuan finally finished speaking.

The above is Fang Yuan's vague memory of a certain history.

Because it was not summarized in advance, it was said in a rough way.

"Good!"

"Well said!"

"Guys, what do you think?"

Li Shimin applauded.

This method is really good, better than Li Jing, Eldest Sun Wuji, and Fang Xuanling.

According to Fang Yuan's plan, it is estimated that there is no need to improve it, and Lingnan will be able to get it.

If he can take Lingnan without blood, Li Shimin still wants to control Lingnan very much.

After all, Lingnan is nominally the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it also has a lot of resources.

"Very good!"

"I think so!"

"What Chang'an Ling said is extremely true!"

Everyone stood up and expressed their thoughts.

Everyone looked at Fang Yuan, their eyes changed, with amazement.

Among those present, Fang Yuan was the youngest, but his insights far surpassed them.

This has to be admired, and even admired the deceased Du Ruhui, who has a good eye.

Fang Yuan smiled, pretended to be embarrassed to salute Li Shimin, and saluted everyone.

When the limelight is out, there is no need to be proud, it is better to keep a low profile.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is still a war."

"Now that the wingmen are rebelling, they have to be pacified before they can implement the strategy of the Chang'an Order!"

"Otherwise, the bureaucrats think that our Tang Dynasty is weak, and it will be difficult to implement it!"

After Li Jing saw everyone sit down again, he proposed.

"What do you think?"

Li Shimin's expression slowly became solemn, and he said in a deep voice.

Indeed, war is necessary, after all, Lingnan Province has rebelled.

If even the rebellious Datang does not send troops, then how do the people of the world view Datang?

"I think what General Li said is very true!"

Including Fang Yuan, they all felt that this battle was necessary.

Only after they are pacified can we better implement policies and help them smaller.

"Is there a candidate for the main general?"

Li Shimin nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the troops!"

Li Jing expressed his position for the first time and said loudly.

"Just a bureaucrat, how can you let General Li go on the expedition?"

"Your Majesty, if the minister is willing to go, he will definitely pacify the Lingnan chaos!"

Hou Junji, the squire of the military department, said loudly.

"Your Majesty, the general of the expedition may not need to be in a hurry to make a decision so quickly."

Fang Xuanling got up and said.

The pacification of Lingnan is a small problem, and the Tang Dynasty has been able to pacify it more than ten times.

Because most of the time, the imperial army's troops did not really go to war in Lingnan, and the rebellion was stopped when they arrived.

Going to Lingnan is like picking up credit, and many people are eyeing this beauty.

Fang Yuan also thought of this and wanted to nominate Xue Bowu to fight.

(End of chapter)