Chapter 4 Tongue Wars Group Confucianism
When Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian who dared to sleep directly under his nose, the anger on his face immediately emerged. He was about to get angry, but suddenly stopped.
He suddenly realized that his son was sick and had no cure for the abscess!
Thinking of this, the anger in his heart disappeared instantly, and he couldn't bear to scold Li Chengqian.
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"Brother Prince, Brother Prince!"
Li Chengqian was having a beautiful dream when he suddenly heard someone calling out something about the prince brother. He kept shaking his body, knocking off his hand without opening his eyes, muttering, "Don't make a fuss, I'm dreaming."
"Brother Prince, the father is calling you."
"What's the prince's father? I...hey, it's not right. It seems that I'm the prince now." I was about to sneer at the other party and talk nonsense, but suddenly realized that I had just traveled through time and became the prince? And it seemed that I was in court!
He quickly opened his eyes, raised his head, and looked at Li Shimin carefully.
He is ready to welcome the "thunderstorm"!
But strangely, after he looked up, he did not see a hint of angry expression on Li Shimin's face, but instead looked... heavy!
"Father, Father, you call me?" Li Chengqian shouted carefully.
"woke up?"
"Ah? Well, wake up, wake up."
"Listen carefully when you wake up. What I want to say next is very important." Li Shimin said.
“Yes, yes.”
"What I want to talk about today is about the handling of the Turks. Do you have any suggestions?"
A minister said: "Your Majesty, the Di people in the north have been a disaster in the Central Plains since ancient times. Now, fortunately they are dead, they should be moved to Yan, Henan and Yu, and divided their tribes, so that they can be separated from various prefectures and counties. They will be taught to cultivate and weave cloth. In less than a few years, they can turn Hu into farmers and make no one in the northern border."
Li Shimin nodded, without expressing any comments, but continued to ask: "What do you think?"
When Li Shimin asked, the ministers began to speak enthusiastically.
"Your Majesty, Turkic, Tiel, and other barbarians have been wild and difficult to train since ancient times. Now that your Majesty makes them surrender, they can be placed in various places in Hebei. If you set up chiefs and command their tribes, you will never suffer any disaster."
"Although the Turks are called a country, their tribes have their tribe leaders. Nowadays, they should take advantage of their separation and set up leaders of their tribes so that they do not be subordinates to each other. Even if they want to establish the Asina clan as their leader, they can only have their tribes. If the country is divided into several parts, its power will be weakened and easy to control. If several parts are evenly matched, it will be difficult to annex each other. They will each strive to protect and cannot compete with the Tang Dynasty. The request is still to establish the Protectorate in Dingxiang as an institution to govern the area. This is a long-term solution to stabilize the border."
"The nature of Rongdi is like a beast. He cannot be imparted by punishment and law, nor can he be educated by benevolence, righteousness and morality. Moreover, their nostalgia for their hometown is not easy to forget. Putting them in the Central Plains only harms the Tang Dynasty but has no benefit. I am afraid that if a sudden change occurs, it will pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty's regime. It is better to take advantage of its demise, impose unexpected favors, grant them the title of princes, marry the royal family women to them, divide their land, separate their tribes, weaken their power division, and easily restrain them, so that they can be vassals forever and ensure the frontiers will be pacified forever."
"Moving the Turks to Yan and Yu is contrary to their nature, and this is not a way to survive. It is a relatively complete strategy to request that the surrendered Huns be placed outside the Great Wall in accordance with the methods of Emperor Guangwu of Han, to protect their tribes, to adapt to their customs and habits, to fill the open land and make them a barrier to the Central Plains. This is a relatively complete strategy."
"The Turks have been enemies of the common people for generations. Fortunately, they are destroyed. Your Majesty cannot bear to kill them all because of their surrender and surrender. They should be released to their hometowns and cannot be left in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Rongdi people faced and the beastly hearts, and if they weakened their power, they would be requested to surrender, and if they were strong, they would rebel again. This is their nature. Nearly 100,000 people surrendered now, and after a few years, they will develop several times. It must be a big trouble, and it is too late to regret. In the early Western Jin Dynasty, the Hu tribe and the Han people lived together in the Central Plains. Guo Qin and Jiangtong all advised Emperor Wu of Jin to expel the Hu tribe from the frontier to prevent the chaos caused by this. Emperor Wu refused to listen. For more than twenty years, between Yishui and Luoshui, they became the place where Rongdi gathered in the north. This is a clear lesson from the previous generation!"
"The king must tolerate everything in heaven, earth, everything in detail. Now the Turks are in a difficult situation and come to join our Tang Dynasty. Why do you abandon it and refuse to accept it? Confucius said: "There is no difference." If they are saved when they are about to die, teach them production and life, teach them benevolence, righteousness, ethics, and rituals, a few years later, they will all become the people of our Tang Dynasty. Choose the tribal leaders among them, so that they can become officers and soldiers of the guards in the court, fear the emperor's power and nostalgia, what are the consequences?"
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Li Chengqian listened to the opinions given by these ministers, and the more he listened, the more he became, the more he was, especially the minister who looked righteous and angry, and said, "I kept silent about the words of the saints." Li Chengqian couldn't help but sneer.
"Puff..."
The court officials who were still discussing fiercely were interrupted by the sudden sneer. The court suddenly became quiet, and everyone, including Li Shimin, looked at Li Chengqian with surprise.
"I wonder what good plans does the Crown Prince have?" The minister, who was just talking, was interrupted by Li Chengqian's sneer, asked with an unhappy look on his face.
"No, nothing, you guys keep going, don't pay attention to me." Li Chengqian quickly waved his hand.
His words and deeds made Li Shimin, who was sitting on the platform, frown and said coldly: "Say whatever you have!"
"Uh, okay, then I'll say it." Looking at my cheap face and sharp eyes, Li Chengqian immediately became timid.
"Before I tell you my solution, I want to ask this adult for a few questions."
Chapter completed!