"What's wrong?" Seeing his serious expression, Second Emperor Li hurriedly asked," Do you think this is not a good idea?”
"I think Li Er is a little too arrogant!”Li Yun shook his head and said," If he really does this, there will be endless trouble in the future!”
"What do you mean?" Second Emperor Li asked.
"In my opinion, this is a great opportunity. Li Er actually gave up just like that?”Li Yun continued,
"Old Li, do you know how many commoners our Great Tang has?”
"There are about twelve million people.”Li Er said.
"How many people are there in the plains?”Li Yun continued to ask.
This question stumped Second Emperor Li.
The grassland was vast and boundless. The herdsmen migrated along with the pastures and water sources. There were many tribes of all sizes, but no one had ever counted them.
"There are at least two million people, about one-eighth of the Great Tang!”Li Yun said.
"There are so many people. We've already beaten them into submission, but we still refuse them at the door. Isn't Li Er being silly?”
"Why?" Second Emperor Li also frowned and said," These foreign races are very difficult to manage. They don't know how to farm either. What's the use of them?”
"They don't know how to farm, but they know how to fight!”Li Yun said.
"I can guarantee that most of these prairie people who want to live in Guanzhong are nobles from the various tribes.”
"Controlling them is equivalent to controlling the military power of the entire Northwest Grassland.”
Hearing him say this, Li Er started to react.
"By borrowing the power of the Northwest Grassland, wouldn't it save a lot of effort to go to the north and the west to open up new territories?”
"Take the Tibetans in the west for example. They have invaded the borders of our Great Tang many times over the years, right?”
"The main reason why we've been unable to contend with them before was because the march was too long and costly. The Great Tang's strength was not enough to sustain an all-out war.”
"But if we borrow the power of these grassland tribes, then this won't be a problem!”
Second Emperor Li's current mood could only be described with four words.
It suddenly became clear!
From the looks of it, even if he did not accept these people, he should still make use of them.
Not only can we expand our territory, but we can also reduce the bloodshed of our Great Tang soldiers.
However, after thinking about it, it didn't seem that easy to achieve.
"How can you guarantee that the tribes of the grasslands will be obedient?”
"Isn't that simple?" Li Yun said indifferently," If you don't listen, hit me!”
"You don't really think that just because they said they'd submit, they'd truly treat themselves as subjects of the Great Tang, do you?”Li Yun glanced at him and continued," Don't forget why they submitted.”
"Isn't it because the Eastern Turks have been destroyed? They're afraid!”
"Find an excuse and destroy one or two tribes or small countries in the Western Regions. Then, do you think the others will listen?”
"Now is not the time to put on airs as a great country. It's best to take some benefits.”
This method was simple and crude, but it did sound feasible. His Majesty Li Er began to frown and think.
"So you mean to let these people who want to enter the pass in, accept them, and then use them to control the grasslands?”
" That's right." Li Yun nodded." After these people enter the pass, won't we have the final say in how we want to deal with them?”
"Take this opportunity to assimilate them!”
Li Yun's idea was actually somewhat similar to the ethnic policies of the Great Tang in history.
However, the difference was that in history, it was a fusion, which relied on affinity to confer titles.
However, when it came to him, it became a complete assimilation, and he relied on force to suppress it!
If he really followed his method, then in less than a few decades, these ethnic groups would have a unified name, the Tang!
......
Li Yun's words made Second Emperor Li unable to make up his mind for a moment.
He felt that although this method was good, it was a little too ruthless.
He was well aware of the consequences of such a policy.
The tribes of the grasslands and the small countries of the Western Regions would eventually cease to exist.
At this moment, he regretted not bringing Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui along.
He could only wait until he returned to gather the ministers to discuss this matter.
However, he had already remembered what Li Yun had said about the Tubo incident.
Ever since the Age of Wude, the Great Tang's borders had never been peaceful!
Taking advantage of the Great Tang's weakening strength, these neighboring countries would occasionally pillage it.
It was a headache!
This was especially true for the Tibetans. They had fought many wars over the years, and the Great Tang had always been at a disadvantage.
They were located on the plateau and fought on their own land. They had strong troops and strong horses.
The Great Tang had never been able to do anything to them.
If he wanted to bite down on this tough bone, he would have to bleed a little.
His Majesty Li Er had also been troubled by this problem before, but at that time, he had thought of using a political alliance to solve this problem.
Now, it seemed that there was a better way.
For a moment, a myriad of thoughts ran through his mind.
......
Not long after, Empress Zhangsun returned with Si Zi and Li Zhi.
"Big brother, Si Zi was wrong, don't blame Si Zi.”
As soon as they entered, Little Si lowered its head and said.
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