Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 506
"Please teach me, teacher?"

Chengqian asked for advice humbly.

Qin Lang said slowly, "The Eastern Turks are gone, and the Western Turks will be wiped out sooner or later. Sooner or later, the Tang Dynasty will return to the Western Regions and make all the countries bow their heads and proclaim their vassals. It's just that."

"not now."

Datang is facing three consecutive years of cold disasters, and the food crisis is serious. This is a shortcoming of Datang. Although it is very strong in other aspects, there are elite soldiers, strong imperial troops, and sufficient equipment and horses. Even the imperial treasury has a lot of money, but there is a shortage of food.

The court had no food, and the common people even had no food. In this period, Li Shimin did not dare to talk about fighting again.

"Your Highness, the top priority of the imperial court right now is internal stability, so that the people can fill their stomachs, and then it is external. Externally, the issue of the Eastern Turks must be resolved first. Recently, Luoyang court has been arguing about how to accommodate the Turks. matter."

Earlier, when Qin Lang captured the states in Saibei and recruited the Turks and Zahu tribes, the court actually had a dispute about how to place them.Several prime ministers each had their own policy, arguing endlessly, and finally the emperor's choice was a bit like mud.

But now this time, after Jieli was captured alive and Tuli came to vote, the court faced the problem of resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Turks from Monan to Mobei.

This is more crowded than last time.

The imperial court wanted to take this opportunity to completely wipe out the Eastern Turks, so as not to allow him to have a chance to revive. Therefore, if Wei Zheng was the leader, he believed that the various tribes of the Eastern Turks should be dismembered.However, the faction headed by Fang Xuanling still believes that if they want to get it done once and for all, they still need to register households and move all the Turkic people to the counties and states in the Central Plains, and give them land and let them cultivate.

However, the faction headed by Wen Yanbo believed that they should be tolerant and accepted in order to implement a benevolent government. They resettled the Turks inside and outside the Great Wall, set aside land for them to nomad, and set up Jimi Prefecture for their self-government.

Of course, there is also a faction headed by Yang Shidao in the court, who believes that the Turkic people should not be moved inland, nor should they be dismembered. Pick out some chiefs who are loyal to the imperial court, grant them the position of khan, and divide the Turkic parts into several parts, which do not belong to each other.

Several factions have different opinions and refuse to give in to each other.

Wei Zheng and his group's policy of spraying Fang Xuanling was too naive, thinking that this was to lure wolves into the house, and it was impossible for Turkic people to be able to plow the fields.

And the policy of criticizing Wen Yanbo has no lower limit. This is undefeated and undefeated.As for Yang Shidao's strategy, it is pure nonsense. In a few years, the Turkic people will become the scourge of the north again.

Wei Zheng still insisted that the disposal policy should be formulated on the basis of Qin Lang's strategy last time, such as the reduction policy must be adhered to, such as the Yinshan Mountain cannot be crossed...
The emperor still couldn't come up with a disposition result. The result was that the East Turks were wiped out last autumn. As a result, it was Dragon Boat Festival this year, and there was still no disposition result.

Most of the Turkic people have returned to the old land to nomad, and some are nomadic at the foot of the Great Wall. The soldiers on the border are preparing their armies, but they don't know how to act.

As a member of the political party, Qin Lang returned to Chang'an, but Luoyang sent a letter to the internal counselor almost every few days, and he was also very clear about the important affairs of the court.Qin Lang was the person who participated in the formulation of the strategy to deal with the Turks last time, so of course he knew the origin of the disputes between the various factions in the imperial court.

Know the pros and cons of it too.

"Does Your Highness know why the imperial court has so many different opinions on how to deal with the Turkic descendants?"

The young prince shook his head. The Turkic people were a bit distant and unfamiliar to him. The Turkic people he could get in touch with were some Turkic slaves or Turkic soldiers in the Eastern Palace.

"There is such a big controversy because the reason is that it is difficult to deal with. It is really difficult for the court to deal with hundreds of thousands of Turks. It is neither benevolent nor realistic to kill them all. The court does not have the ability. If they really want to show their knives, the Turks will opposite."

"It's even more unrealistic to relocate the people inside the house. It's really inviting wolves into the house, and it's impossible for the imperial court to have so much land for the Turkic people to cultivate. Even if they are nomadic inside and outside the border of the Great Wall, it's just as unsafe."

But relatively speaking, it is the simplest and more effective way to move the Turkic people to Monan, move them to the front line of the Great Wall, let them nomad, and set up Jimi Prefecture to let them self-govern. Supervision, and at the same time hand over Mobei to the Tiele people, so that they can squeeze the space of the Turkic people and prevent them from quickly recovering and growing.

It's just that a large number of Turkic people are on the border, and sooner or later they will be a scourge.

In particular, the policy of Jimi Prefecture to allow the Turks to self-govern is even more troublesome.

In contrast, the policy proposed by Wei Zheng is actually a combination of Qin Lang's previous policy of dealing with the Turks. It is a preventive policy based on the premise of suppressing and reducing the strength of the Turks as much as possible. Ding first took a ding to go to the imperial pastures in various parts of the Central Plains to graze horses, and then took a ding to join the Tang army, and was transferred to Lingnan, Southwest and other border areas to guard and deter barbarians.

Every three to five years, the Turkic people are drawn once, and it is not necessary to let the Turkic people rest and recuperate. Through this method, the recovery of the Turkic people is also strengthened. , to strengthen control on the southern border.

On the other hand, instead of setting up a Jiji Prefecture for the Turks, as before, directly set up Zhengzhou, which will be managed by officials sent by the imperial court, and a part of the Turks who belong to them will be appropriately appointed as assistants.

More importantly, after the division of Zhengzhou, the territory of the Turkic tribes must be divided. In the prefectures, counties and townships, the divisions are clearly defined at each level, and they are strictly prohibited from crossing the border. The imperial court directly manages it. In this way, it is no longer the traditional Ashina family of the golden wolf clan that leads the herdsmen, nor is it the chiefs at all levels, but the officials at all levels of the imperial court.

However, although this idea is good, it is not easy to implement. First of all, the Turkic people will not be so willing to be drawn, and the Turkic aristocrats will not be willing to divide the land.

If the imperial court wanted to implement these policies, it would inevitably be opposed by the Turkic people.

However, Qin Lang believed that this policy was not fully implemented last time because only some Turks surrendered at this time, and now that the entire Eastern Turks have been destroyed, the imperial court has a greater say.

Now that the Eastern Turks have no leader, it is a good time to deal with it. Even if they are a little tougher, the Turks will find it difficult to resist. If you miss such a good opportunity, it will be difficult to think about it in the future.

Last time, the imperial court set up several Zhengzhous in Saibei, and also set up the Anbei Dadu Protectorate. Now that the dispute between the court and China is still unresolved, Qin Lang believes that this is the result of Li Shimin's own vacillation.

"Before the Eastern Turks were dealt with, Datang didn't have the energy to go to the Western Regions. Although it will return to the Western Regions sooner or later, it's not now."

"Then we just let the Western Turks go?"

"Of course not. Although the army of the Great Tang cannot enter the Western Regions for the time being, we, the Great Tang, can still exert influence on the Western Regions."

Force is only a last resort. Under the complicated situation in the Western Regions, in fact, Datang being more active and exerting some diplomatic influence can also be very effective.

"Before, the imperial court conferred on both Siyehu Khan and Moheduo Khan. Now that the two of them come to marry Princess Datang, of course we cannot agree. Not only can the imperial court not agree to the marriage, but they can also make a counterattack and let them Marry a daughter to Datang."

"We can also canonize both Tocharo Yehu and Kaza Yehu as khans, and give them drum banners, and we can even bestow the title of khans on Tie Leqi Bibu's Ge Leng."

Since the Western Regions are in chaos, let's make the water even more muddy.

Originally, the two families were fighting each other, the two families were divided, and the family was waiting and watching.

Now it is clear that all five families can be conferred the title of Great Khan, and given banners, banners and golden seals, and the court can also send people to delineate the boundaries for them.

When delineating the border, you can deliberately make things worse and create disputes. In this way, all parties in the Western Regions will only add fuel to the flames and deepen the conflict.

It is impossible to quell the war.

As for Datang, provoking their war is of course beneficial to Datang.

They were so focused on internal fighting that they had no time to look around, and if they lost both, they would not be able to threaten Datang.In the future, after Datang has passed this round of crisis and dealt with the Eastern Turks, it will naturally be able to take advantage of the situation and move westward to clean up the Western Turks who are both in danger.

"Isn't this the style of the celestial dynasty? Deliberately instigate a war, and the common people will inevitably suffer from the war. This is inhumane." Cheng Qian said anxiously.

"His Royal Highness, this is not an act of militarism, nor is it that I am not benevolent in the Tang Dynasty, but it is just a strategy of a great power. The home of a country is the law of the jungle where the weak prey on the strong. The principle of benevolence and justice can only be implemented when a big country controls the situation. Now we have the opportunity, If you don’t make good use of it, then you will regret it later. The Turkic state was established for a very short time, but if we read their history carefully, we will know that they are always unfamiliar white-eyed wolves. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it could not be better. During the time of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the eight Turkic Khans were fighting for the throne. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty supported the weak Turkic Khan to unite the weak and separate the strong. Although Tuli Little Khan became Qimin Great Khan, although he respected the Sui Dynasty, his sons were all white-eyed wolves. From Shibi Khan to Luo Khan to Jieli Khan, this The three brothers are more ruthless than the other."

"So between countries, only interests are concerned. If there is an opportunity, we must seize it, otherwise, we will be the ones who suffer and regret."

"So I suggest that Your Highness can speak to His Majesty, divide the Western Turks into five, canonize the five great khans, give them drum banners, and let them send their daughters to the East Palace of His Highness Chang'an. Whoever refuses to accept the canonization, who will not If you are willing to send your daughter into the East Palace, I, Datang, will unite with several other families to attack anyone!"

Chengqian was a little surprised, "Even if the Western Turks were to give their daughter to him, shouldn't it be given to my father?"

"Your Highness, I suggest that Your Highness accept the daughter of the Western Turks. This is for His Highness's consideration."

(End of this chapter)