You must know that tribesmen are the most solid support for every wealthy family. If tribesmen cannot be relied on, who else can be relied on in the world?
More importantly, as a royal family, if all your people have betrayed you, who do you expect to be loyal to you?
Yu Wenbao didn't know what was going on here or what unknown secrets there were, so when faced with Li Shimin's question, he shook his head in confusion.
Li Shimin said with an incredulous look on his face: "As far as I know, the Western Turks are still at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period and there has been no civil strife. So why did most of the royal family of the Western Turks betray Tong Yehu?
Could it be that something happened in Western Turks that we don’t know about?”
I don’t know who Li Shimin is asking this question, and no one can answer it.
Although the Western Turks had diplomatic exchanges with the Tang Dynasty, and they once proposed peace with the Tang Dynasty, due to the obstruction and obstruction by the Eastern Turks, most of the diplomatic exchanges were only superficial, and the marriage was not achieved.
Therefore, most people in the Tang Dynasty did not understand the Western Turks.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Datang has always focused on the region and the unification war.
When the Tang Dynasty has not yet been unified and the Western Turks do not threaten the Tang Dynasty, who will care about the current situation of the Western Turks?
"I heard that this has something to do with the Tutun villages established by Tong Yehu in the Western Regions..."
Li Yuanji tried hard to recall the historical records of the Western Turks, and finally found the word Tutun in many records.
"Tutun?"
Li Shimin had an expression on his face like "What is that?"
Li Yuanji explained: "I heard that after Tong Yehu became the governor of the Western Regions, he sent a Tutun to each vassal country and tribe to supervise the collection of tribute taxes.
These Tutuns expropriated various vassal states and tribes, causing widespread resentment among the vassal states and tribes..."
When Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, who was far away from Li Shimin, heard this, they looked stunned.
It turns out that the so-called Tutun is the tax inspector.
It's just that this tax inspector is not supervising domestic taxes, but foreign tribute taxes.
As tax inspectors of a suzerain country, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng knew very well how they would supervise taxes after arriving abroad.
Expropriation and expropriation are probably just glorified words. Killing, arson, robbery, breaking bones and sucking marrow are what they really do.
After all, this is what the generals in the former Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty did to guard the border and supervise the subordinate countries and Jizhou.
The people of the Western Regions were more barbaric than the people of the Central Plains, and they still believed in the law of the jungle. Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng did not think that they would be able to persuade them nicely when they went to supervise the collection of tribute taxes.
They may be made more greedy and cruel by the generals on the border.
Under such circumstances, it is only natural that there should be widespread civil dissatisfaction within the Western Turks and the affiliated countries.
After all, you have killed people, set fires, broken bones and sucked out marrow. If I had no resentment, then I would not be a human being, let alone an animal, but a stone.
"But even so, it's impossible for Tongqiu to betray Tong Yehu. It's impossible for Tong Yehu to use this trick on his own people, right?"
Li Shimin did not speak, and Li Jiancheng said in astonishment... Li Yuanji sighed: "As far as I know, both the Eastern Turkic Khans and the Western Turkic Khans are greedy people. And the Western Turkic Khan Yehu Khan
More greedy than Jieli Khan of the Eastern Turks."
Li Jiancheng opened his mouth in shock and was completely speechless.
Li Shimin also looked in disbelief.
Good guy, if you are more greedy than profit, then you are insatiable.
Jie Li was extremely harsh on Liang Shidu and his nephew Tu Li. He wanted to kill them and take all their cattle, sheep, and money into his own hands.
Tong Yehu is more greedy than Jieli, which means that he has probably started to seize cattle, sheep and money from the tribesmen.
No wonder his people betrayed him.
"If this is the case, his people don't need to betray him at all, they just need to find someone worthy to replace him. Why would they betray him so unswervingly?
Will Jieli give them preferential treatment because they are the royal family of the Western Turks?"
Li Shimin couldn't help but ask.
With Jieli's selfish temperament and being mean to his own nephew, how could he possibly give preferential treatment to his subordinates?
The defection of Tashi's troops from the Western Turks to the Eastern Turks was nothing more than fleeing from one slave owner who was oppressing them to another slave owner who was oppressing them.
Moreover, this slave owner has nothing to do with them and will not be lenient when he exploits them.
Then why would the Tachibana Department be so determined to betray?
Li Yuanji thought about it and said: "It is said that this Tongyehu Khan is not only greedy, but also extremely conceited..."
Li Shimin understood immediately.
Being greedy means that the money, cattle and sheep he obtains will not be distributed to anyone under his command.
Being extremely arrogant means that he has caused trouble, or because after he forced the subject country to rebel with excessive levies, he still needs more people under his command to put down the rebellion.
What can the people under this hand do?
Good guy, we risked our lives and even risked the lives of two generations to help you achieve hegemony, help you plunder and extort money, and you got the benefits but didn't give us a penny. Why should we follow you?
Do you give selflessly?
"call……"
Li Shimin let out a long breath and said in an erratic tone: "If this is the case, there will be chaos in the Western Turks within three to five years."
Then, he fell into silence, not knowing what he was thinking.
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin in surprise.
Does Gouri have such a keen sense of smell?
He had just recalled the subsequent history of the Western Turks and knew that the leader of the Western Turks, Yehu Khan, would be killed by his uncle Mohe Duo in the second year of Zhenguan, that is, four and a half years later.
Then the Western Turks would fall into a thirteen-year melee.
First, Mohe Duo fought with his nephew Zheli, then Zheli fought with the rebels of various tribes and the rebellious subordinate countries, and then Zheli's minister Nishu and his younger brothers Tong'e and Yugu fought with various rebels.
Tribes, tributary states, and those who refused to accept their victory were defeated.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In short, in the past thirteen years, various Western Turkic ministries have appeared. Today you beat me, tomorrow I will beat you, today you appear, tomorrow I will appear, there is no peace at all.
At that time...it was not until the 14th year of Zhenguan that Li Shimin sent Master Zhang (this is his name) to the Western Regions and canonized Bobu, the then Khan of the Western Turks, as a Khan recognized by the Tang Dynasty. Only then did the Western Turks regain a brief period of peace.
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After Li Shimin died, the Western Turks immediately rebelled, and Li Zhi sent people to pin them down and rub them on the ground. It was not until the Tang Dynasty established the Beiting Protectorate that peace was restored.
All in all, Tong Yehu can be said to be the turning point for the Western Turks from prosperity to decline. He single-handedly established the prosperity of the Western Turks, and also brought the Western Turks into the abyss of endless battles and battles.
After the Beiting Protectorate was established in the Tang Dynasty, the remaining Turks either gradually merged into other tribes or went to Europe to bully those ancient European countries that played phalanx and religious states.
At the end of the eighth century AD, the last remnants of the Turks completely disappeared from the stage of history under the joint attack of the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs.
The Turkic nation was also swallowed up and digested by the Tang Dynasty and various tribes in the Western Regions. In the end, this nation completely disappeared.
There are many such ethnic groups in history, and most of them have little cultural heritage.
This shows how important cultural inheritance is, and how difficult it is for Chinese culture to be passed down in one continuous line.
However, now is not the time to lament that the Turks will disappear, nor is it the time to lament that it is not easy for Chinese culture to be passed down. The most important thing now is how to resist the Turks in Maling.
Although the Turkic nation is destined to perish, they are now the overlord and are still invading the Tang Dynasty in a very tyrannical manner.
So you have to repel them before you can think of anything else.
"Whether the Western Turks are in chaos or not has nothing to do with us. What we have to do now is to drive out the Turks who have invaded our territory in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin and continued: "How are you going to deal with the war in Maling? Should we lead the army there directly, or should we ask the county captain of Maling to let the Turks go south, and we will set up an ambush on the way?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then mused: "Logically speaking, it is most beneficial to us to set up an ambush in the middle. We can easily defeat this Turkic army.
However, the county captain of Maling was able to defend Maling City with the help of some temporarily recruited rural warriors when all the county defenders and government officials were killed, which shows that he and those rural warriors are determined to defend Maling City.
Very big.
If we don't go there, they will most likely live and die with Maling City."
Li Yuanji asked: "If I order them to withdraw, will they not obey?"
Li Shimin sighed and nodded.
Everyone has decided to live and die with Maling City, which means that they have put life and death aside.
People are not afraid of death, but they are still afraid of orders?
Death is inevitable anyway, why not die more bloody and more gloriously?
If you die to protect your family and land, you can raise your head and meet your ancestors after death. When people from other places know about it, they will give a thumbs up and say, "The people from Maling are the real men."
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Most of the poor people in the northwest are people who accept death.
As long as we all agree on one thing, we must work hard to the end even if we lose our heads.
Anyone who backs down midway will be stabbed in the spine to death.
Therefore, since the county captains and village heroes of Maling have decided to defend Maling City, they will not back down for any reason.
"Then we have no choice but to pass..."
Li Yuanji also let out a long sigh.
Sometimes, you really have nothing to do with these guys who accept death.
They are not afraid of being beaten, scolded, or punished. They are not even afraid of losing their heads when their tempers arise. What can you do to them?
The governor of Qingzhou had already led the soldiers of Qingzhou and a group of local warriors from Huai'an to die for his country in Huai'an. There were no other troops from the Tang Dynasty nearby, and there was no way to rescue him.
So apart from praising others for their bravery, there is nothing much to say.
But Maling is different. They are right on the edge of Maling. If they watch the village heroes of Maling die for their country, the people of Gyeongju will be heartbroken.
We risked our lives to protect your Li family, but when your Li family arrived, you didn't protect my sons in Qingzhou. How can I, my sons in Qingzhou, work for the Li family in the future?
Common people do not understand the truth and are not willing to listen to it, especially those people who accept death as truth. They only recognize some simple truths they know.
For example, I will treat you the same way you treat me.
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