Therefore, wars still have to be fought, especially when a country like this is about to become strong and powerful, wars must be fought even more. The whole country must develop a warlike temperament, so that a country can always maintain its aggressive nature.
Only in this way can a country continue to grow and become stronger.
Meng Shengren made it very clear in "Born in Sorrow and Die in Peace and Joy" that a country will live in sorrow and die in peace and happiness.
Therefore, a country must have a certain sense of urgency. Only in this way can it survive for a long time.
If you are greedy for pleasure and stability, you will easily die in a dream.
The Tang Dynasty now has the sharpest military in the world. The Tang Dynasty should have a sense of worry and regard all other countries in the world as enemies. Only in this way can it conquer step by step, develop step by step, and eventually become the world's most powerful country.
The pinnacle of.
Although in history, the Tang Dynasty reached the pinnacle of the world without conquering the whole world.
But in Li Yuanji's view, the historical thighs can be done better.
The Tang Dynasty he now rules is much more powerful than the Tang Dynasty at the same time in history, so he hopes to achieve more glorious achievements than in history.
So this battle must be fought.
Moreover, this battle was not the end of the Tang Dynasty's unification of the world and its conquest of its neighbors, but the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the world.
He may not be able to see Datang conquering the world, but this step must be taken.
"Ren Aiqing, what you said is indeed reasonable, but Datang must fight this battle."
Li Yuanji changed his title and called Ren Gui with a very firm tone.
Ren Gui heard the unquestionable tone in Li Yuanji's tone, was stunned for a moment, and said with an unsightly expression: "Now that your highness has to fight the Turks, just give me the order. I don't dare to refuse."
Li Yuanji heard that Ren Gui was not convinced at all. Even though he asked him to give the order directly, he did not dare to refuse.
But what he was thinking must be, if you gave me a direct order, I would obey it, but I just refused to obey.
Li Yuanji took a deep breath and said: "Ren Aiqing, if I wanted to give you an order, I would have given it to you long ago..."
Li Yuanji said nothing further, but he believed that Ren Gui could understand the meaning of his words.
After Ren Gui heard this, his expression really changed.
But it doesn't make it look ugly, it just makes it look better.
He is not a fool, how could he not understand what Li Yuanji said?
What Li Yuanji said was very clear. He was giving him face and taking care of his feelings, so he didn't give him an order.
If Li Yuanji didn't give him face and take care of his feelings, he would have issued the order directly, why would he have spent so much words.
After understanding Li Yuanji's good intentions, Ren Gui's attitude was not so tough, "Your Highness, I don't have to stop you from conquering the Turks, but promoting rice is far more important than conquering the Turks."
Ren Gui's words were sincere and came from the bottom of her heart.
Before Li Yuanji could speak, Chen Shuda took the lead and said, "Why do you firmly think so?"
Ren Gui did not hide it, and said frankly: "We in the Tang Dynasty do not have enough population to deal with the Turks, so even if we defeat the Turks, we can only hand over the Turkic territories to the Turks again.
The Turks are not our race, and they will turn against us over time.
It is impossible for us, the Tang Dynasty, to guard against them all the time, nor to send troops to conquer them all the time.
Therefore, we should first increase food production, and then use this to generate a large population.
When our population reaches five million households, we can then conquer the Turks and move our people there to conquer the Turks' territory.
Then we won't have to worry about recurrences, let alone another war in the north.
The former only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, while the latter can solve the problem once and for all."
Chen Shuda fell into silence after hearing what Ren Gui said.
After listening to Ren Gui's words, Li Yuanji had to admit that Ren Gui's words were the words of an old man who wanted to seek the country.
Compared with letting the Turks govern the Turks after conquering the Turks, it is definitely more advantageous to move one's own people there to govern the Turks.
History has helped to verify the former, and the final result is more and more accurate as Ren Gui said. The Turks have been repeating themselves for hundreds of years before disappearing.
Although no one has tried the latter in history, the effect is definitely better than the former.
Why do you say that?
Because the Turks have no idea of loyalty and patriotism in their minds. If the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks and handed over the Turkic territories to the Turks for governance, then in the eyes of the Turks, they would still be a force or a country, not a big country.
An integral part of Tang.
So when their wings grew hard, it was inevitable that they would turn to the Tang Dynasty.
They don't even need to wait until their wings grow hard. If they just suffer a little injustice at the hands of the Tang Dynasty, they will probably turn against the Tang Dynasty.
So if you let the Turks govern the Turks, 99% of them will rebel.
But the Han people are different. The Han people have accepted the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism since they were young. When the Tang Dynasty moved some people there, they will only think that the Tang Dynasty helped them open up a place for them to survive. They themselves and the world under their feet
All land belongs to the Tang Dynasty.
As long as Datang does not continue to squeeze them until they can no longer survive, their hearts will always be towards Datang and they will never rebel against Datang.
Once they took root in the Turkic territory and became settled households, both they and the Turkic territory would naturally become an integral part of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Ren Gui's words are very pertinent. They are indeed considering the Tang Dynasty and are worth listening to.
But Li Yuanji was not prepared to adopt it.
Because Ren Gui has his own ideas, and he also has his own ideas.
He admitted that Ren Gui was right, but he didn't necessarily want to listen because he didn't think Ren Gui's idea was better than his.
Immediately, Li Yuanji nodded and said: "What Ren Aiqing said is not unreasonable, but I also have my own considerations. I admit that it would be easier for our own people to deal with the Turks, but has Ren Aiqing ever thought about it, when the Tang Dynasty becomes rich?
, everyone no longer has to worry about food, who else is willing to move to the Turks?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Has Ren Aiqing ever thought about whether we will have a chance to conquer the Turks when the Tang Dynasty becomes rich?"
Ren Gui pondered and said nothing.
He also understands the art of war and strategy, and he is still a master. He may not be at the level of Li Jing, but he is much better than the general generals who can only charge into battle.
So he understands that fighter opportunities are fleeting.
When Li Yuanji saw that Ren Gui had stopped talking, he knew that Ren Gui had listened to his words, and immediately continued: "Now that Sunisu and Jieli have both suffered losses, they have no intention of fighting anymore.
If the Tang Dynasty does not send troops and allows one of them to annex the other, then a new Turkic Khan will be born.
The Turks will also be unified again.
By then, what we have to face is a complete Turk, not a divided Turk.
If after the Turks complete their unification, they will continue to have good relations with Tuguhun and the Western Turks, and even form an alliance to jointly resist us.
Then what we have to face is not just a complete Turk, but also Tuyuhun and Western Turk.
However, Tubo was rising, and the Mengshe imperial edict was also unifying, and the Dahe family had always been resentful of their defeat at the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
If someone were to lobby for an all-out attack on the Tang Dynasty, how would the Tang Dynasty be able to cope with it even if it had strong troops and horses?"
Although the Tang Dynasty has now become the overlord of East Asia, it is not yet powerful enough to go to war with all the surrounding countries.
With the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple present, and with close contacts and close contacts, it was unlikely that the whole country could attack the Tang Dynasty.
There is no need to worry about "don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens".
Li Yuanji, who is familiar with history, knows very well that in the next nearly fifty years, among the surrounding countries, there was only one enlightened leader like Songtsen Gampo.
Therefore, it is completely unnecessary to worry about attacking the Tang Dynasty all over the world.
But even so, the Tang Dynasty still had to fight the Turks, because this related to the layout of the Tang Dynasty towards the world, and also related to the placement of the vassal kings.
It is more related to Li Yuanji’s layout for the Tang Dynasty.
So even if he was just alarmist, Li Yuanji still had to convince Ren Gui.
Naturally, Ren Gui didn't know that Li Yuanji was being alarmist. When he heard that if the Tang Dynasty gave the Turks a chance to breathe, they would most likely face a joint attack from the Turks, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks, he frowned.
As for the whole world attacking the Tang Dynasty, he didn't think much about it.
The Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple are not just decorations, so there is no way they would let this happen.
But even so, just the Turks, Tuyuhun, and Western Turks uniting to attack the Tang Dynasty would be enough for the Tang Dynasty to drink a pot.
So his persistence was shaken.
After the Tang Dynasty became strong and powerful, it would be easier to attack and conquer the Turks.
But now there is an opportunity to take advantage of. If Datang does not seize the opportunity, it will be a waste of natural resources.
Once the Turks escape the disaster and rise again, it will be Datang who will be unlucky in the end.
"But we, the Tang Dynasty, really don't have the energy to deal with the Turks. If we defeat the Turks and then hand over the Turks to the Turks to govern, then we will be the same as not defeating the Turks."
Ren Gui hesitated and said worriedly.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Ren Aiqing, don't worry, I don't plan to pacify the Turks in one battle, I plan to turn the Turks into a training ground for training our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
After training an army large enough to roam the grasslands, there will be no Turks left in the Turks. By then, the population of the Tang Dynasty will inevitably increase.
At that time, favorable conditions can be given to allow some people to migrate there.
We can even allow soldiers who are already familiar with life on the grassland to move their families there and take root on the grassland."
You can also encourage the children of middle-class families to join the army and strive for a future in the army, and provide them with favorable conditions to settle in the grasslands.
In order to achieve the purpose of dividing the middle-class families.
After the top aristocratic families were weakened or even eradicated, and the middle-level aristocratic families were divided again, the situation in which the aristocratic families controlled the Tang Dynasty would no longer exist.
