Li Shimin said solemnly: "If you don't establish a Protectorate, where will the dozen troops and horses you established be stationed? Stationed on the border? Then the heavy transportation alone will be enough to bring us down."
Li Yuanji said frankly: "We can let them feed on the enemy..."
"hehe……"
Li Shimin sneered and said sarcastically: "It's easy to say that we can feed on the enemy. If it were easy to feed on the enemy, we wouldn't have to bring so much food and grass."
Eating on this battlefield does not mean that you can find food, you just have to see it, you have to be able to grab it.
In wars, no one can guarantee victory in every battle, so if you just feed on the enemy, once you lose more times than you win, you will definitely run out of food.
Once there is no food, the army must not only stop attacking, but also be prepared to starve to death.
This is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is that the enemy is likely to seize the opportunity of you running out of food and counterattack.
When the time comes, you will be exhausted and unable to resist.
So eating at the enemy doesn't mean you can do it if you want to.
You must be prepared to annihilate your entire army and have the determination to pay the price of annihilation before you can do this.
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "I know it's not easy to feed the enemy, but we let the Turks feed the enemy, and we don't have to feed the enemy ourselves..."
Therefore, even if the entire army is wiped out, it will be the Turks who will be wiped out, not the Tang people.
Although this move is suspected of taking care of human life, there will be no virgins in the Tang Dynasty who will jump out to help the Turks.
"Besides, with the Tang Dynasty providing armaments to the Turks, and with the bravery of the Turks, there are really not many forces on the grassland that can rival them. So once they embark on the journey, there is still a high possibility that they will be defeated by the enemy.
big."
Li Yuanji continued.
Li Shimin just chuckled without a smile, and then fell silent.
He could see that Li Yuanji just didn't care about the life or death of the Turks, so he let the Turks go and feed the enemy.
As for the price the Turks would pay in the process of feeding on the enemy, Li Yuanji obviously did not consider it.
And naturally he wouldn't think about it.
He is not a Turkic royal family, and whether the Turks die or not has nothing to do with him.
It is impossible to expect him to show mercy to the Turks.
He has no sympathy for anyone who has no value to the Tang Dynasty or himself.
Seeing that Li Shimin stopped talking, Li Yuanji continued: "Do you have any suggestions for my idea, or other opinions?"
Li Shimin said calmly: "My suggestion is to establish a Protectorate. If you are not willing to build a Protectorate, then I have no suggestions."
It can be heard that Li Shimin is very persistent in establishing the Protectorate.
This is not to say that he stubbornly believed that establishing a protective palace on the grassland was the best way to rule the grassland, but there were precedents in this regard during the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms.
During the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties and the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Regions Protectorate was established in the Western Regions and ruled the Western Regions very well.
It is also because of this that Li Shimin wanted to imitate the cat and the tiger.
Whether other methods can effectively rule the grassland, there are no examples in history to learn from, and for Li Shimin, a pure Tang Dynasty, it is risky.
In order to avoid unknown risks, he appears to be a little conservative.
In fact, not only Li Shimin, but most of the people in power in history have been like this in terms of governance. They all like to be conservative, especially in areas where there are no other precedents, and they like to govern according to precedents.
The reason why they do this is not because they don't have a pioneering spirit or that they don't like innovation, but they don't like to take risks.
For many people in power, every movement is worse than silence.
Innovation is worse than being conservative.
This is also the reason why all dynasties have been relatively conservative and solidified.
Even if there is innovation, it will only be done slowly after the previous generations' decrees have been used for a long period of time.
So Li Yuanji can understand Li Shimin's thoughts, but that doesn't mean he has to listen to Li Shimin.
He has far more knowledge and knowledge than Li Shimin, and his ideas and strategies are naturally higher than Li Shimin's.
As long as Li Shimin doesn't have a big opinion on his ideas and strategies, it means that his ideas and strategies are feasible and in line with this era, then he can do it.
"Since the second brother has no other opinions or suggestions, it's settled. I immediately sent an order to all the armies, asking them to find suitable places to resettle the people who had just been rescued, and at the same time, asked them to move all the surrendered and captured people as soon as possible.
The Turks are divided into three, six or nine groups and dispersed as soon as possible according to my idea."
Li Yuanji said slowly.
Li Shimin didn't say anything, just sat there with a straight face.
Li Yuanji called Zhao Chengyong, and after giving his orders, he stared at Li Shimin and continued: "Let's talk about how to deal with all the cattle, sheep and horses.
After millions have been distributed among various gathering places, there are still millions more to be disposed of.
In terms of cattle and sheep, I mean to give some of them as rewards to meritorious soldiers, and then use some of them to distribute them to places where there are more slaves.
The rest will be given to the tribesmen of the Turkic nobles who are willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and willing to surrender.
The specific location of where to stock the animals will be discussed later when Ashina Simo and other leaders of the Turkic tribes arrive.
As for the horses, select those that are not suitable for use as war horses, reward some of them to the meritorious soldiers, and send the other part to various places to sell them at low prices to the people who need labor."
When manpower is scarce, livestock is one of the most important labor forces.
At present, the livestock that provide labor for the people of Tang Dynasty mainly include cattle, mules, and donkeys.
Although there are horses, they are not numerous.
Because the vast majority of horses are used as war horses, and most of the rest are also used as means of transportation, the value of horses is very high. Ordinary people cannot afford to buy one, let alone buy a horse to use as a labor force.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, if a large number of horses seized this time are put into the market and they become the labor force of the people, it can effectively alleviate the shortage of labor force in Datang, and at the same time, it can also improve
The output of grain in the Tang Dynasty.
Even if a large number of horses are put into the market at once, the court will suffer a big loss and will spend a lot less money.
But compared to the improvement of the Tang Dynasty's national power and the improvement of the Tang Dynasty's labor force, this loss and money are nothing at all.
Datang does not lack money now, but it lacks labor force and comprehensive national strength.
Therefore, in these two aspects, no matter how much money is invested or how much money is lost, it is not considered a loss.
As long as Datang's labor force and overall national strength increase, Datang will get more.
Nowadays, the national power of the Tang Dynasty cannot support the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to exert their full strength, nor can it support the ambitions of the people in power of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, we must increase investment in strengthening the labor force and enhancing national strength.
Li Shimin was obviously aware of this, so he did not complain at all about the handling of this aspect. He just asked, "What about the remaining horses? Neither we nor the Turks can use that many horses."
The old and weak women and children in the Turks were expelled from the fighting order. After the Turkic nobles were eliminated or moved to the interior of the Tang Dynasty, there were many free horses.
After removing the bad horses that are to be distributed to the people, there are still many good horses, even top-grade horses.
As for these horses, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could not ride them all, and even the dozen regiments composed of Turks could not ride them all.
Leaving it unused or keeping it to produce offspring is pure waste, so it must be utilized.
Li Yuanji replied: "I am going to distribute part of the remaining horses to various gathering places so that the horses can continue to give birth, and the other part will be sold to all the nobles."
"For sale?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and said with a sneer: "The nobles are all waiting for a bargain now. Who will spend a lot of money to buy these horses?"
Which of you nobles is not a human being?
Since the Tang Dynasty had captured a lot of money, it was very likely that they would get a share of it at the smallest price, or even get a huge reward without paying any price.
They don't take advantage of it, so why spend money?
Therefore, it is unlikely to directly ask nobles to spend money to buy horses.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "I know that the nobles are all waiting to take advantage of it, so if I ask them to spend money to buy horses, they will definitely not do it. So I plan to build a horse farm that belongs to my royal family here, and during the war
A horse race was held afterwards.
The winner will get a piece of grassland that is not inferior to that of the royal racecourse, and will also get 3,000 high-quality horses."
Li Shimin squinted his eyes, looking like "that's it".
Li Yuanji continued with a smile: "Uncles, cousins, sisters, sisters, cousins, don't they all want to make money? As long as they spend money to buy horses, I will allocate pasture for them.
How many horses are purchased and how much pasture is allocated.
If anyone can buy tens of thousands of horses at one go, I will allocate them a piece of pasture that is not inferior to that of my Tang Dynasty state (small state)."
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened, and Zeng stood up immediately.
How is this different from allocating fiefdoms to all the royal relatives in Turks?
Although the Turks were far less wealthy than the Tang Dynasty, for the emperor's relatives, the attraction of the fiefdom was too great.
Except for a few who can get the throne, they don't like the fiefdoms in remote places and are not willing to go to remote places. For the rest, if you give him a stone, he will hold it tightly.
In this case, if you buy a horse and give it to the pasture, why are those royal relatives going crazy?
They already have racecourses around Chang'an City, and they also like to raise horses, race horses, and even race horses. Polo is a popular entertainment in Chang'an City.
Now it has just expanded their horse farm many times and turned their plaything into a business that not only allows them to play but also brings them profits. How could they not be willing?
It's not like they have to take care of these horse farms themselves. They only need to send a confidant from the palace with a group of servants and purchase some slaves to take care of them.
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty captured hundreds of thousands of slaves from the Turks, and it was too easy for them to purchase slaves.
It can be said that the imperial court has paved all the roads for them. They only need to pay a little money and manpower to get a large piece of pasture and a sustainable business.
As long as they are not stupid, they will dive in headfirst.