Chapter 60 Borrowing a chicken to lay an egg again?!
"Oh? You went too?"
His Majesty Li Er pretended to be very surprised and said: "Didn't I remember that you didn't want to go to Chang'an City? What?"
"I didn't want to miss a big day like yesterday, so I went to Tai Chi Palace to watch the canonization ceremony." Su Chen said calmly. In his opinion, there was nothing to hide about these things.
His Majesty Li Er continued to pull on his mask and asked with a smile: "Then how long have you seen His Majesty?"
"No."
Su Chen said truthfully: "I was delayed because of something, so I couldn't get a good position. I could only see a vague figure."
"That's it."
His Majesty Li Er continued to say without blushing and without a beating heart: "Yesterday, the scene where the Holy Father accepted worship from all ethnic groups was really unforgettable. I am still a little excited when I think about it now!"
I have to say that His Majesty Li Er is really thick-skinned. Without outsiders, he does not have any psychological burden when he boasts about himself. Instead, he feels that it is natural.
Therefore, this is also the reason why he did not take Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng with him this time.
When they are around, I feel very reserved, for fear of losing the majesty of the emperor.
Now that he is fine, there are only him and Su Chen in the room. He has completely let himself go and can speak freely!
After saying that, His Majesty Li Er glanced at Su Chen and asked, "What do you think?"
“Really spectacular!”
Su Chen had a smile on his face and praised: "Li Er did a really good job this time. I believe that the Tang Dynasty will be prosperous from now on!"
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er was immediately elated!
After being scolded by Su Chen for so long, I finally heard a nice word from him!
Now, His Majesty Li Er actually felt a sense of pride in his heart. He completely forgot that Su Chen still called him Li Er. Maybe he was used to it.
His Majesty Li Er smiled happily and continued: "I heard from my friend that the grassland tribes who came to worship wanted to enter Guanzhong to live, but the Holy One did not seem to agree."
"What?"
"With his temperament, he didn't agree?!"
Su Chen said in surprise, feeling that this was a bit unlike Li Shimin's style in history.
You know, didn't Li Shimin in history behave very generously after accepting the surrender of the barbarians?
Why did you suddenly become so stingy?
Logically speaking, he should agree to allow the grassland tribes to live there, and then reward them with a bunch of houses and wives. Is it possible that he is too poor?
Already so poor that you can’t even afford a house?
At this moment, it was Su Chen's turn to be confused and asked: "That shouldn't be the case, Lao Li, are you sure your information is accurate?"
“Absolutely accurate!”
His Majesty Li Er patted his chest and said in assurance, "I guess His Majesty is worried that those grassland people will cause a lot of trouble when they come to Guanzhong, so he won't let them live there."
"Is there any problem with this?"
Su Chen frowned, thought deeply for a moment, and said, "There is a problem! There is a big problem!"
Seeing Su Chen's serious expression, His Majesty Li Er felt a little panicked and quickly asked: "What's the problem? Will it affect the foundation of my Datang Dynasty?!"
"well."
Su Chen sighed lightly, shook his head, and said, "I estimate that Li Er probably drifted away."
"If he really does this, there will be endless troubles, which will be detrimental to the future development of Datang."
Hearing that the matter was so serious, His Majesty Li Er hurriedly said: "I would like to hear the details!"
Su Chen said with some regret: "This Li Er is really too arrogant, he actually wasted such a good opportunity!"
"Old Li, let me ask you, what is the population of our Tang Dynasty now?"
"More than 12 million." His Majesty Li Er is very familiar with this.
"Um."
Su Chen nodded and continued to ask: "Then do you know how many people there are in the foreign races on the grassland?"
At this moment, His Majesty Li Er really didn’t know.
He is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not the emperor of the grassland.
Moreover, the grassland tribes are nomadic and have no fixed settlements. The population mobility is so great that it is difficult to make accurate judgments and statistics.
"Let me tell you, the grassland population is at least two million, which is nearly one-eighth of the population of the Tang Dynasty!"
"If such a group of people could be recovered, wouldn't the number and national strength of the Tang Dynasty increase? Li Er foolishly refused. Isn't this a mistake?"
Hearing what Su Chen said, Li Er was very confused, frowned, and said: "I think it's not that His Majesty doesn't want to recover them, but that these alien races are too difficult to manage on the grassland."
"And besides herding, they can't do anything anymore, so what use can they have?"
Su Chen took a sip of tea and said, "Yes, they really don't know how to farm, but they can fight!"
"I dare say that those grassland people who want to come to Guanzhong to live must be nobles from the major tribes."
"If we control them, wouldn't it be equivalent to controlling the military power of the entire northwest grassland?"
Now that Su Chen said this, His Majesty Li Er began to understand what he meant.
Indeed, he only saw the shortcomings of the prairie people, but was shown their advantages.
With the tough style of the Mongolian grasslands, their soldiers' combat effectiveness is not low, otherwise they would not have caused so many years of trouble to the Tang Dynasty.
Su Chen continued: "When the time comes, we can use the power of the northwest grasslands to attack the north and the west. Wouldn't this save us a lot of effort?
"Take the Tibetans to the west as an example. They have often invaded our border with the Tang Dynasty over the years. Although they are not large in scale, they are still very annoying."
"It has been difficult to deal with them before. The main road is far away, which makes the war cost a lot. Even with the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult to support a full-scale war."
"But if we rely on the power of these grassland tribes, this won't be a problem. They are close to Tubo and adapted to their plateau environment!"
After saying so much, Su Chen's mouth felt a little dry, so he poured himself a cup of tea, completely unaware of His Majesty Li Er's shocked expression.
At this time, His Majesty Li Er felt as if he was enlightened, and instantly understood the pros and cons of the whole matter.
Originally, he was worried that these prairie people would have different intentions, so he did not accept them.
However, you don’t have to accept it, but you have to take advantage of it!
With the current national power of the Tang Dynasty, no one in the entire Mongolian grassland would dare to disobey!
If you accept them, you can let them open up and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and make the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty shed less blood!
This seems to be the same as Fanggui!
Why is this trick so useful for Su Chen, but he just can't think of it?
Suddenly, His Majesty Li Er thought of another question and asked: "But, do you want those grassland people to obediently become the most pawns of the Tang Dynasty?"
