Li Shimin smiled dumbly and said: "I have led soldiers for so many years, and you still come to test me? The most important thing in a war is of course morale, armor, weapons, and money and food."
"Your Majesty is very wise, what he said is very right." Lin Xuan flattered him and continued: "I can summarize your Majesty's words into one point. What we fight for in wars is national strength, and those things that foreigners learned from the Tang Dynasty seem useless.
, but it can greatly improve their national strength. When they become stronger, they will definitely not be content with the status quo and attack the Tang Dynasty. Does Your Majesty still think they should be allowed to learn from it?"
Lin Xuan did not believe that there were so many capable people in the Tang Dynasty who could not see this.
However, no one tried to stop it. To put it bluntly, it was the pride of the Heavenly Kingdom.
I feel that those countries admire the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a very honorable thing to come and study in the Tang Dynasty.
But they forget that those who are not of my race will have different hearts.
Li Shimin was silent. He had to admit that what Lin Xuan said made sense.
"You can drive away the people from Fusang country directly, but what about the people from other countries?" Li Shimin asked.
He already agreed with Lin Xuan's statement, but he had to find a reason to drive away people from other countries.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "People from other countries can stay. Don't they admire the culture of the Tang Dynasty? Let them all go to the Imperial College to learn Confucian culture."
Don’t you want to study? If I ask you to study at the highest university in the Tang Dynasty, you should have nothing to say.
Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he praised: "Your method is very good."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Lin Xuan said modestly.
"Li Mu, pass the decree: Fusang sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty. If they do not abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty, all of them will be expelled back." Li Shimin was also a decisive person. He made up his mind and implemented it immediately.
"Yes!" Li Mu took the order and left.
Li Shimin stared at Lin Xuan with interest. He found that Lin Xuan could always put forward some particularly useful points.
"Your Majesty, you don't want to punish me anymore, do you?" Lin Xuan was a little embarrassed by Li Shimin.
Li Shimin sneered: "You beat Fusang and sent the Tang envoy in public. Do you think this matter will just go away?"
Lin Xuan curled his lips secretly, you have already ordered people to be expelled, and now you are definitely plotting against me by saying this.
"If your Majesty has anything to do, you can directly give him orders. I will do my best to share your Majesty's worries." Lin Xuan was very sensible.
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Xue Yantuo, Huihe and other tribes have invaded our borders all year round, plundering money and people. I have always wanted to send troops to destroy them, but most of them are nomadic tribes with no fixed residence. What can you do?
No?"
Historically, Li Shimin was praised for his broad-mindedness, but he was very small-minded. He always harbored a grudge against the aliens who invaded his country every year.
However, those foreign races are all nomadic peoples and have no fixed residence.
Just hit him and he will run away. The grassland is so big and there are so many people but so few people there is no point at all.
In the past, the destruction of the Eastern Turks was achieved by taking advantage of the right time (it was snowing heavily in winter) and the right location (sneak attack and ambush).
The most famous person in history who fought against foreigners was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who destroyed the Xiongnu.
But when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Xiongnu, he relied on the money, food and wealth accumulated by Emperors Wen and Jing for decades.
"Historical Records Pingzhunshu" records: "During the more than seventy years since the rise of the Han Dynasty, the country had been fine, except for floods and droughts. The people had enough to provide for their families, all the houses and concubines were full, and the treasury had a surplus of goods and wealth.
The money in the capital is so huge that it is rotten and cannot be corrected; the millet in Taicang is overflowing with dew and accumulates outside, so that it becomes rotten and inedible. There are horses in the streets and alleys of the common people, and there are horses in the streets."
With such a strong financial and food foundation, and commanders like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, they still fought with the Huns for more than 40 years before driving them out of Mobei.
Remember, it is to drive out, not to destroy.
Why didn't Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty take advantage of the victory to pursue it?
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that the treasury has been emptied and there is no money.
Although the Xue Yantuo, Uihe and other tribes are far behind the original Xiongnu.
However, the national power of the Tang Dynasty was also far behind compared with that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Li Shimin was not as lucky as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he had the legacy of his grandfather and father.
He even grabbed the throne by himself.
Li Shimin was not a pure Han Chinese. Seriously, he was a quarter of Xianbei blood.
Although he knows how to make good use of people and accepts advice with an open mind.
But it also inherited the cruelty of the nomads and their emphasis on territory.
In Li Shimin's eyes, the entire Tang Dynasty is his territory. If you come to rob it today or rob it tomorrow, he simply can't bear it.
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "Your Majesty is right, it is indeed difficult to deal with the nomads. But I have a way to solve this problem!"
"There's nothing you can do about it." Li Shimin heard Lin Xuan's previous words and felt that Lin Xuan had nothing to do, so he said subconsciously.
But then when he heard the second half of what Lin Xuan said, he stood up excitedly, grabbed Lin Xuan's shoulders tightly with a pair of big hands, and said, "You...what did you say?"
Li Shimin's voice was trembling with excitement.
Lin Xuan didn't expect that Li Shimin's somewhat fat body was actually quite strong, and it even hurt him to catch him.
"Your Majesty, don't be excited. I do have a way. Not only from afar, but also from a short distance, we can protect our Tang Dynasty's borders for a hundred years. If implemented well, the territories of those nomadic peoples will always become the land of our Tang Dynasty.
!" Lin Xuan said confidently.
"Say!" Li Shimin stared at Lin Xuan closely with his tiger eyes.
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty, before I talk about this method, I have a question to ask Your Majesty. I wonder if Your Majesty cares about what future generations will think of you?"
Li Shimin was silent for a while, and the expression on his face changed. After a long time, he finally said: "If it is to be infamous for thousands of years, of course I care! If it is to be a mixed blessing, I don't care."
In fact, Li Shimin was a very contradictory person. It can be said that he cared about reputation. He killed his brother and imprisoned his father for the throne.
To say he didn't care, after he became emperor, he not only smeared Li Jiancheng, but also refused to allow anyone to talk about the events of that year.
"My method is to kill people, destroy land, and destroy livestock." Lin Xuan said word by word.
"Hiss~"
Li Shimin's city couldn't help but take a breath of air after hearing Lin Xuan's words.
No wonder Lin Xuan asked him before if he cared about what future generations would think of him. This strategy was really too inhumane.
Li Shimin frowned and said: "This action is inhumane. Are you sure it is a mixed blessing, not a lasting infamy?"
Lin Xuan knew that Li Shimin was moved, because Li Shimin did not reject this method, but was worried that it would be infamy for thousands of years.
Lin Xuan sneered: "Your Majesty, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different. Although this move hurts the peace of the world, it does not require your Majesty to kill them all. As long as those alien races are willing to surrender, they can become common people of the Tang Dynasty."
During the Three Kingdoms period, Shanyue often rebelled in the territory of Wu State, which tied up a large number of troops. Zhuge Ke was ordered to lead his troops to destroy Shanyue, because Shanyue was hiding in the mountains.
Zhuge Ke thought of a way. He did not fight Shanyue, nor did he send troops into the mountains. He only sent troops to guard the dangerous places.
When the food planted by Shanyue in the mountains matures, troops will be sent in to burn it.
There was no food available in the mountains. In order not to starve to death, they had no choice but to surrender.
Lin Xuan's method was based on Zhuge Ke's method with some modifications.
There were so many capable ministers in the Tang Dynasty, so it was impossible that they would not have thought of this method, but this method was too cruel, and no one was willing to bear this infamy.