Li Tai frowned slightly. He also wanted Hou Junji to regain power. After all, it would be of great benefit to him.
But for Hou Junji to take power, it was not enough to go to Li Shimin and talk about it.
Otherwise, let alone letting Hou Junji take power, he himself would cause Li Shimin's displeasure.
In his view, in order for Hou Junji to take power, he needed to wait for an opportunity.
opportunity?
Li Tai suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said: "The imperial court is selecting someone to go as an envoy to the Turks. How about asking Duke Lu to recommend him?"
The news that the imperial court was preparing to send envoys to the Turks had just come out.
Li Tai didn't think about it at first. After all, Hou Junji was the Duke of the country, so he certainly couldn't let Hou Junji go on a mission as trivial as an envoy.
But now he suddenly felt that this was an opportunity.
"As an envoy?" Hou De was stunned and a little unhappy.
If it weren't for Li Tai's identity, Hou De would have wanted to curse.
The imperial court was about to send an envoy to question why the Turks came to the Tang Dynasty to plunder, and he naturally knew about it.
It's not a big deal, and it's dangerous. It's not a good job at all.
Li Tai noticed that Hou De was a little unhappy and said calmly: "What Duke Lu lacks now is an opportunity. As long as he can be used by his father, it means that his father's anger has dissipated. Is it still difficult for you to regain power? You
Tell Duke Lu what I have said and see if he is willing. If he is willing, I will go and ask my father. If he is not willing, forget it."
"Yes, I will definitely bring the words of His Highness King Wei." Hou De said quickly.
Hou De left Furong Garden and returned to Hou Mansion, telling Hou Junji what Li Tai said.
"Dad, I think King Wei just wants to use us and doesn't want to help you at all." Hou De said angrily.
Hou Junji shook his head and said, "I think this is a good opportunity."
"Dad, going as an ambassador to the Turks is obviously a thankless job, why do you call it an opportunity?" Hou De said.
"As long as your majesty is willing to use me, the time for my reinstatement is not far away. I am afraid that your majesty will not use me. Do you think this is an opportunity?" Hou Junji said.
He felt that he had underestimated Li Tai before. He also thought that Li Tai had a good eye and a weak hand.
Now it seems that Li Tai is still capable.
He not only knew that the imperial court wanted to send envoys to the Turks, but also knew the inside story, but he did not think of this method at the time.
"So dad, you agree with King Wei's approach?" Hou De asked.
Hou Junji nodded and said: "Go and tell King Wei immediately, just tell him about his kindness. I am grateful."
Although the family and Changsun Wuji had promised to help him regain power, Hou Junji knew that he could only wait until the Tang Dynasty used troops to regain power.
Only then will he have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Hou Junji naturally didn't want to wait that long. If he could take power before then, he would not be guilty of meritorious deeds, but would have the opportunity to take a step closer with his merits.
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Royal Palace, Ganlu Hall.
Fang Xuanling selected the personnel for the mission and immediately reported them to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin looked at it casually and agreed.
After all, this mission is just for show, and the personnel on the mission are not important at all.
Li Shimin thought for a while, told Fang Xuanling what Lin Xuan had said before, and then asked: "Xuanling, what do you think of this matter?"
Generally, Li Shimin likes to listen to Changsun Wuji's opinion on things like this.
But because of what happened before, although Li Shimin still believed in Changsun Wuji, he no longer believed as much as before.
Fang Xuanling muttered: "Your Majesty, I have never heard of such things as potatoes, but if it is like what the Marquis of Jingyang County said, there will be no problem in occupying the grassland. But if the Turks and Tang people merge, I am afraid there will be a lot of trouble. Your Majesty
Have you really decided to move the people from Datang to the grassland?"
He really didn't know anything about potatoes and didn't know how to evaluate them. He believed that Lin Xuan would not use such things to deceive Li Shimin.
But it is not that simple to annex a nation.
After the Eastern Turks were wiped out before, some people defected to the Tang Dynasty, but most of them defected to Xue Yantuo.
The grassland lacks all kinds of supplies and its conditions are not as good as those of the Tang Dynasty. Why don't those people take refuge in the Tang Dynasty?
This is related to the habits and character of a nation.
Although the nomads often plundered the Central Plains dynasty, if you let them plow the land and eat grains every day, would they get used to it?
In addition, the nomads were very aggressive and aggressive, making it difficult for them to integrate with the people of the Tang Dynasty.
In the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people were widely distributed and had many tribes. In order to isolate the contact between the Xiongnu and the Qiang people, the Han Dynasty established four counties in the Hexi Corridor: Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye and Wuwei. It established a local administrative system and established important official positions such as Qiang school captains.
To manage the affairs of the Qiang people. At the same time, a large number of surrendered Qiang people moved inward, and were geographically divided into Eastern Qiang and Western Qiang. The Eastern Qiang who entered the Central Plains lived in the fortress and mixed with the Han people, intermarried, integrated, and engaged in agricultural production.
However, the Qiang people continued to rebel, which cost the court a lot of financial resources.
Many people know that the chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was caused by the powerful relatives and the emperor's favor and trust of eunuchs.
However, if it were not for the three Qiang rebellions, the originally poor Eastern Han Dynasty court was even worse. The war broke out in Guanzhong, and a large number of Longyou heroes were employed, which aggravated the turmoil in the upper class of the ruling class.
The Eastern Han Dynasty might still be able to survive for a few more years.
Therefore, national integration is not that simple. If it is not done well, it will leave consequences for the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin sneered: "Trouble? Kill more people, and they will naturally obey you."
He naturally knows the history of the Han Dynasty integrating the Qiang people.
In his opinion, the Han Dynasty treated the Qiang people too kindly, and the Qiang people were too concentrated, so those Qiang people would always rebel.
After he annexed the grasslands, he planned to disperse the Turks throughout the Tang Dynasty. If anyone dared to rebel, he would directly suppress them severely. After a few decades, those people would naturally become Han people.
Fang Xuanling was not surprised at all by this, because people in the Sui and Tang dynasties were not greatly influenced by Confucianism because of the chaos in China and the collapse of etiquette.
"Your Majesty, if you want to occupy the grassland, it will require a huge amount of resources. Even if the Tang Dynasty's treasury is full, I'm afraid it won't be able to support it for long." Fang Xuanling said.
If you want to completely occupy the grassland, you need to go beyond just moving the people there.
At that time, many cities will definitely be built in the grassland, but there is nothing in the grassland. The materials for building cities will definitely need to be transported from Datang.
The cost of building a city is already high, and with the need to transport supplies over long distances, the cost is undoubtedly astronomical.
"According to my estimation, the imperial court's tax revenue next year will reach more than 50 million guan, and at least a balance of 15 million guan will be achieved. Occupying the grassland is not something that happens overnight. It only requires preliminary occupation in the early stage, which should be enough, right?"
Li Shimin said.
Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "It is far from enough. Even if we can slowly plan it, at least ten new cities must be built on the grassland in the early stage. Even if we add the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it will not be enough."
Li Shimin glared at Fang Xuanling, "What do you mean, you are thinking about my little treasury now?"
However, he also knew that Fang Xuanling would not lie to him about this, so he had a headache.
Is it possible that we really want to do business in partnership with Lin Xuan?
It wasn't that he was against doing business, it was just that the business Lin Xuan mentioned this time would require hiring too many people, so Li Shimin refused without even listening to it before.