The grassland tribes are nomadic people, and their cultural concepts and living customs have always been very different from the farming civilization of the Central Plains. They have been in constant conflict since ancient times and never stopped. Whenever the Central Plains becomes strong, they will send troops to conquer the grassland tribes.
When the Central Plains was in decline, the steppe tribes invaded the Central Plains. For the Central Plains regime, border troubles were always a headache. Even if it was as powerful as the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would inevitably have to deal with the troubles from the steppe tribes. Even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completely defeated them
It didn't help that the Xiongnu Empire was conquered. The Five Chariots of China also happened later. As far as Li Zhen knew, even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the matter could not be completely solved.
In the final analysis, nomadic civilization is a destructive civilization and a plundering civilization. Nomadic civilization has never been good at construction, only destruction. For nomadic civilization, plundering is the basis of their survival. This is certainly the reason for the hardship of nomadic life on the grassland.
However, the lack of basic moral concepts is the root cause of the predatory nature of the nomads. However, it is precisely this predatory nature that emerges from the bones that makes the nomads extremely powerful in combat. In later generations, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty swept across Eurasia.
Mainland China is the concrete manifestation of this wolf nature developed to its extreme.
The farming civilization of the Central Plains has never found any good way to deal with the nomadic civilization on the grasslands. Apart from fighting, it is pulling. As for fighting, it goes without saying. The Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties all relied on fighting.
, with La as the supplement - when the strength is insufficient, it is to make peace, and when the strength is sufficient, it is to sweep the grassland. Even the Qing Dynasty, which was transformed from nomadic people in later generations, never found too much power when dealing with the Mongolian tribes who were also nomadic people.
In fact, there are no good methods other than ennobling kings, dividing the Mongolian tribes into countless small tribes, and then adding marriage. This series of historical facts, as a time traveler, Li Zhen naturally has it in her heart.
There are a few, but Li Zhen has some ideas on how to deal with the wolf-like grassland people, but she is not too sure.
Harmony? What Li Zhen dislikes the most is marriage. Not to mention that marriage has never been successful since ancient times. It is just a temporary measure. Even if it is really effective, Li Zhen will never like it. Without him,
It is a shame to place the hope of peace on the weak shoulders of women. Li Zhen has no control over others, but if Li Zhen were the emperor, he would never use his own daughter to do such bullshit. Besides,
That doesn’t work, does it?
Fighting? Fighting is of course necessary. For the grassland people, if you don’t make them afraid, they will not believe you at all. However, fighting cannot solve the fundamental problem - the wolf is still a wolf after all, even if it is beaten up.
After a meal, it will never become an obedient dog. Even if it calms down temporarily, in the end it is just stopping to accumulate strength. When the time is right, it will still bite you.
Completely annihilate the grassland tribes? This is simply impossible. Not to mention how dehumanizing things like massacres are. Even if we can kill all the grassland tribes close to the Central Plains, it still won’t be enough - strong men are not annihilators.
Did they kill the Xiongnu? So what? After all, the grassland is too big, and there are too many tribes scattered on the grassland. Even if one tribe is wiped out, there will still be nomadic people migrating from other places. In the end, it will not be all in vain, but it will be chaos.
Isn’t China an obvious example?
Embrace everything? This is a good idea. Li Shimin is playing this trick right now - whenever the grassland peoples are attached to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will move them inward and give them fields, land, money and food, but what will be the result? It should be the opposite.
Aren't they still going to rebel? In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the Turkic nobles in the capital conspired to assassinate Li Shimin, and then took advantage of the situation to rebel. Although Li Shimin suppressed the rebellion with an iron fist, the rebellion was suppressed as soon as it emerged, but the living fact is that
It proves one thing - wolves are wolves, and they will not turn into dogs just because they are trapped. Unless all the wolves are dispersed and intermarryed with dogs, maybe after a few generations, the wolves will turn into wolf dogs, but that's it.
, this kind of thing is not that simple. Without him, it is easy to trap wolves, but it is difficult to separate a group of wolves. After all, wolves are social animals. The price of spreading the wolves is that the wolves will rise up and rebel.
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It is not easy to tame the wild wolf of the grassland tribes. At least in the cold weapon era, or even in the early stages of firearms, it was impossible. Otherwise, the grassland peoples are people on horseback, regardless of whether they are men or women.
Young and old, they are warriors on horseback, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. It is actually a thankless task for warriors with a farming civilization to fight with the grassland peoples. The only thing that can suppress the grassland peoples is the age of firearms, especially
After the invention of the breech-loading gun, most of the advantage of the prairie people's cavalry impact was offset, and the grassland civilization embarked on the road of decline. With the invention of the breech-loading gun and the machine gun as the tank, the prairie civilization became the most difficult situation.
The civilization can no longer make any waves, and has completely become an object of arbitrary bullying.
Self-improvement is the fundamental way, and Li Zhen knows this well. Regarding gunpowder and firearms, Li Zhen may not be as good as those arms experts of later generations, but in her previous life, she had a lot of knowledge in this area, such as airplanes and tanks.
Li Zhen knows some things, but due to the current production level, Li Zhen simply cannot make it, even a prototype. Of course, it is not difficult to make black powder or even a muzzle-loading gun. If
When the conditions are ripe, Li Zhen can make almost everything like smokeless gunpowder and breech-loading guns, but it requires not only time and technicians, but more importantly, timing. If there is no good
For the reason, Li Zhen didn’t have the guts to play those sharp things. After all, Li Shimin was not that easy to fool. If he was not careful, he would be thrown into the abyss by the old man, which would be a lot of fun. Therefore, even if you come to this dynasty
For more than ten years, Li Zhen has not dared to do anything other than sorting out some simple knowledge and secretly teaching it to the orphans taken in by "Yanji Company". Of course, the foundation has been laid.
It's very fast to move, isn't it?
In fact, Li Zhen has never really thought about how to treat the grassland people. This era is different from the later generations where Li Zhen came from. The concepts of territory and national boundaries are actually very vague. Even in the Tang Dynasty,
The land is vast, but if you really want to know where the Tang Dynasty is, no one in the civil and military dynasties can tell. Even Li Shimin himself doesn't know. Of course, Li Shimin is revered as the Khan of Heaven, no matter what
The Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty and the vast prairie can be regarded as the boundaries of the Tang Dynasty. Both the grassland tribes and the people of the Central Plains can be regarded as the people of the Tang Dynasty. However, the actual territory controlled by the Tang Dynasty is not too large, except for the Central Plains.
, other areas are all independent or semi-independent, so Li Zhen really didn't think much about the grassland people. When Li Long suddenly asked about this matter, Li Zhen was confused for a while.
I have a headache, I really have a headache. Facing this huge problem, Li Zhen has a headache. She has been thinking about the key points repeatedly, but she has never found the answer. What can I say? People who are not from my race must have different minds.
?Hey, Li Zhen was not from that time at all. He knew very well that the people of the grasslands were Chinese in the end. There was no reason to exclude them and call them his own people? But now the people of the grasslands are not the people of the Tang Dynasty, at least.
Not yet, you can't just tell lies with your eyes open.
***, where does this Li Long come from? It's really unreasonable to come up with a difficult problem to bother me! Li Zhen glanced at Li Long who was standing aside with a smile to himself, and suddenly
I felt that this guy's body was extremely clean, with no trace of water on it. He was stunned for a moment - he had stood in the snow all night, but he was still in high spirits and even his body was clean and tidy. This guy's internal strength was really incredible.
Xiao Shi, even though he may not be as good as himself, he is very commendable. In addition, with his good conversational skills, he is really a talent! Li Zhen's love for talents grew. When he saw this person's face turned slightly dark again, he already wanted to understand this person.
He must have come from the grasslands, but there are still some doubts in his heart - this person speaks fluent Mandarin, and his accent is exactly that of Chang'an. A grassland person can speak Chang'an Mandarin, unless this person has stayed in Chang'an for a long time, but Li
Zhen had never heard of such outstanding talents appearing in Chang'an.
Forget it, I can just say whatever I want, and let’s see how this kid reacts! Li Zhen narrowed her eyes, smiled and said: "Sir, this question is really too big, I can only try my best to answer it.
That’s all, well, I think the whole world is the land of the king, and the shores of the land are the ministers of the king. What do you think, sir?"
Li Long's face immediately turned pale, he was silent for a long time, lowered his head and asked: "Is it possible that the prince intends to use force to pacify the grassland and carry out the Han Dynasty's military deeds?"
Ha, I guessed it right. This kid really comes from the grassland. Damn, that’s interesting. Hey, if you can’t use such a character for your own use, then you can only get rid of him. Li Zhen had murderous intentions in his heart, but he couldn’t.
He did not express anything and said with a calm smile: "Otherwise, firstly, I am just a prince and have no right to make decisions. Secondly, even if I have the right to make decisions, I would not bother to learn the martial arts of the Han Dynasty to destroy the Xiongnu.
In my opinion, since all the grassland tribes respect my father as the Khan of Heaven, they are considered to be my subjects of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, those rebellious people among them cannot be suppressed without using force.
But as long as the rest obey, they are the people of the Tang Dynasty, so there is no need to massacre them."
Li Long was not moved by what Li Zhen said, but asked with a frown: "Assuming that the prince has the power to make decisions, what will happen after the grassland is pacified?"
Li Zhen had already thought through this issue when she was thinking about it, and she didn't hide it at this time. She smiled and said: "I have said that it is not up to me to decide this matter. However, if I can decide,
There will be no country outside the Great Wall, it can only be the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Each tribe will be the people of the Tang Dynasty. They will enjoy all the rights of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, they should also bear all the obligations of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Each tribe can be autonomous and can also
You can make a khan, but everything must be at the disposal of the imperial court. Each department has its own boundaries and administrative offices. Each department is not allowed to kill or annex each other privately. All disputes will be decided by the administrative offices set up by the imperial court. Anyone who violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty will be killed.