Chapter 956: Turkic Inward Migration (Revision)
Li Shimin thought to himself that five years may not be enough. Before he could say it, Li Mu continued to say: "Maybe in less than five years, most of the people in the county have completed the urbanization reform and let them farm, and they are unwilling to plant it."
"Urbanization?" Li Shimin was a little confused when he heard this new term. Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, Li Mu quickly explained, "Your Majesty, urbanization means that the people gradually change from farming to professional jobs such as workmanship and craftsmanship. Just like Chang'an and Luoyang, Chang'an has a million people, how many people make a living by farming? I am confident that in less than five years, the prosperous business brought by Mingzhou Port will be enough to support this area of less than one million people. By that time, the proportion of local people in the county farming and farming will be very low. They will no longer care whether there are Turks occupying the land, and even, they will give the land to the Turks to farm in exchange for themselves to work a job in the port."
Li Shimin suddenly realized and said, "This is why you have to force the arable land to not be deserted. If the person who divides the land cannot farm, he can only invest the land in the farm, but the farm is controlled by the court. Good! This plan is great!"
Li Mu said again, "In addition, I will also congratulate Your Majesty. Li You and his friends came back from Linyi and brought back enough seeds of two-season rice. They also brought back more than 30 old farmers in Zhenla. These old farmers are good at planting two-season rice. They will definitely teach us the technology of cultivating two-season rice in the shortest time. Starting from Zheng County, gradually promoting Jiangnan, Your Majesty imagine that if the paddy fields in Jiangnan can be harvested twice in the future, and if they set up a permanent warehouse to store grain in the bumper years, are they still caught off guard when they are worried about disasters?"
Jiangnan has always been known as a granary. If it can be harvested twice, it can at least increase the annual grain output of the Tang Dynasty by 40%!
What is this? This is equivalent to the food consumed by raising soldiers no longer needs to be picked out from the mouths of the common people. Even when the Sui Dynasty was at its peak, it did not achieve this. Li Shimin had already begun to fantasize about the scene of the millions of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty shocking the four barbarians and coming to the court from all directions.
His breath became heavier, he stared at Li Mu's eyes and said, "Can you do it in five years?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "Maybe it won't take five years."
Li Shimin was silent. He knew that this was the deadline given to him by Li Mu. Five years, and perhaps less than five years, Li Mu would retire as he said.
Five years later, Li Shimin didn't think about what to do. He even subconsciously did not want to think about it. He was familiar with the history of the emperors in the history of the history of the experience left by future generations by the emperors, and all told Li Shimin that if a person like Li Mu could not use it for himself, the wisest way was to eradicate it.
But Li Mu was open to him, and he really couldn't bear it, and he couldn't do it-
Thinking of this, Li Shimin was a little confused. He stood up and said, "I will try my best to support whatever you want to do. Let me go. I am a little tired."
Li Mu hurriedly got up and sent Li Shimin back to his room to rest. After washing his feet, he also lay down. He had to inspect the port tomorrow and get up early to set off.
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While Li Mu inspected the port, the government decree had been issued, and the first large-scale internal migration of the Tang Dynasty began.
In fact, what Li Shimin didn't tell Li Mu was that he had discussed this matter with Fang Xuanling many times. He even sent an envoy to Hetao and conducted a lot of investigations openly and secretly. Otherwise, Li Mu alone would not have agreed to such a big thing.
Originally, Li Shimin also planned to migrate some people to Central Plains to try it out in the spring of the next year. However, the original plan was to migrate the entire tribe and place the people between several Zhechong Mansions, so that these people could grow military rations for these Zhechong Mansions.
Such an arrangement can ensure that the Turkic tribe cannot rebel. However, Fang Xuanling's suggestion that doing so will definitely make the Turks feel dissatisfied. Even if these Turks are given reasonable arrangements based on the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, they will still feel that they have been enslaved by the Tang Dynasty. Over time, they will be disinterested. Therefore, Fang Xuanling's suggestion is not to do this unless they think of a better solution.
Now, this better way has come. After receiving a letter from Li Shimin's Fei Ge, Fang Xuanling immediately wrote a letter to the Secretariat and issued an official decree to move 30,000 Turkic households without proprietorships, and attached it to the south of the Yangtze River.
All the preparations made before were used. Five thousand pieces of publicity were printed, written in two words, and distributed to all tribes on the grassland.
The conditions given were all clearly written. It immediately caused an uproar on the grassland. The Turkic nobles naturally regarded this as hatred, but the Turkic people were all excited. As Li Mu thought, their lives were indeed not going to last. What they wanted was just a stable life.
It was not that easy to leave? The Turkic nobles gathered their troops and guarded all intersections, and did not allow the people to go south. Many tribes clashed due to this.
The news reached Asunasmo. Asunasmo was just a few days ago, he seemed to have been ten years old and was very old.
What should he do about this? It seems that everything is wrong! If he is a great khan of the Turks, what he should do most at this time is to gather his troops and go to war with the Tang Dynasty. Whether he wins or loses, he must do this, because what the Tang Dynasty is shaken is the foundation of the Turks.
Population is the foundation of any nation. Just imagine, if there is no population, can the nation still be called a nation?
But starting from reason, Asunasmo knew that this battle could not be fought. Because it was definitely impossible to win, and the consequences that the Eastern Turks could not afford at all.
When fighting, it is about the right time, place and people. At this time, the Turks did not occupy anything. Although the battle with the Tang Dynasty did not take advantage of the right time, at least one person was occupied. The tribes could still gather together and compete with the Tang Dynasty. But now, the internal policy issued by the Tang Dynasty, not to mention ordinary people, even Ashinasmo himself could not help but want to join it.
The temptation is too great.
And considering the actual situation, Asunasmo couldn't bear it.
The "proletarian households" mentioned in the notice are indeed unlimited. At the beginning of this year, he lobbyed the Turkish nobles to lend the cattle and sheep to the people, and when the year ends, they will return the cattle and then return it to them. In their eyes, the lives of the people may not be as precious as their cattle and sheep.
From the moment of the failure of lobbying, Asunasmo knew that such a day would come. This was the Turkic nobles who were self-reliant. He did not blame the Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, as a leader with conscience, he was grateful to the Tang Dynasty. In his opinion, the Tang Dynasty was responsible. After defeating the Eastern Turks, the Tang Dynasty did not massacre. He also gave the most fertile Hetao area to the Turks as a ranch. Although this also meant to be prepared for Xueyantuo in the north, in the general direction, it still gave the Turks room to recuperate.
The Turks could have recovered themselves, but because of the greed of the aristocratic class, things were screwed up. What the Tang Dynasty did at this time was not just a slaughter, but also a sense of responsibility. At least these 30,000 households arrived in Jiangnan, and they would not have to be enslaved or starved to death.
"Oh..." Asuna Smo sighed long and said exhausted: "I can't control this matter. Tell those people that they can do whatever they want, but before doing things, consider the consequences first. Now that Li Ji is in the northeast and Li Xiaogong is in the west, both departments have 50,000 people. No matter how many, I won't say it."
After saying that, he waved his hand and drove the envoys sent by the various ministries out of the tent.
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Ten miles away, in a large tent that was no smaller than Asunasmo, more than ten leaders of the Eastern Turks sat together in a frown.
After hearing the messenger's reply, a man immediately smashed the wine glass in his hand and cursed angrily: "Asina Simo is determined to be the lackey of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Did he forget that we Turks gallop across the grassland and forced the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to sign the glory of the underworld alliance? Only so many years have passed since Changshengtian's son actually wag his tail and beg for mercy! Asina Simo is not worthy of being our great khan!"
"Yes, he is not worthy!"
“Not worthy!”
A group of people shouted, and everyone looked at an elder, who was a cousin of Asunasmo. Among the people present, he had the highest seniority. He was the current Turkic elder who was responsible for the sacrifice. Seeing everyone looking over, he spoke, "I can't be a big sweat, but I have a choice in my heart."
"Please say it."
"Shibi Khan, who once looked down on the world, had two outstanding sons. One was our Tuli Little Khan, but unfortunately the little Khan was gone. But he also had a son, and he was also very brave, called Ashina Association. I have always had contacts with him. After the Tuli tribe surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was named General of the Central Army by Li Shimin, and stayed by his side, called "Reward, but actually monitored. This time, Li Shimin secretly went to Jiangnan, and Ashina Association was also in the escort. According to his letter to me, the guards brought by Li Shimin on this trip were only 200. If we could send out capable and good men, there were no more, thirty or fifty people. Take advantage of Li Shimin's unpreparedness and cooperate with him inside and outside, and catch him off guard - as long as Li Shimin died suddenly, the Tang Dynasty had no leader, and the Turks were about to restore the country!"
As he said that, he stared at everyone and said, "It depends on everyone, how brave you are!"
Assassinate the Emperor of Tang!!!
Everyone was so scared that they couldn't speak. They gathered here and wanted to plan how to resist the Tang Dynasty's policy of relocation, rather than really wanting to be enemies with the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention that such a bold thing assassination of Li Shimin had never thought about it at all.
Assassinating the Emperor of Tang...
Everyone's eyes were full of surprise, and there was no one to talk to.
"That's all you have!"
The Great Elder paused the crutch in his hand and said, "You dare not, I dare! The son of Changshengtian must not die in humiliation. My tribe has come out of these fifty dead soldiers!"
After saying that, they were about to turn around and leave. Only then did everyone come to their senses and stop him.
A dozen leaders looked at each other and finally said, "Great Elder, this is a major event for the Turks, and you cannot bear it alone. So, each of our tribes has produced five best warriors. Today, everyone swears to the Heaven of Eternal Life and Death to share life and death. If you lose, we must also bear it together and we must not make any treason."
The Great Elder then turned angry and said, "This is the son and daughter of the immortal heaven!"
After saying that, he took out a dagger and cut his fingers open, wrote a blood letter, and the leaders of each tribe also cut his fingers and pressed the blood handprint. This is the highest contract of the Turks. If the person who signed the blood letter cannot fulfill it, he will be punished by Changshengtian after his death and become a beast for generations.
The idea was decided, and each family went back to select the dead men. Under the leadership of the Great Elder, he took the Wei River that had not yet been frozen and crossed the river to the south.
On the other hand, in order to paralyze the Tang Dynasty, they took slow cooperation. From the proletariat, they chose the young and old who could not draw bows or ride horses, and allowed them to go south. However, they could only bring food for ten days, and everything else, including the tent, had to be handed over.
Even if it is so harsh, some people are willing to go south.
Tongluo family is one of them.
The Turkic nobles all had surnames, Ashina, Ashide, etc. Turkic people with surnames, even if they were not nobles, were of the upper class. However, most Turkic people did not have surnames, and their names depended on what their father saw when they were born.
Tongluo means not a gong, but a bird in the sky. The bird in the sky should be free, but Tongluo has not lived a free life since he was born.
Tongluo was seventeen years old this year, and in the Turks at the age of seventeen, he should be practicing riding and shooting on horseback. However, Tongluo could not ride horses and shoot arrows. Because his horses and bows and arrows died in a battle within the Turks, he was taken away by people from another tribe as a spoil. That year, Tongluo was thirteen years old, and he only touched the bow and arrow once, and he never had a chance again.
From the age of thirteen, Tong Luo followed his mother, with a younger brother and a younger sister, and committed hard work in a Turkic noble family. His mother was a good at milking goats. One person could do two jobs and could barely support them. Tong Luo initially learned to milk goats with his mother, but most of the people who did this job were women. When he was young, he didn't feel that when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he couldn't stand the strange gazes that others seemed to be, and he didn't want to milk goats no matter what he said. So he followed the kind butcher and learned the ability to peel and rub the skin.
It is precisely because of this craft that he has come into contact with many merchants from the Tang Dynasty.
The Turkic nobles signed a leather order with the Tang Dynasty's Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they would collect leather once every quarter. Tongluo had a good learning ability and quickly learned Guanzhong dialect, which was equivalent to a small translator, and thus gained more knowledge about the Tang Dynasty.
He yearns for the Tang Dynasty as the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and also likes to listen to the latest news about the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!