Things in this world are often like dreams, and everything you experience seems to be a scene in a dream. Only when you wake up from the dream can you clearly realize whether these things are in reality or purely dreaming; so in order to understand whether they are dreaming, pain arises.

Suning is indeed a little doubtful now whether he is a butterfly or Zhuang Zhou, because he pinched his thigh and couldn't feel pain! This is a very serious problem, either hemiplegia or dreaming.

Zhuang Zhou's situation is indeed elegant. When he wakes up, he is so happy that he even doubts whether he is a human being. He often thinks that he is a fish, a bird, or a tree. Such a situation is really elegant! Later generations have commented that Lao Tzu's situation is not as good as Zhuang Zhou. Lao Tzu does not want to do nothing, but acts in the name of inaction. Zhuang Zhou is a real Taoist person, who understands the natural principles of Taoism, thus transcending the world, making it impossible to tell whether he is a butterfly or a human being.

"Sanming, Sanming, it hurts so much! It hurts so much! Let go!"

Huh? What's the sound?

Suning turned his head and suddenly saw Changsun Chong leaning against him with a big face, his face twisted and his face flushed, as if he had experienced something painful! Let go? What does it mean? Did Changsun Chong also appear in his dream? Will he become a butterfly?

"Second guy, why are you in my dream?" Suning said expressionlessly, Changsun Chong asked with pain: "Sanming, what kind of dream is it in? You haven't slept well last night? Oh, let go quickly, my legs hurt so much!" Suning lowered his head and looked at it, and he was immediately embarrassed. His hand actually pinched Changsun Chong's thigh...

Well, no wonder I couldn't feel the pain. Suning let go of his hand, put his hand on his legs, twisting it hard...

"ah!!!"

Suning finally confirmed that he was a human being, not a butterfly, nor would he turn into a butterfly. He performed the butterfly flying of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The real pain made him come back to his senses. After that, he kept sighing that his ability to bear was still not home, but he was just going to be taken to Chang'an to meet the great His Majesty Li Er. Why did he let himself do this? He actually felt confused as to whether he was a butterfly or a human being.

The court envoy came early this morning, and was still a dead eunuch. He finished reading the imperial edict of His Majesty Li Er, which was to order the army to join forces. His Majesty Li Er already knew the victory of the army. His Majesty Li Er was very happy and must reward the meritorious soldiers. In addition, Li Jing and other commanding generals, Suning, Su Lie, and Changsun Chong, went to the hall to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty personally awarded the reward.

Suning immediately fell out of sight. He was about to see His Majesty Li Er, he was about to see Emperor Taizong of Tang, and he was about to see Li Shimin! Li Shimin! Li Shimin! Li Shimin!

After swaying back to the tent, Suning began to doubt whether he was a butterfly or a human. All of this came too suddenly and was too terrible. Suning came without being prepared. But this is not a rare thing. Isn’t Mr. Ge the same? He ate hot pot and sang songs, fell into the water with a plop, and when he woke up, he became a bandit.

What's more, Suning also had a Turkic barbecue of more than 30,000 people.

"Fortunately, you have come to your senses, otherwise you will always deny slapping you and letting you wake up. So, you will never see you like this even if you burn Yinshan Mountain, and you will never see you like this even if you step on Jie Li's feet. The blood of Jie Li's uncle who killed Jie Li splattered on your head and didn't see you like this even if you heard that you were going to see His Majesty?"

When Suning looked up, he saw Li Jing sitting next to him and talking to him. Li Shiji stood in front of him and looked at him. Well, the two bigwigs attached so much to him, Suning really felt warm in his heart: "I think there are only two strategies for the Hu nephew, one is to let him live, and the other is to let him die. It is very simple; but when dealing with the Tang people, the nephew couldn't help but feel worried, especially His Majesty, saying that the nephew was not excited was nonsense, and the nephew was indeed a little nervous."

Li Shiji smiled slightly: "Yes! He is like a normal young man. You don't have to worry. Your Majesty has a broad mind and can tolerate the enemies of the past. He will be granted a high position, let alone you, a young hero? Your Majesty likes young heroes the most. As long as you are loyal to the country, fame and fortune will be indispensable. It's just that you are talking about the two strategies you mentioned about the Hu people. I don't understand very much. Please tell me in detail."

Suning gave Li Shiji a blank look and then said, "One is to obediently submit to the control of the Tang Dynasty, become a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, be a hard worker and forgive his crimes, and live; the second is to become an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, fight against the Tang Dynasty, and die."

Li Jing and Li Shiji were slightly shocked, but Changsun Chong didn't think so much, but asked: "Sanming, what do you mean by being a coolie?"

Suning said: "These Hu people have taken advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains over the years to resist their invasion. How many evil things have they done and how much suffering the people in the border have suffered. They have the blood of our Tang people from old age to young. If they do not retaliate against this, can you swallow this?"

Changsun Chong frowned: "I have heard from my father in the past that this is indeed very hateful, but we have never had any good solutions. The best way is to defeat them and make them pay tribute."

Suning shook his head: "What's the use of paying tribute? These Hu people only know swords and swords. If your force is stronger than him, he will surrender. One day you decline, he will still turn around and bite you hard. The Western Jin Dynasty is the lesson of the past! So, for them, the best way is to kill all the people. My master also thinks so. For the uncivilized barbarian Hu people, the best way is to kill all the people!"

Speaking of this, Suning showed murderous aura. This is the old man's theory. He hated the Hu people deeply, including the current Hu people - Japanese, Indian and others.

Li Jing hurriedly said, "No, killing is not a good omen. Sanming, those who are generals must not be bloodthirsty, otherwise they will cause harm to future generations! You are the burning of Yinshan this time, and I think it is avenging the relatives of the villagers. I can forgive you. However, if you continue to kill too much, or even kill them all, I will definitely not agree!"

Suning said helplessly: "Uncle, don't worry, I think killing so many people will make my hands feel sore! My point of view is different from my master's. I think it's too cheap to kill them, not to mention that killing too many is an unforgivable sin for those corrupt scholars. They blame each other again and again will annoy me to death!

I also find it ridiculous. When they kill their own people, they don’t blink. When they kill Hu people, they all become saints. How ridiculous! I have no burden to kill Hu people. For killing Hu people, the more they should be better. Only when they kill ruthlessly will they be afraid of you, fear you, obey your orders, rather than relying on the so-called benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness!”

Regarding the saying that killing too many people will lead to retribution, Suning believes that only if you kill too many people, you will be retribution. If you kill too many enemies, you will be heroes. For example, barbarians like Genghis Khan are bloodthirsty. That era was the Mongols. How many people did the Mongols kill in the east and west? Genghis Khan did not live well and finally die in old age? Has he suffered retribution? His descendants have become a nation. There are countless women who have slept with such old sluts. Don’t they live well?

As for prosperity and decline, it is a theorem, a trend of world development. The farming nations defeated barbaric nations is the world trend. However, China is very sad. The Ming Dynasty did not resist the last madness of the nomadic peoples and pulled the Chinese nation into the bottomless abyss. It has not yet recovered until today. Therefore, killing enemies is mostly good, not bad! But Suning naturally has other ideas.

"Of course, the sins they committed cannot be ended with just one sword. They should pay everything they can to atone for their sins. In our Tang Dynasty, there was corvee service. When wars happened, corvee service would inevitably be complicated. For the people, the opportunity for rest and rest that they had finally obtained was gone. The Tang Dynasty had a sparse population, and it was just when the population needed to be recuperated and increased. Corvee service greatly affected the problem of population increase and tax increase.

So why don’t we solve this problem? The captured prisoners are either killed or released. What a waste! This is all free labor! The barbarians on the grassland are strong and are excellent labor. These people can be used to bear corvee labor for the people. The people only need to work hard to farm, have children with peace of mind, study, and live. In this way, the country and the people will not be dreams, but will be realized.

We launched a war for the survival of the country, but why don’t we get what we deserve after we win? When we win, their things are ours, and we have the right to enjoy everything they have! Including their people! Especially these prisoners, such as the more than 50,000 people captured this time, whether old, female or sick, can be used as corvee service, which can reduce the burden on the people?

Uncle, second-hand man, think about it, if our Tang Dynasty wins more and more battles and more prisoners, the number of prisoners can fully bear all the projects and wars that the Tang Dynasty needs to carry out, we can abolish the Tang Dynasty's corvee! What kind of merit is this? The people do not have to bear corvee service, and the people will be grateful to the Tang Dynasty. Will the Tang Dynasty still have a dream for the whole world? If we gain more benefits through war, instead of unilateral loss of money and food, how many people will oppose the war?"

After saying this, Suning felt a little thirsty. He picked up the cup and drank a little water. He put the cup down but saw that the three of them looked the same dull. Perhaps what he said was beyond their imagination! This is also the arrogance of the Celestial Kingdom really made it difficult for these people to understand and accept such thoughts. They felt that this was bullying the weak, but the benefits of doing so were too great! Free of labor service! What a benevolent government! It is enough to shine through the ages!

Li Shiji swallowed a hard saliva and said, "Although this method is good, I'm afraid it's hard to accept it by the court!"

Suning shook his head helplessly: "It's naturally bad to say it naked, but we can change the word!"

"In other words?" The three of them were curious babies.

Suning nodded: "Yes! In other words, it is called labor reform!"
Chapter completed!