Chapter 643 Wen Yanbo
In the original history, after Li Shimin destroyed Jie Li, he did not completely solve the problem of the Turks. Instead, he organized the Turks and moved them to the southern part of the desert to live, becoming a barrier between the Tang Dynasty and the grassland people. To be honest, this practice is indeed of many benefits. On the one hand, it shows the kindness of the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, it gives the Tang Dynasty an additional dog raised on the grassland, which can be released and bite people at any time, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.
But many people have forgotten that the Turks are not dogs, but complete wolfs. When they could not defeat the Tang Dynasty, they naturally could only shake their tails and beg for mercy and pretend to be dogs. However, when they were strong, they would become a man-eating wolf again. In fact, decades after Li Shimin destroyed the Turkic Khanate, the Turkic Khanate was restored again and made a comeback several times, bringing heavy disasters to the people of the Central Plains.
It is even more worth mentioning that it was from the Turkic people that the Tang Dynasty determined to value the tradition of Hu people. Although many Hu generals made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, the later chaos of the Tang Dynasty was the Hu generals led by An Lushan, which was in line with Lao Tzu's words, "Disaster, blessings, disasters are hidden."
It was precisely because of the above reasons that Li Xiu decided to change the Tang Dynasty's policies towards the Turks, or the entire Hu people, from the beginning. He had already convinced Li Shimin to gradually move the remaining Turks on the grassland to the southern area to open up wasteland, but he did not expect that he was opposed by some ministers. How could he not be angry?
"Haha, there are many ministers who oppose it. The leader of the people, let alone you, your prince consort, even His Majesty wants to give him three points!" Changsun Wuji saw Li Xiu's angry look and replied with a smile.
"You are talking about... Wei Zheng?" Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Changsun Wuji's words, and then asked with some uncertainty. After all, he could make Li Shimin polite. Except for the stubborn Wei Zheng, he really couldn't think of anyone else.
"Hahaha~, the prince consort was wrong this time. Wei Zheng actually supported the Turks' migration inward, but there was something different from the prince consort in the place of the migration. The one who really opposed this was the new secretary Wen Yanbo!" Changsun Wuji seemed to have known that Li Xiuhui guessed Wei Zheng for a long time, and said with a laugh.
"So it's him!" When Li Xiu heard the name of Wen Yanbo, he couldn't help but show a sudden expression. Wen Yanbo is not simple. He was born in the Wen family in Taiyuan. His father was a bachelor of Wenlinguan in Northern Qi. He and his brother Wen Daya were both famous for literature. Moreover, when Li Yuan was in power, both of them held important positions.
However, Wen Yanbo was a little unlucky. A few years ago, when Li Yuan was still in power, he was sent to Bingzhou as the chief of the march. However, when Jie Li went south, he actually captured him. Moreover, Jie Li knew that he was an important official around Li Yuan, so he forced him to ask about the troops arranged by the Tang Dynasty on the border. As a result, Wen Yanbo would rather die than reveal a word. In the end, Jie Li had no choice but to exile him to Yinshan. It was not until Li Shimin defeated Jie Li in the Wei River that forced Jie Li to release Wen Yanbo back.
Wen Yanbo would rather die than surrender. He had sheep that had been in the ghost place of Yinshan for several years, which made many people call him "Su Wu of the Times". Therefore, after he returned, he was a blessing in disguise. In addition to the relationship between his brother Wen Daya, Wen Yanbo also rose all the way. He was just appointed as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat at the beginning of this year and became one of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Because of his special experience, even Li Shimin treated him very respectfully.
"Wen Yanbo was captured by the Turks for several years and had contacted many grassland people in Yinshan. Therefore, he was very familiar with the matter on the grassland. Therefore, he firmly opposed moving the Turks inward, because he believed that without the Turks, a power vacuum would appear on the grassland, which would make other grassland tribes bigger, and a new Turk would appear. So it would be better to support the Turks now and make them the city walls of the Tang Dynasty on the grassland. As long as a certain rising force appears on the grassland, the Turks can be sent to strangle the other side in the bud!" Changsun Wuji introduced again at this time.
"Let the Turks deal with those who may rise, but have he thought about what to do if the Turks rise again?" Li Xiu said angrily when he heard this. He still admired Wen Yanbo very much, but loyal ministers may sometimes do something wrong.
"It's interesting to say that. The person who opposes Wen Yanbo the most fiercely is Wei Zheng. He also agrees to move the Turks inward, but he feels that it is unkind and righteous to move the Turks to the south to open up wasteland, so he suggests moving the Turks to Henan and other places, and then scattered and resettled. In this way, there will be no more Turks in not long before!" Changsun Wuji smiled again.
The Turks have always lived on the grassland with dry climate. If they moved to the tide and wet south all of a sudden, they would not only face the problem of disagreement with the water and the land, but also poisonous insects, epidemics, miasma and other problems. Even if they adapt to the environment, they would still have to reclaim wasteland. But how could they know how to farm? So in the short term, they could only rely on the Tang Dynasty to support them. It can be said that the Tang Dynasty let them live and die if they die. Wei Zheng and others knew more about these things than anyone else, so they felt a little reluctant.
"Wei Zheng is too square, so there is no need to talk about benevolence and righteousness to the enemy? And even if they moved the Turks to Henan and other places to live in scattered places, the Turkic people are fierce and their customs are completely different. At that time, there will inevitably be conflicts with the local people. At that time, our people will suffer. Instead of doing this, it is better to gather them directly and throw them to the south. This will solve the problem, and maybe a lot of farming will be added in the future!" Li Xiu sighed and commented to Wei Zheng.
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. As a Tang Dynasty person, Li Xiu naturally had to consider the issue from the standpoint of the people of the Tang Dynasty. As for the life and death of other alien races, what does it have to do with us? What's more, the Turks were also defeated generals, and it was even more impossible to argue with the Tang Dynasty.
"Hahaha~, the words of the prince-consort are exactly the same as what His Majesty said, but you also know Wei Zheng's temper is simply stinky and hard. His Majesty couldn't speak for a while. Fortunately, Wei Zheng and the prince-consort did not have much difference. However, Wen Yanbo's opinions were completely contrary to those of the prince-consort, which was the most troublesome!" Changsun Wuji couldn't help laughing again when he heard Li Xiu's words.
"What does Your Majesty mean?" When Changsun Wuji mentioned Li Shimin, Li Xiu hurriedly spoke up. The most important thing about this matter is to look at Li Shimin's opinion, otherwise it would be useless no matter how fierce the ministers below argued.
Chapter completed!