The remaining five imperial edicts: Mengxu, Yuexi, Langqiong, Yongzhi, and Shilang. Since Li Hong ordered Mengshe, that is, after Nanzhao King Xinuluo summoned him to Taihe City, Li Hong The five edicts were not summoned immediately.
This also made Xinuluo always worry about whether Li Hong would take the lead in summoning the King of the Five Zhaos before their peace talks with the Six Zhaos, thereby completely eliminating the worries of dividing the Six Zhaos.
Xinuluo was very afraid that Li Hong would be summoned by Li Hong one by one after the Five Zhaos arrived at Taihe City. In this case, there must be people among the other Five Zhaos who would seek refuge with the prince for the benefit of their respective tribes.
Either for the benefit of his own tribe, or to replace him and become the leader of the Six Zhaos. In short, the Six Zhaos were suspicious of each other and secretly fighting each other. After Li Hong's arrival, it was impossible to unite to the outside world.
However, Li Hong did not take advantage of this opportunity to achieve the purpose of dividing the Liuzhao. Instead, after the Five Zhaos came together, he ordered them and the Liuzhao to take the lead in starting peace talks on their own affairs. He did not even participate in their peace talks and chose to avoid suspicion.
This made Xinuluo's heart immediately become restless, and he began to feel that the arrangement between Li Hong and the Tang Dynasty showed that among the six imperial edicts, their Nanzhao was the most important to them.
In this way, Xinuluo once again increased his confidence and confidence in the issue of tribal leadership with the other five imperial edicts. Even in the peace talks with the six imperial edicts, Xinuluo returned to his usual arrogance and domineering attitude. The tribes he led under Liuzhao all had a bad face, and even used Li Hong's name to threaten and intimidate them.
"Your Highness, you are so confident in their own internal negotiations that you are not afraid that they will unite to fight against you? These foreigners have never been easy to get along with, especially when it comes to interference from external forces. They have always been able to ignore their own interests. , immediately reached a consensus and twisted into a rope to fight against external forces." Liu Yanyou poured tea for Li Hong. The breeze in the back garden slowly blew by with the fragrance of flowers, and the white clouds above his head were not far away, which made him feel like a fairyland on earth.
"That's true. What's the reason why the Huawai barbarians are Huawai barbarians?" Li Hong received tea from Liu Yanyou, while Hua Meng, Cheetah, Jingzhe, and Mang Zhong stood in the pavilion separately. Look at the four directions of the stage and be careful not to let others get close to it.
"This...the reason why they are foreigners is because they don't understand the etiquette and virtues of the Tang Dynasty at all, so that there is nothing to restrain their daily behavior, forming a pattern like the Anxi herdsmen, who only rely on what they have in their hands." Use force to solve the problem." Liu Yanyou really couldn't answer this question clearly, so he had to sum up what he had been able to sum up in the past few years.
"Yes, whoever has a sharp knife in his hand is the boss, so my Tang Dynasty's horizontal knife is not sharper than theirs? Why can't we become the real rulers here? Why are they always relying on us and rebelling all the time? What is the possibility? The battle between them requires force. To fight against our Tang Dynasty, half of what we have to give them is force, and the other half is our idea of royal power. It's because we didn't spread our Chinese culture here. How could those Confucian sages from Chang'an City come here to spread their doctrines
From the bottom of their hearts, they despise the alienation of foreigners. Furthermore, they have been spoiled by the royal family and are reluctant to leave the gentle countryside of Chang'an City to come here to seek fame and fortune, because their fame and fortune have long been earned by their ancestors. Enough is enough. They just need to stick to their ancestral teachings and let their descendants continue it. They have gained fame and fortune for nearly a thousand years. How can they work hard, lobby and learn for greater fame and fortune? Woolen cloth
As for whether our country, Datang, expands its borders or brings benefits to the people, does it have anything to do with them? They only need to sit in the court, figure out the emperor's thoughts, and say a few words in accordance with the emperor's thoughts when the emperor needs it. Then they wait in the Central Plains for scholars to come to seek knowledge and select them. Some smart people teach them doctrines. Even if they have completed the mission of their ancestors, how can they really think about the royal family
If they really cared about the royal family, they should have perished along with the former Sui Dynasty, the former Jin Dynasty or the Han Dynasty! But the former Sui Dynasty and Han Dynasty have disappeared in the river of history, but they are the only ones who can still be active in the imperial power. Why is this? It's a bit insulting to say that they are just outsiders, but what do they have in their hands that can allow dynasties to change in the long river of history, but they are still fine? "
Li Hong looked at Liu Yanyou, who frowned again and was speechless while thinking about his words, and continued to say easily: "Because they hold the theory of imperial power that even the royal family lacks, so the royal family needs their theory. How many of the founding monarchs were as scholarly and talented as they were to conquer the country they worked so hard for? Didn’t they all conquer the country from the battlefield? As the saying goes, conquering the country is easy. It is difficult to protect the country. Isn't it because after getting the country, it is at a loss as to how to manage it? So at this time, what the royal family can think of is the Confucian sages who can only talk on paper and hope to rule the world through their theories? Common people?"
"So Your Highness, you think that if you want the land of Liuzhao to be controlled by the Tang Dynasty like the Central Plains, you must let the foreign people accept the ideas of Confucian sages, integrate our culture into their blood, and... the idea of imperial power If it penetrates into their minds, can they get rid of the constraints and restraints that Xi Nuluo has on the imperial court, so that the imperial court can govern the six imperial edicts like an arm and a finger? "Liu Yanyou's eyes lit up. In fact, to put it bluntly, His Highness the Crown Prince? The meaning is already self-evident.
Then, after replacing Xinuluo and others with Tang people and becoming officials in the Liuzhao area, and then instilling Confucian ideas of great sages and imperial power, the territory here will truly become the territory of the Tang Dynasty once and for all, just like Just like Tubo and Anxi, the people today only recognize the culture of the Tang Dynasty and only regard themselves as people of the Tang Dynasty.
"That's what I mean, so now in Chang'an City, those Confucian sages are probably crying for their fathers and mothers. It won't take long, whether they are willing or demoted, there will be many Confucian sages here, using their theories to consolidate The influence of the Tang Dynasty here is to spread the essence of Chinese culture." Li Hong smiled and saw in the distance, many other officials of the Five Imperial Edicts, with some women who had obviously been carefully dressed, were standing. In the corner, waiting to see him.
"Your Highness is wise. Every time I return to Chang'an City to report on my duties, I will be ridiculed by them. Some people even say that as the second-grade Grand Protector of the Annan Protectorate, in this barren mountain and wild ridge, I am like a prince. Happy and comfortable, alas... But even so, once I said that they were welcome to come, they became silent. So if those people could come, I would feel happy in my heart, and let them see this place. Isn't it as happy as they can stand and talk without pain in their backs?" Liu Yanyou followed Li Hong's gaze and landed on a group of people in the distance: "Your Highness, is this...?"
"This is the answer you want. King Liuzhao was negotiating in the palace, and King Wuzhao began to please me. Those beauties and the boxes in the hands of officials must have been prepared for me. So it depends on them With their actions overtly and covertly, do you think they will still unite together regardless of their past grudges?" Li Hong motioned to Hua Meng to let them leave. He had no interest in those women who were dressed in gold and silver and dressed up in fancy clothes. .
After all, at that moment, looking from afar, none of those women were probably over fifteen or sixteen years old. They were all as dry as firewood and had not yet fully matured, and they began to be used as political donations. It was used to publicize the Tang Dynasty court.
"When the power is so strong that they can't compete even if they unite, they will automatically have cracks, and they will not unite like before. It's just that these poor mountains and rivers have unruly people, and the people in the Liuzhao land have always been He is an unreasonable and arrogant bastard, and his folk customs are also extremely tough. When Ma Zai first arrived, he was chased all over the mountains and plains by people from several small villages with wood knives. He even lost his shoes when he ran back. One of them looked so embarrassed that I had never seen him in his life. When I asked Ma Zai the reason, Ma Zai was confused. He didn't know what he said to offend them..."
"This is normal. It is true that unruly people come out of poor mountains and poor waters. The same was true in Tubo and Anxi back then. But ten years later, I dare not say that all the people's customs have changed to simplicity and bravery, but haven't most people also begun to Are we like the people of the Tang Dynasty? The folk customs and customs can be preserved and even encouraged, whether they are tough or aggressive, but barbarism is not advisable. The invisible power of Chinese civilization was born for this. Confucian sages Its function is to eliminate barbaric and unreasonable behaviors and plant Chinese civilization here!" Li Hong waved his hand, motioning Liu Yanyou to get up, and walked out of the palace with him through the back door.
Liu Yanyou looked around and saw that except for the four eunuchs Hua and Meng, there was no one else around the prince. He couldn't help but feel worried, but he was stopped by Li Hong, who asked him to find an entourage to accompany the two of them on a tour of Taihe City.
Walking in the streets and alleys of Taihe City, Li Hong specifically chose a place where he could overlook the entire Taihe City. Between Cangshan Mountain and Wuzhi Peak, there was originally a top-down slope, so it meandered along the Taihe City. The alleys go all the way up, and after a short walk, you can stand at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and overlook the entire Taihe City.
Without waiting for Li Hong to speak, Hua Meng immediately took out two telescopes, handed one to Li Hong, and the other to Liu Yanyou naturally.
(End of chapter)