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Chapter 940 Customized War Service
Li Yan looked at Li Shimin, who was in shock, and felt that his previous words were really put in the wrong hands. After all, Li Shimin was the emperor, and he was more concerned about the balance of power and maintaining the Li family's kingdom, while Fang Xuanling, as a minister, was more concerned about the rise and fall of the country and the welfare of the people.

It is absolutely true that you should not meddle in matters that are not your responsibility. Some things should be left to the people who are responsible.

Fang Xuanling understood these principles, which would inevitably affect the actual national policies.

Li Yan raised his hand and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Fang is the Zuo Pushe. The governance of the entire Tang Dynasty is led by Prime Minister Fang Tinaqi. If Prime Minister Fang can put this truth into practice and find a new way of governance for future generations, it will be considered a great merit."

Li Shimin's old face turned slightly red. He had heard these things before, but because of the tedious government affairs, he did not take them too seriously.

Fortunately, no one present knew about it. Li Shimin coughed twice and adjusted his mood.

When Fang Xuanling was about to speak, he said, "If we consider the overall situation, Mr.'s proposal to set the prices of essential commodities and to purchase these commodities in large quantities in times of disaster can maintain the basic living standards of the people on the grassland."

"It is indeed conducive to solving the problem of grassland invasion and maintaining the stability of the Tang Dynasty."

"I personally think these two options are worth considering and are highly feasible, but they are a big deal and involve a wide range of issues. We will discuss the specific details after we return."

Li Shimin and Li Jing both nodded slightly, agreeing with Fang Xuanhou's opinion.

Although the three of them thought that this plan was feasible, the pros and cons still needed to be fully considered at the moment, so they had no choice but to agree to it for the time being.

Li Shimin's mind suddenly lit up, and he thought of the idea that the prince had mentioned when he offered advice, that he could hire the Turks to fight, so he tentatively said: "However, the trade deficit issue mentioned by Xuanling is also an objective fact."

"If what the Right Wise King said is true, then the Tang Dynasty will have to spend a large amount of fiscal revenue every year to maintain this trade system."

"If we rely on the Tang Dynasty alone, it may not be enough."

"You have to know that with a stable life, the population will multiply rapidly, and the expenses will become larger and larger. In the end, it will become a heavy burden that cannot be maintained forever, and this method will eventually collapse."

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were stunned, and they also thought that in the past few years, under the care of the Tang Dynasty, there had been no large-scale wars on the grassland, and the three major military governorates had lived in peace. Even in years of disaster, there was assistance from the Tang Dynasty.

This has caused the grassland population to begin to grow, which is also a potential crisis.

Seeing that both of them had solemn expressions, Li Shimin felt slightly proud in his heart. He thought, you guys have just been in the limelight. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how could I be inferior to you?
Once I put forward my strategy, I'm afraid these people will look up to me even more.

Li Shimin suppressed his excitement and said, "The grasslands still need more goods to offset the trade volume of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yan's eyes rolled, and he thought of Li Shimin's intention and wanted to laugh.

But some things always need to be discussed. If I take the initiative too much, it will inevitably arouse suspicion. Since Li Shimin has fallen into the trap, I might as well just go along with what he says.

So he pretended to be distressed and asked, "I have thought about this, but you can't farm on the grassland, and the grassland people don't know how to weave, let alone make those exquisite porcelain and a wide variety of items."

"Apart from their lives, most grassland people only know how to herd horses and sheep and kill and plunder. How can they have any products to sell?"

Seeing Li Yan fall for it, Li Shimin excitedly slapped the table and said with shining eyes: "You are right, not all cattle and sheep furs are goods. I think any valuable behavior can be used as goods for exchange."

Li Yan pretended to be puzzled and asked, "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty means that killing and looting can also be used to sell?"

Li Jing and Fang Xuanling didn’t quite understand what Li Shimin said before, but Li Yan’s words made them instantly understand what their emperor meant.

Isn’t this the same as hiring a killer in Central Plains?

The two looked at each other, some of them found it unbelievable. Could such a thing be considered a commodity and purchased with money?

Li Shimin's eyes sparkled with admiration, and he did not hide his admiration: "The Right Wise King is indeed extremely smart, that's what I mean. But the term 'murder and looting' sounds too harsh, it's better to say 'value exchange'."

"In the previous battle in Liaodong, our two sides cooperated well and achieved a win-win situation. Everyone was very satisfied."

Li Shimin made his intention clear: "The Turks have powerful cavalry and the best fighting force in the world, while we in the Tang Dynasty have all kinds of goods needed by the grasslands."

"That way, we can barter."

Li Shimin became more and more excited as he spoke, his thoughts began to wander, and he even began to recall some of the things the prince had said: "For example, the small country of Tuyuhun always harasses the border. If we, the Tang Dynasty, send troops, it will be very troublesome."

"The procedures are very complicated. First, the court must discuss it, then the Hongwen Hall must formulate a strategy, the Ministry of War must mobilize the army, and the Ministry of Revenue must raise food and military supplies. The entire campaign will take several years and require a lot of manpower and material resources. In addition, the subsequent pensions will also cost a lot of money."

"If you calculate it all, the total cost is thirty million taels of silver."

"Then we can take out 10 to 20 million taels from it and buy Tuyuhun from you Turks."

"As for how you get Tuyuhun into your hands, we don't care. You just need to follow our requirements and hand over what we want to us at the agreed time." 'Uh'

Li Shimin's words not only made Fang Xuanling and Li Jing dumbfounded, but even Li Yan couldn't help but nod secretly.

Li Shimin also improved his ideas. Isn't this a disguised form of "war customization service"?

The Turks were completely treated as mercenaries.

Li Shimin was in high spirits and continued, "Of course, our Tang treasury is not well-off, and we cannot take out so much silver at once. However, these can be recorded in the account to offset the amount of bulk goods purchased by the Turks from the Tang Dynasty, and the settlement will be unified at the end of the year."

"hiss"

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were both stunned by Li Shimin's fantastic idea.

But after a little thought, he became excited. Don’t you Turks want a lot of goods from the Tang Dynasty but have no money?

You also have countless cavalrymen who can go to war, conquer countless forces and countries, and then sell them to the Tang Dynasty like goods in exchange for a huge amount of wealth.

Then use this wealth to buy the food, cloth, salt, iron and other things you want, so that the trade between the two sides can solve the problem of unilateral dumping and both sides can get what they need. It can be said that this kind of "customized service" takes advantage of the Turkic strengths and greatly expands the types of goods that the Turkic can sell.

It can be exchanged for a large amount of "foreign exchange" to buy supplies and enjoy life.

Moreover, the prices of these commodities were also decided by the Tang Dynasty, which could also make a lot of money from these trade exchanges, and the actual costs could be greatly reduced.

They also used them to expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty and fight other enemies. The Turks occupied the vast grasslands and were not interested in land and cities. In their view, as long as someone had a horse and a sword, there were countless territories to be seized.

In this way, potential enemies can be diverted to other enemies, and they will consume each other. On the one hand, this will hit the opponent; on the other hand, the Turks will also be consumed in large quantities in the war. If they are controlled a little, the strength of the Turks can be greatly improved.

This kind of war to seize territory, sell it to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for various resources, and then go to war again, over and over again. This is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty setting up a complete survival system for the Turks based on their characteristics.

Then it was perfectly embedded into the world ecological system centered on the Tang Dynasty, in which the Turks would be highly dependent on the Central Plains.

From now on, as long as the Tang Dynasty maintains this strategy carefully, it will be able to control the grassland nomads forever.

During this process, the Turks did not dare to target the Tang Dynasty because the Tang Dynasty was their employer.

The national and military strength of the Tang Dynasty was also very strong, and it was not something that the Turks could easily defeat, so they would turn their attention to other countries and forces.

Under such circumstances, the Turks could continuously use force to exchange for resources.

In turn, the Tang Dynasty can also be seen as a money house of the Turks. Everyone knows which is more profitable, draining the pond to catch fish or making continuous gains.

Unless one day, the Turks become invincible in the world, the Tang Dynasty will have nothing to buy.

However, by that time, the Turks would no longer need to exist. The Tang Dynasty would have no future troubles and could focus on dealing with the Turks. Perhaps it would be able to easily destroy them.

This model also has countless benefits for the Tang Dynasty, such as saving military expenses, reducing the number of soldiers, avoiding the situation of being too powerful to be managed, reducing the number of officials and generals, saving officials' salaries, and increasing people's income.

The newly "purchased" land can also solve the problem of domestic population expansion and imbalance between population and land.

In short, there are many benefits!

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing thought of too many benefits in an instant. They looked at Li Shimin who was discussing the details with Li Yan, and then looked at each other helplessly. These two most powerful people in the world had turned the world into something they couldn't understand.

Of course, the most important thing is that it is the Han people in the Central Plains who control the Turks today, which makes this idea possible. Once this structure and method are formed, everyone will become familiar with it, accept it, and enjoy the benefits of it.

Even if more grassland people rise up and seize power in the future, they will not resist this model.

After all, there are many forces on the grassland. If you are unwilling to play, other forces will surpass you as long as they are willing.

I can even pay those people to attack you and destroy you.

The two sides have close economic ties, and can carry out detailed operations based on this close connection.

The Tang Dynasty no longer simply let the Turks go or adopted a defensive approach as before.

(End of this chapter)