hsntnovel Chapter 2386 Li Shen's Tiger Raising Plan
Chapter 2386 Li Shen's Tiger Raising Plan
Although Li Shen doesn't understand politics, he can see some things clearly.
He understood how important he was to his father. Not to mention anything else, the money he paid as tribute every year represented Li Shen's weight.
Moreover, he believed that he and Li Shimin still had a father-son relationship.
Everyone felt relieved when they heard this. Perhaps the only person in the world who knew His Majesty best was Prince Ji.
Of course, the only one who dared to be disrespectful to His Majesty was Prince Ji.
Since many years ago, the standard for measuring Prince Ji's status has become the number of times he is beaten. If Prince Ji is not beaten, it means that he has fallen out of favor.
Not everyone dares to try this strange measurement method. If you make a mistake, you may lose your head.
This kind of treatment was discovered by Prince Ji after constantly testing the bottom line over the years.
Many people believe that Prince Ji is just walking back and forth on His Majesty's bottom line.
"Your Majesty, I don't think we should cooperate with the Ashina tribe. The 20% transaction volume would bring in at least several hundred thousand guan in profit each year.
Now Ashina She'er's tribe has become strong and powerful. I have learned that when he surrendered, he led 100,000 people to surrender.
Most of them were disbanded at that time to show their loyalty, but the remaining 100,000 people were still there.
Will this lead to a disaster?"
Wang Xuance thought about it and expressed his concerns.
At that time, when Prince Ji said he wanted to cooperate with Ashina She'er's tribe, he wanted to stop him, but he couldn't say anything in front of Ashina She'er.
He said it now that there were no outsiders around.
Li Shen laughed after hearing this:
"Xuan Ce, how could I not know what you said? I have already learned from Ashina Zhong that Ashina She'er's tribe is still the largest in the Ashina tribe.
He has a strong army and powerful horses. This time, His Majesty asked him to lead 30,000 tribal warriors to participate in the Western Expedition.
Ashina Zhong's tribe has developed with our help for many years but has not surpassed Ashina She'er.
This shows how strong its strength is.
That’s why I did this.”
"Your Highness, do you mean the tiger-raising plan?"
Wang Xuance immediately realized Li Shen's intention. He was familiar with the term "tiger-raising plan."
He is in charge of the tiger-raising plan currently being implemented in the Prince Ji's Mansion, and the target is Prince Jin Li Zhi.
King Ji once said that if you want to destroy something, you must first make it crazy.
"Yes, it's the tiger-raising plan. When I took back the business in the north, it was actually because I didn't want Ashina Zhong to perish.
He developed too fast in those years, which was not a good thing.
My father is not a kind-hearted person. He is very suspicious and may attack Ashina Zhong's tribe if things go wrong.
It doesn't matter whether he lives or dies. What I care about is the safety of my eldest sister. If anything happens to her, my mother will be very sad.
I have a different opinion from Your Majesty. I do not agree with the formation of using barbarians to control barbarians, although this method will not consume a lot of national strength.
But there are also great disadvantages. Now that our Tang Dynasty is strong, they dare not disobey.
If one day our Tang Dynasty becomes weak, these surrendered barbarians will be the first to bite us back.
They are now like blood-sucking worms attached to our Tang Dynasty, constantly sucking our blood to nourish themselves.
The purpose of this king doing business with them is to give back to them while controlling their throats.
A powerful existence like the Ashina She'er tribe must be suppressed and eliminated in its cradle."
Li Shen's words made everyone present ponder.
Especially Zhou Daowu was extremely shocked. He did not expect that Prince Ji's Mansion was setting up such a big trap.
It is said that Prince Ji is idle and does not care about state affairs, but now it seems that Prince Ji has been in the court all the time. No, it should be said that he is quietly eliminating future troubles for the Li Dynasty.
Zhou Daowu looked at Li Shen with admiration. It turned out that the rumors were not true, and what one saw with one's eyes was not necessarily true.
Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui were equally surprised. They knew that King Ji wanted to assimilate the north, otherwise he would not have planned to build cities and academies all over the north.
But the big game that Prince Ji just talked about was the first time they knew that Prince Ji’s political views were inconsistent with His Majesty’s.
But I have never heard King Ji mention it.
They felt that King Ji today was different from before.
"Your Majesty, with your Majesty's intelligence, will he notice what we are doing? Don't blame your Majesty for your actions later."
Wang Xuance said after a long silence.
“It’s not a question of whether or not, but it can definitely be seen. This king and Ashina She’er have no connection, and now he is suddenly cooperating with him to increase the strength of his tribe.
Your Majesty, don’t you know that I have taken action against Ashina’s tribe?
This is just an excuse for His Majesty.
The Tubo issue should have a conclusion next year. When we send troops, won't Ashina She'er's 100,000 troops be put to good use?"
Li Shen chuckled and said, "If you are not strong, how can I find an excuse to send you troops?"
This time there are only 30,000 troops, which is less than 30% of the strength of the Ashina She'er tribe.
In addition, the Western Regions are all small countries, so there were not many casualties at all.
Tubo is different. It has strong soldiers and horses. After defeating Tubo, isn’t there still Western Turkestan?
By consuming the enemy on my father's side and assimilating them on my side, with a two-pronged approach, the Turks will sooner or later become the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Highness, this is a brilliant plan. It's brilliant, truly brilliant."
Wang Xuance couldn't help but give a thumbs up, which he learned from Li Shen.
Li Shen rolled his eyes.
"Do we need to bring two water pumps?" He was very familiar with this line, having seen it since he was a child.
But Wang Xuance looked at Li Shen in confusion.
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Although I didn't know what a water pump was, it was not difficult to guess from the literal meaning.
He just didn't understand what Li Shen meant by this.
"Nothing, just write a letter to Wang Hongfu and ask him to prepare 50,000 dan of grain and send it to Xizhou Prefecture in the spring of next year.
Alas~~~Looks like I need to train a group of homing pigeons."
Li Shen sighed. Carrier pigeons were the most advanced means of communication in ancient times.
It’s just that Li Shen doesn’t know how to train homing pigeons.
"Carrier pigeon?" Wang Xuance was stunned.
"Pigeon, you don't know pigeon, it's what we eat when we barbecue."
Li Shen explained, how come the chief secretary didn't even know what a pigeon was.
"Your Highness, are you talking about Fei Nu?" Wang Xuance asked uncertainly.
"Fei Nu?" Another unfamiliar name appeared, just like when Li Shen first knew that the cat was called Li Nu.
"Yes, Your Highness. The kind Your Highness eats for barbecue is called Feinu. Some powerful people raise them at home."
Wang Xuance nodded in confirmation.
"How could that be? Why didn't anyone tell me it was called Feinu? If I said it eats pigeons, the servants would know what I was talking about."
Li Shen frowned in confusion. Normally, whenever he mentioned eating pigeons, the servants would know what he was talking about.
"That's because the prince said it was a pigeon, so it is a pigeon." Wang Xuance explained.
(This trip was truly an eye-opener. No wonder they say that reading a thousand books is not as good as traveling a thousand miles. For the first time in my life, I saw what towering mountains and steep cliffs, and the ups and downs of the mountains, are like.
If you have the chance, I recommend you to go to Noble, especially after it rains. The mountains in the distance are shrouded in mist, just like in a painting.
I have seen scenes in novels before, but I really can’t imagine them because I have never been there.
For someone like me who lives at an altitude of only 50 meters, I can't really experience the shock of coming to an area with an altitude of over 1,000 meters unless I have been there.
From now on, when I write about mountains, I have a real picture in my mind. It's an eye-opener.)