Chapter 1630

No race is willing to be treated as a wild beast that drinks blood.

The Tujue are not willing, and the Huihe are not willing!

Every nation longs to be respected.

And this kind of thing, since ancient times, only Li Shimin has achieved it.

Militarily, he conquered the four barbarians.

Politically, the four barbarians submitted.

Heavenly Khan is definitely the highest praise for Li Shimin by the tribes around the Great Tang.

From the perspective of later generations, some people always feel that the Li Tang's policy had problems, raising the foreign races and causing the turmoil of later generations.

This is actually somewhat nonsense.

The policy toward the four barbarians actually has its historical roots.

Appointing the four barbarians had too many benefits for the Li Tang.

First, it could balance the noble families.

Before Huang Chao, even with the imperial examination system, the selection of talent was still held by the Five Surnames and Seven Families; at most, nearly 70-80% of the officials in the world were related to them.

In this case, how could Li Shimin not think of ways to balance the noble families?

Distributing official positions to foreign races was a way that wasn't a way at the time.

After all, although foreign races are harmful, they are far less harmful than letting the Five Surnames and Seven Families ruin the government.

Even, because of Li Shimin's grace, the foreign races became officials and were extremely loyal.

Second, destroying a nation, not to mention things like hurting the harmony of heaven, just talking about the economy, it's not cost-effective.

The Great Tang Dynasty was established, and everything was waiting to be done.

The national treasury didn't have much money and food, and the population wasn't large; once a war of national extermination was truly started, the Great Tang might not be able to withstand the tossing.

Don't you see, Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, paid a great price to destroy the Xiongnu.

The day the Xiongnu were crippled was also the day the Great Han was on its last breath.

The warning from the past is still there, Li Shimin couldn't have failed to see it.

What's more, during Li Shimin's reign, the national strength might not have been as rich as during Emperor Wu's reign.

Fighting a war of national extermination was simply courting death.

In this case, subduing the tribes became the best way.

Subduing the enemy without fighting is the best of the best strategies.

Third, the submission of the four barbarians had another benefit: saving money.

With foreign troops, whether attacking the Western Regions or other places, the Great Tang didn't need to send many people internally, just one decree was enough.

This was also excellent for the people of the Great Tang.

The battlefield, soldiers are dangerous, it's not a good place.

Letting the people in the Central Plains not experience so much war is also a kind of protection, allowing the people to rest and recuperate.

Saying that he raised the foreign races and caused later generations to suffer.

This is a bit strange.

Before Li Shimin, no one raised the foreign races, whether it was the Five Barbarians' chaos in China or the Xiongnu, weren't they also strong to the extreme, giving the Central Plains dynasty a headache?

Later generations are incompetent, and they blame the previous dynasty?

As for the outflow of technology, there are indeed some problems.

However, even if Li Shimin was great, he couldn't make the horse run without letting the horse eat grass, right?

Letting the tribes fight, the rewards and benefits that should be given definitely couldn't be less.

And not to mention ancient times, just talking about modern times, various encryption technologies are very developed, and blocking technology is also a very difficult thing.

Unless you completely close the country.