Li Shimin lowered his head and pondered, and after a while, he frowned, and said, "But I can't empty the gate and move everyone out!" ”

"Naturally not. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xia Hongsheng nodded and said: "So we must carry out ethnic integration, and use various means to integrate the local people, their culture, and their nationality into the Huaxia people, so that they also think that they belong to a part of the Huaxia tribe and a part of the Tang Dynasty, and only in this way can we ensure that that land can truly become the land of the Tang Dynasty." Otherwise, Datang will end up just a passer-by in that land. ”

"That's not something I can do." Li Shimin shook his head and sighed: "What I can do is just the beginning." ”

"But everything is difficult at the beginning, if you have laid a good foundation, father-in-law, it will be much easier in the future." Xia Hongsheng said with a smile.

"Don't talk about that." Li Shimin shook his head and said: "National integration is a long-term plan, and it may not be completed in a hundred years. Let's talk about the others first, Fang Cai Xian's son-in-law said that although the first three conditions cannot be met, there are also temporary workarounds, let's listen to them. ”

If you want to control the lands that are far away from the political center of the Tang Dynasty and out of the effective and controllable scope of the Tang Dynasty, the method can actually be used as a reference from history. Although it was only a temporary oppressive rule, it still has very important learning significance for today's Datang.

At the same time, Datang can completely change these methods in the process of imitation and in combination with the actual situation, so as to make it a form of governance that can meet the needs of Datang.

Because there are too many countries where Datang surpasses other places, this gap is no longer something that the locals can make up for through hard resistance.

Colonization, the process by which a great power seeks and gains possession of economically and politically and culturally underdeveloped areas abroad.

Historically, colonization has taken different forms.

France, Portugal, Spain and other countries adopted the method of direct rule, trying to integrate the colonies politically and economically with the suzerain, and vigorously inculcating the culture and way of life of the suzerain, so as to assimilate as many colonial people as possible, or at least to make the ruled people have a close sense of identity with the ruling nation. Local social institutions and customs are hardly preserved, and local languages are rarely used in the education system. The main purpose of these policies was to make the people of the colonial countries feel that their destiny was tied to the suzerain, and to abandon the indigenous way of life, to accept the culture and way of life of the suzerain, and to integrate into it and become part of the suzerain.

On the contrary, the British colonial policy adopted an "indirect rule" approach, which sought to make the colonies politically and economically self-reliant. In Africa and India, the British still retained many of their original princely states. In areas designated as Crown Crown Territories, the original tribal, village and other administrative institutions were also retained, and local people were appointed as secondary local officials. The local language and culture are also preserved and taught.

"Father-in-law, the process of foreign conquest and expansion of the Tang Dynasty is actually a process of colonization." After Xia Hongsheng recalled it in his mind, he began to organize language to explain to Li Shimin: "The so-called colonization, as the son-in-law told his father-in-law at the beginning, is the process of a large country seeking and gaining the right to occupy economically and culturally underdeveloped areas abroad. ”

"I remember." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Let the pirates explore overseas and find colonies for the Tang Dynasty, this is the method that the virtuous son-in-law gave me at the beginning." Today, it occupies several borderless lands. However, most of them are just stone tablets to write that this is the land of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"The borderless land, where there are almost no people, or extremely backward barbarians, what can be brought to Datang for the time being is indeed just a land far away from the ocean." Xia Hongsheng said: "However, if there are people from the Tang Dynasty there, it will be different. ”

"Promise heavy profits, make people migrate. The virtuous son-in-law has spoken to me many times. Li Shimin nodded and said: "However, the former Sui war, the world withered, countless people died, and the population of the Tang Dynasty is still far from reaching the number of those years. The population in the customs is still insufficient, so this move has to be temporarily suspended. ”

"These Tang Dynasty's overseas, distant lands, to rule, depends on two situations." Xia Hongsheng continued to say to Li Shimin: "First, there is a borderless land, there are almost no people on it, or there are only wild people who do not form settlements, so naturally let the Tang Dynasty occupy it directly, erect a stone monument, and declare it the land of the Tang Dynasty." Second, if there is already a kingdom there and it has become a nation of its own, it is necessary to make a plan with it first, first form a business with it, dump Datang goods, gradually change their way of life, and take away their wealth. Until Datang's technology is more advanced and he is able to reach over and grasp it firmly. ”

"This is also a method of temporary control, and it can't make it truly become a Datang land like the Dao in my Datang Pass!" Li Shimin leaned back and said.

"That's why the son-in-law said that it was just a temporary workaround." Xia Hongsheng said: "One day, the technology of the Tang Dynasty has improved, solving the problems of long-distance transmission and transportation, and the population has also gone up, and the people in the customs can no longer be crowded, so they can send the subjects of the Tang Dynasty to various places, go to various colonies, and gradually become the main ethnic group in the local area." is the way to permanence. ”

"There is still a long way to go!" Li Shimin sighed: "I really can't relax for a moment!" These are all hundred-year plans, and I can only do my best to do more to make it easier for future generations. If I could lend him to the heavens for another lifetime, then there would be no need for future generations to worry about these things! ”

Do you really want to live another 500 years?

Xia Hongsheng said in his heart, but he suddenly thought about it, rolled his eyes, and said: "Oh, father-in-law, my son-in-law heard your sigh and suddenly remembered a thought. Father-in-law, do you think your son-in-law can condense your mental journey of fighting for the Tang Dynasty into a song, complete it with music, and then sing it and present it to the people? In this way, between the world's singing, everyone knows how much effort and effort you have paid for Datang, for the people to sleep at night, for the world to be peaceful and prosperous, and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, how much hard work and efforts you have paid, how many sorrows and grievances you have undertaken, how many hardships and twists and turns you have experienced, and how many setbacks and sufferings you have suffered, but you still do not change this for Datang, for the people's sincere heart! ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin was stunned, his mouth opened slightly, and he was caught off guard by Xia Hongsheng's sudden sycophancy.