Chapter 302 Grassland Plan Ma Zhou cupped his hands and said, "This time it was your Majesty who took the initiative to invite you to come to the grassland. Since knowing what the Marquis has done in the grassland, Your Majesty has dispatched many officials to the grassland in accordance with the request of the Marquis."
"This time, the official has brought more than a hundred people. If it's not enough, there will be more later. Please don't worry, Lord Marquis!"
Ji Song nodded and said with a smile: "Now that you're here, there's nothing to be polite about on the grassland. I'll make arrangements for where you're going to stay."
"You go down and wash up first. I'll take care of you all later!"
"Thank you, Lord Marquis. I will resign!"
When Ma Zhou left, Sun Deng said: "Master Marquis, this is someone sent from the imperial court."
"Of course they are here to manage the grassland. This time the grassland was victorious and Jieli was captured. Now the big forces have been wiped out."
"As the saying goes, it is a sin not to take what God gives you! Even if it is difficult, how will you know if you don't try? Our Majesty is very ambitious!"
Hearing this, Sun Deng was not only not happy, but even a little disappointed and said: "Then I will go and hand over the matter to them as soon as possible!"
Ji Song laughed dumbly and said with a smile: "Don't use your little tricks in front of me. When they come, you don't necessarily have to go back. If you want to stay in the grassland, I can still make the decision."
Sun Deng was a little shocked. He thought for a while and finally said: "I'd better go back to Chang'an with the Marquis!"
Ji Song was surprised at this time and asked: "Why is this? Isn't it good to have power alone in the grassland?"
"That's not true. I finally understand. I want to make a difference in my family, but without the help of noble people, my life will be like that."
"If I don't hug Mr. Hou's golden legs now, wouldn't I, Sun Deng, be stupid?"
Ji Song was stunned for a moment, then became speechless, and said helplessly: "What kind of golden figure do I have? Have you never heard of the reputation of the Ten Thousand Years Marquis? Your taste is not very good!"
Sun Deng thought to himself: I believe you, you idiot!
If he didn't know the abilities and background of the young marquis in front of him, he would really believe it.
Not to mention His Majesty's regard for him, and his unfettered ability, even without these, he is still one of the few nobles in the Tang Dynasty!
But don't forget that as long as the eldest princess Pingyang is still alive, her good husband Jisong will be as stable as a rock. Even if His Majesty wants to touch him, he still has to see what Pingyang thinks.
Although the eldest princess no longer leads troops, her subordinates are all in high positions, and there are numerous generals who command the troops.
Therefore, whoever really believes Ji Song's lies is a fool! Seeing that Sun Deng stopped talking, Ji Song ignored him and said to Liu Laoer beside him: "Go and get ready! It's time for us to go back."
Liu Laoer was overjoyed when he heard this. He had long been tired of staying in the grassland. Why was he unhappy when he heard that he was going back?
"I'll make arrangements right now!"
After saying that, I couldn't wait to go out and get ready.
Sun Deng looked at Liu Laoer's leaving figure and said thoughtfully: "Master Hou is worried."
Quietly, he pointed to the direction and then to the sky. The meaning is self-evident!
Ji Song said angrily: "You are smart. Since you don't want to stay in the grassland anymore, then go back with me. Your contribution is not small, and you should mention it when you go back."
"Thank you Hou Ye!"
Sun Deng was overjoyed. He had indeed seen it right. Thinking about it, the two men from Sinong Temple who had long taken refuge with the Marquis were now in real director of the Ministry of Industry and a county magistrate have now become fifth-rank officials. This has made many people in Chang'an envious.
How long does it take?Even if you are a child of an aristocratic family, with a lot of resources at your disposal, it would be difficult for you to reach such a high position in such a short period of time.
But our Marquis has done it. As long as the official who is with the Marquis is not in charge? Now that the opportunity has come to you, why can't you seize it?
Ji Song waved his hand and told him to get out of here. Sun Deng was also a funny person. He thanked him and left with a smile, not paying any attention to Ji Song's rudeness.
If you don't show off in front of yourself, you are treating him as one of your own. How can you have any objections? It's too late to be happy! Watching Sun Deng leave, leaving him alone in the tent, Ji Song had time to think about something.
He knew the emperor's thoughts. Everyone knew that he wanted to control the grassland, but Ji Song knew that this was not easy! The grassland people live in pursuit of water and grass and have no fixed place to live.
The population is highly mobile, management is difficult, languages, habits, etc. are different. If they want to effectively control the grassland, they have to do too much.
In fact, the best way is to divide the pastures, divide the prairie into countless small pastures, and resettle all ethnic groups crosswise.
Let them settle down or move in designated areas, which will greatly weaken the strength on the grassland and make them continue to enter into internal strife.
When their internal conflict is almost over, Datang will come back to clean up the mess, which will be much easier.
There is also education. According to Ji Song's meaning, it is to drive the Buddhist and Taoist families who have just been attacked by Li Yuan to the grassland.
Let them educate the grassland people to be kind-hearted. It is best to have a large number of herdsmen become monks as they did during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then give them higher status and treatment.
Over time, the grassland settled down.
Ji Song actually admired the Manchu Qing's ethnic policies, if not his servile policies, but his policies towards ethnic minorities.
During the Qing dynasty, perhaps it was due to the fact that they were from ethnic minorities, and their policies towards these ethnic groups were very targeted.
Whether they are grassland peoples or plateau areas, they have effectively ruled.
Therefore, Ji Song planned to mix his own ideas and come up with a way to rule the grassland as quickly and effectively as possible, and also to test the future rule of the Western Region.
Thinking of this, he pushed aside the debris on the desk, took out pen and paper, thought for a while, and started writing the memorial.
In the next few days, Ji Song held a grand dinner on the night Ma Zhou first came to the grassland, and invited the leaders of various grassland tribes to participate.
They were trading at this time, most of them were there, and only a few of them also sent envoys, so the banquet that night was very grand.
When Ji Song introduced Ma Zhou and his group, the tribal leaders had different expressions, but Ji Song didn't care about that. His nice words were just because everyone wanted to cooperate with Ma Zhou and others' management for Ji Song's sake.
But both inside and outside the words are that you'd better be honest with me. If you dare to violate the rules, a large army will come to conquer.
What we are doing are all respectable people, and no one is a fool. At this time, people are on the receiving end of swords, and I am a piece of fish. Since I don’t dare to resist, I just cooperate well.
In short, everyone was the guest and host that night, and they didn't leave until midnight.
Ji Song also rarely made an exception to drink a few more drinks. In the end, he was carried into the tent and did not wake up until three o'clock in the morning.
(End of this chapter)