Chapter 561 Domesticated Turks
Li Datong: “His Majesty will definitely set up a protective mansion in the Turks and send people to control the Turks. However, these alone will not be enough to completely control the Turks. The real key lies in seizing the lifeblood of the Turks. If The food the Turkic people eat comes from my Datang, the clothes they wear are also from my Datang, and all the pots and pans for food and drink come from my Datang. So, as long as we don’t give them armors and weapons, what do they use to rebel? ?”
Li Shimin was lost in thought.
“I don’t have a suitable pasture in the Tang Dynasty. Beef and mutton are extremely expensive. But in Turk, there are pastures everywhere. It can be said that the wind is blowing and the grass is low. What we have to do is to turn the Turkic people into my special purpose. Herdsmen, to provide Datang with cattle, sheep and a steady stream of excellent war horses…”
In fact, Li Xin’s thinking is not too complicated. It is to change the industrial structure of the Turks, liberate them from aggressive nomadism, and turn them into agriculture closer to animal husbandry. In a sense, it is also quite appropriate to use “domestication” to describe this process.
Datang can provide the Turks with surplus food and handmade products including tea and silk, in exchange for a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep. At the beginning, the Turks were under the control of their khan, and war horses were an important strategic resource. Export is prohibited. Now that the Turks have been conquered by the Tang Dynasty, it is no longer a matter for them to decide whether or not to export the war horse.
If this transaction succeeds, the Turkic economy will become extremely dependent on Datang, and they will naturally not be able to rebel.
Today’s Turks are dominated by freeing horses, which is too threatening. What Li Xin wants to do is to guide this tendency in a direction that is dominated by cattle and sheep. As an important strategic resource in the Cold Weapon Era, war horses are managed and raised by the imperial court. In this way, even if the Turkic people want to rebel, they have no useful war horses. Are they riding cows and sheep to fight?
As for how to achieve such a change, Li Jizhong has a general plan, and the key to this plan is wool.
At present, the most important value of cattle and sheep is to kill and eat meat. However, Li Xin clearly knows that their value does not stop there, especially sheep. If their wool can be spun into a thread to make a light and thin sweater that can keep out the cold, it will add another layer of economic benefits.
Turkic people raise sheep, and Datang people buy sheep. Is there anything wrong with everyone having fun and getting together forever?
Li Xin recounted these thoughts roughly. Li Shimin nodded frequently. He could fully understand what Li Xin meant, that the Turkic people were essentially dependent on the Tang Dynasty for their existence, instead of relying solely on suppression as in the previous dynasties.
Authoritarianism can only be maintained for a while, but the interests are different. As long as the interests are not interrupted, this dependence will not be interrupted.
I have to say that such a new set of theories gave Li Shimin hope. Although he didn’t say it clearly, he knew that his trip to Prince Chu’s Mansion today was not in vain.
“But can wool really be spun into a thread?” Li Shimin said with some doubts. In Li Xin’s mouth, this seems to be a very easy thing, but Li Shimin has lived for so many years and has never heard of a similar thing. After all, wool is short and mixed, and silk spinning cannot be used.
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