"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty."
"Marshal, this way." Zhao Huan stood in front of the map. "I have received news that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau intends to rebel."
Zong Ze said calmly, "Your Majesty need not worry. There are still 30,000 elite troops stationed in Qing Tang City, and 20,000 elite troops in Huangzhou and Chongzhou. There is nothing to worry about."
Although he didn't know where Zhao Huan got the information, Zong Ze didn't ask any further questions. As a marshal, his main responsibility was to assist the emperor militarily, and he didn't want to know anything else.
"Marshal, if one Qing Tang tribe rebels, ten other Tibetan tribes will rebel as well."
Zhao Huan spoke calmly, like flowing water, but there was a sharp killing intent between his brows: "The court wants to open up the Western Regions and broaden trade routes, but the various Tibetan tribes are like a sword hanging over our heads. I cannot sleep or eat in peace until they are destroyed."
Zong Ze said, "In that case, Wu Jie should be recalled to Qingtang to discuss the destruction of Tubo."
"However, the lands where the various Tibetan tribes are located are all barren and have little practical value." Zong Ze then changed the subject, "I believe that few of the Chinese people are willing to go there. The Tibetan lands should be divided and controlled, rather than forcibly attacked or relocated."
Zhao Huan understood Zong Ze's meaning and said that although Jiaozhou was plagued by miasma, it already had fertile fields that yielded four harvests a year, as well as fruit trees and forests, making it suitable for logging and establishing a state.
However, the high-altitude region where Tibet was located was not suitable for crop growth, or rather, the agricultural output was very low, and the climate was very different from other places.
Even if Tibet were destroyed and people were relocated there, it would still be impossible.
Even if Tibet were destroyed, and a large number of Han people could not be relocated there, anti-Han forces would still emerge in the region, and the current situation would be reshaped.
How to differentiate and treat effectively?
Zong Ze said, “I have heard that the Tibetans believe in Buddhism. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Tibetan people are much more docile. Although I do not know why they have the intention to rebel this time, Buddhism can make people without desire. Your Majesty can invite the monks of Daxiangguo Temple to Tibet to discuss Buddhist teachings.”
Zhao Huan was slightly taken aback and looked at Zong Ze with a strange expression.
Unexpectedly, Zong Ze, who has always been upright and honest, also knew about these things.
Yes, that was indeed his idea.
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