Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

In September, the scorching sun in northern Xinjiang is no longer hot. Occasionally, a cold current begins to move southward from the far North Pole, and the grassland at night begins to enter below zero, although it is still hot at noon during the day.

But for the nomads of the north, this year is extraordinarily different.

The establishment of Hanhai Prefecture has spread throughout the grasslands. Except for the Shiwei, Khitan, and Xi tribes in the east, all other nomadic tribes have been brought under the management of Hanhai Prefecture. The western end of Hanhai Prefecture has been fully integrated with Xinjiang Prefecture. .

The northern part of Hanhai Prefecture has completely brought Beihai into management, and the northern part of Beihai is almost deserted. Beihai is surrounded by virgin forests, and some tribes in these forests have also been brought under management by Hanhai Prefecture.

As for the east, it is naturally bordered by Shiwei and Khitan.

For all the herdsmen in Hanhai Prefecture this summer, the biggest difference from previous years is that they are very busy. They were not busy in the past, but this year they are extraordinarily busy.

In the family, there is basically one herdsman for each household, and then the herdsmen in a village jointly graze. The cattle and sheep of more than [-] households are looked after by ten people, and the rest are all going to build roads!

That's right, building roads!The political commissar in charge of commanding them and the security forces told them that Obo was the preliminary preparation for road construction.

In just over two months, tens of thousands of Obos appeared on the entire grassland. These circular, triangular, and polygonal Obos spread all over the grassland, drawing a route on the grassland with a number of one kilometer.

Where there are big stones on these oboos, the names are carved directly on them with stones, and where there are no big stones, the names are carved with wooden boards, and then dyed and inlaid on the acute corners of the obo.

And each obo has a cross and a five-pointed star on it to represent the direction on the grassland.

In two months, a total of nearly 100 million herdsmen on the grassland participated in this infrastructure operation, and each herdsman earned about 30 catties of grain or related salt and cloth on average.

After entering September, these supplies began to be replenished to these herdsmen one after another.

Just like what Tian Meng and Li Ke thought, things like Aobao are very beneficial to the herdsmen, so this tradition quickly spread throughout the grasslands, and those Aobaos that were originally built were constantly passed by herdsmen. The stones that are handy are supplemented.

Because the political commissars who organized these herdsmen said that these stones may have new uses in the future, and they may be used when new roads are built in the future.

Therefore, many herdsmen did not stop even though they had no organization, even if the obo they needed had been piled up, they silently started loading gravel from the nearest mountain with baskets, and then followed the road indicated by the obo, Just pile gravel on the side of the road.

Anyway, they are idle when they are idle. Even if they send a basket of stones a day, they will send a lot of stones a year. When they need stones for road construction in the future, they don’t need to pull them from farther places. They can be found nearby. Stone.

The stretching stones are like slow-growing lines. In places closer to some villages, apart from some special gaps between the two oboos, the piles of gravel are not even connected. became a line.

All the soldiers and officials of the Tang Dynasty who entered the grassland were shocked. It turns out...is this the power of the people?

It turns out that these herdsmen are the same as the people of Tang Dynasty. As long as they meet someone who treats them well and treats them sincerely, they are willing to give their sincerity.

It turns out that the people at the bottom of any country are the same.

Tian Meng and the others had a deeper understanding of His Highness's words: sincerity is the ultimate skill.

These herdsmen may not have much culture, and they don't understand many principles, but they all understand one thing. In the past, they could only live, but now they will have a better life.

Whether it is road construction or Aobao, they all exist for them. Since His Highness is willing to spend money for them, why don't they work hard?

This incident was written by Tian Meng as a memorial and sent to Chang'an. After receiving the memorial, Li Shimin, many officials in Chang'an, and Li Ke were silent.

Compared to Li Ke, Li Shimin and the court officials were more shocked. No one has ever done such a thing, including the great khans who are preached on many grasslands. But Li Ke did it .

Just a simple decree did it.And the result of this formation is really shocking.

One obo per kilometer, and tens of thousands of oboes represent tens of thousands of kilometers. They form a cobweb-like structure on the grassland. It is hard to imagine that such a project was completed within two months.

But when you think about it getting millions of people involved, you can see why it's so powerful.

And Li Ke was also very moved when he saw such an achievement, because this is the greatness of human beings!

The group effect of human beings often produces a kind of shock that makes human beings feel unbelievable.

But now what leads to this result is obviously the social facilitation effect, social convergence effect, and herd effect in the group effect.

When a huge group collectively does one thing, it will often form the effect of unity of will, and the final achievements will shock and stare everyone.

And this kind of thing even often forms a kind of collective honor and even belief of mankind!Outsiders cannot understand them, but they themselves know this deeply.

Li Ke thought of the ever-shocking Construction Corps of later generations. Without the selfless dedication of generations, how could there be such a rapid development, and how could those lands have developed so fast?

Just take a comparison of two similar countries in Asia in the later generations. You will know that the founding time is similar, the poverty is similar, and the population is similar, but the final achievements are worlds apart.

This is the scary part of the group effect.

Li Ke is sure that although Tian Meng and the others didn't say anything, the herdsmen on the grassland, some adults definitely started to tell their children and descendants why they transported these stones.

And there will be more and more people like this. When their children grow up, this kind of thinking will affect their whole life. Li Ke even suspects that this behavior of transporting stones may even become a tradition on the grassland.

Li Ke really wants to know, if he does not use these stones when building roads in the future, and when these people are placed on the route formed by the stones generation after generation, will this be another world miracle like the Great Wall? , a man-made wonder? !

Maybe in the future, this kind of behavior may even form a belief like kowtowing in Tibetan areas in later generations.