In the Daming Palace, Li Shimin has been discussing things related to Tubo with Fang Xuanling and others in the past few days, and Lu Dongzan also met Li Shimin twice as he wished.

Seeing that his goal seemed to be achieved soon, Lu Dongzan's originally apprehensive heart began to slowly settle down.

However, Li Kuan is destined not to let him get his wish.

"Kuan'er, why did you suddenly come to me today?"

When Li Shimin heard Li Kuan's request to see him, although he was still talking to Fang Xuanling and Wen Yanbo, he still asked Li Kuan to go to the Xuanzheng Palace.

Judging from the situation in the past few years, Li Kuan has nothing to do, and he is hiding far away from Li Shimin, and he will definitely not take the initiative to find him.

Now that he has taken the initiative to ask for a meeting, there is a chance that there will be something wrong.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is here for the affairs of the envoys of the Tubo State."

Li Kuan didn't go around in circles, and directly said this purpose.

Due to the outstanding performance of the principal and deputy envoys of Lu Dongzan, Sambuza, and Serugong, this envoy of the Tubo State caused a relatively large disturbance in Chang'an City.

These three people, although they are barbarians of Fanbang, are proficient in Sinology, and Sambuza even consulted with a group of people such as Guozijian and Kong Yingda to teach the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, which is inevitably impressive.

Of course, this also has something to do with the close border between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, and everyone understands it more than other overseas countries.

"Tubo?"

Li Shimin's mind turned quickly, thinking of the point that Li Zhi had put forward two days ago, and immediately guessed Li Kuan's approximate intention, and couldn't help but sink his face, "Why, you also oppose harmony?" ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to talk about harmony, the harmony in the Han period should be the most familiar to everyone, combined with the situation faced by the Han at that time, the subordinates were supportive and friendly."

Li Kuan's words surprised Li Shimin a little, and he thought that Li Kuan was against harmony.

"Oh, what kind of situation did the big man face at that time?"

Everyone was let in, and Li Shimin simply raised a trace of his mind to teach.

"When the Han Dynasty was first built, due to years of wars, the population decreased sharply, the people's livelihood was adjusted, prices were high, the whole society was in turmoil, and there was even a situation where people ate people and changed children to eat. In addition, Han Gaozu divided the kings with different surnames, which led to the gradual lack of central authority, and even the situation of the Seven Kings Rebellion, the entire Han Dynasty, whether it was the government or the people's livelihood, urgently needed to recuperate and need a stable external environment. ”

Li Kuan has become more and more skillful in speaking now, and he is not as hard-headed as Wei Zheng.

"And the Xiongnu under the rule of Mao Dun Shan Yu, the southern and northern wars, unified the grassland, not only conquered all the land occupied by the Great Qin to attack the Xiongnu, but also defeated all the other surrounding tribes, becoming the biggest threat to the Han Dynasty, and even once captured Jinyang, when Han Gaozu led the army to go on the expedition, it was surrounded in Baishan Mountain, which almost caused a catastrophe."

Fang Xuanling and Wen Yanbo saw Li Kuan talking on the side, but they were also a little interested.

In the past few days, they have also discussed with Li Shimin for a long time the meaning and advantages of harmony.

However, everyone does not seem to interpret the past and present life of the practice of harmony from the perspective of Li Kuan's analysis.

"At this time, whether it is Han Gaozu or the ministers of the DPRK and China, they have fully realized the great threat of the Xiongnu to the Han Dynasty, and they are not just coming to the border to plunder, and a little carelessness may lead to the destruction of the Han Dynasty. At this time, in the short term, it is the most important thing to stabilize the Huns first and secretly develop the strength of the Han Dynasty itself. ”

"That's right, it was a similar practice when Gou practiced lying on the salary and tasted the courage back then." Li Shimin couldn't help but make a voice of approval, feeling that Li Kuan's performance today was good.

Therefore, in order to alleviate the contradiction between the Han and the Xiongnu, there was a matter of harmony. Through peace, the two sides initially clarified the border, stopped the war, expanded trade exchanges, and prevented the Han people from falling into endless wars again, and had time to recuperate. Of course, the Xiongnu also obtained a large amount of materials through trade with Affinity, and their living standards improved, and the need to plunder the Han people in the frontier was not so strong. ”

Li Kuan saw that Li Shimin was listening carefully, and then continued: "From this point of view, although the harmony in the early Han Dynasty was not a glorious thing, it was a correct foreign policy. ”

"Foreign policy, what do you mean?"

When Li Shimin heard this term for the first time, he couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

"Foreign policy is actually a variety of foreign policies and measures formulated by a country to ensure its own interests in accordance with its own foreign development strategy, its own interests and strength, and the external environment in which it is located at that time."

Although there were famous envoys like Zhang Yi and Su Qin as far back as the Warring States Period, it is the first time to say that the diplomatic situation of a country can be expressed in one sentence, whether it is Li Shimin or Fang Xuanling.

Li Shimin: "According to what you said, harmony was also the foreign policy of the Han Dynasty at that time?" ”

"That's right, but in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after the efforts of several generations of emperors, the economy and people's livelihood have been fully restored, and the harm of the princes has been basically eliminated, and at the same time, diplomatically through the United Yueshi and other countries to resist the Xiongnu, there is no need for the Han to swallow the Xiongnu anymore."

"The Han family was created in a hurry, and the four Yi invaded, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not change the system, and future generations could not; If you don't go out to conquer, the world is uneasy. ”

Li Shimin's words summed up the situation faced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at that time, and they were all emperors who were famous for the ages.

"The harmony of the Han Dynasty, it can be said that before and after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it is completely two situations. In the early days, it was the Han Dynasty that begged the Xiongnu, which can be said to be a humiliation, but in the back, it was the Xiongnu who begged the Han Dynasty. Weichen was in favor of the early Han Dynasty's harmony. ”

After talking for so long, Li Kuan finally began to reveal his true purpose.

"You agree with the harmony in the early Han Dynasty, but the implication is that you don't agree with the harmony in the later period?"

Li Shimin was very smart, and naturally heard the meaning of Li Kuan's words.

I just asked him if he was against Heqin, but he said it very well in a high-sounding manner, and he supported Heqin!

"That's right! The country's strength is not good, and it is understandable that in the face of a strong enemy, it endures humiliation and steals a living. But if you are obviously strong and agree to make peace, the wise man will not do it! ”

Li Kuan was not afraid of Li Shimin's unkind eyes, and directly expressed his meaning.

Having said that, everyone present actually knew that Li Kuan was against making peace with the Tuvassal Kingdom.

Because it is obvious that today's Tang Dynasty is far stronger than Tubo, and it does not have the dilemma faced by the early Han Dynasty.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this Tubo country is far away from Chang'an, located on the plateau, and the property is barren, if my Tang Dynasty and Tubo are caught in a war for many years, not only will they suddenly consume national strength, but they will not get any benefits, this is why these days, everyone tends to ask for relatives with the envoys of Tubo."

Fang Xuanling saw that the conversation between Li Shimin and Li Kuan had begun to spark, and hurriedly stood up to explain and ease the atmosphere.

And what he said basically represents the views of the vast majority of people in Chang'an City.

Except for those generals, few people really want wars to continue.

In particular, this kind of war, which seems to have little to gain in the eyes of everyone, has every chance to be avoided.

"Fang Xiang, I still take the situation in the Han Dynasty as an example. If you are a Xiongnu Shan Yu ......"

"Ahem!"

Fang Xuanling hurriedly interrupted Li Kuan's words, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you can't talk nonsense. ”

Fang Xuanling is still very cautious, but Li Kuan's metaphor is still a bit taboo; Although he took the Xiongnu as an example, he didn't say that if you are Han Gaozu or something, otherwise his face will probably change.

"Xuan Ling, you let him say, I want to see what he can say."

Li Shimin felt that Li Kuan had deceived his feelings, and at first he thought that Li Kuan was supportive and pro-friendly, but he didn't expect to go around in a circle, and it turned out to be opposed.

"Fang Xiang, if you were a Xiongnu Shan Yu and returned to the early Han Dynasty, would you still agree to the harmony of the Han Dynasty?"

Li Kuan's metaphor is very special, and everyone has never thought of thinking about the pros and cons of harmony from the standpoint of foreigners.

"This ......"

Fang Xuanling was a little entangled.

Li Kuan's question seems very simple.

However, combined with the analysis just now, it is obvious that the peace in the early Han Dynasty was beneficial to the Han Dynasty, but it laid the groundwork for the decline of the Xiongnu.

If the Xiongnu did not accept peace at the beginning of the Han Dynasty and continued to harass and invade the Han Dynasty, perhaps the Han Dynasty would be gone, or it would have fallen apart long ago.

So Fang Xuanling is not easy to answer this question now.

After all, if you answer against it, then do you also want to oppose the peace between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom?

Because of the situation before the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom, and the relationship between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty was after all.

However, if the answer is yes, it seems a bit ......

"Fang Xiang, if I were Shan Yu of the Huns, I would also agree to make peace."

Fang Xuanling: ???

Li Shimin: ???

Wen Yanbo: ???

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you said you would agree? Did I hear me right? ”

After a brief silence in the Xuanzheng Palace, Fang Xuanling asked a little unconfidently.

"That's right, although the Xiongnu were strong at the beginning, the materials were actually relatively scarce, and there was no handicraft industry in the territory, so if I were the Xiongnu Shan Yu, I would agree to be close and let the Han send a bunch of various materials and craftsmen as a dowry for the relatives."

As soon as Li Kuan finished saying this, the faces of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others immediately turned bad.

Sending all kinds of materials and craftsmen as a dowry for the relatives is basically the related measures that everyone has decided to agree to in the past few days.

Now, it seems, isn't it......

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the original Han did the same, but in the end, didn't the Huns still suffer? Why do you continue to agree to do this? Wen Yanbo couldn't help but ask.

"Wen Xiang, I will continue to agree to do this, because I have prepared the supplies, craftsmen, and princesses to take care of them, but the plundering and war continue."

"Huh?"

Wen Yanbo and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, and in the end, Wen Yanbo couldn't help but ask: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is like this, isn't it untrustworthy?" When making peace, do the two parties have a contract? ”

"Contract? Wen Xiang, between countries, if it works by contract alone, where did so many wars come from, the world would have been peaceful a long time ago! ”

It seems a little difficult for Wen Yanbo and Fang Xuanling to accept Li Kuan's point of view.

But as the emperor, Li Shimin understood it at once.

Yes, between countries, if the contract worked, then the world would have been peaceful a long time ago.

At the beginning, I also had an alliance with the Eastern Turks, but now where have the Eastern Turks gone?

Li Shimin: "Kuan'er, according to what you mean, you think that the peace between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom is beneficial to Tubo, but it is harmful to my Datang?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is no doubt that it is beneficial to the Tubo Kingdom, otherwise they would not have sent envoys many times to ask to marry my Tang princess. But for the Tang Dynasty, there is no harm in the short term, after all, it does make the frontier more stable, and there are fewer wars, but in the long run, a vast territory, monarchs and ministers complement each other, and the national strength is increasing, Tubo will definitely bring endless harm to the Tang Dynasty. ”

After Li Kuan's words, the Xuanzheng Hall fell silent again.

If Li Kuan had been there to oppose for the sake of opposition as soon as he came up, naturally no one would have taken his opinion seriously.

This is the same as Li Zhi's performance that day, everyone didn't take it seriously.

However, now that such a reasoned and well-founded analysis is made, it is ...... to agree and kiss

"Actually, this Tubo country did not only use friendly policies against the Tang Dynasty, in the meantime, their lord Songtsen Gampo married the princess of Nibora and solved the threat to his south."

Seeing that Li Shimin was still hesitating, Li Kuan added a fire again.

Although Li Shimin originally just wanted to find a clan girl to be canonized as a princess to marry Tubo, if Tubo had already made peace with Nibora before this, and he agreed again, it seemed that he had indeed fallen for his scheme.

"I know what you mean, you should step back first!"

Li Shimin's inner thoughts have been loosened, but his mind is firm, and for a while, even if he knows that he is wrong, he is not willing to change immediately.

"Your Majesty, the respect of our dynasty is beyond the ancient times, and it controls the northern and western barbarians and the barbarians, and there is no need for harmony between the Han and the people. Weichen proposed that His Majesty regard no harmony, no compensation, no land, and no tribute as the most fundamental diplomatic countermeasures of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After saying that he hadn't achieved his goal for so long, Li Kuan was naturally unwilling, and simply threw out the last killer idea.

Why is the Ming Dynasty still everyone's favorite dynasty despite having many problems?

Just because people don't get along, don't pay compensation, don't cut land, don't pay tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies.

"No harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute!"

Li Shimin repeated the words in Li Kuan's mouth, and his face slowly became excited.

As the Son of Heaven, isn't what he pursues is the prosperity of the people and his fame through the ages?

Now that the country is in power, it is beyond the ancients, if it can really do what Kuan'er said......

"Good! According to your words, no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, this is the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, future generations, if there is any violation of this policy, everyone will be punished! ”

Li Shimin's loud words resounded in the Xuanzheng Palace.

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