"The most common places that the Japanese go to are papermaking, ironmaking, printing, weaving and other workshops.

Whether it is Fang Xuanling or Li Shimin, they didn't take the Japanese too seriously before, so even if the Japanese wanted to steal the teacher, everyone didn't think anything about it.

In fact, until now, they have not regarded the Japanese state as a threat.

"Kuan'er, according to what you mean, before the Japanese people steal the division are completed, even if something like yesterday happens, they won't be okay?"

Li Shimin probably grasped Li Kuan's meaning, and couldn't help but ask his own questions.

"Yes and no!" Li Kuan smiled, "The Japanese are the most despicable, and before they succeed in stealing teachers, they will definitely not be easy." But they have always taken advantage of it, and there will definitely be all kinds of protests and all kinds of actions, all of which are aimed at asking for more benefits from the imperial court. ”

"It's just a Japanese country, protest is protest, just ignore it."

Li Jing even destroyed the Eastern Turks, so naturally he would not take the Japanese state in his eyes.

In fact, the most powerful countries in the world during this period were the Turks, the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire.

The powerful Tang Dynasty of the Arab Empire has not yet felt it, and the majesty of the Turks has been seen a lot in the past few decades, and even when Li Shimin first ascended the throne, he was forced to come to a Weishui Alliance.

"King Chu, according to your understanding, how will Datang get along with neighboring countries in the future?"

Fang Xuanling, as the left servant of Shangshu, that is, the prime minister, is more concerned about how to do it.

"Between nations, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. As long as the interests of neighboring countries are tied to Datang, there is no need to worry that they will not get along with Datang. ”

As soon as Li Kuan's words were finished, Li Shimin's eyes lit up, "There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests." Who said that? ”

"A Taoist priest I met on the road!"

Li Kuan said a reason.

It seems not normal to say that he said it himself, and he is only a teenager, so it seems abnormal to have such knowledge.

"Where is this Taoist priest?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm traveling all over the world, maybe I've returned to the mountains and forests, or maybe I've ascended to heaven."

Meng Xianzi said: Animals and horses ride, not to the chickens and dolphins. The home of ice felling, not cattle and sheep. The home of a hundred times, the minister who does not gather animals. Rather than having ministers of aggregation, it is better to have thieves. This means that the country does not take profit for profit, but also for righteousness. His Royal Highness the King of Chu, what you said is completely contrary to what the sages said. ”

Although Fang Xuanling felt that what Li Kuan said seemed to make sense, it was completely different from the theory he had learned in the past, so he was a little confused.

Li Shimin: "Xuan Ling's question is also my question. Since the pre-Qin period, the Central Plains Dynasty has always put righteousness first in its dealings with neighboring countries, persuaded people with reason, and used force as a last resort. ”

Li Kuan: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, if the Central Plains Dynasty has a history of more than a thousand years since the Great Zhou Dynasty, have the surrounding alien races ever really surrendered?" ”

"Not to mention the rest, as the biggest threat to the Central Plains Dynasty is the northern steppe peoples, from the ghosts, Yanli, Di, Xiongnu, Xianbei, to the current Turks, there has been no real surrender. Even if the Eastern Turks were destroyed last year, my Tang Dynasty's control over the northern steppes is actually still very weak, and many people are not willing to surrender. ”

In Li Shimin's view, it is already very satisfying to be able to maintain the current situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks, you must know that decades earlier, the Eastern Turks were still on top, and it was already very remarkable that they were able to destroy this powerful country, and there was no higher pursuit.

"No, Your Majesty! As long as the Tang Dynasty and the grassland peoples, and even all other countries, are bound together with eternal interests, true submission is no longer impossible. Or to put it another way, we don't need real surrender from others, we just need them to never invade Datang. ”

Although Li Shimin or Fang Xuanling are definitely higher in IQ and EQ than Li Kuan, Li Kuan comes from later generations, and his knowledge is naturally different from Li Shimin.

For example, how to deal with the relationship between countries, although the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers cannot say that they do not understand it at all, but compared with the intricate situation of more than 100 countries around the world in later generations, their theory is completely pediatric.

"Eternal interests? Kuan'er, I heard that honeycomb coal has brought huge profits to the Chu Palace, how do you feel that you still feel like you have fallen into the eyes of money? ”

Li Shimin is still a little unaccustomed to Li Kuan's opening and closing his mouth about "interests", in fact, the Central Plains Dynasty has never been accustomed to speaking for profit.

Even if they see benefits, even if they are for interests, they often find some pretense and excuse to cover it up.

"Your Majesty, in fact, in Weichen's view, governing the country is a process of creating and distributing benefits, and interests are an inescapable thing......

"Although what you said seems to be very reasonable, but today I asked you to enter the palace mainly to discuss the issue of the Wa Kingdom, so you can take the Wa Kingdom as an example to specifically describe what is the eternal interest."

Li Shimin didn't want to be led by Li Kuan, even if he was his own son; However, for a while, I couldn't find anything that directly refuted Li Kuan's theory, so I had to put it aside and change the topic.

"It's simple. The Wa Kingdom has seen the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, felt the gap, and now wants to learn, so we let him always want to learn, but there is no way to really learn; Let the Wa Kingdom always have a request from the Tang Dynasty, so no matter what happens, the Wa State will not easily oppose the Datang. ”

Historically, throughout the Tang Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom can be said to have comprehensively imitated the Tang Dynasty and learned the all-round knowledge of the Tang Dynasty's politics, economy and culture, and even in the Song Dynasty, this kind of learning has not completely stopped.

However, after the Song Dynasty, there are few records of the Wa Kingdom learning from the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's not that the Wa Kingdom has surpassed the Central Plains Dynasty, but the Wa Kingdom thinks that the Central Plains Dynasty is no longer so powerful and is not worth learning from.

Even a Mongol tribe can wipe you out, what should I learn from you?

If you don't learn from the Central Plains Dynasty, the kind of respect and worship that the Wa Kingdom has for the Central Plains Dynasty will be gone.

Naturally, a lot of new problems arise.

Whether it was the Japanese or the First Sino-Japanese War, it could be regarded as one of the chain reactions.

Now that Li Kuan has come to Datang, it is natural to avoid the repetition of history.

"King Chu, according to your statement, isn't it inappropriate for the Ministry of Rites to arrange for the envoys of the Wa State to send Tang envoys to study everywhere?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin a little confused, and then asked Li Kuan.

"It's not just inappropriate, it's just an enemy!"