Li Longji is not interested in what Japan is called, and he has a reason.

In the eyes of this Li Jiazaburo, today's Japan is a clown who jumps off the beam, and it is a small overseas country that is not worth talking about at all.

In the Battle of Baijiangkou that year, Japan intended to fight an isolated island, with 40,000 troops and 1,000 warships, against the Tang Army, which had less than 200 warships and only 10,000 troops.

As a result, under the command of Liu Renliang, the Tang army won all four battles, won consecutive victories on land and water, killed the Japanese slave army, died and died, surrendered, and ran.

Since then, Japan has been as well-behaved as sheep and cats, and they only want to worship the Tang Dynasty as their ancestors.

For this kind of country, Li Longji really can't figure out why Pei Min cares so much.

Pei Min also knows that the Japanese have respect for the Tang Dynasty in their bones, but he also knows what Japan will do in the future.

With the current development trend of the Tang Dynasty, unless it is really time to be invincible, take advantage of the situation to clean up Japan. It is almost impossible to attack Japan in the short term, and it is really not worth it to mobilize people for the sake of an island country with frequent disasters.

But when he can disgust him and teach them a lesson, Pei Min will never be soft.

What the country of the rising sun, fuck it.

The Tang Dynasty only recognizes the country of the Japanese, not the country of the rising sun, and calls it if it is wanted, and if it is not better, go back to the island country.

Seeing Li Longji's compromise, Pei Min also accepted it when he saw it, and said: "In fact, the convergence of these countries makes the situation complicated and chaotic on the surface, but as long as they are subdivided, everything will become a matter of course." We don't need to pay attention to the purpose of their gathering, as long as we analyze their motives one by one, all problems can be solved. ”

"Come on!" Li Longji showed a deferential expression.

Pei Min said with a smile: "Let's talk about the big food country first, this big food country is the first power in the West, and when it comes to strength, it is the only existence in the world that can compete head-on with our Datang." Logically speaking, they have no reason to show weakness to us. But Your Majesty may not know that the situation in the West is different from ours. In the past 60 years, the Great Food Country has shown a trend of expansion, constantly waging wars and invading the land. It is a country that has risen by war, and a country that has relied on plunder to maintain its main economy. To put it bluntly, it is to make war money. They have used wars to get land, slaves, and all the other resources they want. ”

Li Longji frowned slightly when he heard this, this kind of war method was unacceptable to him.

Pei Min smiled and continued: "This is also the difference between our Eastern and Western cultures. The West values conquest and takes pleasure in trampling its opponents under their feet, and to put it indecently, plundering their lands and usurping their wives and daughters. And our oriental culture attaches more importance to governance, and since ancient times, it has been said that it is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to defend the world. ”

Li Longji asked: "Then between Pei Qing, who is better in this concept of the East and the West?" ”

Pei Min pondered for a moment and said, "There are pros and cons between the two, but the minister is more inclined to our oriental philosophy. The conquest of the West, of course, will be driven by interests, which will make the people belligerent and invincible. Today's Arab lion army is an iron-blooded force that spans Asia, Europe and Africa, and has experienced a hundred battles. But under power, there is no end to evil. Conquest brought only rebellion. As the saying goes, it is too rigid and easy to break, but once there is a few accidents, the leader of the king or the commander is killed. The latent crisis erupts in an instant, and the huge empire will collapse in a short time. This is just like the Qin Dynasty, Qin can destroy the six countries, but it can't destroy the rebellious heart of the six countries. As soon as the First Emperor died, the empire collapsed. ”

There are many examples of this kind of thing in the West, the most typical is the Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great, as the first conqueror in the European world, as soon as he died, his mother, wife and children were killed, and the dynasty collapsed.

"Our approach in the East is to seize its land, attack its heart, rule its people, and make what is not ours ours. As long as it is handled properly, even if the king dies, the people will still be kind and loyal to the new emperor...... We in the East are more suitable for inheritance, which is why our culture can be passed down from generation to generation, while many ancient civilizations in the West are directly extinct. ”

"What about the shortcomings?" Li Longji said in a deep voice.

Pei Min smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is extremely intelligent, why do you want to ask me?" He is not the only one who has been comfortable for too long, and he has become a fool like Emperor Sima Zhen of Jin Hui. ”

Li Longji also knew that Pei Min was not good at talking in detail, so listen carefully.

Pei Min continued: "These more than 60 years of conquest have certainly expanded the territory of the Great Food Country several times and plundered the land of hundreds of people, but it is also a burden on their domestic economy. If you can keep winning, you can maintain it. Once the battle is lost, the disadvantages are immediately apparent. Unfortunately, not long ago, the Great Food Country suffered a rare fiasco! The great water army that was created with great effort made the fire clean, and suffered heavy losses. They need to rest and recuperate to recover from the economic problems caused by the big defeat. They are on crusade everywhere, and their relations with the four sides are stiff, who wants to trade with them? I am the only one in the Tang Dynasty, the trade volume of the Silk Road is relative, and our side benefits, as well as the big food country. It is reasonable to take this opportunity to come to our Datang to deepen economic exchanges. And with the increasing prosperity of the Western Regions, with the ambition of the Great Food Country, how can they not covet it? By the way, learn about my Datang, for them there is only a hundred benefits and no harm, why not do it? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know yet, on the way here, the minister happened to meet the lion king Mosley Massa, the number one general of the Great Food Country, and had contact with him. He is a very straightforward and strong general, and this person must be my future rival of Datang. He also does not hide his heart to fight with my Datang, and the future war with the Great Food Country has been inevitable with the strength of my Datang. It's only a matter of time before it competes. ”

Li Longji didn't know about the destruction of the Great Food Country's naval army, and when he heard such an analysis, he couldn't help but nod: "Then since we know the intentions of the Great Food Country, do we still need to trade with them?" ”

"Why not?" Pei Min asked rhetorically: "Trade is a win-win situation, and there is no need to cut off one's own financial route in order to resist the big food." And our silk, porcelain, tea, etc. are all luxuries, and cheap items are exchanged for a hundredfold profit. We are the real beneficiaries. You know, in the eyes of Westerners, ceramics are made of pearl agate. ”

This is not Pei Min's nonsense, this is exactly the case.

Westerners do not think that porcelain as smooth as pearls is made of clay, and only think that it is made of pearls, which is a particularly expensive luxury in the West.

"We must not only trade with them, but also deepen trade, sell our Datang luxury goods, and let all their nobles wear the silk fabrics of our Datang, be proud of using my Datang porcelain, and be proud of eating Datang tea. Through extravagance, corrupt their will......"