Li Zhi listened to it like a thirst, even if Li Shimin taught him by word and deed, Li Shimin couldn't say such in-depth words. These contents can be sentences that have been tempered by various elites for hundreds of years in later generations, and they hit the nail on the head.

"So many ways? Then why do those ministers say that we must be tolerant of the outside world, and we must have the bearing of a great country, even if he beats us, we must also forgive them, because they are all barbarians who do not obey the king... ”

"Childish! Has there been a dynasty that has been strong since ancient times? Those guys bow their heads when you're strong, and when you're weak, they turn into hungry wolves and bite off a piece of meat on you. When those barbarians are outside the Great Wall with knives, you ask these people to talk to them about tolerance and benevolence, and see if those guys will not kill you. ”

The more Li Dongsheng spoke, the more excited he became, he stood up and circled around in the hall: "There is only a relationship of interests between countries, no matter how good you are to him, as long as he sees interests, he will immediately turn his face." Moreover, my Central Plains Dynasty has always liked great achievements and is keen on face-saving projects, all of which were instigated by those who read and read stupidly. Those small countries came to pay tribute, to meet the Son of Heaven, as long as they said that the Son of Heaven was sacred, and then swore a curse to express their loyalty, the emperor of the Central Plains felt that he was supported by the whole world, and he would reward them with a lot of money and various specialties... ”

Li Zhi's face was flushed by what he said, this scene is not his father's favorite, everyone respectfully calls him "Tian Khan", every year he sends people to pay tribute, it turns out that everyone thinks about those goods and native products... He tried hard to defend his father: "This is just the emperor to show his bearing... ”

"Grace can be reflected by wealth?" Li Dongsheng said unceremoniously: "Those belongings are all taxes earned by the hard work of the people of my Tang Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven is supported by the people of the world, and everyone has nothing to say." But how can they give their people's hard-earned taxes to those good-speaking foreigners? Maybe people will turn around and laugh at the Central Plains Tianzi when they get the money. People have come all the way to the Central Plains, and they have taken such a big risk to show their loyalty to the Son of Heaven by sticking money and sticking people by themselves, are they really so loyal? ”

It was the first time for Li Zhi to see Li Dongsheng so excited, so he could only smile bitterly and soothe: "Teacher, it's the first time I've seen you so excited, but this thing has been like this since ancient times, everyone will follow the rules!" ”

"Is the rule right since ancient times? The times are changing, and the country's policies must also change, which is called advancing with the times, is the society of hundreds of years ago comparable with the present? Li Dongsheng didn't expect to change Li Zhi's concept at one time, but he wanted to at least make him have a little impression, and when he encountered such a situation in the future, he had a point in his heart not to be taken as a fool.

When Li Dongsheng went back, Li Zhi was still reluctant, this kind of thing can really be regarded as the study of the emperor. Ordinary people can't explain it clearly, and they can't figure it out.

The people of Datang ushered in the best era in history, the country was peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. But the Tibetan Plateau is already full of the smell of blood.

Songtsen Gampo, who is only in his forties this year, looks like he is in his fifties, his face is black and thin, his hair is gray, his eyes that were originally as sharp as an eagle have become cloudy, his body is thin, and his brows are furrowed: "Why haven't you controlled those rebellions yet?" How many days has it been? ”

Lu Dongzan, who was sitting next to him, also had a bitter face: "Zampu, now those guys don't listen to your advice to release grain, they just cling to the barley that can make wine for money, all kinds of good things in the Tang Dynasty, people are starving to death every day, how can they not resist?" ”

Songtsen Gampo slapped the table and said hatefully: "It's really angry with me!" One by one, they are so hungry for money that they don't want to think about it, if they don't even have people, what's the use of them asking for that money? ”

Lu Dongzan sighed deeply and said: "We have developed like this today, it should be all expected by Li Dongsheng, we underestimated people's greed too much, so we have today's catastrophe!" ”

Just six years ago, all the small tribes and small countries on the Tibetan Plateau were wiped out by Songtsen Gampo, and then a strong and unified Tubo Dynasty was created. With one heart, they were ready to do something great and build an empire that was unprecedentedly powerful.

But the reality is cruel, Songzhou was beaten by Datang in the first battle, and was cleaned up by Datang in Gaochang, and since then he has been honestly a man with his tail between his legs. I didn't dare to show my teeth for so many years, but now I can't do it.

Those who were destroyed before the leaders of the country, not all killed, it is logical to become the nobles of Tibet, although the Songtsan Gampo who destroyed himself on the surface, but in his heart must be unconvinced, when he is strong, he must bow down, but now Tubo is worried about internal and external troubles, everyone is a little bit out of his eyes.

Songtsen Gampo is still a rat taboo, these nobles have their own private army and land, and now they have the windfall profits brought by barley wine for military expenses, if they launch an attack on them, maybe these people will unite against him, and the entire Tibetan Empire will fall apart in an instant.

Lu Dongzan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty now has the power of firearms, and it is invincible all over the world, and now that the country is stable, it cannot be done lightly." If you want to divert the conflict, you have to change the goal. ”

"What's the goal?" Songtsen Gamp said: "You can't find too strong opponents, it is said that the Arabs are very powerful now, they have destroyed Persia, and now they are marching eastward." We can't send it ourselves, all the countries in the Western Regions are controlled by the Tang Dynasty, the battle of Gaochang has scared them out, where is the Anxi Protectorate, we can't move, what else can we fight around? ”

Lu Dong praised: "There is only one guy who doesn't love his mother and doesn't love him, and he's big enough... ”

Songtsen Gampo's eyes lit up and said, "You mean the Western Turks? ”

Lu Dongzan nodded and said: "It's him, the current Western Turks are far from the behemoth of the past, although he claims to control the millions, but he is vulnerable in front of the firearms of the Tang Army, so our terrain is condescending, as long as they are destroyed, then there is a very large land to us, so that we can have an excuse to draw out those noble soldiers, and when they fight in front, we will quickly collect all the private soldiers in the country, This both diverts the contradiction and solves the problem. ”

Songtsen Gampo was calculating in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible and overjoyed: "Daxiang is really the wisest person in Tibet, and it is really amazing to be able to think of this idea in such a difficult situation!" ”