Chapter 89: Five Policies for Determining the Country (4)

After the joke, Li Shimin said: "Don't play, don't play, let's continue to talk about sheep eating people, Zhen'er, you continue." ”

"Well, as long as we have this wool loom, we can buy wool in large quantities, and the Turks will naturally be tied up by the Tang Dynasty, and they will never dare to make any changes." Li Zhen smiled: "And we can also sell the clothes we made back to the Turks at a high price, and use their materials to make their money, which is the highest level of doing business." ”

"Yes, it makes sense, it makes sense." Li Shimin became more and more excited when he heard this: "Then what is your second step?" ”

"The second step of sheep eating people is actually not aimed at the Turks, because the Turks have been tied together by us, and the target of the second step is the rest of the countries, you must know that there is more than one Turkic nation that lives on nomadism: the Uighurs, the Western Turks, the backbone Luo, the Tiele, the Khitan and Xue Yantuo, these countries are all nomadic for their livelihood, and the annual wool is also an astronomical amount. If you let them know that the Turks have lived happily because of wool, will they be envious? Would you like to get a piece of the pie too? ”

"Of course it will, and then we will tie them to Datang's side one by one according to the tricks we used to deal with the Turks, right?" Li Shimin speculated.

"No, no, no, although the ultimate goal of sheep eating people is true, there are still a few steps missing in the middle." Li Zhen shook his finger and explained: "Although the sheep cannibalism strategy can tie all the nomadic countries to the Tang Dynasty, if there are too many countries joining the wool trade, a seller's market will be formed, that is, the supply is less than the demand." At that time, if they join hands and sit on the ground to raise prices, the price of wool will inevitably rise, which is very unfavorable to Datang. So, we have to do something in the middle to prevent them from joining forces. ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "For example?" ”

"For example, throw a bone to them first......" A trace of hideousness flashed in Li Zhen's eyes: "We can give a quota on the grounds of insufficient demand for wool, such as 10 million cars a year, and then let them distribute it themselves, each country has a share, but whose share is how much depends on their own ability......"

Li Shimin gasped: "This ...... This is going to lead to war. ”

"I naturally know that the original intention of the children was to let them fight." Li Zhen said indifferently: "Anyway, it's not about Datang, even if they hit out all their brains, what does it matter?" And as long as they fought a few more times, the accumulated hatred was deep, and even if someone proposed a coalition, their enemies would not agree, and the wool trade would be stabilized. Next, it will take time, as long as there is enough time to run in, they will naturally slowly merge into my Datang. If cultural invasion is added in the middle, this time will be greatly shortened, and maybe within a generation or two, they will be able to forget their Hu identity and turn to be proud of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What a vicious scheme." Li Shimin gasped, although this was not harmful to the Tang Dynasty, he was still shocked by this calculation, and looked at Li Zhen with burning eyes: "Zhen'er, you tell your father honestly, is there a solution to this trick?" Because my father is very worried, someone will use this trick against my Datang. ”

"This father, don't worry." Li Zhen shook his head and said: "If you want to use this trick, the first prerequisite is that the national strength is prosperous, and the military and economic strength must far surpass that of other countries. ”

"That's right." Speaking of this, Li Shimin is still very confident.

"That's it, as long as Datang can maintain this prosperity forever, then the father will never worry about this trick being used on our heads."

"And what about the third step?"

"The third step is an extension of the sheep eating man itself." I don't know what I thought, the hideousness in Li Zhen's eyes was even heavier, and Li Shimin frowned, and couldn't help reminding: "Zhen'er, you are a person who wants to do big things, you have to pay attention to your behavior in the future, don't do this in front of people." ”

"Yes, the boy knows." Li Zhen reacted immediately, it seems that her Taoism is still not enough.

"Just pay attention, and continue to talk about sheep eating people." Li Shimin also knew to remind him, so he turned the question back: "You said that the third step is an extension of sheep eating people, what do you mean?" ”

"If sheep can eat people, why can't anything else eat people?" Li Zhen said: "Son, ask my father, which country is the biggest threat to my Tang Dynasty?" ”

"This ...... It should be Turkic, right? Li Shimin said deliberately.

"......" Li Zhen didn't speak, just looked at Li Shimin, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Okay, okay, it's the father who is wrong, and he shouldn't joke with Zhen'er." Li Shimin smiled apologetically, and then his face was solemn: "If there is any country that poses the greatest threat to my Tang Dynasty, it must be Tubo." Tubo was built on high mountains, in the middle of thousands of mountains, from a military point of view, it can be regarded as defending according to the danger. In other words, they can easily come down and attack us, but if we want to attack it, the damage is huge.

If it's just a big injury, it's just that, what's worse is to listen to the businessmen who run Tubo say that when I go to Tubo, I'm going to Tubo, and nine times out of ten I will get a strange disease, headache, dizziness, tiredness, difficulty breathing, very strange. If you really want to attack, I am afraid that before half of the road has been taken, half of the troops will be lost, and even if the remaining half can be walked, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold the weapon, I will not be able to pull away the bow and arrow, and if I go, I can only give away the head.

What's more, it is said that in recent years, Tubo has produced a very effective Zampu, called Songtsan Gampo, although young, but has already shown talent, very powerful, it is said that there is a trend of unification of Tibet, the threat to the Tang Dynasty is greater. Therefore, my father did not worry about the Turkic Xue Yantuo, second, he did not worry about Goguryeo Silla Baekje, and third, he was not afraid of Gaochang Tuguhun, but this Tubo has always been like a fish in his throat, so that his father could not eat or sleep. ”

"My father is really worthy of the famous king of the ages, and this vision is indeed sharp." Li Zhen sincerely admired him, worthy of being the first emperor of the ages, this strategic vision, if it weren't for his experience in later generations, he really couldn't compare to him.

"Zhen'er, don't talk nonsense, don't mention any famous kings through the ages in the future, my father can't afford it." Li Shimin was a little embarrassed, his face turned red, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you also think that Zhen'er Tubo is the key to my Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Yes, what the child said is Tubo, please ask my father to come to Yutu."

The map was quickly taken, and Li Zhen was not polite, pointing to the map and introducing them one by one: "Father, please see, the Eastern * Turk is the sick wolf king, who seems to be strong, but in fact weak, and this battle will be destroyed; The Western Turks are nominal and unreal, and they are the dogs of the household, so there is no need to worry; Goguryeo is nothing but a barking dog, which can be destroyed by raising one's hand; The likes of Gaochang Tuguhun don't need to be mentioned, if they don't need to buffer Tubo, how can they be allowed to exist? As for the Wa Kingdom, the countries of the Western Regions of Silla and Baekje are even more tigerless in the mountains, and the monkeys are called kings, and the children's fights are not worth mentioning. But only this Tubo, since the beginning of the founding of the country has been in a congenital undefeated position, just like my father said, they can be defeated at any time, but we can't attack at will, they can sit on the mountains and watch the world, but we can only be afraid and trembling, be careful, it is really my Datang henchmen. If it weren't for their internal chaos, there would be more than one country on the plateau, Tubo, I'm afraid they would have been defeated long ago. But if Songtsen Gampo can unify Tibet and integrate his strength, he will have a battle with my Datang sooner or later. ”