Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "You mean, my Tang Dynasty must appease Tibet." Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info but how to appease, is it to marry? ”

"No, no, no, you can't get married! When did I say I was going to get married? Shi Bufan hurriedly said.

Of course, Shi Bufan can't propose a marriage with Tubo, and he can't even let Datang marry Tubo! If the Tang Dynasty and Tubo go to get married, then I'm afraid readers will have to send blades to the author. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to get married, but what to do about it is to test Shi Bu's extraordinary ability, test how he deals with this Tubo relationship, and let Tubo be contained.

"Your Majesty, I don't mean to appease Tibet, I don't want to appease and appease Tibet and get married. I think we can take precautions before they happen, so that we can actually avoid the rapid development of Tibet. Although I can't directly curb the development of Tibet, we can restrain a lot of Tibet's energy and prevent them from expanding rapidly. After we have completed the strategy of the north in the next ten years, I can turn around and go directly to clean up the south and attack Tibet. Shi Bufan said.

Li Shimin asked: "How to curb Tibet?" ”

"It's very simple, at this time, the country of Zhangxiong has not been destroyed, so this is also an important means. At present, Tubo and Zhangxiong have not been able to integrate into the general trend of our world. That is to say, the changes in our Tang Dynasty, as well as the changes in the world between the Turks, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and even the Wa Kingdom, will not have any impact on Tibet. In the same way, if the current situation is present, the war between Tubo and Zhangzhung will also not have any impact on our country. ”

"In this way we mean that we are playing chess separately and that we are not interfering with each other. And the relationship between our Tang Dynasty and the Turks, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla affects the whole body, so that everyone does not dare to Qingju Wandong, and before there is a suitable opportunity to break the game, we dare not move casually, because we are all involved in each other, a mess. ”

"Then why can't we pull Tubo and Zhangxiong into our system, then Tubo won't dare to act rashly."

Shi Bufan's strategy is actually very simple, that is, to pull Tubo into the water. The current pattern of Eastern countries is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty, Turkic, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and even the Wa Kingdom and other countries playing a game of checkers, and this situation is very complicated. This "checkers" is often involved in the whole body, and there are many concerns. With so many countries playing checkers together, it's easy to influence each other, and you have to think a lot about every move. Think that your respective opponents are uncertain, and each of them has their own opponents, but you also have to prevent each other from taking advantage of the other side.

But on the plateau, Tubo and Zhangxiong were playing one-on-one Chinese chess. One-on-one Chinese chess does not need to think too much, there is no need to consider the overall trend of the world, anyway, it is just one-on-one, the situation is very simple, and there is no need to consider the attitude of the Central Plains and so many countries. Therefore, Tubo can attack Zhangxiong without any scruples, and even conquer India in the south.

If you want to contain Tibet, you may not have to adopt appeasement methods. The Son will pull Tubo into the water. pulled Tubo and Zhangxiong into the "checkers" of Datang and East Asian countries, and Tubo was the one who gave them a headache. Once you are pulled into this game of checkers, you will also be very limited and will not be able to expand quickly.

"Once we pull Tubo into the water, then Tubo in the south will have to consider the attitude of our Datang in Jiannan Province. Once we pull them into our big chess game, their worries will also increase a lot. They have entered our big chess game, and it is impossible for them to attack Zhangxiong without any scruples. At that time, Zhangxiong can get a respite. We can unite with Tuyuhun to curb the expansion of Tibet. As for the south, we can also pull the poison into the water and curb Tibet in many ways. In this way, Tibet will face the result of being enemies on all sides. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan planned to use diplomatic means to curb the development of Jiannan Road in Tibet through the southwest, that is, Jiannan Road, and in the later Sichuan area. And by helping Tuyuhun, we will curb the development of Tubo in the direction of Qinghai. By containing the Tibetan forces, the development to the northern and western regions, that is, the area of Xinjiang in later generations, was contained. If Tibet is unable to destroy Zhangxiong, it will inevitably not be able to develop to the Western Regions.

In fact, for Datang at present, it is still beneficial to leave Tuyuhun as a strategic buffer between Tubo and Datang. If Tuyuhun is not destroyed, it is enough to inquire about the defense of Tubo and only need to deploy troops in Jiannan Dao. However, once Tuyuhun is destroyed, it is equivalent to losing all the places for strategic buffers, and the pressure on Datang to deploy troops will inevitably increase a lot, which will be unfavorable to Datang.

Leaving Zhangxiong to contain Tubo gave the Tang Dynasty a strategic buffer with Tubo in the Western Regions in the future, and if Tubo did not break through Zhangxiong, it would not be able to compete with the Tang Dynasty for the Western Regions.

"At present, the Western Turks have been divided by me into civil wars, and the Western Turks are also unable to move their swords. As long as we provoke the Tibetans in Jiannan Road, we will not start a war with them. Of course, we are jealous of Tibet, but why is it not the same for us? We are afraid that the Tibetans will delay our plans in the north, but the Tibetans will also be jealous, fearing that they will be involved in a large-scale war with us, which will cause trouble for their future expansion. ”

"So I'm not worried about the premature outbreak of war between our Tang Dynasty and Tubo, because in fact, we are all wolves fighting wolves - we are just afraid of both ends. As long as we send people to the body poison and establish contacts with the body poison to restrict the expansion of Tibet from the south, it is equivalent to that Tibet is locked in a cage by us, and it is difficult to be expanded. ”

The strategic location of several countries on the map of East Asia is marked in this way, which is tantamount to curbing the development of Tibet in many ways and blocking the channels for Tibet's external expansion. Tibet will be locked down and will not be able to expand outward. In fact, this is similar to the reason why the gringos used diplomacy to set up various island chains in the south of the country to contain China's development by using diplomatic means to set up various island chains in the sea if they were sad during the blockade by the gringos.

Leaving some small countries as a strategic buffer between large countries not only helps to reduce the defense pressure on large countries, but also small countries are almost the same. Some territories are not something that can be swallowed casually, and if they are swallowed, they will inevitably be responsible for those territories. However, it also depends on whether one's own country can bear such a huge pressure on national defense. If swallowing these territories would instead lead to a direct conflict between the two great powers, it would be better to leave a small country as a strategic buffer, which would be good for both sides.

This kind of ancient political wisdom, even those people in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period understood the truth, but many people did not understand it in later generations, and they did not even know the most basic and basic international relations, so they shouted that they wanted to shout and kill.

"International relations are simple and complex. The higher the level of international relations, the simpler they are, because the scope of their interests has already been determined and cannot be changed. The scope and bottom line of the interests of the major powers are basically understood by each other, and the strategic direction of the major powers will not be easily changed. Although the big countries are powerful, the 'tonnage' is too heavy to easily change their strategic direction, and once they change their strategic direction, it means that the previous investment is in vain, and they may not have too many benefits. ”

On the contrary, small countries exist as pawns between large powers, as strategic buffers between them. This kind of guy is essentially a wall-head grass, and it doesn't make any sense. Being a wall grass is their profession. The meaning of their existence is to be the wall grass, if they are not the wall grass, then they have no meaning of existence, and they will be destroyed directly. ”

This kind of diplomatic relations is the same in ancient and modern times. Many people scolded the small countries around China as white-eyed wolves, and when China helped them back then, they actually turned their faces, thinking that they were revenge. However, in a sense, Shi Bufan also "understands" these small countries. The relationship between countries cannot be directly measured by the so-called "enmity", there may be enmity between individuals, but where is the "enmity" between countries!

At that time, China was weak, and those small countries were directly facing Western pressure, so they naturally had to join forces with China to keep warm. But when China rises, they feel that the pressure on China is greater than that of the West, and they will instead seek support from the West. Whoever is under more pressure and who is more likely to directly infringe on their interests will instead seek the less stressed party to cooperate.

This is actually a strategy of "long-distance and close-quarters", and the pressure at close range is too great. This "near and far" is relative, and whichever side has more pressure is the one that belongs to the "near" side, and it must be defended. The side with less pressure is "far away", and they have to find a way to get support.

For those big countries, as they did today, they wanted to curb the expansion of one big country by supporting the smaller countries around them. If a large country does not break through the blockade of the surrounding small countries, it will not be able to expand. In the same way, in order to avoid direct conflict between large countries, it is necessary to leave these small countries as a buffer, otherwise there will be a direct conflict between two large countries, and the world will be in chaos.

These small countries are essentially just love grass, and if they weren't the wallgrass, they would have been wiped out long ago. Those who use the grievances and enmity of interpersonal relations to measure the relations between countries are actually using the wrong direction.

"You mean, let me send an envoy to the body poison to contact the body poison to contain Tibet?" Li Shimin asked.

"That's right, that's it!" Shi Bufan replied.

Li Shimin then asked: "Look, how is Wang Xuance?" ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Shi Bufan was immediately shocked, and immediately said: "Don't, don't let Wang Xuance go, this guy is too unreliable!" \'

What Shi Bufan is most afraid of is Wang Xuance, Wang Xuance was a fool who completely violated the national strategic plan and destroyed India in order to export his anger. After destroying India, the Tang Dynasty did not gain any benefits, but lost an ally to contain the expansion of Tibet. Although many people think that this Wang Xuance's destruction of India is a good thing, it is to increase the prestige of the country. But Wang Xuance, a fool, has certainly increased his national prestige, but maybe he was still used by Tubo, this fool didn't even know about distant and close attacks, and he had military talent and eloquence, but he used it all in the wrong place. If you use the talent in the wrong place, it is better to be "no talent"!

This kind of "national prestige" that destroys allies and fattens the enemy, it is better not to have it! Shi Bufan has never heard you talk about showing national prestige by destroying allies. This is like two big brothers meeting, one party catches one of his younger brothers and hangs him, and then brags about how good I am, do you see people praising you or laughing at you? If you're still proud of it, isn't that stupid?

Let Wang Xuance go to India, and don't be used by Tubo when the time comes, that is the trouble. As for some later generations complaining about Wang Xuance, why can't people like Enwei be reused. However, Shi Bufan thinks that as long as the high-level of Datang does not have collective brain cramps, how can they reuse a fool like Wang Xuance who has done such a big stupid thing, and this kind of stupid behavior is not a glorious thing.

In short, Shi Bufan is very worried about this guy Wang Xuance, this guy's talent is easy to use in the wrong place. Using the talent in the wrong place not only does not bring benefits, but will bring very serious consequences, and Shi Bufan has to worry. Especially this Wang Xuance has a "criminal record" in history, Shi Bufan is naturally very worried about whether this guy will do something stupid again. Shi Bufan would never agree to Wang Xuance going abroad, just let him stay in China, once he was allowed to go abroad, it would be too risky. It is a good thing to stay at home, but once he goes abroad, who knows if he will do stupid things that are contrary to the country's strategic interests, or even stupid things that are used by the enemy.

Of course, some people may also think that the Himalayas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are not conducive to India and Tibet at war, so they subconsciously think that even if India rises, it will not be harmful to Tibet? But in fact, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and you can't afford to gamble on the battle of great powers. Even if the geographical environment does not seem to threaten Tibet on the surface, as long as India is a big country, there will be no peace in Tibet. How can others snore on the side of the couch, this truth is very clear, as long as there is a big country next to it, regardless of whether the geographical environment has advantages, it cannot be negligent.

Although on the surface it seems that the geographical environment between Tibet and India is not suitable for plundering and occupation, as long as India exists for one day and the Indian regime exists for one day, no matter how superior the geographical environment of Tibet is, it will not dare to take it lightly. The geographical environment does not explain any real problems, and the point is that there is no room for two large countries as close neighbors. As long as India still exists, then Tibet must leave troops to garrison and be able to contain the troops.

If we think that India and Tibet cannot threaten each other because of our geographical advantages, then this is also a big mistake. Geography is by no means the biggest problem, the point is to divert the role, even if the geographical environment is poor, then you can send troops to sneak attack. Didn't Shu Han also lose when he was attacked and destroyed? No one will make mistakes again, no matter how steep the geographical environment is, we can't take defense lightly. Therefore, there are still some people who think that even if India is strong, it will not be able to contain Tibet, and this is also a wrong perception. If we want to talk about the geographical environment, can we judge from this that future generations will not be able to threaten China? It is one thing to be inconvenient to plunder and occupy, but it is another thing to be able to pose a threat or not. It was inconvenient for Tubo to occupy India, but Wang Xuance helped Tubo solve an important worry, which is also a fact. Just as China could not underestimate the defense of Tibet in later generations, could Tibet despise the defense of India? As long as India exists, it is impossible to underestimate India's defenses, no matter how steep the geographical environment is.

Wang Xuance did this kind of stupid thing to help Tibet beat India to pieces, so India could not threaten Tibet. The geographical environment is not an absolute threat to the army's combat, since Tibet can send troops over, then India may not be able to directly send troops to attack, but it can also threaten, as long as the threat is one day, Tibet will always contain a large number of troops. Just think that the Tang Dynasty was against Silla, although Silla could not take the initiative to fight against Goguryeo, but it could contain the Goguryeo troops. Whether it can contain and whether it can take the initiative to threaten are actually two different things. It is also a wrong idea to think that India is strong and cannot threaten Tibet, as long as it does not die and wants to destroy Tibet, then India can contain a lot of Tibetan troops, and the geographical environment is not a reason why it cannot be threatened.

Shi Bufan didn't believe that as long as India was in the day, then Tibet would not dare to gamble with its own national fortunes, betting that India would not go to a sneak attack. A big country will never gamble with its own national fortunes, even if the terrain is dangerous, it will not dare to gamble with its own national fortunes to gamble on India's courage, and as long as India exists for one day, Tibet will not dare to gamble. As long as the space is close, no matter how dangerous the geographical environment is, it is secondary, not primary.

Those who think that the terrain and environment cannot threaten Tibet are completely putting themselves in the thinking of military generals, and as politicians, it is impossible to simply think that the geographical environment will become nothing

Justification for the threat of law. Bad for the military does not mean that there is no threat, as long as a united India exists, it can always be contained, regardless of geography.

Just like in the future, it was also inconvenient for India to occupy Tibet, but why did the gringos still support India to contain China? At that time, it was not conducive to military war and plunder, and the gringos did not give up the idea of supporting India. For soldiers, the geographical environment is not completely insurmountable, and there are countless cases of overcoming the disadvantages of the geographical environment with manpower and achieving victory. Therefore, it is also absurd to say that the geographical environment is not conducive to domination and plunder, and there is a threat to existence, and it will not disappear completely because the geographical environment is unfavorable. Xiang Yu also thought so back then, thinking that Liu Bang burned the plank road, thinking that he could not get out of Shu, coupled with the difficult geographical environment of Bashu, he naturally sat back and relaxed. As a result, he was superstitious about the geographical environment, and finally ended up with a result of Wujiang killing himself. Superstitious about geographical dangers, what a foolish act this is!

"Do you just look down on Wang Xuance like this? In fact, I think he is still very eloquent, why do you look down on him so much? Li Shimin asked.

Shi Bufan is not easy to explain, because it is really difficult for him to say that this Wang Xuance did such a stupid thing in his original history!

"Your Majesty, I think this Wang Xuance is easy to be impulsive, such a person is not suitable to go out alone. Once he is released, it is easy to be overly impulsive because of some unexpected things, which affects the judgment. So I don't agree with Wang Xuance going out, just stay in Chang'an to serve, once he goes out, he may be too impulsive, and we can't stop him, then this will bring great harm to our Datang. Shi Bufan replied.

"It's too impulsive, so it's really not suitable to go out." Li Shimin also recognized this reason, if a person is too impulsive and emotional, it is indeed not suitable to go out.

(To be continued.) )