Shi Bufan contacted many parties, and then each made a plan to prevent Zheng Liwan from entering the palace, and all parties began their own preparations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info is not extraordinary, but he has to return to his official position, that is, in terms of duties in the host and guest, this is his main business. However, fortunately, the host and guest are in charge of diplomatic decrees, not specific affairs, so that he can be relatively leisurely. The specific reception work is in charge of Honglu Temple, and he is responsible for the development of relations between specific countries.

"Shi Langzhong, recently Yizhou Metropolitan Governor Shi Shilian reported that Jiannan Road has been unstable recently. In the plateau area near Jiannan Province, from time to time people come down to provoke, as if the barbarians on the plateau were provoking. Regarding the provocation, the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Office did not dare to make a decision on its own, so it came to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would give instructions. ”

"Yizhou? That is the area of Sichuan, the regime on the plateau in that area of Sichuan? That should be Tubo! When is this time in Tibet? It seems that in a few years, Songtsen Gampo will also inherit the position of Zampu. However, this Songtsen Gampo is not a mediocre person, but he is a male master. During this period, Tubo is in a period of social transition, and it seems that the pressure on Datang is not small! Shi Bufan thought.

Shi Bufan quickly formulated the corresponding direction and strategy for Datang's future treatment of Tibet according to the current situation. I'm afraid that this Yizhou side will not dare to deal with the relationship with this Tubo without authorization, and the diplomacy of the Tang Dynasty actually has a certain level. However, it is obvious that the diplomacy of the Tang Dynasty has adopted the strategy of appeasing Tibet, which is certainly inappropriate.

However, this may be relatively late when the Tang Dynasty and Tubo interacted at that time, and it was about ten years since Zhenguan at that time. At that time, Songtsen Gampo had already unified the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and became the overlord on the plateau. Because the news in ancient times was not smooth, and even because it was a matter on the plateau, Datang was even more interested in learning about it. The Tang Dynasty was in Zhenguan for about ten years, and at that time, the direction of the strategy was not the southwest, but Goguryeo in the Western Regions and the northeast. Before the Western Regions and Goguryeo are resolved, it is not possible to go to Tubo in the southwest to stimulate too much.

It is impossible for Datang to send troops to the plateau to fight, and altitude sickness is enough to make them cry bitterly. On the contrary, the soldiers on the plateau can come down to fight, so Datang suffers a little.

When Datang really had dealings with Tubo, it was ten years after Zhenguan, and at that time, Tubo hoped to get the support of Datang and stabilize the domestic situation. And Datang also wanted to appease Tubo and avoid Tubo from being a-stirring stick in the back, so the two sides hit it off, which contributed to the so-called Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet. At first, Tubo came to ask for marriage, but Datang did not agree, but later a war broke out between Datang and Tubo. Although Datang defeated Tubo, Tubo proved his strength and was qualified to marry Datang.

Datang chose the princess to marry outside, and it was not casually married. If you don't have the strength, it is also impossible to be qualified to marry the so-called princess of the Tang Dynasty, although the princess may not be the emperor's biological daughter, just find a daughter of a random clan.

"Tibet, when it came to the Tang Dynasty in history, it had completely unified Tibet, and even began to wage war against Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun was probably in the Qinghai area in later generations, and Tuyuhun would have been a buffer between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. However, later the Tang Dynasty destroyed Tuyuhun, and a direct conflict broke out with Tubo, which had just completed its social transformation. ”

"If Tubo wants to develop in Qinghai, it will inevitably have a conflict with the Tang Dynasty. As for the Tang Dynasty, it is inevitable that they will have to back down here, choosing to develop the Western Regions and conquer Goguryeo. In this way, the interests in the southwest had to be spit out, and the geographical environment was really not suitable for the Central Plains people to fight, so in the end, the Tang Dynasty adopted a palliative strategy for Tubo. ”

Shi Bufan analyzed the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, and many later generations only knew about Songtsen Gampo, but in fact, the focus of the foundation that Songtsen Gampo could establish was not in his unification of the Tibetan Plateau. Songtsen Gampo's father had actually basically unified the Tibetan Plateau, and Songtsen Gampo only wiped out the last Zhangzhung Kingdom, but in fact, the unification of the Tibetan Plateau was the biggest foundation laid by his father.

In fact, Songtsen Gampo's credit lies in the rule of culture, the development of Tibetan culture, and the successful transformation of Tibet from a slave society to a feudal society. After the Tang Dynasty married the so-called Princess Wencheng to Tibet, it contributed to the so-called Sino-Tibetan friendship.

However, most people only know that Han and Tibet are friendly, but few people know that in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo played dog brains for the Western Regions, which was a joke during the Tang Dynasty.

"I remember that Songtsen Gampo should have inherited Zampu's position after Zhenguan, although this guy is powerful, he should not have inherited Zampu's position yet. Even although Tibet is currently on the plateau, there is no complete Tibetan plateau, and there is still a Zhangxiong country in northern Tibet, that is, in the later Ali region. As for Zhangxiong, although it is currently a subject country of Tibet, it obviously has a bad relationship with Tibet. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau also cannot accommodate the two powerful countries, and such reunification is inevitable. ”

"However, I can't make these Tibetans feel comfortable!"

Shi Bufan finally quickly formulated a corresponding diplomatic strategy to deal with Tibet, this time is the best time, taking advantage of the fact that Songtsen Gampo did not inherit the position of Zampu, and even Tibet has not been able to truly unify the Tibetan Plateau, this is the best opportunity to use the knife to kill people to contain Tibet.

Although the development of Tibet has become a settlement, the Tang Dynasty is not yet able to extend its hand directly to the Tubo Plateau, but it does not prevent the Tang Dynasty from using a knife to kill people to contain the development of Tibet. In this way, the time is not the time for the test, and in the case of military means that do not work, then it will inevitably rely on political and diplomatic means.

As for sending troops to attack, this time is not stupid! If you go directly to send troops at this time, it is not in blood, and it is also not in martial arts, implying to be a reckless man. Fighting a war is not something that can be touched with two mouths, not to mention ancient times, even if it takes more than a thousand years to let the army enter the plateau, it is not a simple matter, there are always some keyboard warriors everywhere boasting that they want to fight. But everything in the process of war is not so simple, and it is enough to touch the skin of the mouth, and the keyboard warrior is simple, but it is really useless to do it.

The morality of these guys is the same as that of Qingliu at the end of the Qing Dynasty, shouting war on weekdays, and they don't hesitate to fight. But when they get to the battlefield, they actually run faster than those who advocate peace, but those who advocate peace are staying and fighting, and you can know what kind of virtue these guys are. Not using military means is not necessarily weakness, but wisdom, using the lowest cost to achieve the greatest effect, what is this not wisdom? Both Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Theory of War advocate that war is the last resort and the last resort. The soldiers of the East and the West all think like this, but a large group of fools are about to start a war at every turn, and regard war as the first means, as if not to start a war is not bloody, not patriotic, and not martial, they think that they will fight in the East and the West?

"Your Majesty, this recital is a recital sent by Shi Shilian, the governor of the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Office, and it is about asking for instructions on how to deal with the regime on the plateau. And this is about my strategy for the countries in the plateau region, how to deal with the relationship with them, this is my and some suggestions, please review the emperor! Shi Bufan said.

Li Shimin opened this piece about Tibet, but he didn't seem to know much about Tibet. The current Datang actually knows a Tuyuhun for the country on the plateau. Because there is a Tuyuhun between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, under the ability of space and information communication in ancient times, it is difficult to know the outside world, so they cannot know the farther places.

In fact, the thinking of ancient people did not really achieve a "global vision", they looked more at the proximity to their neighbors, and often looked at the land. In geographical. Political thinking is still stuck in the border, and those who do not border first are rarely willing to understand. Thinking is still stuck in the "border" aspect, if they can't get in touch directly, then they all choose not to touch.

Because of this kind of external thinking, the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty could not effectively destroy Goguryeo. If he could have directly united Baekje and Silla to flank Goguryeo together, Goguryeo would have been destroyed a long time ago. However, this relatively narrow diplomatic thinking has made them suffer a lot. This kind of thinking that there is no direct contact without borders was a big problem in ancient China's diplomacy, and even limited the ancient officials' concept of the overall world situation.

"You said that on this plateau, Tubo has unified the Tibetan plateau, and they will soon launch an expansion, to expand in the direction of Tuyuhun, or even to the Western Regions? How can you be sure of this? Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, I think that in the next 100 years, this Tibet will be the most aggressive. Because they are currently going through a phase that I might call a 'period of social transition'. If you want to compare it with our Huaxia, it can be measured by the Shang Dynasty Transformation Method. After the Shang Dynasty method, slavery has been completely and almost abolished, and the passage from the bottom to the top has been opened in large numbers. From the common people to the nobility, they are keen on war, because war can bring land, bring titles, and even bring a lot of benefits. ”

"After the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Great Qin was very aggressive in the future social transition period, so this laid one of the foundations for the Qin Dynasty to unify the world. Similarly, why did the Qin army's combat effectiveness decrease later? Because their social transformation has been completed, coupled with the unification of the six countries, all the benefits that can be distributed have been distributed, and the soldiers no longer have the desire to fight, which is one of the reasons for the reduction of combat effectiveness and their destruction. ”

"Similarly, now that Tibet is also undergoing this so-called 'social transformation', they will be very strong in the future. They want to expand, and it is nothing more than from two aspects. One is the Tuyuhun aspect, and the other is the northern Zhangxiong. They destroyed Zhangxiong and must also attack the northern and western regions. The South will also be their battleground, and they may think about attacking in the direction of the poison. There is a large population and arable land in the direction of the poison, and it is a fertile place, and the arable land is not necessarily less than the sum of all the arable land in our Central Plains. ”

"So once this Tubo completes the plan of destroying Zhangxiong, annexing Tuyuhun, and poisoning the south, it will become our huge opponent. So we can't afford not to carefully consider the relationship with them, we must find a way to curb this result, otherwise our Datang will leave a huge aftermath in absorbing hair follicles. ”

"So, we have to contain their development so that we can be stable. Otherwise, once we leave a huge aftermath in the southwest, it will be unfavorable for our Datang to develop northward in the future, as well as the development of the Western Regions and the Northeast. According to my plan, I am afraid that it will be at least a dozen years before I can free up my hands to clean up the south, and finally attack Tibet from many aspects. ”

"However, people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and we must also curb Tibet, otherwise we will have the same unimaginable consequences. Prepare in advance, curb in advance, and avoid leaving us with huge troubles. ”

In terms of social structure, Li Shimin still believes in Shi Bufan's judgment. Especially when he heard that Tubo was going through the same period of social transformation as that of Great Qin, that is, the period after the Shang Dynasty reform, it was not a good result for Li Shimin. At that time, the combat effectiveness brought by the Great Qin after experiencing the Shang Dynasty method was known to the whole world, and finally unified the six countries and achieved the Great Qin Empire.

As for the Tibetans on this side, once they also went through this period, then their aggressiveness would be absolutely amazing. Whether it is a period of transition from a primitive society to a slave society, or from a slave society to a feudal society, or from a feudal society to a capitalist society, such a period of social transition is a very aggressive era. What this aggressiveness brings is that the army's desire to fight is very strong, and the pioneering thinking is very strong. It can be seen from the various historical transition periods between the East and the West that the fighting power of the East and the West has erupted in the period of social transition.

It must be curbed as soon as possible, otherwise once the social transition period of Tubo officially begins to enter the peak on a large scale, then their expansion and king are definitely very powerful, and it is not a good thing for Datang to leave such a bad wolf in the southwest direction. Especially in the future, the direction of the Tang Dynasty lies in the north, the Turks and Goguryeo, and the south cannot free up its hands for the time being.

According to the plan of the extraordinary "Extraordinary Concerto", it will take more than ten years before there will be a chance to clean up the south, but this more than ten years is enough to bring the social transformation of Tibet to a peak, and the pressure on the southern part of the Tang Dynasty is not small. (To be continued.) )