Shi Bufan said that when an envoy goes out on a foreign visit, the most important thing is not eloquence, but strategic awareness, which surprised Li Shimin. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAccording to the long-established understanding, isn't the exception of envoys to be able to speak well? How could this have gone wrong?

"Your Majesty, a real envoy going out, whether his eloquence is good or not is secondary. In fact, the main thing is strategic awareness, if you don't even have a strategic awareness, and the strategic direction is wrong, then no matter how good your eloquence is, not only is it not a good fly, but it is useless, but harmful. As a diplomatic envoy, we must first look not at eloquence, but at strategy. He should understand what the purpose of his mission is, and not to show off his eloquence. If the strategic direction is wrong, then eloquence is also doing things for the wrong strategic direction, which is not only not good, but harmful. Obviously, neither of them has a good sense of strategy. Shi Bufan said.

"What about Su Qin and Zhang Yi? Isn't Su Qin Zhang Yi a famous columnist? Li Shimin asked rhetorically.

"Su Qin and Zhang Yi are eloquent, but more importantly, their strategic awareness is right. The six countries of Su and Qin united to resist Qin, because he knew that only by joining forces to resist Great Qin could he have a chance to survive, which made him. Otherwise, he can't even see this, then no matter how good his eloquence is, it is useless. Zhang Yi is the same, he knows that once the six countries join forces, it will naturally not be easy for the Qin State to unify the world. Therefore, he realized that if he wanted the unification of Qin, he had to divide the six countries. This is the origin of the alliance, but behind this is far more than just eloquence can be explained, more importantly, they are aware of where their national interests lie. Eloquence is only art, but strategic awareness is the way. Eloquence is the means, and strategic awareness is the end. If you even get the purpose wrong, then no matter how good your eloquence is, it will be in vain! Neither of them has a sense of strategy! ”

"That Wang Xuance talks too much nonsense, what he said is actually just a cliché, although it looks good to say it out of the blue. But these truths, I believe that Xue Yantuo's Yi Nan will also understand, he understands the benefits of joining forces with Datang very well, and there is no need to explain more. So what he said was actually nonsense, and he didn't need to say much about it. ”

"So, whether you say it or not, Yi Nan can understand that it's actually the same for whoever goes. But this is related to their own positioning, this Qiao Shiwang positions himself as a person who obeys the emperor's orders, not a person who has too much authority on his own initiative. In fact, this mission is very close, as long as you give the edict of your canonization to Yi Nan, as long as Yi Nan is willing to accept it, then everything can be completed. If Yi Nan is unwilling to accept it, then naturally everything will fall apart, and there is no need to be so troublesome. Yi Nan is not a child, he understands this very well. So don't look at Wang Xuance's blowing, but it's useless. ”

"On the contrary, looking at Wang Xuance, he seems to be very eloquent, but he is only eloquent, let him be a messenger who goes out, he can't afford such a big responsibility. Of course, if it is allowed to stay in the country, stay in the Honglu Temple, and be responsible for negotiating with foreign visiting envoys, it will be more than enough. I'm not saying that Wang Xuance is unavailable, but I think that he is not suitable to go out alone as a righteous envoy, and only suitable to stay in China as a well-spoken debater. There is no unusable person in the world. The shortness of employing people, there is no available person in the world. Wang Xuance is good and can stay in China as a master of tongue debate, and he can get a lot of benefits. As for that Qiao Shiwang, in fact, it is suitable to be a person who executes according to the rules, although it will not be very fruitful, and it will not be bad. ”

"Since it's the same for any of them, then I can only choose someone who is good at martial arts and has strong skills to cross the Turkic territory more easily!"

Shi Bufan said his reason for choosing people, which made Li Shimin acquiesce.

"How do you know that this Wang Xuance has a poor sense of strategy?" Li Shimin asked.

Shi Bufan smiled and did not answer directly. Li Shimin is not easy to ask, but Li Shimin thinks that Shi Bufan should be right, at least in terms of international relations, Shi Bufan is better than many people. Because Shi Bufan still has an LL.M. majoring in international relations in his later life, he naturally won't worry about anything.

His evaluation of this Wang Xuance is actually as he said, suitable to be a deputy envoy, not a regular envoy. The best way is to stay in China and let him be responsible for negotiating with foreign countries, so that the benefits obtained are definitely very large, and this is the best way for Wang Xuance to use. But let him go out and do diplomacy alone, then he is not qualified.

Maybe many people admire his behavior of destroying a country by himself, but for real diplomats, they will just scold Wang Xuance for being a fool~, a fool with a poor strategic sense~. Of course, Wang Xuance destroyed a country by himself, but Wang Xuance's breath came out, and after venting~ this breath, what did Datang get? Datang breathed a sigh of relief, and got nothing else.

On the contrary, later the entire Tang Dynasty paid a heavy price because of his behavior of Wang Xuance destroying a country by one person. The later decline of the Tang Dynasty, although Wang Xuance cannot be blamed for everything, but Wang Xuance has an influence.

He was on an envoy to India, but a rebellion broke out in India and the retainer usurped the throne. In the end, the powerful minister ambushed the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, and only Wang Xuance and Jiang Renshi were left to escape. But Wang Xuance vowed to destroy this India, and he did just that. He went to Tibet to ask Songtsen Gampo to borrow troops, and then you also borrowed troops from the Nibra country, and finally destroyed a large number of enemies in India along the way, and finally completed the feat of destroying a country by one person.

But after careful analysis, who is the biggest beneficiary of this one-man annihilation of a country? It's not the Tang Dynasty, it's Tubo. At that time, Datang and India did not share a border, so they could not swallow this Indian territory. The real benefit is Tibet, which can take the opportunity to swallow up a large amount of India's territory and population, obtain a large amount of land and various resources, and let the breakthrough development enter the fast lane.

However, the Tang Dynasty lost a strategic ally to contain Tibet. At that time, the relationship between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty was not as simple as the textbooks of later generations, and Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet was not really for communication, but to appease Tibet and realize another strategic plan of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is very complicated, both allies and enemies, and the relationship between the Qin State and the Jin State during the Warring States Period is very similar, very complicated.

When the two sides cooperate, they also have to avoid stabbing each other, but this Wang Xuance actually did a stupid thing, choosing to eliminate his potential allies and increase the strength of his potential enemies. Although the killing of the envoys was a great disgrace. However, as diplomats, we must put national interests and national strategic interests first in everything. He borrowed troops from Tibet to attack India, and it was Tubo who was so happy, so it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to bypass here to rule India, so it was Tubo who really ruled India.

This kind of thing to eliminate worries, of course, Tubo is willing to do it. Perhaps, Tubo is also happy about this, and they are afraid that the Tang Dynasty and India will cooperate to contain him. Now it is finally possible to eliminate India and solve the worries. After solving the worries and achieving rapid development, Tubo in the middle of the Tang Dynasty became one of the biggest enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and even conquered Chang'an.

Although Wang Xuance's envoys were killed and destroyed India, in the end, they caused themselves to be conquered for the first time. The killing of the envoys and the first defeat of the legations were obviously self-evident. Wang Xuance is obviously not good at strategic awareness, and he has done this kind of stupid thing to fund the enemy. In order to let out a bad breath, they forgot the strategic layout of the country, forgot the strategic purpose of the country, and actually destroyed a potential ally, and then helped a potential enemy. The reason why Tubo was willing to borrow troops back then was that most of them thought the same way, and took the opportunity to solve their worries.

"Your Majesty, I just want to say that don't let Wang Xuance be a foreign envoy. His strategic sense is not very good, and he can only be used as a debater, but he is definitely not allowed to be in charge of the runes. And he is easy to be impulsive, he is impeccable in tactics, both in eloquence and military ability, he is very good. However, he is clearly not a person with sufficient strategic awareness. Although he said that he was a long-distance and close attack, he did not really understand the core of this long-distance and close attack. He can only be a policy implementer, but he can never be a decision-maker. Shi Bufan said.

Although Wang Xuance said anything about distant friendship and close attack, judging from his style of "one person destroys one country", he is obviously not a person who really knows how to make friends and attack closely. At that time, it was Tibet that the Tang Dynasty should have "attacked" in close quarters, not India. He is the opposite, attacking from afar. The relationship between the Tang Dynasty and India is actually similar to the relationship between the Qin State, the Jin State and the Zheng State back then. The State of Qin and the State of Jin joined forces to attack the State of Zheng, and later, when the State of Zheng was about to perish, Candle Zhiwu persuaded Qin Mugong to let Qin Mugong withdraw his troops.

The reason for Candle Zhiwu is very simple, that is, the Jin State is separated from the Qin State and the Zheng State, and the Qin State cannot directly rule the Zheng State, and the beneficiary is the Jin State instead. After the Jin State swallowed the Zheng State, its strength would inevitably increase, and at that time, they would inevitably start an attack on the Qin State after they solved their worries. On the contrary, if Zheng Guo is left behind, Zheng Guo will contain Jin Guo behind his back, so that Jin Guo will not be able to fight Qin State. And India is similar to Zheng Guo, if India is kept, then Tubo will have worries and dare not start a war against the Tang Dynasty.

However, Wang Xuance destroyed India, which was tantamount to solving the worries of the enemy of Tibet. The relationship between the Qin State and the Jin State is very close, and there is a saying that "the Qin and Jin are good". But they are also secretly stabbing each other, so there are no eternal friends and enemies between countries, only eternal interests. This Wang Xuance didn't see through this, and he didn't really understand the essence of Candle Zhiwu's retreat from Qin back then, so he made this kind of thing, although he breathed a bad breath, but not only did it not benefit the country, but it was very harmful.

"At that time, Wang Xuance's best way was not to destroy India, but to help the Indian king restore the country. However, he characterized the behavior of the usurper as a crime of the whole of India, which is not only tantamount to indirectly recognizing the legitimate rule of the Indian usurper, but will instead force the opposition of the usurper ~ to side with the usurper. When faced with a foreign enemy, they will definitely be forced to fight together against the foreign enemy. Wang Xuance's best way is to help India recover, so that India's loyal ministers can crusade together~ to defeat the usurper, and finally the restored India will definitely be grateful to the Tang Dynasty, so that it is a good way to contain Tibet. As for the act of killing the emissary, it can be specifically characterized as the usurper's own private act, which has nothing to do with India. This is the real means of diplomatic wisdom, but unfortunately in the end it destroyed India, which is to solve the worries of Tibet! Shi Bufan looked at Wang Xuance there triumphantly, as if he was bound to win this mission, and sighed in his heart and commented.

"Qiao Shiwang, Wang Xuance, Shi Bufan has already told me, I have already decided who to send to Xue Yantuo!" Li Shimin said.

Wang Xuance smiled, obviously thinking that he was bound to win.

"Regarding the person who sent Xue Yantuo this time, according to Shi Bufan's suggestion, I chose Qiao Shiwang as my envoy to the Tang Dynasty. Qiao Shiwang, don't live up to Shi Bufan's kindness! Li Shimin said.

After Qiao Shiwang heard this, he was overjoyed, he simply didn't expect this result. Originally, Qiao Shiwang saw that Shi Bufan and Wang Xuance could talk, but mistakenly thought that this time Shi Bufan valued Wang Xuance, and his eloquence was not good, so he would inevitably be given up. Don't say that Wang Xuance thinks so, even Qiao Shiwang himself is not confident that Shi Bufan can look at him.

But the result was the opposite, Shi Bufan actually chose him, not Wang Xuance, which made Qiao Shiwang really excited.

"Shi Xiannan, thank you!" Qiao Shiwang said with a lot of words, obviously it is very good to be able to say this.

As for Wang Xuance, his face was very dark, he didn't expect such a result. He claimed to be able to speak well, but in the end, such a result made him very depressed.

"Shi County male, why? Why not choose me? Am I better than him if I can speak well? Could it be that you are jealous of my eloquent speech, so you deliberately retaliate? You jealous villain, villain! Wang Xuance said unconvinced, obviously he is better than Qiao Shiwang in terms of eloquence, but Shi Bufan, who is also more eloquent, actually does not care about him, but admires a martial artist with bad eloquence? So he thinks that Shi Bufan is jealous of his ability and jealousy of him.

Shi Bufan walked to Wang Xuance's side and said, "You can go and see Zuo Chuan, and think more about why Candle Zhiwu was able to persuade Qin Mugong to let Qin State withdraw his troops and even protect Zheng Guo." As long as you learn this thoroughly, truly understand it, and be able to put it into practice, you will be a real diplomat. Diplomats, it's not just about being able to speak well, you see? In fact, you have more potential than Qiao Shiwang. You'll have a chance in the future! ”

Shi Bufan didn't want to directly hit this Wang Xuance too much, but this time it was really not suitable for him. Let him go and really learn geography. The strategic situation of politics is the most important thing. Qin's long-distance and close attack, as well as Candle Zhiwu's retreat from the Qin army, are actually taking advantage of geography. The idea of politics determines the direction of politics through the geographical environment. But what Wang Xuance lacks is geopolitics. Political understanding is obviously very lacking in this regard.

(To be continued.) )