President Zhao Daling also came to the office building of the National Security Commission later, which is not far from Tongguang Pavilion. The National Security Committee www.biquge.info has slowly become one of the most important institutions in the country, and many military, foreign and economic policy matters related to national security are discussed and studied by the National Security Committee. The National Security Committee has a relatively strong advisory and reference role in the direction of many national policies, and also has a relatively strong role in promoting the formulation of national strategies.

The meeting officially began after Zhao Daling's arrival, and Zhao Daling opened with a clear statement: "This time the Qing court did not ask us for assistance, but the Qing court did not have a complete and clear plan on how to deal with the Nguyen Hui Xishan Dynasty. Jiaqing is indecisive, the Xishan Dynasty does have the intention of invasion, can not be guarded against, Jiaqing has the heart to completely solve this scourge, but if a large-scale attack on the Xishan Dynasty is launched, then it will inevitably consume a lot of funds and troops, resulting in a financial burden, after all, although the Qing court's finances have improved, but if it supports a long-term war, there is still some power. Regardless of what kind of disposition the Qing Congress has, now the entire Indochina Peninsula has been in the hands of our Tang Dynasty, except for Vietnam, and Vietnam is a great guarantee for us to control the South China Sea. Bai Nan, tell me what kind of choice we have now. ”

Bai Nan took Zhao Daling's words and said: "Completely controlling all the land in the Indochina Peninsula is one of our country's established national policies. Speaking of which, Vietnam is no stronger than Siam, which we defeated before. And now there are such deep internal problems within the Xishan Dynasty. It's also a good time to use soldiers. In terms of choice. First, we can further use our influence in the Qing State to incite Jiaqing to launch a war against the Xishan Dynasty, and with the strength of the Qing army's new army, if we can have a certain advantage in scale, I think there is still hope for a complete defeat of the Xishan Dynasty. However, this also brings a problem, that is, the initiative is not in our hands. The Qing court would still be more inclined to establish the power of the Later Li Dynasty and re-establish a vassal state loyal to them here, in this case. The whole situation in Vietnam may not be completely clear, and we will not have more decisive control here. However, regardless of whether Jiaqing prepares the Qing government to govern Vietnam by itself or supports the rule of the Later Lê Dynasty, we can all get better commercial and trade policies here. ”

Bai Nam then said: "And the second option is that we directly launch a war against the Tay Son Dynasty, no matter what the attitude of the Qing side is, our attitude is consistent and resolute, that is, to control Vietnam." I expect to put in about 20,000 Siamese, Burmese or Yamato Corps to complement the strength of 1-2 regiments of our regular Tang Army deployed in South China. A local war against Vietnam was enough to defeat the Tay Son Dynasty, which had gradually lost the support of the people. The Vietnamese are relatively xenophobic. We, as a foreign power, wage wars of conquest and may face stronger resistance than elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Vietnamese, who have suffered from years of war, hope that the troubled times will end, and will welcome the pacification of the war in Vietnam and apply benevolent governance. ”

Although Datang has just ended the Tangxi War and has used a large part of national resources before, Datang has begun to refine the war over the years, and a group of senior generals in the Ministry of Defense may not know much about the art of commanding on the battlefield, but they know how to strategize, control the scale of the war, and make the war meet the expectations and needs of Datang.

The characteristics of the two choices are more obvious, one area is active, and the other area is passive. The former had to wait for the Qing court to make a move, and now the Tang Dynasty was not sure what scale of war Jiaqing would ultimately choose to launch, or whether it would only focus on defensive operations. The latter took the initiative to directly mobilize the Tang Dynasty's special corps (Foreign Legion) in the Indochina Peninsula, as well as the Fifth and Sixth Brigades stationed in South China, to launch an offensive against the Xishan Dynasty. The Tang army has a relatively detailed plan, and it also has pre-set war materials, so the Tang army can start a war relatively quickly.

The advantage of the former choice is that the Tang Dynasty does not need to spend a single soldier or a large amount of military spending, and it can play a certain economic occupation of Vietnam, but it is limited to this, neither the Qing government nor the Later Li Dynasty government will open the maximum authority for the Tang people, and the Tang Dynasty does not have its own management power over this place. On the other hand, although the latter chooses to consume tens of millions of military spending, it can directly take Vietnam and incorporate it into Datang's overseas consular system in Southeast Asia, and no matter how to arrange Vietnam's development in the future, it will be controlled by itself. The risk is that modern people have seen the US imperialists mired in the Vietnam War, and although everyone is generally optimistic about the strength of the Tang Army, if they continue to face the resistance of the Vietnamese in the future, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.

Bai Nam believes that at this time, Vietnam's nationalism had not yet taken shape, and it was culturally closer to China, and that the Tang Dynasty was a representative of China in every sense, and that this attitude had been recognized in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam in recent years. After all, the Tang Dynasty is a Han cultural country, and the people are Chinese, although the system has changed greatly, but to some extent, it is more like the Chinese authentic than the Qing Dynasty of the Manchu royal family.

Especially in the hundreds of years when the Later Lê Dynasty was weak, the power of the Zheng and Nguyen Lords was basically cleaned up by the Tay Son Dynasty, and the intellectuals, upper class, and landlord class in Vietnam were very resentful of the Tay Son Dynasty, and due to the successive wars and various bad policies, the lower class working people who originally supported the Tay Son Dynasty also began to have strong dissatisfaction with the Nguyen brothers. So the whole of Vietnam is actually eager to make a change, but there is no one who can echo them at this time.

On the other hand, Nguyen Phuc Anh, who had drawn help from France and Siam, eventually overthrew the decaying Tay Son dynasty and regained control of Vietnam with the support of the landlord class. And after the defeat of Nguyen Phuc Anh in this plane, he is now actually under house arrest in Bangkok, and he will not do anything special.

According to the practice of Datang's overseas consulates, if Vietnam is set up as an overseas consulate by Datang, it will still attract a considerable number of people into the overseas consular government, which is still more attractive to many Vietnamese. After a long time, people are determined, and Bai Nan thinks that it is still very promising to send troops at this time. (To be continued.) )