194. Sovereignty
Because no one would cut the land, the scene was temporarily cool. Because Jingwen must return the sovereignty of this Dingxiang city, and it is impossible for the Turks to retreat. So this caused them to be cold. Once the land is directly ceded, it may have a great impact on the reputation of the individual. When the time comes, his future will be ruined. Jingwen can't afford it, once the sovereignty is directly assigned to the Turks, then I'm afraid Li Shimin will definitely cut him. This kind of person who cuts the land, I'm afraid that all officials will not let it go.
"I have a plan, I wonder if Zhao Guoshi can agree?" Jingwen asked.
Hearing that Jingwen had a new plan, Zhao Deyan thought that Jingwen was going to compromise, and immediately said, "Please speak!" ”
"We might as well put aside the controversy and develop together!" Jingwen said.
"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Deyan asked.
Jingwen immediately said: "My meaning is obvious, that is, we don't think about what is mainly about the right to control for the time being. We can use it together and develop it together under the condition of acknowledging that this Dingxiang City belongs to our Datang. We can transform this Dingxiang City into a place where we can exchange with the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and we can carry out trade exchanges and exchange local products with each other. When the time comes, we will exchange information together and make the relationship between the two countries more friendly. And our Datang can temporarily give up the right to govern, just send twenty people to come over to maintain law and order, and the Turks also send twenty people to maintain law and order, so that this Dingxiang City will become a city without garrisons, and neither side will garrison troops. As for the actual management, you can send a city lord to manage it, and that's it. ”
Jingwen's meaning is very obvious. That is, when the Zi Ah Turks recognized that this Dingxiang City belonged to the Tang Dynasty, they enjoyed a certain amount of governance power. And Datang also sent twenty people to catch it. The Turks only sent twenty men to maintain law and order, and there was no regular army in Xiangcheng. And that's it. There is no regular army in Dingxiang City, which is actually the governance of both sides. As for the so-called Turkic city lord, that is actually to make the Turks feel that the city is still under their control.
Zhao Deyan thought about this plan for a while, but in fact, the Turks did not actually lose anything in this plan. In fact, it was still managed by the Turks, and the only thing that needed to be done was to recognize that Dingxiang City belonged to the Tang Dynasty, that is, the sovereignty belonged to the Tang Dynasty. And the Turks don't seem to have lost anything, just a name, and then the two sides trade here, and the twenty people sent to catch fast are actually just people who maintain law and order. Anyway, the actual control power is still in your own hands. There is no doubt about that.
Next, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks worked together to develop the value of the city. With a commercial exchange, it was clear that the city could become a conduit between the two countries. It can also become a strategic buffer place, so that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will not often break out into conflict.
"I'm going back to discuss this with the Khan!" Zhao Deyan said.
Soon, Zhao Deyan found Jieli Khan and prepared to discuss Jingwen's plan with Khan.
When Jieli Khan heard this plan, he immediately asked with some doubts: "What can the Han people get from this plan?" ”
Zhao Deyan replied: "I can't get anything." ”
"Then why did the Han people come up with this plan?" Jieli Khan asked.
Zhao Deyan replied; "Khan, according to the estimates of the ministers. This is actually just the Han people trying to save some face. Because the Han people could not wage war to reclaim the city of Dingxiang, they only wanted nominal sovereignty. They just wanted to give an account to the people of the country, so that their emperor could appear as if he had reclaimed the lost land. But this is only a nominal thing, and this Dingxiang City still belongs to our Turkic control. At that time, the management will still belong to our Turkic management. And this is also close to the Turks, and our Turks can send a large army to attack at any time, and the twenty captures of the Han people are useless at all.
"And what about this one?" Jieli asked.
Zhao Deyan immediately said: "Khan." Let's say yes! In fact, the Han people just want a face, not the actual control of power. As long as the actual control is still in our hands. That's not a big deal. ”
"Since we are still in charge, let's agree!" Jieli Khan said.
Jieli Khan saw that since this territory still belonged to him. Then say yes anyway! In fact, this is also the fact that Jieli Khan's territorial consciousness is very weak, because the Turks are nomadic people who live in pursuit of water and grass, and they are not a settled farming people, so their territorial awareness is very weak. They attach more importance to actual control than so-called nominal sovereignty. Since Datang is now willing to hand over the management to them, there is no need for Jieli Khan to fall out with Datang for the sake of so-called sovereignty. Anyway, as long as you can actually control it all the time, there is no problem. If Datang wants to get back the actual management power at that time, it will have to use war to pay it back.
Jieli Khan agreed, and Zhao Deyan had no opinion. From here, it can be seen that there is a gap between these two guys and the political level of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. What Emperor Li Shimin wants is a reason to be able to come back in the future, that is, sovereignty belongs to himself. And although the right to control zhì can be given to the Turks, as long as this sovereignty belongs to oneself, then the Tang Dynasty will be strong in the future, and it can be directly returned. This point is legally defensible, and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin also wants to stand on the legal principle. And the Turks don't have so many ideas, and then this agreement will become a loophole and an excuse for the Tang Dynasty to take the initiative to start a war with the Turks.
And this excuse is actually an excuse to appease those who read books in China. If there is no reason to wage war against a foreign country, the biggest enemy at this time is not the enemy country, but those who read at home. Those who read are the ones who don't have enough success and more than they can do, and they will hold you back. And so it is necessary to find a valid reason, and this reason is that the Turks do not return this Dingxiang city. When the time comes, the sovereignty belongs to himself, and the Turkic people who do not return are not provoking Datang, and Datang will have reasons and excuses to take the initiative to attack him.
Li Shimin had already thought about the future, but he took one step and looked at three steps. And Zhao Deyan and Jieli are only concerned about the current war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, that is, this kind of actual control power, and they do not see the threat in the long run, so this makes them temporarily blinded by immediate interests. (To be continued......)