Uncle Li nodded: "It seems that the problem of Tubo is much more serious than the old man expected in the past, but today and tomorrow are the key to our dynasty's use of troops against Goguryeo, so ......" Uncle Li's brows furrowed, yes, it is a big problem.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there any good way to keep Tubo from attacking Zhangxiong for the time being?" Uncle Li is an emperor who is very easy to accept everyone's suggestions and opinions, and rarely does things arbitrarily, and it is precisely because of his tolerant character that the Tang Dynasty's decision-making during the Zhenguan period has few mistakes, which has laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

"Tubo is the strongest, Zhangxiong is second, and Dongnu is the weakest, because Dongnu is jointly elected by the tribes of Subiqiang, and it is a relatively loose tribal country. The eldest grandson Yinren got to the point with one sentence.

This time, the news received by the Jinju Yuan was really very surprising, first half a month ago, there was information that the Xiangxiong State had envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute, hoping that the Tang Dynasty could mediate the relationship with Tubo, and then it was last night that I received the news from Tubo, which was recruiting soldiers on a large scale and preparing to fight with Zhangxiong to the death, so there was this important meeting today.

Hearing this, Uncle Li nodded again and again: "Yes, very good idea, right now, the Tubo soldiers are strong and strong, and they are sharpening their knives Huo Huo pointed directly at Zhangxiong, if Xiangxiong comes, Dongnuguo must be the next target of Tubo, and they should understand the reason of cold lips and teeth." ”

"Everyone understands the truth, but it depends on whether they have the courage and vision to do it." I interjected with some concern, although I don't know if Zhangzhung and Dongnu Kingdom have been united in history, but historically, it was Songtsen Gampo who completely unified the entire plateau region, and this is what worries me the most.

"yes!" When Uncle Li heard what I said, he also frowned in distress and walked around the hall, looking at the various spheres of influence marked on the map.

---------------------------------------------------- Chu Suiliang, the counselor, began to blow everyone's confidence again: "Your Majesty, although this law is good, but the minister is a little worried, the Dongnu country is at the junction with Nanzhao, and the north is bordered by Tuguhun, speaking of which, he is like the first barrier between us and Tubo, and Tuyuhun is the second." There is no serious conflict between Dongnu and my Datang, and my Datang can't let one subject country attack another subject country, this is not the suzerain's country. ”

"Lord Yu, what you say, I think it is inappropriate, the soldiers are treacherous, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight are the best policy, which can not damage the strength of my Datang soldiers, and consume the strength of the ambitious Tubo, so that it cannot attack and defend, and it is a great benefit to my Datang, why can't it be done? Could it be that you want Your Majesty to be the benevolent Song Xiang who has the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, turns his head upside down, and becomes the laughing stock of the world? Uncle Li Ji sneered.

This sentence immediately caused a group of veteran ruffians to laugh happily, and Yu Suiliang glared angrily. Uncle Li was also so happy that he bared his teeth, and seemed to feel that it was not good to laugh at his minister, so he hurriedly said: "Yu Qing Mo Brain, Li Aiqing's words are still very reasonable, war, different from governing the country, what you want is ruthless, never, you can't have the slightest mercy to the enemy, and governing the country is to love and touch the people with benevolence. ”

Uncle Li is right, soldiers should treat potential dangers as enemies at the right time, and do everything possible to nip these dangers in the bud, while Wenchen, they are virtuous and virtuous to educate the people by example, which also makes them have an essential difference in their views on many events.

"Okay, let's not forget about business, right now, the relationship between Songtsen Gampo and Zhangzhung has reached the juncture of the saber rattling machine, and it is very likely that it will touch the hair, the question is, when does Songtsen Gampo want to fight to the death with Zhangxiong?" Uncle Li glanced at the map a few times, then turned to me and asked.

"This son-in-law doesn't know very well, but, according to the minister, it should be the time when the horse is fat next autumn, because at the moment, Tubo is still secretly smuggling a large amount of iron weapons from our dynasty, because their armament is still a little insufficient, and from last year to this year, Tubo sent three envoys to the Eastern Women's Country, and it seems that the attitude of the Eastern Women's Country is still wavering." I'm pretty sure it's authentic. If it weren't for Uncle Li listening to my words and noticing the secrecy of technology and manufacturing technology, it is very likely that Tubo would have learned to adopt the new iron-smelting method of the Tang Dynasty and the procedures for making various weapons, and Zhangxiong would have bitten the Tibetan savages led by Songtsen Gampo before it attracted the attention of our Datang.

"Really?" Uncle Li buried his head and thought about it: "Virtuous son-in-law, you have been in charge of the Jinju Academy for a long time, and you are the most familiar with the intelligence on the one hand, if you don't use soldiers, is it possible to drag this war for a year or two?" ”

"This ......" I'm a little embarrassed, I can brag about the strategic policy, but I know a fart specifically, seeing that I'm embarrassed, Uncle Li smiled: "It's okay, you just say it, what the old man wants to know is your opinion." ”

"In this case, the son-in-law is offended, according to the son-in-law, Tubo, Zhangxiong, Dongnu, can be described as a three-legged trend, quite like the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei, Tubo also, the strongest, Shu is Xiangxiong, although there is a battle power, but if Tubo sends a national army to fight, it will not be an opponent, and Dongnu is the Wu country, wait and see, always want to occupy a point, but afraid of being bitten, so that. Intrigue with each other, no one can eat the other two in one go, so, the temporary balance, can still be maintained, first of all, the current relationship between Tubo and Zhangxiong is the most tense, and Tubo and Dongnu are relatively friendly for a period of time, this is what everyone understands, in the past, Tubo's attitude towards Dongnu was not like this, until Songtsen Gampo took the throne, it was only eased, what does this mean? It shows that Tubo has already begun to draw a certain Xiangxiong and befriend the Dongnu Kingdom, as long as the Dongnu Country does not use troops, Tubo can fight to the death with Zhangxiong without worries, so the most important thing is the attitude of the Dongnu Kingdom, although the Dongnu Country has never bordered my Datang, but the Dongnu Country has a very close connection with my Datang. ”

"Oh?!" Uncle Li was stunned, not only Uncle Li, but almost everyone present looked at me.

"Everyone, please see, the three kingdoms of Tubo, Dongnu and Zhangxiong are all located in the alpine land, and their products are not rich, the crops are barley, wheat, buckwheat, and its main staple food is barley, and the porcelain, silk, tea and salt they use are all sold from my Datang, and the whole Dongnu country has always been friendly to my Datang, why? Because Tubo has been fighting with it for decades, plundering its population, cattle, horses and livestock, and I Datang, our merchants pay attention to fair monopoly, if there is no businessmen in our Tang Dynasty, not only Dongnuguo, even Tufan and Zhangxiong, there will also be no silk, no tea, no iron......" The reason has been explained very clearly, how to understand is their business.

In this era, the forging technology and smelting technology of Tubo and other surrounding subject countries of the Tang Dynasty were very backward, so from the fifteenth year of Zhenguan to the present, Tubo has sent no less than five envoys, and I hope that my Datang can open up the knowledge of agriculture, smelting, forging, equipment and construction for them to learn. However, at present, the students sent by Tubo are all squatting in the Fanxue Hall, reporting the Four Books and Five Classics every day.

---------------------------------------------------- "Therefore, the son-in-law thinks that His Majesty should first make an edict to Tubo, mediate the relationship between Tubo and Zhangxiong, persuade the two countries to strike the army, and in addition, send envoys to the Dongnu country to state the interests, so that the Dongnu country understands that if Xiangxiong dies, they will be in danger, and my border trade in the Tang Dynasty should increase the supply of luxury goods such as tea, silk, porcelain, etc., in addition, In addition, there is very little salt in Tubo, and they need to buy a large amount of salt from the hands of the Dongnu country every year...... "What I say is my own point of view, I am not very familiar with the war, but I understand the unconventional war between countries very thoroughly, because the main battlefield in later generations is in the economy and resources, I have never eaten pork, at least I have seen how pigs walk."

A large number of novel, unconventional economic aggression made Uncle Li and others refreshed, from which they benefited greatly, and soon, everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized, and they made suggestions one after another, and finally agreed to implement three plans: first, Uncle Li, the head of imperialism, in his capacity as His Majesty the Tang Emperor and the leader of the suzerain, ordered Tubo and Zhangxiong to strike down the army and make peace, and second, strictly ordered Tuyuhun to cancel the restrictions on the entry and exit of Tang merchants into and out of the plateau area, and to strengthen the trade in tea, silk, and porcelain with these three countries. The third is the long-term goal, which is to strengthen the ties and control with the various Qiang tribes within three to five years from now on, assimilate the Tugu Hun Qiang, the Dangxiang Qiang, and Chen Bing Qinghai, and deter northern Tibet. Conquer and assimilate eastern Tibet and the upper reaches of the Min River, and separate the southern Zhao of Tubo, so that they cannot join forces. In order to make the Tang Dynasty fully prepared, they will carry out scalpel-like stripping tactics on this area, dividing, chopping them up, chopping them up...... －－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

(To be continued)