It's not that they can't see the harm caused by marriage or even the gift of technology. The reason why they still go forward and would rather die than change is because they must use this method to control the right to speak in the court, and they must try their best to
The war has disappeared.
Are they compassionate and kind-hearted, and don't want to see the sons of the Han family die in battle on the border, and the battlefield is stained with blood?
no.
At least not entirely,
This is because once the war begins, the words of the Confucian scholars and civil servants will no longer matter. Their knowledge and talents are not enough to enable them to win a war. They can only rely on military commanders, thus indirectly improving the status of military commanders.
Above the court, there are only so many benefits. If you gain more, I will lose less. One will ebb and the other will grow. If things go on like this, where will the great Confucians and civil servants still have room to speak?
Therefore, they would rather make peace with each other, cede territory, and pay indemnities, but also want to curb the promotion of the status of generals.
There are even some shameless people who would rather hold back their own family members for their own benefit. When the general is about to win, they will use all their strength and various means to make the war fail.
The failure of the war harmed the interests of the country, but they were able to pocket huge personal benefits...
Of course, it won't work if the generals are allowed to do whatever they want.
In the same way that civilian officials try to adopt a policy of appeasement and avoid war, military generals will seize any opportunity to start a war, because only by starting a war can they compete for the right to speak and seek more benefits.
Without the restraint and restraint of civilian officials, the generals would probably end up hanging maps on their saddles and igniting wars all over the world.
Unchecked war will bring down any superpower. Unless they are like the descendants of Genghis Khan who only seek conquest, not occupation. Locusts generally rely on strong force to burn, kill and loot. They have no cultural heritage and no rule.
Foundation, even if a vast land is conquered, it is difficult to occupy it for a long time with force.
The ways of civil and military affairs complement and restrict each other. How to coordinate the relationship between civil and military forces is the foundation for the long-term stability and prosperity of an empire.
…
After a while, Wei Ying stepped inside.
"Erlang, what are your orders?"
Wei Ying first greeted Li Tai and then asked Fang Jun.
Fang Jun said: "You take a team of people, pick some good guys, and rush to Songzhou immediately. You have to dress up in disguise on the way, whether it's a merchant or a porter. In short, you can't let anyone know your identity. Then you can secretly investigate the activities of the Tibetan envoys. You can't
It will hurt their lives, but we must do everything possible to delay it, at least to delay the entry of the Tibetan envoys into Chang'an for three months."
Wei Ying was stunned and said: "I haven't heard of a Tibetan envoy coming to Chang'an. How can I find out?"
Fang Jun waved his hand and said impatiently: "If I tell you there is, then there must be. Although Chang'an has not heard of it at this moment, it is just because the envoy has just left Tubo and must have just set foot in the Tang Dynasty."
Wei Yingxin said that if you count with your fingers now, you will know the movement of the stars, good or bad luck?
If you are in Chang'an, you will know that the Tibetan envoys have just left Tubo and entered the Tang Dynasty. They are strategizing and winning a thousand miles. You are not as good as you. Your victory is more than a thousand miles?
I have it ten thousand miles away!
Of course I only dared to say this in my heart, and replied quickly with my mouth: "Here!"
Seeing that Fang Jun had no more orders, he quickly turned around and left to gather people and set off for the southwest region. Although he felt that Fang Jun was a little mysterious in his heart, it did not affect the appointment. It only delayed the trip and delayed the Tibetan envoys from entering Chang'an for three months.
Considering that Chang'an is a long way from Tubo, and it usually takes two months to walk, then this task is not too difficult, but the distance is a bit longer, and it takes several months to say goodbye to my wife...
When Wei Ying left, Li Tai couldn't help laughing and said: "Erlang, this move of yours is really damaging!"
As Fang Jun said, the Tang Dynasty currently does not dare to reject Tubo's request rashly. Otherwise, when Tubo becomes angry and embarrassed, it will be difficult to guarantee that it will not break the pot. If it does not stop, it will simply send troops to intervene in the war in the Western Regions, which will make the Anxi Protectorate
Enemy on both sides.
The purpose of Tubo was to take advantage of the situation and gain some benefits from the Tang Dynasty. Unless it had to win, it would not be willing to go to war with the Tang Dynasty directly. Otherwise, once the war started, the "Eastern Datang Company" would cut off the food supply.
, Tubo had to face an extremely serious famine.
Even if the Tubo envoy knew that the Tang Dynasty was delaying his trip, he could only brave all the difficulties and rush to Chang'an. Anyway, as long as he did not die, there would be no war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. He had to rush to Chang'an to complete the project.
The mission assigned by Songtsen Gampo...
This is indeed a bit unethical, but there is no doubt that the effect is very good. As long as the Anxi Army can be bought some more time, perhaps the development of the situation will turn around.
Fang Jun smiled bitterly and said: "It's just a little trick. Even if it succeeds, what's there to be proud of? A truly powerful country must be able to face any enemy in the world head-on with a powerful force.
Crush it over, not such dirty tricks."
Li Tai nodded slowly, deeply convinced.
Then he sighed: "Erlang was injured this time. I think he will need to recover for a while. I am afraid that my trip to Jiangnan with me will be delayed."
Nowadays, the tasks under his command are getting bigger and bigger, and the amount of money he needs is simply huge. Naturally, the Ministry of Civil Affairs cannot give him much support. Even His Majesty Li Er is troubled by his "fundraising" behavior every day.
At the beginning, I could still give tens of thousands of guan, but later it gradually shrank...
In order to appease Fang Jun's anger, the Wang family of Taiyuan offered to donate many properties in Jiangnan to Fang Jun. Naturally, Fang Jun was not suitable to accept it, so he handed it over to Li Tai. For Li Tai, it was a timely gift, and he could not wait to go to Jiangnan to accept it.
these industries.
What's more, he also tried to take advantage of the Jiangnan gentry, but without Fang Jun's strong support, he would have no confidence.
Those Jiangnan nobles now have business relationships with Guanlong, Shandong and other clans, and have been entrenched in Jiangnan for hundreds of thousands of years. Their confidence is not generally strong, and they may not sell him the face of the prince, but Fang Jun's name is in Jiangnan.
But it was very useful. If he couldn't take advantage of it, Li Tai would feel sorry for himself.
Fang Jun said with a smile: "That's okay. I have to be busy getting married recently, and the academy is about to start school. After finishing this busy period, the condition of the official's injury will probably be better. Then I will accompany His Highness to go boating south to experience
The misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River in late autumn is not bad at all."
Li Tai was overjoyed: "Then it's settled. It just so happens that I will also handle the affairs of Chang'an smoothly. Then we will go south together!"
“It’s a deal!”
"Then Erlang Quan will take care of him for now, and I will go back first."
"Your Highness, please go slowly. Please forgive me for not sending you off like this."
"My family, why are you doing this? Farewell!"
…
When Li Tai left, Fang Jun sat on the couch alone, worried.
At this time, although everyone in the court attaches great importance to the Western Regions, no one is as clear as Fang Jun about what impact it will have on the Tang Dynasty once the Western Regions are lost.
To put it simply, everyone knows that the fall of the Tang Dynasty was actually caused by the Anshi Rebellion, and the Anshi Rebellion originated from the separatist rule of vassal towns.
Could it be that the Tang Dynasty court at that time was full of ignorant people and could not see the hidden dangers that the separation of feudal towns brought to the empire?
No. It’s not that we can’t see it, but we have no other way but to reuse the feudal towns and rely on them to resist the Hu people from the north and the unstable situation that breaks out repeatedly along the southeastern coast.
Because the entire empire center invested all its power in the war with Tubo.
It is precisely because of the loss of the Western Region that the Tang Dynasty lost this vast buffer zone, which allowed the remnants of the Tibetan and Western Turks to reach Yumen Pass anytime and anywhere, threatening the Tang Dynasty's Hetao and Longyou areas.
The Tang Dynasty had to deploy heavy troops here to resist the pressure of Tibet and Western Turks.
The war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo lasted intermittently for more than a hundred years. By the time Tubo was unable to advance eastward due to the war against Dashi, Uighurs, etc. and the intensification of internal conflicts, Tibet was unable to advance eastward.
Being exhausted by this war, coupled with the trouble caused by the vassal towns in the country, we have reached the end of the road...
It can be said that as long as the Western Region is still under the control of the Tang Dynasty, it will be free to conquer the world and even develop the domestic political economy to an unprecedented peak.
But once the Western Region is lost, a scene that happened in history will surely happen...
Thinking of this, Fang Jun ordered someone to fetch the four treasures of the study, and he took up his pen on the bed and wrote the memorial carefully.