When the delegation from the Jin Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty arrived and made relevant suggestions to the diplomats of the Tang Dynasty, everyone in the Tang Dynasty was surprised.
When did these Tatars become so good?
He took the initiative to evacuate everyone in the area east of Berlin, and then transferred a large area of land to Datang, ensuring that it would be thousands of miles of fertile land and empty of people.
To be honest, the Tang Empire has been expanding overseas for many years, and this is the first time that it has encountered such polite natives.
Moreover, these natives are the Tatars who have fought with the Tang Dynasty for so many years.
You must know that decades earlier, the Tang Empire had fought many battles with the Tatars. From the Hetao area to Eastern Europe, the number of Tatar troops killed by the Tang Army was at least hundreds of thousands.
But now, these Tatars actually took the initiative to turn a large area into a no-man's land and then hand it over to the Tang Dynasty.
This large area of Eastern and Central Europe is currently the core ruling area of the Tatar Kingdom. Why was it sent here like this?
What these Tatars did was just to ennoble the Tang Dynasty, stop the war between the two sides, sign a peace agreement, and ask the Tang Dynasty to give up support to France and Spain and allow them to enter France and Spain. From then on,
The Tatars lived in this area. As for the territory of Central and Eastern Europe, they were all given to the Tang Dynasty.
It must be said that this proposal aroused the interest of the Tang Dynasty people.
It's not just giving away territory. If the Tatars just gave away territory without moving their people away, the Tang people would have no interest.
However, now the Tatars have fully provided services. Not only did they give away land, but they also moved all their own people away to ensure that no one was left behind.
A large area of empty territory was attractive to Datang.
It's not that the Tang Dynasty didn't like to expand its territory. In fact, the Tang Dynasty liked it. Didn't you see that the Tang Dynasty people robbed Antarctica...
However, the Tang Dynasty people did not like territories with too many indigenous people. This is why the Tang Dynasty people would rather have Antarctica than India or Europe.
This matter was so big that the local Tang Dynasty diplomats were unable to make a decision, so they quickly sent it back to the mainland via telegram.
After receiving the report from Ross City, officials from Jinling City's Foreign Affairs Department quickly reported it.
Because this matter is not a simple diplomatic matter, but involves the entire European strategy of the Tang Empire, it will definitely need to be discussed by the cabinet and even reported to the emperor.
Soon, the ministers on duty in the Tang Empire held a meeting in the imperial study room specifically for this matter, and Prince Li Hao also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the opinions of the ministers were not very unified.
Some ministers believe that this is a good thing. They can directly obtain large areas of territory without spending any effort, let alone fighting, or even a dime. Moreover, these lands are still uninhabited areas. In this way, Datang will
The empire has no worries and can directly localize it locally.
However, some ministers believe that even if the Tatar Kingdom evacuates the population from the area, won't those natives come back after the Tang Dynasty moves in?
Especially Jiang Tong, who had just entered the imperial study room not long ago, only heard him say:
"Look at our borders in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Every day, countless indigenous people try to cross the borders and enter the mainland. Now in order to block the borders, we have not only established no-man's land dozens of kilometers deep, but also deployed
A huge number of border patrols were even given to the Ottomans, Mughals, Safis and even Tatars to train border patrols."
"In order to alleviate the smuggling problem, we have not even localized Eastern Europe. Today, the area west of the Volga River is still under military control, and Central Asia is also preparing to build a long border wall!"
"But even so, it is difficult for us to completely seal the border. Every day, people cross the blockade and finally sneak into the mainland!"
"If we extend the border westward, all the way to the Berlin area, then it is conceivable that countless European natives will try to enter our empire."
"This is something that is absolutely not allowed to happen!"
At this time, Gu Jin'end, the minister on duty in the imperial study room and in charge of local agriculture, forestry, and overseas immigration affairs, said:
"In addition to the smuggling issue, there is another point that we need to pay attention to, that is, if we agree to the Tatars' request, then we need to give up our support for Spain and France. At that time, the Tatars will move into the above-mentioned areas collectively, and
We will still have a truce with them by then, and after normalizing relations, we will probably conduct normal business activities with them!"
"Such Tatars will have a large area of fertile land, and they have a large population. More importantly, Tatars are different from European natives such as France and Spain!"
"These Tatars are learning from us, their political system, their army, their education, their industrial and commercial policies, almost all of them are learning from us, and they are not bad at it!"
"They have built many factories, although these factories are still very backward in our opinion. Some of their factories, such as textile factories, can only use some water power as power, but you must remember that before our steam engines are widely used,
Our industry also commonly uses water power, and even so, our industrial production capacity was greatly improved at that time!"
"They have also built steel plants, machinery plants, and they are even trying to imitate steam engines. Although they have not been able to create a usable steam engine so far, it is only a matter of time!"
"Because they have established a fairly complete education system. According to the information we collected, the Tatars have now established a fairly popular primary education and have a certain number of middle schools. They have even established universities. These schools are all
All the teaching materials used were plagiarized from us.”
"Although their education level is still very backward, over time, this education system will provide them with a large number of high-quality talents and feed them back to the scientific research and industrial systems!"
"If we allow the development of the Tatar Kingdom, or even take the initiative to give them a better living space, then based on the development path of the empire, it will take as little as twenty years and no more than fifty years, then what we will see will be
It is a Tatar Kingdom that has completed industrialization!”
"I'm afraid this is something that everyone here doesn't want to see!"
"So, peace talks with the Tatar Kingdom are impossible unless they are subjugated!"
After hearing these words, General Yang Jinsheng, the minister on duty in the imperial study room and the chief of the army staff, spoke: "If you want to destroy the Tatars, it is actually very simple. Launch the third Western Expedition. Our army guarantees that they will be destroyed within three months.
Lose the Tatar Kingdom and conquer Europe in half a year!"
However, as soon as he said this, the people in the cabinet did not hesitate for half a second. Gu Jinen retorted on the spot: "We have no objection to your army launching the third Western Expedition, but don't expect to increase additional war expenses. Your army
If you can squeeze out the money yourself, we will still support your army in launching the Western Expedition!"
When the people from the Army heard this, they went crazy: "Bold national traitor, millions of soldiers of our army are fighting bloody battles on the front line to protect our families and the country, but you national traitors don't even pay military expenses, I will slap you to death..."
At this time, Admiral Feng Zhihao, the Minister on Duty in the Royal Study Room and Director of the Military Command Department of the Naval Command, also stood up: "Haha, I have seen many shameless people, but this is the first time I have seen someone as shameless as your Army. Every day.
How dare you say that you fought bloody battles while lying down and basking in the sun? The ones who are really fighting on the front lines are our navy officers!"
Army Chief of Staff Gu Jinen stood up on the spot, and then habitually reached for his waist to draw his sword, but unfortunately, all the swords, guns and clubs had been confiscated when he entered the meeting.
But it didn't matter. He took off his leather shoes and threw them towards Navy Admiral Feng Zhihao. While throwing them, he yelled: "You navy bumpkin, you slander our army officers, I'll beat you to death!"
But Feng Zhihao was not to be outdone. He took one directly, then smashed a bunch of documents in his hand, and shouted: "Come on, my navy is really afraid of your army. If you have the ability to fight, I will fight you on the spot."
Kick you..."
Several ministers on duty in the cabinet hid aside in a tacit understanding. Some of them even said: "The dignified and important ministers of the empire are fighting like street shrews. It is a disgrace to the empire..."
Then Gu Jinen from the Army smashed another leather shoe at him: "If you lose your mother, it's all because of you national thieves. You are stuck with military expenses every day, so that I can't stand in front of a group of juniors. It's not easy for me, and I will never do it."
Let you feel better..."
The active-duty generals of the army and navy are in the imperial study, so they naturally hold high positions, but they are also under great pressure. What kind of pressure is definitely not from fighting. The military power of the Tang Dynasty can beat the earth with closed eyes. So the current military is big
What is your biggest pressure?
It’s military spending!
The minister of the imperial study who can win a large amount of military expenditure is a highly respected military boss.
If you can't fight, then I'm sorry, those young people in the army or navy will still point their noses and scold you no matter what military boss you are.
Well, almost every minister on duty in the imperial study room of the army or navy was scolded all the way...
I watched the quarrel turn into a group fight!
The prince Li Hao above closed his eyes slightly, and at the same time, he was thinking about what gift to give to his mother for her birthday in a few days.
The whole person looked like I couldn't see or hear.
He looked like a holy emperor. Li Xuan usually only watched and listened when his ministers argued or even fought.
As for the courtiers below, let them argue and fight first. Anyway, with the guards around, they won't really fight too much.
Moreover, there were no sharp weapons in the room. Even the drinking cups were cork cups to prevent them from smashing them. Even the chairs were fixed to the ground to prevent them from lifting them up.
The Tang Empire had been established for decades, and ministers were quite experienced in fighting and getting injured in preparation for major meetings.
Therefore, Prince Li Hao was not in a hurry. After waiting for a few more minutes, the group of people below had stopped throwing debris at each other, but they had not stopped and were still yelling and cursing.
Prince Li Hao knew that the meeting would not be able to continue today, so he was not in a hurry about it anyway, so he could let the imperial study make the noise first.
So, he got up first and went out.
He is busy, with so many bad things waiting for him to deal with, how can he have time to listen to his ministers ransacking his house?
The prince stood up and went out. Naturally, a group of courtiers bowed to see him off. The quarrel was paused for a moment, but as soon as the prince left, they started shouting again...