"This ......" Li Er didn't know what to say after listening to Zhang Nan's words, although Li Er agreed with Zhang Nan's statement very much in his heart, but intellectually speaking, Li Er knew that this was wrong.

"Master Zhang, thanks to the old man, I thought you were an expert in joint vertical and horizontal, but I didn't expect you to even understand this simple truth that those who have attained the Tao have more help and those who have lost the Tao have little help." After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Wei Zheng also said with a regretful face, looking as if he was disappointed in Zhang Nan.

"Haha, Lord Wei, if you want to say that, then we have to talk about it." As soon as Zhang Nan heard that Wei Zheng was able to raise objections, he immediately became interested, for Zhang Nan, there is nothing more rewarding than winning the ancient ministers, especially every time Zhang Nan will have a kind of suppression of IQ and knowledge.

"I don't know what Lord Zhang said to the old man?" Wei Zheng asked.

"Well, let me ask Lord Wei a few questions, when I founded the Tang Dynasty, what was the national strength?" Zhang Nan asked.

"This ...... Naturally, the national strength is weak, and the soldiers and horses are not strong enough. However, after several years of recuperation and recuperation in our Datang, our Datang can now be regarded as a strong soldier. Wei Zheng's way.

"That's it, then why did Tuli and Jieli take people to the bank of the Weishui River when the national strength was weak? Why don't they come now? Zhang Nan continued to ask.

"It's ....... The Turks are afraid of the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty soldiers, so they naturally dare not commit it again. Wei Zheng said.

"Isn't this over, Lord Wei still doesn't understand?" Zhang Nan asked.

"Understood? Understand what? What did you say, Lord Zhang? Wei Zheng's face was confused, obviously because he couldn't understand what Zhang Nan meant.

"Do you understand the saying that a weak country has no diplomacy? Do you know that even if it is a joint vertical, there must be bargaining chips in this hand, and it must have the same status, if a country even makes ordinary people in other countries look down on it, is it just a matter of saying a few words that people can not beat you? It is not enough to protect the people of your own country by paying lip service. Zhang Nan said.

"It's like when we first founded the country, the national strength is weak, so the sudden profit will take advantage of the fire to rob, if the emperor didn't even empty the treasury at that time, I'm afraid that Lord Wei would have become a slave of the country, where is there today's high-ranking officials?" Zhang Nan said.

was brought up by Zhang Nan again, Li Er's face was very ugly, but what Zhang Nan said was indeed the truth, although the matter of Tuli and Jieli at that time was resolved by Li Er by courage and wit, but it was more dependent on Li Er's empty treasury, so this matter has been nailed to Li Er's pillar of shame, and it is impossible to come down.

"Having said so much, it is still the same sentence, a weak country has no diplomacy, and if it is backward, it will be beaten. The land of Liaodong itself is the land that we already had in old China, and now we have done our best to let Goguryeo live on it temporarily, and now we ask a vassal state like them to ask for some prisoners, what's wrong? Shouldn't it? Didn't you do it for nothing? The treatment of our captives in Datang may be even better than the living standards of their people. Zhang Nan said.

Although what Zhang Nan said in the first half was correct, but the second half belonged to Zhang Nan in the middle of the story, Goguryeo never considered itself a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, nor was it willing to pay tribute.

But the land of Liaodong is Chinese, and this concept works here in the Tang Dynasty, and the land of Liaodong in the Tang Dynasty is the four counties of the Han Dynasty, so Zhang Nan said that Goguryeo temporarily lived in Liaodong, and this sentence was also recognized by most of the ministers present.

"Even so, we still can't ......" Wei Zheng wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by Zhang Nan.

"Lord Wei, why are you so pedantic, is it possible that you have to wait until other countries fight our Datang to the point of life and death, and when the country is destroyed, you can realize that there is no real peace in this world?" Zhang Nan is also very convinced of Wei Zheng, obviously he has hegemonic capital, but he doesn't want to do it, he just wants to guard his own one-third of an acre, which is not good.

"Why do I say that there is no peace in this world, Lord Wei, you can think about it, is our land so big since ancient times? It is not the ancestors who fought it, whether it is their own people fighting their own people, or their own people fighting foreigners, it is all fought, with more land, it means more resources, more resources means better development, with development, national strength can rise, so that in the diplomacy between countries can speak hard. Zhang Nan said.

"To give a simple example, now we are swapping roles with Goguryeo, and now Goguryeo is asking us to ask the Tang Dynasty for people and people, will you give it to Lord Wei?" Zhang Nan continued to ask.

"This, naturally, cannot be given, if it is given, wouldn't it be a loss of power and humiliation of the country?" Wei Zheng said with a frown.

"Okay, don't give it, then now I'm going to send troops to fight you, there are both hot air balloons flying in the sky, and a thunderstorm that can destroy the city wall, as well as a kamikaze crossbow that can cover the sky, I want to hit you now, you don't give it, if you don't give it, you will wait to destroy the country, Lord Wei, what should you do, are you going to wait for the destruction of the country? Or do you want to lose power and humiliate the country? Zhang Nan continued to ask.

"This ......" Wei Zheng listened to Zhang Nan's explanation, and he was also speechless for a while, yes, if he gave it, that is to lose his power and humiliate the country, if he doesn't give it, then wait to be a slave to the country, and the end will be worse than losing power and humiliating the country.

After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Li Er also showed a thoughtful look. 、

"It's better for us to beat them than for them to beat us, and we don't have to let them die in the country, we just want labor, don't we just give it? As long as they obediently obey the courtiers, they can meet any requirements of our Datang, isn't that good for everyone? Zhang Nan said with a smile.

That's right, Zhang Nan pursues a hegemonic policy, whatever he says, he doesn't have his own fists to talk about it, if there is anything we can talk about, if we can't talk about it, then I'll fight until you are willing to talk about it.

Just like the rice country in later generations, although the world police are annoying, but the rice country itself is not annoying, on the contrary, in the time of being the world police, you can get real benefits, and whoever is not pleasing to the eye will be sanctioned, in short, you have to be obedient to the end.

Who doesn't like to do that kind of work? It's not pleasing to the eye, but I hate myself for not being the world's policeman.

Of course, Zhang Nan's sanction method is still in the initial stage of convincing you with his fists, but this is completely enough in the era when cold weapons are still used.