"Lord Pei Ju, if I want to obtain great wealth in the Tang Dynasty, I can't do without the Western Regions. And when it comes to the Western Regions, it is inseparable from the Western Turks. The Western Turks were now in disarray, so they could not access trade routes. In such a situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to be able to obtain a large benefit. Jingwen said.

Now it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to attack the Western Turks, and the Western Turks are also in chaos, and many people are vying for the position of Khan. And this state of scattered sand is very unfavorable to the strategy of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. Sooner or later, the Tang Dynasty will have to control the Western Regions, but the Western Turks are places that cannot be bypassed. In a chaotic situation, without a unified elastic body, there is nothing polite for those subordinate tribes to loot. These small tribes are precarious, they must have wine today and get drunk today, and they will definitely not let go of being able to eat fatty meat once. And when Datang gets angry, they are not afraid, because there is a high stare under the rooftop, and these small tribes are not afraid. Can Datang still set its sights on a small tribe?

And those big tribes often can't control the small tribes, and they also know that it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to mobilize troops to attack again. And these guys, they are all busy fighting for power and profit within the Western Turks, who cares about the anger of the Tang Dynasty? Therefore, it is necessary to maintain peace in the Western Turks, at least relatively peaceful, so that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty can safely pass through the Western Regions and go to Central Asia and even Europe to trade. In this way, Datang can obtain benefits, and Datang can be economically developed.

"That's a tough one! If the Western Turks succeed in unification, I am afraid it may not be a good thing for my Tang Dynasty. Now I'm going to be busy educating Dong. The remnants of the Turks, and if the Western Turks were at peace at this time, they would inevitably have their eyes on the East. Turkic herdsmen. They are all of nomadic origin, and there is no problem with blending together. Therefore, the Western Turks must not be able to make peace, otherwise it will do more harm than good to us in the Tang Dynasty. But if they can't make peace, our Tang Dynasty's trade in the Western Regions can't be completed. Pei Ju said.

Pei Ju is worthy of being a diplomat and strategist. That's to the point. The Western Turks cannot be truly peaceful, and once they are truly peaceful, they will set their sights on the East. The Turkic people, they also want to expand their power. And Pei Ju was crippled by splitting the Turks back then, so he naturally knew the situation of the Turks. The same civilization, in fact, is very smooth to merge, which is why China has been divided many times, but in the end it was unified. This is the benefit of the same civilization. Now East. The true naturalization of the Turkic remnants has not yet been completed, and this process may take decades. And if the Western Turks come over again at this time, I'm afraid it will be a failure? Therefore, the Western Turks will never be able to make them truly and completely peaceful.

However, the Tang Dynasty wanted to obtain wealth from the Western Regions. The Turks must be peaceful, otherwise they will not be able to restrain those tribes below, and they will definitely rob the caravan of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, if you want to be able to really not affect yourself, but also allow the Turks to maintain a certain peace, this is a matter of technology.

"The only helplessness is that I, Datang, can't really send troops to destroy the Western Turks. If you can really destroy the Western Turks, then how can there be such a! Jingwen said with a sigh.

The biggest headache now is that the Tang Dynasty does not have the strength to destroy the Western Turks, otherwise there is no need to have a headache here, and it is better to directly send a large army to attack. It's because I'm not strong. That's why diplomacy is emphasized. Jingwen now finally knows how classic the saying that diplomacy is strength when the two countries are equal. Although the strength of the Tang Dynasty is stronger than that of the Western Turks, it is not strong to the point of pinching the other party to death. If the Tang Dynasty casually starts a war with the Western Turks. Would that have stirred up their hatred of the same enemy? So this degree here is not easy to master, once the stimulation is too much, then they will twist into a rope, and it will be miserable.

Now when the strength of the Tang Dynasty is not good, it needs Turkic division. In this way, Datang can take the opportunity to reap the benefits of fishermen. But if it was just before, Datang didn't need to communicate with the Western Regions. But hesitating about the arrival of Jingwen, although Datang's achievements are much more brilliant than the original. However, Datang's finances are also stretched thin because of Jingwen's arrival. Jingwen came up with a policy, which is not a gold-swallowing beast! Army reform, professional army construction, firearms unit construction, future Turkic naturalization, etc., etc., all of which he meows are gold-swallowing beasts. Because of Jingwen, Datang's financial consumption is too much, I don't know how much. Therefore, once Jingwen proposed the trade of the Western Regions, this made everyone excited.

If the Western Regions can be communicated, then the next step will be very meaningful for the relief of Datang's finances. As long as you are a normal politician, you will understand the importance of finance. If you want to develop a country, you can't do without finance. If there is no money, the political zhì family is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice. If the Western Regions can be opened, the financial revenue brought by it can be said to be huge. And although he didn't say it, Datang is currently overwhelmed by financial pressure. And now the state is still recuperating, and it is impossible to raise taxes. Therefore, everyone has figured out the commercial tax of the Western Regions. Fools know how high the commercial profit margin of the Western Regions is. Who doesn't want such a windfall! Moreover, this windfall is not once or twice, almost every year. Datang's caravans can set off in a steady stream and continue to bring income.

Many people think that in ancient times, agriculture was heavy and commerce was suppressed, but although the Tang Dynasty implemented "cheap" merchants for merchants, it did not suppress commerce. Although the merchant was nominally a pariah, there was no real inhibition of commerce, because the state could not do without the income of commerce. Now that business can bring in good income, who wouldn't want to! With this money, officials will be able to spend lavishly, and Datang will not be far from becoming rich and powerful.

"Teacher, in fact, it would be nice if the Western Turks could maintain a situation where they are scattered but not gathered, gathered but not united, and united but not strong." The young man next to him said.

"Scattered but not gathered, gathered but not united, combined but not strong, this is a good saying! Very good! But how? I'm afraid there are a lot of involved, and it's a test of wisdom. It also tests skills, and the old man doesn't have any good ways. It is necessary to keep the Western Turks relatively peaceful, but not to be able to make them truly unified. Therefore, this has far surpassed the wisdom of the old man. Pei Ju said. (To be continued......)