498. Subversion

After Wang Xuance signed various agreements on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, he immediately sent them back to Li Shimin and other ministers for seals, which could be regarded as a legal agreement. As for the five-year canonization edict, it must also be posthumously recognized by the province before it can be regarded as a legitimate holy decree. The draft of these agreements was quickly sent back, and it was sent back via a carrier pigeon. Of course, this is only a draft, so it can be sent back through guò carrier pigeons, and after the formal agreement has no opinions on the Chang'an side, a formal agreement can be drawn up and signed with the Turks.

"Hahahaha, this Wang Xuance really lived up to my expectations, and was able to get such a good thing back. I have a big Tang Dynasty and can completely stabilize it. The Turks will never be able to threaten my Datang in the future. Li Shimin said excitedly.

And Fang Xuanling next to him asked, "Your Majesty, what is there to be so happy about?" ”

Li Shimin said excitedly: "Look, this was brought back by Wang Xuance, and the Turks have agreed to accept our proposal of federalism." And the so-called federal administration according to our plan, so that they are afraid that the next mess will be over! ”

Fang Xuanling took a look at this federal plan, and immediately knew that this Turkic was afraid that it would be miserable. When the time comes, many unqualified Turkic tribal leaders will see this result, and I am afraid that they will want the support of the Tang Dynasty, and then sign that they will betray the interests of other tribes. And Datang can take the opportunity to get a lot of benefits, this is the pit man of this federal system. Under this system, it is easy to be manipulated by other forces, and then constantly sell their things in exchange for rights. In a situation where there is not enough supervising power. I'm afraid those guys will continue to sell out for power.

"Your Majesty, it's the first time I've heard that the Khan position still has a term!" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

Li Shimin said: "This is all Jingwen's kid's thing, not my credit." ”

Soon, Li Shimin summoned Jingwen to come in and took the initiative to summon Jingwen.

"Jingwen, now that Wang Xuance's news is back, what should we do next?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately replied: "Your Majesty, we should do our best to organize merchants." Prepare to trade in the Western Regions. Best. It was able to send a small number of troops to protect it, and there were also some diplomatic envoys from Honglu Temple to the West and Westerners for preliminary exchanges. Anyway, we still need to communicate in the future, otherwise we won't be able to trade! It is said that the West is now the Eastern Roman Empire. That is, the Byzantine Empire. The earliest time was that Ban Chao had sent someone to contact. Then we might as well send someone to take a look at it now. It was the Western Turks who contacted them before. Now, of course, we have to take the initiative to master this Western trade route. The Western Turks let them mess up, let them compete for power internally, and then grind them to death. ”

And Fang Xuanling suddenly said: "This Wang Xuance is really bold enough. Instead of the emperor, he promised to say that he would help Ni Yu to become the Western Turkic emperor in the future, not the khan. I'm afraid that this emperor didn't agree, what will we do then? ”

"There's nothing to do, as long as we don't sign a written agreement, we can completely deny it! We treat it as a big pie, so that they can see it and eat it, and they can only cooperate with us honestly. Jingwen said.

Fang Xuanling said: "It's not good to do this! ”

Fang Xuanling is still a traditional politician, so he naturally thinks that there should be credibility and discipline in exchanges between countries, rather than this kind of casual rhetoric.

"Nothing, when did we promise him? Can he produce evidence? Li Shimin asked sternly.

Fang Xuanling was speechless, and Li Shimin actually didn't admit it. However, who is Li Shimin? Li Shimin is an emperor, but he is the biggest politician in the country. As soon as he entered the political arena, he was as deep as the sea, and from then on he was a passerby. If you want to be a politician, and you are the biggest politician in the country, how can you still have too many disciplines? This kind of person who comes out of troubled times, treats enemies and potential enemies, there is no discipline at all. It's too difficult to let Li Shimin talk to them about what kind of discipline.

"Your Majesty, in five years, we will replace someone as this khan, and we will all have a term of office anyway! This five-year term of office is like a big pie, which makes those Turks feel as if they are very big fat and feel that they can get a lot of benefits within five years. However, once they sit on it, they will find that it is not so simple to get benefits. And he is destined to be an abandoned pawn. When the time comes, we will not support him, he wants to stay in his position, and the other tribes will not agree. Jingwen said.

He didn't know that when he was still sitting in the sweet dream of being a Turkic emperor, Datang was actually ready to abandon him. At that time, five years later, the Tang Dynasty will choose another Turkic to take the throne, and the benefits will be greater at that time. At that time, there is nothing left to sell, so Datang will have to change to a guy who can sell more interests. Datang is to gradually encroach on the various resources of the Western Turks, and use this bloodless means to nibble away, which is the best method.

"A soldier who surrenders without a fight is the highest level of using soldiers. It seems that Jingwen, you are really powerful, and you actually use such a means to make the Turks compete to sell their country, and then in exchange for our support. I'm afraid that in less than ten years, the Turks will sell all these things. Ten years from now, I'm afraid we won't need to send many soldiers at all, and we will be able to spread the word to the Western Turks. Li Shimin said excitedly.

Such a means is simply a means of subverting a country. This is simply a draw from the bottom of the kettle, can the Turks be able to pull it out? Although this method is not as quick as the direct dispatch of troops to attack, it is safe and stable, and the price can be paid very little. Isn't Datang now just paying a paper edict and writing a few canonized texts? And those Turks made a lot of trouble for the sake of these canonized texts, and did not hesitate to betray the interests of the country. These methods are too ruthless.

And Li Shimin also saw this kind of means, a country is subverted like this, and in less than ten or twenty years, the country will be completely controlled, and the Tang Dynasty will be able to spread the word to determine the Western Turks. This bloodless expansion is the most desirable means of a king. If you can not bleed, then it is better not to bleed. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty fought Goguryeo, it was because of too much blood that the people in the country couldn't stand it anymore and rebelled one after another. A lesson from the past, you must guard against it! (To be continued......)