"Really?" Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Yuanba's eyes also lit up, "In this way, it seems that it will take some more time, and after our grain, grass and firearms are ready, we can prepare to receive the land of Persia!" ”

"It's not that simple!" Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Lord, although Benjamin is the orthodox heir to the throne that the royalists have been looking for, in addition to the royalists in Persia, there are also some other small factions, these small factions are twisted into a rope with each other, and they have pushed a person from the royal family to come out and try their best to help him compete with Benjamin for the throne. ”

"And what are they royalists bothering to find Benjamin for?" Li Yuanba's brows suddenly furrowed, "Could it be that it's just to maintain the balance in Persia?" ”

Fang Xuanling also frowned, and said: "According to our investigation over this period of time, it seems that maintaining the balance in Persia is only one aspect, and there are really some old stubborns in the royalists who want to help Benjamin ascend to the throne!" “

"That's not easy?" Li Yuanba said indifferently: "Anyway, at least forty percent of the military and political ministers above the Persian court are in their hands, and they can just snare some crimes and kill all the guys from the other faction!" ”

"In this way, it is not something that can be completed in a year and a half!" At this time, Li Shimin, who was sitting on the throne, spoke: "The reason why I called you into the palace today is to discuss with you and see if you have any good solutions." ”

"What do you all think?" Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yuanba lowered his eyebrows and thought about it before asking the surrounding civil and military ministers.

"Lord Wang, we are now divided into two factions!" The eldest grandson Wuji took two steps forward, and his goatee seemed to flutter a little, "Xia Chen, Du Xiang and other colleagues advocate a conservative strategy, that is, the subversive plan is still in order, but we can secretly buy or fabricate charges." Destroyed another force in the Persian court. ”

Although this method wastes a long time, it may take three or five years to complete the subversion, but it is better to be conservative and can ensure that the Tang Dynasty's plan to subvert Persia will not be destroyed.

"On the other hand, there are a group of colleagues such as the last general and Fang Xiang, and we advocate a radical strategy!" Li Ji stepped out and said: "Our proposition is to actively prepare for war, and after the food, grass and firearms required for this war are ready, we will directly allocate 100,000 troops to Persia. This battle is bound to destroy Persia! ”

Li Ji's strategy can be summed up in only two words, that is: simple, violent!

However, such a simple and violent strategy has a major flaw, that is, the army runs long distances, and all kinds of situations can happen.

On the way to Persia, it is likely that one or two percent of the generals will be lost because of this, and when Persia is in disuse or something, then half of the people who can participate in the war will be considered good.

When the time comes, far away in a foreign country, it will be difficult to say whether the war will be won or lost!

To put it simply, the two are contrasted. The conservative strategy of Du Ruhui and others is obviously higher than Fang Xuanling's radical strategy!

"Lord Wang, I don't know if you have any ideas?" Seeing that Li Yuanba had not spoken for so long, the eldest grandson Wuji asked out loud.

Li Yuanba glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji. "Judging from the current situation, it seems that Lord Eldest Sun's conservative strategy is more practical, but we don't have that much time to waste here!" ”

"Lord Wang, doesn't what you said mean you didn't say it?" With Cheng biting Jin's temper. He was obviously with Fang Xuanling and them, "According to my old journey, even if we spend more time on the road." It is definitely ten times stronger to attack by force than to be conservative or intrigued! ”

Li Yuanba just said his judgment, and the old goblin Cheng jumped out, this guy has taken gun medicine today?

Shaking his head, Li Yuanba said slowly: "There is a cloud in "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Attacking Chapter": 'Go to the army to attack and plan, then to attack the enemy, then to attack the army, and then to attack the city; The siege of the city is a last resort. The word "scheming" here refers to a soldier who defeats the enemy with his own strategy and surrenders without a fight. Even Sun Tzu thought that it was the most advantageous to fight and called it 'going to war', which was the best means of warfare. Can you compare Cheng Biting Jin with your grandson? ”

When he said this, Li Yuanba didn't wait for Cheng to bite the gold to distinguish, so he continued: "What I just said is just to put forward my own judgment on the strategy of the two of you, if there is no other way, Lord Changsun's strategy is indeed the best!" ”

"Oh? Listening to His Royal Highness King Wu, it seems that you have a better strategy, you might as well say it and let your colleagues hear it! Eldest Sun Wuji heard that Li Yuanba was talking about it, so he asked out loud.

Li Yuanba turned his head to look at Li Shimin, and saw that he was also looking forward to it, so he said: "Brother Huang, this Persia is separated from my Tang Dynasty by thousands of mountains and rivers, and even if it is by water, it will take several months, so it is absolutely impossible to fight against Persia at this moment, but ......"

When he said this, Li Yuanba smiled and glanced at Li Ke, Li Zhen, Li Tai and others who were standing at the front, and said:

"Brother Huang, we can use our power to fight Persia, in the name of establishing diplomacy, send an army of 10,000 people to Persia, and with the help of our power in Persia, we can carve out a part of the land in the most prosperous port cities in Persia, and name it 'Tang Concession'!"

"Datang Concession?" Li Shimin heard the name interestingly, so he asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Li Yuanba smiled sinisterly: "The so-called concession refers to the legal residence of our Datang people who have administrative autonomy and extraterritorial jurisdiction in the territory of Persia after signing the lease or charter of the concession with Persia. ”

Seeing that there was still a look of confusion on everyone's faces, Li Yuanba changed his words: "To put it simply, we have complete autonomy in the 'Tang Concession', and only our Tang people can live in our concession, or Persians or other Gentiles who have agreed to live in our Tang Dynasty." ”

"In this way, doesn't this 'concession' mean the same as the fief?" Fang Xuanling was a little stunned and said: "We Tang people are Gentiles in Persia, even if we have a huge influence in Persia, but their royalist faction will never allow the upper echelons of Persia to give us Tang fiefs!" ”

"Housing, concessions and fiefdoms are definitely not the same thing!" Li Yuanba shook his head and said, "According to the etiquette of our Tang people, everything on the ground of the fiefdom is people, things, wealth, and land...... And so on and so on, all belong to the fiefdom nobles. ”

Seeing that everyone in the court nodded, Li Yuanba continued: "But the meaning of the concession is not like this! 'Concession' means that Persia leases these boundaries to our Datang, and when the lease period expires, our Datang pays a certain fee. Of course, during the lease period of our Datang, everything in the 'concession' is up to our Datang, and this 'Datang Concession' is the 'country within a country' in Persia! (To be continued.) )