Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2444
It's not that they can't see the harm brought about by the kinship and even the gift of technology. The reason why they still go forward and die rather than change is because they must use this method to control the right to speak above the court, and they must try their best to War disappears into nothingness.

Is it because they are sympathetic and kind-hearted, and they don't want to see Han Jiaerlang die in the frontier and stain the battlefield with blood?

No.

At least not entirely,
It is because once the war starts, the words of great Confucians and civil officials are useless. Their knowledge and talents are not enough to enable them to win a big war. They can only rely on generals, which indirectly improves the status of generals.

Above the imperial court, there are only so many interests, and if you gain more, I will lose more. One will go up and the other will go up, and if things go on like this, where will the great Confucian scholars and civil officials have room to speak?
Therefore, they would rather make peace, cede land, and pay compensation, but also curb the promotion of the status of generals.

There are even some shameless people who, for their own benefit, would rather drag their own family back. When the general is about to win, he will use all his strength and various means to make the war fail.

The defeat of the war damages the interests of the country, but they can snatch huge personal benefits into their pockets...

Of course, if the generals are allowed to do whatever they want, that won't work either.

Similar to the motivation of civil servants to try their best to adopt a policy of appeasement and avoid wars, military generals will seize some opportunities to start wars, because only when they fight can they compete for the right to speak and seek more benefits.

Without the restraint and restraint of civil officials, the general ending of the generals would be to hang the map on the saddle and ignite the flames of war all over the world.

Unchecked war, any superpower will be dragged down, unless like the descendants of Genghis Khan who only seek to conquer, not occupy, locusts generally burn, kill and loot with strong force. They have no cultural background, and there is no rule Even if the vast land is conquered, it is difficult to occupy it for a long time by force.

The way of civil and military complements and restricts each other. How to coordinate the relationship between civil and military is the foundation of an empire's long-term stability and prosperity.

……

A moment later, Wei Ying strode inside.

"Erlang, what are your orders?"

Wei Ying first greeted Li Tai, and then asked Fang Jun.

Fang Jun said: "Take a team, pick some good players, and rush to Songzhou immediately. On the way, you have to disguise yourself, whether you are a merchant or a porter, in short, you can't let people see your identity, and then secretly investigate the movements of the Tubo envoys. It hurt their lives, but we must do everything possible to delay it, at least delaying the entry of the Tubo envoys to Chang'an for three months."

Wei Ying was taken aback, and said: "I haven't heard of any Tubo envoys coming to Chang'an, how do we find out?"

Fang Jun waved his hand and said impatiently: "I told you that there is, then there must be. Although Chang'an has never heard of it at the moment, it is only because the envoys have just left Tubo, and they must have set foot in the Tang Dynasty at this moment."

Wei Ying said in his heart that if you do the math now, you will know the movement of the stars, good fortune and bad luck?
When you are in Chang'an, you can know that the Tubo envoys have just left Tubo and entered the Tang Dynasty. They are not as good as you in planning and winning thousands of miles. Your decisive victory is more than a thousand miles away?
There are ten thousand miles!
Of course, he only dared to slander in his heart, and replied quickly: "Here!"

Seeing that Fang Jun had no more orders, he quickly turned around and left to gather people to set off for the southwest region. Although he felt that Fang Jun was a bit mysterious in his heart, it did not hurt the appointment, but only delayed the itinerary. Thinking that Chang'an is far away from Tubo, and it usually takes two months to walk, then this task is not too difficult, it's just that the journey is a bit farther, and it will take a few months to say goodbye to my daughter-in-law...

When Wei Ying left, Li Tai couldn't help laughing and said, "Erlang, this move of yours is really hurtful!"

As Fang Jun said, at present Datang does not dare to reject Tubo's request rashly, otherwise Tubo will be so angry that it will be difficult to guarantee that it will not break the can, and it will directly send troops to intervene in the war in the Western Regions, making the Anxi Governor's Mansion Enemy from both sides.

The purpose of Tubo is to take advantage of the fire and rob, and take the opportunity to gain some benefits from Datang. If it is a last resort, it is unwilling to go to war with Datang directly. Otherwise, once the war starts, the "Eastern Datang Company" will cut off the food supply. , Tubo had to face an extremely serious famine.

Even if the Tubo envoy knew that Datang was delaying his trip, he could only bite the bullet and overcome all difficulties and rush to Chang'an. Anyway, as long as he survived, there would be no war between Datang and Tubo, so he had to rush to Chang'an to complete the mission. The task entrusted by Songtsin Gampo...

This is indeed a bit immoral, but there is no doubt that the effect is very good. As long as the Anxi Army can buy more time, perhaps the development of the situation will usher in a turning point.

Fang Jun smiled wryly, and said: "It's just a small trick. Even if it succeeds, what is there to be proud of? A real powerful country is to be able to confront any enemy in the world with a majestic teacher. Crush the past, not such dirty tricks."

Li Tai nodded slowly, deeply convinced.

Then he sighed: "Erlang is injured this time, and he will need to take care of him for a while. I'm afraid that the matter of going to the south of the Yangtze River with this king will be delayed."

Now that the plate under his command is getting bigger and bigger, and the money he needs is simply huge, it is naturally impossible for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to give him much support. Even His Majesty Li Er was troubled by his "donation" behavior every day, In the beginning, I could still give tens of thousands of guan, but later it gradually shrunk...

In order to appease Fang Jun's anger, the Taiyuan Wang family offered to donate many properties in Jiangnan to Fang Jun. Naturally, Fang Jun was not suitable to accept it, so he gave it to Li Tai. It was a timely rain for Li Tai, and he couldn't wait to go to Jiangnan to accept it. these industries.

What's more, he was still slapping a lot of bamboo on the Jiangnan gentry, but without Fang Jun's strong support, he would not have much confidence.

Those Jiangnan gentry now have business relations with Guanlong, Shandong and other powerful families, and they have been entrenched in Jiangnan for hundreds of thousands of years. But it works so well, if he can't make use of it, Li Tai will feel sorry for himself.

Fang Jun smiled and said: "That's not a problem. I'm going to be busy getting married recently, and the academy is about to start. After this busy period, the official's injury will probably be almost healed. When the time comes, I will accompany His Highness on a boat trip south to experience it." It's not bad to have some misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River in late autumn."

Li Tai was overjoyed: "Then it's settled, it just so happens that this king will also handle the affairs of Chang'an smoothly, then we will go south together!"

"A word is settled!"

"That Erlang will take care of it for a while, and this king will go back first."

"Your Highness, go slowly, please forgive me for not being able to send you off."

"My family, why do you have to do this? Farewell!"

……

When Li Tai left, Fang Jun sat on the couch alone, worried.

Up to now, although the whole court attaches great importance to the Western Regions, no one is as clear as Fang Jun about how the loss of the Western Regions will affect the Tang Dynasty.

To put it simply, everyone knows that the fall of the Tang Dynasty was actually caused by the Anshi Rebellion, and the Anshi Rebellion originated from the separatist rule of the feudal clan.

Could it be that the Tang court at that time was full of stupid people, and couldn't see the hidden dangers brought to the empire by the separatist regime?
No.It's not that you can't see it, but there is no other way than to reuse the feudal towns and rely on them to resist the Hu people from the north and the repeated outbreaks of instability along the southeast coast.

Because the center of the entire empire put all its power on the war with Tubo.

It was precisely because of the loss of the Western Regions that the Tang Dynasty lost this vast buffer zone, allowing the remnants of Tubo and Western Turks to reach Yumen Pass anytime and anywhere, threatening the Hetao and Longyou areas of the Tang Dynasty. Tang had no choice but to deploy heavy troops here to resist the pressure from Tubo and Western Turks. ,

The war between Datang and Tubo lasted intermittently for more than a hundred years. By the time Tubo took up most of its troops due to the war against Dashi and Uyghur and internal conflicts intensified, and was unable to advance eastward, Datang had already Being exhausted by this war, coupled with the calamity of the domestic feudal towns, it is already at the end of the road...

It can be said that as long as the Western Regions are still under the control of the Tang Dynasty, they can free up their hands to conquer the world, and even develop the domestic political economy to an unprecedented peak.

But once the Western Regions are lost, a scene that has happened in history will definitely be staged...

Thinking of this, Fang Jun ordered someone to fetch the Four Treasures of the Study, and then he swiped a pen on the bed and wrote the memorial carefully.

(End of this chapter)