In fact, Xu Zheng didn't know much, but Xu Zheng's time with His Highness was not too short. Especially after going to sea, he opened up a lot of horizons, so Xu Zheng probably knew the reason for doing this from General Pei.
When all the cultural classics of a region are originally in your home, if these cultural classics are destroyed due to war in the future, their descendants who want to study history will have to go to your home to study.
And what exactly is written on the solitary book at your house... Well, isn't it His Highness's final say?
Therefore, after Xu Zheng found out about the matter raised by Xuanzang, he raised it to a certain level. This had a very important relationship with His Highness's strategy. So this must be taken seriously.
"Your Excellency Zanpu." Xu Zheng said directly after leaving Nalanda Temple.
"Oh, General Xu, please tell me something, but before that, I hope General Xu can call me His Majesty the King." Songtsen Gampo said.
"Oh?" Xu Zheng looked at Songtsen Gampo with some surprise. The Tubo word Zampu means king, but the name change of Songtsen Gampo is obviously not just a simple name change.
"Because we, Tubo, are going to follow the example of the Tang Dynasty in carrying out reforms. We will also establish a system of three provinces and six ministries. We will also distribute Yongye fields to all the people in the Tubo territory, and we will popularize Tang characters and Tang dialects within Tubo." Songtsen Gampo's expression He spoke calmly.
Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and he narrowed his eyes slightly. Of course he didn't think that Tubo's behavior, or Songtsen Gampo's behavior, was to show goodwill to the Tang Dynasty. How could there be any unprovoked show of goodwill in the world?
He has kept His Highness's teachings deeply in mind. There are always only interests between countries.
Therefore, you can regard Songtsen Gampo's reforms as his overwhelming ambition.
"Then, Your Majesty the King, what do you mean by telling me this?" Xu Zheng looked at him and asked.
"I know that the Tibetan serfs rebelled and Tibet joined the Tang Dynasty. I don't blame the Tang Dynasty." Songtsen Gampo took a deep breath before speaking.
He had already done some psychological construction. Although the other party might not believe what he said, Songtsen Gampo had to make himself believe it. Only after he believed it would the other party believe it.
Xu Zheng looked calm. Whether Tubo blames Datang depends on whether Datang is strong or not.
If the Tang Dynasty is strong, then Tubo will definitely not blame the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty is weak, it will be difficult to say.
Of course, Songtsen Gampo probably couldn't wait until the day when the Tang Dynasty became weak.
"Well, this really has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty. The rebellion of the Tibetan serfs is not what we in the Tang Dynasty want to see, because it affects the friendly relations and trade between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, and the trade between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty I have made a lot of profits for Datang, and unless necessary, I, Datang, will definitely not be able to destroy this relationship."
"So after the Tibetan serfs rebelled and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, in order to stably maintain the relationship between us and Tubo, the Tang Dynasty had to take over the Tubo territory, because in this way, the trade between us could Peace and stability will continue without interrupting trade due to a chaotic former Tubo territory." Xu Zheng said seriously.
To be honest, Xu Zheng couldn't say such shameless words before, but there are not many officials and generals in the Chinese theater, but the actual area they are responsible for is very large and there are many countries, so they often need to communicate with some foreign countries deal with.
Xu Zheng had received a lot of training before. Anyway, the first lesson he received was that as a foreign exchange staff, the first thing he learned was to be shameless. He must be shameless when he should be shameless, and he should be shameless when he should be When you follow principles, you must maintain them. Qualified diplomats must have a flexible bottom line.
Songtsen Gampo almost collapsed. How did you say such shameless words? So damn shameless! To maintain trade? After your port was built in Tianzhu, maritime trade became the largest channel for trade between Tubo and Tang Dynasty, and there was not much land left.
But don't worry about how shameless the other person is, but they will keep saying this.
But Songtsen Gampo, who had already done some mental construction, could only accept it, otherwise what else could he do?
Grab it back? Stop making trouble. Without the support of the serfs, they can't get any land back at all. So what if they defeat the Tang army? How can we stand without the support of the serfs?
So that place no longer belongs to Tubo.
"Well, I can understand, so I immediately sent an envoy to communicate with the General of the Tang Dynasty in Tubo, and went to Chang'an to write a letter explaining the matter to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. But now, I still have an unsympathetic At my request, I wonder if the Tang Dynasty can provide partial support to me in Tubo since the Tang Dynasty accepts my ties to the original land of Tubo? For example, some books for learning Tang characters, etc." Songtsen Qian Bu stated his request directly.
Xu Zheng regained his composure, this... To be honest, he looked at Songtsen Gampo with some doubts. He suspected that this guy was not His Highness's person? Otherwise, why are many of his demands something that His Highness is prepared to spend huge efforts to promote? As a result, he climbed up the pole and asked to learn?
But as for diplomacy, although Xu Zheng didn't learn it well, he did learn a few key points, that is, you can't take everything for granted.
"This... is not easy." Xu Zheng hesitated and said.
"Your Majesty the King, you understand Chinese culture. You should know that there is an old saying in China since ancient times: Know yourself and the enemy and you will be victorious in any battle." Xu Zheng said.
"I know." Songtsen Gampo pursed his lips.
"So, if you study Datang, you must also learn to study Datang's writing. More of you will inevitably learn Datang's books, military books, etc. Then if you have conflicts with Datang, you will Knowing us better may give you an advantage." Xu Zheng said seriously.
Songtsen Gampo took a deep breath. He knew that what the other party said was right, but he didn't expect that a little general would understand this.
"I can't make the decision on this matter, but I can go back and submit it to General Pei Xingjian and ask him to ask His Majesty for instructions. If His Majesty agrees, we will naturally implement it." Xu Zheng said with a serious face.
"Okay! But based on our previous trade, related trade in food and ironware should not stop." Songtsen Gampo looked at Xu Zheng.
"Sorry, before we receive new orders, there may be a conflict between us, so trade will be temporarily suspended." Xu Zheng said with an "apologetic" look.
Songtsen Gampo was a little angry and helpless, but he couldn't do anything now. Datang took his things, but he couldn't get angry because he wanted to buy things from Datang. But Datang became alert because of this and temporarily stopped trade.
