From the 18th year of Zhenguan, there are only two countries that can truly pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty.

One is the Dashi Empire, which is rising and constantly expanding to the outside world, will be an important opponent of the Tang Dynasty in the next hundred years.

The other is the Tubo Kingdom, which occupied the plateau and developed for more than ten years.

In the long run, the Dashi Empire must have a greater threat to the Tang Dynasty. Li Kuan arranged people to go to the West to make arrangements, to some extent, to deal with the Dashi Empire later.

However, in a short period of time, the threat from the Tubo country to the Tang Dynasty cannot be ignored.

When I was in Songzhou, Songtsen Gampo of Tubo was taught a severe lesson, which was a blow to them.

Later, Lu Dongzan led the team to Chang'an in person, hoping to hold the Tang Dynasty's thighs and develop in a hurry.

However, Lu Dongzan failed and almost lost his life.

But this does not mean that the Tubo Kingdom has stalled.

On the contrary, over the years, they have worked hard to learn all kinds of things from the Tang Dynasty, and then stopped developing and expanding to the Tang Dynasty, and instead began to bully the weak countries in the south and west.

Not to mention, when facing the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo Kingdom seemed vulnerable, but when facing other small countries, they were invincible.

In just a few years, the territory of the Tubo Kingdom nearly doubled.

Although many of them are wastelands where no one lives, they have indeed allowed the influence of the Tubo Kingdom to enter the northern part of India and the Western Regions.

Nowadays, the shadow of the Tubo merchants can often be seen on the Silk Road.

This is definitely a hidden danger to the Tang Dynasty.

The Western Regions are the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty and must not fall into the hands of the Tubo Kingdom, otherwise it will have a great impact on the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, Li Kuan was still thinking about how to find an opportunity to send troops to fight against the Tubo country, so that it would be best to cut off the Tubo country's hands and feet and let them stay on the plateau obediently.

But when he saw Fan Biao, after some communication, Li Kuan wanted to put in a foreshadowing in advance.

Anyway, there is no big loss if you fail, so why not do it?

"I don't need you to go to the mountains of swords and the sea of ​​fire. I just let you continue to do your old business and go to various places to do business."

Li Kuan began to think about the specific arrangements while talking slowly.

I arranged for Wang Youcai to go to Tianzhu to conduct "pyramid schemes" and I don't know what the effect is.

According to the speed of information dissemination in this era, no one in the Tubo country should have noticed what happened in southern India.

However, some small countries in northern India have now been annexed by the Tubo state, and it is difficult to guarantee that they have heard some rumors.

So even if I want Fan Biao to go to Tubo to conduct another round of pyramid schemes, the methods and methods must be adapted.

However, this matter may not be decided today.

As long as it is confirmed that Fan Biao is a qualified executor, that is enough.

"You go down first, go back and deal with the seafood restaurant, and then follow me. I will make arrangements at that time."

To be safe, Li Kuan thought it would be better to discuss with Wu Meiniang and Wang Xuance.

After all, they know better than themselves how people in this era think and know which solution works best.

"Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, King Chu! Caomin went back to Home Inn one hour later. In this life, only Your Highness, Your Highness, was ordered from...

Fan Biao is a smart person. When he sees the opportunity to enter the Chu Palace, isn’t he much better than the previous ship gang?

When will you wait for not holding your thighs at this time?

As for whether he would be sorry for the dead brother, this was not something he was considering at all.

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"Prince, although Fan Biao looks quite smart, he is a promising business; but our Chu Palace is not short of such people, why did you keep him by your side?"

As soon as Fan Biao left, Wu Meiniang couldn't help asking.

Obviously, Li Kuan is preparing to reuse Fan Biao, which is something everyone has seen.

"It is true. If such a dirty character goes out to do things on behalf of our Chu Palace, it will likely affect the image of the Palace."

Wang Xuanwu also expressed his opinions very rarely.

Generally speaking, he doesn't speak for such conversations.

It seems that today's experience made him quite dissatisfied.

"In this world, there are actually no useless people, only people who are not placed in the right position. Although Fan Biao looks very thief, there are some things that require such people to do."

No matter white cats or black cats, being able to catch mice is a good cat.

Li Kuan is still willing to give him a chance to Fan Biao.

Of course, if he dares to cheat, he will be embarrassed.

"Does the prince have any other arrangements?"

Wu Meiniang still understands Li Kuan very well and immediately guesses something.

"That's right! I'm going to ask Fan Biao to take a trip to the Tubo Kingdom to prepare for the future war between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom."

There is nothing to hide about this, everyone around you is your own people.

"When the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom were fighting? How dare the Tubo Kingdom come to provoke our Tang Dynasty? Wasn't the lesson learned in Songzhou enough? Later, they once wanted to make some small moves in Tuyuhun, but they were also taught a lesson. After that, the Tubo Kingdom was rarely settled for several years, and I didn't hear that they had any moves dealing with the Tang Dynasty recently."

As the head of the Intelligence Investigation Bureau of the King of Chu Palace, Wang Xuanwu has a very comprehensive news.

Obviously, Wang Xuanwu did not receive any news of abnormal movements in the Tubo country.

"I heard that the Tubo country's territory is basically on the plateau. When the people of the Central Plains go there, they will be unacceptable, weak, and even have various diseases. Therefore, over the years, no Central Plains dynasty has truly conquered that land.

Every time a war breaks out, they are often passively beaten. Those Hu people on the plateau will retreat if they can't beat them, and those who can beat them will rob them with great difficulty. I heard that Songzan Ganbu and Lu Dongzan are very talented and manage the Tubo country very well. I think it is really possible for you to worry, Prince."

Wu Meiniang's vision is obviously one level higher than Wang Xuanwu.

Li Kuan just raised her mouth and she thought a lot.

Looking around the Tang Dynasty, no one is particularly threatening except for the Tubo country.

Of course, there are still many countries that disgust you from time to time and cause you some trouble.

"That's right, so you can't be completely forced to deal with the Tubo country. It's best to be able to combine multiple means and eventually destroy them."

Li Kuan did not expect the Tang Dynasty to include all the territory of the Tubo Kingdom into actual management now, which was not realistic.

After all, in such an era, the demand for land actually depends on the situation.

If it is a very fertile land, the more the better.

However, in the Tubo country, few people were interested in it, whether it was the officials in the court or the people in the world.

Even if Li Kuan wanted to incorporate it into the rule of the Tang Dynasty, he could only achieve nominal rule.

Of course, if some other measures can be combined, it is not impossible to eventually turn this nominal rule into a real rule.

It just takes time.

"Prince, didn't you say that the Dashi Empire was the main opponent of the Tang Dynasty? If you deal with the Dashi Empire and the Tubo Kingdom at the same time, the pressure might be greater. Because these two countries are relatively far from Guanzhong, the transportation of logistics supplies alone is a big problem."

Wang Xuance also joined the discussion.

"The Dashi Empire is definitely the main opponent of the Tang Dynasty, but they have not expanded to the Western Regions yet. It is estimated that it will take several years for our conflicts on land. As for maritime trade, I have begun to arrange personnel to enter the West. With the Tang Dynasty's shipbuilding technology, it is still okay to suppress their further development. However, to defeat the Dashi Empire, we will eventually have to rely on wars on land, which is not that easy."

In this era, the importance of the ocean is far less than that of later generations.

All countries generally take the path of self-sufficiency and their dependence on foreign countries is very low.

So even if your Tang Dynasty navy controls all the seas around the world, don’t expect to defeat various countries.

Because people don’t go out to sea, life can also be lived.

"Defending the Tubo people is nothing more than to divide and disintegrate, support their opponents, and put them in chaos; at the same time, continue to carry forward the economic measures you mentioned earlier, so that the various economic lifelines of the Tubo country can be controlled by our Tang Dynasty, and at the same time cut off the Tubo country's hands that stretched out to the surrounding areas."

Wu Meiniang's words directly brought the topic of the conversation back to the issue that Li Kuan hoped to discuss.

"The prince had arranged for Wang Youcai to go to Tianzhu before. I don't know how the effect would be. If it was very good, Fan Biaoyi could copy it and re-engage it in Tubo."

Wang Xuance also knew Li Kuan’s arrangement in Tianzhu. After all, he was also the number one strategist of the Chu Palace. Li Kuan would not hide many things from him.

"Not necessarily!"

Li Kuan thought for a while and gave an unexpected answer.

"Why? I have deduced that sales plan before, and I feel that even if I cannot achieve the ideal state, it can play a very important role. The intelligence of those people in the Tubo Kingdom is unlikely to be much higher than that of the Indians. Besides, even if it is our Tang people, it is difficult for us to avoid being hit in such a sales method."

Before Wang Xuance could speak, Wu Meiniang expressed her views first.

When she first heard the proposal proposed by Li Kuan, she was surprised for a long time.

What a simple and genius plan this is.

Now Li Kuan actually said that it would be useless on Tubo!

"Although the Tubo Kingdom is quite powerful, its entire social system is still very backward and is basically in the stage of a slave society. In the Tubo Kingdom, most of the herdsmen are slaves of the leaders of various tribes, and the transactions basically occur between tribes and tribes. The personal influence is still relatively low, and the people of the Tubo Kingdom do not have any business mind yet.

The more backward the promotion plan of this pyramid scheme, the worse the social system, the better the results may be. Because there has not been a wide range of commercial transactions at all, the property of the people is also physical property, which is not conducive to the development of pyramid schemes."

In Li Kuan's eyes, the Tubo Kingdom was really a capital in the slave society stage, and it was even worse than the capital of Tianzhu.
To be continued...