Chapter 1971 I don't think it may be as His Majesty expected!
And then again, compared to his incompetent colleagues, in Li Xiaogong's own opinion, his brain circuit has never been smarter than others.
The reason why I have been able to live to this day and climb to where I am today is because I think more realistically about problems.
The reality is that once an empire is unified, it does not have any wars left to fight. The opening of new territories is also a war.
Therefore, if anyone in the world wants to make a living, it is actually very simple - just go where there is demand.
In the final analysis, survival is just a matter of this kind of thing.
Therefore, Li Xiaogong does not think that he is very powerful at all - of course, although he has this understanding, Li Xiaogong himself did not simply come to this kind of thing, and he also summed it up after a lot of experience.
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But this is the idea after all. Therefore, although he felt that the emperor's intention was to teach Li Sheng some official knowledge to help him survive in the attacks of various overt and covert factions in the future, Li Xiaogong combined his own experience and straightforwardly
Just think of it as a kind of talk about making alliances.
Well, since we want to talk about this kind of thing, it is naturally impossible to bypass the recent news.
That is, the news that the Romans are secretly forming an alliance with young people from the Tang Dynasty!
Speaking of alliances, Li Xiaogong was not unfamiliar with it, although at first glance it seemed that there was no one in the Tang Dynasty that was particularly worthy of an alliance, and there was no one that the Tang Dynasty had to find an alliance with to deal with together.
However, this is now, the most prosperous and prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty - at least the "most prosperous" historical stage so far, and that's all.
Prior to this, the Tang Dynasty had just finished the chaotic chaos of the late Sui Dynasty.
Generally speaking, the real end of a dynasty is not the end of a temporary regime, but the end of a long-lived, complete empire like the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Generally speaking, it is not said that the world will be over in minutes.
Chaos - this happens.
Chaos often arises, and then a relatively powerful strategist suddenly appears to temporarily control everything. This person is often extremely capable, such as Wei Wu, or the Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period. But specifically
By the Sui and Tang Dynasties,
This person is undoubtedly Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. After this guy falls, the truly devastating civil war will officially begin. For no other reason than the new institutional innovations that require fantasy have been completed, but the forces of all parties
But it is still in a state of chaos.
In this case, no matter which side it is, they are truly determined to kill their respective enemies, and all those who want to take action no longer have any scruples. The final result is the chaotic melee in the late Sui Dynasty, where people die directly.
half of the population.
Being exposed to such an environment, and not only being exposed to such an environment, but also surviving from it, and even gaining the status of a nobleman and becoming the king of Hejian County, Li Xiaogong's academic attainments are certainly not ordinary.
So, when this matter was in Chang'an, Li Er's idea was to send people from Rome, and the Tang Dynasty would also send people out.
As long as the envoys of both sides function normally, the effect will of course be offset.
The Tang Dynasty's request was just to offset the alliance. There was no problem for the envoys to use any means to achieve this, including threats.
Because in the final analysis, the key point was that Datang had no intention of using these young people who went out to be pirates.
Of course, Rome also sent envoys, the Tang Dynasty also sent envoys, both sides sent envoys.
When it comes to the essence of the job of a diplomat, to put it bluntly, it is a professional player who is engaged in worldly affairs. And just like any field, even if you are a professional player, there are differences in level and method.
Everyone's rank will still be different.
In this case, there is still a certain risk. This risk is nothing else. It means that if the envoys of the Romans are more powerful, but the people sent by the Tang Dynasty are not so powerful - then things will become clear.
Trouble.
What if the Tang Dynasty really needs the cooperation of these "pirate boys of the past" to do something, and then suddenly betrays them? How can this situation be dealt with?
This part is actually what Li Xiaogong planned to talk to Li Sheng. Anyway, in Li Xiaogong's opinion, this mission is a useless one because of Li Sheng's ability.
This kid, maybe in this life, he won't need any combination of vertical and horizontal means at all.
But since I am here to be the prince's junior master, even if it is a temporary job, I still have to talk about some useful information, and Li Xiaogong's practical skills are just that.
In fact, Datang did not need to care about the effect of sending envoys, because there was a high probability that the "alliance" effect on Datang's side would be better.
The reason is simple, because the Tang Dynasty did not ask for anything from them, but Rome was different.
Looking at this competitive alliance in this way, it is obvious who will win, even if the envoy's level is lower, it doesn't matter.
and,
To put it more realistically, even if the Tang alliance failed, these young people who went out to be pirates were more inclined to cooperate with the Romans, but as long as the Tang Dynasty made these efforts, in the future,
Even if someone really rebels, Datang's size can completely bear it. And in the next step of this "affordability",
Datang has the ability to retaliate and punish, and Datang has the basis of legal principles to retaliate and punish. These two points are clear, and the rest is actually unimportant.
In other words, the strongest alliance, or the strongest human sophistication, ultimately depends on whether one's own strength is strong enough. Only when one is strong can one calmly deal with problems such as "people's unpredictable minds".
This is why Li Xiaogong always felt that the emperor's order was a bit inexplicable, because if he reasoned according to his own logic, wouldn't he conclude that there was nothing to teach this kid Li Sheng?
It’s not that Li Xiaogong couldn’t understand it. First of all, Li Er was Li Sheng’s father after all. Secondly, the pirates who had been entrenched along the coast of the Tang Dynasty for nearly a whole year were finally solved. The secret funding of the Romans was finally revealed in the word submarine.
It lost its effect under the power.
At this time, it is not surprising that the emperor suddenly became concerned about the issue of his successor.
What Li Xiaogong didn't expect was that he had just finished talking to Li Sheng when he saw Li Sheng.
Then, he was about to sell a wave of things like the Emperor's Favor to Li Sheng - of course Li Xiaogong had stopped catching the cold a long time ago, after all, he was an old man, but what he didn't expect was.
After hearing this, Li Sheng suddenly smiled and said, "I don't think this matter is what His Majesty expected."