But although the current situation is completely different from before, the level of trouble is still somewhat similar.
After the trend of reckless heroes in China subsided, it was mainly the pirate activities in Yingzhou. This matter stopped after the Tang Dynasty's steel warships went to sea for a circle - the small court in Yingzhou can survive until
It's time to thank God that it hasn't been eradicated by Li Ting yet.
Next, this is what happened to the small imperial court of the natives in the southeastern area who were driven out of the country by the forces of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. Generally speaking, this is what happened. Li Er really wasted a lot of his experience at that time. The court
It took a long time and a lot of work to figure out the reason for this.
This means that in addition to the fact that the unscrupulous people are insidious and relatively covert, there is also the factor of relatively complex personnel.
That is to say, when the local heroes of the Tang Dynasty ran out to fall into the grass, the pirates in Yingzhou were also active, and when the pirates in Yingzhou were running rampant, the small court of the natives in Southeast Bay certainly followed these pirates.
Kou Mei came and went.
As for the later small courts in Southeast Diao, which launched the "all the people become pirates" operation, naturally there were also many heroes from China and pirates from Yingzhou, so it was very difficult to investigate the situation.
But this time, Li Er found out the situation quickly, and found out that this was unexpected.
The Tang court had actually been worried about a problem for a long time.
The previous waves of pirates had brought Datang's maritime trade into disarray several times.
The great impact can be imagined.
But those few times, although each wave has a big background, it is basically not a small problem.
For example, the heroes of China, Luocao, are special after all. Solving this problem can be regarded as the foundation of Li Yuan's founding of the world. In fact, the famous generals in the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty were all low-level heroes recruited through various channels.
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This idea was passed down in later generations, and its ultimate version is the scene in the Sui and Tang Dynasties when Shan Xiongxin helps Qin Qiong.
How much of this story is history and how much is fabricated, actually doesn’t matter.
Putting aside specific figures, the reason why the Tang Dynasty was able to stand out from many regimes in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and establish a long-term stable empire at that time was precisely because it did this well.
Although these heroes have no background, they have the greatest influence and the worst effects - after all, if these people taste the benefits, other heroes will imitate them.
Later, the Japanese pirates and the Southeast Asian pirates, although these people were not involved in the internal conflicts of the Tang Dynasty, and their origins as a problem were not that far-reaching, their strength was quite impressive. After all, they all had various official backgrounds to take action.
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There is an official background to take action. Even if this "official" is not official and is just some small native court, but since there is indeed such support from the court, it is natural to imagine that the problems caused are not small.
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In the final analysis, the actions of these forces are still unsystematic, and the Tang Dynasty is an empire after all - if it can defeat an empire, especially a young empire that is just born, then only another empire can do it.
The Japanese pirates, the Southeast Asian pirates, and the Luocao pirates from China, no matter how bad these forces were, the Tang Dynasty could still solve them smoothly.
But this time, another empire really came!
When Wei Zheng and others were socializing with each other in private and talking about the maritime trade of the Tang Dynasty, they were worried that the pirates were so difficult to deal with. What if the Romans did the same thing?
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At that time, Rome's sphere of influence was Europe.
This guy has a unique existence in the European continent. He is a real "imperial court". He is very awesome and has great reputation, but he is limited to the European continent.
The sea trade route of Datang was basically on the southeastern coastline of World Island.
The farthest point, that is, stretching from the Tianzhu subcontinent to Africa, the largest trade volume is generated from the line from Tianzhu to the southeast corner to the mainland of China.
Located in the southeast of the World Island, and the European continent at the northwest end are exactly two extremes!
It was extremely difficult for the Tang Dynasty's military power to be projected to the European continent, and it was even more difficult for the Romans to take advantage of the Tang Dynasty's trade routes.
——Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji are all the best ministers. They have good brains and are dedicated at the same time. With such a serious hidden danger in front of the Tang Dynasty's great maritime trade, these people finally
But there was no serious reflection or discussion with Li Er because this risk was actually very low from a regional perspective.
But the situation is different now. Although Datang has not yet established a trade route with the Americas, Datang does have this plan to establish a trade route with the Americas!
This route is different from the previous South Sea route, because the Romans have already established settlements in America, which is a stable military and political power!
And at the same time, this force is still expanding its scope. Although the path of the Romans seems to have long-term structural risks from the Tang Dynasty - this means that as long as it waits until a certain point in time, the Tang Dynasty will not do anything to the Romans.
, these people will also make big news within themselves.
But this good thing about the enemy committing suicide on the spot had one condition, that is, the Romans could no longer find a robbery target for their ruthless bandits that could feed them.
If they can't find anyone to rob, then of course these gangsters will have an internal rhythm of digestion, and the scene must be very exciting. However, now that the Tang Dynasty is going to conquer America, it just becomes the robbery target of these gangsters.
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In this way, even if the Romans' political contract is stable, wouldn't it be nice if we took you out to rob? The people below will naturally still choose to be loyal to Rome.
But the Tang Dynasty suffered a lot.
What the Romans did was, in a sense, replicating the Qin Empire's combat effectiveness.
Of course, the political contract of the Tang Dynasty was more advanced than that of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and its mobilization vitality was naturally stronger.
But in this struggle, even if the Tang Dynasty would probably be able to defeat Rome in the end, the process would most likely become more painful.
Only by promoting productivity can a more advanced social contract be qualified to quell all the negative aspects of the old society, such as what the Romans did.
The warships of the Tang Dynasty must be so powerful that they can defeat the maritime power of the Romans so that the maritime trade routes no longer have to fear any pirates. Only then can this matter be successfully resolved!
But here comes the problem.
With the naval force in his hands, Li Er was really not sure that he could destroy the Romans!
Being able to fight and being able to win are two completely different things!
