The first thousand two hundred and forty-five chapters are enemies and not friends
Businessmen pursue profits.
For businessmen, as long as the profits are sufficient, they are willing to risk their own lives, let alone others.
And the profit that can be obtained by doing business in Dali is more than a hundred times?
They only need to conceal the situation in the Western Land to continue doing business in Dali. How could they hesitate about such a trivial matter?
And from the land of the West to Dali, the distance is too long.
For the sake of safety and cost, these caravans basically form one or several caravans each time and set out together with the goods.
Therefore, it is very simple for them to discuss something.
We discussed it on the way here.
As for those who are disobedient...
The broken bones and carnivorous sharks at the bottom of the sea will tell others the answer.
So these Western caravans came to Dali many times, but in the past two years, Dali has always been encouraged.
And this also proves one thing.
Those troops sent by the Dali imperial court to the Western Lands must have had accidents.
So, the Dashi Empire and the Dali Dynasty.
They are enemies, not friends.
And this is also normal.
In the past, even the largest countries in the Western Lands were no larger than a provincial capital, and sometimes the size of the territory represented national strength.
Regarding the Celestial Kingdom to the east, the land of the West has always been looked up at.
In this case, it obviously doesn't matter if you say you are a vassal.
Anyway, it is impossible for Dali to cross the ocean and send people to the Western lands to seize their political power.
On the contrary, after becoming a vassal, the value of the rewards received after each tribute will be several times higher. It can be said that you will gain but not lose.
But this happens when those countries are weak.
However, when a country's territory expands to the size of DaLi or even larger than DaLi, it will naturally not stay humble and remain small.
In this case, what the chief minister welcomed was not the establishment of diplomatic relations on an equal footing.
But hostility.
If one party is just showing off, can't its territory continue to expand?
And what a great honor it is to have the former heavenly kingdom bow its head and become its vassal?
Therefore, although the Dashi Empire has not yet included all the Western lands into its territory, it has already regarded Dali in the far east as its imaginary enemy.
Under such circumstances, it is understandable that the personnel sent by Dali to the Western Land would encounter unexpected events.
In fact, Di Xin suspected that among the Western caravans coming to Dali, there were caravans affiliated with the royal family of the Dashi Empire. The collective secrecy of the Western caravans on this matter was due to their leadership.
After all, there are no Western caravans in Dali. Let’s not say whether it will attract the attention of the Dali court, but the Dashi Empire has not yet conquered the Western lands, so it cannot prevent this from happening.
Rather than falling into passivity, it is better to take the initiative.
You can delay it as long as you can.
Of course, Di Xin knew that even the Dali Empire knew that this could only be delayed for a while.
It was just an accident that Di Xin would notice the price of the glazed products, but even if there was no such thing as glazed products, there would be other things that would expose the problem.
After all, those merchants were not authentic spies, and because there were so many people and so many mouths, they would separate after entering the territory of Dali.
Therefore, it is inevitable that the existence of the Big Food Empire will be exposed, the only difference is sooner or later.
However, this matter was only discovered now, which is enough to show the slowness of the Dali court.
Di Xin sighed.
Establish long and virtuous people.
Establishing an elder can maximize the smooth transition of the succession of the throne. The disadvantage is that the elder is not necessarily the capable one, burying the real talents.
Although Lixian could choose the best among the princes, the price was the chaos in the process of seizing the throne.
After all, whether one is "virtuous" and which one is more "virtuous" cannot be quantified. It depends more on feelings.
There is just "arrogance" in human nature.
When it comes to establishing merit rather than seniority, almost every prince will feel that he is the most suitable one, and this is also the reason for the fight for the right to inherit the throne.
Everyone thinks that he is the most suitable one, so naturally he refuses to give up his position.
And the battle for the right to speak for the next few decades is related to the right to speak, so the forces standing behind each prince naturally spared no effort.
As a result, energy was wasted in this thankless battle.
If energy is wasted in one place, mistakes will naturally occur in another place.
In recent years, most of the energy of the officials has been focused on the struggle for the heir. Coupled with the disasters and other problems that have occurred in various places, the more distant Western lands have naturally been ignored.
Even if someone notices the situation in the Western Land, they will be buried under the general trend.
However, Di Xin's sigh did not mean to blame the old emperor.
There are more advantages and disadvantages in establishing leaders and virtuous people.
In the past, when the old emperor felt that he could control the situation, he naturally wanted to choose the most suitable successor.
Later, when he was lying on the sickbed, if he forced himself to be the crown prince, it would easily cause the other princes to backlash. Therefore, he could only control the scope of the fight and let all the princes fight for a winner.
Moreover, as the final beneficiary of this battle to seize the heir, he was not qualified to blame the old emperor.
After all, if he had made his eldest son Chengwang the crown prince from the beginning, if Emperor Xin wanted to seize the power of Da Li, he would have had no choice but to rebel and force the palace.
From his point of view, the old emperor's decision to establish virtuous people was obviously more beneficial.
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After lamenting that he was also a person whose butt determines his brain, Di Xin looked at Zeng Hongshen and said: "It will take several months to get to Dali from the land of the West, even with the fastest merchant ship."
"Before these Western caravans set out, the Great Food Empire had already occupied nearly two-thirds of the territory of the Western Land."
"The time spent on the road, plus the time they spent doing business in Dali, no one can guess what the specific situation is in the Western Land now."
"And the worst possible thing..."
Di Xin did not say anything, and Zeng Hongshen also opened his mouth and chose to remain silent.
But both of them knew what the next sentence would be.
The worst-case scenario is that the Dashi Empire has already included the entire Western Land into its territory.
And even if the worst-case scenario doesn't happen, the Dashi Empire, which occupies two-thirds of the continent, has already exceeded the territory of Dali.
Di Xin said: "If we leave it alone, when the Dali Empire stabilizes the domestic situation, its national power will inevitably rise again."
"If we wait until this king ascends the throne to deal with this matter, it will be too late."
Looking at Zeng Hongshen's slightly shocked face, Di Xin smiled softly: "So, I can only find a way to solve this matter before I ascend the throne."
Suddenly, a ray of domineering energy that had not been seen in front of others for a long time emerged spontaneously.