Ye An didn't know the methods of Liu E and Lu Yijian, and he didn't know that he was deliberately detained in the northwest by Liu E. For Liu E, every time he returned to Beijing was to help Zhao Zhen.
Of course, Ye An himself wanted to stay in the northwest. Whether it was the sweet and cool land, the nearby Qingtang grassland, or the trade route to the Western Regions had been opened, everything was developing in a positive direction.
Not long after leaving Tokyo City, Ye An came to his senses. His demands were not important, and sometimes even the interests of the country were not important.
What is important? It is not the stability of the northwest but the interests of certain people in the country.
Bianzhou will always be Bianzhou, and the "sorrows and joys" of the Song Dynasty capital thousands of miles away are "unconnected". Everyone has their own "purpose", and they will not hesitate to pay some price in the process.
This was the difference between the courtiers and himself. Ye An also accepted his fate. From the beginning, he had a vague feeling that his return to Beijing might be in vain.
I have to admit that Jiao Siluo's move is quite subtle, but at the same time, Ye An will not let Jiao Siluo go easily. He is bound to win Qingtang. Now Jiao Siluo has achieved his goal of Qingtang through political means.
Control, but this is just the beginning.
It is impossible for Qingtang to make peace with the Dangxiang people at the moment. After all, they have just declared their allegiance to the Song Dynasty and will still need to rely on the Song Dynasty for a period of time.
On the way back, Ye An continued to use his couriers to issue orders to Ganliang and Puhui merchants. The most important one was to cut off all trading and marketing with Qingtang Tubo.
As long as these important material exchange channels are closed, the newly integrated Qingtang Tibet will be hit in the first round.
As for illegal things like smuggling prohibited items, they need to be rectified slowly. If you try to overthrow Jiao Si Luo, you will definitely be resisted by the Tubo people. But if the people are hungry and unable to live because of Jiao Si Luo's actions, then Tubo will
The people will then stand up and overthrow Jiao Si Luo.
This trick was used so skillfully by some countries in later generations that Ye An didn't even need to do it, he just had to force the lives of the Tubo people into dire straits.
For the Tubo people, food, textiles, ironware and tea are all indispensable in life, and these are precisely the things that they cannot produce on a large scale.
Qingtang also has its own land to grow grain, but compared with the grain output of the Song Dynasty, it is really not enough. If it wants to meet the needs of the Tubo people, it often needs to rely on imports from the Song Dynasty.
Their goods were of a single type, mostly cattle, sheep and horses, and their native crops only had low-yielding highland barley, not even high-yielding crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Even if everyone eats meat, they still need to rely on tea to relieve greasiness, otherwise health problems will inevitably occur over time.
Tea is an indispensable drink for the people of the Han Dynasty, but it is a daily necessity for the Tubo people. Han people may not have any problems if they don't drink tea, but if the Tubo people don't drink tea, they will really get sick.
Something happened.
Originally, Puhui Company planned to carry out large-scale dumping in Qingtang, but now Ye An's order made them change their normal behavior.
After receiving the instructions, Bianzhou closed the market and market, and Puhui Trading Company also cut off these goods. Even if textiles such as cotton wool are not sold to Qingtang, there is still a large market demand, and tea is not only sold in Qingtang
There must be a lot of tea in Tubo, and all the grassland peoples need tea.
After Ye An left Tokyo City, Jiao Siluo hurried back to Qingtang. He was not worried about Ye An attacking him, and even followed Ye An's team.
At this time, if something happens to his servant, Ye An will definitely become the person targeted by thousands of people.
Jiao Siluo didn't know that Ye An had already attacked Qingtang while he was still on the road. This was a form of war that he couldn't understand but was extremely deadly, "economic warfare."
Ye An had already prepared for the worst before coming to Tokyo, and now it was time to prepare to send "greetings" from Ganliang to Jiao Siluo.
Guqi
Zhao Hu and other soldiers suggested to Ye An several times to take some measures against Jiao Siluo's team, but he always refused.
If you want to attack Kakuzu, you will have countless opportunities in Tokyo. You don't even have to do it yourself. The shady three religions and sects in Tokyo alone can make Kakuzu disappear completely.
Ye An's motorcade speeded up, and so did Jiao Siluo. There was always a certain distance between speed and slowness. Finally, Jiao Siluo was the first to lose his composure.
But when the team marched to Lanzhou, Jiao Siluo sent someone to convey a message, hoping to have a long talk with Ye An.
Ye An naturally refuses anyone who comes, and he really wants to talk to Jiao Siluo to see why he wants to break the agreement he made with him in Liangzhou City.
Ye An didn't think that Jiao Siluo was deliberately deceiving him, but it was reasonable to regret it later.
The Tubo people in this era are very strange. If you interact with them more, you will find that this nation shows an extreme polarization.
The people at the bottom are very easy to be controlled by others. In their numb life, they can only accept the arrangements of their fate. Peasant uprisings rarely break out. Even if they are forced to a dead end, it is difficult to see their spirit of resistance.
But the upper-class elites of Tubo have extremely shrewd minds and admirable wisdom. For example, the current Jiao Siluo, even sitting in front of Ye An, is neither humble nor arrogant, exuding a kind of "Zen spirit" all over his body.
Feel.
Is this the legendary "great wisdom"?
Ye An didn't believe it at first, but Jiao Siluo did use extraordinary means to resolve this crisis. It was not easy to think of going to Tokyo City to "ask for help".
"Zamp, please!"
After Ye An took a sip of tea, he asked the servant to drink some tea.
Jiao Siluo smiled and picked up the teacup but then put it down, shaking his head slightly to reject Ye An's kindness.
"Is it possible that Zamp is worried about Ye An poisoning?"
Ye An looked at Jiao Siluo with a smile, but the other party said: "Ye Hou's words are wrong, but this tea is very good. I am afraid that the crude tea from Tubo will be difficult to swallow. If I can't drink it in the future,
Then you will inevitably feel a sense of loss, which is not as good as not drinking it.”
Jiao Siluo's words were impeccable. Ye An shook his head and said with a smile: "Zan Pu is really very wise! It's a pity... the great wisdom was used in the wrong place, but Ye An didn't understand why Zan Pu broke the contract and abandoned the alliance?!"
"How can we count the alliances under the city?"
"Well said, it seems that Zampu is also a pragmatic person, and doing whatever it takes for the sake of "great righteousness" is not the behavior of a villain. Ye An admires it! Coincidentally, Ye An is also a pragmatic person. He pursues the results without looking at the process.
So Ye An and Zamp are quite similar!"
An alarm bell rang in Jiao Siluo's heart, and he said with a hint of doubt: "Oh? I wonder how Ye Hou will follow the results?"
"Qingtang must belong to our Song Dynasty! For this reason, Ye An will do anything and ignore the infamy! Perhaps Zanpu thinks that Ye An is a civil servant of the Song Dynasty, but it is a pity that Ye An is neither a civil servant nor a military general, so Zanpu still needs to figure it out.
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After Ye An finished speaking, he stood up and left. To a certain extent, Jiao Siluo was a "psychologist" who was very good at observation. His specialty was to speculate on human nature, but this kind of person was actually very easy to deal with, just like Qin Mumu.
As the saying goes, the best way to deceive psychologists is to tell the truth... use the truth to deceive!