Although Yeyue's behavior was relatively open when she was with Li Hong, the two of them are still more affectionate than polite. Except for Li Hong occasionally taking advantage of Yeyue, the two of them have not done anything yet. Nothing deviant happened, and there was no real relationship between husband and wife.
So when Yeyue heard the drunk Saleh suddenly ask Li Hong such words without warning, especially when Li Hong's eyes moved to her flat belly, his face was full of emotions in an instant. Blushed, he cursed at the two bad men, got up and left in a hurry.
Li Hong, who had just reacted, was sober from what Saleh said. He pointed at Yeyue's angry back and said: "She...she is your biological sister. You really want her so much. You have no name." Pregnant with my child without any reason?"
"My heart is no longer in Dashi a long time ago, otherwise I wouldn't have disagreed with you, and I would have asked you to send someone to Dashi to pick her up." Saleh lowered his eyes. This time he gave himself and Li Hong, their respective Pour half a glass.
"So, when Yeyue returned to Chang'an from Dashi, I have to thank you for your help." Li Hong took the wine glass and looked at Saleh and said.
At this moment, their eyes were extremely bright, and they didn't look like they had drank a jar of wine each.
"It's not coming back! It's coming!" Saleh corrected Li Hong's words.
"What do you mean?" Li Hong heard the implication and couldn't help but look at the angry and extremely depressed Sultan.
"It's no fun, just drink." Saleh took the lead in picking up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Then he looked at Li Hong who was meditating with the wine glass: "Don't you know a lot about my big food country? Don't you know these things? Do you know? Or are you doing it on purpose? Or is it just wishful thinking?"
"Is this your condition?" Li Hong frowned. What customs does Dashi have about Yeyue? He really didn't know.
"Of course not. Moreover, the strength shown by the Tang Army in Tochara would not make my father or our Umayyad family look at it differently. The cooperation between the strong and the strong first requires the two to show each other's true feelings. Strength, and then the division of interests between cooperation, right?" Saleh's deep eyes looked even deeper and he said lightly.
"Isn't it the case that Dashi didn't use all his strength in Anxi?" Li Hong asked.
In fact, this question is completely redundant. Now the two countries are just within the territory of Tochara. They have had several tentative confrontations. They have not even touched the most fundamental interests of each other. Therefore, at this time, while hiding, Talking about cooperation is obviously unrealistic.
Tochara, Persia, Jushi, and even Big and Small Bolu were all weak and dispensable existences to the Great Eclipse and the Great Tang Dynasty. They were worthless existences that were tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.
Their territory is not said to be of great interest to them, and their step-by-step encroachment on small countries is actually just to expand their influence, or in other words, they want to To reflect the will of the monarchs of each other's countries.
Relatively speaking, the Tang Dynasty was much slower and even hesitant in this regard than the iron-hoe pace of the Great Food Kingdom.
Because Li Hong saw from the beginning that the vast territory was more like a sharp double-edged sword for a powerful empire, especially in this cold weapon era.
Because in history, there has never been a dynasty with a vast territory that can be strong for hundreds of years, but it is often short-lived. Their peak period, their period of strength, is very short-lived.
But in their short time, they also left their mark on the land in the long river of history.
However, these marks did not bring any actual benefit to the empire. They only added a few more pages of ink to the historical record.
Therefore, even the richest Tang Dynasty in the world will not be as blind as Dashi when it comes to territorial expansion. Even if there is heavy domestic pressure and various struggles continue, but this Nothing will stop them from continuing their steps towards the west and east.
Therefore, after a hundred years of existence, the Umayyad dynasty collapsed and was lost in the dust of history.
The contemporary people cannot write the history of the contemporary people. History will always be written by the latecomers, who write the glory of the previous dynasties, and this glory must be mixed with the pride of the nation.
Therefore, when the time is right, a king who is deeply proud of his nation or obsessed with opening up new territories will appear.
Li Hong didn't want to be such a king. After all, the cost of opening up and expanding the territory was too high. The endless supply lines and the risks of multi-front operations. If coupled with the internal turmoil hidden in the dark, the national destiny would soon disappear. All.
The dynasty will also be squeezed by the war, depriving the foundation of the empire layer by layer, and then cause the empire to collapse.
But when faced with the aggressive Dashi who had ambitions for Anxi, Li Hong had to make a tough fight back. So while history was getting back on track, Dashi began to covet Anxi and became his subordinate in Tocharo. In front of the undead, Li Hong must suppress Dashi's ambition.
Once the Dashi stepped through Tochara and faced themselves and the protrusions of Shi and Big Bolulu on the north and south sides, their Dashi momentum would be strong, and the Tang Dynasty, which took the initiative to defend, would not only have strong city walls and sharp blades, but also With strong troops and strong horses, facing the powerful cannibal, you will more or less lose a lot of strategic advantages.
The Tang Dynasty and Dashi fought many wars in history, and the results of all the wars were as expected, with the Tang Dynasty winning less and losing more.
Not only because of the intrusion of Dashi, the herders in the Anxi Protectorate became unstable, and they began to take advantage of the opportunity to rebel one after another, dragging the military hindrance of the Tang Dynasty behind them.
It even led to a large number of Tang Dynasty craftsmen, women, wealthy businessmen, etc. being plundered by the Great Eaters, and thus enslaved by the Great Eaters, squeezing out the free value of their bodies, thus allowing the Great Eaters to gain many advanced Technology.
Today's Tang Dynasty has extremely strict control over rare and valuable commodity technologies. This makes Dashi and other countries, including the Japanese country, always eager to steal them. Fortunately, Taiyi City has always been heavily defended and has never given it to others. Any chance.
Finished goods traveled along the Silk Road, but the technology was always controlled by Datang. This was what Li Hong always insisted on.
But he never insisted on the cultural control that the literati of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Five Surnames and Qiwang, insisted on, but he continued to do so, and even created opportunities in Tochara for cultural transmission and cultural inheritance.
Rather, he hopes that one day, the invisible weapon of culture can take root and sprout in the soil of Anxi. Whether you are in Tocharo, Tutushi, or Persia and other places, the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, etc. will appear, and Chinese characters will become part of their culture. In Li Hong's opinion, this kind of language is much more threatening than how many iron hoofs flatten the city.
The spread of the Tang Dynasty cannot truly spread the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the military and territorial areas, but the transportation of culture, an inconspicuous but powerful substance, can Achieve the most ideal effect.
The cannibal dynasties have changed, but their cultural inheritance and will have never changed. A scripture controls a world and people's beliefs. Therefore, is there any weapon more destructive than cultural inheritance
You don’t have to take Tocharo, you don’t have to take Suzushi. As long as you guard the border areas guarded by the four towns of Anxi, let the outside world be blown by the wind and rain. When I stand still, I will carry on with strong powerlessness as a backing. Cultural erosion.
In the end, no matter whether it is the territory of the Tang Dynasty or not, it is enough as long as Chinese culture is spread.
After all, who knows whether a more vigorous monarch will appear in the future, stepping out of the four towns of Anxi and completely taking over the territory outside Anxi!
After all, if we inherit the same culture, wouldn’t belonging be stronger
It is enough to sow the seeds and wait for one day to take root, sprout, and grow vigorously. That day may not be too far away.
In the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Hong was like a lecturer in his previous life. Under the watchful eyes of Li Zhi, Wu Mei, including officials of third rank or above, he was writing and drawing on a blackboard that Li Lingyue used when he was in the palace.
In a short time, following his words and handwriting, the entire Anxi and surrounding areas became clear to everyone.
Li Hong, who had some blue bruises on his right eye, put down the small wooden stick in his hand, with a serious and deep expression, but to Wu Mei, it looked completely funny and coke, just like the giant panda he renamed in the Qinling Mountains. funny.
"So, I don't care which envoy from a small country has approached any of you, or what method they used to get you to come and argue for them, but I want to warn you that at any time, as a big country, The ministers of the Tang Dynasty should put the interests of the Tang Dynasty first! Not because of worldliness, nor because you reject them and worry about their loss of face! Face is earned by oneself and maintained by strength. ! Before the Weishui Alliance, did they give me the face of the Tang Dynasty that had just been established? At that time, who had ever cared about the face of the late Emperor? Damn the reputation of the Khan! Why should we give them face when we are rich and powerful? We are the powerful soldiers in the Tang Dynasty!" The thin stick in Li Hong's hand followed him! The words fell to the ground and broke in the palm of my hand with a snap.
The crisp sound resounded in the Xuanzheng Hall, but it made everyone's heart tremble involuntarily several times, as if their hearts had been broken.
(End of chapter)