A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"It turns out that drunkards don't want to drink." Gu Qing ate a piece and walked out of the camp. Xue Rengui and Cheng Chumo were preparing to go to Persia to help the prince of Persia win the throne.

Seeing the Prince of Persia not far away, Gu Qing greeted him: "Congratulations, you are not far from the position of the King of Persia."

"Without Datang, I would not have made it this far." The Prince of Persia saluted Gu Qing again, "I thank you very much."

"You have to thank not only us, but also yourself. I admire you for being able to travel long distances to find opportunities in the Tang Dynasty when Persia was in crisis! If it were me, I might not have the courage." Gu Qing said, "I don't care if you are just trying to keep yourself, or you are really thinking about Persia. I admire your courage."

"As long as I become the king of Persia, Persia will be a vassal state of Tang Dynasty from now on, and we will work together to manage this trade route."

"Very good." Gu Qing nodded.

The Silk Road is a connecting line between the Central Plains and the West. This road has prospered for many years. With the ups and downs of the Central Plains dynasties, the Silk Road also has its ups and downs.

Only the prosperity of the Central Plains can drive the development of trade routes. Gu Qing turned around and sighed. Of course, the development of the Central Plains needs the Silk Road to develop foreign trade.

But in the future, when the sea road is well developed, the thinking will not be lost again. This is the general trend. Who will take the long-distance silk road when there is a convenient sea road.

The development of the sea route is not so fast, at least it will take a few years.

Thinking of Gu Qing coming to Su Dingfang's big tent.

"What's the matter? Didn't let you go to Persia, are you unhappy?"

"That's not true." Gu Qing shook his head and said, "I don't want to smell blood again, it makes me sick, after helping the Prince of Persia regain the throne, we will go back."

"I think so too." Su Dingfang took out a letter and handed it to Gu Qing, "This is a letter from Chang'an, His Royal Highness Wei Wang gave it to you. I didn't have time to hand it to you because you were sleeping when you returned to the barracks."

The beeswax on the letter was still intact. Gu Qing opened the letter and looked at the contents. Li Er fell ill again. Now the master has lived in the palace to treat Li Er. The prince’s power in the court is growing. Everything is fine.

"Do you have pen and ink? I will write a reply letter back."

"Yes!" Su Dingfang handed over his position to Gu Qing, "you can write here."

After sharpening his pen and ink, Gu Qing began to write a reply letter, inquiring about Li Er's condition, and asking Li Tai not to deal with the crown prince these days. Prince Dou, just do your own thing well.

Ask Fang Xuanling if you don't understand anything, Chu Suiliang is a pure minister, he is close to the prince, but he will not be completely attached to the prince.

After finishing writing, Gu Qing looked at his messy handwriting, put down the good beeswax on the pen and handed it to the soldiers, "Send it to the residence of King Wei in Chang'an."

"Yes!" The soldier took the letter and left.

"General Li Jing told me before the expedition." Su Dingfang looked at the situation on the sand table and said, "Let me not get too close to you, stay away from you, you and I are not on the same road."

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Chapter 555

Suddenly came to his senses and found that Su Dingfang was no longer the brave and fearless Su Dingfang back then, and was more stable.

According to the past, Su Dingfang would lead a large army to Persia, but now he can sit firmly in the back, thinking about getting the greatest success with the least cost.

Even though history took a big turn, and some people and some things remained unchanged, Su Dingfang still became the general in history.

Putting his mind away, Gu Qing said to him, "Old Fang, General Li Jing is right. We really can't get too close. I have the right to you to have troops. The emperor will worry if we two are together."

"I don't know so much, I only know how to march and fight." Su Dingfang said, "Gu Qing, I will no longer lead troops in this battle. I will retire from the army like General Qin Qiong and General Yuchi. come down."

"There is no General Su Dingfang, but as for me, Su Lie, Su Dingfang!" Su Dingfang raised the wine bag and drank it in one gulp, before handing the spirit to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing took a sip of the spirits, "I've thought about it too, I'm quitting, just count the money at home, I don't want to live a life of lust for power."

"I don't want to either." Su Dingfang nodded and said.

At sunset, the army has been preparing for another expedition. Cheng Chumo and Xue Rengui are repairing with their soldiers and horses, preparing to go to Persia. I have to say that the prince of Persia is a cruel person.

If this matter is known to the Persians, even if this Persian prince can become the king of Persia, the road ahead will not be easy.

"What do you think?" Su Dingfang looked at the smug Persian prince.

"Persia can't be managed by the Persians." Gu Qing drank his drink, "In the future, we will need our Tang officials to manage it, and our Tang army will be there to garrison. Only by completely controlling Persia can the stability of the Silk Road be guaranteed. As for This future king of Persia is nothing but our puppet."

"puppet?"

"Yes! It's a puppet." Gu Qing said, "Actually, for His Majesty, Persia, a vassal state, is a burden for Datang. The barren environment here is poor, and the Western Regions are a natural barrier for Guanzhong. Don't worry. Western countries may travel such a long distance to kill them."

Looking at the Prince of Persia, Gu Qing took another sip of wine, "After the sea route is opened up, regardless of seasons, this Persia can be completely abandoned by Datang."

"You mean that Datang's maintenance of trade routes for so many years will be abandoned in the future? Then what's the point of going so hard?"

"This expedition has three benefits for Datang." Gu Qing spoke slowly, "First, Datang can get Persia as a vassal state, and second, after obtaining Persia, Datang can always pay attention to the control of the West. The third is Persia, because the development of the sea route does not know how many years it will take, so the chess piece of Persia needs to exist for the time being.”

"Look." Su Dingfang sighed, "You said a lot, but I didn't quite understand it. You people like to use your brains. People like me don't think about these things."

When the time came, Cheng Chumo took the Persian prince to Persia to help the Persian prince re-establish Persia.

Gu Qing also started to get busy in Tubo, and has been assimilating Tubo people with the efforts of Central Plains officials over the years.

"Let's build an academy here." Gu Qing said with a smile.

"Shangshu Ling." The Tubo prefect hesitated, "If we want to build an academy in Tubo, will it consume a lot of manpower and material resources?"

"To assimilate Tubo people into Central Plains people, we must start with the children of Tubo." Gu Qing said to them, "We must teach them the characters and etiquette of the Central Plains, as well as the stories of the Central Plains, and even let the children of Tubo forget everything about Tubo. .”

After listening to Gu Qing's words, the Tubo prefect was stunned and said nothing. Just a few words is the place where his heart lies. If the Tubo people forget the background of Tubo, this kind of thing is terrible, and it is almost the country's subjugation. past country debut

"Some people call this cultural invasion." Gu Qing said with a smile, "The culture of a place is certainly important, and culture is also the foundation of a clan, but if there is no culture, there will be nothing to stick to, and it will be easy to be Assimilation, of course, also depends on the strength of a local culture, as long as the culture is strong enough, cultural invasion can be achieved.”

"Culture?" the Tubo prefect was puzzled.

"Yes, culture." Gu Qing said, "When all the Tubo people are singing the songs of Guanzhong and telling the stories of Guanzhong, ten years, 50 years, or even 100 years, who will remember the stories of Tubo from generation to generation? After the cultural invasion, it will be cut off, and the culture of Tubo will be completely cut off!"

The face of the Tubo prefect is not very good. Although Gu Qing can do this, it is still a bit too cruel. This is a soft knife to cut flesh. It is a terrible thing that native Tubo children can only speak Guanzhong dialect.

"How?" Gu Qing whispered, "Can you do it?"

"Yes!" Tubo prefect gritted his teeth and nodded.

"After returning to Chang'an, I will ask the academy to send capable people to handle this matter. Just keep busy with your work. It is not difficult for me to build a branch here, and I can also support an academy. Gu Qing shook the folding fan in his hand, "But what I told you..."

"The next official will never let others know."

"Very good." Gu Qing nodded, "Have you eaten yet?"

"what?"

"I asked you have you eaten?" Gu Qing asked again.

"The lower officials have eaten." Tubo prefect said.