Under specific premises, who is the most precious thing about war or peace?

Yuwen Wen believes that it depends on war and peace, and who can bring more dividends?

What are the dividends of war?

It is to expand territory and strive for greater living space for your country. When more land and more resources, it can feed more people and produce more wealth.

Or plunder, plunder wealth, plunder population, turn males into slaves, and turn women into fertility tools to reproduce more offspring.

The dividends of war are so fascinating that kings, princes, generals and ministers can't stop. The monarch who can bring war dividends to the nobles will be cheered like a tide, just like the wolf king who can bring prey to the wolves, has supreme authority.

However, when the wolf king is useless and cannot bring benefits to the pack of wolves, it should be damned.

Yuwen Wen asked his son how to make Persia and Rome contract and then maximize the benefits Zhou State gained from it. The first thing that Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weicheng thought of was "everyone will do business together."

This is mutual benefit. Only when everyone stops fighting will international trade return to normal, and then everyone will do business and enjoy the dividends of peace.

But is there a great dividend of peace?

No.

Your neighbor is very rich, your wives and concubines are very beautiful, and your daughter is also very beautiful. There are more than a hundred residences, thousands of hectares of good land, more than ten manors, thousands of berths of grain, hundreds of good horses, countless gold and silver.

If you do business with him, you will make dozens of taxes every month, but if you kill his father and son, take away the property, the land, the money and grain, and the beautiful wives and concubines, you will all belong to you.

When doing business, the most profitable sea trade is more than ten times the profit. When a war is won, the winner will take all.

War can allow the nobles to obtain more land and slaves, and their descendants have titles and fiefs. In these fiefs, there are endless food, endless prey, women of all kinds of charm, and slaves driven by them at will.

Can all this be obtained by doing business?

It's very difficult.

Therefore, even if Persia and Rome concluded a peace treaty under the "intimidation" of Zhou, how long such peace can last is doubtful.

When peace was replaced by war, the "everyone is doing business together" situation that Zhou State had worked hard to manage had no foundation for existence, and the various carefully drafted trade contracts became waste paper.

So, if this problem is not solved (to ensure long-term peace), isn’t it ridiculous to just think about how to draw up the contents of the treaty?

Both Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weicheng thought of this.

Then, only if the Zhou State can maintain its military presence in the extreme west at all times, can the monarchs and nobles of the two countries remain "sane" and let both sides know what a heavy price they will pay if the peace treaty is torn apart.

By analogy, would the Zhou Kingdom want to station tens of thousands of troops in the extreme west? How is that possible!

Yuwen Weihan thought for a moment, and after thinking about it, he ranked first in his family, so he is the first answer now.

"Father, the child thought that the missions on both countries should properly demonstrate force to the monarchs and nobles of the country to 'deep the impression', so that the dynasty could hear what the dynasty said."

Yuwen Wen asked back after hearing this: "Oh, then Dalang thought how should he 'display his force appropriately'?"

"It's very simple. It directly shows the power of violent explosives, so that the monarchs and ministers of the two countries deeply realize that to which country the dynasty sells sky thunder, which country can win the war."

Yuwen Wen asked again: "However, after doing this, Persian monarchs and ministers knew that the 'Antouq Battle' was a secret destruction. Isn't it that he gritted his teeth with hatred?"

"So what?" Yuwen Weihan said confidently, "No matter how much they hate them, they have to hold them in the face of fierce explosives!"

"As long as you show your fists and calm both sides down, long-term peace is not a dream, and how can the dynasty maximize its interests? The child thinks it is better to let Nansi come up with ideas."

This was Yuwen Weihan's answer. Yuwen Wen looked at Yuwen Weicheng and saw that the other party agreed. There was no extra addition, so he picked up the teacup and drank tea.

Seeing his father like this, Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weichengxin both mentioned it: Why, is it not enough?

"The demonstration of force has made the two countries cut off their thoughts, and honestly cease to fight, and rest with the people. This idea is correct, and it is also correct to let Nanshi think about how to maximize the interests, but..."

"Rome and Persia are all great countries. They are so powerful explosives that they can only scare the other king and ministers. But after a long time, after a while, the thoughts will become active again."

"Before, did the Tuyuhun monarch and ministers know that there were firearms in the dynasty? They were causing their confrontation?"

"Why is Tuyuhun confident? It's very simple. They know that the government army is not in the Xihai area for a long time, so even if the government army is invincible, they will always withdraw. Then, once the main force of the government army leaves, they will make a comeback."

"Will the monarch and ministers of Tuyuhun think so, and wouldn't Persia and Roman think so? The Central Plains are thousands of miles away from them. Think about it yourself. There is a tiger that is invulnerable and eats countless people thousands of miles away. Are you really afraid?"

"Distance makes people feel illusion, and so is the country. So if you want to truly calm down the two countries and maintain long-term peace, relying on explosives alone is not enough. Think about it, what other bargaining chips should you add?"

"Uh..." Yuwen Weicheng saw his father looking at him, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Do you want to send a navy to the Persian Gulf to show off your power?"

After saying that, he denied himself: "This is not possible. If you want to intimidate the other party, you must not be less soldiers. If you are less, you will be useless. If you are too little, you will be too much... First, the court cannot afford it. Second, the soldiers will be thousands of miles away for a long time and will mutiny after a long time."

Yuwen Wen did not continue to ask questions, and looked at Yuwen Weihan: "Where is Dalang? What are the additions?"

Yuwen Weihan really couldn't think of a solution, so he shook his head. Seeing this, Yuwen Wen continued, "It's good to think of using the navy to show off his power, but you still can't let go of your horizons."

"The navy warship, loaded with artillery, and as the mission arrived at the Persian Gulf, approached the coast, and blasted a round of flowering bullets to the open space on the shore to cheer up Persian monarchs and ministers. This idea seems good, but it is not enough, so it is better to borrow troops."

Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weicheng were stunned when they heard this, and blurted out at the same time: "Borrow troops?"

Then he watched his father raise his hand and draw a circle on the map of the west of the West Tianzhu area in the southeast of Persia, west of Tianzhu: "Western Tianzhu, it is not far from the sea route to Persia. It is suitable for hyacinth. If you are equipped with the sea ship from Nanshi, you may be able to arrive in a few days..."

"The princes of Western Heavenly Zhu are very interested in robbing the wealthy Taixifeng and surrounding areas?"

Seeing such an incredible strategy, Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weicheng felt it difficult to accept: "Father, will he do this... Will he...?"

"What? Is it embarrassing to take the princes of the West Tianzhu to Taixifeng to rob?"

Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weicheng wanted to say "yes", but they didn't dare to say it. Yuwen Wen laughed: "So! Isn't it very convenient to have Nansi's white glove?"

"The Persian Kingdom is not honest, do it! The Nanshi organized a fleet to go to Tianzhu to show the power of explosives to the princes, and then told them to go to Taixifeng to make a fortune together!"

"At that time, the explosives will rumble all the way, blowing away the Taixi Feng. Xu Lianjun will not seal the sword for three days, do whatever he wants, and take property in the city. How can men, women, old and young be dealt with? Only a fool will not go with such a profitable transaction!"

"If it is really a crime that is committed by the city, it is also a crime that Nansi has committed. What does it have to do with the court?"

Hearing this, the two brothers no longer know how to answer, because their father's strategy was completely impeccable.

The power of fierce explosives aroused the "greed" of the princes of the Indians, and then the Nanshi provided ships to transport the coalition forces of the princes to the Persian Gulf to land. The Persian capital Taixifeng was only a few hundred miles away from the coast.

When they got ashore, facing the Persian army, the coalition forces had the fierce explosives to boost their courage. What else were they afraid of?

If the Taixi city wall is broken open, you can really do whatever you want. How could the princes of Western Heavenly Zhu resist such an attraction?

Yuwen Wen added: "So, when the delegation went to Persia, he clearly told Persian monarchs and ministers that the dynasty did not need an expedition, and that Taixifeng could also be reduced to hell on earth."

Such a domineering diplomacy made Yuwen Weihan and Yuwen Weicheng a little unacceptable: "Father, would it be so intimidating..."

"So what? You don't need to send warships equipped with artillery. You just need to tell them that if you are disobedient, within a year, there will be a coalition force coming to Taixifeng to make a fortune. Do they dare to believe it?"

"No matter how powerful the Persian navy is, it cannot defeat the Nanshi fleet. No matter how thick the city wall of Taixifeng is, it cannot withstand the attack of fierce explosives."

"Any normal person can understand such a threat!"

"Whether Persia and Rome can maintain long-term peace in the past ten or twenty years, it mainly depends on Persia. Because Rome is internal and external troubles, the new king wishes to have twenty years to breathe, but Persia is different. He believes that now is the best time to destroy Rome, so who should not intimidate Persia to intimidate?"

As Yuwen Wen talked, he almost told the "story" of Wang Xuance destroying a country by himself.

Historically, during the Zhenguan period, Wang Xuance was sent to Tianzhu to envoy the envoy. The king of Zhongtianzhu sent troops to plunder the envoy. Wang Xuance escaped and immediately summoned the troops of Tubo and other countries to directly defeat Zhongtianzhu. This feat of destroying one country by one is the source of Yuwen Wen's inspiration.

To deal with Persia, there is no need for Zhou army to work on an expedition. As long as the Nanyang Trading Company uses powerful explosives and the wealthy Taixifeng as bait, it can "convene" the "multi-national coalition forces" and move westward to Taixifeng to make a fortune.

This kind of convening does not require any fee, and the wealthy Taixifeng is the greatest reward.

My son is right, so diplomacy is indeed arrogant, and Yuwen Wen wants to teach his sons a new lesson called: How imperialism was developed.
Chapter completed!