The door sounded lightly, and Zhang Hui walked in with great strides. Gu Han immediately stood up and bowed to the courtesy. Zhang Hui waved his hand and glanced at the room. He did not sit on the sofa with Gongsun Changming, but instead dragged a chair and sat on the other side.

"Is there any surprise?" Li Ze asked.

He asked naturally what the papers were marked.

"As expected." Zhang Hui shook his head and said, "The poems and songs in Chang'an, Luoyang, Jiangnan and other places are unique, and there are many excellent works. However, when it comes to the strategies of governing the world and helping the people, most of them are empty talk and cannot be combined with reality at all. Even if the articles are made of flowers, they are just inlaid with gold and jade, and are in ruins."

"This is also something I want to get." Li Ze said: "After so many years of accumulated problems, it is not easy to wipe out all this trend in one go? In fact, it is not a big deal for them. It is good to be able to get to this point after setting up many obstacles. The Ministry of Rites will arrange the next thing."

Zhang Hui nodded: "As long as they are willing to accept it, the Ministry of Rites will naturally make arrangements. Li Xiang wants to educate the world. No matter how poor these people are, they can still be competent to preside over the education of the place and teach people to know books and etiquette."

"I'm afraid they don't want to go to remote areas to suffer!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"Then prepare for next year's exam!" Zhang Hui sneered: "The questions will only become more and more difficult, and the competition will only become more and more intense. It will not be touched by reality or participate in practice. It is probably even more difficult to get ahead of the imperial examinations we held by studying behind closed doors."

"But there is an unusual person from Jiangnan here!" Li Ze pointed to Gu Han and said, "Shangshu Zhang knew that this person was carrying Boss Jin's recommendation book, but he insisted on taking the scientific examination by himself, and he successfully sat in front of you and me."

"There are thousands of readers in the world, and there will always be a few remaining beads." Zhang Hui took a sip of tea, looked at Gu Han, and smiled: "It's just a brilliant pearl, or a sensational dead pearl, but we have to pass this level first."

Gu Han bowed his hand, but didn't say anything.

Li Ze took out something and placed it on the desk at his hand. He looked at Gu Han and asked, "Gu Han, do you know what the strategy we set?"

"I know!" Gu Han nodded: "Although the court did not say it clearly, I can guess it. I must have wanted to pacify Zhang Zhongwu first, defeat Tubo, open up the Western Regions, and then press towards Chang'an and Luoyang with thunder and lightning, and then from north to south to unify the world."

"Since you guessed so accurately, why did you put forward completely opposite opinions in this policy? "Zhang replied: "Do you think the current strategy of the imperial court is inappropriate?"

Gu Han smiled: "On paper, it is naturally logical and impeccable. No one can pick out the thorn."

"On paper?" The three people in the room frowned.

This accusation is not light.

Just like the chapter just said that those scholars from the south were just empty talk and could only write articles that were full of flowers but did not understand the current affairs.

"Mr. Gongsun has been in Lulong for many years, has he ever traveled all over the Northeast?" Gu Han looked at Gongsun Changming.

Gongsun Changming shook his head: "As a strategist, I don't actually walk around many places. Most of the time, I stay in Youzhou."

"I've walked by." Gu Han said: "The northeast is a vast area, with white mountains and black waters, magnificent mountains and rivers, and fertile land. It is indeed a rare and good place. However, it is precisely because of the vast area that the population is sparse, and most of them are deserted and uninhabited areas. In this area, bandits are rampant and extremely fierce. Many times, people and bandits do not distinguish between people and bandits, and even one family, pick up a knife and get on a horse, and they are bandits, and get off the horse, and carry a hoe to be the people."

All three nodded.

"The ethnic composition there is extremely complex, and the fighting between them has stained the land with blood." Gu Han raised his head slightly, as if recalling his adventures there: "It was a lucky thing that I was able to come back alive from that place."

"So," Li Ze said.

"Now wherever Zhang Zhongwu controls, he has a very broad strategic depth. I'm sorry to say something unpleasant. Even if Li Xiang, you defeated Deng Jingshan in Pingzhou and opened a gateway to the Northeast, it would be extremely difficult to completely wipe out Zhang Zhongwu's forces. If I were Zhang Zhongwu, I would definitely use the vast area of ​​the Northeast to swim with Li Xiang and attack him. I will completely drag Li Xiang into the quagmire of war and cannot escape."

The faces of the three people indoors gradually became solemn.

They judged that Zhang Zhongwu was not the same type as Zhang Zhongwu mentioned by Gu Han. If Zhang Zhongwu still wanted to conquer the world, he would have to fight with Li Zezhen in real life, which is exactly what Li Ze would like to see most.

But what Zhang Zhongwu and Gu Han said, have already recognized the form, and are unwilling to confront Li Ze head-on, but just want to retreat to the Northeast and become a local emperor?

"It seems to make some sense." Gongsun Changming murmured: "This time Zhang Zhongwu seemed to have a hundred thousand soldiers to Pingzhou, but they were all slaves. The only servants in Pingzhou was Deng Jingshan's headquarters, and Zhang Zhongwu's power did not appear."

"Zhang Zhongwu will definitely move his headquarters to Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other places, because he still has great interests in Goguryeo now, so he does not have much problem with logistics. It is enough for him to manage these places well. If Li Xiang wants to annihilate him, he will inevitably go deep into the Northeast. Li Xiang will have great logistical pressure on the army. If one trick is not careful, the whole lot will be lost." Gu Han said.

"As far as you say that, we can only compromise with him?" Li Ze frowned.

"Temporary compromise!" Gu Han said: "If you want to completely pacify that place, unless you are Li Xiang, you have already unified the world. In this way, even if you lose twice, you will not shake your roots. If you lose once, you can start again, join in and three, step by step, and eat him bit by bit, and you will eventually be able to swallow him. Now, Li Xiang, you can't afford to lose."

"If we shake hands with Zhang Zhongwu as you said, and we don't make trouble for the well water, wouldn't we give him more time to rectify that land? If we let him completely gain a foothold, it would be even more difficult to take him down." Zhang replied.

"How easy is it to take it down completely?" Gu Han shook his head repeatedly: "The people there are tough people, the ethnic composition is extremely complex, the great tyrants and tyrants of the aristocratic families are both officials and bandits, and the wilderness and savages appear everywhere, killing them endlessly, and suppressing them endlessly. Zhang Zhongwu does not have the money-making skills like Li Xiang, but he only uses iron blood to massacre. It is not a long-term stability, but it is just a destruction and a rise. Now it seems calm, but in fact it is because Li Xiang, you have too much oppression on the Northeast. Many forces there are afraid of Li Xiang, and they have to live with Zhang Zhongwu. Once there is no threat from Li Xiang, they will immediately kill blood."

The three of them looked at each other and saw a look of approval from each other's eyes.

"Let's talk about Goguryeo!" Gu Han said: "Zhang Zhongwu took advantage of the conflict between King Goguryeo and the King of the King Tan Daoji to sow discord and let them fight. He made profits from it. Now he is rampant in Goguryeo, but no matter whether it is King Goguryeo or Tan Daoji, he is not a fool, and he will always react. If what I guess is right, it won't take long, Zhang Zhongwu will also encounter trouble in Goguryeo."

"At that time, he will be in trouble internally. When Li Xiang is in a good mood, he will definitely take it with joy." Gu Han said. "He wants to deal with internal affairs, and Li Xiang can abandon this big trouble and take the Central Plains first and then go to the south of the Yangtze River. As for the northeast, when the Central Plains are stable and the world is unified, he will slowly take it. After three or five years or even more than ten years, he will eventually be able to take it. How can a corner of the land fight against the unified Central Plains Empire?"

"Since that's the case, why do you have to fight against Tubo again in the policy discussion?" Li Ze asked: "Do you know that it is difficult for our troops to go to the Tubo place? The logistics supply pressure is even better than that of Zhang Zhongwu's side. The climate there alone cannot be adapted to in a short period of time. A strong soldier here can walk dozens of miles a day, but wherever he goes, I'm afraid he can't even get half of it!"

"Of course I know." Gu Han said: "But you don't need to go to their nests to fight Tubo. In fact, it's obvious that Li Xiang, even if you don't want to fight them, they will come to fight you. Tubo has always had many confrontations with the Tang Dynasty border towns. Over the years, Tubo has always had the upper hand. You may not know that many border towns are now buying peace with money and grain."

"Buy peace with money and food?"

"Yes, Tubo's current grand vision Tochar is a master of men. Under his governance, Tubo was just as strong as it invaded border towns many times and defeated the Tang soldiers of the border town many times. However, Gao Pian was still in Hedong at that time. Once there was something wrong with the border town, Gao Pian would strongly support it, which stabilized the situation. Later, Tubo only needed to put on a stance. In order to save trouble, many generals in the border town directly gave them a large sum of money and food to let them retreat. Gao Pian actually knew this, but he could only turn a blind eye. Now Gao Pian is gone, and the Tang Empire has become the current situation again. If Tochar doesn't want to fight, that would be a strange thing?"

Li Ze nodded: "So, it's really going to be a big battle."
Chapter completed!