Zhang Shuo is worthy of being a famous politician in Chinese history. He has a unique vision and is very pragmatic. He mentioned a very important issue...

Confucianism advocates "righteousness" and regards righteousness as superior to everything, and always accuses others of "not speaking as righteousness". In fact, the biggest problem of Confucianism is that it does not speak as "profit".

Of course, righteousness is important, and without righteousness is unimaginable. However, profit is equally important, and without profit is also unimaginable.

Why is profit so important?

Because you are an individual, you have to eat, dress, support your parents, and raise your children. This requires money and generate "profit". Going thousands of miles away to fight, it is not enough to have "righteousness" alone, but you also need "profit" to complement each other.

The Tang people wanted to defeat the Great Food. As early as the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Tang Dynasty had the opportunity to send troops to Persia, but because the conditions at that time were not ripe, Emperor Taizong of Tang had to give up this plan.

Although this matter has not been done, the Tang people did not forget this matter. If they were to send troops to attack Dashi, the Tang people would definitely participate actively. This is "righteousness".

However, attacking the big food is too far away, thousands of miles away, and it is too bitter, far less comfortable than being in the country. Moreover, the risk is very high, and parents, wife and children will definitely worry. If there is no strong profit as a supplement, how many people can go?

Even if you go, how long can it last?

If you have a lot of profits and work hard for three or five years, you can live a comfortable life of more than ten or twenty years, then many people will be willing to take risks and participate in this battle.

In this way, this battle will be much easier.

Think about it, the British Empire ruled half of the earth for hundreds of years with three small islands. One of the ways was to use its value to lure the citizens to take adventures overseas.

For example, an ordinary British soldier is just an ordinary person in the UK. When he comes to India, he is a superior. His salary is enough for him to raise a little lover in India, and he will hire three or two servants to serve him like a master.

Moreover, after a few years of hard work, he returned to the UK, and the money he saved could be enough for him to live a comfortable life of more than ten years or even longer.

With such generous profits, who doesn’t want to take risks?

As for the officers, the salary they received was even more generous.

It is precisely because of such a stimulus that the British are always interested in adventure, and the British have traveled all over the world.

"It's reasonable!" Everyone agreed in unison.

All of you here are pragmatic politicians who are very clear about the importance of profit and cannot disagree with it.

"The fifth thing is to strengthen the spy on the news." Zhang said, "This matter can be left to the King of Persia. Your Majesty, I mean to give Persia more money and let him recruit more people."

The importance of intelligence does not need to be mentioned. "The Art of War" says "A hundred battles will not be defeated", which is based on perfect intelligence work. If there is no perfect intelligence work, timely and reliable intelligence cannot be obtained. How can "a hundred battles will not be defeated"?

To complete this work, it is the Ni Nirvana Master. There are two main reasons: one is that he is a Persian prince. He has a considerable influence in the former land of Persia, and he can use this influence to inquire about the news. The other is that the Tang people looked completely different from those of the Middle Eastern people. If the Tang people came to inquire about the news, the possibility of success was not high. The Arab Empire could recognize the Tang people at a glance.

Therefore, when preparing for a war with the Arab Empire, we must strengthen the strength of the Ni Nirvana Master and allocate more money to make him do a big fight.

"It's right." Li Longji focused his attention and said, "Master Nirvana, how much money do you need? Predict it first and then report it to me. I will give you enough money."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Ni Nishima looked overjoyed and his eyes narrowed together with laughter.

He was so happy not only because he could get more money and do something with his arms, but also meant that he was one step closer to returning to his hometown.

"The sixth thing is to send a large number of people to lobby, so that rumors can spread in the Arab Empire, people are panic, and oppose Dashi." Zhang Shuo's eyes flashed and he smiled: "Of course, they have to say good things for the Tang Dynasty. To make the people in Dashi feel good about Dashi, it is best to get up to welcome the Tang Dynasty's army."

Lobbying, in modern terms, is public opinion attacks and political offensives. We all know how important this is, and our ancestors have used it long ago.

Before Qin Shihuang unified China, he adopted Wei Liao's suggestion and spent a lot of money to bribe scholars, lobby for Qin and endorse Qin. This is an important reason why Qin Shihuang was able to unify China.

For example, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, used Chen Ping's plan to produce gold and silver, win people's hearts, and divided Xiang Yu's subordinates, achieving great success.

Attacking from within the Arab Empire and disintegrating are also a good way. If successful, it will be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty.

"Zhang said, your idea is very good." Li Longji praised it very much and said with a smile: "Now the Great Food is cruel and unkind. Wherever you go, there are thousands of miles of naked land. They force the people to believe in their God. If they don't trust them, they will be killed. These people are in dire straits. If they get the news that the Tang Dynasty is going westward, they will definitely rise up and welcome the Tang Dynasty."

At the beginning of the rise of the Arab Empire, it vigorously implemented religious policies and the conquered people believed in their religion. If they did not believe in it, they would be beheaded.

It is precisely the land occupied by the Arab Empire that has many religions, among which Manichaeism has a history of hundreds of years and has many believers, which can be said to be deeply rooted. These Manichaeists rose up to the forefront of the Arab Empire for faith. This is the reason why the Arab Empire has conquered the former land of Persia for decades, but it has never been pacified.

Once, the Arab Empire wanted to give up the Persian land, if Yousuf had not quelled the rebellion here with bloody and brutal means.

After absorbing enough lessons, the Arab Empire changed its course. It was only when these conquered people paid taxes to gain their religious beliefs that the resistance was much weakened.

Of course, this measure has not been implemented yet.

"Haha." Everyone knew something about the situation of the Arab Empire. After listening to Li Longji's words, everyone laughed in unison.

"Also, after the Dashi conquered, the people there would be turned into slaves for them to drive them. The Tang Dynasty would not want slaves, which is another advantage for us." Li Longji continued.

The Arab Empire was a slave country, and people who conquered would become slaves. The Tang Dynasty was a feudal system and would not accumulate slaves. This was the natural advantage of the Tang Dynasty.

As long as you apply this point well, it will become an extremely sharp weapon.

"Haha." Everyone burst into laughter again.

"Your Majesty, I have to say that so much." Zhang said last.

After saying that, he raised his eyebrows provocatively at Yao Chong, which meant that you could say ten things and I could say six strategies, which is no worse than you.

Yao Chong grinned, looking disdainful.

Of course, the two of them were very quick and they disappeared in a flash. No one noticed it, but Li Longji saw it but ignored it.

These two guys are destined to be in conflict, and they cannot be mediated even if they need to mediate. As long as they do not endanger official business, they can ignore them.

In history, Li Longji had personally come forward to mediate the two of them, but it turned out to be useless. The two agreed not to fight in person. Behind him, he would fight as much as he should, until he died.

"Zhang Shuo Liuce is very good, it's remarkable. Who else can say anything?" Li Longji asked.

"Your Majesty, I think there is another big thing to do." Zhang Jianzhi took over the conversation and said, "That is to select talents. It is necessary to eliminate accumulated corruption and to eliminate the governance after defeating the Great Food. We also need talents. We have to do this."

"Yes." Li Longji focused his attention and praised him very much.

Zhang Jianzhi is a good politician, but he is a bit politician, otherwise he will be more perfect.

The matter of reserving talents is very important and very important.

To create the Kaiyuan prosperous era, Li Longji needed a large number of talents to eliminate the accumulated problems. He also needed a large number of talents to govern the conquered land. You should know that the Arab Empire had a territory of thousands of miles, which was not much inferior to the Tang Dynasty. It is conceivable how many talents needed.

If the Tang Dynasty did not start to reserve talents from the moment, it would be too late.

"After the country's strategy was launched, we will open academy to recruit talents and recruit talents." Li Longji immediately made the decision.

"Your Majesty is wise." No one has any objection to this, and they all agree with it.

"Is there any problem?" Li Longji asked.

"Yao Chong, Zhang Shuo and Zhang Jianzhi have said all the important things, and I have nothing to say." Di Renjie shook his head.

Yao Chong’s ten things, Zhang talks about six things, and Zhang Jianzhi’s plan to recruit talents, including the most important things at the moment, even with Di Renjie’s talent, he couldn’t think of anything else to say.

"That's right." Wang Xiaojie and the others agreed with this.

"You all have nothing to say, right? Well, I'll just say one thing, a very important thing." Wu Zetian glanced at the ministers and spoke slowly.

Wu Zetian was extremely smart and had a talented person in the world. Since she had something to say, it must be a very great event, and everyone's eyes were focused on her.

Even Li Longji had to pay attention to it, his eyes widened and looked at Wu Zetian and said, "I'd like to ask my grandmother to speak."

"The ten things of Yao Chong, the six strategies of Zhang Shuo, and the selection of talents are very important and the most important things at the moment. However, if you want to do it, it will take time and effort and require young and strong people to do it." Wu Zetian looked at Di Renjie and Wang Xiaojie and said, "But the ministers in the court are not young at present, and it is difficult to take on this important task. If Your Majesty wants to open up a new era and realize his grand ambitions, he needs to promote a group of young and talented talents."

"The Holy Queen is wise." The ministers were convinced and praised them in unison.

The ministers in the court, led by Di Renjie, and the military generals were Wang Xiaojie. Although these two people were very talented, they were not young, in their sixties or seventies, and their health was not as good as before, and their energy might be insufficient.

To defeat Dashi, there are too many things to deal with. A group of young and talented young people must be able to complete it.
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