How can you not drink it

Nan Jiyun put down the wine cup in front of him, picked up the wine jar, and drank it like a whale sucking it. After drinking, the sound of burping like thunder. A jar of wine was drunk so much that he could not leave any left.

"A true hero" everyone praised him one after another.

Ye Chang nodded: "It is indeed a hero, but Nanba is second to drink, and his sharp shooting method is awesome. I have always known that among the Lords, there are quite a few heroes like Nanba who are in the frontier. They are so powerful that they are in the East Capital and guarding the doors. They are really useless. When they go to the border in the future, they should recommend them to the army, so that their abilities will not be buried."

After his words, a few of the poets were thinking, while Nan Jiyun turned to look at him with a very strange look.

Nan Jiyun is now over thirty years old, but she is still a small archer. If he hadn't met Ye Chang, this gang leader would not have the position to be the leader. He was arrogant and was still wasted his thirties. How could he not feel depressed?

Ye Chang introduced him to these people - although these people were not successful, Nan Jiyun asked Dong Zuoqiu just outside, knowing that these are all famous scholars today. As long as one of them can reach the border, Nan Jiyun will have the opportunity to display his skills.

"Why...is this?"

Thinking of his cold words and cold face towards Ye Chang, Nan Jiyun felt ashamed: Ye Chang is indeed not the kind of ungrateful person in the legend.

He bowed to Ye Chang, then saluted everyone, retreated silently, and retreated behind Ye Chang.

"When it comes to the frontier, there are now brave generals on all sides, and the war cannot be raised. Only the Quanrong side, Huangfu Weiming confronts Quanrong, and I am afraid there will be a big battle next year.

Ye Chang raised this head and Gao Shi said. Cen Shen, Wang Changling and Wang Wei had all been ambitious about border affairs, and Li Qi was the same. In any era, beauty and military are eternal topics on the table of men.

"Since Princess Jincheng's death, Quanrong has been ready to move..."

"Huangfu Weiming is a good general of the time. Quanrong Praises the barbarians, so he is not the opponent of Huangfu Weiming."

Everyone was talking about it, some were right, while others were whitewashing the peace. For example, Ye Chang knew that the words "The Smoke of War" were not up, and it could be said that the border conflict was never cut off, whether it was the Quanrong (that is, Tufan) mentioned by everyone, or the Xi and Khitan in the northeast.

"I heard that the emperor intends to ask the governor of Fanyang, Pei Kuan, to enter the court, and chooses people to replace him, but he doesn't know who can replace him. Now that Li Gong is in line with him, Pei Gongkuan has entered the court from Fanyang one after another. If he chooses people inappropriately, he will suffer from future troubles." After talking about the western border for a while, Li Qi turned the topic to the northeast.

Speaking of this, Zhang Xu frowned and lowered his voice: "The Xi and the Khitan tribes in the Northeast have always been the princess. Now the two tribes have each established a new lord. Some people in the court are pushing to send the princess to marry him again."

"If we can get married, maybe the Northeast can be peaceful for a while..."

"It's impossible" Ye Chang said suddenly.

Before, everyone discussed border matters, Ye Chang listened with a smile, looking humble and young backward. At this time, he spoke, but he was determined, making everyone realize how firm his opposition was.

"Ye Shiyilang, why did you say this?"

Ye Chang pondered for a while, then said, "I don't know how many princesses and relatives in the Han Dynasty, but can the ones who retreated to the Huns be princesses, and is Wei Qinghuo Qubing?"

After saying this, everyone shook their heads.

"The eleven men are not familiar with the internal affairs of poetry and talent. They are afraid that they are not familiar with the military and national affairs. If there is no plan to marry, the Huns will attack the border every year and the Han Dynasty is overwhelmed. How can they have the strong national strength during the Han Wu period? If there is no strong national strength to support it, how can they be used to show their strengths?" Chu Guangxi sat beside Ye Chang. The two of them had a lot of conversations just now, so they were already familiar with it. He also said directly: "Besides, how can the battle on the battlefield be as peaceful as the world? The Han Wu attacked the Huns in the north, causing the national strength to be empty, and millions of soldiers were bleeding. But if it was just a Dayuan horse or a Pu Tao, what's the benefit of the country and the people?"

When Chu Guangxi was speaking, the room was quiet, and Ye Chang had not yet heard back. Li Qi hit the bowl with chopsticks and sang with a generous and sad voice: "Climb the mountain in the daytime and watch the beacon fire, drink at dusk and horses beside the Jiao River. The pedestrians fight with wind and sand, and the princess's pipa is full of resentment. The wild clouds are thousands of miles away without city walls, and the rain and snow are connected to the desert. Hu geese cry and fly every night, and Hu's tears fall. He heard that the jade gate is still covered, so he should drive his life away from the light cart. He burys every year in the war bones outside the desert, and he saw Pu Tao entering the Han family."

Everyone was stunned when this poem was sung. Even Ye Chang didn't expect that this famous work that has been around forever was actually so spilled out in his presence.

"Miscellaneous, wonderful"

Everyone slapped the crowd. Li Junlan had already lowered her eyebrows and thought carefully. After a while, she pulled a few musicians to whisper. After everyone was drinking and congratulating each other, she smiled and said, "I feel so itchy when I hear this sentence. I am willing to sing it to help the wine."

After saying that, the musicians' string music changed, like the sarcastic corners of the frontier and the frost in the desert was cold. Then, Li Junlan opened her red lips lightly and sang with a sing.

After a song, she came to Li Qi and saluted and toasted him. Li Qi drank the wine cup and everyone praised him again.

"Even though Chu Gong Gao Ren is a compassionate heart for the people, I'm so sorry that what I see is not far away." Everyone thought that after Li Qi's poem, Ye Chang must be speechless, but he never thought that Ye Chang raised his glass and stood up and said to everyone: "You only saw that Emperor Wu's northern expedition wasted national strength, but he did not see that when Wen Jing, the Huns went south, causing trouble to the borders? Have you ever thought deeply about why the barbarians repeatedly invaded the Central Plains?"

Everyone did not think about this issue carefully. Barbarian invasions are common in history. Perhaps it is because it is common that everyone does not think about its deep-seated reasons.

"The barbarians on the border, who have not been educated by China, are different from beasts. The barbarians are lazy. But my Chinese are diligent and barbarians are foolish. But my Chinese are wise. The barbarians govern the country with remnants, while my Chinese are benevolent. Such barbarians become poorer and richer. Therefore, the barbarians repeatedly invade, and what they do? They just want to see money. All the officials know the border affairs and should know that something is not false."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, and everyone had a consensus on the nature of the barbarians surrounding the surrounding areas.

"The princess is married, a woman who is far away from a vast territory and a strange border, can it turn into a razor into Xia? Since it is not possible, sending the princess to animals is like sending someone to a tiger's mouth? Besides, the princesses are not allowed to marry far away, and there are no craftsmen and servants to accompany them, and there are no silk, gold and silver dowry. The craftsmen and servants pass on the art of making Chinese utensils to that country. The silk, silk, gold and silver are stripped of the people of China to support the enemy."

"It's not like this..." someone exclaimed.

"It's not like this? I won't mention the long-distance events. I just talk about this dynasty. Princess Wencheng entered the collection and brought countless craftsmen. Originally, the Quanrong was not a problem of tinea scabies. Since then, Tufan has become stronger and more arrogant, and there is almost no peace in the western border."

This is to directly criticize Emperor Taizong Li Shimin for sending Princess Wencheng into Tibet, which was a mistake. Everyone looked at each other. Although some of them did not agree with the marriage, they directly criticized Emperor Taizong. Those present did not have such courage.

"In the opinion of the Shiyilang, if you don't have a marriage relationship, how should you guard the border?" someone asked again.

"Prevent the border? Why do you need to guard?" Ye Chang said: "I once said to someone that if you seek peace with peace, then peace will not exist. If you use war to protect peace, then peace will be permanent."

"Otherwise, otherwise, if Shiyilang's words are not right, he will stop being a war, and he will die if he is a war." Zhang Xu was old and although he was abrupt, he felt something was wrong when he heard Ye Chang's words and immediately retorted.

"Mr. Zhang said very well, but I thought it was OK to be the other way around. If you stop fighting, you will be in danger."

The two of them faced each other in a tit-for-tat way, but they did not hurt the harmony. Moreover, whether they were silenced or silenced, they were common tricks of dismantling the word by literati. As for the fact that they would die if they were wary, they would be in danger if they were forgotten. They were all out of context, but they took the meaning out of the opposite direction.

So everyone laughed.

"Just use martial arts to defend the border. Ye Shiyi just now, you meant to attack." Chu Guangxi said.

"Of course it is an attack, and attack is the best defense. Every autumn, when the horses are tall and fat, the barbarian pastures are withered, and they have nothing to do, so they think of entering the Central Plains to rob. Every year, this is why Qin and Yan countries built the Great Wall. Although the Great Wall is solid, there is always something that cannot be guarded against. How can we take the initiative to attack? Military strategy says that the first one should control people. As the saying goes, only a thousand days will be a thief, but no one should guard against the thief for a thousand days."

Everyone knew some military affairs, and of course they understood the importance of obtaining strategic initiative. Therefore, on this point, everyone nodded in agreement. However, Li Qi thought about it, stood up and said, "Even if this is the case, it will inevitably lead to military military affairs. Like Emperor Wu of Han, he will be exhausted and damaged, and at least the people will suffer."

"Mr. Li's poem is very good. 'Every year, every year, I've seen Pu Tao enter the Han family. However, those who enter the Han family are just pity. The ministers during the reign of Emperor Wu are shallow knowledge and do not know how to use it. Using Pu Tao can avoid the people making wine with food. Alfalfa is the best forage, which can make up for the lack of horse farms in the Central Plains. Moreover, planting alfalfa in raw areas can increase the fertility of the land. Dayuan horses are famous horses in the world. If we use it as a seed to improve our war horses in the Central Plains, why worry about the horse's strength not as strong as the slaughter? Emperor Wu of Han used his own desires to move troops in the foreign territory, which is not worth it, but what if we use weapons for the benefit of the people of the world?"

"For the benefit of the people of the world?"

"It is for the benefit of the people of the world that Zhang Qian has dug up the empty territory and traveling in the frontiers. If you can choose the key places and collect taxes from Hu merchants, every additional commercial tax will be added, you can levy less mediocre adjustments from the people of the Central Plains. The people are not trapped but the national treasury is sufficient. This is a great good policy, which measures the wealth and property of the world and nourishes the people of China. Isn't it a great good thing?

Ye Chang talked happily, and everyone listened to his comments on the actions of the ancients. Although it was not a very profound truth, the perspective of looking at the problem was quite unique. For a moment, no one refuted him.

Wang Wei originally wanted to speak, but when he thought that his relationship with Ye Chang had just eased, he closed his mouth tightly. Seeing that no one responded, Qi Wuqian stood up and said, "Although Shiyilang's words are reasonable, war is a major matter of the country. We must be cautious and use rash weapons. It is not a blessing for the people of the country."

"What Mr. Qi said is very much, war or harmony, is a blessing for the people of the country, not for the personal preferences of the king." Ye Chang pursed his lips and finally decided to say what he was thinking: "There is something that is extremely worried."

"What's the matter?"

"I read history books and observed the rise and fall of the dynasties, and gained a little. Take the Han Dynasty as an example. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the decline of wars at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the population in the world was only 15 million. But by the time of Emperor Wu, it increased to 30 million, and by the time of Emperor Xuan and Emperor Yuan, the population increased to 50 to 60 million. The population breeding was originally a prosperous scene, but it planted the causes of chaotic times."

Everyone was moved to hear it: "This is an alarmist situation."

"Donalds, please think, during the reign of Emperor Xuan and Yuan, the population was three times that of the early Han Dynasty. It could be cultivated land, forests, and rivers, but three times that of the early Han Dynasty? This was 30 to 40 million more people than the early Han Dynasty. They exhausted their land power, had no food or clothing, and were even confused by evil people. There were green forests and red eyebrows in the Western Han Dynasty, and when it came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was like this, and there was a disaster of the Yellow Turban." Speaking of this, Ye Chang said: "At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the population was 15 million, which was similar to the beginning of the Han Dynasty. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong, it was 19 million, and in the first year of Shenlong of Emperor Zhongzong, the population was more than 37 million. Today, the first year of Tianbao, the total number was 45 million - everyone knows that the number of slaves is not counted as slaves. If the number of slaves is added to the number of slaves is more than 70 million."

Just now, everyone felt that Ye Chang was exaggerating, but after this series of numbers were reported, they didn't know where Ye Chang knew, but they couldn't help but feel cold.

"The land power is limited, and now the supply of more than 70 million people is almost exhausted. The sage toured Luoyang from Chang'an to the east was not a luxury, but because the land power in Guanzhong has been exhausted, it is not enough to provide for the millions of people in Chang'an. It can still be maintained now, but the population is growing. When it is ten thousand, what should the country do? When it is twenty thousand, what should the country do?"

"Bon"

Ye Chang said this and drank the wine in the glass and sat down. However, the poets in the seat were stunned, and some people couldn't hold on to the chopsticks in their hands and let them fall to the ground.

Population is the wealth of the court, but Ye Chang revealed another terrifying fact, that when the wealth expands to a certain amount, it will become a burden to the court.

All of the people here are smart people. Among them, those who are familiar with history books have also concluded from Ye Chang's hint that war, only wars that change dynasties can eliminate the excess population.

Thinking of that result, everyone was in a state of coldness.

After a while, Zhang Xu forced a smile and said, "It was about border affairs. How did Ye Shiyi involve the population proliferation and the rise and fall of the former Han Dynasty... Drink, drink

Everyone raised their glasses as if they were dealing with them, but they all felt it was difficult to swallow.

Wang Changling couldn't bear it, and after putting down the cup, he asked, "Shiyilang must not let go of the target. From the frontier affairs to the population - is it because Shiyilang wants to limit the population by war?"

"No, it is not, to eliminate the population of the country by fighting, which is a strategy of enduring the internal cruelty. It is impossible to achieve it, and it is absolutely impossible." Ye Chang said this and shook his head: "Although I am not talented, I will not come up with this plan to lose my family. Forget it, I will not wipe out your own interests, but I will return to the border affairs. I also have a poem, I would like to ask you to comment."

When the poet talked about it in the end, he naturally had to go around the poem, but what Ye Chang said just now was too shocking, and there were only a few people who responded.

Ye Chang had already been confident in his heart. Looking at everyone, he slowly said, "This poem was seen in a dream..."
Chapter completed!