Of course, Gu Han understood what Li Ze meant by smashing the other party to death with money.

With money, there will naturally be better equipment, more abundant food, and the potential for war will naturally be greater. In fact, the current Li Ze has almost done it, and among the various forces he has seen in his travels, there is no local force that can attach so much importance to the people's livelihood, develop the economy, and do everything possible to make the people rich.

In fact, this is a virtuous circle, the people have money, they will naturally be able to receive more taxes, and the centripetal force and cohesion of the people will naturally be stronger. Don't the leaders of the other forces understand this?

Of course not, to be able to sit in the position of the boss, no one is stupid, no one will not understand this, and no one does not want to be a Ming Jun and a saint who is praised by everyone. But the problem is that once combined with reality, things are not so simple.

Everyone can see the so-called problem, but there are too few people who can solve it.

Li Ze is the one who solved this problem well, so now he has a sense of being outstanding.

The door rang softly, Gongsun Changming walked in with a stack of scrolls, arched his hand to Li Ze, and sat down on the couch opposite the two, stared at Gu Han for a while, and said, "You have a letter of recommendation from Jin Mantang Jin Gong in your hand, why don't you come to Li Xiang's mansion to find Li Xiang?" ”

"Oh?" Li Ze was interested, "Do you have a letter of recommendation from Jin Gong?" ”

His belongings in the inn seemed to have been copied clearly by the other party, and Gu Han was a little unhappy in his heart.

"Fame and fame are taken from the straight to the middle, how can you seek it in the bend?" He said: "Although Jin Gong said that if I come to Wuyi with his letter of recommendation, I will definitely get a good position, but since the imperial examination is open, I naturally want to rely on my own ability." ”

"Yes, a man of character." Li Ze smiled and took the stack of papers from Gongsun Changming's hand, and the top one was Jin Mantang's letter of recommendation. "Don't get me wrong, because you're from Jiangnan, and they don't know your relationship with Jin Gong, so they searched your line. You must be able to understand a lot of the current situation, but the form is more complicated, so you have to be careful. ”

Li Ze actually explained to him in person, Gu Han's heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and he arched his hand: "The grass people understand. ”

Li Ze stretched out his hand and pulled it next to the seat, and immediately a person walked in.

"Prepare tea." Li Ze gave an order, and then looked down at the letter of recommendation in his hand.

This Gu Han is really not an ordinary person.

Gu Han's family is also a rich man in Yangzhou, and his family is in the silk business, so he met Jin Mantang, and Gu Han after he was twenty years old, he rode alone to travel the world, this time, but it was more than ten years, and his footprints were almost all over the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

In this era, traveling is not a tour, it is really a very high-risk operation, and the probability of dying silently is much higher than the probability of coming back safely.

"It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles." Li Ze glanced up at him and nodded with a smile: "I have not only been to the Northeast, but also to the Western Regions, which is amazing." ”

"It's just a fluke." Gu Han bowed.

The guards brought in tea, Li Ze motioned to the other party to drink tea, and he lowered his head and continued to read the recommendation, Jin Mantang spoke highly of this person, thinking that if Li Ze could accept him, he would definitely be able to become a minister in the future.

Li Ze also recognized this in his heart, but he didn't need Jin Mantang's guarantee. Put down the recommendation book, and took out another stack of things from below, but I was stunned, it was actually a thick stack of maps, and I picked up one at random, on which there were not only mountains, rivers, roads and bridges, but also towns and towns were clearly marked.

"Didn't expect you to be able to make a map?" Li Ze looked at the thick stack of maps in his hand with some surprise, especially those in the Western Regions, which were indeed very needed for him now.

Originally, Datang had a detailed map of the Western Regions, but in the past twenty years of chaos, almost most of everything has been destroyed in the war. Yuan Chang, Li Hai, and Tang Ji traveled west, although Tang Ji had lived there, but after all, so many years had passed, and Tang Ji was just a martial artist, and he was very familiar with military towns, but for other places, he was afraid that he was unfamiliar. This trip to the Western Regions, for them, is basically equivalent to crossing the river by feeling the stones, but with this map, it is very different.

"When I was a student in my early years, I learned." Gu Han nodded.

Looking at the scale clearly marked on the map, Li Ze was very happy, most of the maps of this era were drawn by the drawing system, and there was no standard scale at all, which led to big problems and big mistakes. It wasn't until Li Ze took power that the entire mapping became standardized, and it took a huge amount of manpower and material resources to redraw the map of the entire Wuwei rule, and now, when the internal guards under the command of Tian Bo and Tu Hu infiltrated other places, one of the most important tasks was to draw an accurate map of Wuwei's standards.

"Can you give it to me?" Raising the map in his hand, Li Ze asked with a smile.

"This was originally meant to be dedicated to Lee Sang." Gu Han said a little helplessly, you got it all, and asked me if I could give it to you, isn't this taking off your pants and farting, is it an extra move?

"Great, Mr. Gongsun, I want to give Gu Han a credit for this matter." Li Ze said excitedly.

"Naturally, there is merit." Gongsun Changming smiled.

"Why hasn't Zhang Shangshu come yet?" Li Ze glanced at the hourglass on the side of the case and asked.

"Today, I started to officially read the papers, and Zhang Shangshu may have seen a good article, so he is immersed in it and can't extricate himself." Gongsun Changming teased: "He is that kind of person." ”

Gu Han was a little drumming in his heart, Li Ze didn't need to say it, Gongsun Changming and Zhang Hui were both people in the innermost circle, Jin Mantang once said to him that Li Ze was the mainstay, Zhang Hui took the bright road, and Gongsun Changming walked the dark road, the two of them were bright and dark, and they were the people Li Ze relied on the most. It can be said that it is these three people who are now influencing the direction of the Zhenzhou Imperial Court.

Others, can be summarized as thugs, helpers.

In other words, the person who wants to see himself today is actually the first, second and third person in the Zhenzhou Imperial Court.

"Then let's wait." Li Ze looked at Gu Han and said, "Gu Han, you drink tea first, I think it won't take long for Zhang Shangshu to come." ”

"Xie Li Xiang!" Gu Han picked up the tea sent in by the guards and took a sip, but his stomach was growling, and he glanced at Li Ze embarrassedly.

Li Ze suddenly realized, "You haven't eaten dinner yet?" ”

Gu Han shook his head. As soon as he arrived at the inn, he was arrested by the public and sent here, and then no one paid attention to him until Li Ze and the others came in.

Li Ze smiled and beckoned someone in, gave a few orders, and in a moment, two plates of exquisite dim sum were brought in and placed beside Gu Han.

"Let's eat a little bit of tea first, and when Mr. Zhang comes, we'll have a good talk together." Li Ze pointed to the dim sum on the table.

As soon as Li Ze said this, although his stomach was still screaming, Gu Han couldn't eat it anymore, holding a piece of dim sum in his hand, he looked at Li Ze with some weakness and asked, "I don't know what Li Xiang wants to talk to me, do you have to wait for Zhang Shangshu to come over?" ”

Li Ze nodded: "What do you think of your strategy this time?" ”

"It's okay!" Gu Han was not humble.

"But do you know that the views you expressed in the policy discussion are completely contrary to the mainstream opinions of the current Wuwei and the upper and lower levels, oh no, the Zhenzhou Imperial Court?" Li Ze asked rhetorically.

"That's why I'm writing this policy." Gu Han simply put down the dim sum in his hand, looked at Li Ze and said, "Li Xiang, if those mainstream views are also your views, I think you are wrong, this will bring absolute obstacles to your great cause of reunification." ”

Looking at Gu Han, who was obviously a little excited, Li Ze waved his hand: "Don't be busy first, don't be busy first, eat first, and then debate with us when you're full." To be honest, your point of view in the policy is the first time I have heard the opposition voice, and it is definitely eye-catching, no matter what the final result is, but you provide another point of view to examine our previous point of view, which is beneficial to us, not to mention, after reading your strategy, I am a little hesitant. You're fed before you can debate with us!" ”

Hearing Li Ze's words, Gu Han nodded heavily, simply picked up the plate and put it on his lap, with snacks in one hand and tea in the other, he gobbled it up, he was really hungry after a day of shopping outside today.

Looking at Gu Han's appearance, Li Ze admired this person's courage very much. I don't know how many people were a little trembling when they saw him, and there were not many high-ranking officials and fierce generals, but this Gu Han and the common people had such spirit and courage, and it was not in vain that Jin Mantang dared to use himself as a guarantee in the letter.

Anyway, it's a character.

Seeing Gu Han busy filling his stomach, Li Ze also lowered his head to look at the drawings in his hand, he was naturally very clear about the Western Regions and the East, and the general direction, but he was not very clear about these detailed maps drawn by Gu Han, not to mention, those places in his memory still had a lot of deviations from this era.

These drawings of the Western Regions can be rubbed and printed immediately, and sent to Yuan Chang and them quickly, so that Yuan Chang and them can avoid many detours. Now Yuan Chang and others are still staying in Shuozhou for the final supplement, and they are still far from the real customs.