"Huh? Old Lu, what's wrong, is there anything wrong with what I said? Cao Yi asked suspiciously.

Although Lu Lao was thinking a lot in his heart just now, it was only a short matter from the outside, Cao Yi waited for Lu Lao to praise after speaking, but he saw Lu Lao shaking his head, so he asked this question.

"No, what you said is very good, every point can be implemented or can be deepened along the line of thought, Cao Yi, it's a pity that you don't get fame and become an official, I feel sorry for the teacher for you, and I feel sorry for the people!" Lu Lao looked at Cao Yi and said slowly.

Cao Yi laughed, touched his head, and said with a smile: "A person with a character like me, who doesn't know how to slip around and flatter, is not willing to flatter, it is difficult to mix in the officialdom, and he is not subject to discipline, and he is even more unwilling to be sent, so it is better not to be an official, otherwise he doesn't even know how to die."

Lu Lao couldn't help but smile when he heard Cao Yi's words, as if this was indeed the case, according to his character as a disciple, there was a good chance that he would offend a large group of people on the first day of taking office, and be squeezed out by others, shaking his head and laughing loudly: "That's what I said, unless I let you be the prime minister from the beginning, I think it's difficult to ......."

"Then there is also the emperor in charge, what if the emperor doesn't listen to my advice or is a faint king......" Cao Yi pouted and said.

"Shhhhh Lu Lao glared at Cao Yi fiercely, he was really a hairless guy with a hairless mouth, if he said that if he was passed to the emperor by someone with a heart, then let alone the Cao family, even if he was a teacher, he might be severely punished.

Cao Yi smiled, "Isn't this in Lu Lao's house, there are no outsiders, I will never say that outside...... I haven't married a wife or had children yet, so I'm sure I'll cherish my life......"

"I'm afraid that one day, I will not be scared to death by you, but I will be killed by you!" Lu Lao looked at Cao Yi angrily and said.

"No, how could I hurt the teacher as a good student, who dares to hurt the teacher, I will definitely not let him have a good time, not only him, but also his whole family!" Cao Yi hurriedly said with a flattering smile, even he didn't expect that this would become a prophecy in the future.

"But Cao Yi, you have a little bit that I admire very much!" Lu Lao said with a light smile, looking at Cao Yi with rare relief in his eyes.

"What? Talent or looks? Cao Yi said playfully.

Lu Lao's right eyelid jumped twice in an instant, and it seemed that Cao Yi couldn't boast for a moment in the future, but he still praised it: "I admire your intelligence and overall situation, you don't go out of the gate, you don't step out of the second door, and you haven't been out of Jiangning, you can have such a clear insight into the affairs of the world, even Shu, which is thousands of miles away."

The ground can be dissected so clearly. ”

"What's this, read more history books, and then combine it with reality, and you will naturally know." Cao Yi waved his hand and said, but he didn't say the subtext "without it, only smart".

"Okay, then I will test you again for the teacher, Dali and the Southern Han Dynasty are also located in southern Xinjiang, and their positions are not too similar, why was one preserved, but the other was destroyed by our dynasty?"

Cao Yi frowned after listening to Lu Lao's question, and kept thinking about the comments of later generations on these two countries, in the major forums of later generations, there are indeed people who will ask questions on this issue, so Cao Yi will remember a little bit, at this time, he is sorting out some memories in his mind, and in Lu Lao's eyes, he is thinking about how to answer at this time, but one thing is true, that is, he is organizing the language, see how to say it.

"I think the national fortunes of Dali and the Southern Han Kingdom are different, and there should be four main aspects, right?"

"Oh? What are the four aspects? Lu Lao looked at Cao Yi and smiled lightly.

"People's hearts, terrain, transportation, and kings." Cao Yi had a smile on his face that you can't beat me.

"Yes, go on." Lu Lao also had a look of willingness to hear the details.

"Let's talk about people's hearts first, in terms of cohesion, Dali is better than the Southern Han Dynasty...... Although these two regimes were both established by the descendants of the Tang people, and the official titles were all modeled after the Tang system, there was still a big difference in the selection and appointment of talents. ”

"Dali is willing to use all kinds of means to unite the tribesmen, in the early days of the founding of the country, the king of Dali generously gave officials, and let the power of the hereditary, and the people who were given the officials are mostly the people in charge of the various ethnic groups, so that the basic is to return to the clan, and the hereditary people will not be interrupted and have opinions, the entire bureaucracy of Dali will be very stable and stable, although this will cause the scholars to control the power, but it is still beneficial when pacifying the eastern Mi Nai disaster, and this can also help to work together against foreign enemies."

"As for the Southern Han Kingdom, although it seems to look better in the selection of officials, open scientific examinations, imitate the Tang system, and set up two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi, at that time, it was hoped that it could really win over the Han scholars, and it was understandable to do so, but it was too long for the Han scholars to really grow up to affect the national fortunes, and it was not suitable in the era of war...... The most important thing is that the matter of opening the examination has completely changed in the Southern Han Kingdom, and if people and talents want to be used by the monarch of the Southern Han Dynasty, they must be castrated before they are used, which is not the selection of talents, but the selection of talented eunuchs...... Moreover, for us, 'there are three unfilial pieties, and no descendants are great', and the inheritance of the ancestors is the core idea, and the monarch of the Southern Han Dynasty did this, which itself is a mediocre national policy, so before the Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed, it was already a situation where scholars were centrifuged and manpower was not gathered. ”

Lu Lao nodded, what Cao Yi said was the truth, and it is true that there are differences between the two countries in this regard.

"The second point of terrain, Dali is more easy to defend and difficult to attack, my dynasty Taizu at that time, in view of the war between the predecessor of Dali and the Tang Dynasty, felt that if he rashly attacked Dali, it may be the same as the Tang Dynasty, and it will be endlessly consumed national strength, so he gave up at that time. The main reason is because of the topography of Dali, most of the land is a mountainous plateau, the average height is seven or eight hundred zhang, all over the mountains and hills, mountains and valleys, the terrain is very steep, the attack is too expensive, the gains outweigh the losses...... This was not the case in the Southern Han Kingdom, which was just a shorter hill with a flatter terrain and easier to attack. ”

"Hmm." Lu Lao motioned for Cao Yi to continue.

"The third point of transportation is actually similar to the second, Dali should be due to the topography, although to a certain extent the development of water and land transportation, but the border with our North Korea more inland river transportation and mountain road transportation, even not as developed as their southern occupation of Daguanglai, but if you want to go around to their south to attack, so that the battle line is too long, which is not conducive to our in-depth combat in the form of combining sea and land."

"But the Southern Han Dynasty is different, close to the East China Sea and the South China Sea, both land and sea are connected, whether it is sea or land transportation, foreign trade is extremely developed, Taizu edict compiled the "Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou Shu" records, said that the Southern Han Dynasty 'widely gathered in the South China Sea Zhuji, west through Guizhou, Shu, get its treasures, poor and extravagant, entertain one side, and Lingbei feudal years to deal with each other', convenient transportation so that it can better develop foreign trade and strengthen national strength at the same time, but also convenient for me to wave the south to attack the Southern Han Dynasty."

"The above is the third point, and the fourth point is the monarch, the monarch of the Southern Han Kingdom except for the founding monarch Liu? Aside from the fact that the emperors since him have been worse than the other, and they are all known for their brutality. Emperor Liu Ying was killed because of his prostitution. In order to stabilize the throne, Zhongzong Liu Sheng killed all the clan brothers, and implemented eunuch politics, which made people's hearts scattered. The queen Liu Sheng is fierce and cruel, living a luxurious life, the daily nameless expenses are more than 10 million taels, the three emperors before and after are rare in history, the people of the Southern Han Dynasty have long been miserable, the entire national royal family is centrifugal and detached, and when I go south towards the soldiers and horses, the Southern Han Dynasty has already become a plate of loose sand, so it will be attacked at once. As for the Dali Kingdom, although the imperial power seems to be on the side of the internal affairs, and the prime minister's family Gao is in power, at least the rule of the entire country is still stable and effective, so as Taizu said before, give up the attack. ”

"How's that, I'm right?" Cao Yi looked at Lu Lao and smiled.

Lu Lao didn't say much, just responded to Cao Yi's question with applause, with a smile on his face, "It's reasonable, the analysis is meticulous, and I can't find the slightest fault." ”

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