It was late at night, but the candlelight in Ye Zhao's room was not extinguished, and the battle between the Xiongnu started a little suddenly, and Ye Zhao did not have enough preparation, according to the original plan, it was to annex Xiliang first, and then consider the land of Hetao.

If the Hetao is taken at this time, it means that Ye Zhao's forces will be fully bordered by Yuan Shao, but in fact, in addition to the labor expedition and the dispatch of troops from Yunzhong and Dingxiang, although Yuan Shao and Ye Zhao are bordered, the bordering part not only has the Yellow River, but also a large loess plateau, which is not conducive to the march.

What can really be walked is to go to Huguan, which is now garrisoned by Fang Yue, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses, and Yuan Shao is currently fighting with Liu Bei, and Cao Cao is stumbling behind his back, if he is smart, he will not run to find trouble for himself, but no matter who is the lord of this river/north in the future, Huguan is an important strategic place.

What Ye Zhao has to think about now is the garrison problem in the Hetao area in the future, not only with pressure from Yuan Shao, but also in the face of the Xianbei royal court in the north, the Northern Xiongnu in the northwest, and the Western Regions, Ye Zhao doesn't feel that the Western Regions will come to provoke him.

As for Han Sui and Ma Teng in the west, they also had to be guarded.

It is a fertile land, but it is also a place of four wars, if it weren't for the fact that Ye Zhao had now taken the two territories of Zhongzhong and Shuzhong as the big rear, Ye Zhao really didn't want to make a move against Hetao at this time.

"Husband, are you going to be rectified?" Cai Yan got up and came to Ye Zhao's side with his stomach straight.

"I'm going to go on an expedition, but this time I'm not leaving!" Ye Zhao shook his head, stood up and hugged Cai Yan and said with a smile: "Madame, don't worry. ”

Cai Yan nodded gently, snuggled up to Ye Zhao's chest, and murmured: "It's not that the concubine wants to bind the husband, but the husband is now not only the lord of Chang'an, but also our husband, the father of several children, if something happens to the husband, the sky of the Ye family is afraid that it will collapse." ”

Ye Zhao nodded, now that he really can't go to the front line in person like before, he gently touched Cai Yan's bulging belly, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, junior sister, it's late at night, it's time to rest." ”

"Hmm~"

After a night of silence, early the next morning, Ye Zhao took Dian Wei to the academy, he wanted to meet this strange talent who could make all the drama talents praised.

"Lord, isn't he just a strategist? I don't believe that he is more powerful than the two gentlemen, and the two gentlemen did not work so hard to invite the lord at the beginning, how can this product be able to let the lord come forward in person? Dian Wei muttered dissatisfiedly.

It's really wrong, Ye Zhaoke spent a lot of effort for the sake of Xi Zhicai, and in the end he still coerced and lured, just like that, although he recruited Xi Zhicai, he was not able to get the connections of Xi Zhicai, and those famous strategists in Yingchuan finally voted for Cao Cao.

Among Ye Zhao's strategists, they are now headed by Xi Zhicai and Li Ru, and the two are not high-ranking officials, but as Ye Zhao's number one staff, the policies of Guanzhong and Shu will be handled by the two, and they have an irreplaceable position under Ye Zhao.

The others are all capable officials who can do things, but there are not many people like Xi Zhicai and Li Ru who can talk about the world with Ye Zhao in the overall situation, and Xi Zhicai obviously knows that Ye Zhao lacks top strategists now, so he recommended this person for him.

If it weren't for the lack of such top people, how could Ye Zhao not even be worthy of a strategist this time? But these things,I can't tell Dian Wei clearly,He came to the academy,After asking a few teachers,The strange talent is very distinctive.,It's not difficult to find.,Since the teaching and learning of the academy have been overturned.,Most of the time it's in the library in the academy to read books.,The personality is not withdrawn.,There are a few friends.,And it's not very old.,But it's a little good to be a teacher.。

For example, now, after Ye Zhao found someone, he didn't immediately come forward to communicate, Dian Wei was left outside the door by him, and he heard Dian Wei himself say that he had a disease that wanted to sleep when he saw a book, Ye Zhao had already given up treatment for him, let him be, and at this moment it was the time for lectures in the major colleges, and the library was extremely deserted, and when Ye Zhao casually picked up a book of Analects and read it, he saw that the person who was riding a strange talent by Xi Zhicai couldn't help but look at him a few times.

As the most printed book after Ye Zhao's popularization of education, and it is also an enlightenment reading, a thirty-five-year-old person is holding a book of Analects and reading it, just like adults in later generations looking at children's comic books, or in such a sacred place, which gives people a somewhat strange feeling.

"You're from the academy?" The strange man looked at Ye Zhao and took the initiative to say.

"Sort of." Ye Zhao nodded, looking at this person with interest, about twenty-four or five years old, there was no frivolity on his face, but the confidence between his eyebrows made people feel aggressive.

"Seeing that you are not young, why are you still reading this book, I am just a little curious." The young man laughed.

"How many years did Confucius write this book?" Ye Zhao looked at the young man and said with a smile: "The summary of the life of the first saint, in my opinion, no matter how old you are, you can watch it, each age group will have a different understanding, why force this?" ”

"Something insightful!" When the young man heard this, his eyes lit up, and he sat down and said with a smile: "Mr. Guan talks like a layman, I don't know what he thinks?" ”

"If a person eats whole grains, how can he not be a layman?" Ye Zhao didn't pick out his identity, and began to talk to this person about learning.

Young people are indeed as Xi Zhicai said, although they are talented, they are not as good as the feeling that Huang Quan gave him at the beginning, they belong to the kind of things that can be applied and have not been personally experienced, and they will never be judged, but they have a wide range of fields, agriculture, water conservancy, administration, and some opinions on the overall military situation.

Tactics need to be combined with actual combat, but strategy does not need to, for example, in the romance, Zhuge Liang knows the world without any actual combat experience, but he can see the general trend clearly, and consider the war from the strategic level, many opinions are quite unique, and the views on the general trend of the world are also quite novel.

At the beginning, Xi Zhicai said that the general trend of the world was divided, but this person was divided from the concept of each governing method, for example, although Liu Bei and Yuan Shao competed with each other, but the two systems actually followed the old system, Yuan Shu was even inferior to these two people, Liu Biaowen ruled Jingxiang, but he couldn't get rid of the barriers of the old system, and these four can actually be counted as one.

And Ye Zhao, effectively imitating the meaning of the pre-Qin, but also borrowed from the reasons for the failure of the pre-Qin, advocating the rule of law, but there will be more favors in it, and pay more attention to the improvement of the political system and national strength, and vigorously encourage craftsmen It can be said that he has subverted many things of the previous Han Dynasty, and the energy that erupted from it is now obvious to all.

Lu Bu belongs to the follower faction, although he has an enmity with Ye Zhao, but he is limited to his background and is not accepted by scholars, and can only follow many systems in Guanzhong, Cao Cao is in view of the between, he wants to bring forth the new and learn from Ye Zhao to break the barriers of the family, but he is hindered by too many scholars under his account, and he cannot let go of his hands and feet like Ye Zhao to implement the rule of law in a big way, but this person has enough courage and skill, and can find a delicate balance in it, which can not only help the scholars, but also absorb the system of Guanzhong little by little to continuously strengthen itself.

Among the three, Lu Bu is brave and unscrupulous, belonging to the kind that is led away, the young man guessed that Ye Zhao left Lu Bu for the time being, and also had the intention of letting Lu Bu be a gun, otherwise if Lu Bu killed Duan Xuan in the first place, Ye Zhao would have enough reason to send troops to Nanyang and take this place.

And Cao Cao's courage and ambition are enough, but he fell into a quagmire, Ye Zhao's courage may not be stronger than Cao Cao, but Ye Zhao has an advantage that Cao Cao does not have, that is, he dares to try new things, and is very smart to let others experiment, when the time is ripe, and then pick the fruit, Li Dao and Guo Yan are so unobtainable, they were used by Ye Zhao for a few years and then waited for Ye Zhao to get out of the customs, the power of the family in the pass has actually been cleaned up by Li Dao and Guo Yan, and those who survived also went to Xuchang with the Son of Heaven, So that Ye Zhao can implement the new policy in Guanzhong as boldly as in Shuzhong without encountering too much resistance.

To sum up, if you divide it in this way, Ye Zhao, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu can be divided into one family, which can be regarded as a reformist, although the dispute in the world is powerful, it can be seen as a collision between the old and new concepts, as for the final winner, I'm afraid only God knows.

The new concept is definitely better than the old one, but many times, it is not good to make people accept, such as Lu Bu, even if he imitates Guanzhong, it will not develop, because he imitates Guanzhong is a helpless move to be forced, and he may recognize the old system more.

"It's very insightful." Ye Zhao looked at the young man who was drinking water and smiled: "Haven't asked for the name of the son yet?" ”

"In the lower law, the word filial piety is straight, and he is from Yixian County." The young man looked at Ye Zhao with a smile and said: "Mr. has a good conversation, I'm afraid he is not very human, although there are many talents in this pass, but there are not many outstanding people like Mr., I only know about Xi Zhicai and Li Ru, I have seen Xi Zhicai, Mr. is that Li Wenxuan?" ”

Ye Zhao didn't talk much, but every time he asked, he could get to the point, which made Fa Zheng feel like he had met a bosom friend, and his remarks before, few people recognized, but Ye Zhao listened to it with relish, and he could give some good additions, Fa Zheng had a high opinion of the middle-aged man who met for the first time, in this Chang'an City, he could think of anyone who had this ability, except for Xi Zhicai, there was only Li Ru left.

"No, my name is Ye Zhao, my face is Xiuming, and I have never heard of filial piety." Ye Zhao looked at Fa Zheng and said with a smile.

"Too ...... Captain! Fa Zheng's eyes widened, and then suddenly, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Fa Zheng sees the captain." ”

"Xi Zhicai said that you are talented but wild, but now it seems that it doesn't count." Ye Zhao stretched out his hand to help Fa Zheng up, and said with a smile: "Now that I am here, I want to recruit Xiaozhi as the main secretary of the door, I don't know if Xiaozhi is willing?" ”

"But joking! Why should the captain take it seriously? Fa Zheng sneered, then his face turned solemn, and he bowed down and said: "Fa Zheng sees the Tai Lieutenant and is willing to serve the Tai Lieutenant." ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Then pack up your things and go to the Taiwei Mansion with me to take office." ”