After the New Year, there was another heavy snowfall in Guanzhong, and the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan were covered in silver, which was extremely enchanting.

Since Ye Zhao moved to Chang'an, in addition to going to the academy to learn basic knowledge, Ye Zheng will be taken by Ye Zhao most of the time, even if Ye Zhao is dealing with official business, Ye Zheng will be on the side, but Ye Zhao forbids Ye Zheng to speak, if you have any questions, come down and talk to Ye Zhao, but where you do official business, Ye Zheng is absolutely forbidden to speak.

Ye Zhao was also afraid of Cai Yong, he was really afraid that Cai Yong would teach Ye Zheng to be a nerd who was stupid and loyal to the Han family, this was his future heir, fortunately he found out early.

In fact, if it weren't for Cai Yi's succession to the Cai family, even this second son, Ye Zhao didn't want Cai Yong to teach, and it would be difficult for Confucianism to teach a qualified leader.

"Zheng'er, how much do you know about this Chang'an?" Ye Zhao patted the city wall, turned his head to look at Ye Zheng and asked with a smile.

Ye Zheng thought for a while and said: "The ancient capital of Chang'an, which has the meaning of long-term peace and stability, was established from the site of Qin Xianyang, since King Qin Huiwen, Xianyang continued to expand to the south, and built Zhangtai, Xingle Palace, Ganquan Palace, Xin Palace, Afang Palace and other palaces in the south of Weishui; After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, won the world, built the capital in Chang'an, changed the Xingle Palace to Changle Palace, and later established the Weiyang Palace on the basis of Zhangtai.

Chang'an city wall is a total of 62 miles, each city wall has three gates, a total of 12 gates, is the world's largest city, but since Wang Mang usurped the throne, Guangwu Zhongxing set the eastern capital, Chang'an prosperity will gradually be covered by the eastern capital Luoyang, but if the city is strong, the child thinks, Luoyang is afraid that it is not as good as Chang'an. ”

"Not really!" Ye Zhao looked at the city in front of him and nodded, when Liu Bang built the capital of Chang'an, he was afraid of being cut down, so this Chang'an city wall is based on defensive power, what is needed is not beautiful, but practical, when it comes to Guangwu, Luoyang is the center of the world, surrounded by eight passes, and Luoyang's own defense is not as important as prosperity and beauty.

"My son has never been to Luoyang, but he can think of this, but such a majestic capital has changed hands several times since the beginning of peace, do I know why?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

"The land of contention......" Ye Zheng scratched his head, and then he didn't know what to say.

"It is indeed a place of contention!" Ye Zhao touched the female wall, this city that has experienced prosperity and decline, was originally named Chang'an, and now it is quite ironic to think about it, in just ten years, first Dong Zhuo, then Wang Yun Lu Bu, then Li Dao, Guo Yan, and then Li Dao, Guo Yan competed, and now it has been obtained by himself, it seems that the name Chang'an is somewhat unworthy of the name.

Under several wars, this city, which had a population of more than one million at its peak, has now become a withered population, and now after verification by the government, Chang'an now has an actual population of less than 200,000.

"But there is still one thing that I can't say, no matter how strong this city is, if it is not popular with the people, it will eventually be breached, and there is no city in this world that can never be broken." Ye Zhao pinched a snowball and rolled it on the city wall: "When Han Gaozu built Chang'an, it was the new establishment of the Great Han Dynasty, and the power of the princes was constantly reduced, and there was no ability to attack at all, even if there was no Chang'an City, there would be no major incident." ”

"Father is saying that you don't need walls?" Ye Zheng looked at Ye Zhao and said suspiciously.

"Not really, there are city walls, which can reassure the people, and it is also convenient to govern, since it exists, it has its own value, and what the father wants to say is to be prepared for danger in times of peace." Ye Zhao shook his head, in the era of cold weapons, the city wall was an important strategic building, and many art of war were also built around the city wall.

"Father, will we send troops to the Central Plains next?" Ye Zheng looked at Ye Zhao and said curiously.

"Not for the time being, now Guanzhong is in ruins, although our army is enough to start another big war, but now is not the best time to send troops to Kanto." Ye Zhao shook his head and said.

Now in Guanzhong, the second Yuan and Cao Cao stand side by side, but it is not a three-legged situation, Cao Cao is sandwiched between the two Yuan, survival is difficult, but Yuan seems to have signs of instability after the post, Sun Ce was appointed by the imperial court in June of the third year of Jian'an, and served as the Taishou of Wu County, and after helping Yuan Shu to lay down the Lujiang River, he directly led the army to cross the river to Wu County.

Now he is confronting Yan Baihu, although there is no city or land at present, but Ye Zhao feels that it will not be long, this Sun Ce may rise as rapidly as in history, if this is the case, then between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, there will be a battle, in this way, the pressure on Cao Cao's south will be greatly reduced, and he should take advantage of this time to quickly fight with Yuan Shao.

And what Ye Zhao wants to do now is not to send troops to the Central Plains, but to open up the Silk Road, and Wuwei, Jincheng and the three counties of Beidi need to be taken as soon as possible.

"But in the academy, when everyone simulates the battle situation today, they all think that at most one or two years, when our army sends troops to the Central Plains, Ma Teng and Han Sui can't stop our army." Ye Zheng recalled.

"Does that Zheng'er think it's right?" Ye Zhao smiled, the art of war class in the academy will take out a lot of the current situation or a certain battle in the past to deduce, and even play the princes to attack and defend respectively, although it is on paper, but the most important thing is that it can make the students' brains lively, not rigid dogma.

"The child thinks it's good, too." Ye Zheng glanced at Ye Zhao cautiously and said.

"Whether this is a troop, the situation in the world, and the situation of our army itself, all need to be taken into account, I only know that the Central Plains princes are fighting, but have you ever thought about how the Central Plains princes will react if our army sends troops?" Ye Zhao did not directly deny these, but put the question out: "In addition, Zheng'er knows, what does our army need now?" ”

"Population!" Thinking of following Ye Zhao to listen to government affairs these days, Ye Zheng almost blurted out.

"Ding Buwang, the people in the Luoyang area, have already been vacated by Dong Zhuo, and Nanyang has been purged several times, I think, where can I get the population?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

"But Wuwei, Jincheng and the three counties of Beidi are not very populous?" Ye Zheng looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously, puzzled.

"Look out further!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Further beyond is the Qianghu ......" Ye Zheng looked at Ye Zhao and frowned: "Cai Weng said, if it is not my race, its heart will be different!" ”

"Did Cai Weng tell you how to turn the alien race into my race?" Ye Zhao looked at Ye Zheng and was not annoyed, Cai Yong is an absolute supporter of Confucianism, this sentence cannot be said wrong, but for a ruler, race cannot be absolute.

"This ......" Ye Zheng hesitated.

"Speak!" Ye Zhao looked at Ye Zheng and encouraged.

"Slaughter its strength and cut off its inheritance!" Ye Zheng bowed his head and said.

is short of eight characters, but it is extremely bloody, which is contrary to the Confucian concept taught by Cai Yong, and it also makes Ye Zheng very uncomfortable, but this is the only thing he can think of at present.

"It's also a road." Ye Zhao nodded, and did not completely deny it: "This person is in the world, and he can't avoid a good word, Qiang Hu is also a human being, and he also needs profit; Do you know how his father naturalized the Hu people in the area of Danhan Mountain when he first entered the official career? ”

"Tempting the crowd with profit." Ye Zheng, as Ye Zhao's son, is naturally no stranger to Ye Zhao's life.

"That's not all!" Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "If there is not enough force to suppress it, no matter how much profit there is, it is just fat in his eyes, do you know that before the prosperity of Macheng, there were tens of thousands of Hu people who died in the hands of his father, even after his father stepped down from the Ma Cheng Order, there were nearly 100,000 Hu people who died directly or indirectly in the hands of his father." ”

provoked the Hu people to fight a civil war, and then supplied weapons, and took advantage of the war to let some small tribes or scattered Hu herdsmen move to the relatively stable Macheng, and then prospered, providing the Hu people with a way to live, so that they could learn Han culture by themselves and be edified step by step.

At that time, Ye Zhao had only been in Youzhou for three years, if he had been allowed to stay for ten more years, maybe the area that Ma Cheng could control now would be comparable to the entire Youzhou.

Even if Ye Zhao left, it also contributed to the three-legged pattern of Kebineng, Xianbei Royal Court and Wuhuan clan in the Danhan Mountain area, allowing the three parties to attack each other, such a war is like a meat grinder, constantly devouring the flesh and blood of the Xianbei and Wuhuan clans.

However, later, with the rise of Gongsun Zhan, he began to increase the crusade against Wuhuan, breaking this three-legged pattern, and ending this situation.

With Ye Zhao's explanation, Ye Zheng's eyes gradually widened, he was young, it was the first time he found that the war could still be fought like this, if Ye Zhao was still in Youzhou, I am afraid that there would be more naturalized Hu people, but it is a pity that Liu Mao was the commander of Macheng back then, so that Macheng was lost, and Ye Zhao's previous efforts were in vain, otherwise, now Namacheng is probably also a big city.

"Father, I understand." Ye Zheng bowed and said, "If that's the case, is my father ready to make a move on the Hetao?" ”

"Why?" Ye Zhao didn't answer, but asked with a smile.

"The land of the Hetao, the water and soil are fertile, the Southern Xiongnu have been attached to the Han Dynasty over the years, and they have grown strong by recuperating in the land of the Hetao, and they are not grateful, but they go south every year to plunder Sanfu, Guanzhong is now withering, and the Southern Xiongnu are also guilty of escaping, and if the father wants to be populated, the Hetao should also be a must-take place." Ye Zheng bowed.

"Good!" Ye Zhao nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "That Zheng'er thinks, when is it better to take the Southern Xiongnu?" And how do I get it? ”

"This ......" Ye Zheng was stunned and shook his head: "The child doesn't know, the child has heard that the nomads are all soldiers, and the Southern Huns have a population of hundreds of thousands, and there should be an army of 100,000, if you want to destroy it, I'm afraid it will not be easy." ”

"It's good to think of that!" Ye Zhao touched Ye Zheng's head and smiled: "Study hard, now Guanzhong is mainly based on governance, and will not send troops in a short time, I hope for my father, when the army is dispatched, my son can go to the battlefield with his father." ”

"Whoa!" Ye Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed and said.