Nanzhao is a vassal state of Dawan Domain, adjacent to Jiannan Province, and has resisted the powerful enemy of the Western Regions with Dawan for decades, and is the most important vassal state in the southwest of Dawan. Dawan set up Yaozhou in Nanzhao and sent the governor to the Jiannan Dao Jiedu envoy.

The Dawan state is powerful, and it is always light on the vassal states and the feudal states. It is the ordinary people of Dawan, they all call Nanzhao and the vassal states in the north as barbarians, and the literati history books also say that the Nanzhao departments have not yet been civilized, which shows what kind of attitude Dawan has towards Nanzhao.

Driven by the general trend, so Lin Jiaoxi's voice fell, and most of the students in the audience were filled with righteous indignation, angrily accusing Nanzhao of being ungrateful, and they couldn't wait to put on their armor and go to Nanzhao in person, screwing off the heads of those uncivilized barbarians, and personally teaching them how to write the word "kindness and righteousness".

And listening to what they said, it was mostly about where to send soldiers and horses, where to enter Nanzhao, and a few days to break through Taihe City, the capital of Nanzhao, and capture Jue Lefeng, the king of Nanzhao, to Chang'an City, which was personally disposed of by the emperor.

Xu Mingyuan just listened attentively, but he couldn't help laughing and shook his head gently.

Three years ago, he and his master went to the southwest to enter Nanzhao, and traveled in Nanzhao for more than two months, traveled all over the realm of Nanzhao, even visited a lot of remote small tribes, and even met Jue Lefeng, who had not yet ascended the throne.

The land of Nanzhao is much more backward than Dawan, and there are few big cities that sing and dance, let alone a million-dollar giant city like Chang'an.

However, Nanzhao has a lot of fertile land, and there has always been a lot of grain production, and after relying on Dawan's unification, Dawan's advanced farming technology was introduced into Nanzhao, which increased its grain production a lot.

Moreover, under the promotion of King Nanzhao, Nanzhao also followed Dawan to set up academies, although only the children of nobles were recruited, but there was no such thing as uncivilized. There are often poems by talented poets in circulation, but most of them are not well-known in Dawan.

Xu Mingyuan and his master traveled in a donkey cart, and the people of Nanzhao they met along the way were mostly kind to their master and apprentice, and the folk customs were simple. Although some of the tribesmen are still fierce, they are also courteous to their Dawan status as master and apprentice.

Therefore, for Xu Mingyuan, the style of Nanzhao written by literati who have not even set foot in Jiannan Road is really ridiculous. And the students of the academy who knew very little about these neighboring Nanzhao, and thought that 5,000 soldiers and horses could set foot on the Nanzhao, had nothing to say.

Regardless of the fact that Nanzhao was able to merge with the five edicts back then, and the Tubo that had resisted the strong rise of the same Dawan for 50 years without retreating half a step, the prosperity of the army was by no means as unbearable as the mouths of all living beings.

It is said that the roads of the Nanzhao tribes are not passable, and there are countless dangerous currents in the mountains, and the Dawan iron horse is embarrassed and useful. And the poisonous mist and miasma between the mountains and rivers are pervasive, and there are countless snakes and scorpions poisonous insects.

However, as Bai Molou said, the imperial court and Nanzhao hated each other, the imperial court built a peaceful city, and started the first road, although in the name of resisting Tubo, it is not difficult for a discerning person to see Dawan's suspicion of Nanzhao.

Moreover, recently, there is often news that the king of Nanzhao intends to rebel, and the history of the assassination of Yaozhou has repeatedly written about the transgression of the king of Nanzhao, which shows that for the matter of Nanzhao, the Dawan court has begun to push the boat down the river.

Destroy Nanzhao, collect all the land of Nanzhao, open the first road to the whole territory of Nanzhao, control Nanzhao, and reject Tubo alone. This should be the so-called general trend, or the public opinion created by someone after speculating on the divine will.

What the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government think, Xu Mingyuan doesn't know, and it's not what he will think about now, but in his opinion, it is really unwise to send troops to Nanzhao, and it is not what he wants, this is his heart.

Bai Molou shook his head when he saw him, and asked in a cold voice, "What do you think?" ”

Xu Mingyuan shook his head with a smile and said: "War or peace, it's not up to us people to decide, but I think that sending troops to Nanzhao will do more harm than good to Yu Dawan." ”

"Oh?" Bai Molou's hand stopped, looked at Xu Mingyuan's eyes and said, "The conquest of Nanzhao is already the trend of the times, what do you mean by this?" ”

At this moment, a sword-eyed student sitting in front of him raised his hand and stood up, and said loudly: "Student Ma Zhixiao, there is a speech. The students of the academy immediately stopped discussing, and everyone's eyes fell on Nama Zhixiao.

Seeing this, Xu Mingyuan laughed softly: "Anyway, I'll talk about it later, so I won't tell you more about it first." ”

Bai Molou bowed slightly, and didn't ask any more.

Lin Jiaoxi smiled and said, "Ma Zhixiao, do you have any good plans, just say it." The two teachers sitting in front of the low table also lifted their pens and sat upright, seemingly preparing to record Ma Zhixiao's words.

Ma Zhixiao saluted the officials and teachers under the old kui tree, and then said loudly: "The student thinks that although Nanzhao and I Dawan have lived together for decades, Nanzhao has been repeated, and I am afraid that there will be collusion with Tubo for a long time. And the Nanzhao education has not been opened, and it is unruly and untamable, and now it is an unforgivable crime to prevent me from building a city and building roads and killing court officials.

I am a strong soldier and a horse, and how can a barbarian vassal country provoke, I should immediately dispatch troops and horses, enter Nanzhao from Jiannan Road, set foot on Taihe City, and capture the king of Nanzhao and hand it over to the saint. ”

Ma Zhixiao paused and continued. Basically, there are a lot of things about how Nanzhao should be fought and how to fight.

Zhou Binjie introduced softly on the side: "This Ma Zhixiao is also a famous family, and his ancestors have been officials to the third grade, but now the Ma family has only one Wupin Yangzhou Sima in Jiangnan Province in the court." Ma Zhixiao is also a bit talented, and he seems to have won a third place in the last debate, and his previous rankings were in the top ten. ”

Xu Mingyuan nodded, what Ma Zhixiao said was reasonable and well-founded, from the beginning of throwing out his own opinions, everything he said afterwards was on topic, if it was written on paper, it would be a good strategy.

Moreover, what Ma Zhixiao said was mostly what the students here thought, so everyone nodded again and again when they listened, and many students looked at Ma Zhixiao with admiration in their eyes.

However, there are also students who are ready to speak out with annoyance on their faces, and what Ma Zhixiao said is also what they think.

"It's unrealistic. The soldiers went out of Nanzhao, at least 50,000 people, and no less than 200,000 servants were needed for grain and grass. Bai Molou said coldly, although the voice was not loud, but it also fell in the ears of Xu Mingyuan and Zhou Binjie.

Zhou Binjie rolled his eyes and didn't answer, Zhou Binjie smiled and said, "The words are beautiful, but they are really nonsense." By the way, Xiaobai, will you get involved today? ”

Bai Molou shook his head with a cold face. Zhou Binjie found an opportunity to fall into the well, leaned over and said in a weird manner: "He has an agreement with the female devil, and if he loses five games, he will never say a word above the debate." ”

Looking at Bai Molou's somewhat unnatural cold face, Xu Mingyuan grinned, thinking to himself that Zeng Qingyi's little goblin, the tricks of people are indeed not something ordinary people can bear.

After Ma Zhixiao finished speaking, the officials and teachers sitting under the old kui tree smiled and nodded, but the master and the tall thorn Shi had no expression, just talked softly and didn't say anything.

After Ma Zhixiao sat down, another academy student immediately got up, and what he said was also that he felt that he should fight Nanzhao. However, compared with Ma Zhixiao, his debate was much worse, and his words were incomprehensible, and the students present were drowsy.

The next few people all said that Nanzhao was arrogant and should be recruited by troops. Although a few people put forward some new ideas or some strategies for sending troops, they are all shortcomings compared to Ma Zhixiao, but they set off Ma Zhixiao more.

After a series of boring debates among several people, Zheng Zhi stood up and shocked the spirits of all the students of the academy, and they all looked at the young and naïve academy genius.

Zheng Zhi had won the first place in the debate three times in a row before, and he was already famous in the academy, and some people even compared him with the Baimo Building back then, and privately discussed how many times he could win the first place in a row.

Seeing that Zheng Zhi was young, those officials also asked the academy professor softly, and after understanding, they looked at Zheng Zhi a few more times.

After Zheng Zhi saluted everyone under the old kui tree, he began to speak his defense. Although Zheng Zhi also thinks that Nanzhao should fight, compared with the previous few whimsical talks about marching and fighting, how to break Taihe City and capture the king of Nanzhao, Zheng Zhi's words are much more subtle and practical.

Zheng Zhi's focus was on the issue of the grain and grass of the three armies, and tens of thousands of troops went deep into Nanzhao, which was certainly not an overnight matter, and the importance of grain and grass was self-evident.

Zeng Fuzi, who had never had any expression, smiled for the first time after listening to Zheng Zhi's words, and Gao Tingshi, who was sitting next to him, also nodded again and again, seemingly quite satisfied with Zheng Zhi.

After listening to it for a while, Bai Molou looked at Zheng Zhi and said: "Originally, I thought that Zheng Zhi could govern the peaceful world and be in charge of the government, but now it seems that even if he is in charge of the grain and grass of the three armies, he is also competent." ”

"Do you think you are really the prime minister, what kind of government, the grain and grass of the three armies, you can tell it." Zhou Binjie laughed.

Xu Mingyuan also felt a little funny about Bai Molou's old comments, but Zheng Zhi did have some talent, and the previous few compared with him, even Ma Zhixiao was not as good.

Listening to what he said, he also has some understanding of Nanzhao, compared to those who only heard from books or other people's mouths about the introduction of Nanzhao, he knows a lot about the terrain and road conditions of Nanzhao. Moreover, his strategy of transporting grain is indeed unique, and it is also the reason why Zeng Fuzi and Gao Thorn Shi can nod.

Bai Molou glanced at Zhou Binjie and sneered: "Little fat man, if you dare to get up and say that you are ugly, I will call you brother today." ”

"I ...... I...... I ......" Zhou Binjie was hesitant, his face turned red, but he didn't dare to respond, if he couldn't speak, it would be a shame.

Xu Mingyuan was also powerless to stop the two cousins around him who would have to damage each other when they met, he looked at Zheng Zhi who sat down with a salute, and looked at the expressions of the master and Gao Thorn Shi, the ranking should be above Ma Zhixiao.

Xu Mingyuan also thought about it for a long time in his heart, fighting Nanzhao, this is driven by the general trend, and Nanzhao, but it is his original intention.

In line with the general trend, with his experience of traveling in Nanzhao, not to mention Zheng Zhi's vague strategy for transporting grain, he can tell a marching route.

And if you go against the trend and go along with your heart, not to mention the first, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get the top ten, and maybe you will become the public enemy of all beings.