The students looked through the history books, but found that whenever the nomadic tribes on the grassland were unified, even if they were as strong as Daqin, they would not hesitate to come to the Central Plains to plunder, and whenever the various forces of the grassland were divided, even if the Central Plains were in a melee, there was no time to look outside, such as the Three Kingdoms, and there were few major wars between the Central Plains and the nomads on the grassland......" "Zirou, do you think that after the Southern Autumn unified the grassland, they dared to invade my Great Chu? "Da Chu is strong, not weaker than the Tang Dynasty back then, and Nanqiu didn't have such courage. But after all, my Dachu has been war-free for a hundred years after all, and the matter of attacking the grass nomads back then is too far away, and today, I am afraid that not many people on the grassland remember, and the awe of my Dachu is far less intense than it was back then. The most important thing is that in the past two years, the grassland has been working early for many years, and you have also said that those barbarians on the grassland do not know the etiquette, they are barbaric by nature, in order to survive, what will they do, looking at the past and the present, it is almost doom......ed" Xiao Mo has said goodbye for a long time, but Shan Zuotang is still sitting in the guest hall frowning in a daze, silently recalling the previous conversation in his heart.

Shan Zuotang is not a stupid person, but he has been accustomed to a hundred years of comfort, and he is extremely superstitious about the strength of the Chu Dynasty, although he has read countless historical books, but what he cares about is to confirm the Confucian scriptures from the history books, at most it is just associated with the secret struggle of the dynasty, but he has never paid attention to the affairs of the grassland peoples.

This is not only the case with Shan Zuotang, but in fact, the literati and officials of this era are all like this.

But after the previous conversation, Shan Zuotang was still persuaded by Xiao Mo.

Following Xiao Mo's train of thought, Shan Zuotang was horrified to find that at this time next year, once there was another drought locust plague on the grassland, it was very likely that Nanqiu would invade Dachu.

However, out of superstition about Da Chu's strength, Shan Zuotang didn't think that Nan Qiu's invasion would cause any harm to Da Chu, but he was just surprised that Nan Qiu dared to invade Da Chu.

Now what Shan Zuotang is thinking about is whether he should play this matter to His Majesty.

It's just that when Xiao Mo was only worried about the aggressiveness of the Di clan, Shan Zuotang was thinking about much more than that.

Shan Zuotang knows very well that the current court seems to be calm, but in fact it is an undercurrent, and the open and secret struggle between Prime Minister Zhang Qian and the privy envoy Wang Han has never stopped.

Once this matter is taken seriously by His Majesty, Wang Han, who is in charge of military affairs, will inevitably be greatly strengthened in power for a period of time, and even the six ministries will be restrained by him when preparing for war.

In this way, it was very unfavorable to his teacher Zhang Qian.

Moreover, all kinds of scenarios are just Xiao Mo's speculation, once Nandi has no intention of violating next year, he will play so recklessly, it will inevitably cause Emperor Chu Ling's dislike, and it will also have a great impact on his future.

After a long time, Shan Zuotang shook his head, sighed, turned back to the study, wrote two letters, sealed them, summoned the personal servant beside him, handed the letters in his hands to him, and said: "Send these two letters out as quickly as possible" The servant bowed and hurriedly retreated.

And Shan Zuotang looked at the departing figure of the servant, relieved, but always felt that he had ignored something.

Of these two letters, one was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital, and what was written in it was Xiao Mo's thoughts and concerns.

The other letter was sent to Zhang Liangyu, the Northwest Supervisor, reminding him to pay attention to the movements of Nanqiu in the north.

In Shan Zuotang's view, it is certainly surprising that Nandi wants to invade Da Chu, but this kind of response, with the strength of Da Chu, is enough.

On the other side, sitting on the carriage returning to Zhu's mansion, Xiao Mo looked thoughtful.

Obviously, Shan Zuotang did not take Xiao Mo's conjecture lightly because of Xiao Mo's age and qualifications, but after thinking carefully about the possibilities, he believed Xiao Mo's inference.

However, at the same time, Xiao Mo also noticed that although Shan Zuotang believed his inference, he didn't care. "Zirou's thinking is reasonable, but Zirou, you don't have to worry too much, then if Nanqiu doesn't have the intention of violating, it's just that, if they really dare to violate, they will definitely let them learn from my Dachu's millions of elite soldiers again." This is Shan Zuotang's answer to Xiao Mo.

Da Chu has tens of thousands of soldiers, Xiao Mo knows this.

But whether these millions of soldiers are all elite soldiers, and even whether there are elite soldiers in the Chu Dynasty to this day, Xiao Mo is not optimistic.

Xiao Mo had not been in contact with the army of this era, and he was not judged favorably, so in the face of Shan Zuotang's self-boat, Xiao Mo couldn't say anything.

But Xiao Mo still learned some things about the current military system of the Chu Dynasty from other aspects.

When the whole society is heavy on literature and light on military force, when a country has no war for a hundred years and the soldiers have little training, when the emperor above the court suppresses the military with literature, when the "recruitment system" is implemented but the salary is extremely low, when the court is wanton, the court uses civil servants to control military affairs...... In Xiao Mo's impression, any army in history, as long as it has a little of the above points, its combat effectiveness is definitely not high, but the military system of the Chu Dynasty, these characteristics are extremely obvious.

In this case, even if he has an army of millions, can he really stop Nandi, who is born to be a soldier on horseback, and all the people are soldiers?

Xiao Mo was very skeptical.

"Do your best, listen

Mandate of Heaven. Shan Zuotang is only the highest-ranking official I have contacted so far, and if even he has nothing to do, then I can't do anything. If he didn't believe that Nanqiu could threaten Da Chu, I'm afraid the others wouldn't believe it even more.

"In any case, Huanzhou and Yunzhou are on the verge of the northern grassland, which is too dangerous, and some preparations must be made in advance."

Xiao Mo tried his best, but he didn't achieve any effect, and now Xiao Mo has begun to think about his own back path.

And just when Xiao Mo was thinking about it, Xiao Huan, Fan Guan, Wang Jirui and the other three who had also heard Xiao Mo and Shan Zuotang talking before, were staring at Xiao Mo non-stop.

After a long time, Fan Guan asked cautiously, "Zirou, will the things you just said really happen?" ”

Xiao Mo glanced up at Fan Guan, nodded seriously, and said, "I'm afraid it's very likely to happen." ”

"I think Zirou is too worried, I think with my Dachu's millions of elite soldiers, even if the Nanqiu tribe really dares to invade us, it can only make a disgraced end."

Xiao Huan smiled reassuringly.

The remarks are the same as Shan Zuotang, compared with Shan Zuotang, Xiao Huan is more confident in the military strength of Great Chu, although Shan Zuotang is not familiar with military affairs, but over the years, he has at least heard some rumors about the current Great Chu army, but he doesn't believe that the elite soldiers of Great Chu can't even defeat the Nanqiu barbarians. As for Xiao Huan, his impression of the Great Chu army has always stayed one hundred and seventy years ago, when Taizu Tianxian led his troops to sweep the grassland.

Seeing that Xiao Huan and Fan Guan, two close friends, couldn't understand the worries in their hearts, Xiao Mo secretly sighed, but his face became more serious, staring at Xiao Huan and Fan Guan tightly, and said solemnly: "Brother Xiao, Brother Fan, do you trust me?" ”

"Naturally believe.

Seeing that Xiao Mo said so seriously, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan hurriedly said.

Xiao Mo nodded and said seriously: "In this case, after returning to Shanxian County, you must pack up your family and leave Yunzhou with your family before September next year." Hearing that Xiao Mo was so serious, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan couldn't help but worry even though they were extremely confident in Da Chu's strength, Fan Guan asked, "Zirou, is the matter really so serious?"

Could it be that I can't stop the grassland barbarians? Xiao Mo turned his head to look at the hustle and bustle outside the car window, and said slowly: "How can there be a certain thing in the world?" Maybe I'm thinking too much, maybe Nandi doesn't dare to invade my big quinoa at all, maybe Nanqiu can't compete with my Da Chu at all (full text ???,? in С text.??) Millions of elite soldiers, but Yunhuan Erzhou is too close to the northern grasslands, so it is better for us to leave here just in case. Hearing Xiao Mo say this, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan both felt reasonable, but they were still a little hesitant in their hearts, and Xiao Huan even asked: "But if we leave Yunzhou, where can we go?" Xiao Mo looked back and smiled: "Didn't we say okay?" Next year, we will take the temple examination together, and we will go to the capital together. ”

Xiao Huan was stunned and said, "Zirou, do you want us to take our families to Beijing to participate in the palace examination?" Isn't that right? ”

Xiao Mo shook his head and smiled: "Where is there such an exaggeration, Nanzhou is far away from the northern grassland, and Shangyuan City there is also a rare strong and tall city in the world, we left our family in Shangyuan halfway, and then rushed to the capital, and then took our family to the capital afterwards." ”

Fan Guan smiled bitterly: "With Zirou's knowledge and prestige, it is of course easy to get a Jinshi fame in the palace test next year, and even if it is the first place, it is very likely, but Xiao Huan and I may not necessarily get the fame in the palace exam for the first time, so I am afraid to go to the capital with my family." Xiao Mo was extremely decisive at this time, and waved his hand categorically: "Even so, I have to leave with my family, since you also think that I will definitely get the Jinshi fame in the palace examination next year, then you will live in my mansion in the capital, What's more, you don't necessarily have to fall off the list, with your knowledge, there is still a lot of hope for you to get a Jinshi meritorious name. ”

After hearing Xiao Mo's words, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan glanced at each other, and then they both nodded lightly.

Out of trust in Xiao Mo, although they felt that what Xiao Mo said was a bit exaggerated, the two still decided to do what Xiao Mo said.

As for the fact that after failing the list, they will have to live in Xiao Mo's house for nothing for three years and wait for the next palace exam, but the two of them have no psychological burden, and the relationship between them and Xiao Mo has already passed the embarrassing stage.

In fact, in the past year, the two have spent most of their time at Xiao Mo's house, and they have long been used to it.

"Zirou, are you going to the capital with your family?"

Fan Guan asked.

Xiao Mo nodded slowly, and said leisurely: "After returning to Shanxian County, I will return to Huanzhou with the fourth grandfather, and when the time comes, I will naturally move my family." ”

Looking at the bustling street market outside the carriage, with people coming and going, Xiao Mo secretly decided that although he couldn't convince everyone of his inference, he must also keep all the people close to him away from danger.