Zhang Shuo is worthy of being a famous politician in Chinese history, with a unique vision and pragmatism, and mentioned a very important issue.

Confucianism reveals "righteousness", regards righteousness as higher than one, and always accuses others of "failing to speak of righteousness". In fact, the biggest problem of Confucianism is that it is not "profitable".

Righteousness, of course, is important, and it is inconceivable without righteousness. However, profit is equally important, and without profit, it is also unthinkable.

Why is it so important?

Because it is an individual, it has to eat and clothe, support its parents, and support its children, which requires money and generates "profits". To go to war thousands of miles away, it is not enough to have "righteousness", but also to complement it with "profit".

Breaking the big food is the wish of the Tang people. As early as the time of Tang Taizong, the Tang Dynasty had the opportunity to send troops to Persia, but because the conditions were not ripe at that time, Tang Taizong had to give up this plan.

Although this did not happen, the Tang people did not forget about it, if they wanted to send troops to attack Dashi, the Tang people would definitely actively participate, this is "righteousness".

However, after all, attacking Dashi is too far, thousands of miles away, and it is too bitter there, and it is far less comfortable than at home. Moreover, the risk is still very high, parents, wives and children will be worried, if there is no generous profit to supplement, how many people can go?

Even if you go, how long will it last?

If there are huge profits, three or five years of hard work, and you can live a comfortable life for more than ten or twenty years, then there will be many people who are willing to take risks and participate in this battle.

In this way, the battle will be much easier to fight.

Think about it, the British Empire ruled half the world for hundreds of years with three small islands, and one of the ways it did was to lure its citizens to venture overseas with heavy profits.

Here's an example. For example, an ordinary British soldier. In the UK, he is just an ordinary person. When he arrived in India, he was a man. His salary was enough for him to keep a little lover in India, and to hire three or two servants to serve him like a master.

Moreover, after a few years of hard work, when he returned to England, he saved enough money to live comfortably for more than ten years, or even longer.

With such lucrative lucrative profits, who wouldn't want to take the plunge?

As for the officers. The salary is even more generous.

It is precisely because of such lucrative incentives that the British are always adventurous, and the British have a global footprint.

"Reasonable!" Everyone agreed in unison.

The people here are all pragmatic politicians, and they are very clear about the importance of profit, and they cannot but agree with it.

"The fifth thing is to intensify the spy on the news." Zhang said, "This matter can be left to the king of Persia. Majesty, the minister means to give more money to Persia, so that he can recruit more men. ”

The importance of intelligence does not need to be said. "The Art of War" is "invincible in a hundred battles," and this is based on perfect intelligence work. Without perfect intelligence work, timely and reliable information cannot be obtained. How can it be "invincible"?

To accomplish this work, it is none other than Nirvana. There are two main reasons for this: one is that he is a Persian prince. He had a lot of influence in the Persian homeland, and he could use that influence to find out the news. The second reason is that the appearance of the Tang people is completely different from that of the Middle Easterners, and if the Tang people come to inquire about the news, the possibility of success is not great, and the Arab Empire can recognize the Tang people at a glance.

Therefore, when preparing for a great war with the Arab Empire, we must strengthen the strength of the Nirvana Division, and allocate more money to him, so that he can throw off his arms and do a great job.

"That's a good point." Li Longji nodded heavily and said, "Master Nirvana, how much money do you need, estimate it first, and then report it to me, and I will allocate enough money to you." ”

"Thank you!" Ni Ni Shi was overjoyed, and his eyes narrowed together with a smile.

He was so happy, not only because he could get more money and let go of his arms, but also because he was one step closer to returning to his homeland.

"The sixth thing is to send a large number of people to lobby and make rumors spread in the Arab Empire, and the people will be panicked and oppose the Great Eclipse." Zhang Shuo's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Of course, they still have to say good things for Datang, and if they want the people in Dashi to have a good impression of Datang, it is best to rise up and welcome the army of Datang." ”

Lobbying, in modern terms, is an attack by public opinion, an offensive by politics. How important this is, we all know that our ancestors have used it a long time ago.

Before Qin Shi Huang unified China, he adopted Wei Yu's Jianyi, paid a lot of money to buy scholars, lobbied for Qin, and endorsed Qin, which was an important reason why Qin Shi Huang was able to unify China.

For another example, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, used Chen Ping's strategy to spend a lot of gold and silver, buy people's hearts, divide and disintegrate Xiang Yu's subordinates, and achieved great success.

It is also a good way to attack from within the Arab empire, divide and disintegrate. If it succeeds, it will be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty.

"Zhang said, your idea is very good." Li Longji was greatly appreciative and said with a smile: "Today's big food is brutal and unkind, and everywhere it goes, it is thousands of miles away. They forced the people to believe in their Allah, and if they did not trust, they would be killed, and these people were in dire straits, and if they got the news that the Tang was going westward, they would definitely rise up and welcome the Tang. ”

At the beginning of its rise, the Arab Empire pursued a hard-line religious policy to profess the religion of the conquered peoples. If you don't believe in it, you will be beheaded.

And it is precisely in the areas occupied by the Arab Empire that there are many religions, among which Manichaeism has a history of hundreds of years, has a large number of believers, and can be said to be deep-rooted. For the sake of their faith, these Manichaeans rose up against the Arab Empire, which was the reason why the Arab Empire, despite its decades of conquest of the Persian homeland, was never pacified.

At one point, the Arab Empire would have wanted to give up the Persian lands, if it had not been for Yusuf's bloody and brutal efforts to quell the rebellion.

After absorbing enough lessons, the Arab Empire changed course and asked these conquered people to pay taxes to gain their own religious practices, and the resistance was much weaker.

Of course, this measure has not yet been implemented.

"Huh." Everyone knew something about the situation in the Arab Empire, and after listening to Li Longji's words, everyone laughed in unison.

"Also, after the conquest of the Great Eclipse, it will turn the people there into slaves for them to drive. And Datang will not ask for slaves, which is another advantage for us. Li Longji continued.

The Arab Empire was a slave state, and wherever it was conquered, the people there became slaves. The Tang Dynasty was a feudal system and would not keep slaves, which was a natural advantage of the Tang Dynasty.

As long as this is used well, it will become an incomparable sharp weapon.

"Huh." The crowd laughed again.

"Your Majesty, that's all the minister has to say." Zhang said in the end.

After finishing speaking, the provocative Chong Yao Chong raised his eyebrows, which means that you can say ten things, and I can also say six strategies, no worse than you.

Yao Chong grinned at the corners of his mouth, a look of disdain.

Of course, the small movements of these two people were very fast, and they disappeared in a flash, and others didn't notice it, but Li Longji saw it, but he ignored it.

These two goods are in a hurry, and they can't be mediated if they want to mediate, as long as they don't endanger them to official business, you can leave them alone.

Historically, Li Longji personally came forward to mediate for these two people, but the result was useless, and the two agreed not to fight in person. Behind the scenes, how to fight or how to fight, until death is also fighting.

"Zhang said that the six strategies are good, which is remarkable. Do any of you have anything to say? Li Longji asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks, there is still a big thing to do." Zhang Cambodia took over the conversation and said: "That is to select talents." Talents are needed to eliminate accumulated malpractices, and the governance after breaking the big food also needs talents. We've got to do it in the head. ”

"Hmm." Li Longji nodded heavily, appreciating greatly.

Zhang Cambodia is a good politician, but he is a bit of a woman's kindness, otherwise, it would be more perfect.

Stockpiling talent is very important and very important.

If Li Longji wants to create a prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty and eliminate the accumulated shortcomings, he needs a large number of talents. Governing conquered lands also requires a lot of talent. You must know that the Arab Empire has a territory of 10,000 miles, which is not much inferior to the Tang Dynasty, and the number of talents required for this can be imagined.

If the Tang Dynasty does not start stockpiling talents from now, it will be too late.

"After Rong Guoce's army is rolled out, he will open a department to recruit talents." Li Longji immediately made a decision.

"Your Majesty is wise." No one disagrees with this, and everyone agrees.

"Still have questions?" Li Longji asked.

"Yao Chong, Zhang Shuo and Zhang Cambodia have said all the important things, and the minister has nothing to say." Di Renjie shook his head.

Yao Chong's ten things, Zhang said six strategies, plus Zhang Cambodia's strategy of recruiting talents, included the most important things at the moment, even with Di Renjie's intelligence, I couldn't think of anything else that needed to be said.

"That's right." Wang Xiaojie: They strongly agreed with this.

"You don't have anything to say, do you? Well, I'll just say one thing, something very important. Wu Zetian glanced at the ministers and said slowly.

Wu Zetian is shrewd and has a talent that looks at the world, since she has something to say, it must be a very important event, and everyone's eyes are focused on her.

Even Li Longji had to pay attention to it, his eyes widened, and he looked at Wu Zetian and said, "Please also ask grandmother to speak." ”

"Yao Chong's ten things, Zhang said six strategies, and Zhang Cambodia's selection of talents are all very important and the most important things at the moment. However, if you want to do it, it is time-consuming and laborious, and it needs to be done by people in the prime of life. Wu Zetian looked at Di Renjie and Wang Xiaojie and said, "But the ministers of the court are not too young to take on this heavy responsibility." If we want to usher in a new era and achieve our ambitions, we need to promote a group of young and talented people. ”

"The Holy Queen is wise." The ministers were convinced and praised in unison.

The ministers of the court, the Wenchen are headed by Di Renjie, and the military general is headed by Wang Xiaojie. Although these two people are extraordinarily talented, they are not young, sixty or seventy years old, their health is not as good as before, and their energy may be poor.

And in order to break the big food, there are too many things to deal with, and it must be done by a group of young people who are young and talented.

Wu Zetian's reminder is very timely and very reasonable. (To be continued......)