After thinking of these bad things in Zhang Jiuling's heart, he was a little like he wanted to vomit quickly, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Li Mao standing on the chair and touching the world map, and his eyes gradually became a little blurred, so he pressed the words that came to his mouth, and continued to persuade him bitterly, "Sage...... Once the war starts, there will be a steady stream of needs for food, grass, soldiers and horses, if it can solve the Fusang island country in a short time, then it is okay to say, but if it is protracted, have you ever thought that the people of Datang will make any ideas? They will say that you are a poor soldier and a king, and you are a king who rejoices in your achievements! At that time, the abolished prince of Jiangnan was taking the opportunity to fan the flames...... The consequences are unbearable......"

When he heard Zhang Jiuling think about the future so clearly, Li Mao immediately smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Old Zhang, who said that fighting a war costs money and wastes food!" That used to be fought in our own place, now? Why not use war to feed the war, this Fusang Campaign, not only do I not spend a penny, but also make a lot of money, by the way, after you come back, isn't there someone in the Northeast and the Silla Peninsula who came out to make trouble again? Then take this opportunity to consume these guys who have a lot of firepower and nothing to do, and go to Fusang to fight the follow-up troops from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, as well as Northeast Silla...... Let's recruit troops in a few places, the pursuit of orders has been carried out early, and it must not be difficult to get more than 200,000 people! ”

As soon as Li Mao's words came out, Zhang Jiuling was surprised and frightened, and staggered back a few steps, he didn't calculate that Li Mao was fighting this idea, using the people of the vassal country who were not sincerely obedient to go to Fusang to fight, and then risked the world's disapproval to take the cruel method of fighting to feed the war without regard to the life and death of the local people to plunder!

Zhang Jiuling looked at Li Mao's back for a long time, he was in a trance at the moment, because Li Mao was so kind and humble when he worked with him before, and he would even have no shelf to the point of sharing weal and sorrow with the people...... But when he said these things in his mouth at this moment, he was so cold-blooded and ruthless, and he didn't even hesitate at all.

"Saint...... It turns out that you plan to do so, and it will indeed not affect the people of Datang after doing so, but all living beings in the world are in the same vein! Our Chinese nation has always been a benevolent and filial piety etiquette, if this end is opened, it is tantamount to self-destruction of the foundation, the Tang Dynasty soldiers burned, killed and looted on the land of other countries, this ...... What a difference this is from a beast! Wechen has the courage to ask the saint to think twice......"

"Lao Zhang! Let you scholars abide by these benevolence and morality, and what they serve as soldiers and eat food is military discipline and national law...... On the battlefield, the weak eat the strong, and when I was in China, I still called the Han people two-legged sheep to cook a full stomach? Have you forgotten all this? Benevolence, righteousness and morality also depend on who is right, the so-called success is not informal, and the work of the aftermath will be handed over to future generations, what we have to do now is still that sentence, as much as possible to leave some industry for future generations, and as long as their own people are full of food and drink, they can talk about those moral etiquette, do you say! Tibetan, Turkic, Silla, and Siamese ...... Even the young people of Bashu are not convinced by my Datang face, what I want is not these, they want my Datang to treat everyone equally, so I have to pay a little price! I, Li Mao, am not a murderer, but I just have to use extraordinary means at extraordinary times......"

"Saint, aren't you afraid of bearing the infamy of eternity?" "Haha...... Infamy? If they want to scold, they can scold it, just some false name, what's the use of asking him? Waiting for everyone in my Datang Dynasty to eat a full meal, learn little, and rely on the old, you say that this scolding is worth it! By the way, let's talk about Gao Xianzhi today, if he wants to be a good person on both sides, let him do it first, but the hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiannan are always put there like this, and it's not a matter if they don't work, Nan Zhaoguo has not been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it always feels a little weird, you and the center draw up a charter, let him do it, and Jiaozhi Guo will knock it by the way, no matter what, do you have to let them send some military rations for the battle? ”

Li Mao's last few words came out, and Zhang Jiuling was almost angry A mouthful of old blood gushed out, but he also understood Li Mao's ultimate purpose of doing this, so he, a person who has always been upright and full of righteousness in his heart, suddenly recalled what his old boss, Zhang said.

"Don't look at a person too superficially, and you can't just look at what he says and does, but look beyond the surface to see what he says and whether the results of doing these things are good or bad...... In this way, we can return to our original ......" and Zhang Jiuling gradually felt a little relieved after thinking about what Zhang said, because it is better to kill the people of other countries than to make the people of the Tang Dynasty hard, and the two maps behind Li Mao, especially the larger and larger map of the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty that are constantly drawn with a red pen, seem to be more and more beautiful when you look closely! Who would dislike a country with a larger land area?

"Whoa! After Weichen went back, he would immediately let the center, the book, and the three provinces and six departments discuss it, but the sage's current three-sided war is really a bit tricky for the matter of grain and grass, even if there are overseas merchant ships to transport, and sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other coarse grains are involved, but to supply more than 800,000 troops at the same time, it is also quite stretched! ”

"This I have also thought about it, presumably it will not be long before the three-way sea ship to Tianzhu should come back, even if they can only rush back safely on all three routes, then the grain they bring will be a huge amount, and it will not be a problem to supply the army for a year and a half, in addition, Xinjiang Oh no, it is that Gaochang, and Tuyuhun are now slowly planting some grains that can grow, you take a little more effort to plan, wait for the young and strong laborers of Fusang, and those Kunlun slaves...... Send them all to the surrounding islands to start plantations! As for the Tang Dynasty, let them do a good job in the development of light industry, by the way, when the spring begins, there will be a few more imperial examinations, not only those who read the books of sages and sages, but also the top masters from all walks of life will be called to take the test? You ministers of the DPRK and China really need to adapt to the change of time, don't always engage in the old routine of Shinong industry and commerce, I think that those who can bring benefits to the Tang Dynasty are talents, don't Confucius say that there is no class? ”

The conversation between the two unconsciously reached the third watch, and after the husband in the Daming Palace rang the hour, Zhang Jiuling got up a little embarrassed and said goodbye to Li Mao. "Sage, the hour is not early, what you mean Weichen roughly understands, Gao Xianzhi's department will soon be summoned to the south, in addition to the bank you said last time, the center has also preliminarily drafted the charter, but many people have different opinions on this candidate, in addition to the uncle of the Wang family, the person who recommended Yang Zhao is not less to say, according to the minister's meaning, let the two of them do things in Chang'an and Luoyang respectively, and the final commander should still have to look at the actual effect before deciding, the first batch of silver tickets is preliminarily set at 50 million silver, All of them are used for trading between commercial houses......"

"Hmmm! This matter is stared at by your old Zhang, and I will save a lot of worry, so let's do as you say! Printing process, as well as the quality of this paper should pay special attention to some, Wu Daozi's painting skills do not have to say that the first product handed over here, I think it is still too cumbersome, this number is still determined by simplified Tianzhu mathematical characters, or the amount of thousands has not been written a few is not small, and the dragon pattern is also as simplified as possible...... The face value is also set at a small point for the time being, so that if there are imitators, the cost will not be worth it......"" Then Weichen retired first......"-->