In fact, this policy question is asking the students: Do you choose to strike and recuperate? Or continue to fight the enemy until the enemy is just dead. If you choose to strike the war, what will happen if the enemy who is weak now becomes stronger later? If you choose to continue to fight the enemy, then the people in the country will not be able to recuperate in the true sense.

In the understanding of the ancients, if you want to develop people's livelihood, you must stop war; If you want war, then recuperation is a false proposition.

War and recuperation are a contradiction that simply cannot coexist.

For example, in the Western Han Dynasty, at the beginning, Liu Bang wanted to take advantage of the beginning of the dynasty and sharpen his troops, which was the time to solve the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, but the reality was that he was besieged by the Xiongnu on Baishan Mountain for seven days and seven nights; Afterwards, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and his successors no longer chose to be enemies with the Xiongnu, and even continued to kill the officials who used troops against the Xiongnu, and always dismissed the army to pursue a policy of rest and recuperation.

It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che ascended the throne that he began to carry out retaliatory strikes against the Xiongnu.

For example, when Li Shimin first succeeded to the throne, he was also a grandson for several years in the face of the powerful Turks, and he developed with peace of mind for a few years, and then when he became rich, he showed his fangs and beat the Turks into great-grandsons.

Although the situation of the Ming Dynasty today is different from that of the Western Han and Tang dynasties, it is similar.

The Ming Dynasty has only been built for more than 20 years, and the country is still in ruins, although the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in the north have been unable to subvert the Ming Dynasty after several wars, but Koubian's behavior has happened from time to time.

Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang chose war twenty-four years after Hongwu, and after Zhu Biao's death, the last group of generals led by Lan Yu who could fight well were slaughtered and still did not stop the expedition to the north.

Later, Zhu Di ascended the throne, in order to solve the northern threat, in the face of the state that no one was available in the court, he resolutely chose to drive the imperial expedition in person, and launched five northern expeditions against Warat and Tatar in the north.

Although these northern expeditions were victorious, the price paid was from the beginning of Hongwu to the end of Yongle, and the peasant uprising in the Ming Dynasty was never interrupted because of various problems. It was not until later that Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne and stopped the large-scale use of troops in the Yongle period, creating the "Renxuan Prosperous Era" that was praised by later generations.

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Zhu Yang held the pen and looked at the question in front of him, he did not make a choice like most students.

War and recuperation were a contradiction to the ancients, but not to him.

Because there are too many examples in later generations to prove that war can make money, the so-called guns go off, and the gold is ten thousand taels.

The nomads in the north have cattle and sheep, the tropical countries in the south have grain, and there are countless gold and silver mountains overseas, which can promote the development of the country, why not limit it to the country, as long as you look at the world, the Ming Dynasty can not only win the war, the people in the country can also live well, and even more than any era of the previous dynasty.

Zhu Yang immersed himself in writing, and he portrayed Da Ming as a glutton, ready to open his mouth to the world.

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Not far from the examination room, the chief examiner Liu Sanwu and the six Shangshu were sitting here, looking at the question in front of them, their brows furrowed.

This exam question was personally written by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was not until this moment that they knew the question with the candidates.

"Your Majesty is really confused, why do you want to ask this policy?" Zhao Mian, the head of the household, said to his colleagues in a low voice.

Whether to continue the war or to recuperate, in fact, there has been a debate in the court, and with the 21st year of Hongwu Lan Yu in the Battle of Yuerhai after the total annihilation of the small court of the Mengyuan Dynasty headed by Timur of Tagus, the talk of armistice development in the country is even more noisy.

They feel that the current Ming Dynasty is enough, and if they continue to fight, it will be a waste of money and a waste of money, and it will be a reckless army.

Now that this policy problem has been brought out, it is clear that Zhu Yuanzhang still has the mind to fight.

"Alas, it seems that His Majesty didn't listen to our advice at all!" Shen Wei, the secretary of the military department, echoed.

"We still have to work harder!" Shen Wei sighed that although he was a secretary of the military department, he hated military generals, and he had no good impression of using soldiers.

Liu Sanwu, who was sitting at the top and had been closing his eyes to recuperate, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the students not far away and said: "In this case, let's set a rule that advocates that those who use soldiers will not be given a front position!" ”

"Good!"

"As it should be!"

"As it should be!"

Except for Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhan Hui, who likes to figure out his intentions, everyone else nodded in agreement.