"minister…"

"Li Shangshu doesn't need to be polite! Sit down and speak slowly." Before Li Jing could salute, Zou Yu stretched out his hand to stop him and immediately invited him to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"There are no outsiders, so don't be so polite. Life shouldn't be too tiring."

After hearing Zou Yu's philosophical words, Li Jing couldn't help but frown slightly, and then asked tentatively: "I heard that His Majesty stayed in Qintian Prison for a long time?"

"I have studied some things, but I don't have any clues, but I still gained a lot." Zou Yu shook his head and said with a slight regret.

"Oh! Why is your Majesty so troubled? I wonder if you need your help?" Li Jing asked pretending to be curious.

"Master Li is very knowledgeable. I wonder if he knows about ancient things?" Zou Yu asked with his eyes shining.

"Ancient times?" Li Jing was stunned for a moment and said.

"Yes, it was before the Xia and Shang Dynasties, or before the Zhou Dynasty."

"For such a long time, I only know some legendary stories that are known to the public." Li Jing said with a wry smile and shook his head.

"So what happened before Emperor Qin unified the six kingdoms?"

"The art of war that I learned was inherited from the late Marquis Zhang Liang. Although it also involves astronomy, geography, astrology, climate and other miscellaneous subjects, there is not much history, let alone things before the unification of the First Emperor." Li Jing explained.

After listening to Li Jing's explanation, Zou Yu did not feel disappointed. After all, it was normal not to know. It would be strange if he knew.

"Your Majesty wants to know about that matter. Maybe I can help you pay attention. Why don't you tell the world? There are many capable people in the world, and some people don't want to be official. Maybe there are one or two reclusive people who know the answer." Li Jing suggested.

road.

"This matter is not too big to say, but I was curious for a moment. I am afraid that there are no more people who know it. Therefore, I asked people to search for clues in ancient books. As for telling the world, there is no need. After all,

It’s not appropriate to announce this matter,” Zou Yu explained.

Thinking that Zou Yu was talking about immortality, Li Jing nodded in agreement and said, "It's really not suitable for too many people to know."

"Yes, although I don't care about the title Human King, I just want to find out the secret." Zou Yu sighed.

"King of men!"

"Yeah! What do you think it is?" Looking at Li Jing's dazed look, he suddenly understood that the two of them were talking about each other.

"I thought Your Majesty wanted to make elixirs." Li Jing said with an embarrassed smile.

This time it was Zou Yu's turn to be stunned.

"Alchemy?"

The two of them stared at each other and quickly smashed the bar several times at the same time.

"Haha! Do you think I want to seek immortality and ask questions? Pursue immortality. Haha! Of course not. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the title was the King of Humans! Why did the Zhou Dynasty change it to the Son of Heaven? What was burned when Qin Shihuang burned books and humiliated Confucian scholars?

?Who was the trap? Who wrote the Classic of Mountains and Seas? How could no one know the author of such a huge book? The things in it seemed absurd and unruly, but Wang Xuance took a volume and actually found a continent, over there

There are mountains, animals, and plants that are exactly the same as those recorded in Dongshan Sutra." Zou Yu couldn't help but laugh and explained.

"I...I am ashamed."

"It's nothing! I'm really addicted to it recently. There should be a lot of people with this idea, right?" Zou Yu waved his hand and said.

"It's okay. I won't care about this in the future. The rumors will naturally fall apart." Looking at the silent Li Jing, Zou Yu knew that many people had this idea. However, it was impossible for him to explain it, after all, it was inconsistent with his identity.

After listening to Zou Yu's words, Li Jing immediately relaxed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty manages such a large country, you don't have to do everything personally, you just need to wait for the results."

"It can be inferred from many things that our inheritance has been lost a lot. In the past, there were many people who could carry the cauldron, but now there are many fewer. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, even if there was no current equipment, among the thousands of troops, several people would be killed.

There are many powerful generals who have come in and out. These things really make me want to find out." Zou Yu said with a smile.

"It's not bad now! Your Majesty and all the generals can also do this. Yuan Ba, Shi Xin and others can defeat ten thousand without any difficulty."

"Forget it! It's better if you can find the answer without thinking about it. It doesn't matter if you can't find it."

"Your Majesty is wise. Today, the Tang Dynasty is at the forefront of the world. There is no need to learn from the ancients. As long as it maintains its own research and development progress, no one can rival it.

To be honest, as long as there are a large number of artillery, even an ordinary person can be invincible, and everyone begins to doubt whether what they have learned is of any use." Li Jing sighed.

"How could it be useless! No matter how powerful the artillery is, it is still a dead thing. It needs to be used by people. Small groups fight and strong generals are of course more suitable for the battlefield than ordinary people."

"The Persians have surrendered and are willing to compensate the Tang Dynasty for one million taels of gold and pay tribute every year, so I decided to withdraw the troops on my own initiative." After that, Li Jing changed the topic.

"As long as the strategic goal is achieved, it doesn't matter when the troops are withdrawn. Anyway, it's just a lesson to the Persians."

"I may have beaten a little too hard. The Turks and the small countries in the Western Region did not flee to Persia. They ran further west." Li Jing said with a smile.

"It's better this way. We can't let the Romans benefit. If more people compete with them for territory, the west will be more lively." Zou Yu said with great interest.

If he remembered correctly, it seemed that the defeated Huns also fled to the west, bringing war and killings with them. There must have been similar Turks, and the trouble they brought there must have been a lot of trouble.

There seemed to be a lot of things that could be controlled in this matter. Li Jing had already considered it. Seeing Zou Yu looking thoughtful, he couldn't help but smile.

There are currently only two big countries in the West. It is better to create a Three Kingdoms for them. This will be much more exciting, and it will not be easy to have a truce. When there are more people, there will naturally be more ideas. Those who are not willing to submit to others will of course be

More.

The more chaotic the West, the more beneficial it is to the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Tang Dynasty has a limited population, there is no need to expand, not to mention there is still a lot of territory that needs to be developed. It is a complete waste of time to focus on the West.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be rushed. We still have to look at the actions of the Turks to make next arrangements.

Zou Yu left Qintian Prison and concentrated on handling government affairs for several days, which immediately stabilized the people's hearts in the court.

Matters in the Western Regions have been arranged for now, but we still need supplies from the Central Plains to support us. However, we brought a lot of military supplies there from the last war, and we just happened to leave them there.

In the future, the main cultivation in the Western Region will be grapes and cotton. As for food, just grow enough wheat. The main granary is today's Gaochang.
Chapter completed!