When Yu Qian saw that Duke Ning Guo had something to say to the teacher, he quickly stood up and said, "Master, teacher, I'm going to ask someone to bring some cakes over."
He said he was going to ask someone to deliver cakes, but actually he saw that the two of them had something to say, and Yu Qian wanted to leave to avoid suspicion.
Han Shu smiled and raised his hand towards Yu Qian: "No, I've already asked someone to deliver it. We are all a family, so it's good for you to listen."
These words not only show the closeness to Qian, but also do not seem abrupt.
"Okay." Yu Qian nodded with a smile and sat down again magnanimously.
Han Du nodded slightly, agreeing with his brother's words, turned to look at him and asked: "What's wrong?"
Han Shu quickly lowered his head and coughed, smiled awkwardly and said vaguely: "Have you ever talked to the emperor about the surrounding tribes before?"
"That's right." Han Du nodded.
"Ahem..." Han Shu cleared his throat, moved closer to his elder brother, and asked curiously: "In my opinion, how can we conquer the surrounding tribes in the shortest time?"
Han Du glanced at his younger brother strangely, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on his face: "Isn't this what Zhu Di asked you to ask?"
"This...hehe..." Han Shu didn't say anything, but he said everything.
Han Du glanced at his younger brother meaningfully and said with a smile: "Since Zhu Di wants to know, why doesn't he come and ask in person?"
"Brother, just tell me." Of course Han Shu would not say that this was because the emperor could not lose face, so he had to rely on his status to ask eldest brother.
Han Du chuckled and spoke slowly: "It's not about conquering, it's about integrating."
"Integrate?" Han Shu looked at his elder brother doubtfully.
"That's right." Han Du nodded and smiled at Han Shu: "There are so many indigenous people, can Zhu Di kill them all?"
Han Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "Brother, you don't think that Xinming took over this land after killing all the natives, right?"
Han Du took a deep breath. He really hadn't understood this before. But judging from the tone of his brother's words, it didn't seem like this?
Han Shu chuckled and continued: "Of course, if Xinming wants to expand, war is unavoidable, but Xinming only tried to drive away the natives as much as possible, and did not kill them all."
Having said this, Han Shu sighed heavily: "But it is precisely because of this that the surrounding tribes are growing rapidly. The more indigenous people we drive away, the more powerful they will become after these people join the surrounding tribes.
Strong. On the contrary, it makes Xinming’s expansion more and more difficult. I don’t know whether the emperor is right or wrong in doing so..."
Han Du smiled slightly, raised his hand and gestured and said: "This is like building a dam to block water. The higher you build the dam, the more water will be blocked, and the greater the pressure on the dam."
Hearing this, Han Shu was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's true, the eldest brother is still the eldest brother, he is always so to the point!"
"But, do you think anyone who controls floods only focuses on building dams?" Han Du asked his brother meaningfully.
Han Shu's eyes widened, obviously thinking of something.
"Brother, what do you mean, it's better to clear the air than to block it?"
"Of course that's what I mean." Han Du nodded unceremoniously, nodded his finger on Han Shu's head, and shouted in an indifferent tone: "You still don't understand the truth that our ancestors knew thousands of years ago.
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Han Shu couldn't lift his head when his elder brother spoke to him, and looked at him with a wry smile on his face.
Han Du shook his head and sighed: "It's not your fault, it's Zhu Di who is too useless."
Han Shu was just the judge of the academy, and he didn't want to be able to influence the emperor's decision. He was indeed not to blame for this matter.
Han Du just felt that Zhu Di was really sorry for Lao Zhu's face. If Lao Zhu had been replaced by Zhu Di, he would have unified the entire America long ago.
Don't think that Lao Zhu only knows how to kill and kill. Lao Zhu is excellent at handling the conflicts between the Meng Yuan and the Ming people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many grassland tribes who would choose to submit to the Ming Dynasty, accelerating the decline of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Disintegration and destruction.
If Lao Zhu had not properly handled the conflict between the Meng Yuan people and the Ming people, then I am afraid there would still be a fight between the Ming Dynasty and the Bei Yuan Dynasty. Even the outcome is unknown.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty also has difficulties..." After all, Han Shu was working under Zhu Di for a living. There were some things that his eldest brother could say. But not only could he not say them, he also had to stand in for his eldest brother when he said them.
Zhu Di saved some face.
"He has a problem!" Han Du shook his head in disappointment.
I don’t know if Zhu Di was born as a military commander, but he seems to be very lacking in managing national affairs. He has been in America for so many years, and he can’t even handle some natives.
Han Shu laughed dryly. He did not dare to slander Zhu Di behind his back, so he quickly changed the subject: "Brother just said that blocking is worse than sparing. I don't know what you mean?"
"Haha..." Han Du glanced at his younger brother and nodded slightly: "Since you can't kill all the natives, you might as well absorb them and integrate them."
"This is what elder brother means by integrating?" Han Shu's expression suddenly changed, he lowered his head and began to ponder, obviously very reluctantly.
Han Du didn't care about so much. If his brother hadn't come to ask him today, he would never have said a word. Anyway, these things about Zhu Di have nothing to do with him. Even Han Du would only be happy when he saw Zhu Di's misfortune.
"What if not? What do you think it means?"
"But..." Han Shu looked at his elder brother with a troubled face. He hesitated for a long time before he had to speak: "If the locals are also included, are they considered locals or Chinese? Wouldn't this be confusing?
Chinese orthodoxy!”
"Chinese orthodoxy..." Han Du looked at his younger brother with a smile while stroking his beard, and said calmly: "These people may not be Chinese orthodoxy."
"Brother, what do you mean?" Han Shu stood up instantly and looked at his brother angrily.
Han Shu has been living in the shadow of his eldest brother since he was a child. It's not that his eldest brother is not good enough to him. Rather, it's that his eldest brother has always been too good to him and his light is too dazzling, which puts him in the shadow.
Han Shu also knew that his elder brother cared for him, and he had never resented his elder brother for it. Even after seeing his elder brother again after so many years, Han Shu always obeyed his words.
But when he heard his eldest brother saying that these natives were also Chinese orthodox, Han Shu couldn't stand it anymore. He was so angry that he directly confronted his eldest brother tit for tat.
"Why are you so nervous?" Han Du looked at his younger brother and laughed, shaking his head and saying, "Since I dare to say this, of course I have my reasons."
"What's the point?" Han Shu felt a little relieved and felt that his eldest brother was not a reckless person and did not even know the importance of Chinese orthodoxy.