Zhu Houzhao made a surprising statement. He strongly disagreed with Liu Jian and others for putting this cement on defense. In his opinion, no matter how strong the castle was, it would be broken one day.
The rule he believed in was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "If the enemy can go, I can go too." In the classic words of later generations, offense is the best defense.
With artifacts like cement, it is possible to gradually eat away at the grasslands instead of building high-walled cities for passive defense.
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"
When Liu Jian heard this, he knew that Zhu Houzhao did not agree with his point of view, so he thought about it and asked.
Others also looked at Zhu Houzhao one after another, wanting to see what the Ming Dynasty's prince could do.
"My Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of sea territory and thousands of miles of frontiers. With such a vast territory, if we just focus on passive defense, the enemy will always be able to find loopholes and break in."
"Although this Great Wall is majestic and tall, with the protection of the Great Wall, we are relatively safer, but since ancient times, our country in China-Earth has not really been able to sit back and relax because of this Great Wall. On the contrary, there have been
China has fallen many times and artifacts have fallen into the hands of foreigners, which is enough to show that defense is only a temporary measure and cannot truly defend the enemy from outside the country."
Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, quickly organized his words, and spoke slowly.
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others also nodded slightly. Starting from the construction of the Great Wall by Qin Shihuang, the Great Wall played a certain defensive role.
However, in all dynasties in history, foreign aggression has never been eliminated, and there have even been many cases of foreign occupation of the Central Plains, especially in the Yuan Dynasty. This shows that the Great Wall cannot really sit back and relax.
"In my opinion, the Great Wall not only has no role in praying to defend against foreign enemies, but on the contrary, it has greatly sapped the fighting spirit and enterprising spirit of our descendants of Yan and Huang."
"Because of the existence of the Great Wall, we believed that we could sit back and relax, so much so that we indulged in enjoyment without any sense of worry, which ultimately led to the fall of China and the loss of life."
"This cement is naturally very suitable for building the Great Wall. It is low-cost, easy to use, not afraid of wind and rain, and is durable. With this magical tool, we can easily build a more majestic Great Wall."
"But if we just think about using the Great Wall for defense, our descendants will still repeat the mistakes of history."
Zhu Houzhao's words also made the people present fall silent. They are all well-read history books. Naturally, they have a very clear understanding of the history of past dynasties. They clearly know that what Zhu Houzhao said is not unreasonable.
"Then according to His Highness, how should this thing be used?"
Xie Qian thought for a while and asked.
Now we are no longer discussing the issue of cement. We are discussing the Ming Dynasty’s external strategy in disguise. Since the Tumu Fort Incident, the Ming Dynasty’s military strength has been weakened and it no longer has the ability to attack the grassland. Therefore, it has always been based on
Defense is the main priority, and all the ancient kings in the past dynasties were actively building the Great Wall for defense.
Of course, this is also related to the civil servants taking power. The civil servants tried their best to reject and suppress the generals and nobles, so that the military power of the Ming Dynasty declined rapidly. It was impossible to continue the offensive and could only choose passive defense. This was a very helpless reality, but
It can be considered to be in line with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.
"The Great Wall still needs to be built. With the defense of the Great Wall, we can advance and attack, retreat and defend, and we have the initiative."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said.
"This cement is an artifact used to build city walls, so it is natural that it should be used to its full potential."
"But with this cement, we can build such avenues into the grassland, and then build castles one by one. Using the castles as strongholds, we can gradually divide and encroach on the entire grassland, and finally turn the grassland into our
The Ming Dynasty’s Wanli Pasture will naturally have no worries from now on.”
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up slightly. Since he became emperor, he has been worried about the little prince going south every year.
As soon as winter comes, this little prince will definitely lead his army south, burning, killing and looting wantonly in the Central Plains. Every time, corpses will litter the fields and blood will flow into rivers. Sometimes he even dares to attack the capital.
I wonder if I can occupy this fertile land of China again.
Emperor Hongzhi wanted to severely repair these wolf-like Tatars, but he was often powerless. The combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army was really scummy. They could still withstand one or two by relying on city defense. If they went out to fight in the field, they would basically be defeated.
All the above are gone without return.
Now that I heard Zhu Houzhao's words, if I think about it carefully, it might still be possible. A castle built with cement, coupled with this spacious cement road, might really be able to slowly eat away at the entire grassland.
Compared to the happy expression on Emperor Hongzhi's face, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang looked at each other. As literati, their positions were naturally still that of literati.
Naturally, the way of governing the country should be followed by scholars. The emperor should govern the country with benevolence. As for the external troubles, with the magic weapon of cement, he will naturally be able to sit back and relax in the future. He should not even think about encroaching on the grassland or actively provoking wolves.
What's more, this grassland is a bitter cold land, far less rich and prosperous than the Central Plains, so why waste people and money to occupy it? Even if it is occupied, this grassland cannot grow food, and can only graze cattle and sheep, and there is nothing big.
usefulness.
The faces of the three of them all showed a slight smile of bitterness and helplessness. Emperor Hongzhi still listened to their words. Zhu Houzhao had already had his own ideas at such a young age, and he seemed to have his own blueprints and ideas.
When he comes to rule the world in the future, I am afraid that it will be the time when the generals and nobles rise again, so it was difficult to suppress them, and now we have the situation where everyone is in power.
Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi now seemed to have a new view on military officers and nobles, and would always consult the British Duke Zhang Mao for his opinion whenever something happened. This also made several people anxious, but they were helpless.
Although civil servants were in power in the Ming Dynasty, the authority of the emperor was naturally unquestionable. If the emperor really wanted to do something, even if they opposed it, the emperor still had many ways to realize his ideas.
Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang looked along this winding road until they reached the end, wanting to see how the future would develop.