Zhao Ziliang pointed to a huge map on the wall and said: "Look at the map.
For the Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin Dynasty, the only countries that can be called enemies now are the Western countries.
The big food countries in North Africa are still resisting tenaciously.
Although there have been constant internal strife in the Roman Empire over the years, Irina, the empress dowager, has won the support of many senators, especially the support of the church and the aristocracy.
After several years of struggle, basically She gained control of the Eastern Roman Empire, and even the emperor's uncle was conquered by her.
She doesn't have the strength to deal with our Western Qin yet, but she will definitely attack the Bulgar Khanate first, and the Frankish Kingdom further to the west.
Charman became more and more powerful under his rule, and the Saracens in the north were retreating steadily.
Even the Avars to the west of the Bulgar Khanate were beaten by Charman and kept suing for peace, and half of their territory was eaten away."
"Although my father abdicated and let your eldest brother take the throne, he still can't let go.
Conquering the Western countries is my father's lifelong wish.
These prisoners will be trained for three years.
They are the main force for my father to prepare for the Western Expedition.
In addition, my father will also send one troops from the Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin Dynasty to join in, gathering a hundred thousand troops to conquer the Western countries."
"There are no outsiders here.
It's just us, father and son.
Let me explain to you.
My father is already old.
Who should hand over the world of the Tang Dynasty in the future?
It is obviously not possible to return the power to the emperor, let alone letting other members of the royal family become the emperor.
Once he has been a father for a hundred years, who knows whether the future emperors will settle the scores, making the Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin hostile.
The Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin can never be hostile.
They must help each other and advance and retreat together.
This is an iron law."
Zhao Ziliang paused for a moment and continued: "The position of the servant has been vacant for a long time.
You want to be the servant and the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
My father will give you three years.
How much you can do depends on your own ability. , don’t say for Your father didn't give you a chance, but your father gave you the opportunity.
If you can't grasp it, it means you don't have the ability.
You were not born to be a king.
After your father leaves, if you can't control the situation, you should return to Xi Qin and be you.
"Prince Anle" "Of course, as a father, I hope you have the ability to control the situation.
As a father, you are a minister of the Tang Dynasty.
You will be a minister of the Tang Dynasty for the rest of your life.
You can only be a minister of the Tang Dynasty.
But as a father, you are not limited to your reputation and the oath you made back then, and you cannot call yourself emperor.
You don't have subject to these restrictions" Zhao Ting listened quietly, but couldn't help but feel inexplicably excited in his heart, but then he heard his father continue to say: "Father, I hope you can promise me something for my father."
Zhao Ting immediately said: "Father, please give me your instructions."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "The Tang Empire created the most glorious civilization in the world and a prosperous era when all nations came to court.
This is a great achievement that no dynasty in history has ever had.
Even if you take power in the future and want to replace the emperor, My father hopes that the name of the Tang Empire can be retained and the dynasty can be replaced. , but the name of the country cannot be changed, just like the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire in the West.
Although they have experienced many dynasties, the name of the country has not changed for thousands of years.
If you want the people of the world to be united, have a sense of glory, and a sense of belonging, let It would be a good idea to keep this land under the rule of an empire."
Zhao Ting said: "My son, I understand."
Zhao Ziliang pointed to the map again and asked: "Have you seen the Japanese Kingdom in the east and the Bohai Kingdom in the northeast?
Although the Bohai Kingdom surrendered, it always thought that it lived in a bitter and cold land.
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The Tang Dynasty could not do anything to them, and the Tang Dynasty could not do anything to them."
Not too reverent; there is also the Japanese country on the eastern sea.
The Japanese are tolerant by nature, but cruel and murderous.
They submit to the strong.
When the enemy is strong, they will tolerate it.
When the enemy becomes weak, they will They will turn back on their master.
Last year, their father asked their envoy to Tang to tell their emperor to cancel the title of emperor and replace it with the title of King of Japan.
But until now, they still use the title of emperor.
Father could have raised troops to destroy him long ago.
The Bohai Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom, but my father did not do this.
I will leave this opportunity to you.
The founding king of a dynasty needs the unparalleled achievements of destroying the country to stabilize his throne."
Zhao Ting lifted up the hem of his robe and knelt down to kowtow respectfully, "My son, I will obey my father's orders."
"Get up and sit down" Zhao Ting stood up and sat down carefully opposite Zhao Ziliang, looking like he was being taught.
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and asked: "When did the decline of a dynasty begin?
Do you know?"
Zhao Ting thought for a while and replied: "It should start with the administration of officials.
Corruption in the officialdom is just like the bones of a dynasty starting to decay.
It starts with a very small number of officials, and then reaches the vast majority or even all officials of the dynasty who begin to seek personal gain.
The bones If there is decay everywhere, this dynasty will fall.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "You are only right about one thing.
The decline of a dynasty is caused by many reasons.
Firstly, internal factors, secondly external factors, and natural disasters.
In general, there are only four reasons.
First, political reasons; second, economic reasons; third, military reasons; fourth, natural disasters."
"Let's talk about the political reasons first.
There are two parts, internal and external, the domestic political situation and the relationship with foreign races.
If the internal political situation of the dynasty is stable and the politics is clear, even if the relationship with foreign races is bad and the foreign races are often at war, given the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, With our rich products and advanced civilization, foreigners are no match for us.
The key is to see how to transform the dynasty's comprehensive national strength into war potential.
We have unlimited war potential and broad strategic depth.
Even if the enemy is fierce, we can choose to strategically retreat and use the vast strategic depth to lengthen the enemy's logistics.
Supply lines, let them lose their combat advantage, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack."
"If the domestic political situation is unstable, unclear, and even divided, and what's worse is that there is an invasion from outside, what do you think is the right thing to do if you are the ruler?"
Zhao Ting knew that his father would ask this question, and the answer to this question would definitely not be simple.
He thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the specific situation.
If the foreigners do not have the absolute strength to destroy our dynasty, I can first Stabilize foreign enemies with small profits , and then use thunderous means to solve internal troubles; if the foreign tribes are strong and are constrained internally, and the imperial court cannot resist the foreign invasion, it can only compromise with the internal opponents, persuade the opponents to temporarily abandon their prejudices, and unite to deal with the foreign enemies."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, "That's a good answer.
This decision is feasible, but to achieve the goal, it depends on the specific execution.
It depends on how you use people.
Can the people you send make the external enemies compromise and retreat, and can they make the internal enemies compromise?
The separatist vassal towns put aside their past grudges and work with you to deal with foreign enemies.
This is the first.
Second, no matter what means you use, the problem will be finally solved.
You always need your own strength to rely on.
If you don't have the strength, even if you have the wisdom of Zhuge Liang, it will be in vain.
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If others don't reason with you, don't fight with you, or play tricks with you, and just send troops to kill them openly, you still have to rely on your own strength.
Confronting the enemy, Zhuge Liang was as clever as a demon, but when Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops came over, he still had to run away.
If the power is strong, why should he run away?
The only thing that can be reasonable is when someone is upholding justice.
When there are conflicts and disputes among the people in the market, there are village chiefs and pavilion chiefs who uphold justice, and government officials uphold justice; servants If there are conflicts and disputes between maids and maids, the head of the family will preside over justice; if there are conflicts and disputes between officials and ministers, the boss and the emperor will preside over them.
Justice, only under these circumstances can you reason with the other party.
No one upholds justice between countries or between one force and another force.
At that time, you will be stupid if you try to reason with him.
If you try to reason with him, he will not To tell you the truth, in the end you have to speak with your fists, swords and guns.
No matter what, it is the right way to always practice internal strength, get rid of illness, and strengthen yourself."
Zhao Ting has to be careful and conscientious, "sons and ministers will be taught" "Tell me about cultivating internal strength.
How do you think you should cultivate internal strength?"
Zhao Ting thought for a while and said: "First of all, we must make internal stability and unity, make politics clear, officials honest, self-denying and dedicated, and find ways to make the people rich.
Only when the people are rich can the court's taxes be increased, and only when the court has money can it recruit people.
More troops can strengthen armaments.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "The idea is right, but it lacks a systematic and correct understanding.
A country's internal cultivation is nothing more than three principles, the first is politics; the second is economics, and the third is to maintain unified thinking and centralize power in military and political matters , eliminate the opponents who are holding back, and ensure smooth implementation of government orders and efficient execution.”
"Economically, we must encourage farming and protect the interests of farmers, and encourage industry and commerce.
Prosperous commerce will lead to an active economy; we must find ways to improve production capacity.
What is production capacity?
In the past, one acre of land could only produce four hundred kilograms of grain, but if I cultivate it through Improved seeds, intensive farming, rational fertilization, building water conservancy facilities to strengthen irrigation, etc.
If one acre of land can produce six hundred or even seven hundred catties, this is an increase in production capacity.
For another example, a farmer can only plow two acres of land a day, but if he uses a cow or a horse, he can use iron.
By plowing a field, he can cultivate sixteen acres a day, which increases his production capacity eightfold; for another example, a blacksmith master , it originally takes a day to make a knife, but if he improves the forging process and technology and adds forging tools, he can forge three knives or more in a day.
Has his production capacity increased?
This is the production capacity.
A businessman originally only only had one day to forge. can make ten dollars if he changes his business strategy and adds production work Tools can earn 50 gu or more per day.
This is also an improvement in productivity for a country.
If the overall production capacity of the country increases several times, what does this mean?
The overall living standard of all people has increased several times. , indicating that the common people are hundreds of richer than before.
When the common people are rich, the court will be rich."
"Let's talk about the military.
Even if your politics are highly unified, your officials are honest, your government orders are smooth, and your execution is efficient.
Even if your economy is prosperous and developed, your military power is useless, just like a weak person holding hundreds of taels of gold.
If you are making trouble along the street, whoever sees it won’t be jealous and who won’t try to steal your gold?”
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