Zhu Cixuan stood in front of Wu Qi and looked down and said, "Why didn't you finish your words? Although Shanxi can defend for a while, it will eventually fall into a state of exhaustion of food and help. At that time, if there is no teacher, how can you handle yourself?"

Wu Yan's selfishness is actually not harmful, and since the Warring States Period, no adviser who made ominous predictions has ended up having a good end. If he said bluntly, "Shanxi cannot defend it," he would undoubtedly not be able to chat.

The reason why Zhu Cilang pointed out this selfish intention was that he had made up the idea of ​​recruiting. Even though he knew the final direction of history, if he could not understand the succession of each event, he would still be unable to change the general trend of the world. If he wanted to truly grasp every link, he could only rely on the help of a wise man.

The previous statement has already made Zhu Cixuan sure that Wu Qi is such a wise man, and indeed he is a person who can stand out from thousands of civil officials.

Now, you should show your own knowledge to win people's hearts.

"I had to guard against the Mongols back then, so the Datong line was built like an iron barrel. Now the Donglu has entered Datong every now and then. Since the sixth year of Chongzhen, every time the official army has achieved some results in suppressing the bandits, and it is obvious that the order can be reorganized, the Donglu will come to intervene. The official army has to withdraw from the guard against the bandits, so that the bandits can survive and rekindle." Zhu Cixuan said: "Therefore, relying on the Jin army to restrain the bandits is too short to destroy the east and repair the west."

"As for the Jianghuai garrison, let's talk about Zuo Liangyu." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Yang Sichang issued nine edicts, but he did not move his troops. Ding Qirui repeatedly urged him and still ignored him. Hou Xun had the kindness of promoting him to know his favor, and he was also verbally affordable and asked for a price everywhere. How can such a military town be counted on the thieves in Huguang? I remember that Mr. Wu once said that Zuo Liangyu was domineering?"

Wu Qi's strategy was based on the attacks between the northwest and the southeast. However, in fact, the Jin army in the northwest wanted to defend against the Eastern Capitols, but the four towns in the southeast refused to obey the orders. This strategy was just beautiful and really lacked in implementation.

"Those words just now," Zhu Cilang said with a smile, "I will be transferred to the emperor and become a minister. After all, the right way is to make the king and father feel at ease."

——You can use it to fool the emperor. But don’t expect to fool me.

Zhu Cilang looked down at Wu Da, who couldn't even raise his head.

"Shanshan and Shaanxi are abandoned land." Zhu Cilang said in a loud voice: "I ordered people to check the Five Elements of the Years, but since Chongzhen, natural disasters have been repeated, locusts and droughts have alternated. Even the land in Hainan, Guangdong, had snow falling three feet, freezing the people to death. He also ordered Lingtai to survey the annual rings of giant trees for hundreds of years, assessing their experiences of cold and heat, and found that all these changes in heaven were all due to the cold weather."

The scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty had a deep foundation in miscellaneous studies. Wu Qing was not only a politician, but also a famous doctor in the world. He had a deep understanding of the study of plants and trees. He saw the climatic characteristics of that year from the rings of trees. This was what he agreed with, but he did not expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also recognized it so much and felt close.

"Because the weather turns cold and the climate is dry, there are droughts for years. Because of the drought, the locust eggs have not been flooded and hatched in large quantities, resulting in locust plagues." Zhu Cilang said: "How can humans resist this kind of heavenly disaster that has not been encountered in millions of years? What's more, since the founding of our emperor Ming, the political ills accumulated by generations of ancestors have reached a point where it is difficult to recover. If you want to occupy the northwest again, it is really a dream."

"Your Highness is knowledgeable." Wu Yan said sincerely: "Our emperor clearly stated that the southeast is silver fields and Huguang is grain fields. Since the time of Shimiao, he has clearly established the national policy of using 'south-east grain to support the northwest soldiers'. Today, Guanzhong and Shanxi depend on the southeast has reached an unparalleled level. No matter who occupy these two important places, there is a crisis of being trapped and killed."

"That's just like that." Zhu Cilang smiled and reached out to help Wu Qixu up, saying, "As the crown prince, how can I look short-sighted for a while? Since I am willing to ask the gentleman to praise the painting, I might as well tell you bluntly: The so-called thief and the Eastern Captain are just the trouble of tinea scabies. The real trouble of the confidant is the trouble of the imperial polity and grammar."

Wu Yan stood up and looked at Zhu Cixuan. Since ancient times, Huaxia regarded each other as an irresponsible provocation. However, at this time he didn't care and just wanted to see what the prince was thinking from these bright eyes.

If you don’t have the experience accumulated over ten years of traveling and the experience of increasing the training of the Ministry and the Pavilion, you don’t even know that the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty are in the political system and grammar. Not to mention this prince who is still in his prime, let’s ask Chen Yan, the current prime minister, has he seen through this?

"So, my training is just a means, but my real purpose is to cast a piece of royal land and ultimately let the Emperor Ming Dragon Banner regain the infinite glory of the Second Ancestor." Zhu Cilang's voice was firm, sonorous and powerful, and full of confidence.

Wu Qi saw a sense of fanaticism in Zhu Cixuan's eyes, and the blood on his body boiled. He said tremblingly: "Where is Your Highness planning to draw this imperial picture?"

Zhu Cilang shook his head slightly: "It's really difficult to make a decision due to limited experience."

Zhu Cixuan's understanding of the details of Chinese geography is definitely much better than Wu Qing. Not only did he attend high school geography classes, he also took advantage of company travel, business trips and other opportunities to travel to China, including many important border military towns. However, what he saw and heard with a tourist attitude and examined these geographical landscapes from a political and military perspective, he saw completely different scenes.

From this point of view, Wu Di has a greater advantage than Zhu Cixuan. When he went to those places, he was simply for military and political considerations. Even when he read the geography maps and books of ancient and modern times, he read them with the guidance of military and political affairs, and would never be distracted from boring things such as local food and scenery.

"Have you heard of the world's chess game?" Wu Xuan asked.

“A little news.”

Wu Qing felt relieved when he heard this and said with a smile: "This is also the sinner's hard thinking and gains something. I wish to serve you to Your Highness."

This means: What you know is not what I want to say. What I want to say is the exclusive secret.

Zhu Cilang likes such confident people very much, and the chess game he knows is nothing more than a synonym for the layout of the hegemony. A national policy of such a level as Longzhong also needs to be given guidance from high talents.

"The chess player has the saying that gold horns, silver horns, grass belly is said." Wu Yan indeed started the game with a chess game and said confidently: "The criminals thought that our emperor would also have four sides, four corners, and grass belly tomorrow."

"The grass belly is naturally a place in the heart of the Central Plains that people cannot avoid. I dare to ask about the four sides and four corners." This was indeed the first time Zhu Cixuan heard of this statement, which was quite novel.

"What Your Highness said is very much." Wu Yan took a step back. He liberated his hands, turned from left to right, and finally drew a square, and explained: "Guanzhong, Jingzuo, Jiangnan, and Sichuan. These are the four corners of the world. The four corners that are connected across these four corners are Shanxi, Shandong, Huguang, and Hanzhong."

Shanxi is located between Guanzhong and Jingji. Shandong is located between Jingji and Jiangnan, the two lakes are between Jiangnan and Sichuan, and Hanzhong is between Sichuan and Guanzhong. Although it is not very regular, Wu Yan said this, the mountains and rivers of China were really regularized.

"In addition, there are nine chess grids in the heart of Henan, each of which is related to the barriers and can be held in the road. Therefore, the rebellion of China is only in these nine places." Wu Yan did have the ability to simplify complex problems. The thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to judge the top and bottom with strategic locations, who can say such a vivid image like Wu Yan in just a few words?

Zhu Cilang was quite satisfied, so he simply sat on the embroidery pier and watched Wu Qing give a speech.

"I divided it in this way, and it is important to have mountains and rivers. The heavy weight of mountains lies in obstruction, and it is also important to have holes to pass through, such as Taihang Eight Paths and Qinba Plank Road; the heavy weight of rivers lies in dredging, and it is also important to have strongholds to guard. For example, Meng, Pujin of the Yellow River; Guazhou of the river, Caishifu of the river; and Yingkou, Wokou and Sikou of the Huai River." After giving the example, Wu Yan secretly looked at the prince's reaction. Seeing that Zhu Cilang did not show any doubts, he looked at the face of his agreement, and then he felt relieved to talk.

"If there are dangerous mountains and lands, you can rely on them to gain a foothold in chaos and accumulate strength; if there are waterways, you can expand and follow the heavenly power to intervene in the overall situation. This is the case in the four sides and four corners of the world." Wu Yan said: "Let's talk about Guanzhong. Guanzhong is the place where Zulong is prospered, with four mountains and rivers. There are Qinling Mountains in the south, Longshan Mountains in the west, Chidragon Thousands of Miles in the north, Huashan Mountains in the east, and Shanxi Mountains in the southwest of Jin. It is surrounded by the Yellow River, which can be said to be surrounded by mountains and rivers and gathered together. In terms of terrain, Guanzhong has a high-level view of the land of Guandong. The military force is like water, so the ancients said that "those who get Guanzhong will win the world."

"Now that the people's livelihood in Guanzhong is in decline, it may be useless to get it." Zhu Cilang said.

"Actually," said Wu Qing, "Guanzhong has the worst natural disasters. It has been severe drought for ten years and has no harvest. The local area is mostly military camps, and the weight of abandonment is shocking. The thieves and the thieves are all people in Guanzhong, not without cause."

Zhu Cilang nodded and said, "Continue."

"The capital was the ancient Yanzhao land, and there were many generous people. The terrain was surrounded by mountains and seas, surrounded by mountains and seas on three sides, and the Central Plains in the south. There was Yanshan as a barrier, covering Hebei and even the entire Central Plains. Juyongguan, Shanhaiguan, Songtingguan, Gubeikou, Lengkou, Xifengkou and other passes, guarding the traffic channels passing through the Yanshan Mountains, and one man should be the pass that cannot be opened. The Taihang Mountains are the right-wing barrier of Hebei, with Zijing Pass, Daomaguan, Jingxing Pass, and Fukou. Wasn't it a coincidence that Yanzhao was able to resist Qin independently?" Wu Yan turned into a generous and tragic man and said loudly.

"If you can hold on, you really can't bear to give up easily." Zhu Cixuan said.

Wu Yan shook his head: "Hebei rich people have enclosed land and set up forts, but their government orders have not been met with the people. Since the Jisi Incident, they have been slaughtered by the Eastern Captains, and the people's hearts have been dispersed and their vitality has been greatly damaged. It is definitely not a place where His Highness can rely on Zhongxing."

Zhu Cilang has not left Beijing yet, but since Lingchi Yuan Chonghuan and everyone around the capital wanted to buy his meat, it can be seen how severe the slaughter was.

"Where is Jiangnan?"

"There are natural river trenches in the south of the Yangtze River, and defenses along the river can ensure a safe situation." Wu Xuan said: "In the future, the Yangtze River can also reach all directions of the world. If it is Qin and Zhao is in the mountains, Jiangnan is in the water. There is also the benefits of maritime trade. If you can get the Jiangnan, you don't have to worry about raising soldiers, money and food." Wu Xuan paused and said carefully: "The country has built two capitals, isn't it just to consolidate the Jiangnan?"

"Sir, I'm going to go to Nanjing to supervise the country?" Zhu Cixuan frowned slightly.

Wu Qing shook his head quickly and said, "I think Nanjing can be more peaceful, but it will only last for a hundred years. If you want to revive the Emperor Ming, you cannot go to Jiangnan."

“Why?”

"State Family." Wu Yan simply replied with two words and said: "Jiangnan has never been captured by the East. The bandits have plundered, and the people are rich, and they do not want to fight. After two hundred years of peace in the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan has not seen any more weapons except for the Japanese pirates. The aristocratic races have reproduced, and now it is obvious that the southerners occupy the emperor list. If it were the Qin and Jin dynasties, a Juren would be an outstanding figure in the local area. However, in Jiangnan, the Jinshi archways are continuous and the sun is blocking the sun. It can be seen that his power is."

Zhu Cixuan pondered for a moment and said, "The public can't fight against the powerful family?"

"The Shi family has been deeply rooted. Not to mention anything else, if the officials of various prefectures and counties do not use the Shi family, who can they use?" Wu Yan is from Jiangbei. Although he is also in the category of "Southern people", he has no good impression of Jiangnan. In particular, his old rival Zhou Yanru is the leader of the Jiangnan Party, and he will drag him down if he commits his own death.

"It has reached this point..." Zhu Cilang was helpless. Although the culture is booming today, those who are capable of studying are still children of the Shi family, or well-off families with close ties with the Shi family. If they fight against the Shi family, they are likely to be incompatible with the grassroots officials.

Or they can be able to equip officials, but these officials disobey and refuse to do things according to the rules of the Eastern Palace. This is even more helpless.

"And Jiangnan is really a peaceful place and cannot withstand the use of it, which eventually became a situation in the Southern Song Dynasty." Wu Xuan said.

"Of the four corners, there is only Sichuan." Zhu Cixuan said.

"Sichuan lives in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and is surrounded by mountains and ridges on all sides. The protection is beyond the comparison of other regions. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is the channel between it and the east, and the Jialing River and its tributary valley are the channel between it and the north. Both channels are extremely dangerous. Generally, there are water roads on the east side, river roads on the north side; there are land roads on the north side, and plank roads on the north side. These two directions are respectively resonated with Chengdu and Chongqing. From Chongqing east, through the Three Gorges cross Wushan,

You can enter Hubei, and Kuizhou is probably the gateway, and Jutang Pass is here; you can go from Chengdu north, from Jinniu Road, Micang Road can enter Hanzhong, and from Yinping Road can connect to Longshang, and Jiange is probably the gateway, and Jianmen Pass is here. There are also the benefits of grain, salt and brocade in Shu. It only looks at the output of the terrain, which is really a place of beauty!" Wu Qing stretched out his fingers, as if facing a detailed map, and it was indeed in his heart.
Chapter completed!