Are you going to launch troops against the Western Regions?

Looking up at His Majesty, Chen Zizhuang said hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, there is no need to use troops to the Western Regions!"

"Oh? Why is this?"

"Sun Tzu's Art of War says: If a country is poorer than a teacher, it will lose far away, and if it will lose far away, it will be poor. If it is close to a teacher, it will be expensive. If it is expensive, it will be exhausted. If it is exhausted, it will be anxious for the operation of the hills. If it is weak, it will be empty in the Central Plains. The expenses of the people will be reduced to seven out of ten; if it is broken, the horses will be stopped, the armor, helmets, arrows, crossbows, halberds, and oxen, and big chariots will be eliminated, and six out of ten out of ten out of ten."

This sentence comes from Sun Tzu's Art of War, which means that the country is impoverished by the use of military force. Remote transportation is an important reason, and remote transportation will cause the people to fall into poverty.

"Your Majesty, during the Han Dynasty, Li Guangli conquered Dayuan, and sent 60,000 people, 100,000 cattle, more than 30,000 horses, and tens of thousands of donkeys and camels. Later, after the Battle of Dayuan, the Han army withdrew from Yumen Pass, only more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 war horses were left. This was just a loss of the army. In order to ensure the expedition of the army, Hanwu conscripted people who committed seven crimes in the world, carrying food and money to supply General Ershi, and the transported chariots and horses were connected continuously, all the way to Dunhuang. The Laoshi army's expedition to the Western Regions was not like the expedition of the Ottomans. The expedition of the Ottomans was convenient for sea transportation, and the Western Regions had no sea transportation or railway transportation. The transportation of chariots and horses was probably consumed innumerable financial resources, which was of no help to the country and the people. Therefore, I think there was no need to deploy troops to the Western Regions!"

Chen Zizhuang, who was honest back then, knew that he had spoken tactfully, and he even deliberately pulled out the expedition of Ottoman. Is that place far away? It's very far away, but there is a sea transportation there, so that the country is not poor and the people are not tired. But the Western Regions are different.

Zhu Guoqiang certainly knew his little thoughts, but he also noticed that Chen Zizhuang once again emphasized that "no need to move troops", so he asked.

"Why don't you need to move troops?"
Chapter completed!