Lu Ning was depressed and cruel after hearing this? What is this? The rise of any empire was based on bloody massacres. Next to Rome, didn’t the British Empire become powerful after countless bloody battles and large-scale massacres? Later Japan invaded China, did not implement the Three Lights policy, and also massacred 300,000 ordinary people in Nanjing. War was originally a massacre, and who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality to you? It seems that Zhou Yu still did not fully understand the purpose and means of conquest under the Lu Ning system.

Lu Ning said lightly: "Gongjin, in foreign wars, the tolerance of the enemy is to be irresponsible to his soldiers; your ruthlessness brings disastrous casualties to the soldiers. For hundreds of years, did the Han Dynasty not talk about the Xianbei people and the Xiongnu people every day? But what is the result? Who is the Xianbei people, the Xiongnu and other foreign nationalities talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and who is merciful to you? The Xianbei people and the Xiongnu cavalry are constantly plundering the people on the border.

Didn’t they all humiliate the Han people? Didn’t they all rob, burn and kill all of them? Those are rogue nations. If they can’t win, they will flee, and if they can’t escape, they will surrender. After a few years, they will regain their strength and then go to the border of the Han people to plunder. Why are the foreign nationalities only allowed to commit brutal massacre of our Han people, and we will not allow our army to implement the three-light policy on foreign nationalities? Is this the provision of that school?”

After hearing this, Zhou Yu felt that such a massacre was too cruel and retorted: "Ziyi, our Han people are a gang of courtesy, how can they be compared with foreign barbarians?"

It seems that Zhou Yu’s Confucianism has achieved great success. He has learned a lot of good things, but he has also accepted a lot of pedantic things. What is this theory?

Lu Ning shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Gongjin, the strong, the victors always speak with sabers and bows. Only the losers or the weak will talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality to you; no winner in the world will tell you that benevolence and righteousness is the first thing to do; in fact, in external conquests, benevolence, righteousness and morality are words of self-comfort by the losers."

Zhou Yu said: "Ziyi, your words are too extreme."

Lu Ning said: "Gongjin, do you know why our army can eliminate the Xianbei tribe, the Huns and other foreign nationalities? Do I have the Xianbei tribes in my hands and there are many iron cavalry in the hands of the Huns? You will never think it is for God to visit!"

Zhou Yu really didn't understand the reason. He always thought that the iron cavalry under Lu Ning was too strong; but as Lu Ning said, every time Lu Ning's Feixiong Army and the cavalry of the Xianbei and Xiongnu and other foreign nationalities fought, they basically won the most with fewer victory; and those foreign barbarians are nations that live on horseback. They don't have to think about it and their iron cavalry are very powerful, otherwise they would not have been constantly plundering the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

Zhou Yu said: "Ziyi, I really don't know why?"

Lu Ning said: "There is no reason, it is killing! Killing! Killing again! Resolutely implement the Three Lights Policy. Whether it is the Xianbei, the Huns, or other foreign nationalities, they are afraid of our army's inhumane massacre. Our army is never ruthless when attacking foreign nationalities. They all implement policies of killing, burning and robbing them. Psychologically, the iron cavalry of foreigners are afraid of our army."

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Ziyi, it seems that I am still too pedantic."

Lu Ning said: "Gongjin, benevolence and righteousness depend on what ethnic group is treated. For the Han ethnic group, our army never implemented the Three Lights Policy. The military discipline is very unclear. You should be clear about this."

Zhou Yu said: "In the territory of the Han Dynasty, your army did not do anything out of the ordinary, but only re-elected the prisoners; other princes would reorganize the troops when they had prisoners, but you really don't want to let those prisoners build roads and carry out infrastructure construction, which is different from other princes. But there is one thing I don't understand. Some of the soldiers among the prisoners are well-trained and have good abilities. Why not reorganize and incorporate capable soldiers?"

Lu Ning said: "Gongjin, this is not why our army does not lack military resources; especially our soldiers are treated very well. A soldier's salary is enough to support the family, and there is also a surplus. Especially when fighting against foreign countries, the soldiers have higher funds and the plundered property is distributed. There are a lot of people in the jurisdiction who are willing to join the army. If the prisoners are reorganized into an army, it will be unfair to the people in the jurisdiction. Besides, resisting our army will certainly be punished, so that the soldiers of other princes can be psychologically stressed when fighting against our army."

Zhou Yu said: "It is true that the soldiers in your army have high salaries. If you raise a soldier like this, the cost will be very huge. If you raise a soldier, it is probably enough for other princes to raise more than 100 soldiers, or even more. I wouldn't doubt this, it is true. I heard that the soldiers are all rich and have a lot of money in their hands and have nowhere to spend it?"

Lu Ning nodded and said, "Gongjin, to be honest with you, I really don't want to fight a civil war; to put it bluntly, the struggles within the Han territory are civil wars between brothers. This is of no benefit to the Han nation, and it will only weaken the strength of the Han nation."

Zhou Yu said: "Ziyi, that means you don't want to attack other princes?"

Lu Ning shook his head and said, "Gongjin, it is true that I don't like to fight civil wars, but for the sake of the rejuvenation of the Han nation and the development of the Han nation, I will sooner or later take action against those princes; what would it be like to not let the Han nation be unified? Continuing to let the princes fight civil wars will make the people suffer. I will not let them develop like this and destroy all princes from time to time. This is not questionable."

This is expected. Zhou Yu certainly would not think that Lu Ning did not want to deal with other princes; the great reign of the world was the biggest wish among any prince, unless Lu Ning had a water in his head.

Zhou Yu said: "Ziyi, with the strength of your army, you can indeed eliminate other princes in a short period of time; why do you continue to conquer externally and consume your strength; why don't you pacify the world first and then consider conquer externally? Don't you think there is something wrong with your decision? Or you don't have to distinguish between severity or seriousness."

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Gongjin, our army grew up in conquests. The more we conquests, the more we can enhance our army's strength. You are wrong. Foreign wars will not weaken our army's strength, but will strengthen our army's strength and increase the amount of wealth in the jurisdiction."

Zhou Yu said in confusion: "Why? Why is this happening?"

Lu Ning said: "Gongjin, our army has always implemented the three-light policy. Every time a place is conquered, it will be plundered. This not only gives our jurisdiction a larger territory, but also has countless resources. Although the government office does not get much wealth plundered by soldiers, the wealth owned by generals and soldiers will also be consumed in the jurisdiction. For the jurisdiction, the total amount of wealth increases, but only in the hands of individuals. What does it matter? If an individual has money, he has to spend it and invest. This is a virtuous cycle. Therefore, the more we conquer the army becomes stronger, which is different from the Confucian theory you have learned. This is the conquest mechanism."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Ziyi, I think after more than a year, I have already understood the policies and policies you have established. It seems that I only know the appearance but not the inside."

Lu Ning said: "Gongjin, the reason why I didn't attack those princes is not that I am kind, nor that I don't want to take action; it's that the time is not right."

Zhou Yu didn’t understand what this meant? With extremely powerful strength, what opportunity are you waiting for?

Zhou Yu said: "Ziyi, what does it mean?"

Lu Ning said: "Gongjin, it is easy to build a place, but it is too difficult to manage a place; especially changing people's traditional concepts is even more difficult than climbing to the sky. I wonder if you have considered this?"
Chapter completed!