After this period of study, Lu Zhi had completely chosen to throw in his lot with the system established by Mount Taihang Person.
The reason was simple.
The Great Han could not solve its own problems.
Only the new system established by Mount Taihang Person could solve the Great Han's problems.
As for enthroning a Son of Heaven from the Liu Family, they would see.
He was not the sort of man blindly loyal to the throne.
Only now did he understand why the other side had not cared about him coming here to study.
It turned out that once he truly delved into these teachings, he would understand that the Great Han could not be saved.
Why was Mount Taihang Person so fearless?
Why had he never talked of sending troops to attack this or conquer that? It turned out they had long been prepared. In a word, they were fully confident and merely awaited the right moment.
That was all—just those eight words.
Afterward, Lu Zhi was permitted to study more advanced tactics and strategy.
He sighed. At last, he could study what interested him most.
After all, military strength was the foundation of everything.
No matter how well everything else developed, without powerful military strength, one would ultimately be conquered by barbarians.
His final official post had been General of the Household of the North.
Not the title of a great Confucian scholar.
He arrived at the Military Studies Department of Class B School.
"War begins first and foremost with intelligence."
"We must learn how to gather intelligence, how to analyze it, and how to make decisions based on it."
Lu Zhi nodded.
This had actually been discussed long ago in The Art of War.
One had to use spies.
There were many kinds of spies.
Knowing