Although he is a bit slanderous about his ancestors, in Liu Bei's view, the only emperors in the 400 years of the Han Dynasty who really had the people in their hearts were the two emperors Wen and Jing. Although other emperors also had wise emperors, not many of them really had the people in their hearts, and like Lei Gong There was no such emperor. Even Emperor Wen could only reduce the taxes on the people, but did not dare to equalize the land like Lei Gong.
So when faced with Yuan Ji's question, Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Impossible. If it hadn't been for the appearance of Thunder Lord, I would have thought that the three generations of sage kings were all beautified by later generations! It is already a miracle that such a person can appear in a thousand years. How is it possible that it appears from generation to generation!"
Yuan Ji sneered and said: "So, Lei Gong will face the situation of having no successor. It is impossible for the rulers of the later generations of Daqian to continue to equalize land for the people! It is also impossible for there to be another ruler with such high prestige as Lei Gong who can suppress Civil and military officials serve the country and the people."
"Lei Gong has very high demands on the officials of Da Gan, which are beyond common sense. From the huge infrastructure construction of water canals, rivers, railways, and tracks in Da Gan over the years, we can see that our officials are not Maybe with such execution ability, it is impossible to complete so many projects without a group of powerful officials, and most of Daqian's wealth has been consumed by these projects!"
Liu Bei was envious of this. Back then, the Han Dynasty also had some officials who wanted to do things for the country, like his teacher, and even Cao Cao had taken practical actions. It was a pity that the Han Dynasty was in power at that time. Not only did they corrupt themselves, but they also stopped them. Other officials who wanted to do something, in the end these corrupt officials dragged the entire Han Dynasty into the abyss.
In Daqian, there is no such hindrance. Even a county magistrate can make greater achievements than his teacher.
"But the people of Daqian must also want to be rich and powerful from generation to generation like the noble families of my Han Dynasty. This is also something that Lei Gong does not allow. If the officials of Daqian become rich, the common people of Daqian will definitely not be able to live the life they have now. .
So we can see that over the years, Lei Gong has continued to use overseas fiefdoms to seduce those heroes who do not agree with Lei Gong, and at the same time, he has continued to promote young officials to replace these unambitious officials.
But Lei Gong’s behavior exposed the huge flaws of Da Gan. Officials do more and get less. Will they be willing to let this situation continue? After working hard all their lives, their descendants have to compete for official positions like ordinary people."
Liu Bei shook his head, knowing this was impossible!
He understands people's hearts best. The officials in his hands are very capable and have many requirements for treatment. They want land, wealth, rights, modesty and prudence, and are not greedy for merit. There is no such thing. Liu Bei dares not to satisfy these. He has everything in his hands. Officials dare to go on strike!
Even Liu Bei would find it difficult to say anything about this kind of thing, because those who followed Liu Bei to Tianzhu to endure hardships originally wanted to revive the family or for their own glory and wealth. If there are really officials who are dedicated to the people, such people will not He will appear in Tianzhu, but will serve as an official for Lei Gong in Daqian!
To a certain extent, Liu Bei admired Lei Gong very much. He single-handedly suppressed all the heroes in the world and made Daqian the best period for people's lives in history.
But Liu Bei also knew that the harder Lei Gong suppressed the heroes of the world, the greater the pressure to rebound. No matter how powerful the current prosperous age of Daqian is, if the officials who created this prosperous age feel dissatisfied in their hearts, after this prosperous age ends, they will fall. will be faster!
Yuan Ji shook his head and said: "Lei Gong used the method of dividing the meritorious officials to drive them out of the cadres. This shows that he has no way to solve the problem of the interests of officials and the people. He only uses this method to postpone the problem, but even people like him It’s a problem that even an emperor throughout the ages can’t refuse. How can his successor solve this problem?”
But Liu Bei still couldn't help but ask: "Now everyone knows that the door to the new world has been opened by Thunder God, but how to deal with this new world, the status of the emperor, the status of the ministers and the status of the people? How about solving these problems? , I’m afraid our Tianzhu will also be affected, right?”
The whole of Tianzhu has been affected by Xu Wei, even if Liu Bei fled to Tianzhu, he gave all the land to the people of Tianzhu, so with the support of the people of Tianzhu, he could dominate the entire Tianzhu with tens of thousands of Han troops as the core .
But just because the fields were distributed to the people, Liu Bei did not have enough fields.
The land was distributed to the heroes who followed him, but that doesn't mean that Liu Bei's heroes were not rewarded with anything. Liu Bei opened a large number of government-run factories in Tianzhu, and then he rewarded some unimportant factories to the heroes, while nobles like Yuan Ji The gentry also saw that the future was an era of industry. Factories would replace fields and become the foundation of a family, and official positions would protect the factories. Therefore, the wealthy gentry in Tianzhu had transformed into bureaucratic capitalists.
Yuan Ji smiled bitterly and said: "No one can explain this clearly. It can only depend on their own strength. Those with strong strength have greater rights, while those with weaker strength have less rights. But all of this must be based on war, because only war Only then can everyone's full strength be exposed nakedly, and now Thunder Lord is suppressing this process just like the First Emperor back then. If we really want to understand this, we may have to wait until Thunder Lord dies!"
Therefore, reading history can be wise. Even if Yuan Ji cannot clearly see the future of this new world, there are examples of situations like this in the history of the Celestial Dynasty. The history of the late Qin Dynasty can be used as a reference.
When Liu Bei heard this, he felt a little sad for Lei Gong. Although the two sides were enemies, Liu Bei had to admire Lei Gong!
But now he discovered that Lei Gong is the real loner. No matter how powerful he is and how many great achievements he has established, if Lei Gong cannot establish a system that can continue his career, the great achievements he has established will soon disappear. , become the stepping stone for the next dynasty!
Then Yuan Ji continued: "Ming Gong, as long as we keep waiting, there is a high possibility that we will see the prosperity of Daqian Dynasty shattered, and the Daqian Dynasty like the Qin Dynasty collapse! If we retain our strength in Tianzhu by then, maybe from It’s really possible to fight against a big man!”
Liu Bei was not very happy when he heard this painting, and then he said with a strand of white hair: "Lei Gong is more than ten years younger than me, and he has been living well in Jidu all these years, but it was Bei who went to Nanzheng." The Northern War has reached sixty, does Shiki think Bei can survive Raikou?"
This is the saddest thing about Liu Bei. He has felt a little bit out of his power over the years, so he is so eager to set foot on the land of the Han Dynasty again. Now Yuan Ji actually wants him to compete with the youngest Lei Gong in the world for hegemony in the past.