After Chen Xi settled the hidden dangers caused by marrying Zhen Mi, his life returned to normal again, and Chang'an also entered a new era, that is, the curfew was completely lifted.
In the past, a large part of the reason for the curfew was safety issues, but now safety can be guaranteed aside from other aspects. After all, Liu Bei now basically knows all the soldiers who can appear in Chang'an City.
Even for the soldiers under Cao Cao, except for those generals who still strongly support Cao Cao, the real soldiers, if Cao and Liu start a war, no need to talk nonsense, Liu Bei gives the order, Cao Cao can only charge with the generals, there is no way, Liu Bei is just wandering around.
Shopping around, then shopping around, and then it’s over.
Since then, Cao Cao has completely given up the few thoughts in his heart. Liu Bei's performance really made Cao Cao enter a state of despair.
But having said that, after recognizing this fact, Cao Cao suddenly no longer had such a headache. Speaking of some things, it is just because he thinks too much that it hurts his brain, and Cao Cao is also that kind of person.
"Ha, I heard that you settled Cao Sikong." Chen Xi looked very handsome the next day. There was nothing he could do about it. People are in high spirits when happy events happen. Naturally, when he saw Liu Bei, he was in a different mood.
"What does it mean that I have evened out Mengde?" Liu Bei glanced sideways at Chen Xi and asked, with a rogue look on his face, "They are all the strength of this country, so what is yours and mine? What does it mean to even out, just to merge them into one?
It’s just to ensure that this country has one voice.”
"Yeah, that makes sense." Chen Xi nodded, "I've said it before, as long as you don't make mistakes in recognizing people, and your mentality, courage, and character are 50-50 equal to Cao Mengde's, if you give up on all other aspects, the other party will also
I can only be beaten while being held down."
"Yes." Liu Bei sighed and said, "What is the purpose of learning the balancing method of the emperor's mind? To limit the limit of one's own strength?"
"Don't ask me, I don't have any research on this. I recommend asking Wen He. Wen He is quite good at this." Chen Xi smiled and said, "By doing this, we can basically guarantee that there will be no military coup.
Now, as long as we grasp the context, it will only be a matter of time before the country embarks on the path of rapid development."
"Then it's your business. We agreed at the beginning that I would pack up all my military strength and you can solve the country's financial problems by yourself." Liu Bei waved his hand indifferently and said. He has now entered his peak period. This country has already reached its peak.
There is no possibility of military unrest anymore.
Even if someone of Cao Cao's level is interested, he can at most pull together some troops, but without the cooperation of the army and only dozens of upper-level counterattack coups, what is the difference between talking about it and talking nonsense.
For an empire of this level, even if dozens of upper echelons really fall, as long as the system does not collapse and there are still people who can stabilize the current state, it will not matter how the empire's frame turns or how it turns.
Too big an impact.
"Don't worry, I won't lose to others in this aspect." Chen Xi said with a smile, "Well, next, will Mr. Xuande continue to deepen his penetration ability in the army? After all, he will fight out
If so, the military will inevitably need to be reorganized."
"I just regret that when Yuan Tan left, I didn't have time to recognize all the middle and low-level generals under his command." Liu Bei shook his head and said, if they can do that, then they don't have to worry about the Yuan family.
problem.
"It's different, but it would have been feasible if we had completely defeated them back then. But at that time, when the Xiongnu invaded, we couldn't have had a civil war. But now, I'm afraid it won't be possible. After all, there are so many righteous people in Yan and Zhao, and these people are following
Yuan Tan built a city in the wilderness and established his own foundation. It is difficult for such people to leave Yuan Tan." Chen Xi nodded and said.
It can be said that among the various forces in the Han Dynasty, the one with the most stable foundation now, except Liu Bei, is Yuan Tan, because almost everything the other party has now was built little by little by the other party with those people from nothing. The foundation is deep,
There's basically nothing to say.
"But it doesn't matter. Just let the Yuan family stay there. That area can be regarded as the Yuan family's real seal. As long as they don't go eastward and follow them to the west, as long as I have the banner of China in this world,
Even if it doesn't fall, every sect that rises belongs to the Chinese lineage." Liu Bei said with a great attitude, after all, he now indeed has the courage and strength to suppress the Central Plains.
"Well, that's what I mean. After all, sooner or later, these people will need to be divided into feudal states. If our actual ruling scope is twice as large as the current Han Dynasty, it will basically reach the limit of ruling. After that, the expansion will depend on the size of the feudal kingdoms.
Now." Chen Xi understood Liu Bei's mentality very well.
If Liu Bei still had some worries in the past, but now that he has basically recognized the country's middle and lower-level generals without relying on any outsiders, Liu Bei no longer has any worries. What supports a person's self-confidence is always his own ability.
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But now Liu Bei's own ability is enough to support Liu Bei's belief. Precisely because he has successfully gathered the entire world's military strength into his own hands without borrowing any external force, Liu Bei's inner self-confidence is now about to explode.
He is not afraid that anyone will rebel against him, nor is he afraid of anyone provoking trouble. Not to mention that there are no ministers with high achievements in the military under his command. Even if there is a god like Han Xin, Liu Bei will not have the slightest worry. As long as he
While he is alive, even a figure like Han Xin cannot rebel under his command. Even if he has such thoughts and expresses them, the people below will catch him.
This absolute control over the country's military strength made Liu Bei extremely confident.
"I think Mr. Xuande would be better off learning the balancing act of the Emperor's Mental Technique." Chen Xi touched his chin and said, everything has two sides.
"You were the one who asked me not to learn that kind of thing back then, and now you actually ask me to learn that kind of thing again. It's true of you." Liu Bei rolled his eyes and said.
"Well, indeed, I did ask you not to learn the emperor's mental skills at the beginning. After all, you are cutting off your business. At that time, learning the emperor's mental skills can only kill your energy and make the original glorious righteousness less magnificent." Chen Xi nodded, no.
Deny this fact.
How can I say the art of the emperor's mind? If you learn this, you must understand people's hearts. However, for the emperor who founded the country, if he learns this, he can only learn words into rubbish.
After all, many times the check and balance method of the emperor's mental skills not only fails to increase the combat effectiveness, but also reduces one's own combat effectiveness, especially when one has not learned it at all.
It is said that it is for this reason that Chen Xi rejected Liu Bei's idea of learning this from the beginning. After all, Liu Bei's own personality charm is sufficient, and in conjunction with Chen Xi's chosen development direction, the need for the emperor's mental skills actually has no impact.
"You want to learn again now?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi in confusion.
"It actually has no impact to learn something now. After all, the next core has turned to governing the world. The thinking of conquering the world needs to be changed. It would be better to learn the emperor's mental skills and check and balance those guys who go abroad." Chen Xi thought about it.
Want to say.
"Forget it, it's better not to learn. Let's wait until the person who comes to power twenty years later will be taught by others. Forget it for this generation." Liu Bei frowned when he heard this, and said hesitantly after a while. He had already
I understood what Chen Xi meant, but after experiencing troubled times, he knew best what to choose.
Liu Bei also agreed on the necessity of the emperor's mental skills, but forget it at this time. He doesn't need it, and Liu Tong doesn't need it either. It's best for the Han Dynasty to maintain its current situation.
"Okay, let's wait for twenty years. Let everyone dance like this in the past twenty years. In fact, this is good." Chen Xi is incompetent. He can suppress the civil servants, but Liu Bei
If we can suppress all the generals and commanders, there won't be any big problem if we delay it for twenty years.
Although there will definitely be people with ulterior motives among them, the lines drawn by Chen Xi and Liu Bei will never be touched by anyone, and as long as this line is not touched, the overall situation will basically not be chaotic.
"Treat her well, Mrs. Zhen, and don't let anything happen again." After hearing this, Liu Bei stopped mentioning the previous matter and naturally changed the subject.
"Uh, what do you mean?" Chen Xi's mouth twitched twice.
"What I mean is that if something like this happens again in the future, did you see the medicine in the teapot before?" Liu Bei patted Chen Xi on the shoulder and said gently.
"Medicine? What medicine?" Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was talking about. He remembered what Liu Bei was talking about, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. What happened yesterday, and Liu Bei was involved, you are really free.
"It's good that you have an impression. I told you a long time ago that there is no point in dilly-dallying. If you continue to dilly-dally like this next time, I will discuss it with Meng De and then we will catch both of them and feed each of them a pot.
That thing you saw before locked you in, and then everything ended." Liu Bei touched his chin and said with a malicious look on his face.
Liu Bei's thinking also became simple and crude because of his frequent contact with Chen Xi.
"Uh..." Chen Xi's face trembled. In this era when human rights were basically non-existent, Chen Xi felt that Liu Bei and Cao Cao would definitely dare to do such a thing.
"Work hard." Liu Bei patted Chen Xi on the shoulder, then left with his hands behind his back.
"Congratulations, congratulations~" After Liu Bei left, Chen Xi prepared to work in the Political Yuan. Then when he stepped in, there was a sound of congratulations inside, and Chen Xi looked proud when he heard it.
"Okay, I am in a good mood today. I have decided to treat guests to Manxianglou. If you finish your work before get off work, you can come with me." Chen Xi announced without restraint that there is no way for normal people to do this. The workload of a group of people cannot be completed after get off work anyway.
