Historically, Liu Bei's life was actually divided into three stages.
The first stage is the stage of benevolence and righteousness.
From Pingyuan Xiang to Xinye, this period of time all contains his benevolence and righteousness towards the people.
He ate and lived with the common people. When he heard that Cao Cao was massacring Xuzhou, he resolutely came to help Tao Qian resist.
In the end, when all the people wanted to leave with him and became a burden to him, and even when some people persuaded him to abandon the people, he still refused to give up.
It can be said that the sentence "If you are doing great things, you must put people first. Now that people have returned to me, how can I bear to abandon them." is his truest portrayal.
The second stage is the starting stage.
At this stage, after Xinye, Liu Bei gradually gave up his fantasies and began to change to a practical approach.
Because he discovered that even if he took countless people across the river, or even stayed to break up the river himself, the final result would be to harm countless people.
So since then, he has learned what it means to put the overall situation first and look at problems from another perspective.
For example, only after you own a piece of land can you settle the people and have soldiers and food to resist the invaders.
Another example is that this time he suddenly gave up attacking Chang'an and instead took the people home. Liu Bei in the second stage would definitely not have done this.
He would think that maybe he had benevolence in his heart. But only by conquering Chang'an could more people be protected, so he had to reluctantly give up some people, so that more people could be saved.
I have to say that this idea is definitely correct.
It's just that for the current Liu Bei, he has not yet reached this stage, so Chen Mu and others disagree with his original rash move and think that he made a big mistake.
But this is also something that an idealist and a person who likes to be emotional needs to experience, otherwise this person will not grow up in his life.
The third stage is naturally the impulsive stage.
Knowing that the biggest enemy is Wei, but insisting on attacking Soochow in order to avenge Guan Yu, only those who are crazy would do this.
But he did it anyway, and in the end suffered heavy casualties and suffered a complete defeat, which almost caused the foundation of the Shu Kingdom to collapse, and the impact was far-reaching.
From this point of view, at least in terms of idealism, he remained unchanged throughout his life.
Even great men have such evaluations of him. It can be seen that this is true whether it is Liu Bei in history or the Liu Bei that Chen Mu sees with his own eyes.
Benevolence and righteousness.
throughout his life.
After Chen Mu traveled through time, he often thought about what kind of experiences led to Liu Bei's character.
This question has been lingering on him for a long time, and he has never figured it out.
But it was not until today, after accompanying Liu Bei for so many years, that he finally found the answer.
It's because of birth.
Many people say that Liu Bei was not born low, he had books to study, and he had no worries about food and clothing. At least he was from a poor family.
However, the real situation is that Liu Bei was born without a father, his family was poor, and he only had one mother who worked hard to raise him.
As for reading?
It would have been strange for Liu Bei to be able to study if his uncle hadn't helped him and sent him to be an auditor under Lu Zhi's sect.
Therefore, it is precisely because he came from a humble background and personally experienced the hardships of the people at the bottom that he understands the meaning of the phrase "people-oriented" even more.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei was able to understand the hardship and pain of the people at the bottom even after he was in a high position.
Chen Mu needs the people. He needs these people to help him farm in Luoyang and solve the problem of food and grass in the rear.
Liu Bei rescued the people because he already understood what it means to "be poor and benefit oneself, and to be prosperous to help the world" and what it means to "people are the foundation of a country and the country is stable!".
At no time should you belittle a person who is sincerely doing practical things.
Because there are very few such people, they should be respected even more.
Chen Mu used to believe that there were such people in the world, but he would never become such a person.
But now he is accompanying such a person doing such a thing.
Perhaps it is also a huge irony for an egoist like him.
The sun in winter is not bright, and the wind is howling, making people feel chilly everywhere.
Only the hot porridge dispelled the chill and brought the slightest warmth.
Chen Mu looked at Liu Bei in the distance who was still busy working on the front line to save the people, and suddenly remembered a sentence he had heard before.
It was something his friend said before he traveled through time.
At that time, his friend's father had just passed away and he was in great pain. Someone comforted him and said, "I understand how you feel. I feel the same way as you."
Later, the friend said to Chen Mu, "I have never believed that there is any empathy in this world, because my experience is different from yours, and your father has not died, so why should you say you have empathy with me?"
When I thought of this sentence at this moment, I suddenly understood it.
You have never felt hunger, pain, or despair. How can you understand Liu Bei and understand his thoughts?
Just like Zhang Fei was born into a wealthy family and had no worries about food and clothing. So even if he had seen poor people, he probably would not have much sympathy for them.
Because he has never experienced it personally, he naturally does not understand these principles.
Why not eat minced meat is never something a person says because of his low intelligence.
It's because Emperor Hui of Jin didn't know the sufferings of the people at all, and he didn't know how difficult it was for the people at the bottom to say such things.
To put it simply, this kind of person does not understand common sense.
He thought that everyone in the world had the same food, drink, clothing, and the same happy life as him.
Ironically, the ancients could also be said to have underdeveloped information. In addition, the rich and the poor lived in two circles without any intersection, resulting in information errors.
However, in the later generations where network information is extremely developed, and in the modern society known as globalization, there are still a lot of people who are like "why not eat minced meat".
We can often see videos on the Internet. On the street late at night, a man just got off work and was walking. Suddenly his mood collapsed, squatting on the ground and crying.
On the Internet, people like this are often criticized, saying, "How is it appropriate for a grown man to cry like this?"
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While you are holding your phone and happily watching videos, this man may have been working for more than ten days in a row, and he doesn't get off work until midnight every day.
While you are living well, there are still 600 million people whose monthly income is less than RMB 1,000, barely struggling to make ends meet.
While you are living in a villa and driving a luxury car, there are still many people working hard overtime with a monthly salary of only four to five thousand, but they still have a mortgage to bear, and a wife, children, and parents to support.
Many people have tried their best just to stay alive.
How can you blame an adult for his sudden emotional breakdown when he is in despair and pain?
People.
I don’t need you to empathize with me, but I hope you retain a warm kindness towards the world. Even if you just watch it on the Internet and silently write "Bless you, stranger." it is far better than endless accusations.
It's much better than scolding.
Chen Mu looked at Liu Bei who was busy in the crowd. He didn't care about the dirtiness of the victims, the smell of their bodies, or whether they were sick.
They only care about whether they can survive and whether they can save their lives.
Suddenly I felt a little emotional.
There is never a shortage of courageous people in this world, but the courage of idealists is the most admirable.
Perhaps it is precisely because there are such people in this world that the world is not filled with darkness and becomes more indifferent.
People's fate may be different when they are born.
But the same thing is that you can choose to be a gentle and kind person, able to be full of kindness to the world.
May everyone in the world be treated with sincerity, may gentle people be treated with gentleness by this world, may we be as beautiful as ever, may the mountains and rivers be eternal, and may the country be peaceful and the people be peaceful.