On the hillside, the summer wind blew slowly, blowing the sleeves of Chen Mu and Guo Jia.
There are several big trees on the slope. The grass under the trees is green, and the vines hanging down from the trees are swaying in the wind, providing a green shade.
The two of them were like old friends reunited after a long separation, standing by the tree and looking into the distance. Sometimes they talked loudly about the general situation of the world, and sometimes they whispered softly and talked about their family and family affairs. Somehow, they seemed to understand each other very well, and they could always understand each other.
Saw the shadow of another person.
Guo Jia sighed and said: "Chatting with Brother Zigui is like sitting in the courtyard with the spring breeze blowing. Many insights have made me enlightened, and some problems have been solved. Jia feels ashamed."
Chen Mu pondered: "When looking at everything, you must see through the phenomenon to see the essence. When you see through the essence of the world, it is like finding the source of a mess, and things will be easily solved. This is also the way to live and do things.
It’s the fundamental truth.”
Guo Jia asked seriously: "Brother Zigui, Jia has one more question."
"you say."
"I want to ask brother, why did you choose Liu Xuande?"
"the reason is simple."
Chen Mu smiled calmly: "Because the road is close."
"Is it close?"
Guo Jia didn't know what was going on.
All the counselors in the world wait for the situation to become clear before choosing a leader.
How can one choose a lord from the beginning?
What's more, when Liu Bei first started, he was just a humble person. How could you tell that he had the image of a monarch?
Chen Mu smiled and said, "I just told you, what is the essence of the Yellow Turban Rebellion?"
Guo Jia answered without hesitation: "Political darkness, official corruption, natural and man-made disasters, rampant plagues, powerful people occupying large amounts of land, and the people have no one to rely on, and many other factors."
"yes."
Chen Mu sighed: "This is already the end of the world. My hometown Puyin also suffered from the Yellow Turban disaster, so I wanted to go north to escape the disaster, and I just happened to meet my eldest brother."
It would be too false to say that he took the initiative to find Liu Bei. Puyin is not far from Zhuoxian County. It is more true to say that he was going north to avoid trouble and met Liu Bei by chance.
Guo Jia couldn't help but laugh: "Liu Xuande, you are really lucky. Not only are you the enemy of Zhang, but you also have a great talent like my brother to help you. If you can defeat Yuan Shao, wait for Duke Bo'an to die, and ascend the throne with a descendant of the clan, I'm afraid it will be a matter of course.
Bar."
"hehe."
Chen Mu looked down at the wind-swept millet seedlings in the distance and said rather absent-mindedly: "It would be better for my eldest brother to be the emperor than for Cao Cao to be the emperor."
"Does Brother Zigui think that Duke Cao doesn't have the image of a king?"
Guo Jia asked back.
"Yes, I have."
Chen Mu said without hesitation: "If there are still people in this world who can sweep away the world like the great ancestor Guangwu, then only eldest brother and Cao Cao are left."
"It's a pity that Mr. Cao started too late and didn't even get Xuzhou."
Guo Jia smiled bitterly.
There is no need to be secretive in front of smart people.
Because since Chen Mu sent troops, Cao Cao's current ambitions and ideas have been proven.
So it is better to be more generous. Chen Mu also knows that if he continues to pretend to be deaf and dumb, he will make him laugh.
Chen Mu said: "Cao Cao followed the path of domineering. Although he can dominate for a while, he cannot dominate for a lifetime. The eldest brother followed the path of kingship. Only with benevolence can he achieve eternal success."
"How can there be any eternal inheritance in this world?"
Guo Jia sighed: "As strong as the Qin Dynasty, is it just a second generation that will perish?"
Chen Mu said, "I know there is."
"oh?"
Guo Jia didn't believe it, but said with great interest: "Please ask Brother Zigui to clear up the confusion."
Chen Mu's eyes fell into memories.
He thought of that grand and vast republic, which had risen from the sufferings, worked hard and pursued bravely from the rise. In just seventy years, it had caught up with the centuries of precipitation in the West.
There are countless scientists, countless scholars, countless soldiers, doctors, and countless hard-working people here who work hard to build the country. They succeed one after another and talented people emerge in large numbers.
Even in the face of suppression by the Western world and countless unfair treatments, he still created countless brilliance in the face of adversity.
Wouldn't such a country be prosperous for all generations? Wouldn't it be a Chinese prosperous age that could stand on top of the world forever?
"You don't understand."
Chen Mu shook his head and looked up at the sky, suddenly feeling a little lonely.
In this vast world, who can understand him?
People like Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Xun You, etc. may already be the top wise men in the world.
But compared with him, the gap is far from intelligence, but that outstanding insight and supreme ideal.
Perhaps their greatest wish is to assist a king and achieve great achievements for a generation.
But how can such a situation compare with Chen Mu, who has a lot of troubles in his heart?
Life is really as lonely as snow.
Guo Jia observed the words and expressions. At that moment, what he saw was the loneliness in Chen Mu's eyes and the sincerity in his words.
In a daze, he actually believed that the eternal inheritance that Chen Mu just said was true.
Is there anything in this world that is more real than true feelings showing up?
For a moment, Guo Jia was extremely curious and asked: "Brother Zigui doesn't tell you, how can I understand?"
Chen Mu laughed: "You really don't understand. Let me ask you, how do you feel about the people before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Yin and Zhou Dynasties?"
What do you think of the people of the Yin and Zhou dynasties?
That must have been more than a thousand years ago.
Guo Jia hesitated for a moment, thought for a moment, and replied: "Except Taigong Wang, the others are all like Di Yi."
This is not to belittle Yin Zhou, nor to praise Jiang Ziya, but a fact.
Many people think that there was no difference between ancient societies and that they were all feudal societies. But in fact, the gap between dynasties in terms of productivity, creativity, and military strength was very large.
For example, during the Yin and Zhou dynasties, it was a slave society with a total population of less than 10 million and extremely low productivity. It could not even be considered a complete civilization because writing and knowledge were not popular at that time.
The popularization mentioned here means that even nobles may not be able to learn knowledge.
Because at that period, it could only be regarded as the nascent period of civilization. Oracle bones were only words carved on turtle shells or animal bones, and were used for divination and recording. There were no bamboo slips for the spread of words.
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It was also an important span from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties. During the Spring and Autumn Period, hundreds of schools of thought flourished, and various ideas collided. The Qin and Han Dynasties absorbed these cultures, which led to the glory of this period.
From slave society to feudal society is naturally a major leap.
After that, the Tang Dynasty embraced the world, and the Song Dynasty supported more than 100 million people with half of the country. In addition to the firearms, sweet potatoes, corn, etc. from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all dynasties were generally making progress, but the room for progress was not like the Western Industrial Revolution. It's just that big.
Therefore, people in the late Han Dynasty actually belonged to the early stage of feudal society. There may not be much difference in system from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The same landlords controlled a large amount of land and did not pay taxes to the country, which led to constant uprisings.
But in terms of productivity, the difference between the two sides is still very obvious. For example, cotton, sweet potatoes and corn were popularized during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, creating the so-called Kangxi and Qianlong heydays.
To put it simply, there are three stages of social development, namely slave society - feudal society - modern society.
As modern people, when we look at the people of the Ming and Qing dynasties, we actually look at them the same as primitive people.
By the same token, as a person from feudal society, Guo Jia's view of people in slave society is no different from how we view the ancients in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Hearing Guo Jia's answer, Chen Mu smiled and said, "Fengxiao, do you know? Just as you treat your ancestors from the Yin and Zhou dynasties, I treat you, and even the people of this world, as I treat barbarians."
"Including the Emperor, Liu Xuande, Cao Gong and countless wise men in the world?"
Guo Jia was shocked and stirred up waves.
What kind of arrogance is this to say such a thing?
He regarded the Yin and Zhou people as barbarians because the Yin and Zhou Dynasties happened more than a thousand years ago.
A more superior civilization and a progressive society gave Guo Jia enough confidence.
But Chen Mu was from the same period as him, so why did he have such confidence?
Where does his arrogance come from?
If it's a lunatic, then let's ignore it and just laugh it off.
But Guo Jia knew very well that as a top wise man, it was impossible for Chen Mu to say such crazy words, and his expression did not seem to be fake, but showed his true feelings.
This is the place that makes Guo Jia feel most horrified.
Because he discovered a very scary fact, that is, Chen Mu might really look at them from another perspective.
Perhaps, in his eyes, he is really no different from a barbarian.
This is something that a proud person like Guo Jia cannot bear.
Therefore, Guo Jia must ask clearly what made Chen Mu so confident.
Chen Mu just smiled and said: "Including, this is the difference in vision. You have to understand that a person's ability determines whether he can achieve great things. But a person's perspective on things can determine his or her ability to achieve great things. What a big deal it can be in the end."
Guo Jia probed: "Isn't it a big undertaking to dominate the world?"
"It doesn't count."
Chen Mu pondered: "To rule the world, but not be able to stabilize the country, what's the point of the collapse of the second generation like the First Emperor. In the end, dynasties will continue to change, and future dynasties will either be invaded and destroyed by foreign enemies, or internal conflicts will break out. In the long run,
Three to four hundred years, or as short as tens or hundreds of years, the cycle goes on and on, how can we talk about an eternal foundation?"
"Foreign enemy invasion?"
Guo Jia laughed and said: "Brother Zigui, you must have thought too much. The barbarians in the north and south are all beaten into obedience by the majesty of my Han Dynasty. Not to mention Wei Huo's expedition to Mobei, just as powerful as that of Xianbei, since
After Tan Shi Huai, they no longer have the strength to go south. If it weren't for the civil strife in the Central Plains at this time, I'm afraid it would be them who should be destroyed."
Chen Mu certainly knew that this was a judgment based on his knowledge of the five thousand years of Chinese civilization history. Although Guo Jia was smart, he was stuck in this era and was limited by the times. It was normal for him to be unable to predict the future.
So he did not struggle with Guo Jia on this issue, but just smiled: "Look at the essence through the phenomenon, Fengxiao, you have to remember. There is no absolute in anything, don't deny it immediately. Think about it, if the north
The barbarians on the grassland happen to have a sandalwood locust tree, and the Central Plains is in civil strife. What do you think will happen?"
"That's just Brother Zigui's conjecture. How many years does it take for someone like Tan Shihuai to appear?"
Guo Jia shook his head.
The Han Dynasty first defeated the Xiongnu, and then the Xianbei. Over the past few hundred years, foreigners have never taken advantage of the Han people, so that the people of the Han nation are full of pride in treating the grassland peoples.
However, the short fifty-one-year history of the Western Jin Dynasty has already proved that no enemy can be underestimated. Even the grassland people with a population of only a few million can still rule the land of China.
But it was naturally impossible for Chen Mu to talk to Guo Jia about these issues. After talking for a while, he changed the question and said: "Even if foreign invasion is impossible, internal conflicts are still an unsolvable root cause. Fengxiao, let me ask you, you
How many acres of land does your family occupy?”
Guo Jia hesitated for a moment: "About tens of thousands of acres."
"How many powerful families like yours are there in the world?"
"I don't know what the clouds are..."
"Every county has it more or less. One county only has a few hundred thousand acres of land, and most of it is occupied by powerful families. How many people can have it?"
"this......"
"In any dynasty, there are nobles who occupy a large amount of resources and gainers of land benefits. If they have the power, power, and financial resources, if they are concentrated, even the emperor will be hard-pressed to match them."
Chen Mu talked eloquently: "Just like Emperor Wu who spent gold to seize the title, although he weakened countless princes, he only wiped out the big landowners who were almost close to him, while the countless small landowners were like maggots on the tarsus.
The earth is sucking the blood of this country. In the future, even if you Guo Fengxiao assists Cao Cao to become emperor, your family will be prosperous for two or three generations. After Cao Cao and you die, if the subsequent emperors intend to weaken the power of these aristocratic families, they will also take the same measures as Emperor Wu
The method. My ancestor Qu Nihou was only four generations old, and now the family has disappeared from the public. Then in another two or three hundred years, dynasties will change, and your achievements will be nothing more than a stroke recorded in the history books."
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Guo Jia remained silent.
Chen Mu continued: "Thousands of years later, your only influence in this long river of history is to help Cao Cao conquer the world. You think this is a big cause, but in my opinion, it is just a tiny wave in the river.
That’s all.”
Hearing his words, Guo Jia couldn't help but said: "Then according to Brother Zigui, what is a great cause?"
"The first emperor of the great cause unified the world, wrote the same text, and drove the same track, uniting people who were originally scattered all over the world. This is the greatest achievement in the world!"
"Does it count that Emperor Guangwu unified the world?"
"It doesn't count."
Chen Mu shook his head: "What did the First Emperor do? He unified the originally divided world and gave everyone a common identity - Qin people. Now, they have become Han people. This is called national identity.
I feel that from now on, this land will never be divided again!"
“National identity?”
Guo Jia murmured to himself that in such an era, it is indeed a novel thing to hear such arguments.
"good."
Chen Mu nodded: "Everyone is Han. They are no longer divided geographically like the Qin people, Zhao people, Qi people, Han people and Chu people in the pre-Qin period. This is the greatest contribution."
"Apart from this, what else is a big undertaking?"
Guo Jia asked again.
Chen Mu said: "Confucius, Guan Zhong, Li Er, Han Fei, Mo Zhai, Xu Xing and other sages can be said to have made great achievements."
"oh?"
Guo Jia was puzzled: "They don't rule the world, so how can they achieve great things?"
Chen Mu said: "Where did your Guo family's Xiao Dulu come from?"
"It was created by Du Gong, Marquis of Jianping in the former Han Dynasty."
Guo Jia answered without hesitation.
"Where did the Xiaodu law created by Marquis Jianping come from?"
"Forehead......"
Guo Jia was quick to understand what Chen Mu meant.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "It was them who created etiquette, formulated laws, and taught people kindness, morality, and etiquette. They gave us clothes, inheritance, and civilization from generation to generation. Do you think this counts?
Big business?"
The word "civilization" comes from the "Book of Changes" and is also recorded in "Shangshu". It refers to the prosperity of literature and virtue, so there is nothing wrong with it appearing here.
Guo Jia nodded: "If you think about it carefully, today's world has indeed benefited from hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Without them, there would be no Qin and Han Dynasties. Then apart from these sages, what else can be said about the great cause of the world?"
"Li Bing, Wang Jing."
"them?"
"Why, do you think their achievements are not enough?"
"Does building water conservancy projects count?"
"Let me ask you, will the achievements of these two people benefit future generations for thousands of years?"
"It should be."
"Then if you assist Cao Cao to unify the world, how many years will it benefit?"
"According to what Brother Zigui said, the change of dynasties will only last for as little as thirty-fifty years and as long as three to four hundred years."
"Yes, if that's the case, doesn't Fengxiao still think that Li Bing and Wang Jingzhi's achievements are not a great cause?"
Chen Mu asked back.
Li Bing and Wang Jing built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System and the Yellow River, both of which were major projects that would last for thousands of years and benefit future generations.
Especially the Yellow River, as the mother river, this river has nurtured countless Chinese people.
If the Song Dynasty was not afraid of foreign enemies, dug its own grave and dug up the Yellow River, Wang Jing's river management would have benefited more than 800 years, and perhaps it would have continued to be stable for future generations and the new era.
After hearing Chen Mu's words, Guo Jia didn't know how to refute.
Because what he said is indeed reasonable. To build a dynasty, monarchs and ministers work hard for many years to create a foundation. However, according to the historical cycle, it will disappear in two or three hundred years, and the impact on future generations will be limited.
Dujiangyan and the Yellow River are projects that have taken thousands of years, and this achievement will be passed down forever.
Just as countless people in later generations have criticized Emperor Sui Yang as a foolish king, it cannot be denied that if he had not dug the Grand Canal, communication between the north and the south in ancient times would still have been very difficult, and it would never have been as convenient as it was after the Tang Dynasty.
We must look at the problem dialectically. It is true that Emperor Sui Yang was not a good emperor, but the Grand Canal was indeed a good thing and it is true. Right and wrong should be analyzed from all aspects and cannot be killed with one shot.
"Fengxiao, this is the difference between long-term vision and short-term vision."
Chen Mu sighed: "What I see is thousands of years in the future, and you are seizing the day. I just feel that after you die, you will not care about the floods. With such a big heart, how can you create a foundation for eternity without a hundred years?
Will the merits be retained forever?"
Seems like he was scolded?
Guo Jia was thinking in his heart, but seemed to be unable to find any reason to refute, so he could only say helplessly: "Brother Xian has taught you a lesson."
Chen Mu finally said to him sincerely: "Feng Xiao is an extremely smart person, and so is Cao Cao. Do you know why I want to help him this time? Because I sincerely hope that we are not enemies, but that you will create a new world with me.
I will give you an eternal inheritance and let you see what kind of world I created. That’s why I advised Cao Cao to rein in his horse and ask him not to continue on the road of seeking death. This is my only expectation for you.
Pan, when you go back, tell Cao Cao not to massacre the city. If you meet on the battlefield and are defeated by me in the future, just follow me, and I will let you see that brand new world!"
Guo Jia was speechless for a moment.
Although Chen Mu's words are profound and profound, especially the truth behind them, they are shocking and enlightening, making people wake up from a dream.
But let’s talk about it, what exactly is your so-called big career?
What is the specificity of the eternal foundation created?
After all the confusion, you finally told me that I will follow you if I am defeated in the future. Apart from the so-called general principles of eternal foundation, the specific content of the co-author was not revealed at all?
If Guo Jia had known about the so-called "pyramid scheme" in later generations, then all Chen Mu's current words would probably have been blacklisted by him.
However, at this moment, Guo Jia felt suddenly enlightened, and what he was thinking in his heart suddenly became different.
Because what Chen Mu said does make sense. The so-called eternal foundation has broadened his horizons and brought his structure to a new level.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the past, I only thought that finding a wise master to become an official, assisting a generation of emperors to achieve great achievements, and being famous for future generations like Zhang Liang and Xiao He was already the pinnacle of life.
But now I suddenly feel that Zhang Liang and Xiao He seem to be just like this in my eyes a few hundred years later.
Because it is already the end of the world, what do their achievements have to do with us?
If you really want to talk about it, Zhang Liang and Xiao He's achievements have disappeared after Wang Mang, and it is Guangwu and the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai who benefit the current Han Dynasty.
So when Guo Jia was reminded by Chen Mu, he realized in a daze that his temporary achievements were indeed far behind compared to his eternal achievements.
Only lasting fame is a truly great cause.
Thinking of this, Guo Jia looked at Chen Mu, raised his hands in earnest and said: "Brother Xian's words, every word of which is precious, have benefited Jia a lot. If there is an opportunity in the future, Jia will still be willing to ask brother for advice."
"Um."
Chen Mu nodded happily: "I know what you are thinking in your heart. You want to know what kind of world my so-called eternal foundation is? You are still young and can go further in the future. Wait until next time
When we meet, I will tell you where the eternal inheritance begins."
"good!"
Guo Jia's expression was serious and he bowed and saluted: "I will never forget the kindness of preaching. I will see you again someday. Please give me your advice."
"Let's go, it's getting late, it's time to capture Tao Qian."
Chen Mu waved his hand, summoned Ziying, got on his horse, and sounded as if Tao Qian, a dignified Xuzhou shepherd, was just a local chicken and a tile dog.
Guo Jia caught up with him on a donkey and asked loudly: "Brother, do you have a plan to capture Tao Qian?"
"But it is......"
Chen Mu turned around and grinned, showing his white teeth: "Just talking and laughing."
After that, he galloped away with his horse whipped and his whip raised.
The Xuanjia heavy cavalry came and left just as quickly. Chen Mu returned to the team and headed north in a mighty manner.
Guo Jia returned to Cao Cao's team and looked at his departing figure dreamingly.