Outside the window, the bustling crowd flowed endlessly, the shouts of selling goods, the bargaining of buying goods, the singing of drunken soldiers, the chuckle of ladies, the neighing of war horses, and the sparkling wheels As Liu Bei opened the window, these voices poured into the room one by one, full of pits and valleys, filling every corner.

Chen Deng raised his eyes and looked at it, except for these merchants who came and went, only a few soldiers in the trading house were standing or sitting, wearing down coats, pacing in the courtyard; At the door, Dian Wei was lying on a recliner, drinking a little wine and throwing peanuts and other snacks into his mouth, but there was nothing else in the courtyard.

Chen Deng looked at everything in the courtyard in surprise, turned his head sideways, and gave Liu Bei an inquiring gaze - does he want to give Dian Wei to me? No way. This person is Liu Bei's personal guard general, I only heard that Liu Bei grabbed talents, but I haven't heard of anyone he spared, could it be that he is talking about these mediocre businessmen and ordinary people?

Liu Bei nodded, and said word by word: "The people, no one has ever been born to be a slave, no nation has ever been born to be conquered, and no government has ever been born with the right to plunder the property of the people as its own gains. If there is such an official government, they do not regard the common people as slaves, they think that the common people have the right to dispose of their property, that the common people are on an equal footing in their dealings with the government, and that God the Father created all people, and that everyone has the same rights and interests regardless of the difference in property, family lineage, or status. Then, in order to maintain such a regime, the people are willing to shed blood, sweat for it, and be willing to shed their blood for it.

If we see the people as our own people, our own people, they will see us as parents. If we only regard the common people as the object of oppression, then, even if a foreign race comes to conquer us, for the common people, except for the object of their taxes, which regime is in power has no influence on them, such an official government can easily be replaced by others, even if the replacement is Hu people, barbarians.

If you want a regime to last forever and have a strong foundation, you must make the people feel that you treat them differently than the Hu people, and even differently from other people in power. In this way, they can fully maintain your existence, once the people of Xuzhou glow with the spirit of struggle and the ** of struggle, who dares to enter your Xuzhou territory? ”

Chen Deng didn't understand what Liu Bei said about the Hu people's conquest, this matter was absolutely unimaginable to him, but he understood the meaning of Liu Bei's words, that is, to build a regime that the common people were willing to maintain spontaneously from the system, and all the people were soldiers, only in this way, the conquest would not be easy to complete - whether this conquest came from the Hu people or other local princes.

While pondering, Liu Bei pointed out the window and said: "Yuanlong, although thousands of people are bustling outside the window, everyone's temperament is different, I just look at the way they walk, I can also tell where they are residents, guess?" ”

Chen Deng curiously pointed to a few people outside the window, asked Liu Bei to tell their origins, a little verification, there was no mistake, carefully observed for a while, Chen Deng said: "Judging from the demeanor of walking, the people of Izumo are the most restrained, and the three of them walk together, either in a row, or in a sagittal shape, it seems that they have laid a strict military imprint in their lives; The people of Qingzhou are indispensable when they walk, their necks are more flexible when they turn left and right, and when they see officials, they dare to look at each other, and their faces are full of indifference; There is not much difference between the people of Jizhou and Bingzhou, and their necks are also very flexible, looking left and right, without scruples; The people of Yanzhou walked cautiously, behaved cautiously, and always dodged; The palace maids and miscellaneous servants who came out of the palace were empty-eyed, as if the world was theirs.

And the people of Qingzhou don't care who the world is, the people of Izumo seem to be waiting for orders all the time, and when they give an order, they dare to challenge any authority; The people of Hebei and Bingzhou are more casual, and they seem to be satisfied with everything in front of them, but they also have a sense of self-confidence in their bones; And the people of Yanzhou are lacking self-confidence. ”

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and patted Chen Deng's shoulder, and said cordially: "Yuanlong, remember everything you watched today. Wait until one day, you can also distinguish the warmth and coldness of the people in the walking posture of the people of Xuzhou, and the Dazhi of Xuzhou is in front of you. ”

Chen Deng nodded while pondering: "Wait until one day, I will be called in Xuzhou, and all the people are willing to die for it, who dares to enter my Xuzhou?" I understand. ”

Zhou Yu silently watched the two of them standing in front of the window, they looked at the human situation outside the window with their hands behind their backs......

With Qingzhou as the hilt of the sword, with the people's hearts as the blade, who in the world dares to take it with a sword? At this moment, the competition between Liu Bei and Cao Cao is no longer on the same level, and if Cao Cao wants to catch up, he must evolve to a higher level.

Outside the door, Dian Wei got up with a squirming sound, and then he greeted in a deep voice: "Old man, you are good to go." ”

With the sound, Lu Zhi pushed the door in, and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, you have attracted a lot of hatred this time." The courtiers discussed your Liu's six sparseness, and they fought fiercely; The palace is dissatisfied with you because the merchants in Qingzhou are unwilling to sell goods on credit; Cao Mengde took the Qingzhou tax, but did not pay the officials, and the minister secretly hated you for transferring the tax without authorization; You sent troops to rescue the driver, but you were not happy, you did not get the Sacred Heart when you paid your taxes in advance, and you made suggestions, but they were not understood by the ministers. Xuande, this time you are reckless. ”

As soon as Lu Zhi finished speaking, he found that there were other people in the house, and he was busy greeting Chen Deng. Liu Bei walked back to his table and sat down, playing with a teacup on the table disapprerovingly, recalling a past incident, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

In Liu Bei's memory, the later US President George W. Bush and Kerry fought a campaign campaign, and the media supporting Bush suddenly reported that Kerry was deeply loved by the people of the world. However, Kerry did not think he was happy, but hurriedly came out to refute the rumors, believing that this was a malicious attack by his opponent, and sure enough, as soon as the news that "Kerry is deeply loved by the people of the world" came out, Kerry's approval rating dropped sharply. The Chinese do not understand all this, why "Kerry is deeply loved by the people of the world" is a vicious attack, and he lost the election.

In fact, the reason is very simple, the American chooses the president of the United States, and he is deeply loved by the people of the world, which shows that he does not put the interests of the United States first, and it shows that he is likely to betray the interests of the United States, so he will win the favor of the people of other countries (for example, asking the people to tighten their belts, starve to death, die of disease, and freeze to death, and save the rest of the materials to help other countries...... For another example, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Jingwei was deeply loved by the Japanese people), so he must not be elected president.

This is a simple truth recognized by the world: as the leader of a country and loved by the people of other countries, this is the greatest crime against the people of his own country.

The same is true of the powerful Qingzhou, which is currently arrogantly isolated, and the interests of the common people are in conflict with the imperial power. As the ruler, he was deeply hated by the courtiers, and this news was good news for Liu Bei, not bad news. When the news reaches Qingzhou, it will inevitably win wider support.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't wait to step forward and kiss the courtiers and the emperor.

"Teacher, after the chores at hand are dealt with, I will remove all the Qingzhou people in Luoyang, I don't want their filth to tarnish the purity of Qingzhou. Wang Lie will arrive in Luoyang in the spring of next year with a group of judges. In addition, the children of the Yulin Army, I have already selected some of the existing people, they will stay in Luoyang for the time being, protect you, and the official candidates will come with Wang Lie next year. I left another sum of money in the trading company, and the teacher came forward to help the officials, and if the money was not enough, just say to Chen Yong, the president of the chamber of commerce, that I will give him orders. ”

Cao Cao detained the officials, probably because he wanted to replace some officials, and he had the courage to think about it, Liu Bei thought faintly excitedly.

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei's casual appearance, and was worried: "Xuande, the Yulin Army only has 3,000 people, once something happens, can it support the overall situation?" Also, Xiao Fei has been with me for a long time, you leave him this time, and you have to leave him for me. ”

Liu Bei comforted: "Teacher, rest assured, I am ready to expand Qingzhou Trading Company in the next step and build this place into a fortress." Merchants come and go in this trading house, and there are many guards with them. Once something happens, it can just echo with you. In addition, I plan to open a school in a trading company, and when I am not on duty, I will let the Habayashi army go to and from the trading company, so that no one will dare to prohibit the Habayashi army from going back and forth between the trading company and the barracks. In case something happens, the teacher can retreat into it and hold on.

In addition, I intend to select the strongest meritorious people from the four states, eight tribes, and two countries to form the Yulin Army, and after five years of service, those who have been awarded the Order of Distinguished Service will be knighted, so that the bravest soldiers in the city of the Yulin Army can be guaranteed. ”

Chen Deng looked left and right, and immediately bowed his hand: "Xuande Gong, around this Qingzhou trading company, there is still vacant land, I also cover the Xuzhou trading company next to it, and we live next to each other, so we can have a companion." ”

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, seeing Zhou Yu's expression of cowering and wanting to speak, he added briskly: "You tell Gu Yong that if he wants to build a Yangzhou trading company, take advantage of the vacant land, hurry up." ”

Lu Zhi pondered for a moment and continued: "Your Majesty has returned to Luoyang, planning to screen the womb room of the world's corporals, Xuande, this is a good opportunity to have a good relationship with the saint, you have to choose more palace people to serve the emperor." ”

Liu Bei categorically refused: "Whoever the emperor likes to castrate, who to castrate, my people in Qingzhou will never let people be castrated." It seems to me that the Holy Lord cruelly castrated some men for fear of becoming a green-headed turtle, but I don't know that these guys, who have become mentally deranged due to the loss of normal male functions, once in power, will cause far more harm than seducing a few beautiful palace maids. Isn't it enough for my big man to be victimized by eunuchs? The rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants is not far away, is the Holy Lord thinking about using palace people again? ”

Lu Zhi had a displeased expression on his face, and before he could speak, Liu Bei immediately added: "Qin has Zhao Gao, Han has ten permanent servants, eunuchs interfere in politics and even manipulate the country, since the Han Dynasty, it has intensified. In the meantime, stealing officials, stealing money and bribes, taking advantage of the situation to become a patient of the government and the opposition, how can he win? The political situation of my Han Dynasty has been corrupted to this day, and the eunuchs have also interfered in politics. The teacher made a great wish to the sun, determined to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, and today the power is in his hands, and he must not repeat the mistakes of the past. I hope that the teacher can dissuade the selection of palace people in the inner room. ”

Lu Zhi said unwillingly: "Xuande, now the majesty is great, if it makes people mess with the palace, where is the face of our ministers?" After the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, the Holy Lord also adopted a group of sons of scholars as palace people. I think that since the eunuchs cannot be abolished for the time being, rather than letting the emperor be surrounded by a group of palace people castrated by a group of peddlers and pawns, it is better to cite the old precedent and let the son of the scholar act as the palace man. No matter what, the son of a scholar has been nurtured by etiquette and righteousness since he was a child, and he has fewer worries about chaotic government. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and was speechless.

The emperor was cuckolded, what is the matter with the ministers, the ministers actually feel that the majesty is not there, it is really a fool's concern.

Liu Bei hated the culture of castration - whether it was castration of war horses or castration of people. The reuse of eunuchs, the blind spot of the Chinese emperors, caused harm everywhere in Chinese history, and reached its peak in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Previously, when Huang Ying gave birth, someone suggested that the eunuchs sent by the emperor to Izumo be recalled to deal with the affairs of the inner room, but Liu Bei categorically refused. Now, no matter how Lu Zhi persuaded him, Liu Bei gritted his teeth and did not let go.

"In this way, the emergence of eunuchs lies in polygamy, and in addition to a large number of famous concubines in the emperor's palace, there are also a large number of palace maids. There are too many women, and the emperor naturally can't see it, so he will worry about being a turtle. As a result, the eunuch appeared, and the eunuch lived by the emperor's side every day, and he was the most trusted by the saints, and it was a matter of time before he interfered in politics and disrupted the country. If we want to prevent such a source of calamity, it is better to deal with it from the source - teacher, if the saint only has one wife and one concubine, why worry about many resentful women inside and many husbands outside? Come on, I would like to talk to the teacher and persuade the Holy One to abolish polygamy, one wife and one concubine are enough, so that the chores in the palace will be reduced, and the Holy One will inevitably eliminate the practice of screening eunuchs. Liu Bei fought for the initiative, but instead peddled his ideas to Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi vetoed in embarrassment: "Xuande, what you said may be reasonable, but the "Zhou Li" says: 'After the king is established, the third lady, the nine concubines, the twenty-seventh wife, and the eighty-one female queen are prepared for internal duties'. Let the emperor have a wife and a concubine, isn't this to abolish the "Zhou Li", this matter must not be done, and Hugh has to mention it again. ”

Liu Bei sneered: "Such a rotten etiquette, even the slightest touch will cause a big uproar, is it destined that my Han deserves to perish, and my nation deserves to be conquered?" The Holy One is used to deal with state affairs, not to be a stallion. Teacher, the saint himself is willing to be a stallion, but our courtiers do not persuade him, but think it is justified...... Hmph, no matter what the court does, I have made up my mind: Qingzhou will never use eunuchs, and all my soldiers and people, those who kill eunuchs will be rewarded with military merits. I want to see if the eunuchs dare to enter my Qingzhou. ”

If a nation wants to move towards freedom, it will always have to pay a price. God only helps those who help him, and to be free, he must fight for it with his own hands. You can't just wait for the gods and saviors to come to the rescue. At this moment, with the support of strong force, Liu Bei wants to put on an uncompromising and unyielding attitude, and express his voice clearly.

If we are stingy with our mouths today, tomorrow our children and grandchildren will have to pay a hundredfold price for our cowardice.

Lu Zhi saw that Liu Bei was stubborn, and he had no intention of persuading, so he said dejectedly: "Okay, this time, you resigned from the post of prime minister and want to go back to Qingzhou to run your own nest." Others don't know, but I understand that what you do is not for selfishness, but for the benefit of all people. I hope you do the right thing, go back - your proposition is too drastic, it is beneficial to the court, it may not be a blessing to the Han, it may not be a blessing to you, go back. ”

Liu Bei was silent for a long time, and bowed to Lu Zhi: "Today's scholars, all those who have different opinions are beaten and attacked, but the teacher is broad-minded, not as reckless as Liu Bei." I know that the teacher sincerely hopes that my people will be happy. I'm gone, thousands of miles away. Take care of the teacher. ”

Lu Zhi calmly accepted Liu Bei's big gift, and whispered: "The road is long, I will go up and down to seek; sighed long to hide the tears, mourning the difficulties of the people's livelihood; is also good at what he has done, although he has not regretted his death. ”

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