After returning to Jiankang City, Chen Baxian summoned Xu Ling and his party as soon as possible, and carefully inquired about the gains and experiences of this trip.

Although Chen Ba's main intention was to unite against Qi, he also wanted to see the status quo after the change of power in the Western Wei Dynasty and the changes made by Li Tai.

After all, both of them replaced the original overlord ministers and entered the center from Fang Town, although each other's development paths and superior methods are different, but the actions they take also have a lot of reference value.

Especially although Chen Baxian didn't say it, he was a little envious of Li Tai, a powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty who was much younger than him in age but had a lot of power and achievements, especially after examining Li Tai's rise process, there was a feeling of admiration.

Because Li Tai's rise process is too dreamy, the kind of insight and grasp of opportunities, as well as all kinds of precautionary preparations and operations, the more deeply immersed in this situation, and the same people with similar ambitions, the more they will be shocked by it.

If they can put aside their respective positions, Chen Baxian even wants to ask Li Tai for advice, in the face of his current situation, what is the best choice?

Although Xu Ling also stayed in Chang'an for a while, it was not enough to deeply understand the current situation of order in the Western Wei Dynasty, so he could only tell Chen Baxian about his own observations and exchanges with others.

When he heard about Li Tai's series of operations to suppress riots and rebuild order after he returned to Guanzhong from the Heluo front, Chen Baxian couldn't help but sigh, and he couldn't tell whether he was envious or admired.

And when he heard that his nephew Chen Ji made his own decision because he wanted to return to Jiangdong, which angered Li Tai, Chen Baxian couldn't help frowning, but he didn't speak out in time, but listened to Xu Ling tell all the previous stories about the matter.

"He who can do great things, what is his trace? Li Boshan's strictness in his orders, his ability in handling things, and his magnanimity in dealing with others are indeed impressive!"

After listening to Xu Ling's story, Chen Baxian felt the deepest feeling that Li Tai had absolutely authoritative control over his subordinates.

The one that best reflects the authority of the superior is punishment, life and death, and omnipotence! In order to ensure that the criminal order can be carried out and does not arouse resistance and resistance from subordinates, it is necessary to use various means of rule.

The essence of domination is to deprive the ruled of time, physical strength, wealth, freedom, and even life! Good rule can make the governed accept it with sincerity, and even take the initiative to give. And bad rule will lead to boiling resentment and rebellion.

After Chen Baxian heard about this incident, his first reaction was that such a thing is also worthy of severely punishing his subordinates? It's not that he doesn't have a high sense of morality, but there are too many things to steal and bully men and women, and if you really want to legislate and investigate, then basically you don't have to do anything else, and this alone will exhaust all the administrative power of a regime!

Li Boshan actually severely punished his henchmen and subordinates for this, and the strictness of the law reflected in this was even beyond the scope that Chen Baxian could understand. Domination is a kind of dispossession, but in order to develop into stable rule, it must evolve into an exchange, exchanging what you need for what I need.

Chen Baxian also also attached great importance to military discipline, when the army quelled the Hou Jing rebellion, many soldiers were robbed and plundered in the city, but Chen Baxian restrained the troops and did not participate in such atrocities, and then he was able to control the Jiankang situation relatively smoothly, which is also more related to this.

But even Chen Baxian didn't feel that military discipline needed to be strict to this extent, or that he didn't have the ability to maintain it to this point. Because the army is the source of its power, and the reason why the soldiers obey orders is not only the pursuit of honor and future, but also the need to meet their various physical needs at the moment. Therefore, a certain degree of indulgence can not only maintain the vitality of the army, but also reduce the cost of raising the army.

From such an incident, Chen Baxian felt Li Boshan's absolute control over his internal affairs and the huge cost of investing in army construction, and at the same time, he could also feel Li Boshan's ambition.

Because since ancient times, morality has been a higher united front tool than violence, and at the same time, it also requires the user to have stronger strength and higher skills. If you ignore reality and fall into morality

The pursuit of blind nihilism destroys the basic values of the individual, and for a regime, it is self-defeating.

Li Boshan is obviously not a fool who blindly pursues moral pleasure, and he would rather spend the highest cost to maintain a stricter military discipline, which not only reflects a deeper foundation, but also means that he needs to obtain higher returns.

Thinking about the fact that since the Jiankang Defense War, he obviously felt that he was controlled by others everywhere under the situation of great victory, Chen Baxian's mood couldn't help but be even more depressed, although he felt a little unoptimistic, but he still couldn't help asking: "Xu Shangshu contacted the overseas Chinese in Chang'an this time, I don't know how much hope there is to return to the hometown?"

Another major damage that the Battle of Jiangling brought to the Southern Dynasty was that a large number of Shiliu were taken captive, so that Jiangdong lacked talents, and even a basic civil and military team of the imperial court could not be assembled.

Therefore, this time with the envoy of the Western Wei Dynasty, Chen Baxian also hoped to use Xu Ling's influence to see if he could recall some of the former Jiangling courtiers from Chang'an, at least build a personnel framework.

But after hearing Xu Ling's description of Guanzhong's personnel, he couldn't help but become a little less confident in his heart. He is not the old man of Jiangling Qiandi, and he has little intersection and appeal with those Jiangling times, and the decrees of the Western Wei Dynasty are so strict and orderly, and there is no collective oppression and sanction of the southerners, only with the inspiration of local feelings, I am afraid that not many people are willing to give up the life that has just stabilized.

Sure enough, after hearing this question, Xu Ling couldn't help but look embarrassed, and after pondering for a while, he said again: "Xia Guan has not lived for a long time when he has been there, and he has not come into contact with many overseas Chinese. Most of them have arrived in Chang'an for the first time, and they are undecided, and their homesickness has not yet become hot, and they are worried about the war in Jiangbiao. But now that the prime minister is smashing the thieves and raising the prestige of our country, it will surely be able to invigorate the feelings of the masses, and if he visits again, the feelings of the masses will be different!"

"I hope so!"

What Xu Ling said was already quite tactful, but if Chen Ba asked for details again, it would seem a little humiliating, so he didn't ask further about this topic, and pulled Xu Ling to ask about the scenery and things he saw on the way, and then arranged for his own soldiers to send Xu Ling back to the house.

With the lifting of the crisis in Jiankang, Chen Baxian's wife and daughter, who originally stayed in Wuzhong, were also sent back to Jiankang.

And after seeing Chen Baxian, his wife Zhang said without worry: "The Lord has broken the enemy army this time, making our country strong, and the Lord is also famous, can you take advantage of this victory to send back my son to the Wei people?"

After Chen Ba heard this, he immediately fell silent, and after a long while, he said in a deep voice: "I can break the enemy this time, and the Wei people will also help me. The envoy who sent the envoy before has already said that the two sons will be held hostage to the Wei State, and now that the enemy is broken, he wants to urge the protons, which is really not an alliance."

Speaking of this, Chen Baxian was also quite helpless. All his subordinates will inevitably die young, but Chen Chang's son has grown up, and if possible, of course, he hopes that his son can return to his side as soon as possible to take care of and teach him.

But first of all, it is difficult to say how much his prestige as a great destruction of the Qi army is in the eyes of the Wei people, and secondly, the covenant between the two sides stipulates that in addition to jointly fighting against the Northern Qi, there is also the opening of Gu as a place for mutual trade.

Now the first half of the covenant has been completed in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the second half of the mutual market agreement has not yet been carried out. It was undoubtedly impossible for him to ask Western Wei to send his son back at this moment, and it would further shake the already fragile alliance. And judging from the current situation between the two sides, if the Western Wei Dynasty focused its strategy on Jiangdong, the threat and pressure it could cause would be much greater than that of the previous Northern Qi!

When Zhang heard this, his eyes turned red, and he wept and said, "Pity my Chang'er, I have nothing to rely on my parents, I have no place to rely on, I have no family to return to, and I don't know how long I will have to wander?"

After Chen Ba heard the words first, he gently told the Zhang family about the various care of Chen Chang in the Western Wei Dynasty that Xu Ling had played before, and told her that this son not only had no worries about food and clothing in the Western Wei Dynasty, but also could go to the country to study and receive education.

After hearing this, Zhang's mood improved slightly, but he muttered again in a blink of his eyes: "Chang'er is nineteen this year, and she has already reached the year of marriage. The lord's heir is not prosperous, which is the great sin of concubines, and there is no need to leave children for this reason. Although he is adrift now, his parents can also choose a famous woman from Jiangdong to be sent to Wei to match!"

Chen Ba was also moved after hearing the words first

, the lack of prosperity is also a heart disease for him, and now it is more related to the inheritance of meritorious deeds, which needs to be taken seriously. And this suggestion put forward by his wife is indeed worth considering.

Seeing that her husband was also moved, Zhang Shi thought about it again: "When the concubine lives in the township, the Wuzhong families such as the Shen family also visit more, and many good children under the door can visit and hire my children......

Chen Baxian had his own opinions on this, and after a deep sigh, he shook his head and said, "My son is far away from being cared for by his parents, and it is difficult to return to his thoughts, let alone bear to add this hardship to others. Li Boshan is my child under his capital, and he should also take care of it thoroughly, so as not to lose the alliance. Although my family is a plain family, he can also be a hero at that time, and if he is willing to be close, he will not lack the opportunity to hire and marry with gifts!"

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