It’s not bright.

The dark clouds pressed on the top of the head, making the whole world darker.

The black wooden pillars and the same black wreckage were scattered in this damaged fort. There was still a faint smoke surrounding it, and it seemed that there was still the crying screams of the time left in the blue smoke.

The burnt smell is not a pleasant smell in human smell, but among some scavengers, it can attract these guys to come from ten or even hundreds of miles away, staring at their red eyes, biting and making noises, as if they are constantly laughing at them.

"No need to go over..."

On the small mound next to it, there were three horse-riding people looking here.

The man in the lead was older, with three wisps of beard on his chin, which floated slightly in the wind. He had no armor on his body, but just ordinary outfits, but was wrapped in a cloak with some fur on it, revealing some identity.

The middle-aged man took out the wooden slip and pen from the leather bag on the horse's back, then licked the tip of the pen, melted the dry ink, and then frowned. He seemed to have thought of something, so he spit out a black saliva with a slap, then mumbled and gestured, writing or painting on the wooden slip, and finally blew it, and waited until the ink was dry and put it away.

The two riders behind were probably the guards of the middle-aged man. When the middle-aged man looked around, one stood on the left and the other stood on the right, each of whom was alert and seemed to be well-trained. Seeing that the middle-aged man seemed to have the behavior of staying and observing, he couldn't help but whisper: "Sir, it's not advisable to stay here for a long time... It would be troublesome to meet the Cao army's cavalry..."

The middle-aged man sighed, "I thought Cao Mengde was different from Yuan Benchu ​​and should have the ambition to support the world. Now it seems that it is just that... Is this kind of behavior a hero can do?"

"Sir..." The guard interrupted the middle-aged man's feelings again.

The middle-aged man turned around and smiled, "Okay, I know, let's go, let's go!"

The three of them got down the mound, and bypassed the abandoned fort and headed west along the path.

…(???)…

Xu Du.

Royal Palace.

In the gloomy weather, Liu Xie woke up from his sleep. He opened his eyes and thought it was dusk. He was in a daze for a moment before he realized it and quickly called the eunuch of the Yellow Sect to change his clothes and wash.

General Cao Cao turned against him, and the shadow of death enveloped Xudu. Many merchants who were worried about being implicated did not dare to come. The gentry around him tried every means to get rid of their relationship and inquire about the news. In the court, officials from all over the country also intervened in private. There were also those children of the gentry who were nothing but one life. They were passionate and criticized endlessly, as if they had sacrificed their lives to exchange for reputation...

Some people say that Cao Cao would inevitably succumb to such public opinion and even resign as the general to apologize, but there was a faint voice in Liu Xie's heart telling him that this matter might not be as simple as these people imagined.

Things can be big or small, and changes may be in a blink of an eye.

Therefore, Liu Xie felt that all the details should not be neglected. He should observe the whole story calmly and steadily...

It's like a tall emperor.

Observe what Cao Cao should do and think about why Cao Cao should do this.

God would not tell him the answer, he was just silent, seemingly close but far away.

The minister will not tell him the answer, even if he says it, it will be half false and half true.

So he must find and determine the answers to all.

This is an opportunity, an opportunity for bystanders. Because I was involved in it before, I was inevitably affected by various emotions. I may not be able to see clearly and think clearly. But this time, Liu Xie knew that Cao Cao's goal must not be himself.

So, what would Cao Cao do in such a situation?

Liu Xie tidied up his collar a little and looked at the sky outside, which was still ruled by dark clouds.

What will happen next?

Where will the great man go?

Liu Xie suddenly felt a little sad because he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but in fact he had little influence on the Han Dynasty...

Or, there seems to be no difference between having him or not.

Big man...

…(O_O)…

Chang'an.

Today is a small-scale expanded conference.

Of course, the meeting was chaired by Fei Qian. As one of the actual power figures in the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian considered not the sadness of the Spring and Autumn Period and the humanities, but more practical and complex matters.

For example, political system.

The political system of China.

"Why did Zhou die?"

Fei Qian said slowly, then looked at the surrounding counselors.

These are almost one of the top presences in the Han Dynasty, from the old bastard Jia Xu to the black bun Pang Tong, from Xun You who looks honest and clear on the outside, to Sima Yi who looks stupid and as honest as he is...

There are also the ordinary but important Zao Zhi and Tai Shiming.

But the smarter a person is, the more difficult it is to unify his thoughts.

This is very critical, because Fei Qian will eventually need these people to promote and implement it, and penetrate Fei Qian's ideas into the Han gentry system bit by bit.

So like what you are doing now... well, communication meetings are very important.

Everyone present, even Zao Zhi, who likes the fields but does not like writing documents, and Tai Shiming, who usually spends time in the workshop for research, are not unfamiliar with the history of the Spring and Autumn Period.

When it comes to the Zhou Dynasty, or the demise of a dynasty, many reasons may be found, such as political corruption, successive invasions of external powers, failure to keep up with the pace of the times, no attention to talents and abilities, etc., these may also cause a dynasty to be destroyed, but these are all appearances, and Fei Qian obviously is not asking about these.

Everyone knows these, and even if anyone catches a child of a gentry, he can say one, two or three.

It is not difficult to find a problem, but it is extremely difficult to figure out how to change it after knowing the problem. In the process of reform, how to do it, getting better and better, instead of giving up halfway or going in the opposite direction, that is even more difficult.

"Come and come." Fei Qian ordered lightly.

A huge map was propped out and hung in the hall.

"This is the early Spring and Autumn Period..." Fei Qian pointed to the map and said slowly, "There are some details that are not bad, and this is a matter of course... This was written by Shi Yuan for several months, compiled and collected the classical books..."

Pang Tong touched his double chin with satisfaction and saw that there was nothing? This is the price for me to lose one chin...

Although the current dyes in the Han Dynasty were not as numerous as those in later generations, and the colors were brilliant, it was still possible to make up four or five colors, which could generally indicate the situation of the Zhou Dynasty at that time.

The map was full of colors, large and small color blocks, and without even speaking much, it fully demonstrated the embarrassment of the Zhou Dynasty at that time.

Everyone stared at the map for a moment, all speechless.

Sima Yi breathed a deep breath. Every time he saw the map taken out by the cavalry, Sima Yi could always feel a shock from the depths of his heart, as if the hairs all over his body were standing up. He seemed to understand Fei Qian's meaning, but he was not able to understand it completely...

The Western Zhou Dynasty and Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, were the distant past, but everyone present did not think that Fei Qian was talking nonsense or doing useless work. Sometimes, people including Sima Yi would even think that this is the ability that a leader should have. His eyes were gone from trivial chores, transcending the pleasure in front of him, examining the past, mastering the present, and looking at the future...

To fight to kill the enemy, charge into battle, Xu Huang, Zhang, Liao and Zhao Yun, each of them can do better than Fei Qian. People's livelihood affairs, specific arrangements, Pang Tong, Xun You, Sima, anyone can do better than Fei Qian...

But what Fei Qian can do is not something they can replace. Sometimes Sima Yi can't help but wonder whether General Cavalry has a special ability to see the fog of the future and go in the right direction...

The map was made by the fat black man, and Sima Yi did not doubt this, but he also believed that if it weren't for Fei Qian's proposal or instructiveness, the fat black man who seemed to be lazy would definitely not have done such a thing!

"Transferred?" Zao Zhi said.

Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, not exactly right."

"Human heart?" said Tai Shiming.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Since ancient times, people's hearts have been like this, and they will not change for thousands of years."

Jia Xu glanced at Fei Qian and nodded slightly. This is what Fei Qian attracted him the most and made Jia Xu recognize the most. Morality can only regulate gentlemen, but there are too many people in the world who are not gentlemen. Therefore, only by deeply understanding the greed of human hearts can we better adapt and target, rather than just shouting about "people's hearts are not the same" and "the world is getting worse", and then lamenting and expressing his disappointment in this world, especially the ruling people, who cannot believe in the so-called morality, or rely on morality to rely on the world.

Fei Qian did not wait for everyone to make continuous speculation, but said: "I will share it with you today..."

Fei Qian turned his head and gestured, then Huang Xu nodded, took out a written silk cloth, and spread it out. In the silk cloth, there were two words "inner scroll" with sharp edges and strokes like a knife!

"The inner person is a prisoner in the room, and he has no hope of making a comeback. If the scroll is not allowed to rush, he kneels and survives, so he is called "the inner person"." Fei Qian said slowly, "The Zhou Gong established the dynasty and the cause of decline is these two words."

Fei Qian raised his chin slightly and signaled everyone to see the map of Chunqiu.

Everyone looked around and seemed to pass through the different fast color blocks, and saw the blood that Chunqiu was trapped, curled, and then constantly swallowed each other and gulped each other. They heard howls of anger, helplessness, or pain.

The Zhou Dynasty was the first large-scale internal volume. "The Zhou kings and the kings of Zhou were both virtuous and capable. After three generations, the disaster still came, the soldiers were declining, the palace was empty and scattered, and the accumulation of a hundred years was only empty. " Fei Qian said slowly, "The internal volume was not allowed to move. There was no hope of advancing, but no way to retreat."

"There is no hope of advancing, but the4-no hope of retreating..."

Everyone started to think about it.

Fei Qian stopped and gave these people some time to think.

From the perspective of the development of the entire history, the continuous changes of the feudal dynasty in China are like repetitions like reincarnation, which is like an inverse scroll.

The huge and corrupt bureaucracy eventually became a burden to the dynasty.

It was like the Zhou Dynasty, and it was also like the subsequent dynasty.

To use a relatively easy-to-understand explanation, when a company develops to a considerable scale and the company's market size has reached its peak, the company's technology and systems will never be able to break through the height of the company's maturity. More segmented work will begin to appear within the company, and more personnel will be needed to complete the work, but the company's efficiency has not increased. Correspondingly, the salary of staff will decline. Although employment has increased to a certain extent, it brings that everyone can benefit from it on the surface, but in fact it is restricted, unable to eat enough but cannot starve to death, which will eventually lead to vicious abductions caused by mutual benefit for greater benefits...

Fei Qian remembers that in later generations, there seemed to be an argument that China actually has no history, only the cycle of dynasties. When I first heard this argument, it seemed a bit difficult to accept and was somewhat metaphysical, but it seemed that there was some truth to think about it.

Since the reunification of China, the dynasty of more than two thousand years has actually been one dynasty overthrowing another, thus establishing a more harsh and more restrictive system than the previous dynasty, which has been repeated and constantly reincarnated.

Since the Qin Dynasty established counties and counties, the king's control over the world has gradually become stronger. This is a necessary measure to establish a unified country, and it is understandable.

Emperor Jing of Han reduced the vassals, Emperor Wu issued a entitlement to abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism. This not only allowed the monarch to gain absolute control of power, but also allowed the monarch to rule in thought, eliminating the opposition between the local government and the central government, so as to facilitate the monarch's jurisdiction over the local government. This seems to be no big problem.

However, from the late period of Emperor Wu of Han, the prime minister was dismissed, and later the Eastern Han Dynasty simply did not use the prime minister. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the three provinces and six ministries further reduced the power of the prime minister. By the Song Dynasty, it was completely redundant, with the inner volume characteristics fully displayed...

The Ming and Qing Dynasties further deteriorated. The ultimate goal of overthrowing one dynasty was to establish another dynasty. The overall social structure did not evolve because of this, but instead became more oppressive and imprisoned. From the physical to the spirit, it became more and more terrifying, more and more perverted, and more distorted.

"When rolling inward, it will eventually be rolling without rolling, there is no way to advance, and there is no place to retreat. Even if it is as majestic as the Great Zhou, it will inevitably collapse in the dust," Fei Qian said, "The flowing water does not rot, and the door hinge does not rot. If there is advancement and retreat, it is the right way. If you cannot move, just search for the old will eventually be like the Zhou Dynasty. If you use fiefs as rewards, you will eventually have no land to be granted and official positions as rewards. In the end, there will be no official to be paid. Although the world is big, it will not leave the imperial city and the soldiers will not reach the countryside..."
To be continued...