When he first saw the two spiers, Masinde didn't realize what they were, and because of the distance, it was difficult to notice them even under the clear autumn sky. But as the carriage continued to move forward, , the spire gradually revealed its prototype.
Looking at the two palaces that were getting taller and taller at the limit of his field of vision, Masinde fell into silence. As a Kushan man, he had learned a lot when he came to the Han Dynasty. He also knew that the Han Dynasty had built two large new palaces in Chang'an. , but to be honest, the palace that Masinde knew was completely different from the palace he saw now.
Especially when Yang Pu drove all the way to Chang'an on the national highway and looked at the city wall appearing on the horizon, Masinde realized how outrageous those two palaces were.
Even when looking at it from a distance, Masinde had realized that the two palaces would be shockingly magnificent, but when he actually arrived outside Chang'an and saw the tall palaces towering into the sky, Masinde still had a feeling. A feeling of insignificance.
When human beings see towering giants for the first time, they will have a feeling of smallness and humbleness. The so-called "no majesty without magnificence" in the Han Dynasty is sometimes as simple as that.
"Is that the Vientiane Palace and the Heavenly Temple?" When Masinde stopped outside the city, he looked at the two palaces and murmured to himself, just like everyone who came to Chang'an City for the first time. Everyone who visited these two palaces was equally shocked.
Verbal and written descriptions always lack a sense of impact, but when an old man in the early third century saw two 100-meter-high buildings, the impact and shock almost shattered him instantly. cognition.
"Yes, that is the Wanxiang Shrine and the Temple of Heaven, and they are often open to the public." Yang Pu replied to Masinde with pride. Whenever he sees such a magnificent building standing in Chang'an, Yang Pu paid more attention to his status as a member of the Han Dynasty, and how proud he was!
"It's really shocking." Masinde's tone was full of complexity. Even if he had been mentally prepared, when he saw this thing, Masinde also felt that Kushan was like a jackdaw compared to the Han Dynasty. Compared to Luan Feng, he is not on the same level at all, it is too far apart.
"Yeah, I've been to Chang'an several times, and every time I see these two palaces, I'm shocked." Yang Pu nodded, not hearing the complexity in Masinde's tone.
"Yes, it is so shocking that it cannot be majestic without being magnificent. It really makes sense." Masinde nodded slowly and said, "Let's go into the city."
Other thoughts had already disappeared when he saw the two super high palaces.
Masinde did not know the cost of the two palaces, but even using the simplest way of thinking, the two palaces were worth tens of billions. In addition, the manpower and material resources required for construction were not exaggerated.
However, the Han Dynasty easily built these two palaces during the Yuanfeng Dynasty without stopping foreign wars. During this period, it neither increased the exploitation of the people nor reduced the food and salary of the frontline soldiers. What does this mean? Governance A big country is just like cooking small delicacies.
Therefore, the pride in Masinde's heart was almost washed away by these two palaces. He originally thought that he could do it. Even if he couldn't do it, he wouldn't be too far behind. He was just unlucky, and Kushan was just in trouble. It's not that they are weak because they are a bunch of trash.
But as he came down from Zangzhou, entered Hanzhong, and arrived in Chang'an, what he saw and heard gradually eroded the pride in Ma Xinde's heart. The two huge and super high palaces in front of Weiyang Palace completely overwhelmed Ma Xinde. The pride was shattered.
Chen Xi did not argue, did not even have any communication with Masinde, and used the wheel of facts to crush Masinde's confidence. Therefore, when Masinde gathered his thoughts at the gate of Chang'an City and sat down slowly, He has completely transformed into an old man.
There is no such thing as Kushan being weak just because I, Masinde, was useless. If I had been asked to go, I would have done it. Although the Han Dynasty was prosperous, if I, Masinde, had not been in self-exile, I would not have been able to defeat him under my management. If we win against the Han Dynasty, we won’t let the Han Dynasty attack us and so on.
However, these two giant palaces were like two huge mallets, which completely shattered Masinde's pride and made him realize that no one could get in, let alone him, Masinde, even if they, the Beigui trio, could grasp it. It is useless to live in the Kushan government and make concerted efforts.
Fight against the Kushan Empire that the three of them jointly run, and fight against Zhu He
The difference between Guishang and Kuishang, which is run by others, is probably only a question of how much effort the Han Dynasty will contribute.
Does it make a difference? There is a big difference for some people below this level, but for Masinde's level, there is no difference. The difference between being able to block and being unable to block is 1 and 0, and being unable to block this Everything else under the proposition is essentially 0.
In other words, under the outrageous logistics of the Han Dynasty, there is no difference between the combined combat effectiveness of the Masinde trio and the combat effectiveness of Zhu Helai alone.
Just like when the US imperialists want to attack the five permanent members, it doesn't matter whether there are three countries or five countries. At least it doesn't make any difference to the US imperialists.
"This is Chang'an." After entering Chang'an City, Masinde looked at the wide stone road and the clean and tidy city, and whispered to himself.
Judging from the success or failure in the details, it is obvious that the capital of Kushan City is not comparable to this. Although the gap between the two sides is not big only in terms of population, the gap in other aspects is really too big.
"Don't drive, let's go to the inn first." Yang Pu said to Masinde. Masinde did not refuse, but inexplicably felt that there was a kind of power attached to his spiritual talent.
Masinde felt that he was hiding well, but he didn't think that his hiding could be hidden from everyone in the world. However, just after arriving in Chang'an, he was hit by another spiritual talent. It still felt a bit outrageous, but it was good. With this kind of spiritual talent, as long as you resist, the other party has no good way to deal with it. After a while, you found it useless and left.
In the side hall of Weiyang Palace, Liu Tong, who was lying around in a fuzzy state, restrained her spiritual talent. She discovered another spiritual talent that could refuse her the silk-stringing act, but it was nothing. If she refused, just refuse. It was nothing anyway. I'm used to all the big things.
"But what is the spiritual talent this time?" Liu Tong said to himself with some doubts after restraining his spiritual talent. It is very rare for his own spiritual talent to take the initiative to attract other people's spiritual talent.
It can be said that this kind of thing where the spiritual talent takes the initiative to attract other spiritual talents without caring about it is only when the spiritual talent was first born, it took the initiative to lead Chen Xi, Zhuge Liang and others, and rarely took the initiative after that.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal. It's just a few mental talents. Kong Ming and the others will handle it on their own. Besides, Chen Zichuan is back, so there's nothing they can't handle." Liu Tong turned over and continued reading. There was nothing she needed to review recently. Zhuge Liang He is truly the perfect tool man.
On the other side, as soon as Ma Xinde arrived in Chang'an, Taichang sent someone to notify Chen Xi, and Chen Xi packed up and actually asked Ruan to order 500 palace guards to go to the inn to meet Ma Xinde.
"Do I actually need you to greet me?" Cai Yan asked in surprise.
"Yes, I suspected that there was something wrong with the other party, so I went to meet him and the truth would be revealed." Chen Xi said with a smile, and at this time Cai Chen was giggling and hugging Chen Xi's thigh, although he had not seen his own for a year. He is his father, but it is obvious that this kid likes his father much more than his mother.
"Is that so?" Cai Yan stretched out his hand to hug Cai Chen. Cai Chen obviously had a tendency to make a fuss when he was hugged by Cai Yan. He used his hands and feet to grab Chen Xi. Unfortunately, Cai Yan was experienced and took Cai Chen with him. After leaving, he turned around in the air and held him in his arms.
"Is it a little heavy?" Chen Xi looked at Cai Yan's right arm and realized that Cai Chen's weight was already too heavy for Cai Yan.
"It's nothing. As long as you don't make a fuss, you can still hold her. Chen'er is very well-behaved." Cai Yan said gently, "This child is very smart. I have read the story to him many times. When I tell it again, , he will also follow along."
"Hey, that means it's no less than what I was back then." Chen Xi said with a smile, "But that's right, it doesn't matter whose child this is."
"Actually, I hope he is dumber. If he is too smart, it will be difficult for his parents to help him." Cai Yan smiled at first, then became a little worried.
The Cai family has only one legitimate son, so the family inheritance is naturally greater than the official title. Cai Chen's intelligence makes Cai Yan inevitably worry that the child will not be able to be restrained when he is older.
It is difficult for young children to understand the importance of family inheritance. Therefore, Cai Yan is inevitably worried that this child knows too many things early but lacks experience.
, is in trouble, but it is very difficult to persuade an extremely smart young man. Rebellion is inevitable at a certain stage.
Cai Yan is now really worried that if his child really awakens his spiritual talent during his rebellious period, then it will be difficult for him to control him.
The sublimation of wisdom brought by spiritual talent can indeed further strengthen rationality, but the combination of young people's drive and sensibility will inevitably lead to temporary anger and impulsiveness. When combined with wisdom, the destructive power will be very great.
To put it simply, if a rebellious child has strong power, even if he has the same wisdom as an adult, problems will inevitably arise due to experience and other reasons.
"As long as my heart is not bad, even if I do something wrong at that time, I can still cover it up." Chen Xi said with a smile.
"I'm worried that he will be the same as Zhongda back then." Cai Yan shook his head and said.
Sima Yi is definitely a genius, and when he first met Mount Tai, it was almost the only time Sima Yi had a chance to surpass Zhuge Liang. Unfortunately, Sima Yi made the wrong choice.
Did Sima Yi know little at that time? Not necessarily, Sima Yi had awakened his spiritual talent at that time and already understood a lot of wisdom. Hu Zhao taught him a lot of knowledge, but when faced with Liu Bei's promise to the people, Sima Yi's first feeling was that he was disgusted with such lies.
Doesn't Sima Yi think Liu Bei's promise is good? Couldn't his wisdom tell that Liu Bei really wanted to do that?
In fact, it can all be seen, but Sima Yi does not agree that reality can be achieved, nor does he think there will be results. The young and energetic Sima Yi lacks the patience that he will have to see even if he does not agree. Young people, yes, they are right. , Wrong is wrong, nothing else can be tolerated.
It may not have been so direct, but Sima Yi was definitely not rational at the time.
However, just because of such an irrationality, it was completely impossible for Sima Yi to surpass Zhuge Liang. The two of them were closest to each other at Mount Tai, but since then, the distance between the two sides has become farther and farther.
Now Sima Yi can still see Zhuge Liang's back. That's not because he is progressing as fast as Zhuge Liang, but because Zhuge Liang is becoming more and more majestic. From a distance, the size has not changed. In fact, Zhuge Liang is pulling the others closer and closer. The further away.
It can be said that Chen Xi has half given up on Sima Yi and Pang Tong, the wise men of the same era as Zhuge Liang, and allowed them to grow. The next era is Zhuge Liang's era.
Just like Chen Xi's solitary moon in the sky and the stars looming, if Zhuge Liang replaces him in the next era, there will be basically no difference. No matter what, no one else can beat him together.
Sometimes Chen Xi also thought about what would have happened if Sima Yi had not left. Chen Xi thought about it many times, and finally decided
I think that I am really incapable of being truly fair.
As long as Sima Yi had such a cousin relationship with him and could give him gifts when he got married, many things would change if Sima Yi didn't leave.
Even if Chen Xi values Zhuge Liang's intelligence, as long as Sima Yi is not obviously pulled down by Zhuge Liang under the same education, as long as he can stay close to Zhuge Liang's level, many of the things Zhuge Liang enjoys now will be Sima Yi's. Unfortunately, there is no if.
When I was young and frivolous, I lost an opportunity that changed my life.
"It's okay, I can handle it. I'm different from Wenru, Gongyou, and Xianhe. They almost don't think about future generations, and they even worry that future generations will affect their judgment. They will either not have children or have a daughter and marry off. I can't, I will consider this." Chen Xi showed his human side without caring. He has a public heart, but he also has selfish desires.
"Anyway, I can't be a saint. I can do some things that a saint can do. But I can't be a saint. I am only suitable for the moral standards of ordinary people." Chen Xi said with a smile, "I am one of them. That’s all.”
Chen Xi touched Zaizi's head. The slave society conforms to the animal nature of the strong and the weak, the feudal society conforms to the human nature of blood relations, and the capital society conforms to the rationality of interest distribution. Generally speaking, they are progressing in transition, and in this individual In the transition, the brilliance is always the brilliance of morality, middle-aged people, ordinary level of morality, hehe.
