For Chen Xi, the war between the Han Dynasty and the Kushans can only be said to be a certain link. The conquest of the Kushans and the inclusion of the Ganges River as a grain-producing area are not the ultimate goal at all. To be honest, it can only be said to be the realization of the goal. A necessary link before the ultimate goal.
After all, in the garbage state of the early third century, if you want to create something powerful to open the eyes of others, you must also consider real productivity. In ancient times, if the problem of food was not solved, it was basically nonsense. But as of now, The Ganges River is the most effective place to solve the problem of eating.
In other places, either intensive farming takes too much time, or the upper limit of the output is too low. Only the Ganges can withstand the construction and can produce enough food. In the current situation, the only solution is to solve the problem of food production efficiency. Only if you have problems can you be qualified to talk about the next stage, otherwise it will be nonsense. After all, this is not the future, and there are a bunch of tools that can replace it.
These days, everything has to be done by people. Even some efficient tools require manpower to develop and assemble them at the beginning, so the situation is terrible.
At least Chen Xi has figured it out. In the Central Plains where crops are harvested once a year and farming is rotated, if he wants to increase the post-employment population, he is really at his current level. He may be able to increase it further in the future, but it is really difficult. It's too high.
On the other hand, on the Ganges side, relying on cheating methods, even if some production is sacrificed, a few points of post-employment population can be saved. And with the current size of the Han Dynasty, the number of several points of post-employment population is larger than that of most small countries. The overall population of China is increasing, which means there is a lot of hope for development.
Therefore, Chen Xi's attitude at this stage is very clear, which is to kill Guishang safely, then immerse himself in farming, save for a few years, and amaze the whole world.
Anyway, as far as the current Han Dynasty is concerned, even if it has not reached the limit, it is equivalent to developing upwards against the ceiling. If nothing else, it is too tiring.
"If we recycle the retired population, our military strength will decline to a certain extent. Will it really have no impact then?" Liu Bei asked with a frown.
"More or less, after all, there will inevitably be some border frictions, but at that time we won't need to attack from multiple directions. Even if we face Rome, based on the situation of both of us, there are actually only two or three places where we can start a war." Chen Xi said calmly.
At that point, there are only a few positions that you really want to play.
Compared with the current war of annihilation between the Han Dynasty and the Kushans, the situation of wars everywhere is much better. If the troops are concentrated and used, even if there are less, there will not be the feeling of being stretched. And with Rome, After all, the war is not a war to destroy the country, and the pressure will not be too great.
"Besides, the purpose of recovering the unemployed population is to have a higher proportion of unemployed people in the future. It is not a deliberate restriction." Chen Xi said with a smile, and then said with some regret, "Actually, we are very short of people now."
The current state of the Han Dynasty has considerable constraints on Chen Xi. It's not that Chen Xi doesn't have better ideas, but that the upper limit of what the current environment can bear is so high, and people have to eat.
No matter how many people are doing other things, they can't break through the fact that 90% of people need to be tied to the land. Even if Chen Xi keeps thinking of ways to increase food productivity, he can't confront the fact that people need to eat. fact.
Therefore, for Chen Xi, Gan Guishang is actually nothing fancy. It is just to allow fewer people to farm and more people to invest in other industries.
"Actually, those babies from earlier are now almost ready to do things like cutting grass and feeding cows." Liu Bei said helplessly.
"Well, the first wave of baby boomers are almost ready to be used." Chen Xi said with a hint of resignation.
The biggest difference between reality and games is this. People eat by the day. Education takes several years. Technology development requires a group of people to work together for several years. In the end, the most important thing is that the baby grows up to be able to use it. It takes twelve or thirteen years.
These links all require money. The issue of food is always the biggest problem these days. The last three are of great benefit to the people of the country in the long run. However, in the Han Dynasty, the output was extremely low and the long-term There are really not many people who dare to invest time in unproductive things.
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Even in later generations, after realizing the total amount of resources required to feed a child, humans will feel that it is better to give up.
In addition to the improvement in life, the decline in the birth rate in the industrial era also lies in the fact that people have enough knowledge to determine inputs and outputs.
As long as any matter enters the stage of consideration, there is bound to be a possibility of failure.
"And after a certain amount of education, I can engage in what you call higher-level production." Liu Bei said with a smile.
When he heard this, Chen Xi almost cried. After more than ten years of investment, it was time to reap the rewards. Looking back on what he had done for so many years, Chen Xi felt that it was really not easy. To put it bluntly, it was simply not things people do.
"It will be better in the future. This is really the darkness before dawn." Chen Xi said with an extremely complicated expression. He has survived until now. As long as he survives this step, many things that he could not solve before can be regarded as reached. Time to resolve.
"It's really not easy. I didn't realize it when I promised to learn something from a young age, but when I actually realized it, I realized that this might be the most difficult." Liu Bei said with some emotion. Compared with other There are several, but this one is the most difficult.
"However, education is the foundation of other industries." Chen Xi is very open to this.
If society wants to move forward, the biggest problem it faces is talent. The two links in acquiring talent are population quantity and population quality, so there is nothing to say. The former is the birth rate, and the latter is the educated population. .
Almost all problems inevitably fall on these two things, and these two things are particularly outrageous and require continuous investment. What’s even worse is that these two things are not about money, but about money. Real resources and simply running a money printing machine cannot solve the problems encountered by these two gadgets.
"Isn't it very happy to finally see the money back?" Liu Bei said with a smile.
"Yeah, I finally got the money back." Chen Xi said with some emotion, "With this money back, I can gradually start to replace it. To be honest, I can't stand some of the conventions of this era. Damn it, it’s so annoying.”
"The remnants of the times are unavoidable. After all, there was no such superb means as you to adjust them before." Liu Bei said with a smile, "To be honest, with the ability you have shown now, you didn't directly carry out the means of destruction back then. It's really... Incredible.
"...Chen Xi glanced sideways at Liu Bei.
"Perhaps other people may think you are saintly or something like that, but you and I have known each other for so many years. I think, rather than being saintly, it's better to be more direct. I think the reason why you didn't use the means of great destruction is more because you destroyed people. If it's gone, you don't know who to work with?" Liu Bei said to Chen Xi with a somewhat speculative tone.
"Yes, this is the biggest problem. In the previous situation, who would do the work if all the major families were killed?" Chen Xi said angrily, "To be honest, I have read the classics of each family. To be honest, there is not much difference between the content and the books on the market. The real difference lies in the way each family explains these classics.
Chen Xi had a somewhat complicated mentality when he said this. These are the things that major aristocratic families really keep secret.
These days, except for military books, all other historical materials and classics are basically in line with the morals of the times. As a prominent scholar of Confucianism, what is written on paper is basically benevolence, righteousness and morality.
To put it simply, it means that these books teach benevolence, righteousness and morality, but do not teach the way to be an official.
How to be an official, how to see through the game behind these benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and how to use it, these are things that each family keeps secret. The major families control a lot of things, but this requires the previous generation to check the reality and refer to it. The things that were explained in detail in the past are the core stuff, and the classics are just superficial.
When Gouzi criticized Confucianism, he made three specific curses: "The younger brother is worthy of his crown, the younger brother is more distinguished, and his words are more accurate. Yu followed Shun's trend. This is how Zi Zhang despises Confucianism. He should straighten his clothes and hats, harmonize his colors, and speak poorly." However, he said nothing all day long, which is the despicable Confucianism of the Zixia family. He who steals Confucianism to worry about things, and eats and drinks with no shame, must say that a gentleman has no strength, this is the despicable Confucianism of the Ziyou family."
These three things are called base Confucianism. The base Confucianism that finally spread in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is actually the base Confucianism of the Ziyou family. The so-called "gentlemen do not work hard". To put it bluntly, these people have basically lost their ability to manage and administer. With the ability, it is natural that he will be finished in the end.
It's not that Chen Xi doesn't want to work in major aristocratic families, but after listening to Xun Shuang's lecture, Chen Xi realized that bureaucrats at all levels can still do things these days, instead of completely losing their ability to govern and letting subordinate officials do their work. It's really a waste Because of this inheritance.
If this group of people were to be eliminated directly, without this inheritance, Chen Xi would not even be able to use them. As for asking major families to hand over such secret things to others, Chen Xi somewhat understood the meaning of disciples. Most people are unworthy in the eyes of major aristocratic families.
As for why Chen Xi went to listen to Xun Shuang's lectures, and Xun Shuang even showed his true skills to open Chen Xi's eyes, that's meaningless. Chen Xi had already arrived in Yecheng at that time, and the situation in the world was clear. Come and listen to Xun Shuang's lectures. Jing, if you don’t show some real skills, what will happen?
But it was really effective that time. After talking about it, Chen Xi's idea of forcibly cleaning up the major aristocratic families was mostly extinguished - if this group of aristocratic families were destroyed and a group of cheap scholars from the You family came up, it would be better to just continue like this. After all, in the current situation, the major aristocratic families can still operate, even if they are a little bad, they are not completely bad.
Everything is really broken. There are many people who want to be officials. The question is, do those people have the ability to operate like the group of people who were smashed before?
If not, and the victims are all ordinary people, and they are from south to north, and from east to west, wouldn't that force the world into chaos?
If this matter caused chaos in the world, Chen Xi thought, it would be better to just let it go, so after ten years, it was considered to be the next stage.
"The situation will be better in the future. We have passed the most difficult stage." Chen Xi spread his arms as if embracing the future. At this moment, large snowflakes were scattered in the sky, and a new wave of snowflakes began to appear. The new year is about to begin.
"Wait, is this the most difficult time?" Liu Bei retorted.
"After defeating Guishuang, is it considered a super sect?" Chen Xi did not answer Liu Bei's question. Instead, he folded his arms back into his sleeves and looked sideways at Liu Bei.
"Of course it counts. After defeating Guishuang, I can go to the Ancestral Temple to tell my ancestors that I did it." Liu Bei said with a red light on his face. It can be seen that he was very excited. After all, he made a wish to all the people back then. At that time, Liu Bei made a big promise more or less on a whim, but he didn't think carefully about how to complete it step by step.
Even when he looked back and thought about it carefully, Liu Bei himself felt that he was somewhat unsure.
However, sixteen years later, the promise he made back then was almost fulfilled. Even if it was not fully realized, it was still on the right track. As long as he defeated Kushan, Liu Bei could go to the Ancestral Temple to express his great victory.
"But as far as I'm concerned, after defeating Kushan, it's just a new one." Chen Xi said with a smile, and Liu Bei was embarrassed.
"Forget it, forget it, let's change the topic. I've already said this. You're right, but don't say it anymore." Liu Bei waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to talk about this issue. "
Let's talk about the banquet. Sun Bofu has prepared the materials for the banquet, and I happen to have time, so I might as well hold a private banquet at my house. "Chen Xi didn't care that Liu Bei looked a little depressed after being hit, and said with a smile.
"Is there something you want to talk about?" Liu Bei asked after thinking for a while.
"Let's appease the Jingchu family and give Zhou Gongjin a step forward." Chen Xi nodded and said, "There are still some things that are difficult to discuss in a formal setting, so let's talk about it at a private banquet."
"Cao Sikong and the Zhen family?" Liu Bei nodded clearly.
"More or less." Chen Xi sighed, "To be honest, if I hadn't known, I would have been out for a year. With all the messy things that happened this year, I really wanted to hit people, all kinds of things, and the Zhen family Are you mentally ill?" The Zhen family has been voting for so many years, but no result has been produced. Chen Xi also accepted it. After all, the Zhen family has a backing. From now on, they can at least live in the Midea condominium, which is just a bit ugly. In addition, Zhen Yan said that he succeeded to the throne as a concubine and was shameless, so it was nothing.
The problem is that if you are shameless, why are you getting together with Cao Cao? Have you forgotten who your backstage is?
Look at your backstage. Your backstage is Liu Bei and Chen Xi. Are you messing with Cao Cao?
