Jian Shuo's servant acted quickly, and within a short time, the news was sent to Liu Bei's house.
The servant took Jian Shuo's token and told Liu Bei everything Jian Shuo told him.
Liu Bei didn't say anything after learning about it. He nodded, asked the servant to receive the reward, and then left.
Cheng Yu, who accompanied him when he heard about this, was very angry and suggested to Liu Bei that Zheng Tai, Jia Xi and others should be given a small shock to the general's palace, and they were all done.
"They obviously no longer intend to support your plan. If this continues, it will be a very dangerous thing for you. I suggest you take precautions early, strike first, and deal with them all!"
Cheng Yu still supports the simple and crude way of doing things, that is, just crush them directly.
Liu Bei had a different view on this matter.
"It's a good thing that they can come forward to oppose me. At least it can let me know how many people are still opposing me inside and outside the court until now. Then, they will be dealt with on the grounds of plotting rebellion, such as because of Du The impact of getting rid of them is much smaller.
Although the fundamental reason is to get rid of them because of Du Tian, Du Tian involves too many areas. It is more justifiable to plot a rebellion and will not cause widespread panic. The fewer powerful enemies there are, the easier it will be for Du Tian to succeed, right? "
Liu Bei looked at Cheng Yu with a smile.
Cheng Yu's expression was not relaxed.
"What you said makes sense, but I'm worried that because you are too strong, they will take the wrong approach and adopt more secretive assassination methods. It is easy to hide with open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows. No matter how careful your defense is, If someone is really deliberately trying to harm you, they will find an opportunity."
Liu Bei agreed with this.
"I know, I understand this truth, that's why I formed the Tiger Guard, but to be honest, if they really use assassination to deal with me again, then I really think that's what they will do.
As long as you don't kill me by assassinating me, it is equivalent to personally delivering the butcher knife to kill them to my hands. Isn't this a bad thing? If they assassinate me, I will liquidate them, and no one will be able to say no.
When all means are exhausted and all the enemies who are exposed on the surface are eliminated, in fact, the enemies we really want to deal with will be weakened to their weakest state. At that time, it will be really difficult to promote Dutian. It's possible it worked. "
Cheng Yu thought for a while and did not raise any objections.
Afterwards, Liu Bei asked Cheng Yu to focus more on the affairs of the General's Office, and put more effort into the government affairs conference, official elimination and military district garrison system that the court was about to promote, so that these policies could be implemented as soon as possible.
As long as these policies are implemented, it will be meaningless no matter how much Zheng Tai and others oppose, and it will be meaningless no matter how much they try to win people over to resist them.
Because although there are fools in the government, there are also smart people, and most of them are speculators.
Only fools will help them, neither smart people nor speculators will do such a thing.
For example, Huang Wan was a really smart person. Zheng Tai went to chat with him. After chatting for a while, Huang Wan suddenly felt a stomachache, farted a few times, and ran to the toilet while covering his buttocks.
Those farts also hit Zheng Tai. Zheng Tai covered his nose with a look of disgust, cursed Huang Wan a few words, and then left in a hurry.
So the meeting broke up unhappily.
Huang Wan later sent someone to tell Liu Bei about the matter, saying that he had no interest in Zheng Tai at all and did not agree with Zheng Tai's ideas at all. He also expressed his political leanings by the way.
What is a smart person?
This is called a smart person.
Therefore, Huang Wan, the true opposition, can still be in power for a long, long time.
It's hard to tell the fake opponents like Zheng Tai and Jia Xi.
After that, Zheng Tai and Jia Xi also visited many people. Some officials in the imperial court who were not Liu Bei's disciples and former officials visited many people. Even Yang Xiu got their invitation because of his special background.
Then Yang Xiu took the invitation to Liu Bei and handed it to Liu Bei to inform him of the matter.
Of course, he didn't show up for the meeting. Yang Xiu was not a stupid person. He couldn't hang out with Zheng Tai and others, and Liu Bei never expected that these two guys would be so stupid.
Even if you want to play Infernal Affairs, you still need to figure out who the target of Infernal Affairs is, right?
The life and safety of the entire Yang family is under Liu Bei's control. You want a young man like Yang Xiu to play Infernal Affairs with you?
All I can say is that I have a big heart.
By early November of the fourth year of Jian'an, many things had been settled. The departments that should be established, the personnel that should be recruited, and the rules for operation had all begun a new round of operation. The political situation of the Han Empire was completely different from the past. It’s different.
Generally speaking, a considerable number of people in the middle and upper classes of the Han Empire were in a state of restlessness.
There are two reasons for this situation.
Politically, the preparation for the government affairs conference and the implementation of the official elimination system have made many people worried that they will be the unlucky guy who will be eliminated.
Militaryly, the local stationing of the imperial army made some people feel anxious, and the preparations for the Zhongshutai and the county soldiers made some people feel that a storm was coming.
Liu Bei is extending his tentacles of power from Luoyang to every inch of the country. Everyone who is not one of his own will become his target.
No one can escape, no one can be spared.
The days of the past seem to be gone forever.
In such a tense and delicate state, Liu Bei suddenly announced in the court that he would open up the avenues of speech, allow political discussions both inside and outside the court and among the people, and allow people to pass on political suggestions and doubts to him.
He will set up a special department in the General's Palace to receive government affairs suggestions and doubts from all over the world. He will watch them regularly and choose some meaningful ones to answer personally to respond to the people's concern about court politics.
Liu Bei had an explanation for his move to his cronies.
"Subtle changes in the situation have caused my previously approachable image to change. Many people have become more and more afraid of my power and identity, and within their fear lies an emotion called dissatisfaction. The more afraid they are, the more dissatisfied they are.
In the past, I resolved many people's fears with my approachable attitude, but now the situation has changed, and it is no longer appropriate to use the past methods, so we need to give the outside world a new channel and occasionally respond to let them think I'm still approachable, I'm just too busy. "
Liu Bei's close subordinates agreed with Liu Bei's idea and felt that it might have unexpected effects in a tense and delicate struggle environment.
Sure enough, after the news spread, a considerable number of letters appeared in the open mailbox of the General's Mansion in a very short period of time, and Liu Bei had to arrange a group of officials to be responsible for selecting letters.
He doesn't have time to read all the hundreds or thousands of letters. Some of them are purely for expressing emotions and are unnecessary in his opinion. However, he will specially select a small number of such letters and find time to reply occasionally. A letter creates the illusion of prosperity and openness to the public.
As for what he read the most, they were the letters written by people who took this opportunity to show him their talents and put forward some ideas for governing the country. In their letters, these people would write some good ways to govern the country and stabilize the country in their eyes, hoping that Liu Bei could adoption.
Maybe he can get Liu Bei's attention and achieve a class jump?
Isn't this a good opportunity?
Liu Bei also hoped to see something different from it, or to understand some specific trends in contemporary ideological circles——
At present, after the collapse of the modern literature school and the elimination of the theological Confucian academic dictatorship led by "White Tiger Tongyi", the new academic environment led by the ancient literature school and based on "Jade Tongyi" has not yet been formally established. .
In other words, at this time, although the imperial court's thoughts are basically unified, the people have not yet formed a unified concept.
The concept of respecting ghosts and gods and keeping them at a distance was only implemented in the political life of the imperial court. At other levels, the academic and ideological atmosphere left by the Modern Literature School still enveloped it.
People say that a small ship is easy to turn around, but a big ship is difficult to turn around. This is true. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, this chaotic society that most people were dissatisfied with, was about to collapse, and was only one step away from chaos was controlled by Liu Bei. space.
If this was a peaceful and peaceful country in a prosperous state, Liu Bei would never be able to successfully operate it.
(End of chapter)
