On this map, there are no longer the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty that Liu Bei was familiar with.
Rather, it is a world map with many unheard of areas, or countries, marked one by one!
Liu Bei was shocked, and his eyes revealed surprise and suspicion.
He raised his head, looked at Lu Yan, and asked, "This is the world that Lu Xiuqi talks about? But how did Lu Xiuqi know that there is a world beyond the sky?"
Lu Yan picked up the teacup, poured a glass of water for himself and Liu Bei each, and replied: "You don't need to know how to know... You just need to know that this map is real!"
"Really... is it true?" Liu Bei asked.
Lu Yan was so sure that Liu Bei believed it in his heart.
At this moment, Liu Bei seemed to feel that a door to a new world had opened before his eyes.
Lu Yan pointed to the map marked with the word "Han" and said: "Compared to the world, the territory of the Han Dynasty is really too small."
"Indeed..." Liu Bei's face was solemn, and the shock in his heart could not dissipate for a long time.
Lu Yan thought for a while and continued: "From our current perspective, the Han Dynasty is the world. But in fact, the world can be very big!"
"The great Han Dynasty is the world...but how big can the world be?"
After all, there is some idealism in it, which is indeed a bit hard to understand.
Lu Yan saw that Liu Bei looked a little dazed, so he decided not to make it so complicated. "There are too many ways to understand the concept of the world... Let's keep it simple and don't have to rise to the level of philosophy."
"Philosophy...what is it??" Liu Bei became even more confused.
What is philosophy? This question itself is very philosophical...
Lu Yan didn't know how to explain it to him, so he finally just said: "You can simply understand it as thinking about everything in the world."
"Oh..." Liu Bei felt that Lu Yan's words were very profound, so he nodded hurriedly.
The topic went a little off track. After Lu Yan collected his thoughts, he continued: "In Lu's view, territory can be regarded as the shape of the world."
When Liu Bei heard this, combined with Lu Yan's consistent behavior and the things he had done under Cao Cao's rule, he was moved in his heart and replied: "The people are the soul of the world?"
Lu Yan nodded and replied: "Yes, if you have a body but no soul, you are just a walking corpse. If you have a soul but no soul, you will become a lonely ghost."
Seeing that Liu Bei had some difficulty in understanding, Lu Yan simply made his intentions clear.
"What Lu wants to show Brother Xuande is actually very simple." Lu Yan pointed at the map again and said: "The common people of the Han Dynasty, whether they are from aristocratic families, poor families or common people, are all compatriots and tribesmen living in a narrow strip of water. Our gaze should not be
It’s just about one-third of an acre of land at home, but it should open up the horizons, and even more, open up the pattern!”
Lu Yan's words made Liu Bei have some suspicions in his mind, but he did not express his thoughts, but continued to pretend to be ignorant and asked: "May I ask Lu Qiaoqi, how can I open up my horizons and structure?"
Liu Bei's words seemed to hit the point.
Lu Yan chuckled and said, "A family must be united internally and externally as one!"
I'm sorry, but it turns out you were talking about surrender?
A wry smile appeared at the corner of Liu Bei's mouth, and he said: "Lu Qiaoqi, you really think highly of Liu Bei..."
"Brother Xuande, you misunderstood..."
"oh?"
"I'm not here to humiliate you, but I hope you can set your sights higher and farther."
Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and finally revealed his true feelings: "To be honest with Lu Qiaoqi, Bei's only wish in this life is to help the Han Dynasty..."
Lu Yan shook his head and asked: "Brother Xuande, do you want to help the emperor unify the world, or do you want to become the master of the world yourself?"
Liu Bei's expression became extremely serious and he said: "Heaven and earth can serve as a guide, Liu Bei will never have second thoughts!"
"The world does not belong to one family, and the great Han Dynasty does not belong to the Liu family." Lu Yan pointed to the map and asked: "The great ancestor Liu Bang also seized the world from Emperor Qin."
"But Emperor Qin was tyrannical, and the people of the world have been suffering from Qin for a long time!"
"However, the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty interfered with the government, the relatives of the relatives were monopolizing power, and the nobles possessed the Han Dynasty and sucked the blood of the Han Dynasty to make them fat... That's why the Yellow Turban Rebellion came about!"
Lu Yan's words hit the point, and Liu Bei fell silent again.
Lu Yan struck while the iron was hot: "The great Han Dynasty has reached its current precarious situation because of the collapse of the system and the out-of-control strata. You, Liu Bei, can't go against the will even if you have three heads and six arms."
"Bei, you still have a lot of passion!"
"Damn it! If we don't get enough food and salt, I might as well have let you die by an arrow in the first place!" It was too difficult to convince a determined person, and Lu Yan suddenly felt a little irritable.
"Steady! Steady!" Lu Yan took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, and then sighed and said: "No matter what, the Han people are innocent.
I, Lu Yan, ask myself that I don’t have such grand ambitions as you, Liu Bei... I just want to do my little bit to let the common people of the Han Dynasty have food to eat, clothing to wear, and live a decent and dignified life!"
Seeing that Liu Bei was still expressionless, Lu Yan also gave up his plan to persuade Liu Bei, "The ambition of an owl is as strong as a rock..." Lu Yan sighed secretly in his heart: "It's just a pity for such a person..."
Putting away the map, Lu Yan stood up to say goodbye and turned to leave.
When Lu Yan opened the door and was about to leave, Liu Bei's hoarse voice suddenly came from behind: "May I ask Lu Qiaoqi... Can Prime Minister Cao do what you said?"
Lu Yan did not answer directly, but said: "Both Mr. Cao and you are heroes in the world..."
"Mr. Cao?" Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "What is your relationship with Prime Minister Cao...?"
"I have always had a cooperative relationship with Mr. Cao."
"Cooperation?" Liu Bei seemed to have some understanding of what Lu Yan said before, "He is not here to persuade you to surrender." "What Lu Qiaoqi means is that you hope that I can cooperate with Prime Minister Cao like you?"
"That's what I meant..." Lu Yan stood at the door for a moment, and when he saw that Liu Bei had no follow-up reply, he walked out.
Having said that, if Liu Bei is willing to cooperate, then there will always be a place for him in this vast world.
If he still clings to the surname Liu and Liu Han, then I am afraid that the only thing waiting for him is Gu Lao Capital City.
After Lu Yan left, Liu Bei was still sitting at the table, staring at it, as if the shocking "Map of the World" was still in front of him.
Liu Bei sat like this for more than two hours.
It wasn't until the sky completely darkened that he came back to his senses and muttered to himself: "The world...the Han Dynasty..."
Liu Bei was Cao Cao's lifelong enemy.
Although there is a suspicion of exaggerating the role of Liu Bei's power in the Battle of Chibi,
However, it is undeniable that Liu Bei founded the Shu Han Dynasty from scratch and divided the world into three parts.
The internal strife in the Three Triparts of the World was alarming, and the population of the Han Dynasty dropped sharply, so various helpless measures were taken to increase the population by migrating barbarians inland.
The excessive number of Hu people, coupled with the unstable political structure of the Jin Dynasty, led to the subsequent Five Hus chaos in China, ushering in the darkest era in the history of the Han people...
"I, Liu Bei, aim to help the Han Dynasty and take 'benevolence and virtue' as my foundation... Now it seems that I am walking on a narrow road..."
"The great Han is the great man of all the people in the world, but the world is not limited to the great Han..."