Chapter 707 Without me, you are just a bunch of lackeys!
Reminiscent of the previous disputes with the conservatives within the Ancient Literature School, Liu Bei knew that his reform of the Han Empire had begun to feel a little difficult, and he had begun to have conflicts of interest with these former allies.
Conquering the land is the basis for the Han Empire to start over again. Without comprehensive conquest of the land, there will be no new start, and Liu Bei will be nothing more than a wind and rain papermaker.
If you are an ordinary person, up to this point, you can just accept it and give it up.
Even if he gave up after getting to this point, Liu Bei felt that the Han Empire would not be in chaos until he died.
With hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the area and a single strong general capable of fighting, even if it is purely a deterrent by force, it can still lead to years of peace.
But the problem is that once he dies and the military strongman's government has no qualified successor, it will fall into chaos and decline at the speed of light, followed by a total collapse.
I am thirty-two years old this year. If I calculate according to my real life span in history, then the big man still has thirty years to live.
Thirty years later, the Eastern Han Empire will experience a war that is more terrifying than the Three Kingdoms. The conflicts accumulated over hundreds of years will erupt like a volcano and enter an irreversible chaotic world until the reshuffle is over.
By that time, it's hard to say how many people will die and how many will survive.
For Liu Bei personally, it doesn't matter. When the Han Empire reached that point, he was already dead. As long as he is selfish, he can enjoy thirty years of happiness even if I don't care about the floods after my death.
However, extending the life of a big man for thirty years is really not his goal.
After struggling for so long, paying so much, winning so many battles, and wiping out so many enemies, you end up with someone who can live for thirty years?
What's that?
Cromwell, Lord Protector of England? Napoleon, Emperor of France?
Then the history books of later generations still don’t know how to arrange themselves!
At that time, there will be an evaluation of "Although it has the ambition to turn the tide, it is limited by the constraints of the times and ideas, as well as the lack of political ability, and it cannot truly reverse the collapse of the Han Empire."
That would be uncomfortable.
If he cannot promote social revolution, what kind of military strongman is he?
My political ability is insufficient?
Then I will show you how ardent my ideal is!
Looking at Zheng Tai and Jia Xi in front of him, Liu Bei looked more and more like two-headed insects, so the resentment in his heart became stronger.
Do you really think that I will keep making excuses with you?
You are wrong.
The time is almost here for us to lay our cards on the table and talk about the differences between our relationships and statuses.
You guys who are always so kind to you really think of yourselves as your own, don't you?
"We might as well speak more clearly. Mr. Zheng and Mr. Jia, in the past, every time we cooperated and every time we worked hand in hand, you got benefits from me, real benefits, and they often exceeded yours."
of dedication.
You can think carefully about every action in the past, which one was not like this? What does this mean? This means that every time we cooperate, we owe nothing to each other. You don’t owe me anything, and I don’t owe you anything.
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In the final analysis, without the ancient literature school, I would not be where I am today, but the people who have helped me the most are my teachers, and Zheng Xuangong. You two and those who are closer to you have great influence on me.
It's not as helpful as you think.
In every action, it was my teachers who contributed the most, and those who were close to me in my own organization contributed the most. The gentlemen just followed behind, waved flags and shouted, watched us charge into battle, and calculated that something had happened.
We will die first, and the princes will be behind.
Of course, this did not happen. We have always been successful, and you have always made profits. I have continued to give you some compensation, and you have continued to join hands with me to do some things that are within your ability but not so important. It was okay at the beginning.
But now, I feel it’s not enough.”
Zheng Tai and Jia Xi were surprised, shocked and disturbed by Liu Bei's straightforward words.
What does he mean?
Are you going to break with us?
Shao Qing, Zheng Tai looked at Liu Bei with a bad expression, and said, "What do you mean? Are you blaming us? Do you think we have done something wrong?"
Liu Bei nodded directly without any sign of moderation.
"It's very simple. I feel that what you took from me far exceeds the price you paid. This business is not worth it in my opinion. I have found many things that I can succeed without you."
, it just does a little more.
In the past, for the sake of the alliance, every time I suffered a big loss, I accepted it. However, as the operation became bigger and bigger, more and more people were targeted, and more and more opponents needed to be fought.
Strong, I gradually found that the help from the gentlemen seemed to have no effect on me."
Jia Xi could not accept Liu Bei's statement.
He stood up as soon as he slapped the case, pointed at Liu Bei and angrily rebuked: "Liu, you are ungrateful! Haven't we done enough? We risked our lives to go to Biao and Jinwen School, and Yuan Wei,
Didn't you see when He Jin and others were fighting?"
"The school of Jinwen is almost the same, but Yuan Wei, He Jin..."
Liu Bei looked at Jia Xi with a faint smile: "Jia Gong, have you forgotten what happened at that time? You have forgotten, but I haven't forgotten. Do you want me to help you recall it? What did you and Zheng Gong do back then?
If I don't return with the army, will you two stand by me and the teacher?"
Jia Xi was stunned, her face was stagnant, her mouth was open and she didn't know what to say.
At that time, they abandoned Lu Zhi, sided with Yuan Wei, and had a very unhappy relationship with Lu Zhi. Although Lu Zhi has forgiven them now, the relationship between the two parties is not as good as before.
Zheng Tai looked at Jia Xi, pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and stood up.
"We did do something wrong in that matter at that time, but before and after, we were actually on your side to help you, and we also put in a lot of effort. You said all this has nothing to do with it.
We have nothing to do with it, that is absolutely wrong!"
"So I also gave you a big reward."
Liu Bei emphasized the word "very big".
"Didn't I repay you one by one with official positions, salaries, rewards, land, houses, the career of future generations, including the status of a prestigious family? Without the military achievements that I risked my life to achieve, without the military achievements that I risked my life to train,
of the army, will Jinwen School lose?
I think it is a fact that everyone knows that Liu is the biggest and most resentful enemy of the Modern Literature School, and this also proves that I am the biggest contributor to the downfall of the Modern Literature School. Everyone,
Aren't you accepting my kindness?"
Liu Bei put his hands on the desk and straightened his upper body, staring directly at the two people in front of him.
"Without me having gone through hundreds of battles without being defeated, without me wiping out traitors and bandits all over the world, without me marching thousands of miles across the grassland in the north, without my power and power, would the Jinwen School have been annihilated and liquidated by you? I thought
Although you are arrogant, you should still have this self-awareness.
Without me, you would not be able to defeat the Jinwen School. Without me, you would not be able to liquidate so many influential families. Without me, "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" would not be able to reach the status of an official school. Without me, you are still the powerful Jinwen School.