Liu Bei nodded, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Zichu, is it really impossible for me to enter Beijing?"
Chen Yuan saw that Liu Bei seemed to have unrealistic ideas, so he decided to give Liu Bei a cruel blow.
"It's not impossible."
Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he looked at Chen Yuan expectantly: "Really?"
"Of course it's true. Brother, as long as you give up all your official positions and only retain the title of Marquis, you can go anywhere in the world, let alone the capital."
Liu Bei's face darkened.
He knew he was right.
As long as you give up everything you have now and only retain a title, there will naturally be no identity issues.
But can Liu Bei give up?
Of course that is impossible.
Not to mention Liu Bei himself was unwilling to give up, Chen Yuan, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei certainly couldn't agree.
Now Liu Bei is not just himself, he also has a large number of subordinates, and the wealth and interests of these people have been tightly tied to Liu Bei.
If Liu Bei gives up everything now, what will Chen Yuan, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei do?
What should Cai Yong do?
Others may be able to find another home, but it is absolutely impossible for them to find another home.
Because their relationship with Liu Bei is so close, they basically share the same interests.
Liu Bei gritted his teeth: "Okay, in that case, let's develop Jingzhou. Only if we have the strength to conquer the world, we can naturally revive the Han Dynasty."
Seeing that Liu Bei finally had this realization, Chen Yuan expressed great relief.
If Liu Bei continues to procrastinate and cannot make up his mind, and still holds on to unrealistic hopes, Chen Yuanke will be furious.
The strategy for the next five years has been decided, and Chen Yuan doesn't want to get involved in the specific operations.
At present, Jingzhou scholars include Gu Yong, Xun You, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Zhong Yao, etc., Wu Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Tai Shi Ci, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Wei Yan and others.
It can be said that there are many talents, and Chen Yuan does not need to worry about specific tasks at all.
Now Chen Yuan can focus on cultivating his own foundation.
What Liu Bei and the others are doing now is to build a powerful man's body, while Chen Yuan wants to replace the man's spirit with a more powerful engine.
Construct a set of governance theories that are suitable for this era and can revitalize the Han Dynasty.
The current theory of governing the country in the Han Dynasty is basically Dong Zhongshu's theory.
This set of theories cannot be said to be bad, but there are many pain points in it and need to be reformed.
Chen Yuan was reforming this theory while teaching his disciples.
But it was only after Chen Yuan got there that he realized that this was simply not something humans did.
Because Chen Yuan did this, that is, he wanted to become an ancestor, set a precedent, and become a saint.
When I didn't do it, I didn't think it was difficult, but once I started doing it, I realized that I was not the one.
Because Chen Yuan has one of the biggest problems, that is, his theories are fragmented and completely unsystematic.
If you want to develop your own theory of governing the country on this basis, it is simply a dream.
The so-called theory of governing the country is to encircle everyone and draw a circle for everyone. Everyone is in this circle and abides by the order and rules of this circle.
Order and rules are the theory of governance.
Nowadays, the Han Dynasty nominally governs the country with filial piety, but in fact it governs the country with etiquette and law.
External rituals and internal laws.
Chen Yuan felt that this circle was correct, but the order and rules in this circle were not right.
The rules need to be changed.
But how to change it?
Chen Yuan said that his head was very big.
Because Chen Yuan is not very clear about the current Chinese law, he can only say that he has a partial understanding.
Of course, Chen Yuan could completely ignore the current Han law and make his own.
But no one will follow what you create like that.
That is unrealistic.
You must make modifications based on the existing Han law and add your own governance concepts to it, so that it will be accepted by others.
To put it bluntly, Chen Yuan is now rewriting the Han laws.
Logically speaking, this kind of behavior can be regarded as treason.
Because only the imperial court has the power to amend laws.
However, Chen Yuan did not take the so-called imperial court and the emperor to heart at all, and his revision of Han laws was not for the imperial court.
At least it is not for the current court, but for Liu Bei's future court.
As for why the law needs to be revised, it is because the most concentrated expression of a country's governance theory is the law.
That is the Constitution now.
It's just that in ancient times, there was no concept of a constitution or an unconstitutional constitution. All laws were put together.
In the Han Dynasty, there were the so-called Sixty Chapters of Han Code, which were revised by Xiao He on the basis of the Dharma Classics.
After so many years, these sixty chapters of Han Code have been revised occasionally, but overall they have not changed much.
The problem is, Chen Yuan does not understand Han law.
The original owner was a member of the Yingchuan Chen family, but the Yingchuan Chen family did not practice law, so they were not familiar with Han law.
At most, I only have a rough idea.
Fortunately, there are many talented people in Jingzhou now, and there are many powerful people who understand the law.
Understanding here does not just mean understanding the legal provisions, but legal experts who understand the evolution, legislation and application of the law.
If all he wanted was legal provisions, Chen Yuan would not have been unable to obtain Han Code.
There are Han laws in the prefecture and pastoral offices.
However, when Chen Yuan took it over and took a look, his claws immediately became numb.
Because the Han law is divided into two parts: laws and orders, the law is the main part. In addition to the laws of robbery and thieves, there are also laws of Wei, laws of Zuoguan, etc. Most of the laws are new ones, including some of the emperor's edicts.
The content is so vast, how could Chen Yuan, a man with two swords, understand it in a short time.
Even if it is not counted as an order, there is still a lot of content in the law.
You must know that the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the laws of the Qin Dynasty were already very detailed.
Therefore, there is naturally a lot of content in Han Code.
For example, in addition to laws and orders, there are also Cheng, Ke, Pin, and Tiao. These should be branches of laws and orders and supplements to them.
In addition to criminal law, the legal decrees also include several administrative or civil regulations.
Due to the lack of suitable legal provisions when ending a prison sentence, it is necessary to resort to the so-called "biography" or "example".
The ratio is to attach relevant laws and regulations to convict people, such as cases.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were more than 3,470 capital crimes.
It can be seen that the complexity of the laws is really beyond the control of ordinary people.
Of course, when Chen Yuan wanted to revise the Han Code, he mainly revised the code. As for the regulations, Cheng, Ke, Pin, Tiao, etc., they could be supplemented in the future legal practice.
All in all, Chen Yuan needs legal talents to help him.
So Chen Yuan approached Liu Bei again.
Liu Bei now has a goal in mind, and he is working hard to develop Jingzhou, which can be said to be extremely diligent.
Ever since that day when he had the deep conversation with Chen Yuanshen, Liu Bei seemed like a different person.
When he was not dealing with political affairs, he would go to the army to train troops, or lead troops to exterminate mountain bandits and water bandits, or inspect various counties and counties in Jingzhou.
In short, according to Gu Yong's words, today's Liu Bei is a perfect lord.
Liu Bei was actually a bit lazy in the past.
Now I have completely lost my sense of laziness, and I have become an extremely hard-working good state pastor.
Therefore, during this period of time, not only did Liu Bei's popularity among the people in Jingzhou rise sharply, but also the satisfaction in the hearts of Gu Yong and his subordinates rose extremely fast.
Overall, Liu Bei's prestige has been greatly improved.
Chen Yuan's sense of presence has weakened a lot.
Because Chen Yuan basically spent these days in the academy and rarely went to the state pastoral office to inquire about political affairs.
Even now, Chen Yuan still holds the official positions of Jingzhou Biejia and Military Advisor Zhonglang General, but he basically doesn't care much anymore.
However, no one dared to propose removing Chen Yuan from his official position.
Are you kidding, do you want to touch Chen Yuan?
I'm afraid I'm tired of living.
Liu Bei is the eldest brother, Gu Yong is his senior brother, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are his second and third brothers.
Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng, Zhong Yao, Ju Shou, etc. were all recommended by him to Liu Bei.
Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were also recommended by him.
Among the entire civil and military ministers in Jingzhou, more than half were recommended to Liu Bei by Chen Yuan.
Not to mention his extraordinary relationship with the core characters.
Who dares to touch him, who can touch him?
Furthermore, Chen Yuan not only has outstanding merits, but also has unparalleled intelligence and can handle cultural relics. He is a great talent.
Such a person must be as powerful as Xiao He and Zhang Liang.
Chen Yuan is indeed doing Xiao He's job now.
Developing a set of governance theories for the Han Dynasty was once done by Xiao He. Later, after Dong Zhongshu revised it, the entire Han Dynasty governance theory finally took shape and influenced later generations for thousands of years.
Now it's Chen Yuan's turn.
Chen Yuan felt that he couldn't handle it, so he didn't come to Liu Bei for help.
Chen Yuan didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point: "Brother, I need a few people to help me."
Liu Bei didn't know what Chen Yuan was going to do. He was quite surprised when he heard what Chen Yuan said: "Fourth brother, whoever you want, just transfer him. Is there anyone you can't transfer?"
This is not Liu Bei's criticism of Chen Yuan, and there is nothing to criticize.
Liu Bei had a thorough understanding of Chen Yuan's character.
This is a lazy person, and it is difficult to hold power.
If you say that such a person will rebel, you are simply joking.
Liu Bei was very relieved about Chen Yuan, so Liu Bei said this out of pure surprise.
You know, Chen Yuan has a very good relationship with the ministers in Jingzhou.
Even the extremely arrogant Guan Yu has a very good relationship with Chen Yuan.
This incident originated from the fact that when Chen Yuan was free, he wrote a so-called training outline for academy students.
This stuff was used by Chen Yuan to train his own students.
The content is not complicated either. Chen Yuan simply took the training method for new recruits of our army from later generations and used it with slight modifications.
The result was spread out somehow.
Good guy, it doesn't matter if this news gets out, all the big guys in the army have come to the academy to observe it for a few days.
When they saw him, Zhou Yu and the other little guys standing horizontally and vertically while practicing, they almost stared out of their eyes.
Not to mention the mood when they saw the neat bedding, clothes, tableware and supplies placed in Zhou Yu's dormitory.
The military camp in this era was a large garbage dump. Even the so-called famous generals did not pay much attention to military hygiene.
So, they took away the drill outline and invited Liu Bei to hold a military meeting.
Soon after, the entire Jingzhou army began to implement this drill outline.
As a result, Chen Yuan's reputation for being good at military training spread.
When Chen Yuan heard what Liu Bei said, he smiled bitterly: "Brother, do you know what I am planning to do?"
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to re-establish Han law!"
Liu Bei exclaimed: "What! Do you want to rewrite the law?"
This is no joke. If word of this spreads out, the label of treason will never be taken off.
Because anything about the law can only be done by the imperial court, and anyone else who does this is treason.
After being shocked, Liu Bei flatly refused: "Zichu, I don't agree with this matter."
Chen Yuan knew that Liu Bei must have reacted this way.
But if Chen Yuan transfers people, he must obtain Liu Bei's consent.
"Brother, do you know why I want to re-establish the law?"
"No matter what your reason is, it doesn't work. This is nothing different from treason!"
Damn, why is this guy so accepting of death?
Still need to take strong medicine.
"Brother, this is related to the great Han ZTE. Are you sure you won't let me do it?"
Liu Bei's Achilles' heel was the Great Han Zhongxing.
Upon hearing this, Liu Bei frowned and looked at Chen Yuan doubtfully: "Fourth brother, you won't lie to me, right?"
Liu Bei is smarter now. He was deceived by Chen Yuan many times before.
Of course, Chen Yuan had good intentions when he deceived him.
However, this matter is too important to agree to easily.
"Of course, brother, let me ask you, do you know why the big man became what he is now?"
Liu Bei is no longer the ranger in Zhuojun City. After such a long period of training and edification, his knowledge and mind have long been developed.
"Naturally, it's because the power of the powerful has grown stronger, and the power of the powerful has grown stronger, while the power of the imperial court has become weaker and weaker, leading to the current situation."
"Well, brother is very right, but brother, do you know why powerful people become stronger?"
This question directly stumped Liu Bei.
He really never thought about why a powerful family grew stronger.
Liu Bei shook his head: "Why, what does this have to do with the law?"
"The relationship is great. The reason why powerful families can grow is because of the law."
Yes, the reason why powerful families are strong is because of the imperial court system.
The imperial system is the law.
Although there is no official provision in Han law that allows annexation, many contents show that the imperial court does not inhibit annexation.
Of course, land annexation will cause many consequences, which will eventually lead to the imperial court becoming weaker and weaker and the powerful becoming stronger.
However, for the court, land annexation also has advantages, that is, it is easier to collect taxes.
You must know that collecting taxes in this era is a very complicated technical task. On the one hand, it requires a huge bureaucratic organization, and on the other hand, it also requires corresponding complex management procedures.
Land annexation can better solve this problem, because a large amount of land is concentrated in the name of big landowners, and Chaotian bureaucrats only need to deal with these landowners.
In this way, administrative costs are saved and so many officials are not needed.
Looking at it this way, we can see whether land annexation has many benefits for the court.
However, as the powerful became stronger, the power of the imperial court became smaller and smaller.
The demise of every dynasty is most likely related to a substantial reduction in taxes.