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Liu Bei pondered this carefully and couldn't help but shake his head.

Perhaps Liu Bei could argue that in chaotic times, it was already difficult for the common people to survive, but the truth was that they only wanted "peace and prosperity."

The great Han Dynasty seemed to be on the verge of collapse, but they would not actively concern themselves with such matters.

Liu Bei might have also come from humble beginnings, but in his youth, he studied under Lu Zhi, understanding principles and with his heart set on the Han Dynasty, which was why he developed the ambition to restore the Han Dynasty.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also had their own reasons.

Guan Yu had studied the "Spring and Autumn Annals" for many years, while Zhang Fei was originally a powerful landlord, not comparable to ordinary people.

Suddenly, Liu Bei abruptly understood something from his own three brothers and asked.

"Could it be that this is the reason why Zikun intends to broadly enlighten the people? If the masses are ignorant, they will not know or care about the affairs of the world, and they will be easily bewitched by others, and matters of life and death will simply drift with the tide?"

"Not entirely correct, but not far off either."

Li Ji, who deeply understood Liu Bei's psychology, which was not much different from child psychology, did not forget to give Liu Bei a small affirmation.

"There is a saying: governing a country is like cooking a small fish. Many principles of governing a country, if broken down, are actually obvious."

"The people only know that they are Han Chinese, but they do not know why?"

"Only those who are enlightened and wise know that if the country falls, the home will perish. Is this not a way to ensure that the country will not fall into the hands of foreign tribes when it declines?"

Li Ji said this with a sigh, extremely complex.

The rise and fall of the Central Plains dynasties were often accompanied by invasions by foreign tribes.

Take the Five Barbarian Invasions as an example.

Faced with the plundering and invasion of foreign tribes, there were naturally people with vision who would fight to the death for this, but more of the common people remained ignorant, until they were massacred and even used as two-legged sheep, unable to resist, only knowing how to flee, flee, flee...

In the many examples of Central Plains dynasties declining due to foreign invasions that Li Ji knew, there was only one time that they truly won.

That was when the entire country fought to the end, turning the tables in a desperate situation, and driving the foreign tribes out.

What was the difference?

The main reason was that the people's wisdom gradually opened, countless students ran around appealing, and people with vision united as many resisting people as possible, understanding that if the country fell, the home would perish, unwilling for their descendants to be slaves at the mercy of others, and only willing to fight to the death.

Once the people's wisdom is opened, the masses are not so easily fooled, but they will also spontaneously protect their country and family, understanding what their country and family are.

Of course, these things had not yet happened in the strong Han Dynasty, and Li Ji had no way to give Liu Bei examples.

However, Liu Bei read another answer with his own thinking.

If the tens of millions of people of the great Han Dynasty spontaneously supported the Han Dynasty, instead of being like this now, how could the chaotic times have come to this?

Even Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, and others, how would they dare to cause chaos?

Especially Cao Cao, who slaughtered the people so much. If the people of the great Han Dynasty had their wisdom widely opened, all Han people would spontaneously draw a clear line with Cao Cao, regarding him as an irreconcilable enemy.

How would Cao Cao dare to commit such evil deeds?

Liu Bei took a deep breath, and his heart gradually leaned in that direction, but he still asked with some hesitation.

"It's just that the people have always been ignorant. If the people's wisdom is opened, and everyone learns from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, raising the banner of 'Are kings, lords, generals, and ministers born with a special seed?', I'm afraid the court will not have a single day of peace."

Li Ji asked in return, saying. "If the great Han Dynasty is singing and dancing in peace, and the people are living and working in peace, and you, my lord, can be warm and satisfied just by weaving mats and selling shoes, would you raise troops in rebellion?"

Immediately, Liu Bei couldn't help but laugh and replied.

"Of course not."

"Then, would Yunchang and Yide raise troops in rebellion?" Li Ji asked again.

If Li Ji asked others this question, others might not have such a deep personal experience.

But what Li Ji asked was what Liu Bei knew best.

Compared with the people who were still ignorant and had not yet had their wisdom opened, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were undoubtedly the most typical examples.

If it was really singing and dancing in peace, and the people were living and working in peace, who would be idle and raise the banner of rebellion for no reason?

"Yunchang and Yide, that's even more impossible."

Listening to Liu Bei's answer, Li Ji couldn't help but laugh along, saying.

"In fact, even if Yunchang and Yide have the intention to rebel, with the people's wisdom opened, if they live a prosperous life, how many people would be willing to follow them in doing such chaotic things?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei took a deep breath and had already been completely convinced by what Li Ji said, exclaiming.

"In this case, widely opening the people's wisdom is the foundation of long-term stability and peace."

Seeing that Liu Bei had completely ignited his interest, Li Ji immediately told Liu Bei in detail about the blueprint for the various benefits of widely opening the people's wisdom.

Under Li Ji's repeated guidance, Liu Bei gradually unconsciously began to imagine according to the blueprint described by Li Ji.

Judging from the court's past tendencies, opening the people's wisdom often leads to rebellions everywhere.

However, Liu Bei unconsciously stood from the perspective of the rulers and the people, and found that widely opening the people's wisdom was not a bad thing for the rulers and the people.

Those who felt it was a bad thing were those who profited from both the rulers and the people.

For example: corrupt officials, and powerful families.

Moreover, with the supervision of countless people with widely opened wisdom, it can also prevent treacherous officials and eunuchs from bewitching the emperor, causing the emperor to be昏庸, and urging the emperor to be diligent and enlightened.

For a time, Liu Bei was getting more and more excited as he listened, and suddenly felt that the blueprint described by Li Ji was undoubtedly an unprecedented prosperous age.

What a wonderful situation it would be if the emperor and countless people with widely opened wisdom were of one heart and one mind?

In this way, once the emperor issued a decree, countless people would compete to follow and create a prosperous age, instead of relying entirely on the local government like before to transmit the court's orders to the local areas.

What exactly was going on, the people were often unaware, and even if the local government misinterpreted the court's intentions, the people could only be bullied.

"Good, good, good!"

Unknowingly, the redness of Liu Bei's face was comparable to that of Guan Yu.

Liu Bei not only swept away the haze in his heart from the recent bewitchment of the people's hearts, but even became somewhat失态 with excitement, praising.

"I have heard that Cao Cao was evaluated in the Monthly Review as: a capable minister in a peaceful world, and a treacherous hero in a chaotic world."

"In my opinion, looking at the great sages of all dynasties, there is no one who can surpass Zikun in governing the world. This is truly a national policy for long-term stability and peace."

"When the world is unified in the future, I will definitely do my best to ask the emperor on behalf of Zikun..."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei realized that his voice was gradually weakening.

Even Liu Bei knew that Li Ji's strategy would definitely not be supported by the current emperor, and countless ministers in the court and aristocratic families would inevitably prevent Li Ji.

I'm afraid that only he could strongly support Li Ji.

But if he returned the power to the emperor, what use would it be even if Liu Bei supported Li Ji?

In addition, Zikun had basically made the soldiers of both armies deeply believe that Liu Bei was destined by heaven.

Given all of this, even if Liu Bei wanted to escape, he could not help but understand Li Ji's intentions.

Liu Bei hesitated and struggled for a long time before sighing and saying.

"Zikun, alas, what are you trying to do... alas..."

"Forget it, forget it, if there is that day, I will always be of one heart and one mind with you, and do my best to support you in governing the country."

(End of this chapter)