"So this is Ying Huo Shouxin. I have seen it clearly. I have ascended the throne for thirty-one years. This scene of celestial phenomena is similar to when Emperor Huai was forced by Yuan Shu thirty-two years ago. Sometimes, the destiny of heaven really cannot be ignored."

After Liu Bei finished stargazing under Zhuge Liang's explanation, he felt that his whole spirit had been pulled away again.

But I became even more relieved, as if I could let go of everything. While my mentality became worse, my mentality was improving.

He waved his hand and signaled that all the palace maids on both sides to retreat, leaving only Li Su and Zhuge Liang nearby.

Li Su advised him that it was too cold outside, so Liu Bei asked someone to bring a circle of braziers and screens, but refused to go back to the house. He would lie on his back and look at the starry sky, asking a few doubts that he had never figured out over the years.

"My brother, don't worry about my body. I am overly sad, not a disease of wind and cold. This little cold is not a problem. I haven't had a few days since I have some questions, so I still want to ask about them, so I have a good idea.

I know that my brother must have some taboos on weekdays, fearing the suspicion of the king, and not willing to say everything. Now, we should be completely unscrupulous. There are no palace maids and eunuchs here, so we can leave my mouth and get into my ears."

Li Su: "I have never been scruples, and your Majesty does not have to be too careful."

Liu Bei nodded slightly: "Then tell me, can the great man really count the boundless? Is it really an eternal truth that can be controlled for thousands of years?"

Li Su had some words that could not be said, so he avoided the important ones: "The Han Dynasty has been more than four hundred years, and despite the twists and turns, it will eventually become turbulent. In the next few hundred years, it is impossible to say that there will be no more twists and turns. But the Han Dynasty will always solve the dilemma in various ways, change the system, and keep pace with the times. The Han people are there, and the Han Dynasty is naturally there.

As for the blessings of the palace, I only summarize the principles of heaven and man, and I dare not say that my family’s words can be managed for thousands of years.”

Liu Bei waved his hand: "At this time, what are the etiquette and taboos? I will ask the key point directly: What is the reason for this palace to be blessed? People's hearts and human natures are combined to secretly combine to be blessed? Don't tell me what history is used to learn from, and give examples of ancient people to support it. What I want to listen to is the ultimate truth of human nature."

Liu Bei put aside the facts and wanted to talk about psychological reasoning, but he had never been exposed to psychology and did not know those terms. But Liu Bei knew that only the answers in this aspect could make him feel at ease.

Li Su also knew that if he didn't give some materialistic philosophical analysis that was truly high-level and completely practical, he wouldn't be able to get through it. Fortunately, Liu Bei was like this now, so let him feel at ease.

As for the answer, Li Su does have it - he studied political and historical philosophy in his previous life, analyzed the underlying principles of various orthodox theories, including the blessing of the palace, and interpreted them with the materialistic view of history. That was all done.

After more than 30 years of coming to this world, Li Su himself has also interpreted, processed, meditated, and carried out in-depth and easy-to-understand localization transformation.

So he thought about all this very thoroughly, and this is the foundation of his life.

Li Suling, after he sorted out his thoughts, he calmly said: "It is necessary to listen to the principles of heaven and man's heart. I will not talk about those big words today. There is blessing in the palace, so I can say it in another way, "The inevitability and twists and turns of the progress of history."

In ancient times, the feudal period was divided into ancient times, and today's counties were bustling with the world. For thousands of years, they always moved forward, making the people more independent and exploited by the king and father. As for every land annexation, warlords fought in a melee and reunite the rich and poor, they were all like this. This is the so-called historical inevitable progress.

But everyone has the heart to imitate and pursue profit. It is said that when you see the virtuous, you will reflect on yourself when you see the virtuous. Will those who fail to succeed will be willing to do so when you see others succeed? It is certainly not possible, so the timid will follow, and the bold will start a new job and imitate independently.

Therefore, every time there is an epoch-making advancement of the system, the first person who recommends it will not die well and cannot see its long-term interests in a stable manner.

Qin Shihuang first established counties and counties, and became emperors. The old and old people in the world would think: This is OK, why not me?

The world suffered from Qin for a long time. Chen She first rebelled against Qin and raised the sect as a banner. Then the military officials and Han Guang followed him one after another, all thought that "King Chen She, and I will also get the king."

Therefore, if anyone who changes the direction of history is impatient, the time is not yet ripe and is killed by the counterattack of the previous generation. Even if he is not impatient, as long as he is the first to take action, he will succeed temporarily. The imitators will divide it up.

So no matter whether the time is about to take action or it is just right, they will die in the end. Because their behavior will make the ambitious people in the world feel that "I can imitate this, so can I do it."

What history hates the most is that the stage where it is simply imitated and repeated and can be imitated is the rapid and chaotic iteration stage of history, and it cannot be a stable stage.

If history is to have a stable stage, the key is to go up the house and pull up the ladder, exterminate the possibility of imitation by following followers, so that imitation can benefit from this and form patents.

Therefore, only those who are slow to move, their patterns cannot be imitated, because you have to have someone seeking death to help him complete the first initiative, and the first initiative is strong enough and in place, he can follow the local success. No one can complete the local success by himself alone, and history has entered a stable stage.

Therefore, I have concluded in private that the progress of history has necessity and twists and turns. Necessity is where the truth itself is, and the goal that the people of the world are aimed at.

The twists and turns are to screen out the ambitious people and allow society to transition from a stable state that cannot be imitated by one successful model to a stable state that cannot be imitated by another successful model.”

If the "possibility of imitation" is not cut off, there will be continuous usurpation and abdication of the Six Dynasties of Wei, Jin, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, or frequent armed forces to seize power in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou and Song.

Li Su wore the blessings of Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru's palace for thirty years, and finally took off his destiny and virtue. The remaining philosophical principles are actually the theory of historical inevitability and twists and turns of historical materialism.

If it weren't for Liu Bei's death, Li Su would never have told him.

After hearing this, Liu Bei's eyes suddenly became a little hollow, his pupils shrank several times, and he let out a long sigh: "So... to put it bluntly, it's so. Although it's not that sacred, I feel more at ease. Well, my descendants have their own opportunities. The great man has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is nothing to worry about."

...

Liu Bei was not so dramatic that he had gone through his heart disease that day. He just became able to eat and sleep, and his condition was still in a flash, and he had to hold on for several more days.

Until halfway through September, one day nearing late month, he had been stationed in the northeast. In recent years, Zhao Yun, who had been leading his troops to maintain the local area and cleared the nomadic remnants, finally rushed back to Luoyang with ease.

Liu Bei had not seen the most trusted and still alive general under his command, of course he was still worried.

Guan and Zhang, who are higher than Zhao Yun, are no longer there, and Ma Huang, who are lower than Zhao Yun, are gone. Xu Huang, who is even lower than Zhao Yun, has also been plagued by illness for a long time (Xu Huang died of illness in history in 227 years)

If Liu Bei wants to trust a military general to entrust his military affairs, he naturally must be Zhao Yun. Who made Zhao Yun's status and military merits in this life far from comparable to the same period in history?

As the General of the Cavalry, he not only made many contributions in the Unification War, but also completed the great cause of the last blow to the Xianbei in the Hanhai and Langjuxu.

Before, Guan Yu was still there and there was no time for the position above. It was impossible to promote Zhao Yun. Now he has to entrust his orphans. The three older generation brothers are leaving in just nine months, and the rest must be upgraded to another level.

Zhao Yun is not as old as mentioned in the Romance. When he followed Liu Bei in 187, he was just in his prime, so he was fifty-nine this year.

After rushing to Luoyang, he headed straight to the Deyang Palace of the Imperial Palace and paid homage to Liu Bei.

The hall was filled with ministers, all of whom were given mats and knelt and waited. There were only three or five of the highest-ranking ones standing in front of them and waiting for instructions.

Liu Bei was also kind. He knew that the people below could wait for him and didn't know when he could wait. If he kept standing, it would be tiring. Maybe he would make a mistake, so he gave him a mat.

As for kneeling, the Han Dynasty people were like this before.

In recent years, people like Li Su felt uncomfortable and began to gradually improve Hu Tang, allowing the Han people to develop a new sitting position. However, in formal occasions such as the palace hall, they still have to kneel down.

Zhao Yun also passed the ministers and walked directly to Liu Bei. He glanced slightly and noticed that Li Su and Zhuge Liang were standing next to him. In addition, Liu Li, who had just been the crown prince for two years, knelt in front of Liu Bei and listened to his father's teachings.

The prince knelt down, but the minister stood, which was considered a courtesy. Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and was about to lean over, but Liu Bei stopped him when he saw it: "Zilong comes closer."

Liu Bei grabbed Zhao Yun's hand and slapped a few times: "I and my ministers and my brothers raised an army to support the Han Dynasty. The world has been like more than 30 years. The six Dukes of Zhongxing are only half of them, and only three of them are left.

I have nothing to say about entrusting my affairs. I have to say anything more. I will manage military and military forces in daily life and intimidate the rebellion in the border areas. I will give you the title of General today. As for the general of the country, you will follow Boya's orders in the future."

Zhao Yun brought armor on his back and could only bow down: "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness for your understanding."

Liu Bei called Li Su again: "My brother is the wisest man, and his virtuous man is the best, and his wisest saints have never been through this in ancient and modern times. He will definitely be able to understand the law of perpetual governance for thousands of years, and eliminate separatist, relatives, eunuchs, and aristocratic families and other stubborn diseases.

If you have gains in the future, even if you implement them, you will limit the power of the monarch so that the unfilial descendants of the future will not act recklessly. I know that it is all for the long-term good of the Han Dynasty."

Li Su was also a little moved: "Your Majesty is too worried, so you will not be able to do this."

Liu Bei nodded and ordered Zhuge Liang the third time: "Boya looked at his general principles, did not care about the detailed policy, checked for omissions and made up for shortcomings, and he also had to rely on his nephew to worry."

Finally, he asked the crown prince Liu Li to walk forward and touched Liu Li's head and explained: "You are engaged in the affairs with the Prime Minister, and you are like your father."

That night, Liu Bei died in Deyang Palace at the age of 66.

After living more than three years in history, he actually lived to the lifespan of Cao Cao in history. After Li Su noticed this, he was also very sad.

In the nine months since Guan Yu, Liu, Guan and Zhang did not suffer much, which means that an era has turned over.

In the last three months of Zhangwu's thirty-one year, the court did not do anything, and everything was the same as before, even the funeral was held, and the year name was not yet time to change.

By the beginning of the second year, the grief of the whole country had almost dispersed. Under the leadership of Li Su, Liu Li was given a new year name according to the rule of one lifetime and one yuan.

The court's major policies and ideas were nothing more than to stop using troops from external forces, prevent internal instability caused by excessive territory, and focus on digesting the land that Liu Bei conquered in his later years.

After all, Mobei and Shachehua Lazimo have only been conquered for four and two years respectively, and there are still many old and young people. To ensure that these remote areas are not re-centrifuged due to the replacement of the Han emperor, there is already a lot of work to do.

In fact, several military disasters occurred in the local area, which were similar to the Meng Huo Rebellion after Liu Bei's death in history.

Fortunately, the court had a general Zhao Yun coordinated the troops, and Li Su had the final say in all the national policies and policies, and these things were settled within two or three years. This was the last contribution Zhao Yun made to the Han Dynasty before he retired from old age and retired.

In the end, because Zhao Yun lived for a long time and made a long period of meritorious service, the fiefdom passed to his descendants was slightly higher than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, reaching fifteen counties, and was regarded as the largest duke in the fiefdom second only to Li Su.

The fiefdom area he actually controlled spans Liaoji and even reaches a corner of it into the Vladivostok and Tumenjiangkou areas of later generations belonging to the Maoist country, Beibang country.

The only regret is that the Parthians, who were originally used as gun envoys by the Great Han, were finally destroyed by the Persian Sassanid tribe two years after Liu Bei's death because the Great Han army was unable to maintain international order.

The Han did not make direct losses, but he also lost the excuse to continue to interfere in the Central Asian issue, and also lost the allies who raised food and grass for the Han Dynasty and invited the Han Dynasty to peacekeeping.

From then on, the world's civilized world entered the period of the Han Dynasty, Sassanid, Rome, and Kushan Empire, as well as some small countries in India and North Africa and Egypt.

In the past ten years, the Han Dynasty entered a period of prosperity that was similar to the Wenjing rule in other aspects, but in terms of industrial science and technology and geographical discovery, it was even more prosperous.

The military contraction and stable, the light taxes and taxes in the internal affairs have made the imperial examinations clearer and the flow of talents has been smoother. Industrial and technological and trade exchanges are highly prosperous, and American crops and Australian eucalyptus used to make panacea oil have also gradually spread to the Central Plains at the frequency of discovering a new variety every few years.

(Eucalyptus leaf oil in eucalyptus is one of the three main components of tropical insecticides such as Panjin Oil. Only with eucalyptus leaf oil can the safety of tropical colonization be completely improved.

However, planting eucalyptus trees has its disadvantages, so Li Su did not directly plant it in the Central Plains. He only introduced it from Australia to Luhannan Island, which is the Philippines, and then directly harvested the eucalyptus oil and then transported it back to the Central Plains through sea trade.)

Chocolate, corn, potatoes, peppers, pumpkin, tomatoes, peanut oil... Over the past ten years, enriched the countryside of the Han people, further increased the population in the world, and saved them from hunger.

In Liu Bei's later years, the population size of the Han Dynasty remained at around 35 million - it would have grown faster, but it was mainly because of the introduction of new infectious diseases by geographical discoveries and exchanges, which always suppressed the lifespan of the population and offset some of the natural growth.

However, in the 230s, as the suppression effect of infectious diseases gradually weakened, Li Su also limitedly promoted one or two immune and epidemic prevention technologies that he knew, such as smallpox. Crops in America gradually became popular, and population growth was finally a little uncontrollable.

It soon exceeded 40 million, and later approached 50 million. After Liu Bei, Li Su was in power and had 16 years of regent, and was extremely honored. Liu Li really respected him sincerely without any resentment.

By the age of seventy, Li Su, who was good at health, retired completely and returned to the fiefdom of Kuaiji County, Yangzhou to spend several years in his later years. Finally, he lived until he was 73 years old. In 245 AD and 452 AD, he lived with Confucius, nineteen years later than Liu Bei.

Because Zhuge Liang had good liver protection in this life and was not so tired of health care, he lived to be 84 years old, which was thirty years longer than in history, until 265 AD and 472 AD.

Because of Zhuge Liang's longevity, he even lived longer than Emperor Liu Li, so that Emperor Liu Li, who was more than teenager younger than him, walked ahead of him and entrusted him to assist in the administration. Of course, there is no longer the so-called "entrusting orphans" trait, after all, the world is already peaceful.

The 30 years when Li Su and Zhuge Liang were fully responsible for the regent was the golden period of absolute internal affairs development after the Third Restoration of the Han Dynasty. All science, education and culture were flourishing, and social productivity had almost fully developed to the level of later generations in the 16th century.

Muskets and cannons, new generations of steelmaking technology and machining technology, which should have appeared in the Age of Discovery, have all appeared. In the past, the shortcomings left by the key development in the war years were just key development, and under the natural promotion of the market prosperity, they spontaneously made up for the shortcomings.

The population of the Han Dynasty reached 60 million in 245 in Li Su's later years. By the 265 years of Zhuge Liang's later years, it reached 80 million.

...

After Zhuge Liang, the Han Dynasty did not establish a prime minister again, but everyone also formed a tacit understanding of the rule of power. They rely on enlightened imperial examinations to maintain social mobility, and the stable rule period was naturally far better than before.
To be continued...