CHAPTER 1092: CHAPTER 1048: PAINFUL ADJUSTMENT

Although there are indeed quite a few bandits and rebel soldiers in Jizhou, and there is indeed some collusion between officials and bandits as was often the case in ancient times, under the slaughter of Liu Bei’s large army, basically no few bandits can last for such a long time.

The large-scale bandits that appeared after the great battle between Yuan and Liu have basically been destroyed under the army’s slaughter, and various mining pits and construction sites are now in need of this kind of energetic young and strong men capable of dealing with bandits.

"By the way, how come Zilong hasn’t returned yet?" Liu Ye suddenly remembered and asked.

"It’s not Zilong’s problem. Our original plan was for Xianhe to perform a sacrifice at Mount Tai after the first snow and to publish the source of characters and Myriad Laws, but now some unexpected situations have arisen, and it’s become a stalemate there," Jia Xu explained. This matter is indeed not Zhao Yun and Jian Yong’s problem.

"When will the family relocate? It’s almost the New Year, there’s not much free time throughout the year, we cannot keep living separate like this," Chen Xi said with dissatisfaction.

"Don’t you still have a Third Lady?" Guo Jia suddenly chimed in, leaving everyone stunned before bursting into laughter.

"I’m already having a headache; don’t bring this up," Chen Xi shook his head and said. "Can Xianhe handle it after all, how much more is needed for the source of characters and the dictionary? How did it end up like this? If not, let’s first bring the family over. I haven’t even seen my daughter since her birth."

"I haven’t seen my son either," Liu Bei sighed and said, "I don’t even know how he’s doing now."

Others also felt somewhat touched, and couldn’t help but fall into silence. But after all, Fenggao is their birthplace. Whether due to political reasons or personal sentiments, they must leave something behind, just tossing things over the wall after use is too damaging to character.

"What on earth are they arguing about?" Liu Ye asked in some confusion. There is expertise in specialization, and he didn’t know much about Jian Yong’s specialty, but what puzzled him was why the bickering took so long.

"The reason for the bickering is simple. Because characters themselves simplify with development, in this era, some characters are both simplified and unsimplified and are in use. The argument now is about which is the orthodox!" Chen Xi took a sip of tea and said with an expression of helplessness. Such bickering will definitely lead to a battle once the dictionary is released!

"Just don’t know approximately how long this will take," Li You murmured. A good thing has been turned into this.

"Let them bicker for now, there’s no rush. Zilong in Fenggao can also keep people settled for a while," Liu Bei nodded after listening, "Since Xianhe can’t make a decision for a while, let Zilong bring the family here first, settle this matter before next year’s sacrificial offering to the soldiers!"

Obviously, Chen Xi’s complaints made Liu Bei plan to bring over the family in advance. As for the release of the source of characters and the dictionary, it can only be postponed. But one thing is unavoidable, which is Liu Bei’s previous promise to never forget to offer one incense stick’s time to the heroic spirits each year, he will naturally go at that time.

"This year’s end is finally somewhat relaxed, every day in these years has been prepared for the war, this time is considered somewhat easy, and relatively speaking, this time the civil officials and military generals are all here," Li You suddenly shifted the topic, looking at Liu Bei and said, and everyone instantly understood what Li You meant.

Liu Bei slightly nodded. He already understood what Li You was implying. Thinking back to these years really wasn’t easy, although each day was getting better, but there really wasn’t much free time.

Because as soon as Li You spoke, Liu Bei drew more thoughts from it, then smiled and said to everyone, "You just have to rest assured, it’s better to enjoy together than alone, at that time I will remember to bring you all, Zijing count our current money and grain, as well as meat reserves."

Lub Su opened his mouth to report the figures, Liu Bei made a slight estimate and had a plan in his mind, ready to execute his thoughts.

Then everyone exchanged some opinions and then left one by one.

At this time, the aristocratic families clearly had no intention of leaving either, they also needed to bicker a bit, as for Yuan Shu and Jii Ling, they probably already reached Liaodong by now, seemingly trapped in the swirling snow there. It must be truly difficult for Yuan Shu, that fellow although as a wealthy offspring had some ideas, they were relatively unrealistic.

This time Chen Xi agreed to let him go to the North, to delve into what might be the territory of the Wuhuan people. In reality, he more wanted Yuan Shu to witness reality. In this era due to climatic reasons, the further north, the harder the people’s life, and likewise further south.

Relying on ideals alone is impossible to accomplish, letting Yuan Shu see those people on the social bottom would be greatly beneficial for his future. One could say Yuan Shu’s biggest failure was due to not being down-to-earth, he never really understood the difficulty of people living during the Late Han dynasty.

[The aristocratic family and the common people can never be independent. The consequence of class division is failure. Rising from the bottom, then correcting the errors of the top, letting the bottom have a channel to advance to the top, and letting the top stop rotting through competition, this is the root of stability.]

Looking at the Northern plains that couldn’t be seen, Chen Xi thought silently. He never planned for a big break and reconstruction, to completely smash the existing aristocratic family system within twenty years, such a thought, Chen Xi had long given up.

Reality made Chen Xi learn to compromise. Some things cannot be done just because you want to, in this current social system and in an era where the people’s quality is low, what Chen Xi can do is just this.

However, fortunately, Chen Xi had already gotten through the most difficult period. At least from now on, the aristocratic families are already tacitly accepting the painful adjustments under Liu Bei’s powerful strength, and this is a very good start.

According to Chen Xi’s estimation, this continuous correction and adjustment, although it hurts the interests of the aristocratic families each time, as long as the step is not too big, constrained by Liu Bei’s power and Chen Xi’s sweet incentives, the tolerance of the aristocratic families will be very high, and as time goes by, when the adjustments gradually show effect, the aristocratic families might as well have been turned onto the right path.

The so-called accumulation of soil to form a mountain is just like this, and similarly, the problems of the aristocratic families were not formed in one day. Frozen three feet deep, it didn’t happen in one cold day, wanting a complete transformation of the aristocratic families, Chen Xi’s initial thought was to slowly grind, anyway, he had plenty of time, enough to wait for that day to arrive.

[Gongsun Du, do not disappoint me, opening the passage between Liaodong and Jizhou is very important for you and for us. Once you fail, our side will have to resort to some unconventional tactics.]Chen Xi withdrew his gaze towards the Northeast, thinking silently in his heart. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)