After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Ailang smiled and said with some emotion: "No wonder the West surpassed us at that time, because we value agriculture and suppress commerce, but they encouraged commerce! In many cases, only commercial means can make the country continue to develop, make desolate places prosperous, and lead the population to those barren places! The result of despising this means can only make its growth momentum reach its limit at a certain point! This is probably the main reason why our Central Plains dynasty always expands to a certain extent and has to shrink its defense! Because the bitter and cold frontiers cannot attract the people of the Central Plains to immigrate, but the people of the border will continue to migrate to prosperous areas in the mainland, which makes the mainland more prosperous and the border more barren. Even if the ambitious and talented emperor wants to expand his territory under such circumstances, it is absolutely commendable! Even if he can maintain the existing border line, it is already valuable!"

Zhuge Liang felt that Ailang's words were very reasonable, so he nodded, and then he became a little strange, because in his opinion, the so-called West is just a barbaric country, how can it be compared with the wealth of the Central Plains? The most powerful one should be the so-called Roman Empire, but the overall national strength is not as good as the Central Plains dynasty. But why did the lord say that it surpassed us? Zhuge Liang was just a person of this era, so naturally he could not understand Ailang's thoughts.

Ailang thought for a while and said to Zhuge Liang: "Kongming, do you think our Central Plains dynasty has made any mistakes?" Zhuge Liang was confused for a while and couldn't help but clasp his fists and said, "Please make it clear by lord?"

Ailang looked at the stars and moon in the distance and said, "Preference." Zhuge Liang was stunned, and then his heart moved. Ailang laughed mockingly and said, "In fact, whether the dynasty is strong, the peace of society, and the loyalty of the people are all centered around the words "interest". Only with sufficient interests can the dynasty be strong; only with sufficient interests can the people feel that life is rich and happy, and only with loyalty to this dynasty, and the society will naturally be peaceful."

What a person Zhuge Liang? Although he was confined to the pitfalls of this era, he didn't understand Ailang's meaning at first, but after hearing Ailang's words, he understood and couldn't help but nodded, "What the lord said is extremely true! The core of governing a country is to create as many benefits as possible and how to distribute these benefits! Interests are so important, but all dynasties, except for the Qin generation, are ashamed to talk about profits and interests, as if once you talk about benefits, you are not a wise lord and wise lord, and you can't govern the country well!

What is benevolence, righteousness, morality, and ritual and music system, they are actually putting the cart before the horse! Even the wise monarch is fascinated by this set of fallacies, let alone mediocre lords! Therefore, except for the founding generations, the entire dynasty has been on the decline at other times! Even if there are occasional so-called revival lords, they are just looking back and unable to turn the tide. As a result, they are difficult to return, and they are finally replaced by a new dynasty! Because almost no one can see the crux of the problem!"

Then Zhuge Liang bowed to Ailang and said with great excitement and admiration: "My wise, my subordinates' long-term confusion has finally been solved!" It turned out that Zhuge Liang had been considering the cycle of prosperity and decline of dynasties in history, but he could not find the answer.

When Ailang saw that the legendary demon Zhuge Liang looked so impressed, he couldn't help but feel relieved and laughed: "Actually, I'm not that powerful either." This is the truth. If Ailang had not come from the 21st century and had nearly two thousand years of experience, he would not be able to say such things even if you beat him to death.

Zhuge Liang looked at Ai Lang with a respectful look. Then another doubt surged into his heart and muttered to himself: "From ancient times to the present, there have been many geniuses of talents and strategies in all dynasties. Hasn't anyone seen this?..." When Yan thought of this, he suddenly looked moved, frowned and nodded, "Yes. It's all because of selfish thoughts! He talked about benevolence, righteousness, morality, ethics, laws and regulations, and it seems that he wanted to restrain the behavior of the people to achieve the goal of peace in the world. In fact, this is just to be worshipped by all the people.

Just sacrifice to the king! This is to satisfy one's own selfishness with the public of the world! The reason why the dynasty declines until it perishes is that the monarch's problem is secondary, mainly because the interests of the royal family and the interests of the people and the entire country are actually in a state of conflict. When this contradiction develops to a level that is finally irreconcilable, it is time for the chaos of changing dynasties to break out! However, the new dynasty has followed the old path, so the cycle of governance and chaos continues to appear, which is not surprising!”

Zhuge Liang was as wise as the sea. After thinking a little, he would understand it and then suddenly became enlightened. Zhuge Liang frowned, and he couldn't help feeling disgusted. He only felt that the benevolence, righteousness and morality that he had always felt was very reasonable suddenly became so ugly! Ai Lang looked at Zhuge Liang with a frown and thoughtful look in a daze. Although he hated benevolence, righteousness and morality, he had never thought so thoroughly as Zhuge Liang. After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, he couldn't help but feel enlightened and opened a new horizon.

Ailang suddenly thought of a question, what should he do after the world is unified? Follow the old path that was the same as before? This is not possible. Even though he knew it was a dead end, how could he still do it? The most important thing is that if he was such an emperor, wouldn’t his dream of taking his wife and children to be free in the mountains and forests never be realized? Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but feel distressed. Even though I was eager to come up with a solution, I felt a pain in my head and couldn’t think of a structure at all.

Ailang couldn't help but become irritated. At this moment, he suddenly had an idea and turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang who was thinking about the problem himself, and smiled and said, "Kong Ming, what kind of country should we build when the world is unified? We must not repeat the same mistakes! This problem must be solved, it is the top priority for our descendants! For the welfare of the world, I can't be an emperor! In fact, it might be better to be a commoner!" Zhuge Liang was very moved, and only felt that Lu Bu was as selfless as the sea of ​​thought, and he didn't know what to say for a while. His admiration for Lu Bu was really like the rolling Yellow River. However, he didn't know that the reason why Ailang said this was just because he was worried that being an emperor in the future would affect his free and happy life plan!

Ailang patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder, and said earnestly as the emperors in the film and television dramas entrusted the important tasks to their subordinates: "You must consider this big thing more in the future! I will hand it over to you!" Zhuge Liang was so flattered when he saw Ailang entrusting such big thing to him, and then he felt infinitely moved. He clasped his fists and bowed with excitement: "I will accept the order! I will live up to my lord's trust!" Ailang nodded with a smile, turned his head to look at the sky, and said: "It's still early, let's go to the street to take a walk!" Zhuge Liang bowed and agreed.

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Early the next morning, Ailang led a large army out of Chang'an and marched west into Meiwu. Soon after, he arrived in Meiwu. Yan Yan, who was in charge of guarding Meiwu, welcomed Ailang and others into Meiwu. In the hall, Yan Yan led the next squad of generals to meet Ailang. Ailang smiled and said, "Everyone doesn't have to be too polite!" The generals thanked and retreated to their respective positions.

Ai Lang looked at Yan Yan and asked, "Have Liu Bei's main force arrived?" Yan Yan clasped his fists and said, "Report to the lord, Liu Bei's main force has not arrived yet! The enemy troops outside the city have not made any movement!"

Ailang felt strange and frowned and said, "Has Liu Bei's main force arrived yet? When did he become so procrastinated?" Zhuge Liang thought, "Chen Cang is not very far from here. Logically, Liu Bei's main force should have arrived long ago..." Ailang looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Kong Ming, is Liu Bei playing something with me?" Zhuge Liang looked at him and said, "My face is not clear, and his fist is at his back and said, "Lord, the enemy situation is unclear. Our army should temporarily take the defensive moment to respond to changes in the same way!" Ailang felt that what Zhuge Liang said made sense, nodded, and immediately issued an order.

Shortly after Ailang led the army to Meiwu, Mao Jie, who was in Chen Cang, received a report. Mao Jie paced back and forth in the tent, looking a little excited and worried. However, these expressions flashed across Mao Jie's face. Mao Jie was not a person who could easily reveal his inner thoughts.

The generals on the side couldn't help but say joyfully: "The military advisor's plan to attack the east and west has been successful!" Another general said worriedly: "Although this is the case, I don't know if we can withstand the fierce attack of the Qin army!" The general who spoke before said confidently: "Don't worry too much! We are fully prepared, and the entire Chen Cang can be said to have become a huge trap! Although the enemy troops are numerous, they will not enter the core defense circle of our army for a month!"

Mao Jie turned around and said to the generals: "Send the order, the army is ready to fight at any time! Send someone to send a message to General Chen Dao, so that he should be careful and don't be wiped out!" The generals responded and withdrew from the tent one after another.

Mao Jie walked out of the tent and looked at the distant sky, and his thoughts couldn't help but fly to Hanzhong. It turned out that at this moment, the real main force led by Liu Bei had actually reached the vicinity of Hanzhong. Liu Bei used the strategy of "to play the east and attack the west" this time.

It had been a day and a night since Ai Lang arrived in Meiwu, but the news from the scouts still said that no main force of Liu Bei was found. Ai Lang couldn't help but get anxious, paced back and forth in the big tent, constantly greeting the women of Liu Bei's family. At this time, the scout sent out hurriedly returned. Seeing this, Ai Lang stopped walking and ran forward and asked anxiously: "How is it? Have you found traces of Liu Bei's army?" The scouts clasped their fists and bowed: "The scouts of the Mo General went south to the steep mountains and ridges, and passed Qishan north, but no trace of the enemy was found! The Mo General's subordinates also asked the local farmers and mountain people, but no one found any troops passing by!"
Chapter completed!