After Fan Zhi and Zheng Wei left, Zhang Mai became more and more irritable. At the beginning, he didn't know why he was irritable, and his thoughts kept beating, thinking of many things and many people.

At sunset and night falls, Ma Xiaochun brings dinner, but Zhang Mai is not sure about the taste.

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During the Eastern Expedition of the Tang Army in Anxi, there were dangers everywhere, but life was so happy and heroic at that time!

Zhang Mai, Lao Guo and Lao Yang, and Xiao Guo Xiao Yang can both entrust everything they have to do. Not to mention military power, even their lives can be entrusted! When Lao Guo thinks that Zhang Mai is more suitable and handing over his supreme leadership, he has no other words, and even using his life as the price of the rear end is willing to accept it.

At that time, everyone took this for granted, but as the eastern expedition was approaching infinitely, why did some things mutate?

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Zhang Mai recalled the past step by step...

During the Tang Army in Anxi, the supreme power of the Tang army was not tempting. The leaders of the Tang army in Anxi were more tired than the soldiers. The battle was always on the front line, and the danger was not less than that of the soldiers, but they were not necessarily more enjoyable than ordinary people. But now, all this has become a thing of the past. A huge empire spanning more than ten thousand miles was gradually formed. In the foreseeable future, if you have mastered the supreme power of the Tiance Tang Dynasty, you have mastered the greatest power in the world!

After taking this power, they will also have everything - money, beauty, land, famous horses, treasures, as long as they want, they can get it.

If Zhang Mai wants, he can turn Qianli Grassland into his own private hunting ground, build a brilliant palace with gold, jewelry and jade, and build a large harem with beauties of all races.

Now Zhang Mai didn't do this, but after he ordered the southern region, the lands of several states in northern Shaanxi became unmanned forbidden zones. No matter what the purpose was, this is power. It is something more crazy in this world than money, beauties, land, famous horses, and treasures. For this thing, people can be unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, unrighteous, betrayal, shameless, and do whatever they want!

This is also the reason why Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu have always asked for the establishment of the ritual system. Behind the establishment of the ritual system is the establishment of identity, the establishment of identity, which is the establishment of political order. After Liu Bang conquered the world, he had no culture, so he gave the establishment of political order to Shu Sun Tong, the master of Confucianism. Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu wanted to be Shu Sun Tong, but unfortunately Zhang Mai was not Emperor Gaozu of Han.

Zhang Mai has Zhang Mai's ideas. He doesn't read much history books, but after all, he is not a pavilion leader next to Huai Si. He has traveled thousands of years and has the vision and ideas that people of this era do not have.

The country he wanted to establish was not a country that Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu could reach; the world that he wanted to change was not a world that Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu could imagine.

But at this moment, history is as stubborn as an old man who refuses to make any changes. He put a barrier that was supposed to lie in front of Zhao Song in front of Zhang Mai.

The old guy seemed to be saying to Zhang Mai in a gloomy voice: Do you want to get the world of time and space? Then follow the inertia of history and follow the rules that this time and space should have!

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Zhang Mai did not understand history, and his experience of rebirth and expedition made his life different from others. He did not have high requirements for many things, but this was not his noble character. But for him, some things were not that important.

On the way back to the east, Lao Guo and Lao Yang told him many historical stories - of course, it was mainly from the Tang Dynasty. Apart from the Tang Dynasty, these two old martial artists did not know much about history. After arriving in Hexi, with the addition of a group of intellectuals in the Central Plains, such as Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu, they often told Zhang Mai about the past history. In this era, "Zizhi Tongjian" had not appeared yet, but Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu themselves were two walking bookcases. They told Zhang Mai in particular in detail from the Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasties, to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, especially the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and especially after the Anshi Rebellion.

Then Zhang Mai, who did not understand history, discovered a very interesting phenomenon: almost all dynasties corrected the drawbacks of the previous dynasty, but in the process of correcting, they always fell into another drawback.

For example, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the people who suffered a lot were eager for the emergence of a great unification. The division of the world became a sin, and the end of the melee became a consensus. Therefore, the great unification appeared, but followed by an unprecedented ecology, which not only unified the country, but also unified the spirit, and no longer had free and lively academic controversy; for example, after the Middle Tang Dynasty, warlord separatism caused the country to fall into endless suffering, and the people of the entire country lost the minimum trust of the warriors, "Martial servants are dangerous", and restricting the power of warriors is also becoming a consensus. Therefore, in the historical process where Fan Zhi still knew but Zhang Mai was very clear, a cowardly Song Dynasty, whose military man had no status and was ruled by scholars, would be established. From then on, soldiers lost their power, but the country also lost real soldiers.

Once bad things are formed, they are difficult to break; once good things are lost, they are extremely difficult to recover.

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In fact, Zhang Mai had already noticed the rumors this time, but he was afraid that some people who were interested abroad would push them. Although the lethality of the rumors would not appear so quickly, this decisive battle may not be greatly affected.

But these thoughts spread. After the war, how would he get along with Yang Yi and how would Yang Yi return to the center? With the suspicion of a master of great success, would he go to the abyss step by step under the suspicion of the crowd? Or would the Khitan be destroyed and then died in the army?

"Ayi, is your body also affected by this?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Mai felt sorry for Yang Yi!

He fought to the death in front of him, but someone pulled his hind legs in the back.

But this is not someone who pulls Yang Yi’s back, but a certain “thinking”!

A kind of "thought" that erodes deep into everyone's hearts, a kind of thought that even Zheng Wei and even Yang Dingguo cannot get rid of, and a kind of thought that even Yang Yi himself has-

Yang Yi has the strength to rebel, and Yang Yi has the possibility of rebellion. Yang Yi, who has the possibility of rebellion, becomes the greatest danger! The greatest danger must be curbed, or even restrained at all costs!

——This is their logic, a political program that never says it but suppresses everything!

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Any power must be restricted, Zhang Mai agreed, but in this unexpressed political platform, a deep fear was revealed. The fear was so desperate! Otherwise, these rumors would not have emerged on the eve of the decisive battle of the country.

Zhang Mai naturally thought more: if this idea continues to develop, it will not only curb military generals who have become a climate - it is to wait until the fire is ready to put out the fire; the safest way is to "prevent the problem from escalating", and use the power of the system to eliminate dangerous sparks at the source.

A strong country comes from a strong general, a strong general comes from a strong army, and a strong army comes from a strong people. The foundation of the long-term way lies in the weak people! Without external enemies, the people are weak and the king will be at peace.

There is no dynasty in the world that exists forever. There is no ever-present regime in history. The Han and Song dynasties were destroyed. However, in the late Han dynasty, separatist warlords rely on only one corner to suppress foreign tribes, while the Song dynasty, which was still in a unified way, had no power to fight back in the humiliation of foreign tribes!

Historians commented: The country always perishes because of its weakness, while the Han Dynasty alone perishes because of its strength!

Because even if the Han Dynasty is disabled, she is still a man. Even if the motherly Da Song is both hands and feet, she is just a woman!

The deeper Zhang Mai thinks, the more he feels suppressed!

At this intersection, where should I go?

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In fact, Zhang Mai didn’t know what to do! He knew even better than anyone else how to do it!

The simplest and easy way is to "rest with peace" at this stage according to Fan Zhi. Don't pay attention to it and just pretend that the so-called rumors do not exist.

Zhang Mai was sure that Yang Yi would not rebel! With his prestige, he should be able to ensure that the chariot of Tiance will drive until after the victory of the decisive battle, and after the unification of the world, he will learn from Song Taizu to "release military power with a cup of wine", and raise Guo Luo, Yang Yi, Xue Fu, Shi Ba, and Guo Wei with all the wine and beauties.

But after taking the first step, the tone of domination is certain, and the next step is probably uncontrollable.

What we have to do is to separate soldiers and generals, advance civil and retreat, rotate officers, completely destroy soldiers' ambitions...

Then we should prevent the problem from escalating and use civil servants to maintain the unification of the Zhang family’s rule for generations!

Why use civil officials to curb military generals?

Because the scholar failed to rebel for three years, because the general rebelled and rebelled.

So when political facts separate a country into two parts: monarch and minister, what the monarch really wants to curb is not a warrior, but a subordinate! It is everyone except the emperor!

In this process, Fan Zhi, Wei Renpu and others will definitely establish a political order for themselves, including the monarch, minister and minister. In order to maintain the harmony and stability of the dynasty, the imperial examination will prosper as in "historical". The Jinshi exam will replace the expansion of territory and become the highest honor of the people of the country.

But isn’t this the Song Dynasty?

This is history!

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Zhang Mai seemed to see that the stubborn old man named "history" sneered in the air. He kept bewitching Zhang Mai and told him: What exists is reasonable, what I chose is the best answer, don't resist, ascend to the throne obediently, put on a yellow robe and become a founding emperor, pass on the country of flowers for hundreds of years, and become a beautiful wave in history.

What a safe road, what a bright future!

But why do I feel unhappy?

Zhang Mai felt that the old guy's eyes were a little cold, and he felt that he was falling into a dark net.

He was almost certain that behind this sweet superficially, there must be an undetectable trap, but it was difficult for him not to accept it - accept the best path that the stubborn old man in the sky designated for him.

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The night became deeper and deeper, without stars or moon, probably covered by large clouds. In the absolute darkness, Zhang Mai seemed to see that stubborn old guy using its unique way to lure him back to "right track"!

Walking with the trend can make Zhang Mai’s next path easier. If he goes against the trend, he will probably pay a huge price!

The deeper I think about it, the more confused Zhang Mai becomes. Those black nets are like real existence, filling the entire space. Zhang Mai instinctively wants to resist, but feels very powerless.

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At the third update, Ma Xiaochun begged Zhang Mai not to think about it anymore. He slept well before talking, but the reply he received was Zhang Mai beaten up and then rushed out of the door.

The more you want to dispel those hateful shadows, the more you want to disperse them, your hands will naturally create another shadow.

I knew there was a trap, but I had to jump in. I knew there were hidden dangers, but it could not be solved.

More importantly, that was not what Zhang Mai wanted. What he wanted was simple, even rude, and he wanted to be masculine or even violent, rather than falling into an elegant, complex, tactful, feminine power struggle network that could not extricate himself.

"I want Han and Tang dynasties! I don't want Song Qing!"

He didn't want to see Guo Luo servile to him. He didn't want a man like Yang Yi to be broken by imperial power. He didn't want a man like Xi Sheng to be described as a loyal minister who served in the Zhang family in the Twenty-Four Histories.

Xi Sheng did not pay blood for the Zhang family's throne, Yang Yi was not fighting for the Zhang family. Everyone was not fighting for the purpose of kneeling on the ground one day!

Everyone fought hard all the way back. What they wanted was the manly Han and Tang dynasties, but why did they have to walk into the arms of a girl, the Song Dynasty in the end!

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Zhang Mai remembered the past and present lives he had experienced, the history of ancient and modern times, the history of China and abroad known in the past and present lives, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Britain, France, Germany and America, the Emperor Qin Shihuang, ancient Rome, Japan, and the Qing Dynasty... and the relationship between the government and the people under various countries and the history of various countries.

Why are some regimes not afraid of the rebellion of the people below?

Why are some regimes so afraid of the rebellion below?

Why is this government so worried that the people will rebel in this era!

Zhang Mai burped his throat and almost moaned, saying to himself: "Is it because the country is not right?"

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I don’t know when it was, but I heard Ma Xiaochun sobbing outside the door: “Why did things turn out like this? Why! If only... I could go back to the past, I would be better if I could go back to the past as simple as it was.”

Going back to the past? Simple?

Yes, at that time, there were no monarch and ministers, and even no superiors and subordinates. Everyone was brother, comrade, and brothers.

It is this simplicity that allows them to have the power to sweep the world! It is with this power that they travel thousands of miles and swallow the Western Regions.

Go back to the past! Can you go back to the past?

Zhang Mai further thought: If I had to stick to my original intention and if I had to stick to the most original approach, what would I get? What would I lose?

If Yang Yi really rebels, what would the worst consequences be if Yang Yi succeeded in rebelling!
To be continued...