Such benevolence, to ambitious individuals like Cao Cao and Sunx Ce, is naturally a form of humiliation. It is evident that Liu Bei from the very beginning never considered them as opponents. And just like the oath on the altar back in those days, the low murmur echoing through the Great Han Dynasty is: My only opponent is history itself!

Although Liu Bei never explicitly stated that he didn't view Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sunx Ce, and others as rivals, the reality now presented is indeed so. The focus has shifted from the Feudal Lords of the world to the ancient sages transcending history.

As for determining the world with a single battle, the lengthy preparations, and the issue of public approval for the Cao Cao government and Sunx Ce's administration, to be honest, Chen Xi has never paid much heed. Because whether it was Cao Cao or Sunx Ce, as long as Liu Bei was alive, neither would dare to openly announce division. This taboo, except for reckless fools, no one would touch!

The most powerful force in the world, no matter how you put it, belongs to the Liu Clan. The government of the Han Dynasty, at most, could only change an emperor. The world is still that of the Han Dynasty. Even if Cao Cao and Sunx Ce were bold, they wouldn't dare to do something like splitting the land and declaring kingship.

Similarly, as long as Cao and Sunx do not split the land and proclaim kingship, the so-called Cao government and Sunx Ce's government are nothing but jokes. Ultimately, Liu Bei will crush them in one battle. The unified Han Dynasty government will merely change regional officials, without ever needing to worry about so-called public sentiment.

There is no such thing as the Qin State annihilating the Zhao State, it's merely a change of local officials. The Han Dynasty is still the Han Dynasty. Chen Xi does not believe that Zhou Yu and Xun Yu's development policies can be better than theirs. With perspectives two thousand years ahead of their time, if they still get defeated by the ancients in development, might as well hand them a knife for suicide.

Therefore, from start to finish, Chen Xi never cared about the fact that Cao Cao and Sunx Ce were also getting stronger as they were. After all, they were becoming stronger faster and more steadily, leaving more time to preemptively deal with future events.

Currently, the population ratios between Liu Bei and Yuan Tan, Cao Cao, Sunx Ce, which corresponds to the warfare potential during the era of cold weapons, are roughly even. Although a fight is possible, it is not worth it in any way. The war against Yuan Shao simply shouldn't have begun this way. Yet, not all things can go as desired.

Of course, by now, Chen Xi is most certain that historical inertia has been almost completely disrupted by himself, so he became even calmer, methodically stabilizing the internal affairs, continuously developing, and after swallowing Yuan Tan, pushing the war capability ratio directly to over three to two, effortlessly crushing Cao Cao and Sunx Ce.

Similarly, constructing certain projects during the war years is much simpler. At least certain approaches that would not conform to standards, laws, and norms during a peaceful era can be directly implemented, at worst, be a little more aggressive!

Once the construction after finishing domestic affairs is nearly complete, even starting colonization at this point within the Great Han Dynasty could involve tens of millions of people to play with. The major ethnicity Han ethnic group exceeds the major ethnicities of England and France in the eighteenth century. Where could they not start colonization and assimilation? It can just be like drawing circles on the world map!

For this reason, Chen Xi generally kills off any means that would result in large-scale population destruction. In this era, there is no resource more precious than the population. Ordinary civilians lack aggression and capability for colonization, but what about aristocratic families? What about some aristocratic families who can cause great sins that outrage gods and men in their homeland?

Kick them out to wreak havoc in the colonies. There they can cause trouble as much as they want. Even if they plunder the place empty, Chen Xi would be indifferent. If capable, let them attempt to attack Central Plains after a couple of hundred years, Chen Xi just doesn't believe it.

Kicking out a complete top aristocratic family, counting servants and private soldiers, they'd number at least fifty or sixty thousand, enough to colonize a small country. During the Late Han Dynasty, the Great Han Dynasty didn't have many things, but it had plenty of aristocratic families, each with its own school of thought.

Your strengths are similar, your familial teachings conflict, and you are also suppressed within the country. Well, go colonize then!

If capable, transform your familial teachings into the national teachings and doctrines of your colony. Don't you all think your familial teachings are the best? The Great Han Dynasty will allocate each of you a country to prove which one is superior, making you see the vastness beyond the Central Plains.

Are the ideas above not very beautiful? Isn't it possible to solve all problems? Isn't it indeed possible to do so with martial force? Gradually accumulating naval experience will eventually result, won't it? Yet, all these are based on one point, that is—the population!

Without solving the population problem, all these are mere fantasies. Once the population problem is solved, numerous troubles will no longer be troubles. If aristocratic families are dissatisfied, then get lost, get out of Central Plains. If capable, go become the Grassland King. If even more capable, come attempt to attack the Central Plains!

It can be said that Cao Cao and Sunx Ce are Chen Xi's experiments. These two individuals placed in another era would absolutely be hero-level figures. Unfortunately, they collided with this kind of era, with a stronger existence suppressing them thoroughly.

Chen Xi hopes that when Liu Bei's strength expands dramatically, expanding to the point where Sunx Ce and Cao Cao have already realized there's absolutely no chance of victory, yet they themselves, compared to the officials of the Late Han, have indeed made enormous contributions to the people.

In such circumstances, being defeated by Liu Bei is a must, but killing them is not necessary. But if they are not killed, their threat is indeed too great, thus exile becomes the most suitable resolution.

Whether it's Sunx Ce or Cao Cao's charisma, even if defeated, they would surely have countless followers, and among these followers, there are certainly many capable individuals who are, however, restricted by their vision!

Wiping out this bunch of die-hard followers indiscriminately, would definitely be a loss for the entire nation. Within these troublemakers, there must be individuals who could rank in both civil and martial historical rankings. No way around it, the charismatic allure of these two is just that strong, so Chen Xi's idea is exile!

Take your family, take your followers away from the Central Plains, as for where you go, it's none of Chen Xi's business. Provide you people with food for two years, supplies, and a world map with the Central Plains drawn smaller, other areas larger, go out and conquer.

Once you're out of the Central Plains, even if you seize a continent, declare kingship and hegemony, who cares? Once you have seized a base, Chen Xi will then start migrating populace over. If capable, Cao Cao, seize India, I'd appoint you King of India. If Sunx Ce can conquer Australia, then King of Australia can be your title.

Outside the Central Plains, there are many fertile territories, Cao Cao and Sunx Ce to go out and not return would be strange, at most occasionally raise grievances when looking at the moon, then develop thoughts of re-invasion the next day, then return to wielding blades for territory because, for something as tough as the Central Plains, both Zhou Yu and Cao Cao are not fools!

Isn't it often lamented that due to overpopulation, the Central Plains cannot sustain everyone? Come, come, there's a lot more land beyond the Central Plains, if it doesn't work, migrate outwards!

More importantly, Chen Xi ensures that these Han Dynasty people migrated over would definitely become Cao Cao and Sunx Ce's seeds in their future campaigns. According to these two's Great Han orthodoxy theories, the term "barbarians" for those people on the colonies would surely hang over those colonists' heads. (. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)