Chapter 2410
Face
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Everyone has different wills and insights, but those who can sit in this position still have some sense in their hearts. At least they know that they should maintain due respect when facing such colleagues.
It is better to have less trouble than more. No one likes to have extra opponents and make his or her political career more embarrassing.
Therefore, without Liu Tong's words, no one else would stop the expressions and preferences of Kabechi and others, the surprise and enthusiasm they revealed.
Some of the old ministers still have some ideas and concepts that are stuck in their old ways. They looked at Kabechi and others with a look of pity.
The foreigners are really ignorant. If the people outside are all at this level, then there is no need to say more. The future will definitely be bright.
In the past one or two years, those who have been able to attend state banquets have more or less understood the foreign environment.
Whether it is rumors or hearsay, the true and false information itself contains information, so everyone's understanding of foreign intelligence is still quite high.
But after all, what you hear is not as good as what you see. Even if there are precedents, it does not mean that it can absolutely attract people's hearts.
At a time when family power is expanding rapidly, facing a more distant goal, how many people can put down the candy in their mouths and pursue treasures that they don’t know whether they can obtain.
Some people who have ideas may seem hesitant to take action due to their confusion about the enemy's strength.
For family forces or princes' forces, self-knowledge is relatively easy, because there are a lot of people analyzing themselves from various angles, and they can even find other families' analysis of themselves from other families.
It can be said that if the person in charge of a family does not understand his own family itself, this family will most likely not be ranked in the country.
If one is not valued by his colleagues, then his own abilities are not that strong.
Knowing yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. When you know your own strength but don't know the strength of your enemy, how many people in a family-based force can ignore the consequences?
Therefore, border figures like Cabecchi, or people who originally came from foreign countries, are also a source of intelligence collection.
Especially since these people are quite capable and have demonstrated a good level, what they say is more trustworthy.
So much so that after this state banquet, the popularity of Cabbage and others increased significantly.
From initially no one paying attention to the subsequent banquets that continued.
And Cabecchi had no objection to this situation, and was even happy to see it happen. In the process, he revealed a lot of information about the Parthian Empire, but did not mention a word about the Yuezhi.
In Kabechi's view, contact with these people would allow for a certain degree of information sharing and political gain, and would also be beneficial to subsequent contact with the princesses of the Han Empire.
As for the intelligence about the Parthian Empire, it was worthless. Even if it was intelligence that other colleagues had worked hard to obtain, it was just that insignificant in Kabechi's eyes.
For the princess, this kind of information can be thrown away casually.
It is for this reason that many people have a deeper understanding of the Parthian Empire, the overlord of Central Asia. With a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural way of life, a population of tens of millions, and a vast territory, it is known as a country on horseback.
The royal family and the seven great nobles controlled most of the military power, economy and land of the Parthian Empire, and the rest was occupied by some small nobles. As for ordinary civilians, they basically had no say, but they were unique in business and had a strong ability to obtain economic benefits.
It can be said that through Cabernet’s explanation, the noble families living in Chang’an have a deep understanding of this empire.
"So that's how it is. A nomadic lifestyle, a half-farming and half-nomadic way of life?" Xun Shuang of the Xun family, combined with the information released by the major families and the foreign intelligence obtained from his own family members, had a very deep understanding of the Parthian Empire.
However, even though he understood, Xun Shuang still looked at Sima Fang with some displeasure. He put on his elder's airs without hesitation and said directly, "To be able to get such detailed information, you must have been planning for a long time. Think about the silk collected last year. You should know more than this. If it weren't for the recent appearance of a Kabeqi guy in Chang'an, how long would you have been busy? This seems to be against the rules..."
When Sima Fang heard what Xun Shuang said, he nodded awkwardly, acknowledging what Xun Shuang said.
On this point, Sima Fang really had no words to refute and could only take on these questions forcefully.
No one, including Sima Fang himself, had ever thought that his son was so capable.
Not long after coming into contact with the Parthian Empire, he began to plan and plot for the Parthian Empire. His courage and boldness were worthy of being a genius that had not appeared in the Sima family for a hundred years.
Of course, if it were just courage and boldness, it would not be worthy of this evaluation, but in Xun Shuang's opinion, there was nothing wrong with the direction of Sima Yi's planning.
Moreover, even if this novel method is applied in China, most families cannot withstand it. If they are really plotted against, they will suffer a lot if they don’t die.
However, this calculation also has a typical characteristic, which Xun Shuang understood after understanding the whole process.
"Zhongda's plan is indeed excellent, but he cares too much about his face. He wastes time due to hesitation in many places. There is obviously a faster way, but he doesn't use it..." Xun Shuang directly pointed out the shortcomings of Sima Yi's plan in front of Sima Fang.
When Sima Fang heard this, he forced a smile on his face, but he couldn't help feeling embarrassed in his heart.
Is face important?
Of course it’s important! At least it’s very important within their circle.
Is it still important when facing the Parthian Empire? Under normal circumstances, it is indeed dispensable.
However, only with the support of the Han Empire can such plans and plots be carried out. Even if one does not consider one's own face, one must also consider the face of the Han Empire. After all, the Han Empire is now very powerful. If something really goes wrong, the Sima family will not be able to bear it.
Why did the Yang family in Chang'an catch fire?
Even if other families don’t know, how could Sima Fang not know?
After all, he also contributed a lot in it. If the Yang family had not been decisive enough, he would have suffered a lot that time.
Huo Huo could do it himself, but Sima Fang asked himself if he dared to bring the Han Empire along with him.
Among all the people present, I guess only Xun Shuang would be completely fine if he said so. (End of this chapter)