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Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Since ancient times, when the monarch is righteous, the ministers are wise. Who in the world today could talk lightly of surpassing Elder Xun's strength from twenty years ago? Wise ministers need a wise monarch, with an enlightened ruler the ministers naturally possess ability."

These words made Liu Bei shake his head slightly, but he also had to admit that the maladies of the Han Dynasty had been accumulating for a long time. Even if Chen Xi had been born twenty years earlier, it would have been difficult for him to accomplish much. The problems left over by the Two Emperors Huan Ling could not be eradicated overnight, and the great aristocratic clans had already accumulated enough power over these hundred-plus years.