Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

The assassination of Liu Yan was a very nonsense situation for Chen Xi. For so many years, except when he was being himself, Liu Yan was basically a good old man and had no disputes with others. This kind of guy can be inexplicable. was assassinated. To be honest, Chen Xi couldn't understand it.

"Then let Wen He handle it. Two assassinations happened in a short period of time, and the levels involved were a bit too high. I can still understand Zhou Gongjin's one, but I really can't understand Wei Shuo's. , let Wen He take the lead in investigating." Chen Xi was not surprised when he saw Jia Xu actively attacking. After thinking about it for a while, he agreed to the other party's proposal.

"Then I'll deal with it now. This kind of thing must be done as quickly as possible without any delay." Jia Xu said with a serious expression, fully demonstrating what Liu Yan's iron brother is.

"I will write the transfer order for you, and you can recruit the guards yourself." Liu Bei nodded slightly when he heard this, and then started to write the transfer order in front of everyone, printed it, and handed it directly to Jia Xu.

"In the future, Chang'an will ask Zichuan and Wenru to take over the work at hand. I will go and verify it. I will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer." Jia Xu took the order, took a quick look, and then He put it away, stood up and said to Chen Xi and Li You.

The work at hand was arranged by Jia Xu not long ago after he returned from the Ganges River. Now that he has to hand it back again, it doesn't even count as going through the process, because this little time is not enough to hand over the work.

"That's okay. I can handle it together here. As for Wenru, Donglai still needs to go there again." Chen Xi nodded to Jia Xu, then thought about it for a moment, and felt that Jia Xu It is not appropriate to assign the job to Li You. After all, inspecting the Donglai Shipyard is equally important, so it is rare for him to take the job on himself.

Jia Xu glanced at Chen Xi. It was rare that Chen Xi was willing to handle it by himself. To a certain extent, it was good news. As for whether Chen Xi could handle this kind of thing well, Jia Xu never worried. Chen Xi only had a question of whether he wanted to do it or not. There is no question of whether to do it or not.

"Then I'll leave now." After Chen Xi took over his work, Jia Xu stood up and saluted everyone present, and then left quickly.

After watching Jia Xu leave, Chen Xi showed a rare and obvious look of relief. Jia Xu's style and ability to do things make people feel so at ease.

"Okay, the matter on the Xinzhou side will be handled by Wenhe, and Weishuo himself is not injured, so we just have to wait for the result. The matter on the Jiangdong side should also go to a research team, although it is already a fait accompli. " Chen Xixu knocked on the table and said, something happened to Liu Yan and he went to Jia Wenhe to investigate. Zhou Yu is really dead. If the investigation team is not sent, then something will really go wrong.

After Chen Xi said this, everyone present looked at each other in confusion. It is true that Liu Yan was assassinated and Jia Xu was sent to investigate while the person was still alive. So Zhou Yu was assassinated and the person was still dead. He was not allowed to send someone of the same level to investigate. Investigate, otherwise, many things will not make sense.

But who is going to investigate this is a big problem. After all, Zhou Yu is not really dead. It can only be said that he is still playing in the rematch, and everyone is relatively clear about the cause and effect. Sending a big boss to investigate is just a process. It has no real meaning at all. In this case, everyone present has a headache, but they all have work to deal with.

Even Chen Xi, who looks the most idle, actually has a lot of work. It’s just that Chen Xi can handle it faster and has a ridiculous ability to allocate work, which makes him appear to be relatively idle. In fact, everyone has indicators above their heads. Yes, this is not something you can just throw away.

What's more, it's the tenth year of Yuanfeng, and many gadgets will soon enter the final stage of review. Once they leave, they will leave a lot of trouble. In this case, unless you hand over your work to Chen Xi, you will not be able to bring it with you. The person who went to investigate will definitely not be relieved.

"Leave it to me." Liu Bei suddenly said.

"Ah, Mr. Xuande, are you coming over?" Chen Xi was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned, "The current situation, from a political point of view..."

However, Chen Xi stopped mid-sentence. It seemed that Liu Bei had a good idea in the past, which could solve almost all problems and completely eliminate the hidden dangers that had always existed in Jiangdong.

"Political matters will be put aside for now and let's talk about Jiangdong's affairs first." Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Now Jiangdong is in a leaderless state, and we cannot tell Sun Bofu the facts, otherwise there will be no way to do some things. If you don't tell the other party the truth, it's unlikely that the other party will come back in a short time, so someone must suppress Jiang Dong. "

To the extent that Jiang Dong's group of people have done, if they want to suppress Jiang Dong, they must at least be at Zhou Yu's level.

In the past, the high-level officials in the Political Yuan could shut up the Jiangdong family, and the ones who cooperated well might not be Chen Xi and Li You. Without the ability to intimidate others, the Jiangdong family might even be held back.

Of course, with the abilities of Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng, even if they are held back, they can take some time to solve it, and they can completely suppress this group of people with the power behind them, but this is too much of a waste of time, Chen Xi The original idea was that Li You would lead the team there so that he could complete what Li You planned to complete but was blocked by Zhou Yu.

It was just that I didn't expect Liu Bei to actually ask to deal with it himself. How should I put it? It's not that he couldn't, but it was a bit outrageous. However, if you think about this outrageous idea carefully, Chen Xi feels that it is indeed a solution that is beyond everyone's expectations.

The only problem is the political hidden danger, but this can allow Liu Tong to issue an edict to order the King of Jin to conduct an inspection and go to Wu Gong's territory to investigate. As for leaving troubles for future generations, to be honest, the King of Jin, as a vassal king, has left troubles for future generations if he does not go to the vassal state.

What's more, Liu Bei's proposal actually coincides with the way Chen Xi plans to solve the internal political hidden dangers in the third five-year plan.

Chen Xi is very clear that the King of Jin does not go to the vassal state and still stays in the central government to exercise power. This is a political thunderbolt, but in order to protect the fruits of victory, Liu Bei's promotion to the King of Jin is actually the simplest and feasible solution. As for the remaining problems, Chen Xi actually considered it at that time.

In addition, according to Chen Xi's estimation, the Southwest Grand Passage will be completely built in the 12th year of Yuanfeng, and the war between the Han Dynasty and Kushan will be ended in one go in the 13th year of Yuanfeng. After all, the war between the empires will either be a small-scale friction like the current one for the Han Empire to maintain combat effectiveness, or it will be ended in one go. The ordinary way of increasing the intensity will only fall into a quagmire.

After all, the Kushan Empire still has more than 30 million people, sitting on the Indus-Ganges Plain, and the war potential is not a joke. The cannibalization method of the previous Ganges War is no longer desirable. Directly increase the intensity of the war to 15 times the previous level, fight a wave of real full-scale war for the Han Empire, crush the Kushan in one breath, and then divide it on the spot.

To be honest, if the combat effectiveness of the Kushan Empire has been basically determined at present, and the combat effectiveness has been increased to more than ten times the peak value, and it has not been able to take down the Kushan Empire, then it is basically impossible to take down the Kushan Empire.

In this way, Chen Xi's thinking is very clear. That battle is a decisive battle. All the previous decisive battles are just decisive battles in the eyes of Kushan. In the military map of the Han Dynasty, they are just the level of border friction.

Therefore, before the completion of the Southwest Grand Passage in the twelfth year of Yuanfeng, that is, at the end of this year, when the grand court will be held, Chen Xi will suggest that Liu Tong issue an edict to let the King of Jin inspect the world's barriers on his behalf.

In other words, in the eleventh and twelfth years of Yuanfeng, what Liu Bei has to do is to inspect the barriers in all directions. After the inspection, he will just go south along the Southwest Grand Passage to the Ganges, and then start a decisive battle to make the final decision.

If everything goes as Chen Xi estimated, it will be a perfect ending. After intimidating the princes of all directions, when they have to pay attention, he will kill Kushan with one punch. There will be no subsequent problems. Can't get 100% of the fruits of victory?

I, Chen Xi, was just confused by Lu Su at the time. I couldn't react for a while, but after I recovered, I could naturally deal with all the legacy.

The political hidden dangers left by the King of Jin in the central government with power? Le, I can't solve this kind of thing, who are you looking down on? I will solve it for you personally!

The emperor directly appointed the emperor to patrol on his behalf, which is a political showdown, that is, to establish the line of the King of Jin as the heir. As for whether the King of Jin will inherit the throne or the heir of the King of Jin will inherit the throne, that is an internal matter of the King of Jin.

In this way, the political hidden danger caused by not going to the vassal state after being promoted to the King of Jin and staying in Chang'an is no longer a hidden danger. After the play of patrolling on behalf of the emperor came out, in the future, as long as the princes dared to stay in the central government, it would be an open card.

Some things are not a problem when they become open cards, just like the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty was an open card, but it is precisely because of the open cards that it is not a problem, because this set of gameplay gradually formed a set of rules that everyone can accept, and with rules, some things are not easy to happen.

Similarly, now Liu Bei has been conferred the title of King of Jin and stayed in Chang'an to exercise power, which is a very heaven-defying operation. To some extent, it is indeed an operation that leaves a big thunder for future generations.

But what if this operation is prepared for the purpose of patrolling on behalf of the emperor? Is it for the purpose of letting the Jin Wang family inherit the throne? Is it still a hidden danger?

Then it is not a hidden danger, it is a clear card, that is, telling you that the princes who hold power and stay in the central government are the heirs, and the clear card will be confirmed again in the middle, that is, patrolling on behalf of the emperor.

To be honest, patrolling on behalf of the emperor is a very dangerous operation, because this is the time when it is most likely to be assassinated, but if it is Liu Bei, this problem will not occur, so without considering being assassinated, Chen Xi can come up with a very heaven-defying operation.

Directly from the root of the so-called political hidden danger.

After all, if there can be such a prince who holds power and enters the central government again in the future, and can patrol the four directions and walk through the territories of various princes, then to be honest, it depends on whether you want to ascend the throne.

"Zichuan, you don't seem to want me to go to Jiangdong? Is there something wrong?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and asked curiously. He was somewhat surprised why Chen Xi looked so.

"If I go to Jiangdong now, it will conflict with some of my plans." Chen Xi said awkwardly, "It's not that I can't go, but the timing is a bit problematic. Forget it, I'll tell you roughly what my idea is."

Chen Xi recounted the plan for hunting on behalf of the sky that he had originally prepared for review at the court meeting. He also talked about the issue of the Southwest Passage that he had dealt with Sun Qian specifically, as well as his work in the Chang'an and Hanzhong treasuries over the years. , logistical materials hoarded in the Chengdu treasury, etc., roughly letting everyone present understand what his complete plan is.

After all, if the combat power is to be increased by fifteen times, even with Chen Xi's ability, logistics materials and other aspects need to be reserved five years in advance. The materials in Chang'an's treasury have been specially described before, and these are all It was Chen Xi who prepared for the decisive battle.

Compared with the small fight with 200,000 people, Chen Xi estimated that the final battle would have a scale of at least 2.7 million to 3 million, and such a scale was in the 200s for the Han Dynasty. It was a real decisive battle. The manpower needed, the materials exchanged, and the material resources transported were all more than ten times higher than before.

This is also the reason why Chen Xi has been constantly rotating over the years and accumulating various logistics management manpower. Because that wave was also a test for the Han Dynasty. As long as he could achieve a passing grade at that time, Chen Xi would not be able to fight for the subsequent wars. Worried.

Because this kind of scale can maintain operation, even if there is victory or defeat later, it actually doesn't matter.

"After the hunting expedition on behalf of the sky, the last battle appeared in the Ganges River, and then directly overwhelmed the Kushan Empire with great momentum, and completely grasped the fruits of victory?" Li You looked at Chen Xi, and already fully understood Chen Xi's thinking. Seize the biggest fruits while eliminating internal political problems.

Maybe at other times, the Han family, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce's men would have other ideas and want to invade the fiefdoms of Liu Bei's generals, but Liu Bei had just examined them, and then killed them with overwhelming force. It is almost self-evident how they will think about the Kushan Empire that is dozens or hundreds of times stronger.

"Well, after all, it was agreed that the fruits of victory should be fully distributed. Although there was some problem in the middle, I still thought of a way to make up for it." Chen Xi nodded and said, "And it can also be regarded as eliminating political risks. Of course, the most important thing is to knock on the barriers in the four directions. The local bureaucracy is not trustworthy, let alone the barriers in the four directions. They share the same ideals with us, but it does not mean that they do not have any ideas about us. Let’s solve them together. ”

"Going to Yuan's house?" Fazheng looked at Chen Xi and asked.

"So it was announced at the great court meeting, reviewed in front of everyone, and passed the hunting expedition on behalf of the sky." Chen Xi said calmly, why not go? Not only do you want to go, but you also have to undergo a rigorous review. At the very least, you cannot deviate from the Han cultural circle. I, Chen Xi, have worked so hard to give you blood transfusions, not to let you pick peaches, but to allow you to fulfill my ideal!

To put it bluntly, this review is directly related to whether these guys can still exist in the future. If they don’t deviate from the Han cultural circle, then everything is easy to say. If they deviate from the Han cultural circle, there is nothing to say. After destroying the Kushan, they will be destroyed later. you!

"If I give face to the Yuan family, then the Yuan family will also give me face." Chen Xi said calmly with unquestionable determination. What happened to the Yuan family in Runan? They were not all carried by sedan chairs, just to give face.

Zhuge Liang listened to Chen Xi's words expressionlessly, but even he had to admit the fact that Chen Xi was right. The Yuan family could not stop Liu Bei from hunting on behalf of the sky, especially if Chen Xi was in It was proposed in the second five-year plan that there was no way to stop this. At most, after Liu Bei arrived in Eastern Europe, Yuan Tan avoided Liu Bei. There was no way Liu Bei avoided Yuan Tan.

"You need to think about how your brain grew and why you came up with this plan. It sounds outrageous at first, but the more you think about it, the better it gets. All the hidden dangers left before have been solved." Guo Jia said with some emotion that he agreed to this matter because this matter solved the troubles Liu Bei Group was facing now.

Whether it was the big thunder left behind by King Jin who held power in the center, or the problem of embezzlement by aristocratic families that the Ganges feudal government had to face, they were all solved with one move.

After all, no matter how crazy the Han family is, it is impossible to commit suicide under that kind of pressure. If you don't commit suicide at the beginning, after a few years, what should be taken shape will have already taken shape. When the time comes, the Han family wants to take action again. How difficult will it be? will be greatly improved.

"It's not because of my brain." Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "So I don't recommend that Mr. Xuande goes to Jiangdong now, because if he goes to Jiangdong now, if he mentions it later, others will be on guard, and if he doesn't go now If so, others are still waiting to see our fun.”

It would have been difficult to imagine Liu Bei patrolling the sky on behalf of him before similar events had occurred. However, Chen Xi will not be bound by the current history. He will look for a suitable plan based on what may happen in the future. Processing, and hunting on behalf of the sky did not happen in the Han Dynasty, because in the Han Dynasty, either the emperor did not go out of the capital, or the emperor carried out hunting on his own.

Therefore, at this point in time, if Chen Xi reported that he asked Liu Bei to patrol the sky on behalf of the emperor, whether he was acting on behalf of the emperor or on behalf of heaven, everyone would probably have a question mark, but regardless of the question mark or not, there is only one thing to consider, that is It depends on whether this matter can be passed.

If you can pass, it doesn't matter whether you are the emperor or the emperor. If Liu Bei goes, you will be greeted with the gift of the emperor. In Chen Xi's words, although Liu Bei is not prepared to be the emperor, he is prepared to let his son directly take Liu Bei. Tong’s position, but what should be enjoyed must be enjoyed legally.

"Isn't it a bit too much?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and suggested tentatively. He was not a fool. Chen Xi's words were very clear. This was actually a road to slapping people in the face. And after going all the way, he would find a tough guy and beat him to death with one punch. Even if other guys had any thoughts, it didn't matter because there was no room for expression.

"Okay, this is the best solution I can find. It will solve all the problems left over from before." Chen Xi thought about it and said. In fact, not all of them were solved, because new problems had recently emerged, that is, the problems of Liu Chan and Liu Yong. Although Chen Xi didn't think it was a problem, others thought it was. That's it, but this can be solved later, which is always easier than the previous two.

Liu Bei lowered his head and thought about it. It seemed that he really couldn't think of a better plan than this. Although Liu Bei didn't mention these two things after he had done what he should do, Liu Bei's heart was as clear as a mirror. He knew very well what kind of hidden dangers it would be for him to stay in Chang'an as the King of Jin with power, and he also knew how much undercurrent would be brought by the enthronement of the Kushan elite.

Even if he said that the former was a false title, if he really wanted to say it, wasn't he worthy of the title, and the latter was truly rich and powerful. If there was no undercurrent, the problem would be even bigger. Anyway, they were all dead knots that made people die and could not be solved. Liu Bei had no choice but to mix it up like this and see if there was any way to make up for it later.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei basically didn't show up in Chang'an after he was enthroned as the King of Jin, because he also knew that in order to protect the fruits of victory of his brothers, even if he couldn't protect 100%, he could protect 70% and chose to become the King of Jin, leaving a big thunder behind, so he didn't show up if he could, but this big thunder was always there.

And now Chen Xi once again came up with a solution that had the best of both worlds, just like before, completely ignoring the difficulty of the problem and directly crushing it, which not only solved the political thunder of the powerful princes staying in the central government, but also solved the problem of the fruits of the victory of the Indus-Ganges being stolen.

To a certain extent, Chen Xi did not disappoint Liu Bei's expectations when he made up his mind, but this solution was a bit too direct in Liu Bei's view.

"There is no way, I don't want to do this, but the matter has been distorted like this and it will be recorded in the history books. I can only find a way to solve the problem together, and this is good, right." Chen Xi explained, and then gave the others a look, asking them to speak quickly.

"This plan is very good, so let someone else go to Southeast Asia. I think Wenru is very suitable, and Wenru was very unhappy with the Jiangdong family before, and wanted to clean it up that year, but was stopped. Just regard it as satisfying Wenru's ideals, how about it?" Guo Jia took over the conversation at the first time and recommended Li You, and the reason given was very rude.

"I also recommend Li Shi. Li Shi is suitable for dealing with such quick and dirty matters. The Taiwei should wait a little longer. Besides, the last two items are more important than going to Southeast Asia to solve the problem. Besides, the governor is not really dead. He is still alive. He is just trapped. There is no need, really no need." Fa Zheng also expressed his support for Li You to go to Southeast Asia to hammer the Jiangdong family. After all, Li You has rich experience in hammering the family. Whether it is the process or the intensity, it is very well controlled.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li You's work can be handed over to Chen Xi and Zhuge Liang. Anyway, no matter how much work there is, these two people can handle it. If someone else handles it, as long as he is a veteran, it is possible to assign the work to Fa Zheng, so Li You should go.

"Let's put aside the issue of Wenru going to Southeast Asia. I think Zichuan and Xiaozhi are right. Jiangdong's affairs will not cause trouble for thousands of years. Not to mention that the governor did not die, even if the governor was really assassinated, it would not leave a big political pit, but the first two are already big pits." Man Chong didn't want to care about these things, but Man Chong thought that Chen Xi and Fa Zheng's judgment was correct.

"How about I go?" Mi Zhu suddenly said, "I actually have some business in Jiangdong, and my presence is relatively low."

Mi Zhu, like Liu Yan, is a guy with a low sense of presence but not little power. He is just covered and protected by Chen Xi, but as long as you know the political circle of the Han Dynasty, you will know that Mi Zhu is a backbone under Liu Bei who came earlier than Lu Su, and has always been in the core circle.

The fact that Midia was a runner-up actually shows Mi Zhu's status. He is a real big boss. More importantly, this matter is handed over to Mi Zhu to handle, which is more in line with Zhou Yu's operation of fishing for Zhu Helai.

A man with low presence but real power, and with rich experience and high status, but not very visible to the public, and being sent out to investigate this time just shows that this matter is indeed very serious, and they want to cover it up.

"It seems that Zi Zhong is indeed more suitable." Chen Xi lowered his head and thought for a while and said, and Li You nodded when he heard it. If he went, it would be more to deter the Jiangdong family, and Mi Zhu's words, although they could not effectively deter the Jiangdong family, but if it was just to investigate and deal with it, it would be enough.

"It seems so, just remember to let Wenru complete the unfinished cause of the year, forget that this matter was a plan set up by the governor, if you think about it this way, Zi Zhong is indeed suitable." Guo Jia stroked his beard and said thoughtfully, "But if Zi Zhong goes, I suggest taking Zhong Yu with him."

Xun Yue has been following Liu Bei for more than ten years. He is the closest layer under the elders and is very capable. Of course, the most important thing is that this matter really needs a person who is skilled and proficient in law and power to handle it. If Mi Zhu takes Xun Yue with him, both his status and ability are enough.

"Then let Zi Zhong go. I'll wait a little longer." Liu Bei saw that everyone present thought Mi Zhu was more suitable, so he nodded in agreement. After all, he went to Southeast Asia because other people had something to do and he was not suitable to stay in Chang'an, so he went to check. Now that there is a more suitable candidate, Liu Bei doesn't mind going there in person.

More importantly, Chen Xi already has the ability to solve the previous hidden dangers, and Liu Bei also feels that he doesn't need to hide outside all the time. To be honest, if he can live in Chang'an, Liu Bei will not fool around in other places every day. Although there is a reason for inspection, if there is a choice, Liu Bei does not want to be outside for more than 300 days a year.

"Bring more guards when the time comes. If you can't find anything, just perform an assassination for the Jiangdong family." Chen Xi gave Mi Zhu a cheap suggestion. To be honest, although this suggestion has moral problems, it is indeed effective.

"Uh, Zichuan, it's almost enough. I know you are not very particular sometimes, but if you really do this, the Jiangdong family will explode." Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and suggested. He found out a long time ago that Chen Xi sometimes did things without any particulars. It's a bit too much to say that he was not particular about details. Of course, most of the time, that was when Chen Xi was disgusted with certain things.

However, Liu Bei also found out over the years that Chen Xi was just talking nonsense. He didn't really do that. It's just that some of his words were creepy just to hear. Damn it, now he performed an assassination of the imperial envoy of the 12 elders level for the Jiangdong family. Combined with the previous situation of Zhou Yu and Liu Yan being assassinated, the Jiangdong family might have the heart to die.

Killing is not enough, if you play like this, then killing is not enough.

"It's just talk, anyway, it's also a way to solve the problem." Chen Xi said with a smile, but there was no sign of just talk on his face. After being glared at by Liu Bei, he restrained this look and said with a sigh, "Okay, Zi Zhong, you can handle it, and take a look at my apprentice's current situation, and let him prepare to take over the navy with Lu Ziming."

Although Zhou Yu is not dead, based on Chen Xi's understanding of Shenxiang, Zhou Yu will not be able to come out in a short time. Even if he comes out later, it will not be so easy. It is a matter of time for Lu Xun and Lu Meng to gradually take over the navy. Of course, the navy is currently under the command of Gan Ning, but Lu Xun and Lu Meng will be mainly trained in the future.

As for why it is these two, there is actually nothing to say, because no matter which one you train, the other will become the first choice of the Jiangdong family. After all, these two people are choices that the Jiangdong family can accept, but they cannot fully accept.

So no matter how Chen Xi chooses, the Jiangdong family will nominate another one. To be honest, this is also the reason why Chen Xi is unhappy with the Jiangdong family. In Chen Xi's view, if he chooses Lu Meng, the other party will push Lu Xun to compete. Chen Xi really doesn't want to say anything. He is simply mentally ill.

"Of course I will go and see. After all, he is my brother-in-law. But in this case, the operation that Fengxiao originally said to bring my whole family and my brother-in-law's family to Media will be completely impossible to implement. Do I have to make some other preparations?" Mi Zhu looked at Chen Xi and asked. Of course, this was actually said to Liu Bei.

"No, as long as you don't make a fool like the Zhen family, the defense of Media is still trustworthy." Liu Bei didn't wait for Chen Xi to give an answer, and directly expressed his thoughts. The Zhen family's failure made Liu Bei very embarrassed. It was also fortunate that everyone chose it together that year, and it was not completely pillow talk, otherwise Liu Bei would also be very embarrassed.

"Uh, okay." Mi Zhu looked at Liu Bei. He believed that Liu Bei understood what he meant. But now it seems that the other party really doesn't want the Wu family to interfere in this matter. As expected, Adou is destined to be with God.

It's been ten years. I'll post a big chapter first, and then another big chapter at noon. In the afternoon, when it reaches the tenth year, I'll post a ten-year sentiment. In the evening, I'll post an extra chapter. I just wrote this chapter this morning. It's so hard.