Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

If Li Ji were to make an analogy, these scholars were roughly like a group of college students.

Therefore, they may not understand the situation clearly, but they will speak out and fight for what they think is unfair, and they will not think that people will die if they die.

Unlike the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, there are few people who speak out for the people.

Seeing that the group of scholars were completely overwhelmed by the condemnation of the surrounding refugees, and were completely confused, Li Ji raised his hand to signal.

Immediately, the surrounding county soldiers who maintained order stepped forward to separate the refugees from the scholars, and then spoke to Jian Yong.

"Xianhe, this will trouble you to appease the people."

"Easy to say."

Jian Yong responded. Seeing that the scholars still looked a little doubtful about life, he understood what Li Ji meant.

No matter how much I explain, I'm afraid these scholars will be suspicious and appear weak.

On the contrary, the refugees spoke out in person, easily defeating the psychological defenses of these scholars, and then safeguarding the lord's reputation.

It was just equivalent to Jian Yong's thoughts. Jia Xu, who was more familiar with people's hearts, narrowed his eyes and understood that this scene might have been specially arranged by Li Ji.

He deliberately brought these scholars into the refugee camp. Even the first scholar among the scholars to question and curse might have been arranged by Li Ji himself.

The purpose was not only to raise Liu Bei's voice, but also to create the first batch of scholars who were completely loyal and admired Liu Bei.

After these scholars join the "Ren De Academy", they will also become benchmarks and influence subsequent generations of students.

'Of course, I'm afraid Li Zikun also wants to treat these scholars as free labor, but he is also afraid that they will not pay attention, so he first gives them a little spiritual shock? '

Jia Xu secretly thought about it and felt that this approach of killing multiple birds with one stone was really a typical Li Zikun style.

After Li Ji and other county soldiers separated the refugees, and Jian Yong personally calmed down the refugees, he walked up to the scholars who were already doubting their life and spoke slowly.

"Everyone, first of all, I'm afraid you have misunderstood one thing, that is, the imperial court did not provide disaster relief!"

"Every grain of rice in the gravel gruel that you despise came from the granary of Wu County. These refugees are all from the north and are not the people of Wu County."

"And for every grain of rice, my lord could let them stay in the granary, or use the grain for their own enjoyment like so many corrupt officials."

Hearing this, many scholars bowed their heads in shame, many scholars' pupils were trembling, and many scholars secretly wept.

For a time, in the hearts of these scholars, they felt that Liu Bei's originally benevolent image was infinitely elevated.

Words can deceive, but the people's reactions confirmed everything.

Liu Fujun's benevolence was really put into practice on the people.

Li Ji continued to speak.

"Perhaps, you all have extraordinary backgrounds, and you naturally look down on these gruels that can help the refugees survive, but this is already the best thing that the lord can offer."

"Including this seemingly messy refugee camp, the Lord did not hesitate to send a large number of manpower to build a little shelter for the refugees..."

"Because why they are refugees is because they have no place to stay in their hometown and have no choice but to move around in order to find a place to stay and survive."

"Although this place is shabby and crude, it is already a rare place to stay. And it is not because the lord does not want to give these people more places. It is because the lord is only the governor of a county and is unable to do what he can."

When he said this, Li Ji laughed at himself and continued.

"And you want to meet the lord, but it is impossible. Because Wu County is short of money and food, and seeing the people starving and cold, the lord has personally gone to the counties of Xuzhou to borrow food."

That laughter and those light words were like a dull hammer gently hitting the hearts of the scholars.

What is shocking is not that the billionaire donated one million, but that the millionaire donated everything and used all his connections to raise donations.

Suddenly, the scholars present reacted one after another.

Liu Bei... is just the governor of a county!

Even the imperial court did not provide disaster relief, but asked a mere county governor to provide disaster relief?
Suddenly, a scholar walked out from the crowd, bowed to Li Ji and saluted, saying.

"Liu Fujun and Mr. Zikun once said that they wanted to 'rule the world with one county.' When I first heard it, I just thought it was ridiculous; when I heard it again, I was deeply shocked. Now I see it, Liu Fujun and Mr. Zikun have already I just want to save the world with one county, and what I say and do can be said to be unified."

"After learning late, I went to Xiangyang Ma Sui and worshiped him! I am willing to follow the emperor, be driven by him, and practice the way of benevolence!"

Suddenly, many scholars felt that their hearts were agitated and it was difficult to calm down. They also felt that Liu Bei was really a kind and virtuous clan member that had been rare in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. They could not help but feel admiration and longing in their hearts.

After seeing Ma Huan acting like this, all the scholars bowed their heads to Li Ji and said in unison. "I am willing to follow the prince of the government, be driven by him, and practice the way of benevolence!"

"I am willing to follow the prince of the government, be driven by him, and practice the way of benevolence!"

Seeing this, Li Ji hurriedly stepped forward to support a scholar, and said happily as if he was quite pleased. "If my lord knew about this, he would definitely say, 'I am not alone in my path, nor am I alone in the path of benevolence.'"

"Today, I would like to send you a message to encourage you to not forget this ambition and move forward."

Immediately, Li Ji asked for pen and ink, found a long white cloth, and started writing on it.

[Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations]

As Li Ji finished writing, the scholars around him felt a sense of soreness and numbness rushing into their brains when they read this sentence.

Perhaps in Li Ji's view, "Four Sentences in Hengqu" have become commonplace sentences in later generations.

However, it is undeniable that the "Four Sentences of Hengqu" are concise and profound, almost perfectly summarizing the spiritual identity of Confucianism, and further sublimating the realm of Confucianism that should be practiced throughout a lifetime.

The impact it brought not only made the scholars present unable to control themselves, but also caused Jia Xu's expression to fluctuate violently, and his breathing became a little heavier.

It wasn't until a moment later that Jia Xu seemed to have calmed down, but he still whispered with some excitement in his eyes.

"Zikun, you really wrote something extraordinary!"

"How? After seeing this, did Wen He have the urge to risk his own life to do this?" Li Ji asked with a smile.

But this time, Jia Xu pondered for a long time, his eyes fixed on "Hengqu's Four Sentences" and kept looking at it, and then he said it leisurely.

"Have."

When Li Ji heard this, he couldn't help but turned to look at Jia Xu in surprise.

"Zikun, what's your look like? I had my ambition, but..."

When he said this, Jia Xu's voice paused and continued to remain silent.

However, just from Jia Xu's reaction, Li Ji knew how devastating this sentence was to the scholars.

"Wen He, I intend to use this statement as the motto of the 'Ren De Academy'."

"This is good for Rende Academy; it is also good for the Lord; it is also a great good for the world." Jia Xu expressed his attitude.

Then, Li Ji asked Jian Yong to arrange an area in the refugee camp as a temporary residence for these scholars. The environment was naturally extremely poor.

After a period of brainwashing, Li Ji inserted a white cloth with "Four Sentences on Hengqu" into that area.

Those scholars, most of whom used to have quite good family backgrounds, not only did not resent the dirty and messy environment, but they were as if they were on the verge of death, as if they were ready to die following the "Four Sentences of the Horizontal Canal" at any time.

There is no doubt that morale is available!
There is undoubtedly a shortage of manpower in Wu County. Even though the construction progress was slowly progressing through "civil workers" before, Li Ji turned his attention to these scholars and wanted to recruit "temporary workers".

Nowadays, if we want to carry out water conservancy development on a large scale in the entire Wu County at the same time, it is far from enough to rely solely on Wu County's own manpower.

Therefore, if we want to implement "relief for work", these scholars are an indispensable part.

Without these scholars who could understand the water conservancy planning plan to direct the labor, even if the laborers had all the strength, they would not know how to start.

And if water conservancy development is really carried out on a large scale, it is conceivable that the conditions will be extremely difficult.

In an extremely compact situation in all aspects, it is not impossible for these scholars to have to live and eat with many laborers.

Therefore, if these scholars did not undergo a spiritual baptism first, but directly assigned tasks to them like tool men, I am afraid they would be almost gone in a few days.

After all, the original goal of these scholars was just to participate in the entrance examination of the "Ren De Academy". They didn't even have a salary, and they even brought their own dry food. How could they be forced to work hard?

just now……

I'm afraid these scholars would have no regrets even if they died on the land where Wu County was developing water conservancy, right?

Then, Li Ji, who was almost racing against time, did not give those scholars much time to rest and recuperate, and directly summoned these hundreds of scholars and more than twenty reluctantly transferred petty officials to explain "work-for-relief"!
Among them, the first task is for these scholars to select refugees suitable for "work-for-relief".

That is... and the youth of the labor force!
This must also be screened, otherwise in order to have a full meal, even the old, weak, women and children must actively participate in it.

However, let alone the role that the old, weak, women and children can play in the arduous development of water conservancy.

More importantly, the elderly and children will definitely die!
Therefore, it is undoubtedly necessary for the scholars and petty officials who have been assigned their respective tasks to select young men who are capable of working according to the requirements. (End of chapter)