Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"Father, are you not drunk?" Jia Mu, who was pouring a glass of water for Jia Xu to sober up, couldn't help but be startled when he saw this and asked.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and answered matter-of-factly.

"How can you get drunk when you are away from home?"

"Father, drink water."

Jia Mu placed the glass of water in front of Jia Xu and asked. "Then everything my father said at the banquet was intentional?"

"nature."

The reason why Jia Xu deliberately brought Jia Mu with him this time was because he wanted to take the opportunity to guide Jia Mu.

Previously, Jia Xu was able to protect himself alone, but he had no chance to take Jia Mu with him to teach him.

Now that Jia Xu is under Liu Bei's command, and Jia Mu is approaching his senior year, security is naturally very different from the past.

Even though Jia Xu didn't want Jia Mu to learn poisonous tactics, he didn't want Jia Mu to be too naive and simple, so he went to Lujiang this time to bring his eldest son with him to teach him.

"Drunken words are the easiest to make room for maneuver. It is best to use this to test or convey information." Jia Xu replied.

Jia Mu said with some fear. "Shi Cai'er is really worried that Master Lu will fall out on the spot."

"will not."

Jia Xu smiled and said. "Then Lu Kang is a gentleman and would not do such a thing."

"It's rare for a father to place his hopes on the other person's character, which shows how noble Lu Kang is." Jia Mu said with some emotion.

Jia Xu smiled brightly and said.

"The main reason is that most of Lu Kang's clan members are still in Wu County. Even if we give him a hundred courages, he will definitely not dare to attack us."

After a pause, Jia Xu pulled out the bamboo slip from his sleeve that recorded relevant information about the governors of the counties in Yangzhou, as if with some emotion, and said.

"It is rumored that Li Zikun has a special organization responsible for collecting intelligence. I think it is not groundless, otherwise there would not be such accurate intelligence recorded on it."

"My father has learned all the information about Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang County, and has just confirmed that no matter how angry Lu Kang is, he will never fall out with us at the risk of retaliation for his tribe."

"I have to say that Li Zikun's vision is indeed far-sighted. Such an organization specializing in intelligence collection can play a huge role in all aspects."

"If I could help..."

However, Jia Xu just subconsciously expressed this idea, then shook his head and denied it.

"I am not Li Zikun. He and the Lord have a humble beginning. This kind of intelligence gathering organization can be controlled remotely by Li Zikun. The Lord can feel at ease. But if it were in my hands, he would be feared... and die a violent death soon."

"Can't touch it, can't touch it..."

Almost immediately, Jia Xu realized that this was a big pit.

Not to mention that holding the Jinyi Division is very easy to be feared by the master and colleagues. Sometimes knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

I am afraid that even under Liu Bei's command, only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Li Ji can still be completely trusted by Liu Bei.

Jia Mu listened silently to Jia Xu's murmurings, and while recording all the words secretly, he refilled Jia Xu's empty glass.

"Mu'er."

Jia Xu threw away his previous thoughts and continued. "Do you know the purpose of what my father said at the banquet just now?"

"Please ask father for advice." Jia Mu cupped his hands.

"The goal Li Zikun gave me is to divide 200,000 refugees into the five counties of Yangzhou except Wu County. That is, each county has about 40,000 people. However, among these 200,000 people, there are no young and strong men, and among them are women and children. Children account for about 90%, and the remaining 10% are older people.”

Jia Xu knows this information very well.

Although not all the refugees have gathered in Wu County, Jia Xu can roughly understand the composition of the refugees who will eventually flow into the other five counties of Yangzhou with just a little investigation on the proportion of the remaining refugees from the refugee camps.

"Then why it is clear that only 40,000 refugees need to be admitted, but my father said it was 130,000? And what Lu Kang did in the past was mostly like a gentleman, loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and benevolent to the people. If it was within the scope of his ability, There are 40,000 refugees, and Lu Kang doesn’t expect to shirk it.”

Jia Mu was a little confused. People with this difference in numbers could be said to be worlds apart.

Although Lu Kang was not said to be highly capable of governing, his official reputation in the local area was pretty good, but the resettlement of 130,000 refugees was indeed far beyond the capacity of Lujiang County.

Not every county can have a county magistrate as experienced as Mr. Zikun, who can bring about earth-shaking changes in Wu County in a very short period of time.

"My father naturally knows that Lu Kang will not be too resistant to the resettlement of 40,000 refugees. What about the other counties? What about Jiujiang, Danyang, Kuaiji, and Yuzhang counties?"

Jia Xu's rhetorical question made Jia Mu fall into deep thought.

The situation in each county is different, and the ideas of each county governor are also very different.

If the governors from all over the country could fully comply with a decree from the imperial court, then the Han Dynasty would not be in the precarious situation it is now. Although it is a right thing for all parts of the Han Dynasty to still abide by imperial decrees, the imperial court is often unable to verify how much they are implemented at the local level.

What's more, when it comes to things like going up and down, there are always policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

"Son, I still don't know what my father's intention is when he declares that each county must resettle 130,000 refugees." Jia Mu said with a cupped hand.

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and asked. "If Mu'er were the governor of Lujiang County and faced this situation, what would he do?"

Jia Mu thought for a while and said helplessly.

"Nothing can be done."

Yes, this is Lu Kang's situation!
A gentleman can be deceived.

Lu Kang was originally a loyal and patriotic person, and his clan members were all in Wu County. It was also a benevolent act to help the refugees. Lu Kang had no excuse to refuse, both in public and in private.

However, in reality, Lu Kang knew very well that Lujiang could not afford so many refugees.

As a result, Lu Kang was naturally at his wits' end.

"Then if Lu Kang knew a way to reduce the number of refugees assigned to Lujiang County from 130,000 to 40,000, how would he make a decision?" Jia Xu asked again.

"Of course, hold it firmly!"

Jia Mu said instinctively, but suddenly he understood.

Jia Xu smiled and continued.

"With the example of Lujiang County in front of us, will the other four counties take the initiative to follow this example, considering the choice between defying 'righteousness' and resettling the refugees within their capabilities?" Jia Xu said again.

This method is undoubtedly another strategy used by Jia Xu that directly targets human nature.

This is like when the government comes and says it wants to demolish your house without any compensation. You must be unhappy and have no choice but to fight with your life.

But if in this case, you have the option of taking money to go to a certain government office to clear up the relationship, and then demolish your house and you can get a new house and a sum of money as compensation, then as long as you are not blind, you can Naturally, they will try their best to smoothen the relationship, instead of being stupid and risking their lives to fight.

"Father really understands people's hearts." Jia Mu sighed.

"Just a little trick."

Jia Xu waved his hand disapprovingly, and then said.

"Mu'er, tomorrow you can make an excuse to visit Lu Kang, implying that the political affairs of Wu County are controlled by Li Zikun alone, and the number of refugees can be adjusted through Li Zikun's relationship."

"By then, Lu Kang, as an old official, will naturally know what to do."

Jia Mu nodded, and with an increasingly filial and respectful expression, he poured water towards Jia Xu again.

Jia Xu, on the other hand, took a bamboo slip, wrote on it, handed it to the accompanying soldiers, and sent fast horses to deliver the bamboo slip to Li Ji as soon as possible.

When Li Ji received the bamboo slip three days later, he glanced at the contents and couldn't help but laugh.

"When it comes to treachery, Jia Wenhe is truly unprecedented."

"He went to Lujiang County to become a loyal and patriotic minister. He only knew how to implement the imperial decrees to the end. In the end, he threw all the trouble back to me and asked me to mobilize Jin Yi. Please spread the news about Lujiang County Government to other counties."

"In the end, he seemed to be traveling to various counties in Yangzhou to check in, but I became someone who could be manipulated by other county guards and change the rules."

Li Ji sighed helplessly, Jia Xu really didn't suffer at all.

Perhaps, with the "great righteousness" in hand and the mere 40,000 refugees resettled in each county, Jia Xu still had a way to solve the problem more appropriately, but Jia Xu definitely chose the one he could best get rid of. Decisions related to oneself.

In this way, Li Ji then said that he could not have any false feelings with the officials sent by the county guards, and finally accepted a large number of gifts before reluctantly agreeing to change the number of refugees resettled in the past.

Suddenly, this originally sound policy contradiction became an unspoken rule in official circles, and Li Ji became the unspoken rule like others.

However, Li Ji thought about it for a moment and looked through the contents of Jia Mu's report, but he did not reject Jia Xu's choice.

The mentality of county governors in different places is different, and their attitudes towards the refugees are also completely different.

Under this situation, as long as Wu County sends more supervision, other counties will not say that they will properly resettle every refugee, but they will at least be able to ensure basic livelihood.

In the case where the vast majority of them are women and children, I am afraid that other counties can basically solve the problem directly by arranging to marry local single men.

In addition, Li Ji saw a huge room for manipulation in this choice.

Wu County digested 600,000 refugees in one breath, which was three times more than the number of refugees that disappeared in other counties in Yangzhou combined. This number was already a bit terrifying.

A little cover-up can undoubtedly avoid a lot of trouble and attention.

In addition to the high profile of attracting talents, Li Ji theoretically hopes that the entire Wu County will maintain a relatively low-key pace for development. (End of chapter)