Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 23: Manipulating the general trend of the world at the drop of a hat

Wrestling a cup as a sign? !
  What Liu Yan prepared was not only the county soldiers lined up outside the main hall, but also the twenty swordsmen and axemen hidden behind the hall.

As long as the county soldiers block the main entrance and cut off their retreat, twenty knives and axes can easily chop people into pieces in the relatively narrow main hall.

However, just when Liu Yan raised the wine glass to the highest level and was about to slam it down hard, he suddenly noticed Guan Yu's slightly opened red and phoenix eyes, and the blade of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword was faintly pointing in the direction of Liu Yan.

Suddenly, Liu Yan felt a chill on his neck inexplicably.

Li Ji also raised his wine glass, played with it and said.

"Master Taishou, please see that Yun Chang beheaded the Yellow Turban Commander Cheng Yuanzhi in less than one step. He has the ability to kill generals, seize flags, and defeat enemy formations. Please forgive Yun Chang for his rudeness."

Is this the red-faced martial artist who killed the handsome Yellow Turban Qu? !
  Liu Yan's heart tightened, and he suddenly became frightened.

After all, every Yellow Turban Qushuai is a person with outstanding martial arts. Cheng Yuanzhi was beheaded by the red-faced warrior in front of him, so he must not be an ordinary person.

At such a close distance, Liu Yan realized that the moment the cup fell to the ground, his head would also fall to the ground.

Immediately, in Li Ji's half-smiling eyes, Liu Yan withdrew his glass in a very smooth manner, and raised the wine glass in the air with a respectful gesture, saying.

"Today, the Yellow Turban Thief has been defeated. Both of them have made extraordinary achievements. How can I care about such a trivial matter? I am in a very excited mood. I want to congratulate the emperor, the great Han, and the thousands of people in Zhuo County. "

Li Ji would say that this is the reason why Liu Yan can become a dignified prefect. Such quick wit and understanding of advancement and retreat are really not available to ordinary people.

Not only did he conceal his original intention of throwing a cup with his silky smooth response, he also immediately raised the conversation a few notches.

In response, Li Ji naturally could only raise his glass and echoed.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the great Han Dynasty, and congratulations to the thousands of people in Zhuo County."

Immediately, the two of them signaled to each other and drank the wine in the glass, as if the tense situation that had just occurred in that moment was just an illusion.

This actually made Jun Cheng, who was hiding behind the main hall and watching carefully, feel his heart rise and fall... and fall. When he saw the wine glass in Liu Yan's hand raised, Jun Cheng was already ready to give an order and lead the sword and axe. Kill with your hands.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yan actually made a false shot and withdrew a wine glass, which almost confused Jun Cheng.

Immediately, Liu Yan twirled his beard and spoke with emotion.

"Mr. Zikun, now that Xuande has defeated the Yellow Turban bandits, I feel very relieved. It is true that I have placed great expectations on Xuande. I supported Xuande in going out of the city to defeat the thieves despite a lot of opposition, and even went so far as to supply Xuande with weapons." Armor.”

Li Jishen nodded in agreement and replied.

"Yes, Brother Xuande was able to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves, and he also knew that the prefect among them was fully assisting him. Therefore, after the war subsided, Brother Xuande immediately sent Yun Chang and I back to Zhuoxian. One of the reasons was to report on the great victory. The second thing is to save the life of the prefect."

When Liu Yan heard this, his face was slightly startled and he asked. "Could it be that a large number of Yellow Turban remnants are coming to Zhuo County?"

"It's..."

Li Ji's voice paused, then he looked left and right deliberately, as if observing the surroundings, and then whispered.

"Master Taishou, this matter is very confidential. Please allow Yun Chang to retreat outside the house, patrol around, and not allow others to approach."

Liu Yan thought for a moment, nodded, and said loudly, seemingly unintentionally.

"In that case, I would like to ask Yun Chang to step aside first. After I finish discussing military matters with Mr. Zikun, I can hold another banquet for Yun Chang."

Guan Yu ignored Liu Yan and looked down at Li Ji.

After Li Ji nodded vaguely, Guan Yu bowed his hands to Li Ji and Liu Yan respectively and retreated outside the main hall door.

The Jun Cheng and the swordsman who were originally ambushing behind the main hall slowly retreated under Liu Yanshi's secret signal.

Immediately, Liu Yan spoke while maintaining his composure. "There is no third person in the house now. Mr. Zikun, please tell me in detail, where are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans now, and how far are they from Zhuo County?"

"It is not the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, nor the danger in Zhuoxian County, but the danger of the prefect, so Brother Xuande hurriedly asked me to come and inform the prefect." Li Ji replied.

"I'm in danger? Where does the danger come from?" Liu Yan asked.

"Today, the Grand Administrator has sent Brother Xuande to defeat the Yellow Turban thieves. Their number is as high as 60,000. His achievements are unparalleled. But how should the Grand Administrator handle himself?" Li Ji asked.

Liu Yan narrowed his eyes and asked. "What do you mean?"

Li Ji twirled the wine glass and spoke meaningfully.

"Young Master is the governor of two thousand stones. If the emperor rewards you for such immortal merits, you will have to recall him to the court and rank among the three princes and nine ministers to convince the public. However, the disaster of party imprisonment has just been resolved, and the eunuchs, relatives, and scholars in the court interact with each other. Conflict."

"If you enter the imperial court as a member of the Han clan, it will definitely make all three parties think that the emperor has the intention of cultivating the Han clan, and wants to make the forces in the court stand on four legs."

"In this case, the public will be ostracized by three parties at the same time. How can he have a foothold? How can he survive?"

Suddenly, when Li Ji said this, Liu Yan felt like he was sweating profusely on his back.

At the same time, Liu Yan, who was well versed in politics, knew very well that what Li Ji said was not impossible.

Since the emperor came to power, he has used eunuchs to balance the power of the court. The three parties have been at odds with each other for many years, and countless officials have died or been exiled.

And if the three parties really believe that the emperor wants to cultivate the Han clan clan to balance the power of the fourth party in the court, they will definitely be attacked by the three parties.

Eunuchs, who were close to the emperor, could not tolerate Han clan members, and foreign relatives could not tolerate the emperor's real relatives. Even the scholars who had just been released from "party imprisonment" would not want to see Han clan clan members snatching their cakes.

If the eunuchs, relatives, and scholars were all hostile, not to mention that Liu Yan couldn't bear it, even if he wanted to change the emperor, it would not be impossible.

However, even if Liu Yan did not want to enter the court, it was impossible.

Nowadays, the largest official position in the local area is only 2,000 shi of prefect, and the nominal governor of the state who supervises the prefect is actually only 600 shi.

Therefore, Liu Yan was faced with a situation where he could not be promoted locally, but when he entered the court, he was in a crisis-ridden situation.

The more Liu Yan thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Before Li Ji pointed out this point, Liu Yan, who was in the bureau, had not realized this point, but now he clearly understood that the achievements of defeating the Yellow Turban Thief were just a hot potato for him.

Even though the situation in the court was not as dangerous as Li Ji said, Liu Yan had now stopped contaminating the darkness and chaos in the court.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Liu Yan poured himself another glass of wine with a rather ugly expression, then looked at Li Ji and said meaningfully. "Mr. Zikun's eloquence is rare in the world, but this alone seems a bit inadequate, right?"

At this moment, Liu Yan no longer concealed it, and simply expressed the meaning of exchange of interests nakedly.

Anyway, at this moment, there were only himself and Li Ji in the main hall, and Liu Yan was too lazy to argue with Li Jixu.

Liu Yan admitted that he was persuaded by Li Ji and no longer intended to monopolize Liu Bei's achievements, but he obviously did not want to let Liu Bei take away such great achievements in vain.

If Liu Yan deliberately carried out the operation, it would not be difficult even if Zou Jing swallowed most of the merits.

As for Liu Bei's statement that Liu Bei hurriedly asked Li Ji to return to Zhuoxian to remind him purely out of concern for his uncle, Liu Yan naturally would not take it seriously.

However, Li Ji really needed that fig leaf and said seriously.

"Your Excellency, the Grand Administrator, has misunderstood. In the imperial court, there are many corpses of the Dukes of Gung-Gun, who are eating without meals, which has caused the people to boil over, and even the Yellow Turbans, a rebellious party, can actually gather millions of people to bring disaster to the eight states."

"Brother Xuande and the prefect are both members of the Han clan. Seeing this situation, he must be filled with grief and anger, but there is nothing he can do about it."

Liu Yan nodded, also wanting to see what Li Ji was trying to sell, and responded.

"What Mr. Zikun said is absolutely true. What I want in my heart is not to hope that the big man can He Qing Haiyan."

"This is exactly the case. Therefore, Brother Xuande is determined to do his best to help the prefect enter the court and turn it into a stream of clean water to wash away the filth in the court." Li Ji said loudly.

However, Liu Yan just wanted to sneer.

If Li Ji had said this as soon as they met, Liu Yan would still believe it, thinking that Liu Bei was sensible.

However, after explaining the dangers of entering the court, Liu Yan was still willing to enter the court. Naturally, he understood that Li Ji wanted to be a bitch and deliberately set up a chastity memorial in front of the door.

"Of course, I have this intention. After all, one person is weak. It is better to wait for me to report to the emperor and enter the court with Xuande, side by side with uncle and nephew. We may not be able to make a difference." Liu Yan said impassionedly.

'Old fox, you really don't let go of the hawk when you see the rabbit...'

Li Ji cursed secretly in his heart, but he also roughly understood Liu Yan's psychological bottom line through repeated tests, and even found out some important information.

Immediately, Li Ji said seriously.

"However, facing the predicament of the prefect, Ji thought for a long time and came up with a way to not only save the prefect from entering the court, but also to show his ambition to restore the Han Dynasty to He Qing Haiyan."

"Huh? Mr. Zikun, please tell me." Liu Yan asked curiously.

Li Ji spoke slowly. "I don't know. Does the Grand Administrator know that in the first year of Suihe, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty changed the governor's position to the governor of the state?"

Suddenly, Liu Yan's eyes shone brightly, and he couldn't help but stand up suddenly!

The governor only has the power of supervision; the state pastor is the official in charge of the military and political affairs of a state.

Looking at Liu Yan's reaction, Li Ji further confirmed that Liu Yan had not yet thought of the "state animal husbandry strategy" at this moment, otherwise he would not be so gloomy.

But at this moment, Liu Yan didn't care about his gaffe, walked straight to Li Ji's side, and whispered.

"Mr. Zikun, is there any way to teach me?"

"If the Grand Administrator can make enough contributions to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and then offer this advice to the Emperor, at a time when the three parties in the court are in chaos, the Emperor may implement this strategy to ensure peace in all directions and prevent the recurrence of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. ." Li Ji replied.

"Is the meritorious service of Liu Xuande, the thief Cao Liu Xuande, under my command, enough to destroy 60,000 Yellow Turban troops?" Liu Yan asked.

"No!"

Li Ji shook his head and said.

"If the prefect acts like this, the emperor may think that the prefect is just giving advice for his own promotion. What will happen if the emperor then grants the title of shepherd to the four provinces and only transfers the prefect to the court? "

Liu Yan nodded, twirling his beard vigorously as usual, squinting his eyes and thinking, and asked. "What do you think Mr. Zikun should do?"

After a pause, Liu Yan grabbed Li Ji's wrist, shook it, and said.

"If I am the state shepherd, I would like to ask Mr. Zikun to be my farewell driver."

This promise can be said to be extremely important. The prefectural pastoral officer is the most distinguished official in the state, and he can be called the first civil official in a state.

Obviously, after Li Ji proposed the term "zhou shepherd", Liu Yan was completely moved and wanted to win the position of state shepherd at all costs.

Even in Liu Yan's view, how is Zhou Mu, who is in charge of military and political power, different from a real earth-breaking king?

Instead of entering the court and fighting with various forces, it is better to sit in a state as a member of the Han clan, quietly watch the changes in the world, and enjoy the peace, happiness and wealth of the world.

Li Ji did not comment on the promise given by Liu Yan, but continued.

"This matter is easy. Lord Governor, you can set an example of selflessness!"

"While presenting the good news of defeating the Yellow Turban to the Emperor, he ordered his subordinate Brother Cao Xuande, the thief in charge, to lead his army immediately south to aid Jizhou. If Brother Xuande made contributions in breaking the demon road, how could the achievements of the prefect be overshadowed by the Emperor? Forgot?"

When Liu Yan heard this, his face flushed with excitement and unconsciously, even comparable to Guan Yu who was guarding the door.

Liu Yan saw Li Ji's purpose very clearly!
  Since he cannot defeat the 60,000 Yellow Turban Army first, Liu Bei will definitely be greatly rewarded by the court, and he will lead his army south again to support the war in Jizhou. It is not impossible that he can take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation.

However, once Liu Yan takes the opportunity to offer the "state pastoral policy", Liu Yan, who is invisibly bound to Liu Bei, will also receive great benefits.

As a prefect of one side and a clan member of the Han Dynasty, after defeating the Yellow Turban bandits in the Zhuo County he was in charge of, he did not forget his public interest and ordered his nephew to immediately lead his army south to support the war in Jizhou!
  This is called professionalism!

This is called a model!

Looking at the countless officials in the Han Dynasty, how can anyone compare with them?
  No matter how you look at it, this is an example of a selfless Han family clan, and it will definitely be trusted by the emperor. Once the "state pastoral policy" is implemented, how can Liu Yan not have a seat as a state pastor in the world?
  "Wonderful! Very wonderful! Extremely wonderful!"

Liu Yan praised him three times in a row. While he was excited, his eyes towards Li Ji also changed completely.

In Liu Yan's eyes before, Li Ji was just a useful talent!
  However, in the eyes of Liu Yan now, Li Ji manipulated the general trend of the world at the slightest moment, but in fact, without giving anything, he completely induced himself to have to help Liu Bei with all his strength.

"Mr. Zikun, unfortunately the county magistrate in my mansion is seriously ill and will soon pass away. I would like to ask Mr. Zikun to temporarily take over the position of county magistrate." Liu Yan said seriously.

As for whether Jun Cheng is really seriously ill now, it's just a trivial matter. Liu Yan can ask him to send it immediately.

(End of this chapter)