Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 24 Intended for eternity
  Outside the main hall, Guan Yu stood proudly at the door, seemingly squinting his eyes and concentrating, but in fact he was carefully listening to what was going on in the main hall.

As time continued to pass, a trace of worry appeared on Guan Yu's eyebrows unconsciously, fearing that something unexpected might happen to Mr. Zikun, but he never heard any inappropriate noises coming from behind the door.

Therefore, Guan Yu could only suppress his anxiety and be ready to rush into the main hall at any time.

"Crench!"

Suddenly, the main hall door opened inward, and Guan Yu's half-closed eyes opened.

It wasn't until he saw Li Ji and Liu Yan walking out hand in hand, with smiles on their faces, that Guan Yu's half-hearted heart was relieved.

"Mr. Zikun, without further delay, I will go down and prepare the memorial and present it to the emperor as soon as possible."

Liu Yan took the initiative to cup his hands towards Li Jiyi and said.

"Then I will trouble you, the prefect, to be busy with official duties." Li Ji replied.

"Please ask Mr. Zikun and Yunchang to move to the backyard. I will host a banquet for you two in person later."

Immediately, Liu Yan summoned a small official without disrespecting etiquette, asked him to entertain Li Ji and Guan Yu, and then left in a hurry.

Li Ji and Guan Yu, guided by the smiling clerks, headed towards the backyard of the prefect's mansion.

When they arrived at the backyard, Li Ji found an excuse to send the clerk away, and then Guan Yu couldn't wait to speak.

"Mr. Zikun, is Liu Yan cheating?"

Li Ji took his time and looked at the scenery in Liu Yan's backyard. He stretched out his hand and broke off a peach blossom, sniffed it at the tip of his nose, and said.

"Yun Chang, there is no need to worry too much, everything has been decided."

When Guan Yu heard this, a trace of joy flashed across his face and he asked. "But Liu Yan has already promised not to pursue those Yellow Turbans again?"

Li Ji smiled and said nothing, and did not answer Guan Yu's question directly. Moreover, this was the backyard of the prefect's mansion, so he had to be careful that the walls had ears.

In fact, during the conversation with Liu Yan, Li Ji never revealed that Liu Bei's bottom line lay in the lives of the more than 50,000 Yellow Turbans.

Before returning to Zhuoxian County, Liu Bei seriously confessed to Li Ji: As long as Liu Yan is willing to let go of the more than 50,000 Yellow Turbans, he can hand over all his military exploits and captured money and grain.

Li Ji knows very well that between the two parties in the negotiation, whoever exposes the bottom line first will be at an absolute disadvantage and disadvantage.

Therefore, Li Ji did not even talk about the disposal of the more than 50,000 Yellow Turbans, but focused on the superficial military achievements and interests until Liu Bei and Liu Yan formed a political alliance on behalf of Liu Bei.

Li Ji then casually mentioned that when Liu Yan presented his military exploits to the emperor, he should write that he had annihilated more than 10,000 Yellow Turban thieves and rescued more than 50,000 plundered people, to show the benevolence and righteousness of the prefect.

Liu Yan was perfectly fine with this, and was even overjoyed about it, thinking that this was Liu Bei voluntarily sacrificing most of his military exploits in exchange for Liu Yan's benevolence and righteousness, and thus further gaining the trust of the emperor and the court.

As for why there are more than 10,000 writings, naturally collecting more corpses at will can make up more than 10,000 heads, and it is only a few thousand, which seems a bit insufficient.

And Li Ji also knew very well that Liu Yanming was going down to prepare a memorial, but he definitely secretly sent his subordinates to Daxing Mountain to confirm the situation to avoid being deceived.

However, this is what it should be.

Therefore, Li Jicai took his time and looked at the scenery of the backyard with Guan Yu, while he was thinking about another question that was somewhat uncontrollable.

Then Liu Yan invited himself to be the county magistrate, so he wanted to keep himself in Zhuoxian as a hostage? Or is it really out of solicitation?

However, after Li Ji politely refused, Liu Yan did not mean to be too tough. This made Li Ji feel that Liu Yan really valued him this time.

However, perhaps Li Ji's move to Liu Yan at this moment would undoubtedly be an excellent choice from the perspective of pure enjoyment of comfort.

Liu Bei's changed start can be said to be uniquely wonderful, but Liu Yan is undoubtedly much better than the original trajectory.

In Li Ji's memory, Liu Yanai proposed the "state pastoral policy" in the third year after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then invited the most remote Jiaozhou pastoralist.

It wasn't until by chance that the former governor of Yizhou, Quejian, was reported to the court for his corruption and greed, so the court changed Liu Yan to Yizhou Mu and went to Yizhou to rectify the administration.

And if Li Ji's plan goes well, Liu Yan is likely to become the shepherd of a state next year, much earlier than the original trajectory.

However, Leakey gave up on the idea.

Without him, Liu Bei's current appreciation and love for Li Ji is one of the reasons.

Without Liu Bei's identity, Li Ji, who was just a gangster, wouldn't even have the qualifications to talk to Liu Yan, and how would he have any chance of gaining Liu Yan's favor.

Of course, the more important reason is that Li Ji was in troubled times, and he always dreamed of creating the third generation of Han Dynasty with his own hands, or even creating a Han Dynasty that would be passed down for eternity!
  Li Ji hopes that the First Emperor's ambition of "counting future generations by numbers, the second and third generations will last for eternity, and will be passed down to infinity" can be realized in the great Han...

The decay of the Eastern Han Dynasty may have been inevitable, but Li Ji would never tolerate the chaos of the five chaos in China and the emergence of troubled times in which all Han people were like two-legged sheep!
  'Xuande, if you can give me enough trust, whether it is to revive the Han Dynasty or to restore the prosperous age of He Qing and Haiyan, I will do my best to realize it for you...'

'On the contrary, I just want to see that all the sun and moon shine on are Han people, and I will work with you to create an eternal dynasty with my own hands! '

Unknowingly, Li Ji stood under a pavilion, looking at the distant sky, and his heart gradually started to tumble as he finally took the first perfect step to rise in the troubled world.

Li Ji is confident that he may not be the best counselor in the world, but if he has enough trust and voice from his master Liu Bei, he can definitely draw a story that is far beyond the times and centered on Liu Bei, the orthodox Han Dynasty. Have a blueprint for what’s possible.

This is why in the entire era, except for Liu Bei, the character and three views of the other princes could not give Li Ji the trust and right to speak, and the most important Han legitimacy.

Guan Yu, standing next to Li Ji, looked at Li Ji's expression, and inexplicably felt an aura that seemed to contain the opportunity of the universe and embody the aspirations of heaven and earth.

Guan Yu squinted his eyes and thought secretly. 'This feeling is inexplicably similar to the eldest brother who once drunkenly ranted. '

That's when.

"Mr. Zikun, Yun Chang, I've been waiting for a long time..."

Liu Yan, who had changed his clothes, came over and invited him. "The banquet is ready, please follow me to the table."

"please."

When Li Ji turned around, his expression had returned to his usual calm and elegant expression, and he accepted the invitation to sit down.

The high standard of the banquet prepared by Liu Yan this time was quite eye-opening for Li Ji.

Not only were the dishes arranged exquisite and delicious, but also a series of music and dances were arranged, which made Li Ji, who had truly experienced for the first time what it means to be an upper-class man, fascinated by it from time to time.

Liu Yan also specially arranged for his descendants and many officials in Zhuoxian County to accompany him. In the deliberately created atmosphere, it can be said that both the guest and the host are happy.

Among them, Li Ji did not forget to take a few more glances at the young son Liu Zhang, who was sitting in the corner and looked plump and innocent.

In addition, what surprised Li Ji was that the Jun Cheng, who was rumored to be seriously ill, was very lively and even performed a sword dance in public, which attracted applause from the whole house.

However, during this lively banquet, Li Ji could vaguely feel that Liu Yan was deliberately extending the banquet time, and arranged music and dance performances one after another. Until, Zou Jing hurriedly came from outside, whispered something into Liu Yan's ears, and Liu Yan couldn't help but reveal a bit of joy while deliberately maintaining a calm face.

While drinking, Li Ji glanced at Liu Yan from the corner of his eye, and immediately understood that Zou Jing, who had never appeared at the banquet, should have quickly gone to Daxing Mountain to confirm the situation in person.

Now, Liu Yan has obviously been waiting for the answer, which also means that the cooperation between the two parties can officially begin.

As expected by Li Ji, after Zou Jing finished his report, Liu Yan finally ended the banquet that should have ended long ago.

Later, Liu Yan also wanted to keep Li Ji overnight in the prefect's mansion so that he could ask for advice at any time.

Naturally, Li Ji declined the offer in order to avoid anything happening, and then he and Guan Yu led fifty cavalry to Zhang Fei's residence within the city of Zhuo County.

It was not until he returned to the mansion that Li Ji had the opportunity to explain to Guan Yu in detail.

"Yun Chang, you will lead the cavalry back to Daxing Mountain tomorrow to meet Brother Xuande, tell Brother Xuande everything about today's events, and inform Brother Xuande that I have formed a political alliance with Liu Yan on his behalf."

"From now on, Liu Yan will do his best to support Brother Xuande. I have agreed with Liu Yan that he will prepare five thousand sets of weapons and armor, one thousand war horses, food and supplies for ten thousand soldiers for three months, and various flags as soon as possible. Supplies, etc.”

"Therefore, Brother Xuande can recruit suitable troops among those Yellow Turbans as soon as possible, replenish the troops and organize the army as soon as possible, and then he can go south and enter Jizhou."

At this moment, even Guan Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

From Guan Yu's perspective, apart from Li Ji chatting with Liu Yan behind closed doors for more than a cup of tea, the rest of the time seemed to be spent at a garden banquet, as if no real negotiations had taken place.

When on earth did Mr. Zikun actually discuss so many matters with Liu Yan?
  Moreover, the large amount of supplies Liu Yan prepared was undoubtedly a large sum of money. He almost wanted to empty out the entire Zhuojun treasury?
  If Li Ji knew what Guan Yu was thinking, he would definitely give a thumbs up and say, "You guessed it right!"

After Liu Yan confirmed that Liu Bei really defeated the 60,000 Yellow Turban Army with 2,000 soldiers, and made up his mind to cooperate with Liu Bei, he rushed to empty all the treasury of Zhuo County.

Anyway, in Liu Yan's opinion, if everything goes well, I will go to be a state herdsman next year, and there will be no need to worry about whether there will be rats in Zhuojun's treasury.

Use public money to do your own things!

How could Liu Yan show mercy to such a good deed?

However, even though Guan Yu was shocked, under Li Ji's rapidly accumulated prestige, Guan Yu did not raise the slightest question, but silently kept everything in mind.

"Yes, Mr. Zikun."

Guan Yu cupped his hands and said something, and then expressed concern. "Isn't it just that Mr. Zikun is not going to return to Daxing Mountain with Guan?"

"Ji, you can't leave just yet, otherwise Liu Yan may have doubts in his heart." Li Ji shook his head and replied.

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and said. "In this case, Guan will leave the Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry under the third brother's command in the mansion to serve as Mr. Zikun's personal bodyguard for the time being."

In this regard, Li Ji did not refuse.

After all, although Li Ji knew very well that Liu Yan would never do anything to him, he couldn't guarantee that some fanatical Yellow Turban craftsmen hiding in Zhuoxian County would sneak into the mansion.

With the protection of Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry, who were personally selected by Zhang Fei and were not weak in force, safety was naturally guaranteed.

Later, Li Ji continued to explain some details about how Liu Yan would send officials to take over the Yellow Turbans and arrange for their return to their hometowns, asking Liu Bei to assist as much as possible, so as not to delay the Yellow Turbans' return to their hometowns and miss the spring plowing time. .

This is a major issue related to whether these people at the bottom will be hungry next year, so Li Ji did not forget to explain it again and again.

"Mr. Zikun, don't worry. The three brothers and I are also from low-level backgrounds. How can we not understand such a big deal." Guan Yu responded in a deep voice.

"That's good."

Li Ji nodded and cupped his hands. "Then Yunchang should go down and have a rest. After fighting for a long time in the war, he accompanied Ji back to Zhuoxian to work. It's really hard for Yunchang."

"It's a trivial matter. Guan just used some courage. Mr. Zikun has worked hard. Please have a good rest, Mr. Zikun."

Guan Yu saluted, bowed and took three steps back, and was about to turn around and leave.

"Yun Chang, wait a moment."

Li Ji suddenly stopped Guan Yu.

Guan Yu turned around and asked without any impatience. "Mr. Zikun, do you have any other instructions?"

"Ji suddenly remembered something important." Li Ji said in a deep voice.

"Please say."

"After Yunchang returns to Daxing Mountain tomorrow morning, he can ask Brother Xuande to collect all the homeless women and send them back to Zhuoxian County." Li Ji said.

Guan Yu frowned slightly and asked. "How much does Mr. Zikun need?"

“The more the merrier.”

Li Ji said something, which made Guan Yu's brows visibly knitted together as he secretly thought.

'Mr. Zikun's hobby is not good, and he may not live long. '

However, Guan Yu knew that he might not be able to convince Mr. Zikun, so he could only plan to rush back to Daxing Mountain tomorrow morning and tell his elder brother about the matter, hoping that his elder brother could persuade Mr. Zikun.

"it is good."

Guan Yu responded slowly.

Li Ji, who was just deep in thought, did not notice Guan Yu's slight change in tone.

Just when Guan Yu hesitated to speak and retreat, Li Ji spoke again.

"In addition to women, those young men or children who are too young to join the army can also be sent to me. The more the better."

!!!

Guan Yu.

At this moment, Guan Yu's habitually half-closed eyes couldn't help but widen, and his already maroon face became even more flushed.

"No!"

Guan Yu couldn't help but speak out any longer and persuaded him seriously. "This will damage your body and shorten your life. Please think twice, Mr. Zikun."

(End of this chapter)