Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"No, then why are they kowtowing?"

When Leo heard this, he looked at Li Ji with a bit of horror.

It's not because this question is too tricky, but because the answer was contained in the words Zikun's master sent someone to teach him.

It was as if Master Zikun had anticipated that the Han man named Zhang Zhao would ask this question a few days ago, which made Li Aoli blurt out instinctively.

"The Japanese are demonstrating with their actions that if their lord attacks, this will be your fate."

This answer with almost no hesitation made Zhang Zhao frown slightly.

With the demeanor of those Japanese people, this answer was obviously not right, but Leo Oli's speed of replying without thinking did not look like a make-up lie at all.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the generals who were sitting in the hall as if they were watching monkey jokes all darkened one after another, and their sharp eyes moved on Li Aoli and the Japanese.

Especially Zhang Fei, who has the most irritable personality, the chopsticks in his hands were pinched directly, and a pair of tiger eyes were firmly locked on Li Aoli.

The almost tangible power frightened Leo Oli's body to tremble instinctively.

Leo Oli nodded quickly, then turned around and spoke in Japanese.

Immediately, Leo said the answer he remembered.

Suddenly, the three Japanese kowtowed and looked at each other, as if they were grasping a life-saving straw.

At this moment, Zhang Zhao, who was so frightened that he lost his composure, asked urgently.

'Even the weapons are made of gold? '

[Your Excellency, see if it looks like this. 】

In the main hall, no matter whether it was Zhang Zhao or Zhang Fei, the originally contemptuous expressions slowly subsided, and their eyes began to glow with a faint green light.

【Is this energetic enough...】

[Big men don’t like people who grovel. The more backbone and unyielding you are, the more the big men will appreciate you and the more likely they are to let you go. 】

As for Li Aoli, he was astonished by Li Ji at this moment. Everything seemed to have been arranged in advance. Whether it was Zhang Zhao's questions or the reactions of the three Japanese, they were all firmly remembered in Li Aoli's mind. completely consistent.

"How is it possible? When the Japanese country sent envoys to visit Emperor Guangwu, the gifts they brought were only pottery and some cotton and linen cloth. If the Japanese country was really full of gold, and even rich enough to use gold to make weapons, how could they dare to ask the imperial court Offer those things?”

[I beg you, please give me a kind word. 】

"You... I don't dare!" Leo asked stammering.

"Sir, the Japanese say that their lord is protected by the gods and is invincible and invincible. Even the weapons are made of gold and are extremely sharp."

Immediately, the three Japanese people quickly raised their heads, raised their chests, tightened their expressions, raised their heads with their eyes wide open, and asked Leo Oli one after another in a tough tone.

The reaction of these three Japanese people who seemed to suddenly become tough made Zhang Zhao stunned for a moment.

This sentence kept echoing in everyone's mind.

"Hmph, then ask these three Japanese why they think their lord is qualified to ask for someone from my big man." Zhang Zhao asked with full scrutiny.

"You didn't lie?" Zhang Zhao asked.

The Han version has evolved to the point where Huang Tian is standing. Just blessing from the gods is obviously not enough, and even the Zhangjiao representing Huang Tian has become cold. How can it scare the Han people?
However, when hearing the second half.

At the beginning, the people present scoffed at what Leo said about the protection of gods. They only thought that the Japanese were stupid.

Hearing this, Li Aoli turned to translate to the three Japanese people behind him and said.

[The adults of the Han people expressed their admiration for your courage and asked if you had anything of value in exchange for your life? 】

When the three Japanese heard this, they were overjoyed. Their firm and backbone expressions were even more outstanding. They looked at each other, shook their heads, and answered.

[Everything I had on me was ransacked on that ship. 】

[As long as you can let me go back, I will definitely find something that will satisfy the Han adults. 】

[Your Excellency, if we show more integrity, will we be able to be released without giving anything? 】

Li Aoli nodded to make it clear, and then respectfully answered Zhang Zhao, who was already showing some urgency.

"They didn't know what happened to the lords, but they said that weapons made of gold were just commonplace. Some lords even used gold to make armors, and one of them once supervised the mining of gold mines. Every day You can see countless amounts of gold being dug out and given to the Lord."

Armor made of gold...

Gold mining... Countless gold was dug out...

Zhang Zhao, who had always boasted of being a famous scholar, began to breathe quickly involuntarily and stared straight at the three Japanese.

If Li Aoli said that a lot of Japanese countries did not send gold to Emperor Guangwu for some reason, then Zhang Zhao would know that Li Aoli was lying almost instantly.

Not to mention that it happened nearly two hundred years ago, and the reason for such a major event is definitely not something that ordinary Japanese people should know.

What's more important is that Zhang Zhao was already dizzy by the four words "gold" mixed in Li Aoli's sentence.

The big man is short of gold and silver!

Even the emperor has gone to the point of selling his official position and winning titles. In order to make money, Boss Cao originally created his own gold-grabbing school captain. You can imagine how much today's big men are short of these common things.

Vulgar, too vulgar!
At this moment, the first thought that came to Zhang Zhao's mind was that this kind of gold and silver was too vulgar and the Japanese country could not handle it.

As for the other civil servants and generals present, they were also dazzled by what they heard.

Especially Mi Zhu, who was in charge of finance, even his buttocks unconsciously moved away from the seat, and his body leaned slightly in the direction of Leo Aoli and the three Japanese.

"has a problem!"

The next moment, Zhang Zhao's face darkened, his old-looking facial features trembled slightly, he turned around and bowed towards Liu Bei.

"Lord, in my humble opinion, there is something very wrong with it!"

However, just when Li Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, Zhang Zhao, who had a serious look on his face, changed his tone and spoke as if he was upright.

"First, the country that was affiliated to our Han Dynasty was the Japanese country, not the Yamatai Kingdom that these three people claimed to be; secondly, since Yingzhou contains gold and silver minerals, why did the Japanese country not pay tribute to the late emperor? Thirdly, it is recorded in the history books "The Japanese tribute at that time could not be more than pottery, linen and other items. Perhaps the Japanese country was really a remnant of the violent Qin Dynasty, so it is unknown whether they used this method to secretly humiliate me, the Han Dynasty."

"As the saying goes: A king who humiliates his ministers will die! No matter whether the Japanese country still exists or not, I, Zhang Zhao, as a subject of the Han Dynasty, am determined not to tolerate such things happening. We should quickly send people to Yingzhou to thoroughly investigate the cause and effect of this matter to see if the Japanese country is still alive. It has something to do with the remnants of the violent Qin Dynasty. Let's check if there is gold and silver everywhere in Yingzhou, but they use pottery and linen to insult me. "

I have to say that when it comes to changing faces, it depends on me, a Chinese scribe.

Li Ji looked at Zhang Zhao, who had always behaved solemnly and calmly, and said these words with a righteous face, and almost couldn't help but clasp his hands in praise.

Look at what Zhang Zhao said, how upright and logical it was.

The Han Dynasty was not looking for the gold and silver minerals in Yingzhou, but to confirm whether the Japanese country, a subsidiary country of the Han Dynasty, had been destroyed by the so-called Yamatai Kingdom, and to confirm whether the Japanese country was related to the survivors of the Qin Dynasty, so he went to the gold and silver mines. Sometimes he offered pottery and linen to the court to secretly insult the man.

But as long as it is confirmed that Yingzhou really contains a large amount of gold and silver minerals, then to Yingzhou it will be regarded as yellow mud, not shit but shit.

First of all, the crime of the Japanese country insulting the Han Dynasty and the late emperor is iron-clad. Coupled with some ironclad evidence of tyrannizing the Qin survivors, then even if the Han Dynasty destroyed the Japanese country, there would be no room for injustice.

Following Zhang Zhao, a group of civil servants and generals also reacted and spoke in agreement.

"My lord, what Zibu said is absolutely true. The Japanese country has many problems, not to mention to protect the vassal state, or to thoroughly investigate whether the Japanese country deliberately insulted our great Han Dynasty. It is appropriate to send people to investigate the matter."

"That's right, brother, at least we need to find out whether Yingzhou has gold and silver!"

"General Yide, you are talking nonsense. You want to find out whether the Japanese country is a remnant of the violent Qin Dynasty. Therefore, you used pottery and linen to humiliate me as a man with evil intentions."

……

Seeing that the civil servants and generals in the hall were in a turbulent mood, Liu Bei stretched out his hand and pressed it down, first making the hall quiet, and then turned to look at Li Ji and asked.

"From Zikun's perspective, what should we do?"

Li Ji pondered for a moment, as if he was temporarily weighing the pros and cons, and then handed it over.

"Since we are officials of the Han Dynasty, we cannot ignore this matter as if it were not discovered. We should quickly find out and report it to the court to set the record straight so that the subordinate countries in the four directions will not dare to look down on me as a strong man."

Liu Bei nodded, first waved towards Li Oli and the three Japanese who were still raising their chests, and asked the soldiers to take these four people down, and then said.

"In this case, Bei also agrees that the matter should be investigated quickly and reported to the court. However, Yingzhou is far overseas, so such an investigation cannot be considered carefully."

As soon as Liu Bei's words came out, this argument was almost completely determined and the matter was completely put on the table.

Then, after the other civil servants and generals left one by one, Liu Bei and Li Ji stood up at the same time and headed towards the area blocked by a screen in the corner of the main hall.

Behind this screen, three great scholars of the time, Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi, and Cai Yong, were sitting on their knees.

The reason why these three great scholars are here is because it involves the people of the vassal country, and the handling of it will easily cause criticism. Therefore, Li Ji proposed that Liu Bei ask these three great scholars to watch and witness on one side.

In the Han Dynasty, which advocated Confucianism, the Confucian scholars were a group with both talent and political integrity and a great reputation.

In today's situation where the prestige of the imperial court is declining, the great scholar is synonymous with authority in a sense. (End of chapter)