Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After Jia Xu leisurely left the port and returned to the governor's mansion, he handed the resignation letter written by Zuo Rong to Li Ji.

Although Jia Xu deliberately jogged back for a while and looked sweaty and hardworking, Li Ji was also proficient in various slacking skills, so how could he not be aware of Jia Xu's little disguise.

Jia Xu, who looked out of breath, smoothly picked up the pot of tea from Li Ji's desk, poured it into his own tea bowl, and said with emotion.

"You have fulfilled your mission. After my earnest persuasion, Lord Zuo finally realized that the overall situation is more important. He volunteered to go to Yingzhou and took the initiative to resign from the position of county governor."

"Wenhe has worked hard." Li Ji said.

"How can it be hard to serve my lord?" Jia Xu replied.

Li Ji narrowed his eyes, and while spreading out the bamboo slips and reading them, he casually said, "Speaking of which, the lord intends to hold a military parade to boost the morale of the army..."

Jia Xu's expression remained unchanged, and he began to think about the purpose of this matter.

Liu Bei would not usually have such an idea, so it is most likely that this matter was proposed by Li Ji.

Li Ji continued to introduce.

"This military performance will be different from the past. The format will be slightly changed. We will invite all the princes and noble families to come and watch the ceremony. Not only will the elite troops of each general's headquarters perform demonstrations, but we will also retain the session of the generals practicing martial arts and sparring with each other."

After hearing this, Jia Xu also reacted.

It was called "Military Parade" to boost the morale of the soldiers, but in fact Li Ji was preparing to change Wujun's past attitude of keeping a low profile as much as possible and instead choose to show power and deterrence in a high-profile manner.

That's right. The reason why Wu County kept a low profile in the past was because it was under pressure from Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, the Ten Eunuchs, and the generals.

But now that troubled times have arrived, justice and reputation are important, but strength is the real key.

Furthermore, after the battle against Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei suddenly changed from an ordinary and benevolent clan member to a famous and powerful prince in the eyes of the world.

Therefore, since Liu Bei couldn't keep a low profile, it would be better for him to be more high-profile...

"Gathering strength?" Jia Xu asked.

"That's true."

Li Ji smiled and replied, "If you want a long-term peaceful world, you must use the general trend to suppress it, so that everyone in the world will believe that it is the general trend for the lord to gain the world, and that the world will be at peace."

Throughout history, any country that was stolen must be full of hidden dangers.

This was true in the Jin Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Ji never prepared a path for Liu Bei to steal the country. As long as Liu Bei could seize the world in an upright manner, he would naturally become the emperor supported by the people of the world.

Immediately, Li Ji continued.

"Of course, the Grand Martial Arts Show has more than just this purpose, but that's a story for later."

"My headache right now is that although the grand military exercise is intended for generals to compete with each other, the scholars of our Han Dynasty have always learned the six arts of a gentleman and are proficient in battlefield arts such as charioteering and archery."

"So, if none of us civil officials go to the battle, wouldn't it make the lord's civil officials appear to be weak?"

Jia Xu didn't react at first, but when he heard the last part, he suddenly felt his scalp tingling, and even his voice changed when he asked further questions.

"Wait, Li Zikun, you are not planning to let me go into battle, are you?" Li Ji's face darkened and he said. "Wenhe, you and I are close friends, how could I do such a thing?"

However, the more Jia Xu listened to Li Ji saying this, the more depressed he felt. The happy smile he had originally put on when he returned from the port could no longer be maintained.

Immediately, Li Ji took out a bamboo tube from under the table, which contained a lot of bamboo pieces, and said.

"It just so happened that when the Lord held a meeting to discuss some details about the grand military performance, Wenhe volunteered to go to the port and was unable to participate in time. This is quite regrettable."

"As for who will represent the civil officials in the war, I am also having a hard time deciding, so I simply asked the civil officials participating in the meeting to write down who they support in the war on a bamboo slip and throw it into a bamboo tube..."

When he said this, Li Ji paused, then turned the bamboo tube upside down, and a large number of bamboo pieces with different handwritings were scattered on the table. All of them had the word "Jia Xu" written on them, making Jia Xu's face almost visibly turn black.

"Wenhe, you see, this is what everyone wants. Almost everyone agrees that you should represent the team. Even if I feel a little reluctant, it is difficult to go against the will of the crowd."

Li Ji shook his head as he spoke, his tone full of sighs and lamentations.

"Shameless...shameless, you are shameless!"

At this moment, Jia Xu was so angry that his beard was shaking. He felt like he had just gone out for a walk and his home was robbed the moment before.

Although Jia Xu was well aware that he slacked off every day and was envied by others for doing nothing but drinking tea or strolling around while on duty in the governor's mansion, they would never have such a unanimous opinion.

Those who can have a place among the civil officials under Liu Bei are definitely not stupid.

In the meeting, the only civil official missing was Jia Xu. With just a little hint from Li Ji, it would have been easy for him to manipulate the current result.

"Wenhe, please don't slander someone out of thin air. The meeting was chaired by the Lord himself, and I haven't even voted yet."

Li Ji looked helpless and aggrieved, then continued.

"Originally, I was a little confused about how to explain it to Wenhe. After all, those lords have many warriors under their command, and they are all rough men. If they really start fighting, they will easily lose their sense of proportion and hurt Wenhe."

"But seeing that Wenhe still remembers to walk back from his mission to exercise, I feel relieved. Besides, there is still a month before the scheduled grand martial arts performance, so Wenhe still has a lot of time to adapt."

"I believe this is only a small loss for Wenhe, and it will bring honor to civil officials like us."

Jia Xu looked at Li Ji with gritted teeth, flicked his sleeves, and simply sat down in front of Li Ji in a sloppy manner, and said.

"I'm sorry, I can't go."

Li Ji said with a smile.

"You deserted the battlefield in front of countless princes and noble families. Who knows, it might be recorded in history books. Wenhe, you don't want to be ridiculed by future generations for thousands of years, right?"

Jia Xu might not care much about his reputation, but that is relative. Among the martial arts-loving Han people, being known for deserting the battlefield is definitely a bad reputation.

Jia Xu's expression changed, he felt slightly deflated, and spoke.

"I give in. Let's change the conditions."

"Wenhe, it's not that I think you are the most idle person in the governor's mansion. The others are busy like spinning tops every day. Only you have enough time to practice your skills such as archery, so I give this important task to you..." (End of this chapter)