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

Although Jia Xu had deliberately jogged back for a while to appear hardworking and sweaty, Li Ji, who was also proficient in various ways to slack off, could not be fooled by Jia Xu's little pretense.

Panting for breath, Jia Xu very smoothly grabbed the pot of tea from Li Ji's desk and poured it into his teacup, saying with emotion.

"I have not failed my mission. After my earnest persuasion, Lord Zuo finally realized the importance of the overall situation and voluntarily went to Yingzhou, and took the initiative to resign from the position of Prefect."

"Wenhe, you have worked hard." Li Ji said.

"Serving the lord, how can it be hard work?" Jia Xu replied.

Li Ji narrowed his eyes, and while unfolding the bamboo slips to read, he casually said, "Speaking of which, the lord intends to hold a grand military exercise to encourage the morale of the army…"

Jia Xu's expression remained unchanged, and he pondered the purpose of this matter.

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

Li Ji continued to introduce.

"This military exercise is different from the past. The format will be slightly changed. Various lords and aristocratic families will be invited to observe the ceremony. Not only will the elite troops of the generals demonstrate, but also a link for the generals to spar and learn from each other will be retained."

Hearing this, Jia Xu immediately realized it.

Under the name of "Grand Military Exercise" to boost the morale of the soldiers, Li Ji is actually preparing to change the past attitude of Wu County to keep a low profile as much as possible, and instead choose to declare deterrence in a high-profile manner.

That's right, the reason why Wu County tried its best to keep a low profile in the past was because there was still Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, as well as the Ten Attendants and the General-in-Chief pressing down on them.

But now that the troubled times have arrived, righteousness is certainly important, but strength is the real key.

Moreover, after the Battle of the Dong, Liu Bei suddenly changed from an unremarkable benevolent relative in the eyes of the world to a famous and powerful warlord, completely becoming the focus of the world's attention.

Therefore, since it was impossible for Liu Bei to keep a low profile, it would be better to take the initiative to show off in a high-profile manner…

"Building momentum?" Jia Xu asked.

"It's not wrong to say that."

Li Ji replied with a smile. "If you want a long-term peace and stability in the world, then you must use the general trend in a fair and upright manner to make the people of the world believe that the lord's acquisition of the world is the trend of the times and the desire of the people."

Throughout history, any country that has been usurped will definitely have hidden dangers.

The Jin Dynasty was like this, the Sui Dynasty was like this, and the Song Dynasty was also like this.

Therefore, Li Ji has never prepared such a path of usurpation for Liu Bei. He only needs to seize the world in a fair and upright manner with the general trend, and Liu Bei will naturally become the emperor supported by the people of the world.

Immediately, Li Ji continued.

"Of course, the Grand Military Exercise is not only for this purpose, but those are all stories for later."

"What I am worried about now is that although the Grand Military Exercise is planned for the generals to learn from each other, my Han scholars have always learned the six arts of a gentleman and are proficient in battlefield arts such as archery."

"Therefore, if none of our civil servants take part in the battle, wouldn't it appear that the civil servants under the lord are all weaklings?"

At first, Jia Xu didn't react, but when he heard the last sentence, he suddenly felt a tingling in his scalp, and even his voice changed when he questioned.

"Wait, Li Zikun, you don't plan to let me go into battle, do you?"

Li Ji's face sank, 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's words, the more his heart sank. The joyful smile that he had when he returned from the port unknowingly became difficult to maintain.

Immediately, Li Ji took out a bamboo tube from under the desk, which contained many bamboo pieces, and said.

"It happened that when the lord held a meeting to discuss some details about the Grand Military Exercise, Wenhe took the initiative to ask to go to the port and failed to participate in time, which is quite a pity."

"As for who should represent the civil servants in the battle, I am also difficult to decide, so I simply asked the civil servants who participated in the meeting to write down who they supported to participate in the battle on the bamboo pieces and put them into the bamboo tube…"

Speaking of this, Li Ji paused, and then poured out the bamboo tube, and a large number of bamboo pieces with different handwriting were scattered on the desk, all of which were written with the word "Jia Xu", which made Jia Xu's face almost obviously turn black.

"Wenhe, look, the people want you, almost unanimously agreeing that you should represent the battle. Even if I am a little unbearable, it is difficult to disobey the public opinion."

Li Ji shook his head while speaking, his tone full of regret and emotion.

"Shameless… shameless, you are shameless!"

At this moment, Jia Xu was so angry that his beard was shaking non-stop, and he felt like his home had been stolen as soon as he went out for a walk.

Although Jia Xu was also very clear that he slacked off every day, and it was very enviable to be on duty in the state shepherd's mansion, either drinking tea or strolling around, it would never lead to such a unified opinion.

Those who can have a place among the civil servants under Liu Bei are by no means stupid people.

In the meeting held, Jia Xu was the only one missing from the ranks of civil servants. With a little hint from Li Ji, it can only be said that it was easy to manipulate the current result.

"Wenhe, don't slander people's innocence out of thin air. The meeting was personally presided over by the lord, and I haven't even voted in it yet."

Li Ji looked helpless and aggrieved, and then continued.

"Originally, I was still a little embarrassed about how to explain it to Wenhe, after all, there are many fierce generals under the lord, and they are all rough people. If they really start fighting, they can easily lose their sense of proportion and hurt Wenhe."

"But seeing Wenhe not forgetting to run back to exercise after going out on a mission, I am relieved, and there is still a month before the scheduled Grand Military Exercise, and Wenhe still has a lot of time to adapt."

"I believe this is just a small matter for Wenhe, and it just happens to win glory for our civil servants."

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

"I am sorry for my incompetence, I can't go."

Li Ji said with a smile.

"Fleeing before the battle in front of countless lords and aristocratic families, and it may be recorded in history books, Wenhe, you don't want to be ridiculed by future generations for thousands of years, do you?"

Jia Xu may not care much about his reputation, but that is relatively speaking. In the martial Han Dynasty, bearing the reputation of fleeing before the battle is definitely a bad name.

Jia Xu's face changed, and he sighed slightly and said.

"I admit defeat, let's change a condition."

"Wenhe, it's definitely not because I think you are the most idle in the state shepherd's mansion, and everyone else is as busy as a spinning top every day, and only you have enough time to pick up and practice archery and other skills, so I entrusted this important task to you…" (End of this chapter)