Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Zhang Zhongjing was a bit of a power-obsessed person, and he could be considered the ceiling of internal medicine in his time.

Therefore, the matter was basically that Li Ji would communicate with Liu Bei, and then hand the task over to Zhang Zhongjing, who would then come up with a charter as a professional as soon as possible, and finally have Li Ji sign and seal it.

When Liu Bei and Li Ji talked until the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, he walked out with brisk steps.

Xiahou Bo, who was guarding outside the house, looked at the flush of excitement on Liu Bei's face that had not yet faded, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. He didn't understand what Mr. Zikun in the house had done to make Liu Bei, who usually did not show his emotions, look like this.

But at this moment, Liu Bei's excitement and joy were too great to tell others.

"Zi Kun has mountains and rivers in his belly, and a splendid and prosperous world!"

Liu Bei looked at the night sky and said something secretly with deep emotion.

It was not until today, after a detailed discussion with Li Ji, that Liu Bei realized that the blueprint hidden in Li Ji's mind was so vast.

Behind Liu Bei, Li Ji walked out with a tired look on his face, ready to see Liu Bei off.

Liu Bei listened patiently and excitedly throughout the whole process, but Li Ji wanted to explain to Liu Bei the next plan for Yangzhou in a way that Liu Bei could understand.

Wu County is not small, but it is definitely not big either.

Many things can be tested in Wujun, but they are far from enough to serve as the basis for hegemony.

The best way is to transform the entire Yangzhou into what Li Ji wants, and then annex the other four directions and integrate them into it. This will also allow the content of the reform to be promoted to the entire Han Dynasty in a relatively stable manner.

It was just that Li Ji had been nervous for a long time in the morning about the birth of Xiao Xier, and then he had been negotiating with Liu Bei for a long time, so naturally he could not hide his fatigue.

Seeing this, Liu Bei insisted on not letting Li Ji see him off and left quickly on his own.

Li Ji did not insist on this. After saying goodbye to him, he turned around and prepared to go to the backyard. However, he found that Li Xiang was sitting on a stone block beside the backyard gate, with his head nodding from time to time, and he could not stop dozing off.

Seeing this, Li Ji walked up to Li Xiang and squatted down. Li Xiang, who still couldn't open his eyes, was unaware of anything.

"Why is Xiang'er dozing off here? Instead of going back to your room to rest." Li Ji asked in a gentle voice.

Li Xiang suddenly woke up, and after seeing Li Ji in front of him, he quickly saluted like a little adult and said.

"I am waiting for my father. After he has finished discussing business with my uncle, I will ask him to allow me to go and pay my respects to my mother."

Li Ji was slightly startled, and then he remembered that in order to avoid disturbing Cai Zhaoji's rest, he had ordered that no one was allowed to enter Cai Zhaoji's room except Li Shu and Li Qin, who served Cai Zhaoji personally.

With Li Ji's prestige, naturally no one in the mansion dared to disobey Li Ji's orders, so much so that even Li Xiang was turned away. So they came here to wait for Li Ji, hoping to get Li Ji's permission.

"You kid..."

Li Ji felt helpless and complicated for a moment.

If it was Adou or other children of the same age, they would probably have burst into the meeting room in the mansion crying and making a fuss. How could they be as sensible and smart as Li Xiang and wait on the road leading to the backyard from the meeting room?

As for Li Xiang's evaluation, Li Ji has always felt that he is too sensible and intelligent.

But precisely because of this, Li Ji did not dare to show his doting on Li Xiang, for fear that the young and precocious Li Xiang would develop an arrogant and spoiled character that looked down on others, and eventually grow up completely wrong.

After all, if Li Ji didn't behave more strictly, who in the entire Liu Bei group would dare to be strict with Li Xiang?

Even in a few years, it is possible that no one in the entire Han Dynasty would dare to treat Li Xiang harshly.

In this case, how can we make him feel awe?

If people have no reverence, they will be lawless.

Therefore, Li Ji felt pity for Li Xiang at this moment, and even wanted to pick up Li Xiang and go to see Zhao Ji to see how Zhao Ji was recovering.

However, Li Ji still resisted the urge and responded calmly.

"Then follow."

Immediately, Li Ji did not express any appreciation or criticism for Li Xiang's actions. Instead, he flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and continued walking forward.

Seeing this, Li Xiang jumped off the small stone pier carefully, and while trotting to catch up with Li Ji, he still held the piece of pastry that he had wrapped in the morning in his hand.

Tonight, the moonlight is still bright, stretching the shadows of Li Ji and Li Xiang very long.

"Father, can mother eat cakes at this time?"

"can."

……

When Li Xiang, who was once the eldest son, was born, even though Li Ji did not hold a grand banquet, there was still a constant stream of colleagues and noble families coming to visit him in person.

But now, Li Xi's birth did not cause much attention or commotion within Liu Bei's group.

Apart from close friends such as Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Guan Yu who came to congratulate him personally, the rest of his colleagues basically just sent someone to deliver a gift.

From a universal perspective, a daughter's importance is naturally far lower than that of a legitimate son.

However, apart from the Yangzhou Mu Mansion and Guoshihou Mansion sending people to distribute malt sugar, rice and other things to congratulate Li Xi, many Yangzhou noble families who arrived in Wu County one after another could not help but start to have wild thoughts.

"What a great man does must have a deep meaning!"

This statement gradually became the consensus of the Yangzhou noble families, especially as the January deadline was approaching, and the Yangzhou noble families had to send people to Wu County to find ways to show how to "excusable". Many of the Yangzhou noble families who had already arrived in Wu County in advance naturally gathered together to discuss the matter.

"Could this be a test or a trial?"

"That's really possible. He must be hinting at us and wants to see how we react. Otherwise, why would he make such a big fuss about the birth of a daughter?"

"But I have heard that Guo Shihou is an upright person. He has never accepted any benefits in his many years as an official. His words and deeds are all for the public good. He can't be trying to make money with such a petty trick, right?"

"Who can say for sure about this kind of thing? Even if the Marquis of Guoshi doesn't think so, shouldn't you express your serious opinion? Now, the Marquis of Guoshi has the highest authority under Uncle Liu, and Uncle Liu listens to the Marquis of Guoshi's orders."

"Humph, you are really as cowardly as mice. My Xu family has been passed down for more than 300 years, and our ancestors have produced as many as six three dukes and nine ministers. If you kowtow and flatter a small county marquis, how can you still have backbone? How can you face your ancestors?"

"That's right! We came to Wu County to negotiate with Uncle Liu. Why should we flatter a county marquis like this?"

"What you said makes a lot of sense. As long as we unite as one, no matter how powerful that national hero is, he can't kill us all, right?"

……

The next day, when Li Ji returned to the government office after his holiday, he soon saw the content of the conversations among the Yangzhou noble families during their secret meetings presented by the Embroidered Uniform Service.

"Oh, can a Yangzhou family be so courageous?"

Li Ji might not care about the gifts from the so-called Yangzhou family, but he was greatly surprised by the backbone shown by the Yangzhou family. This was quite different from what Li Ji had expected.

However, Li Ji was not in a hurry to deal with these Yangzhou families. He planned to wait for a month and let the guillotine fall for a while.

However, after Li Ji returned to the government office, a meeting was held before he could even sit down, and the content of this meeting was very simple.

That means promotion and official title!
Liu Bei was promoted to General of Annan and Governor of Yangzhou. Although he did not have the right to establish a government office like Lu Bu, as the imperial court declined, the promotion of all officials in Yangzhou was undoubtedly decided by Liu Bei.

If Li Ji had not taken a leave of absence and returned home after returning to Wujun, this promotion meeting would have been held long ago.

Therefore, after Li Ji finished his rest, Liu Bei convened this promotion meeting almost immediately, intending to preliminarily determine the official system within the entire Yangzhou.

The first thing was to change the seat of Yangzhou to Wu County, and change the original Wujun government office to the provincial governor's office.

Li Ji had originally been promoted by the court to be the governor of Wujun County, so it was not appropriate for him to be an official under Liu Bei. However, Liu Bei directly appointed Li Ji as "military advisor" to take charge of all military and political affairs inside and outside Yangzhou.

Guan Yu was promoted to the position of military officer in the provincial governor's office, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were both promoted to military inspectors, Jia Xu was promoted to the position of governor, Mi Zhu was promoted to the position of bookkeeper, Jian Yong was promoted to the chief clerk, Sun Qian was promoted to the position of literary officer, and Guo Jia was promoted to military supervisor.

Other generals like Gan Ning, Jiang Qin, Xu Sheng, etc. were recommended to the court as generals with miscellaneous titles or captains with real power.

Only the position of Beijia Shishi, who was the chief of all the subordinate officials, was left vacant by Liu Bei.

The positions of county magistrates in other counties of Yangzhou have not been arranged as a considerable number of them are still imprisoned in Wu County Prison and are not yet vacant.

However, for the current Wu County, what it lacks the least is practical and hard-working clerks.

Therefore, the large number of clerks accumulated since the establishment of Ren De Academy were promoted and arranged to maintain the operation of the county government offices.

After these clerks who were loyal to Liu Bei completely controlled the county governments, it no longer mattered who the county governor was. The key was that the county governments could execute the orders issued by the provincial governor's office.

After the meeting, which lasted for most of the day, ended, almost everyone walked out with a smile on their face.

Only Gu Yong had a bitter face, looking melancholy and complicated.

It’s not that Gu Yong didn’t get promoted, it’s just that the position he was promoted to was…

Li Ji walked over with a smile on his face and asked, "Why? Wasn't Yuan Tan's dream to become the prefect of Wu County?"

At this moment, Gu Yong almost couldn't help rolling his eyes, and his face was stretched.

It is true that Gu Yong once wanted to be the prefect of Wu County, but the current prefect of Wu County is Li Ji!!!

Without waiting for Gu Yong to respond in his usual confused way, Li Ji patted Gu Yong on the shoulder and said.

"Yuan Tan, you know that you are my favorite! Work hard, and you may even take my place in the future."

Immediately, Li Ji went off to work with a smile on his face.

Li Ji's position as the prefect of Wujun was naturally just a figurehead. As Liu Bei's territory grew larger, it was no longer possible for Li Ji to handle a series of trivial matters in the county as he did before.

The position of Gu Yong as the prefect of Wujun was specially recommended to Liu Bei by Li Ji.

Today, Wujun is the core and prosperous area of ​​Yangzhou. Its population may already be the largest in the entire Han Dynasty, and it will also be the center for Li Ji to implement reforms in Yangzhou.

It can be predicted that the government affairs of Wu County must be extremely heavy.

Only by entrusting the task to a prime minister like Gu Yong who is quite familiar with Wujun, can Li Ji feel completely at ease, and this can also be regarded as making up for the promise he made to Gu Yong.

'But if this is the case, Gu Yong may have to continue to suffer...'

Thinking of this, Li Ji, who was walking back to the mansion under Xu Chu's protection, had a smile on his face almost the entire time.

It was not until Li Ji walked back to the door of Guoshihou Mansion and looked at the various gifts piled up like a mountain, almost blocking the entire entrance, that his expression froze.

no……

Didn't the Yangzhou family agree that they would never bow to a county marquis? What about the backbone revealed in their words? (End of this chapter)