Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

[Ordered by God, you will live forever]

"It must be the Imperial Seal!"

Li Ji carefully checked the words engraved on the front and found that they were exactly the same.

As he stroked the texture of the jade seal, Li Ji's eyes unconsciously showed a hint of heat, and then quickly calmed down.

No Han Chinese could remain indifferent to the imperial seal. Even Li Ji experienced great psychological fluctuations.

In this era, the significance attached to the imperial seal is unimaginable, it symbolizes orthodoxy.

Li Ji let out a breath, felt the heavy weight of the jade seal, and asked.

"Bo Fu, where did you get this?"

“They searched the corpse of that bastard Liu Biao,” Sun Ce replied.

Li Ji frowned slightly, then relaxed.

The content compiled by Sun Ce before did not mention this item at all in the document, but in a moment, Li Ji realized that the imperial seal was of great importance and it was right not to put it in writing.

Many things, once written down, will leave traces and may be known to others.

"Besides you, is there anyone else who knows about this thing?" Li Ji asked.

"No, not even Gongjin knows." Sun Ce replied.

This answer made Li Ji nod slightly, but he also felt that the jade seal was inexplicably hot.

Compared to the weather getting cold, the governor puts on a yellow robe to warm himself up...

This directly put the imperial seal into Li Ji's hands, which made his persuasion more than three times stronger.

What's more, Li Ji is now a governor-general with power, troops and prestige, and with the imperial seal in his hand, all the conditions for rebellion are invisibly met.

Li Ji looked at Sun Ce deeply, and the look that responded to Li Ji was so clear and filial.

In other words, Li Ji knew Sun Ce inside and out. Otherwise, if it was Wei Yan or Sima Yi who presented the jade seal to him, Li Ji would really suspect that they were trying to alienate him.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ji carefully inquired about the specific details of how Sun Ce obtained the jade seal. After confirming that no third party knew about the existence of the jade seal, Li Ji fell into deep thought.

The imperial seal is undoubtedly the most precious treasure of the country.

But getting it before one’s virtue matches one’s position is not a blessing but a disaster.

Holding the imperial seal is equivalent to declaring to the world that one is ready to become orthodox.

If you want to claim the throne by holding the imperial seal, it is equivalent to asking everyone in the server to become the boss, and it is normal to be beaten up.

Let’s not talk about the fact that in the original trajectory, Yuan Shu, who occupied the four provinces of Yu, Jing, Yang and Xu, proclaimed himself emperor and was beaten to death by a group of people.

(PS: After careful research on Yuan Shu’s territory before he proclaimed himself emperor, it is indeed true.

At that time, Sun Ce was nominally still a subordinate of Yuan Shu, and only announced his separation after Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor. In addition to Yuzhou, parts of Jingzhou and Xuzhou were also occupied by Yuan Shu.

Add to that Yuan Shao, who lived north of the Yellow River. At the time, the world belonged to the Yuan family. As long as the two Yuans in the north and south joined forces, the world would belong to Yuan. Unfortunately, the two Yuans had conflicts, and Yuan Shu was crazy enough to declare himself emperor.)
At that time, Liu Biao secretly hid the imperial seal, and was also surrounded and attacked by Liu Yan, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu. This shows the disaster-bringing ability of the imperial seal.

"It's not the right time for this thing to be released yet..."

Soon, Li Ji made a decision in his mind, and placed the jade seal in front of Sun Ce, saying, "I am very happy that Ce'er can take out the jade seal, but Ce'er will keep it for me for a while."

"Teacher, don't you want it?"

Sun Ce blurted out a sentence that almost made Li Ji gasp for breath.

Li Ji had no intention of becoming emperor, so what was the use of taking the imperial seal?

And why are you so enthusiastic? Even if I become emperor, the position of crown prince will not be yours, Sun Bofu, but Li Xiang's. Li Ji couldn't help but glance at Sun Ce, and Sun Ce realized that something was wrong with what he had just said, and he smiled awkwardly and explained.

"I mean... won't the teacher hand this thing over to the lord?"

"My Lord, it is not appropriate for you to obtain the Imperial Seal at this moment, otherwise it will be a disaster rather than a blessing."

Li Ji shook his head and turned to speak.

"After much thought, it is better for Ce'er to keep the jade seal for the time being, and this matter must not be disclosed. Ce'er has never obtained the jade seal from Liu Jingzhou."

Sun Ce nodded and replied, "Yes, teacher."

After hearing this, Li Ji felt relieved.

At the moment, it seems that Sun Jian died because of the jade seal, so the jade seal is nothing in Sun Ce's eyes, and it is the most appropriate choice for Sun Ce to keep it.

As for why it wasn't kept by Li Ji himself...

What’s the difference between that and Trump hiding a copy of Mein Kampf at home?
Once it leaks accidentally, it will be like yellow mud falling into your crotch, which is either shit or nothing.

Since Li Ji himself did not have such an idea, it was natural that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall, and it was better to avoid avoidable troubles and misunderstandings in advance.

And just like the relationship between Yan Ying and the best in the world, it is not that you can become the best in the world by getting Yan Ying, but only the best in the world is qualified to use Yan Ying.

The same applies to the imperial seal.

Obtaining the imperial seal does not necessarily make one an overlord. Only a true overlord is qualified to use the imperial seal.

With the imperial seal in Sun Ce's hands, Li Ji was not afraid of any trouble.

The cause of Liu Biao's death was his failure to recognize this reality.

Soon after, when Sun Ce put the jade seal away again, Li Ji gave him repeated instructions before turning around and leaving the tent.

After leaving the tent, Li Ji looked around again to confirm that no one was eavesdropping around the tent, and only then did he feel relieved.

However, just as Li Ji was about to leave, Zhou Yu, who had been waiting in the distance, came over and saluted.

"Is there anything wrong, Gongjin?" Li Ji asked.

Zhou Yu raised his head and said with a slightly sharp look, "I have something to say, Lord Marquis, I wonder if you can listen to it."

"Gongjin, please feel free to speak." Li Ji replied.

"Bofu regards you as his father. It is only natural that you should take advantage of Bofu's desire to avenge his father to get rid of Liu Biao and seize Jingzhou."

After a pause, Zhou Yu frowned and said.

"But in order to clear himself of any involvement in this matter, the Marquis has punished Bo Fu so severely, whipped him in public, and even sent him back to Wujun to await the Lord's decision. Isn't this a bit too heartless?"

During the whole process, Li Ji did not speak.

Only after Zhou Yu finished speaking did Li Ji look at Zhou Yu, who seemed somewhat indignant, and speak.

"Gongjin is excellent in everything except his small mind."

"Huh?" Zhou Yu was stunned, not knowing what Li Ji meant.

"If you just want to get rid of Liu Biao and take control of Jingzhou, I have plenty of ways to secretly kill Liu Biao and frame Liu Yan for it."

"In this way, wouldn't it be more logical for the lord to take over Jingzhou? Why would there be such trouble as it is now?"

Li Ji's question left Zhou Yu speechless.

After all, Zhou Yu knew very well that Li Ji had predicted Liu Biao's defeat in advance, so he made some hints to let Sun Ce meet the fleeing Liu Biao smoothly. (End of this chapter)