Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 722 The so-called noble family

Li Ji allowed each of these representatives of Yuzhou families who came hastily to show their goodwill to meet with him, but he did not make any promises.

Attitude is attitude, commitment is commitment...

Although in the eyes of later generations, a qualified politician needs to treat political promises like toilet paper, using them when necessary, wiping them when necessary, and throwing them away when necessary.

But in this era when political commitment and benevolence, filial piety, propriety, righteousness and trustworthiness are still highly valued, Li Ji would naturally not do anything that would actively corrupt the moral atmosphere.

Therefore, in order to stabilize the situation in Yuzhou as quickly as possible and disintegrate the forces supporting Yuan Shu, Li Ji warmly and cordially received many representatives of aristocratic families.

When asked about his views and attitudes towards various aristocratic families, Li Ji naturally showed admiration and knew all the glorious deeds of the ancestors of each family.

But once it came to future actions towards Yuzhou, Li Ji would push all the responsibility onto Liu Bei, claiming that he did not dare to act on his own and that it would all be up to his lord to make the arrangements.

The main character is enthusiastic and generous, but knows nothing when asked.

Li Ji was quite surprised until Yuan Yin appeared.

The most famous sons of the Yuan family are Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. However, as a prominent family in the Han Dynasty, it is impossible that the Yuan family has only two or three sons.

Yuan Shao's grandfather Yuan Tang had twelve sons before his death. One can imagine how many brothers of the same generation Yuan Shao had.

In Li Ji's impression, Yuan Yin was one of the cousins ​​who was loyal to Yuan Shu. He was also one of the surviving sons of the Yuan family with outstanding abilities, except for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Li Ji stroked the visiting card that Yuan Yin sent to the Xiang County government office. After pondering the purpose of Yuan Yin's visit, he also approved Yuan Yin's request for a meeting.

Under the oppressive gaze of Xu Chu who was accompanying him, Yuan Yin did not lose his composure. Instead, he always maintained the grace and demeanor that a son of the Yuan family should have and saluted Li Ji.

"Yuan Yin of Runan, I pay my respects to the Marquis of the State."

Li Ji, who pretended to be handling paperwork, looked at Yuan Yin secretly for a while before speaking.

"I wonder what your identity is when you come here?"

Faced with Li Ji's difficulties and rudeness, Yuan Yin did not get angry, but bowed and answered humbly.

"I came here as the Yuan family of Runan."

Li Ji's eyes flickered slightly when he heard this.

This answer is very interesting.

Yuan Yin had been serving under Yuan Shu, assisting Yuan Shu in controlling Yuzhou and coordinating relations with the various aristocratic families in Yuzhou.

Now, Yuan Yin showed up here, and did not mention a word about Yuan Shu, only calling himself the Yuan family of Runan. It was really quite interesting.

Li Ji looked puzzled, put down the document in his hand and asked.

"But as far as I know, you are an important official under Yuan Gonglu. Is your coming here implied by Yuan Gonglu's instructions?"

"Yin knows that his talent is not enough to reverse the situation, so he has already resigned from his cousin. Now he is just a commoner, and he has been elected by the elders of the family as the acting patriarch of the Runan Yuan family."

Yuan Yin's humble and submissive answer made Li Ji's eyes move.

Even though Li Ji had long understood that the essence of aristocratic families was a community of interests linked by blood, he did not expect that the Runan Yuan family's choice would be so straightforward.

Yuan Yin's answer undoubtedly told Li Ji that the Yuan family of Runan had been separated from Yuan Shu.

In other words, Yuan Shu, who always claimed to be the orthodox of the Yuan family, became an independent branch. Yuan Yin was nominated by the Runan Yuan family to "kneel" to Li Ji.

At this point, Li Ji had completely understood Yuan Yin's intentions. In essence, he was no different from the other representatives of the Yuzhou families.

Li Ji immediately became enthusiastic. Not only did he talk to Yuan Yin very closely for a long time, he also took the initiative to insist on keeping Yuan Yin in the Xiang County government office for a period of time.

In response, Yuan Yin fell into silence for a moment.

Being the "sliding kneeling hero" pushed forward by the Yuan family of Runan does not mean that Yuan Yin has no ability.

On the contrary, it was precisely because the elders of the Yuan clan understood Yuan Yin's abilities that they allowed Yuan Yin to shoulder this heavy responsibility and come to make friends with Li Ji.

Yuan Yin also knew that Li Ji's move to retain him was to raise a banner in front of the Yuzhou aristocratic families and make some of them who were still confused realize what the general trend was.

Even the Yuan family of Runan had chosen to abandon Yuan Shu and knelt down to Li Ji in advance, which was tantamount to the Yuan family of Runan personally announcing to the whole world that Yuan Shu had become "a dead body in a tomb."

Yuan Yin also had feelings for his cousin Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu had a bad relationship with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu never treated his family members who came to him unfairly.

Yuan Yin has always been extremely disgusted with this behavior, which is equivalent to stepping on Yuan Shu when he was at his most desperate moment!
and so……

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Yuan Yin raised his head with a determined look and bowed.

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear."

Li Ji's face immediately showed a little more smile, and Yuan Yin also said with some flattery and joy.

"The name of the Marquis of Guoshi is well known to me. I am very happy to have the invitation from the Marquis to stay here for a few more days. It will give me more opportunities to learn from the Marquis, which is better than reading thousands of books."

"The Yuan family is worthy of the reputation of having three dukes in four generations, and they are well versed in righteousness."

Li Ji responded with a smile, then extended his hand to invite Yuan Yin to go out of the county government office for a walk.

If they don't go out and let some representatives of the aristocratic families see it with their own eyes, wouldn't it be a waste of the determination made by the Yuan family of Runan?

Although Yuan Yin's face was full of smiles, there was a hint of bitterness in his heart.

"I'm sorry, Brother Gonglu. Now Yin is carrying the heavy burden of the Yuan family in Runan, and has to submit to the Marquis. I'm sure you can understand Yin, right..."

But no matter how bitter he felt in his heart, Yuan Yin never dared to show it. The two of them walked out of the county government office and took a walk, and they seemed to be having a very pleasant conversation.

Afterwards, Li Ji arranged for Yuan Yin to live in the county government office in front of countless spies from aristocratic families who were attracted to him.

At the same time, Li Ji had secretly sent people to spread the purpose of Yuan Yin's visit in the city, which undoubtedly caused a storm in the hearts of the Yuzhou families.

The confidants of each family left Xiang County almost at the same time and passed this important information back.

The Yuan family of Runan undoubtedly knew the situation within Yuan Shu best.

Now, after Li Ji appeared in Xiang County like a god descending from the sky, and while Yuan Shu blocked Ruyang City and did not allow anyone to enter or leave, Yuan Shu took the initiative to come to Xiang County and knelt down to Guo Shihou.

How could the metaphor not shock the Yuzhou family?

In particular, the large number of representatives from Yuzhou aristocratic families who were still wavering almost subconsciously felt that they had fallen too late. How could the Yuan family of Runan fall first?
As this information spread, the Yuzhou noble families who learned about it almost immediately chose to send representatives to Xiang County.

(End of this chapter)