Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

It is difficult to conquer the world, but it is even harder to govern the world.

Not to mention that Li Ji wanted to lay a solid foundation for the subsequent rule of the world in the process of conquering the world, which was undoubtedly extremely difficult.

Yuzhou can be regarded as the heartland of the Central Plains and even more as the center of the Han Dynasty. Its population and grain production are firmly among the top among the thirteen states.

After the foundation accumulated by the Yuan family was exhausted, Yuan Shu was captured by Li Ji.

This also prevented Yuzhou from following its original trajectory. As Yuan Shu proclaimed himself a false emperor, he lived a life of luxury and debauchery, levied heavy taxes, and built many palaces, so that Yuzhou and the Jianghuai region were in ruins.

In addition, the rise of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou robbed the grain of the noble families to enrich the common people, avoided the disaster of famine, and greatly preserved the population essence of Yuzhou, so that countless people would not be displaced.

Therefore, how to properly deal with the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou will seriously affect the subsequent governance of Yuzhou.

After Li Ji explained in detail the various problems and impacts of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou, Liu Bei fell into deep thought and made an argument.

"The so-called uprising in Yuzhou was just a stopgap measure to deal with famine. How innocent are the people? We shouldn't punish them, and we shouldn't hurt them too much. Why not send a letter to recruit them, don't bother with it, and let them go back to their hometowns on their own?"

"Of course."

Li Ji agreed with the first half of what Liu Bei said, but he also shook his head and spoke.

"Just sending out letters to recruit the lord, even if Xingba is the accomplice, it may not necessarily make the people feel the lord's kindness and power, and it will also make many Yuzhou noble families feel dissatisfied."

Even though it was Li Ji who pushed the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yuzhou, the original intention of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou was to survive.

But now Gan Ning intends to control the number of Yellow Turbans under his command. The number of young and strong men alone has exceeded 100,000. Once the large number of elderly, weak, women and children who support him are included, the number is probably more than 300,000.

After all, every time Gan Ning captured a city or a place, he would open the granaries and treasuries, distribute money and grain, and divide up the farmland of the local wealthy and powerful families.

For ordinary people, this is truly a grace that makes them willing to die for Gan Ning.

If Zhang Jue had done this back then and delivered a large amount of benefits to ordinary people and believers, he would have been able to enter Luoyang with the support of countless people.

It is for this reason that simply recruiting people is far from enough.

Even if Gan Ning had no ulterior motives and persuaded the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou to disarm and return to their hometowns, if there were ambitious people who used Huang Tian's name to secretly promote some conspiracy theories,

Then the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou who have returned to their hometowns will become a continuous source of rebellion and a hidden danger that will make Yuzhou difficult to get rid of.

Realizing the difficulty of the situation, Liu Bei thought about it for a long time, but still could not come up with a perfect solution, so he blurted out the question.

"I wonder if Zikun has any clever ideas?"

"Since it is the beginning of Huang Tian, ​​it will be the end of Huang Tian."

Li Ji responded faintly, but his eyes fell on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei realized something and asked, "Could this plan have something to do with me?"

"It has to be my lord."

Li Ji said with a smile.

"I would like to hear the details." Liu Bei asked.

Li Ji opened his mouth and was about to explain in detail to Liu Bei, but suddenly he remembered that Liu Bei's attitude towards the throne had always been ambiguous.

Even though Liu Bei already knew that he wanted to emulate Emperor Guangwu's ambition to revive the Han Dynasty, no matter how Li Ji tried to hint at it, Liu Bei always had the idea of ​​returning power to the emperor at that time.

Li Ji was not sure whether Liu Bei was sincere or not, but at least it showed that Liu Bei was still hesitant about this matter.

But there is one thing that Li Ji is quite clear about.

That is, if Liu Bei really returned power to the emperor, within two generations, the civil and military officials who followed Liu Bei to conquer the world would surely be extinct.

From a public and private perspective, after unifying the country, Liu Bei had to sit on the throne. Even if Liu Bei didn't want to sit on it, Li Ji, as his father-in-law, had to send Adou to sit on it.

However, some details of this plan were a bit too sensitive, and Li Ji realized that if he made them too clear, Liu Bei might oppose them.

Therefore, Li Ji changed the topic and spoke in a mysterious way.

"Don't say it, don't say it."

Liu Bei said unhappily. "When did Zikun start doing this?"

"Please forgive me, my lord. There are indeed some details that I have not been able to deduce clearly, so I dare not speak rashly."

After a pause, Li Ji added.

"But I have sent someone to pass a message to Yu Xingba, asking him to lead the elite Yellow Turbans to Yingshui Xiangxianduan in five days."

"My lord, you can burn incense and pray to the heavens every day in the next few days, perhaps the heavens will be more favorable to us, and then we can successfully deal with the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou without any harm to the people."

In this era, there are few people who completely do not believe in ghosts and gods.

Liu Bei is also on this list.

After hearing Li Ji's mysterious words, Liu Bei became a little unconfident.

"Is it really useful?" Liu Bei confirmed.

"I think so. What's more, my lord prays to God for the people. His heart is sincere, so there will be lingering response." Li Ji replied.

This point really touched Liu Bei's heart.

Liu Bei was willing to pray to God for the people, even if he had to put aside all his utilitarianism.

However, based on Liu Bei's understanding of Li Ji, he always felt that Li Ji seemed to be preparing for something else, and wanted to prepare himself mentally.

Liu Bei pondered over it secretly, but he still didn't quite understand what Li Ji's brilliant plan was.

However, Liu Bei was never willing to force Li Ji, so he had to be patient and did not investigate further.

In turn, Liu Bei really did as Li Ji said, burning incense every day and praying to God for the people.

Five days later.

The sky was just getting bright.

On the banks of the Yingshui River, densely packed Yellow Turbans from Yuzhou surrounded the masked Gan Ning and marched slowly.

Looking around, the number of the endless Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou is more than 100,000.

Especially when these young and strong Yellow Turbans all had fanatical expressions on their faces, they had no formation at all and were scattered like ants migrating, which made the scale even more shocking.

And in the densely packed Yellow Turban army of Yuzhou, Gan Ning was leading the way as always.

However, those Yellow Turban generals who had to be promoted in order to control the Yellow Turbans kept talking to Gan Ning.

"Saint Huang Tian, ​​where is the goal this time?"

"Saint Huang Tian, ​​the weather is cold, don't get too cold, and put on this robe to block the wind."

"Nonsense, the saint is the incarnation of Huang Tian, ​​how could he be so cold..."

Listening to those outrageous words, Gan Ning only felt his body warm, and he just wanted to return to the Marquis's command and calm down.

If others knew that this so-called Huangtian Saint was me, I would die, right?
There is definitely no place for Gan Xingba of Bajun in the Han Dynasty. (End of this chapter)