Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji's idea of ​​broadening people's knowledge was enough to shock Liu Bei, and he even worried about how to support Li Ji to accomplish this feat during his lifetime.

Unexpectedly, this is just the first step.

Liu Bei's head was even buzzing.

"Is this really possible?"

"Why not?"

Li Ji painted a rosy picture for Liu Bei in a matter-of-fact tone.

"All under heaven belongs to the king; all the people in the world are the king's subjects."

“Since our ancestors were able to open up a Silk Road from the Western Regions, there must be a Silk Road on the sea leading to that direction.”

"And our ancestors were able to subjugate the Western Regions and establish their own protectorates. When you unify the world and ascend the throne as emperor, you will surpass your ancestors and subjugate the overseas countries and establish overseas protectorates."

Liu Bei's breathing became heavy as Li Ji accurately stimulated his sensitive points.

For Liu Bei, who was proud of his identity as a relative of the Han Dynasty, how could he resist the four words "superior ancestors".

What's more, what Li Ji said was indeed reasonable and well-founded, and could even be said to be in line with the Han Dynasty's consistent style.

The previous emperors opened up the Protectorate of the Western Regions, so it is completely reasonable for me, Liu Xuande, to open up overseas protectorates and find a Maritime Silk Road as Li Ji said.

Moreover, the successful development of Yingzhou and Yizhou did allow Liu Bei to see the potential of overseas countries.

Immediately, Liu Bei, with slightly red eyes, asked somewhat unconfidently.

"Zikun, do you think that Bei will be able to see the Overseas Protectorate in his lifetime?"

Li Ji continued to "paint the pie", or in other words, he painted a beautiful future for Liu Bei.

"My Lord, why are you so skeptical? The Overseas Protectorate will surely be established. He will definitely do his best to open up the sea for the Han Dynasty, make Kyushu the Central Plains, and gather the money and food from the overseas countries to enrich the Central Plains. This may be even better than the great achievements of the First Emperor."

After hearing this, Liu Bei's breathing wasn't just heavy, his entire body was glowing with excitement.

At this moment, Liu Bei no longer had any rejection or guilt about ascending the throne.

If I can really create such great achievements for the Han Dynasty, even if I pass away, Emperor Gaozu will have to offer me, Liu Xuande, tea. Who would dare to say that I, Liu Xuande, have the suspicion of usurping the throne?

The current emperor has a moderate character. It is time for me, Liu Xuande, to rule the Han Dynasty and achieve immortal achievements.

Liu Bei, who had a lot of thoughts in his mind at this moment, grabbed Li Ji's arm with trembling hands, and it took him a long time to utter a word.

"Zikun, help me!"

"It is the duty of a Han minister."

Li Ji responded with a smile.

"Good good."

Liu Bei, who was always calm and composed, was so excited that he rubbed his hands unconsciously and said "good" repeatedly.

It’s not that Liu Bei was not reserved, but the blueprint drawn by Li Ji was too astonishing, and it was a fatal attraction for Liu Bei.

This made Liu Bei realize that he had lost his composure. Even though he wanted to discuss it in detail with Li Ji, he asked Li Ji to step back to deal with military affairs first, and forced himself to calm down.

As Li Ji said, if the blueprint described in it can be truly realized, it will definitely be a great achievement of Emperor Chaozong Yuezu.

For a moment, Liu Bei was not even worried about whether Li Ji could do everything he said, but was worried that he would not be able to see that scene in his lifetime.

Especially in times of chaos, all kinds of accidents happen frequently.

Moreover, Liu Bei was clearly thirty years old, much older than Zikun.

It should be noted that the average life expectancy of the Han people was only about 40 years old. Liu Bei was worried that his life was too short, and he was even more worried about what would happen to Li Ji if he died in an accident.

Will the young Adou understand Zikun's intentions? Or will the foolish lord be deceived by others and then have a conflict with Zikun?

If an accident occurs, it will not only affect Zikun's ambition, but will also be a huge loss to the entire Han Dynasty and the people of the world.

Liu Bei thought a lot and kept thinking about it until he went to bed at night.

Suddenly, Liu Bei, with a frown on his brow, stood up from the couch, walked to the table, thought for a while, picked up a pen and wrote a secret letter entrusting his son to his care.

After the writing on the secret letter of entrustment had dried, Liu Bei stamped it with his seal, then he heaved a sigh of relief and murmured.

"I hope this secret letter will never be used."

Immediately, Liu Bei sealed the secret letter and went to bed to sleep.

The next day, Liu Bei found Li Ji early with the secret letter, pushed the secret letter in front of Li Ji and said.

"Zikun, please keep this letter and don't open it for now."

Immediately, Liu Bei looked at Li Ji's somewhat confused eyes and added in a low voice.

"If Zikun dies before me, please bury this letter with him. If Bei dies before Zikun, then Zikun can decide how to use this letter."

Hearing this, Li Ji suddenly realized something, and the hand holding the secret letter shrank back as if he had been electrocuted, and asked.

"My Lord, why is this happening? Could it be that the contents of this letter are..."

Liu Bei thought about it and felt that it was pointless to hide it from Li Ji, so he just spoke frankly.

"This is a secret letter to entrust my son to me. If I unfortunately pass away and the successor is not a wise ruler, Zikun can take the secret letter and take his place."

Li Ji was so surprised that he stood up suddenly, and he was deeply moved.

What kind of trust is this?
The thing Liu Bei had not considered in advance about his future was not Adou, but himself.

Moreover, Liu Bei handed the secret letter to Li Ji in advance.

If Li Ji had ulterior motives, he could have assassinated Liu Bei and then used this secret letter to replace him openly.

"My lord, you must not do this. I dare to ask you to take back your order."

Liu Bei ignored Li Ji's request, turned around and said in a firm tone.

"Zikun, please don't say anything more. I have made up my mind. This is not only for Zikun, but also for the great Han country and the people of the world."

Li Ji stared at Liu Bei's back, and then looked at the secret letter on the table, which seemed light but was actually a secret letter entrusted with the country. He couldn't help but burst into tears.

Assisting such a benevolent master is worth all my years of hard work.

The next moment, Liu Bei heard a noise behind him and turned around abruptly, only to see that Li Ji had already thrown the secret letter into the brazier, which soon burned to ashes.

"Zikun, you..."

"Please punish me, my lord." Li Ji replied with a bow.

"Ugh……"

Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh and said, "I am already thirty years old, and this is just the beginning of making some preparations for my death. Why did Zikun destroy it?"

Li Ji, who was always eloquent, was at a loss for words for a moment and didn't know what words to use to respond to Liu Bei's trust.

"That's all..."

Liu Bei waved his hand and said.

"Since Zikun is unwilling to accept this secret letter, please leave two other copies of the secret letter with Yunchang and Yide."

"If there really comes a day like that, with Yunchang and Yide helping Zikun, I think Adou would not dare to be rude to Zikun." (End of this chapter)