Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Afterwards, Liu Bei did not even give Li Ji a chance to continue discussing the matter, and left directly to find Zhang Fei.

"My lord, please slow down."

Li Ji sent Liu Bei to the door, and as he watched Liu Bei leave, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Liu Bei's worries were actually not without reason.

Sometimes I’m afraid that I’ll end up like Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in the original story, “dying before accomplishing my mission, leaving heroes in tears.”

Just then, Zhuge Liang came over from the other direction holding a tray full of documents in his hands, and was met with Li Ji's strange gaze.

This made Zhuge Liang pause, and he subconsciously looked down at his clothes and asked, "Teacher, is there anything wrong with Liang?"

"No."

Li Ji brought Zhuge Liang into the house. Looking at the young version of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang diligently handling government affairs, a flash of guilt flashed through his heart.

If Zhuge Liang had continued to be trained in this way, by the time he reached the age to officially enter officialdom, he would probably have been able to become a prime minister.

Given Zhuge Liang's potential, this could not be considered as forcing things to happen, but Li Ji couldn't help but worry that Zhuge Liang was overworked at such a young age.

In Li Ji's mind, the first choice to replace him in the next generation was not Li Xiang, but Zhuge Liang.

"Liang'er."

Li Ji said.

Zhuge Liang quickly put down the brush in his hand, stood up respectfully and saluted, waiting for his teacher's instructions.

"Teacher, please tell me."

"follow me."

Li Ji took Zhuge Liang to an open area in the backyard, and ordered someone to fetch two Han swords.

"It's just some official business. There's no need to rush to deal with it. Please practice sword skills with me."

Zhuge Liang's mouth moved slightly, and his eyes unconsciously looked in the direction of the pile of documents, but Zhuge Liang, who always respected his teachers, was even more unwilling to disobey Li Ji's orders.

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang took over the Han sword and practiced sword skills with Li Ji.

Unlike the previous situation when he knew nothing about sword skills, Li Ji has been practicing day and night for many years, but he still takes time to practice from time to time.

Although he was not good enough in killing enemies and charging into battle, Li Ji's swordsmanship was far above the average level of Han scholars.

At least, there was no problem in giving some guidance to the young Zhuge Liang.

This training took more than half an hour.

Zhuge Liang was sweating profusely, and Li Ji also felt a little tired, so he let Zhuge Liang go.

At this moment, watching Zhuge Liang's departing back, Li Ji inexplicably thought of the period shortly after the Battle of Boluojin. Liu Bei also personally supervised his sword-fighting practice every day. Wasn't this also a kind of care?
After Zhuge Liang's back completely disappeared around the corner, Li Ji handed the Han sword in his hand to the tiger guard standing on the side and spoke.

"Why did Yi'er come here and deliberately cover up her whereabouts and not meet Liang'er?"

As Li Ji finished speaking, Sima Yi walked out from another corner.

Li Ji was planning to have Sima Yi come over today, and while he was practicing sword skills, a tiger guard came up to Li Ji and reported Sima Yi's arrival.

Li Ji immediately allowed Sima Yi to come, but Sima Yi hid in the corner and did not show up.

Sima Yi walked over quickly, picked up a clean towel from the tray prepared by the tiger guards on the side and handed it to Li Ji, saying, "It's rare that the teacher is interested in teaching sword skills, how can I ruin the teacher and Senior Brother Zhuge's mood by showing up."

Li Ji took the towel and wiped his sweat, and inexplicably read a hint of envy from it, which seemed just right.

After all, Li Ji had few opportunities to actually teach in the academy in the past, let alone one-on-one instruction in swordsmanship.

Li Ji's swordsmanship was not top-notch, but Sima Yi felt a little jealous about this preference.

Therefore, Sima Yi said such words in order to deliberately show that he was a sensible and wronged disciple, but he could not help but feel a bit jealous.

“Only by teaching students in accordance with their aptitude can they grow into towering trees.”

Li Ji answered in a half-soothing, half-complaining manner, and then walked with Sima Yi in the yard, listening to Sima Yi's report.

It seems that Gan Ning was responsible for all the achievements of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou, but in fact, Sima Yi, who was hiding behind the scenes, was the driving force behind everything.

In addition to the young and strong civilians that Gan Ning brought to the city every time he attacked the city to lure them to defect, all of them were investigated and carefully selected by Sima Yi.

Even the fact that such a large Yellow Turban army was able to maintain its food and supplies in an orderly manner was entirely due to Sima Yi's secret coordination.

In terms of merit, Sima Yi is probably even better than Gan Ning.

Whether it is the intelligence collected by the Jinyi Division or Sima Yi's own reports, it is obvious to see Sima Yi's visible growth throughout the process.

"Yes, Yi'er's contribution this time is so great that she deserves a reward."

Li Ji spoke out to acknowledge Sima Yi's abilities.

Regardless of his character, Sima Yi's ability is unquestionable.

I'm afraid that the world would never have imagined that the seemingly coincidental formation of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou was actually driven by such an unmarried teenager.

"But Yi'er is still young. A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. If we let Yi'er enter the government now, it would be a little too early..."

Li Ji's leisurely words froze Sima Yi's originally excited expression.

However, before Sima Yi could express any emotion, Li Ji changed the subject and asked.

"Yier, what do you think of the Jinyi Division?"

Sima Yi was startled, then suddenly realized something, but he still subconsciously concealed his emotions and answered after a moment of hesitation.

"It is worthy of the eyes and ears of the people, and can be compared with a hundred thousand strong soldiers."

Hearing Sima Yi's comments, Li Ji couldn't help but smile a little more.

After all, as the children of Taoyuan grew up, coupled with the huge network of contacts of the Mi Chamber of Commerce and the money and food in Liu Bei's hands, the Jinyi Division expanded very quickly during the turbulent times.

During the past ten years, the Jinyisi has truly reached the point where it can have ears and ears in every county of the Han Dynasty.

Perhaps it is not realistic to know every detail, but the speed at which they are aware of major and important events happening in various places is already far faster than that of other princely families.

And with the continuous development of the Jinyisi, the internal system has gradually become more perfect.

Of course, since the main responsibility of the Jinyisi is to collect intelligence, we don't expect to be able to assassinate important officials who are heavily protected through the Jinyisi.

Therefore, Li Ji referred to the structure formed by the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty and simplified it a lot, with only five levels: commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, governor-general, general flag, and small flag.

However, even so, Xiahou Bo, as the commander, still gradually felt exhausted. He was extremely busy every day in Shouchun and could not leave even for a step.

During the period when Sima Yi was promoting the formation of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou, Li Ji gave Sima Yi the power to be the governor of a state and be responsible for the mobilization of the Jinyisi in a state. (End of this chapter)