Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

This unusually sad sound changed the atmosphere in the hall. Some of the musicians who were playing seemed to be startled and their movements became chaotic, causing the melody to become disrupted.

The actors performing in the middle of the hall also made mistakes and chaos ensued.

Suddenly, all the actors and musicians looked terrified, not knowing what to do.

Obviously, none of the dignitaries in the hall could be offended by these actors and musicians. If anyone was angry with them, the slightest anger would be enough to burn everything related to them to ashes.

However, Li Ji, who saw all this clearly, understood that this was a scene prepared for him.

It was speculated that the noble families of Yuzhou secretly bribed some of the actors and musicians to cause chaos and cooperate with the noble families who spoke out to attract Li Ji's attention.

Otherwise, even if someone cried and complained during the banquet, Li Ji only needed to turn a blind eye, and within a few breaths someone would "invite" the crying person out of the banquet, and it would not cause any ripples.

But if the actors and musicians all made mistakes at the same time, it would be difficult to ignore, and Li Ji would not be able to turn a blind eye.

At this moment, the heartbeats of all the powerful families accelerated unconsciously as they secretly observed Li Ji's reaction.

Should I be angry and unhappy, turn a blind eye, or just go with the flow...

Li Ji's various reactions will deeply affect the future of the powerful families in Yuzhou, and will also affect their attitude towards Liu Bei in the future.

Li Ji's eyes swept across and then fell on Guo Ling, the representative of the aristocratic family who was pushed out to cry. Guo Ling lowered his head unconsciously and his body trembled slightly.

To incur the Marquis's dislike would be a calamity for the aristocratic families in Yuzhou today.

Even though he had received promises of benefits from many Yuzhou families, when the time came, Guo Ling still couldn't help feeling frightened.

Without him.

Not only was Li Ji's reputation and power too great, but Liu Bei's fact that he was the Mandate of Heaven also gradually gained widespread recognition among the aristocratic families.

If borrowing the north wind was a coincidence, how do we explain the death of Saint Huang Tian who was burned to death by the blue fire when the celestial dog swallowed the sun?
With all these things going on, how can people not believe it?
Immediately, Li Ji raised his hand and waved to the actors and musicians, asking them to leave.

All of a sudden, the actors and musicians retreated quickly with gratitude on their faces, as if they had been pardoned.

Then, Li Ji spoke in a puzzled tone.

"Who was wronged just now?"

Guo Ling's whole body tensed, but he could only cover his tender flesh with his big sleeves secretly, tearing up with pain. He stood up and walked out, prostrating himself on the ground, crying.

"Yingchuan Guo Ling accidentally disturbed the banquet and disturbed the Marquis's leisure. I am extremely sad and distressed. I couldn't help crying. Please punish me, Marquis."

From Yingchuan?

Immediately, Li Ji understood Guo Ling's background.

The noble families that can sit here are all wealthy and powerful, and the only one is the Yingchuan Guo family, which is the family of Guo Tu and Guo Jia.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Guo Ling was pushed out.

Although Guo Jia has separated from the Yingchuan Guo family to form his own branch, there is still some kinship between them, which is due to the relationship between Guo Jia and Li Ji.

Li Ji sighed and stood up.

"This is a private banquet. I don't want to let official business disturb your interest, but before the lord left for Shouchun, he repeatedly emphasized to me that I must love the people like my own children in order to win their hearts." "Since you are the people of the Han Dynasty, I will not sit idly by and watch injustice. Guo Ling, please tell me the injustice."

As these words came out, all the noble families present felt excited and disappointed at the same time.

Loving the people as one's own children is what Confucianism advocates.

But can aristocratic families also be considered common people?
Or if the aristocratic families are the people, can the common people still be listed as the people?

Being treated equally was obviously not the treatment that the noble families wanted, but in terms of morality, they could not find any fault with it at all, and it directly blocked most of what Guo Ling wanted to say.

Therefore, Guo Ling hesitated for a long time before speaking again.

"My Lord, when the Yellow Turbans were rampant, they seized a large amount of my family's ancestral land and property. Please help me, my Lord."

"Is this true? The Yellow Turbans are truly despicable. They have committed such unscrupulous acts and repeatedly undermined the foundation of our Han Dynasty. They are truly despicable..."

When Li Ji was angrily scolding the Yellow Turbans, Gan Ning who was present unconsciously lowered his head, and his whole face turned red as he was trying to hold back his laughter.

Li Ji once again set the tone, which made the noble families present feel at ease.

But Li Ji's next words made many of the noble families' faces freeze.

"It's not difficult to solve this matter. Not only Guo Ling, Ji knows that many powerful families may have suffered some losses under the rampage of the Yellow Turbans."

"Please provide the corresponding property deeds and land deeds as soon as possible. I will send people to verify them one by one and return the ancestral lands occupied by the Yellow Turbans as soon as possible."

It is not to be mentioned that the wealthy and powerful families have been annexing land for many years by various means, so it is naturally impossible for them to complete all the procedures properly every time.

Things like changing upper fields into lower fields, changing lower fields into wasteland, as well as hiding land and population have become common practices among the aristocratic and powerful families.

Not to mention that a large number of people were "forced" to buy and sell land, and the wealthy and powerful families did not have any land deeds at all.

More importantly, the "destruction" caused by the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou this time was more thorough than the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion once spread to Yuzhou, captured many cities, and seized the properties of many powerful families.

However, those family properties were basically divided up by the Yellow Turban generals. After the Yellow Turbans were defeated, the wealthy and powerful families returned to their old places. Except for some losses of money, food and other items, everything was returned to the original owners.

But this time it was different. The Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou not only distributed a large amount of money, grain and land to the local people, but also burned all the land deeds and house deeds they left in their mansions, as well as the land deeds and house deeds kept in the local government.

As a result, although the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou were defeated, when the noble families returned to their hometowns they found that their fields still had new owners. They were now considered hooligans who could not prove that they were not landless.

Go against Tiangang!

In the eyes of the powerful families in Yuzhou, all this was undoubtedly an act of rebellion against Tiangang. What was even more hateful was that they could not do anything to those peasants.

Although the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou were pacified, a large number of weapons in the arsenal were lost.

Moreover, the entire Yuzhou officialdom underwent a major reshuffle. The Yuzhou aristocratic families had no power to draw on for a while, and if they simply used force, they would be no match for the local clans who had benefited from the land.

Therefore, it seemed fair and just for Li Ji to ask the aristocratic families to provide house deeds and land deeds, but it was obvious that the aristocratic families could not provide these things at the moment.

After all, if they were powerful and well-founded, why would they need to ask Li Ji for help? They would have already turned their backs on the peasants. (End of this chapter)