Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The imperial seal, after all, is a title that represents righteousness.

Especially if the imperial seal fell into the hands of the Han royal family, it would affect Liu Bei's righteousness for the Han Dynasty.

But for Liu Bei, he did not lack the righteousness represented by the jade seal.

More importantly, the imperial seal is not suitable to appear at this moment, and Liu Bei is not suitable to be emperor at this moment.

If Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, it is still unknown whether the other princes would recognize him or not, but Cao Cao and Lu Bu would definitely not acknowledge him.

What's worse, Cao Cao and Lu Bu might choose to follow suit and proclaim themselves emperors, which would only make the chaotic political situation in the Han Dynasty even more turbulent.

Apart from this reason, if it seems that he is forced by the times and relies on the support of his clan members to become emperor, then Liu Bei will be controlled by the Han clan members in the future.

Just like Emperor Guangwu relied on the support of the aristocratic families to restore the Han Dynasty and become emperor, which then made the aristocratic families completely qualified to have a seat at the table.

If he is supported by the Han royal family to become emperor, then the Han royal family who have been oppressed generation after generation under the Enfeoffment Order will inevitably be able to turn things around and have a seat at the table to eat.

Li Ji was very clear about the group of royal relatives. Once they became too powerful to be eliminated, the damage and influence they would cause to the government would be no less than that of the current aristocratic families.

Once the Han Dynasty really needs to continue to support a large group of Han royal relatives, it will undoubtedly be like having an extra group of leeches sucking blood from its body.

Li Ji had already secretly analyzed this point with Liu Bei in an extremely thorough manner.

The beauty of a gentleman will be cut down in five lifetimes.

The "Enfeoffment Order" implemented by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is also a national policy that must be maintained.

Liu Bei was neither an emperor who relied on the support of his clan members to ascend to the throne, nor was the Han clan members who had exhausted their ancestral support all choosing to support the "Enfeoffment Order", which would make the status of the "Enfeoffment Order" as a national policy more stable.

Therefore, even if Liu Bei wanted to become emperor, the best time was not now, but after unifying the world!
How can one become emperor in such a turbulent time?
Liu Bei was in no hurry, and Li Ji had the ambition to unify the world quickly, so he could do it in a few years.

By then, it would be natural for Liu Bei, who had restored the Han Dynasty and rebuilt the world, and whose prestige and reputation had reached the peak, to ascend the throne again.

The time will come for the imperial seal to come out again, which will make Liu Bei's throne seem more like a natural destiny. Wouldn't that be better?
However, it was difficult for Li Ji to explain all the above plans in detail to Sun Ce. Instead, Zhou Yu on the side seemed to be thinking about something.

However, with Li Ji's repeated confirmation, Sun Ce's originally hesitant heart finally settled down, and he carefully put the jade seal away again.

Soon, noticing the fatigue in Li Ji's eyes, Sun Ce hurriedly took Zhou Yu and said goodbye.

But to Li Ji, Sun Ce's worries were just a minor annoyance.

The number of things involved in Liu Bei's becoming king and establishing a government is simply beyond imagination.

Especially since Li Ji had no experience at all in this area, he needed to consult veteran ministers such as Liu Yu, or great scholars such as Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong in many areas.

Among them, the tedious matters such as preparing for an auspicious day for Liu Bei to become king, all the necessary ceremonies for offering sacrifices to heaven and becoming king, and setting up ancestral temples and altars to the country were just troubles.

For Li Ji, the arrangements and configurations were just a matter of spending some energy and thought.

However, when some people suggested that Luoyang, the capital controlled by Lu Bu, was already a pseudo-dynasty, a new capital should be established and the court should be reset to show the legitimacy.

This undoubtedly reflects the thoughts of many people.

Ever since Lu Bu killed the emperor in the street, no one in the court in Luoyang recognized Lu Bu's identity as the general who was a relative of the emperor, let alone whether he was recognized or not.

In this situation, many people believed that even if Liu Bei became king, he could no longer respect the Luoyang court controlled by Lu Bu, otherwise it would undoubtedly become a joke.

Establishing a new capital and re-establishing the imperial court is undoubtedly the best option.

This proposal undoubtedly triggered a great debate, with both opposition and support voices being quite strong. The reasons given by the opposing voices were also quite sufficient, that is, setting up a new capital would have the suspicion of splitting the Han Dynasty, and the correct thing to do was to lead troops back to Luoyang as soon as possible and retake the capital.

Moreover, setting up a new capital would cost a huge amount of money and food. What should be done after recovering the old capital?
The argument lasted for three or four days, and even the public was arguing about it, and no one could convince the other.

Many people repeatedly came to Liu Bei to lobby him, which made Liu Bei very troubled and he was also unable to make a decision.

For this reason, Liu Bei secretly consulted people like Mi Zhu, Gu Yong, Xu Shu, etc., and they also had different opinions.

Liu Bei wanted to ask Li Ji for advice, but Li Ji had been busy arranging various important matters in the past few days and always left the office late at night.

This made it difficult for Liu Bei to make up his mind in the face of various lobbying speeches, and he kept asking Xiahou Bo about the time when Li Ji would be off duty that day.

"Has Zikun finished his duty today?"

"Still in the office."

"What about today?"

"Still at the office."

"Has Zikun returned home?"

……

For several days in a row, until Liu Bei was about to be unable to withstand the pressure after being persuaded by everyone, he finally learned that Li Ji had finished his shift and returned home on time today.

Immediately, Liu Bei, who was already having a meal, stood up and was about to walk out of the mansion.

However, after walking a few steps, Liu Bei suddenly remembered something and pointed at the venison that had just been served and spoke.

"This venison is extremely delicious. Quickly pack it in a food box and take it to Zikun to nourish his body..."

After a pause, Liu Bei continued, "By the way, where is Adou?"

Immediately, a steward from the palace answered.

"The young master is having dinner with his wife in the backyard."

Liu Bei heard this and spoke with a little dissatisfaction.

"Zi Kun has been busy these past few days. He hasn't paid his respects to his father-in-law for quite some time. He doesn't even show concern for him, but he eats well and looks plump. Tell him to stop eating and pay his respects to Zi Kun instead."

"Yes."

The manager didn't dare to say anything more and quickly sent someone to the backyard to invite Adou out.

After Adou was urged to come to Liu Bei with a confused look on his face, Liu Bei held the food box in one hand and almost dragged Adou towards Li Ji's mansion with the other hand.

And since the mansions of the two families were adjacent, Liu Bei did not even take a carriage, but directly pulled A Dou and hurried to Li Ji's mansion.

The doorman of the Guoshihou Mansion saw the arrival of his frequent visitor Liu Bei, but before he could open the main door to welcome him according to etiquette, Liu Bei went in through the side door as if he was going home.

When Li Ji, who had just returned home, heard the news and came over, Liu Bei had already opened Shang Wen's food box in the hall and started making tea for Li Ji.

“Meet the Lord…”

"There are no outsiders here, so let's skip the unnecessary formalities. The venison is still warm, Zikun, come and try it." (End of this chapter)