Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At this moment, in Li Ji's eyes, Liu Zhang was just like the foolish son of a landlord, so excited that his whole body swayed, as if he had heard some golden words and had a sudden realization.

"Bestow great favor! Bestow great favor…" Liu Zhang murmured, his small eyes almost gleaming.

The things he had learned from Liu Yan's constant teaching and influence made Liu Zhang almost instantly understand the various benefits of doing so.

In order to completely control the military and political power of Yizhou, Liu Yan had to suppress the aristocratic families.

However, politics is undoubtedly not just about suppression. In this situation, Liu Yan himself wanted to show goodwill to the aristocratic families through marriage.

If Liu Zhang could take this opportunity to widely bestow favors, then not only would Liu Yan praise Liu Zhang greatly, but Liu Zhang could also gather a large number of aristocratic families under his command.

In this way, in the eyes of the Yizhou aristocratic families, Liu Zhang would become their backer and hope; in Liu Yan's eyes, Liu Zhang would also be an important pillar for maintaining the stability of the Yizhou aristocratic families.

"As long as I win the hearts of the Yizhou aristocratic families, then even if my three elder brothers return to Yizhou from Luoyang, what can they rely on to fight me without any foundation?"

A somewhat unrestrained smile appeared on Liu Zhang's face, and then, realizing something, he quickly restrained himself and bowed respectfully to Li Ji.

"Thank you, Mr. Zikun, for your guidance. Liu Jiyu will never forget this kindness and will definitely repay you handsomely in the future."

"It's nothing. Jiyu is quite virtuous, and I am very fond of him. Naturally, I won't be stingy with a few clever words."

Li Ji said modestly.

As for whether this would be fostering a tiger, Li Ji was not worried at all. On the contrary, this was a small pit that Li Ji had dug for Liu Zhang.

Perhaps this would help Liu Zhang secure his position without fail, but it would leave Liu Zhang with heavy future troubles.

The art of managing subordinates lies not only in bestowing generous favors, but more importantly, in being fair in rewards and punishments in order to win people's hearts.

However, with Liu Zhang's mentality of taking his subordinates' loyalty for granted and treating them like discarded shoes, how could he grasp the measure of bestowing favors and punishments?

And people are ultimately creatures who instinctively want to take an inch after getting a foot. Liu Zhang's indiscriminate bestowal of favors before ascending to the position of Governor of Yizhou will undoubtedly cause the Yizhou aristocratic families to gradually become inflated.

Once Liu Zhang truly ascends to the throne, and there is no need to continue bestowing favors widely, then the Yizhou aristocratic families, feeling a huge gap, will inevitably be dissatisfied.

This is like being deeply in love before marriage, and then immediately engaging in various forms of domestic violence and cold war after marriage, denying any connection after getting what one wants. This will inevitably only cause the conflicts between the two sides to erupt in a more intense form.

Liu Zhang is ultimately not Liu Bei or Cao Cao. The fact that he was jointly sold for a good price by several officials in the original trajectory without realizing it shows that there are inevitable major flaws in his ability and character. He fundamentally lacks the ability to firmly control the power of a state.

However, Yizhou, held by Liu Zhang, is quite in line with Liu Bei's interests.

It is better to have this foolish son of a landlord guarding Yizhou than to have it always in the hands of ambitious and calculating heroes like Liu Yan.

And under Li Ji's praise, Liu Zhang was already somewhat elated.

At this moment, Liu Zhang only felt that although this trip to Wu Commandery failed to bring Li Ji to Shu to serve Liu Yan's great cause, Liu Zhang felt that he had perfectly won over Li Ji himself.

More importantly, after talking with Li Ji, Liu Zhang suddenly felt enlightened. Not only was Liu Yan's great cause bright, but even the path for him to inherit his father's will became clear.

Immediately, Liu Zhang had no more doubts, and he called a guard in front of Li Ji and said, "You immediately take my warrant and have people move the 300,000 dan of grain from the ship to Mr. Zikun."

To this, Li Ji smiled and said only when the guard took the warrant and went down to arrange it.

"Jiyu, that kind of thing is not urgent. You rarely come to Wu Commandery, so you should experience the Wu dialect, which is unique to Wu."

Afterwards, Li Ji clapped his palms, and not only did a minor official bring up various melons, fruits, and sweets, but also a young woman in bright yellow clothes, with skin as smooth as congealed fat, who looked like a delicate and lovely beauty.

And under Li Ji's guidance, Meng Ji undoubtedly brought the concept of "cuteness," which was not yet clearly defined in this era, to the extreme.

And being stared at by Meng Ji's charming eyes, seemingly with some shyness and innocence, Liu Zhang felt a chill down his spine for no reason, and a blush appeared on his face.

Immediately, Meng Ji held up the Han pipa in her hand, and a burst of pipa music sounded, and Meng Ji sang leisurely in the Wu dialect.

At this moment, storytelling and ballad singing had not yet formed in the Wu region, but the Wu dialect deliberately slowed down the tune and sang warbling songs.

For Liu Zhang, who had previously lived in the Youyan area and Sichuan, it was undoubtedly like a little fat pig suddenly tasting fine bran, giving Liu Zhang a feeling of opening the door to a new world.

As a result, the wine glass originally held in Liu Zhang's hand tilted, and the fine wine flowed slowly down Liu Zhang's wrist without him even realizing it.

Especially Meng Ji, who was singing a gentle tune, and her eyes, which seemed to be able to speak, occasionally glanced at Liu Zhang's eyes, making Liu Zhang dizzy and feeling like he was soaring into the clouds in an instant.

Until Meng Ji finished singing a song, and then bowed slightly and retreated, Liu Zhang even subconsciously reached out to try to keep her, as if Meng Ji's departure had taken away Liu Zhang's soul.

"Jiyu?"

Li Ji said softly, and Liu Zhang slowly recovered.

This made Li Ji quite satisfied with the charm effect of the first appearance of this group of "Ji" that he had cultivated.

Perhaps in terms of pure appearance, these "Ji" are mostly in the range of eighty to ninety points, but it is enough to bring their respective unique advantages to the extreme.

In ancient times, there was Lu Bu, who was cuckolded by Diao Chan but did not change his love, and today there is the Leather Belt Group, which formed a song and dance troupe to win over connections.

It can be seen that lust has never had a necessary connection with era and status. How many people can see through the pink skull?

At least, Liu Zhang can't…

Meng Ji's fleeting appearance seemed to have taken away Liu Zhang's soul, and Liu Zhang, who had recovered, couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Zikun, who was that just now…"

"That person!"

Li Ji sighed softly and said.

"That woman was given the name 'Meng Ji' by the lord. She was originally a good woman from Wu, but unfortunately, her family suffered a disaster. After a change, the original family of four had a dead father, a sick mother, and a weak younger brother. In order to bury her father, she did not hesitate to sell herself as a slave in the market."

"It happened that the lord saw her. The lord was benevolent and pitied her commendable filial piety, so he brought Meng Ji to the mansion as a dancer, thinking of arranging a marriage for her when she reached the age of marriage."

If Liu Zhang heard such an experience from an ugly woman, he might not have any empathy.

But at this moment, Liu Zhang's mind was completely filled with Meng Ji's shadow. These words undoubtedly instantly aroused Liu Zhang's strong desire to protect her, making Liu Zhang feel that the world was difficult, but it made such a beautiful woman suffer such misfortune.

Liu Zhang couldn't help but whisper, "Mr. Zikun, look at me, how about me?"

"Jiyu?"

Hearing this, Li Ji pretended to be stupid and carefully looked at Liu Zhang and said, "Jiyu has the appearance of a hero, a broad mind, and will surely have great achievements in the future."

Suddenly, Liu Zhang's expression flushed.

It's just that Liu Zhang was still concerned about his face and was embarrassed to say that he wanted Li Ji to transfer the dancer just now to him, mainly because Liu Zhang felt that he could not insult the fleeting beauty in such a vulgar way.

Afterwards, Li Ji deliberately skipped this topic and talked to Liu Zhang about other things.

It's just that Liu Zhang was always absent-minded, frequently distracted, and even when he said goodbye and left, his eyes seemed to be looking for Meng Ji's figure everywhere.

And watching Liu Zhang's leaving figure, Li Ji had a smile on his face, but a somewhat evil thought suddenly arose in his heart.

If Meng Ji were sent to Liu Yan in the name of Liu Bei, and then Meng Ji secretly seduced and guided Liu Zhang, would Liu Zhang…

Hiss ~

Too bad!

It hurts the harmony of heaven.

What Lu Bu killed was only his adoptive father. If Liu Zhang really killed Liu Yan, it would undoubtedly become a big melon that had not been seen in the three hundred years before the Han Dynasty.

Of course, it won't work later. The Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Two Jin Dynasties were even more perverted. This kind of thing is not a new thing.

However, Li Ji knows what is called the psychology of the more you can't get it, the more people desire it.

Meng Ji can become Liu Zhang's white moonlight and goddess, but she cannot become a commodity that is easily exchanged, in that case, Meng Ji will have no value.

Perhaps Liu Zhang is very satisfied with this contact with Li Ji, and Li Ji is also the same.

Through Liu Zhang, let's bury a series of possibly useful backhands for the time being.

If he wants to take Yizhou one day, Li Ji will not pin his hopes on Zhang Song's offering of the map. If he wants Yizhou, he will take it himself. Why pin his hopes on others?

Li Ji smiled lightly, secretly despising his own meanness in playing with people's hearts, and denounced Jia Xu again, it must be Jia Xu who brought him down.

Once upon a time, Li Ji thought he was quite pure…

……

"Achoo!"

Sitting in the carriage, Jia Xu, who was on his way to Lujiang, suddenly sneezed.

This made Jia Mu, Jia Xu's son, who was also in the carriage, suddenly become nervous and quickly asked with concern.

"Father, have you caught a cold? Do you need to find a doctor in the nearest county to see you?"

"It's okay."

Jia Xu rubbed his nose and said, "Probably I was being slandered by someone again, so I felt it and sneezed."

"But my father has always been kind to others, who would slander my father?"

Jia Mu, who had not yet come of age, asked with some confusion.

This unconsciously made Jia Xu think of Li Ji, and he immediately identified him as the suspect.

After all, in the entire Han Dynasty, the number of people who knew what kind of gentleman Jia Xu truly was wouldn't exceed five fingers. Even in Jia Mu's mind, Jia Xu was a gentle and refined gentleman.

“A gentleman only needs to harbor noble righteousness in his heart, and naturally he will not fear slanderous gossip. There is no need to care,”

Jia Xu kindly educated Jia Mu.

“Yes, Father.”

Jia Mu, who was no more than fifteen years old, respectfully bowed and listened to the instruction. (End of this chapter)