Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Yangquan City.

This is the closest small city in Lujiang Commandery to Runan Commandery in Yuzhou.

After arranging for the army to rest outside the city to avoid unnecessary impact on the people from the army entering the city,

Liu Bei, under the guard of a thousand White Horse义Cong, entered the county government office of Yangquan City to meet with the officials of Yangquan County.

Now, what the four commanderies of Lujiang, Jiujiang, Danyang, and Yuzhang feel uneasy about is not only the aristocratic families, but also officials of all sizes.

Therefore, after Liu Bei arrived in Lujiang Commandery, the officials, big and small, in the commandery also rushed to pay their respects to Liu Bei.

Perhaps among these officials of Lujiang, there are many incompetent and greedy people, and many are disciples and former officials of the Yangzhou aristocratic families.

However, unlike the plan to deal with the Yangzhou aristocratic families, these officials of all sizes are related to local stability and the direct lives of the people, so Liu Bei adopted a method of appeasement.

Even if the officials of Yangzhou, large and small, need to be purged from the bottom up, it will be a gradual and steady process.

Otherwise, once some grassroots officials are pushed into a corner and choose to burn documents or even organize resistance, it will be a series of big and small troubles.

With Liu Bei's current ability, winning over the hearts of the officials under his rule is as easy as flipping his hand, and there are even officials who abandon the Yangzhou aristocratic families they originally depended on and surrender to Liu Bei on the spot.

After Liu Bei spent nearly an hour appeasing these officials who had rushed to visit him, he finally took some free time to be alone with Li Ji and asked.

"How to deal with the Yangzhou aristocratic families, Zikun, do you already have a draft in mind?"

"Ji is just about to report to the Lord."

During this period, Li Ji also finished sorting out his thoughts, and used the "Strategy Simulator" to conduct a final deduction of the feasibility, and the result was not much different from what Li Ji had expected.

During the six or seven years that Li Ji has been in office, Li Ji's abilities in all aspects can be said to have been steadily rising.

Now, unless it is some extremely grand strategy, or the on-the-spot deduction of battlefield formations for micro-operations.

Most of the strategies, even Li Ji himself can judge quite accurate results, the difference is more reflected in some subtle details.

And what the Yangzhou aristocratic families are concerned about may be to guide the entire Han aristocratic families to different directions in the future.

However, on the surface, the Yangzhou aristocratic families no longer have any trump cards that can threaten Liu Bei, and the confidence and status of both sides are already in an extremely unequal state.

What Li Ji needs to consider is how to properly handle it, and then ruthlessly castrate the Yangzhou aristocratic families…

After Li Ji explained his thoughts to Liu Bei in detail, Liu Bei's eyes widened a little, and he subconsciously said.

"If this is the case, it is no less than cutting flesh for the aristocratic families, they may not be willing, and will the aristocratic families really be able to accept it in the future?"

"Throughout history, there has never been a reform that has not shed blood, and Yangzhou does not need so many aristocratic families, so let some aristocratic families shed blood, and I believe there will always be outstanding people who know the times…"

After a pause, Li Ji continued.

"After all, the Lord must also be clear about the causes of the great chaos in the world, and there is no doubt that the aristocratic families have seriously annexed land, making it impossible for the people to have a place to live."

"Perhaps Yangzhou still has a lot of space to be reclaimed, but what the Lord should focus on is not only Yangzhou, but the entire Han Dynasty, the entire world."

"Otherwise, after the Lord unifies the world, if this problem is still not improved in any way, I am afraid that it will fall into this vicious circle again in a few decades."

Liu Bei heard this, and his hand that was originally stroking his beard shook violently, and he unconsciously pulled off a few beards, and then replied in a solemn tone.

"What Zikun said is very true, and his vision extends to a hundred years later. If the world is to be well governed, the problem of aristocratic families annexing land must be investigated…"

Li Ji remained silent, giving Liu Bei enough time to think.

After all, the strategy that Li Ji had fully disclosed before was not only as simple as letting the aristocratic families cut flesh on the surface, but it was to fundamentally change the foundation of the aristocratic families and their ideology.

As a person from the bottom of this era, it is normal for Liu Bei to feel a little shocked and hesitant in his heart.

The concerns Li Ji mentioned are by no means simply intimidating Liu Bei, but objectively existing problems.

Perhaps it is possible to achieve a short-term rule after unifying the world through a significant decrease in population, the advancement of agricultural technology, and the increase in crop yields, etc.

But this is undoubtedly only a stopgap measure, delaying the sharp contradiction between the aristocratic families and the people, and it will still break out sooner or later.

After a while, Liu Bei, who was originally frowning and thinking hard, raised his head and looked at Li Ji with bright eyes, revealing a carefree smile, and said.

"Zikun, do you have confidence?"

"Yes."

At this moment, Li Ji would naturally not be modest.

However, what Li Ji did not expect for a while was that Liu Bei turned around and said with a relaxed face.

"Since Zikun is confident, then Bei has the confidence, Zikun, just feel free to act boldly."

This heavy trust deeply moved Li Ji.

After all, from the perspective of the concepts of this era, reforming the existence of aristocratic families is no less than Shang Yang's reform, and a carelessness will shake the foundation of rule.

Even, once a serious deviation occurs, it is likely to attract the hostility of all aristocratic families.

This is to be an enemy of a certain class, to be an enemy of the entire elite class of the Han Dynasty!

After a long while, Li Ji said with emotion. "The Lord trusts me so much, how can Ji repay it?"

Liu Bei heard this, and originally wanted to say something from the bottom of his heart, but then thought of something and said in a low voice.

"Then why don't Zikun marry more wives and concubines, and then give birth to a daughter and marry her to Adou?"

？ ？ ！！

Li Ji.

Suddenly, Li Ji took back the look of emotion on his face, and almost wanted to "tui" Liu Bei in the face.

My daughter hasn't even been born yet, and you want to arrange a marriage for her?

Don't even think about it!

Although Li Ji is very clear that this is a way for Liu Bei to show his importance, Li Ji will absolutely not accept this choice, both publicly and privately.

Privately, Li Ji really doesn't have the concept of using his daughter as a political bargaining chip for trading;

Publicly…

Li Ji put away the impulse to "tui" Liu Bei, and said with a serious face.

"Absolutely not, Xiang'er can become sworn brothers with the young master, and the young master also worships Ji as his second father, which is already the Lord's great favor. How can all the favors be given to the Li family? This will inevitably cause dissatisfaction and contradictions among the Lord's civil and military officials."

Liu Bei thought about it, and had to sigh that what Li Ji said was very reasonable, and Li Ji can be said to be wholeheartedly for the public. (End of this chapter)