Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At that moment, Guo Tu believed he had completely seen through Li Ji's scheme.

This was a setup from beginning to end!

It was likely a scheme that included Cai Yong, Sima Hui, Zheng Xuan, and many other great Confucians, as well as scholars from all over the world.

The "Ren De Academy" seemed to be entirely for the benefit of the world's scholars, but in reality, it was entirely for the benefit of Liu Bei.

Countless scholars would be turned into hardworking and complaint-free minor officials under Liu Bei and Li Ji by the "Ren De Academy" and the faculty composed of numerous great Confucians and famous scholars.

Once Wu Jun was fully developed, those scholars who acted as minor officials would have no credit, and the fame and glory would all belong to Liu Bei and Li Ji.

What a clever scheme! This was completely manipulating the world's scholars, and even Li Zikun's deliberate pursuit of fame in Julu City was precisely for this moment.

If Li Zikun hadn't pursued fame at that time, he wouldn't have been accepted as Cai Yong's son-in-law, nor would he have attracted so many scholars to gather here at this moment.

Guo Tu immediately shouted loudly.

"Everyone has been tricked! That Liu Xuande is a traitor..."

But before Guo Tu could finish speaking, Xu You suddenly grabbed him from behind and tightly covered his mouth with one hand, locking Guo Tu in place so he couldn't move, shocking Guo Tu's pupils.

"Xu Ziyuan, what do you want to do?!"

Guo Tu struggled constantly, shouting somewhat vaguely with his mouth covered tightly.

Xu You said harshly in Guo Tu's ear with some nervousness, "Guo Gongze, if you want to die, don't implicate me."

Suddenly, Guo Tu, who had suddenly reacted, looked at the fanatical expressions of the many scholars looking at Liu Bei, and a sense of fear arose in his heart.

As a famous scholar in Yingchuan, Guo Tu could be said to be a beneficiary in Yingchuan, receiving courtesy wherever he went with such a title.

Therefore, the "Ren De Academy" was not at all attractive to Guo Tu.

However, this did not mean that the "Ren De Academy" was not attractive to ordinary scholars, and even Liu Bei's image and status in the hearts of many scholars suddenly rose to a height that an ordinary prefect should not have.

In this environment filled with fanaticism, if Guo Tu openly insulted Liu Bei, even if some scholars with strong personalities drew their swords and chopped Guo Tu into pieces on the spot, it wouldn't be surprising.

Feeling Guo Tu's resistance gradually weakening, Xu You breathed a sigh of relief and slowly released Guo Tu.

If Xu You hadn't been too close to Guo Tu, and Guo Tu had come to Wu Jun with Xu You, Xu You wouldn't have paid attention to Guo Tu because he was worried that Guo Tu would implicate him.

Xu You could also see how much benefit the "Ren De Academy" would bring to Liu Bei, but what Xu You felt in his heart was a sense of frustration.

Li Zikun's wonderful plans, are they truly endless?

The establishment of the "Ren De Academy" would undoubtedly be a win-win-win situation.

For many great Confucian scholars who were determined to educate, there was one more of the best educational channels; for countless scholars who sought knowledge but could not find a way, there was also one more channel to seek knowledge; for the development of Wu Jun, it instantly solved the contradiction of the lack of a large number of middle and lower-level officials.

Even if Li Zikun, due to the assessment, only limited those scholars to temporarily serve as minor officials for three to five months, it could instantly solve the shortage of talents urgently needed for the development of Wu Jun.

If we also count some of the scholars who may stay under Liu Bei's command all the time, and many students who will join Liu Bei's command after graduating from the academy in the future...

This almost perfectly solved the problem of insufficient middle and lower-level officials in Wu Jun, and even Wu Jun's talent reserve far exceeded that of the Central Plains prefectures.

Judging the whole by observing a part...

It is rumored that Li Zikun is not only skilled in deduction, but also has the talent to govern the country. It seems that it is indeed true.

'Perhaps, my lord's attention to Li Zikun is still far from enough!'

'This person can be a strategist for quelling rebellions and wars, and can also be a capable minister to govern the world. He will definitely be a great help to my lord. If we can win over Li Zikun and let him join my lord's command...'

Originally, Xu You simply wanted to go to Wu Jun to ask Li Ji for advice and avenge the hatred of being defeated and vomiting blood by Li Ji in Julu City, but more ideas sprouted in his heart.

Standing on the high platform, Li Ji naturally did not notice the thoughts of Xu You and Guo Tu, who were hidden in the crowd, but looked at the current warm atmosphere with great joy.

There were no engineers in this era, and the literacy rate was terribly low.

Therefore, even if Li Ji drew up the drawings of the river channels to be excavated and built, and even specifically marked the depth, width, etc., if there were not enough scholars to guide them based on the drawings, it would not be possible to follow the drawings at all.

So...

'They are all labor.'

Li Ji looked at those scholars as if he were looking at lambs waiting to be developed.

Once you enter Wu Jun, you still want to run?

Li Ji had already begun to ponder a series of follow-up measures to retain talents based on the "Ren De Academy".

The aim is to achieve: people come in completely intact, and if you want to leave, you can only take your corpse back to your homeland for burial.

Even, as long as the popularity of the "Ren De Academy" is high enough in the entire Han Dynasty, attracting a large number of aristocratic families and even merchants, then it is not impossible to create a "school district housing" relying on the "Ren De Academy".

Talents should shine while alive, and even after death, they should leave a mortgage for their children and grandchildren to continue their struggle.

After Cai Yong explained in more detail the specific details of the "government" path, emphasizing fairness on the surface, and also needing to be grateful to Liu Bei, who is based on benevolence, for providing a platform for many scholars to benefit the people, he then said.

"The above is the path of 'government' for entering the inner courtyard to study. In addition, there is also a path called 'military', which will be personally introduced to you by Li Ji, the Wu Jun County Assistant."

Then, at Cai Yong's invitation, Li Ji stepped out from beside Liu Bei.

Wearing a simple white scholar's uniform, with a few fine beards under his jaw, his facial features were handsome and extraordinary, and his temperament was refined and gentle. A breeze blew gently, gently rolling the scholar's uniform and fine beards, making Li Ji even more extraordinary.

"This junior, Li Zikun from Longxi, has met everyone."

Li Ji said, and then bowed gracefully to the people in front of him.

Immediately, many scholars who came after hearing the name of Li Sanqian, but were seeing Li Ji for the first time, only felt their eyes light up.

That was an demeanor that matched his reputation, and a temperament that was admirable...

For a time, many scholars also consciously returned the salute to Li Ji.

Li Ji smiled slightly and said.

"Just now, what Duke Cai said was the assessment of 'government'. In addition to this, there is another way to enter the inner courtyard, that is, to pass the assessment of 'military', that is, to pass the sand table deduction obtained by Ji after being guided by a god."

"Everyone, please look..."

Then, Li Ji pointed to the thing standing on the side of the academy gate tower and covered by a huge black cloth.

The next moment, Xia Houlan, who had been standing below early, raised his hand and pulled the black cloth directly down.

Suddenly, what appeared in front of everyone was a sand table about two zhang high, mainly made of stone, but what was carved was a terrain similar to a terrain facing the crowd vertically, and it was already filled with chess pieces representing the red and blue forces.

This extremely rare giant sand table made many people exclaim subconsciously.

Li Ji then continued to introduce.

"In a dream, a god said that this war was 'Four Crossings of the Red Water', and I also named it after this."

"As for the previous rumors in the market about what can be used to judge the level of the world's people in military affairs based on the performance on the sand table, that is just a joke. Please don't mind it."

"Those who want to enter the inner courtyard of 'Ren De Academy' only need to successfully escape a thousand people to the edge of the sand table in the sand table deduction of 'Four Crossings of the Red Water' while holding the blue side."

"And because Ji will be wholeheartedly studying 'Four Crossings of the Red Water' in the near future to seek a real solution, so if you want to discuss the way of sand table deduction with Ji, you should also use 'Four Crossings of the Red Water' as the topic, and you need to lead more than 5,000 people of the blue side to break through the encirclement to the edge of the sand table, or counter-kill more than 15,000 red enemy troops."

"If there is any genius who can lead more than 10,000 people of the blue side to break through the encirclement to the edge of the sand table, or counter-kill more than 30,000 red enemy troops, Ji will personally welcome him to ask him for advice on the way of using troops."

"As for the specific details of 'Four Crossings of the Red Water', I have also ordered craftsmen to carve it under the sand table, you can read it yourself, in order to solve the problem left by the god in the dream as soon as possible, Ji will thank you again and again."

After Li Ji finished speaking, he bowed to everyone again to show his humility.

However, under that seemingly humble performance, many people were very clear that Li Ji seemed to be explaining the rumors in the market, but in fact he was completely verifying them further.

Only those who lead a thousand people of the blue side to escape to the edge of the sand table are qualified to enter the inner courtyard to study;

And those who further escape 5,000 people or counter-kill 15,000 enemy troops are qualified to meet Li Ji and discuss the way of using troops;

Further up, those who escape 10,000 people or counter-kill more than 30,000 enemy troops can be Li Zikun's guests.

So what if none of the above can be done?

Li Ji did not say it clearly, but it was better than saying it clearly, that is, they were really as the rumors in the market said, all mediocre talents.

In this way, it even completely corresponded to the five levels mentioned in the market rumors: mediocre talent, state and county talent, hero talent, top talent, and a god who is difficult to produce in thousands of years.

A scholar closest to the sand table couldn't help but exclaim after seeing a part of the details carved under the sand table.

"The complete victory pursued by this sand table deduction is actually for the blue side to counter-kill the red commander with more than 400,000 troops with a large number of heavy infantry, cavalry, and archers with more than 30,000 light infantry, or for the blue side to lead more than 30,000 soldiers to break through the encirclement and escape to the edge of the sand table. How is this possible?"

For a time, many scholars expressed their doubts.

“How could this possibly be done?”

“Could it just be a simple gimmick?”

“May I ask, Master Zikun, what level of success can you achieve?”

… …

Faced with the voices of doubt, Li Ji humbly replied.

“The number of soldiers I managed to lead to escape was slightly more than ten thousand, which is why I presented this sand table to the public, hoping to find great talent to break it.”