[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition

92 – How to survive in difficult times (3)

I think this is my first time greeting you through a letter.

And this is my first time greeting you formally like this.

Please forgive my rudeness.

Your friends are not guilty.

I included one of mine in the letter I wrote to you at your earnest request, so don’t be too angry.

Do you know who Jo Maeng-deok is?

It’s me.

You probably already know enough about me, but can you say that you know everything about me, Jo Maeng-deok?

Probably not.

There are only two people in the world who know about Jo Maeng-deok.

One is of course Jojo, and the other is the woman who betrayed me.

I thought that only Jo Maeng-deok in the world, and only her, would understand me.

But you were wrong.

Although he doesn’t completely understand me, I can’t tell you how happy I was to hear that there was a man who had a vague idea of who Jo Maeng-deok was.

Although he couldn’t reach the deepest part of me, he opened the bar and entered me, leaving only one final door open.

exactly.

It’s you.

You dug me deeper than any other man.

Oh, of course it’s not a harsh story.

I have no intention of easily using the best weapon that the female gender has, just for a moment.

So don’t misunderstand either.

I, Jo Maeng-deok, did not pick up the pen to exchange love letters with you, but to seek your opinion on how to safely take over the land of Western Zhou.

To talk about Zhou Zhou for a moment, I must first talk about a man named Liu Bei.

Yubi….

(syncopation)

It’s good to hear what the staff has to say, but I want to hear your opinion on this matter.

Please review it positively and let me know the results.

P.s.

If you want to come to Jinryu and talk with me, please bring this letter and silk with you.

I think I can have an in-depth conversation with you.

* * *

Lu Bu had Xuzhou.

Yu-bi ended up in a situation where he had nowhere to go.

Cao Cao asked me for advice on Zhou’s affairs.

I am like a civilian!

Late at night.

I called the person who was most in line with Jo Jo’s direction to my room. Then I handed her the letter you received and made her read it herself.

“What do you think, Uiya?”

“hmm.”

Sima Yi folded the letter tightly. The string was tied in three places to prevent it from unraveling easily, and the expensive paper was wrapped on top and then wrapped again with silk to protect the book in layers.

“If you happen to work under Cao Cao in the future, this will truly be of great help to you.”

“I have no intention of running for government office.”

“But he is more deeply involved in the affairs of the central region than anyone else in the central region. Not only Jingju, but especially Prince Cao.”

As Sima Yi pointed out, I, as an individual, exert some influence on Jingju and performance.

Although my influence is mainly on the land, I have now built up a reputation worthy of being called a ‘celebrity’ in my own right.

Shinya’s golden sun.

Although I didn’t have a special pen name or nickname, I raised the value of my name to the point that no one in Shinya would recognize my name.

“You succeeded, Master. I can’t believe Cao Cao asks you for political advice.”

“Are you sure I achieved this on my own? I don’t know anything else, but your help was the biggest in this area.”

“Thank you, Master.”

These are not pretentious words.

When making judgments about political moves, discussing them with Sima Yi had the highest success rate.

“First of all, responding to Cao Cao’s letter means helping Cao Cao.”

“yes.”

“In that case, Master, you will be seriously involved in the feudal lord’s affairs.”

“yes.”

“If you do something wrong, you could become someone’s target.”

“okay.”

It is difficult.

So far, the only people who have officially received my help are Emperor Kang-ha, Hwang Jo, and Xinya County Commander Wen Bing.

Both of them actively used their wits to repel those who invaded Jingzhou. As a result, I ended up taking on Sun Jian’s descendants and retainers in the case of the emperor, and in the matter of Wen Bing, I ended up taking in relations with Emperor Zhang’s successors.

If I help Jojo this time, I don’t know what the consequences will be no matter what choice he makes.

“First, I will ask Master. Would you like to help Cao Cao?”

“I’m not helping Prince Jo Maeng-deok. I’m helping someone who assists the Emperor.”

When it comes to helping, I first draw a clear line.

“It may be blindfolded and silent, but if you don’t do even that, you will definitely face great trouble in the future. So, I would like to provide advice for the Han imperial family.”

“I see. Then, as before, the number of different cases is-”

“Only one thing.”

I have already decided what I want to convey.

“Review it, Uiya.”

“I will listen.”

“If Liu Bei entrusts himself to you, accept him. And just as you did with Lü Bu before, the Duke will use Liu Bei as an advance guard to subdue Lü Bu.”

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“It looks like we are taking care of you in many ways. It won’t be a big problem.”

Fortunately, Sima Yi passed on my idea without any problems. Now, if you just make simple corrections, there won’t be any major problems with your reply.

“The reason he took care of Liu Bei was because he cared about Zhuge Liang.”

“Yes.”

Since Zhuge Liang had a crush on Liu Bei, I couldn’t tell him to throw Liu Bei out and ignore him so that he could be eliminated by Lü Bu or Yuan Shu.

“The reason Liu Bei entrusts himself first is to show the majesty and mercy of the Han imperial family.”

“Yes.”

Unless Liu Bei comes to Jinliu first and kneels, there is no reason to step forward and embrace Liu Bei first.

Doing so for no reason will only cause Lu Bu to take active military action.

“The reason we are saying to use them as the vanguard of the subjugation of Lü Bu is because they are the most suitable beings for recapturing Western Zhou.”

“Accurate.”

Liu Bei was the governor of Western Zhou, and gained popularity among the people of Western Zhou by defeating Cao Cao’s army.

Although he failed to win over the nobles and was driven out, the people and some influential people would admire or miss Liu Bei.

“When Lü Bu continued his tyranny, his nostalgia for Liu Bei would reach its peak. Perhaps, when fighting against Lü Bu’s army in the future, he might cause trouble by closing the gate, as opposed to Cao Piao opening the gate.”

“hehehe, are you already making plans to fight Lu Bu later?”

“If I were Cao Cao’s chief of staff, if I were to use Liu Bei, I would use such a tactic. … Even though I don’t have to write this down, Master Sun Yu will come up with it on his own.”

Sunuk and Sunyu, who can be said to be the best of Cao Cao’s officers, have different areas of expertise.

While Sunuk is in charge of the ‘internal affairs’ field of Cao Cao’s army, Sun Yu is mainly in charge of ‘strategy and tactics’ on how Cao Cao’s army should fight when fighting against other armies.

“If I were Master Shun Yu, if I had brought Liu Bei’s army into my side… I would use Xiaopai as a base to surround Hebi Castle.”

“A siege. That’s appropriate.”

Harvey in the West.

I know very well what kind of ‘land’ that is.

“The area where the castle was built is on a lower level than the surrounding area. When it rains, it quickly becomes submerged in water.”

“Do you know what happened to Xu Zhou?”

“Before I came down to Jingzhou, I was also thinking about Xuzhou. I thought of it as one of my top three choices, but in the end, I didn’t choose Xuzhou.”

“Oh my, I wonder why that is?”

“It didn’t seem like land prices would rise, but rather continue to fall.”

Even if it was not because of Cao Cao’s massacre in Xuzhou, Xuzhou was not an area where land prices were likely to rise significantly.

“If you bought the land, shouldn’t the value have increased by at least 30%? For the feudal lords, Western Zhou was an excellent land, but for someone like me, it was not a place worth living.”

“Weren’t you worried that war would break out?”

“hahahaha, no way. Are you thinking that I predicted the massacre of Zhou and avoided Zhou?”

“I feel like it would have been something like that if it were a teacher. hehehe.”

“No way. At that level, I am a god. I am a person who sees the value of the land.”

The value of introduction.

To Cao Cao, it was a place he was anxious to occupy even after committing two massacres, but to me it was a place that had little meaning.

“You wouldn’t know if you were crazy about seafood other than freshwater fish, but other than that, it wasn’t a place worth thinking about.”

“It’s a freshwater fish. Now that I think about it, it’s time to think about tomorrow morning. How about grilling sancheoneo tomorrow? Wonjik caught a boatload of sancheoneo this evening.”

“That’s a good idea. To do that, we need to sort this out and prepare for tomorrow.”

I picked up a brush.

Then, together with Sima Yi, he refined the phrases and wrote a letter to Cao Cao.

“…hmm.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“No, I just thought of it after writing it all down.”

I looked again at the letter Jojo wrote to me.

“Accepting Liu Bei is the most reasonable path, but why do I feel so uncomfortable?”

“What’s bothering you?”

“For some reason, I don’t think Cao Cao wants to accept Liu Bei.”

“Isn’t that because he was hindered from taking over Seoju, which he was on the verge of taking over?”

“hmm….”

Yubi.

What on earth is this man whose name keeps being mentioned in times of turmoil?

“Maybe Cao Cao thinks that both Liu Bei and Lü Bu should be eliminated?”

“It’s natural, Lu Bu, but do we really need to get rid of Liu Bei? What is the difference between him and Yu Yu, who were performers?”

“Well, Yu-eun, Yu-eon, Yu-pyo, Yu-yo, Yu-jang, Yu-u… wow, Mr. Yu, that’s a lot.”

“Oh my, there is also a ‘hyeop’?”

“Uh huh, that Mr. Yu is different.”

Yu, Hyeop.

A being whose name should never be called carelessly.

The Son of Heaven of this country.

“It may be surprising, but there are so many Yus in the world.”

“That’s true of the great ancestors, but how far could the royal family’s seeds have spread over hundreds of years? It is said that King Jungsangjeong had over a hundred descendants.”

“Yes. That is the person named Liu Bei who claims to be the root of his blood.”

A descendant of King Jungsanjeong.

……’Mr. Yu’.

“I should add a little editorial.”

I added a postscript to the back of the letter.

“Duke Cao, even if you feel jealous towards Liu Bei, it seems right to plan for the future.”

“Uh huh. Jealousy? Are you saying this person is jealous of something?”

Sima Yi countered, pretending to be Cao Cao and raising his voice thickly.

“What jealousy? Shouldn’t jealousy be something that Liu Bei and others have but I don’t? What on earth is that? Popularity among the people of Western Zhou? I have people encompassing Yeonju, Yeju, and Cheongju.”

“……castle.”

To be exact, ‘bloodline’.

No matter how hard you try, there is one thing you cannot change once you were born in the same country.

“I am worried that Liu Bei might be jealous of the fact that he is a self-proclaimed descendant of the imperial family.”

Mr. Cho, something that Jo Maeng-deok does not have.

The authority of the imperial family fell to the ground, and Dong Zhuo, who had ascended to the position of Shangguo, was unable to obtain it.

After the fall of the authority of the imperial family, Yu Yu, whom Yuan Shao wanted to elevate to correct the country, had.

The blood of the royal family.

Bloodline of the imperial family.

“I need to find out for sure whether Liu Bei is really the heir of King Zhongshan Zheng. Write one more line. Liu Bei is the one who claims to be King Zhongshan Zheng’s bloodline, so when it comes to accepting him… well, that’s it.”

“If it’s fake, Liu Bei will be the biggest fraudster.”

“That’s right. Me too.”

After writing it down, it was ridiculous.

“Blood is a government position.”