[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition

96 – How to survive in difficult times (7)

“I think there will be great progress in just ten years.”

After touring He Island, we talked about our observations of He Island on our way back to Jingzhou.

“What do you think of Heo Island? Do you think it will develop like Luoyang and Chang’an?”

“What if the reign of a country continues here for about a hundred years?”

“A hundred years!”

long.

I was thinking at least fifty years, but Sima Yi was thinking about a hundred years.

“I agree. Even if there is talk of having to move the capital to another place, once you have decided on a capital, you will have to keep protecting it.”

“What does Liang think?”

“Unless it is a situation like Luoyang or Changan, the relocation of the capital will incur the dissatisfaction of those left behind. Wouldn’t you, Master, be very angry if Heodo becomes Heohyeon again and land prices plummet?”

“My eyes are rolling.”

Are you trying to transfer the capital on your own?

And the price of my land in Heodo will be halved due to the relocation?

I will mobilize all the connections and power I have to prevent the transfer of capital.

Personally, I will write a long appeal of up to 6,000 characters a day and submit it to the government, and I will use my disciples to create public opinion and express my opposition to the transfer of the capital.

“Humans naturally do not regret what they do not have. However, if they try to take what they have, they become very angry. Even if it is given by the country and taken away from the country.”

“But what if someone like Dong Zhuo wants to transfer the capital?”

However, if you move the capital…

“You have to admit it at that time. How can you get over it if they put a knife to your throat and tell you they’re going to set your house on fire?”

“Then should I keep the land?”

“No, I’m selling it. If I had land in Luoyang, I would have sold it for a reasonable price before the anti-Dong-tak allied forces attacked.”

Before the capital transfer is decided and before the land price falls further, he quickly sells it and leaves.

At least the price will be higher than when you bought it, and you will have made a lot of money through the land.

For that to happen, the people living here in Heodo must live that well.

“What did you think of the Hedo people you saw?”

If we have discussed land and foundation, now it is time to discuss people.

“There was an excessive amount of life in people’s eyes. Everyone’s will to live went beyond mere will and felt like a poison.”

“I agree. I felt like I was living for tomorrow, but I was really scared. That everyone worked so hard.”

“These are people who lost everything once, so they don’t want to lose it again.”

Each of the three expressed their feelings, but all three had a common reaction toward the people in Heo Island.

A strong will to life.

“These are people who once lived as thieves. Now that they have regained their lives as ordinary farmers, if they lose this too, they will no longer have a way to live.”

“Why?”

“Who would dare to risk their life to run away while cultivating the farmland that the emperor has given them?”

The perspectives of the feudal lords and the common people on the imperial family are worlds apart.

A feudal lord may judge an imperial family as having fallen, but the people still live by bowing their heads to the solemn orders of an imperial family.

“No matter how much I don’t think much about the imperial family, if the emperor directly appoints me to work, I have to work without saying anything.”

“Oh my, are you serious?”

“Ah. Of course, I will have to do it a few times. But if a knife is put to my throat or the throats of those around me… I will probably do it even though I don’t want to.”

Running for public office is a matter of one’s own will.

However, being appointed by the emperor is a solemn command from heaven that cannot be rejected by those living in this country.

If it continues no matter how many times it has been rejected, it will be a violation of the Emperor’s command.

“Rather than spend my whole life being chased for this land and property, I would rather go to government office and get fired from my job.”

“I’m glad it ends with my dismissal. Master, you won’t work with all your might, right?”

“Ui, that’s not true. I am confident that if you give me a job that suits me, I will do well. It’s just that the jobs I can do well are limited. Yes, it would be perfect to be the prince’s teacher. hahahaha.”

“The disciple just became the crown prince.”

“That’s it.”

It’s deeply related to the work I’m doing now, but at the same time, it’s something that can result in me being fired for rational reasons at any time.

“What I’m saying every day is, Prince, you need to study. That’s all there is to it, but how easy, less responsible, and a position you can give up at any time? hahahaha.”

“It would be great if the crown prince were to become emperor.”

“Of course. There’s nothing else I want more than that. Even if the emperor gets into trouble, wouldn’t the teacher who taught him in his childhood be implicated as well? hahahaha.”

“What if I accuse you of teaching me wrong?”

“…Should I run away? hehehe.”

It’s a dream-like future.

Really.

“I hope Heo Dao continues to maintain the capital. …Apart from Cao Cao.”

The reason Heodo became a capital city was solely due to Cao Cao’s influence.

Although I couldn’t see Cao Cao in person this time, I still met Cao Cao’s relative and saw the possibility of his succession.

“I met Cao Cao’s adopted son.”

“yes?”

“I met a man named Joang. It wasn’t his biological son, but he adopted a relative’s son, a young man who was over the age limit. So that even if he died, he could inherit the inheritance.”

“…Isn’t Jojo a very old man?”

“So, I adopted the successor.”

A woman stays alone without getting married even after reaching the age limit?

Externally, it may seem like a big problem, but when you work in a high-level government position, your perspective changes.

In the past, just like Zhang Liang did.

“I don’t know if it’s because he was adopted, or because Jo’s blood is a little less mixed, but Jo Ang was a nicer guy than I thought. I think he’s probably around the same age as Liang, but at least he doesn’t seem to act like Yang Mo.”

“If Master sees it that way… I think Cao Cao has chosen his successor well.”

“Yeah. Personally, I don’t like judging people, but…”

If I had to evaluate Jo Ang.

“If Cao Cao is said to be the king of difficult times, then Jo Ang will be the king of times.”

“Oh my, will you really become ‘God’?”

Hearing Sima Yi’s meaningful words, Zhuge Liang and I quickly looked around. My heart sank, too, and I was afraid that someone might have heard.

“Uiya…!”

“hehehe, it’s half a joke.”

“Aren’t you saying you’re only half serious?”

“That’s right. I don’t know what Cao Cao’s thoughts are, but if Yuan Shao is defeated and Hebei is conquered, and all the feudal lords in the world come to fear Cao Cao….”

Sima Yi placed three fingers horizontally and used his other hand to sweep vertically.

King.

“Can’t Cao Cao ask the Emperor for that much?”

“Isn’t there more to it than that?”

I quickly wrote a word on Sima Yi’s finger.

白.

If you combine the two letters, you get Hwang (皇).

“Do you think Cao Cao will try to usurp the throne like Dong Zhuo did?”

“of course.”

“Even though JoJo is a woman?”

“There’s nothing a woman can’t do. Isn’t that exactly what Han Xin wanted? The first female emperor.”

Han Xin died hoping to become emperor himself.

It is unclear exactly how far Jojo is looking, but one thing is clear: no matter what position Jojo ascends to, if a young man named Joang takes over, he will achieve a great deal of peace.

Determine the succession in advance.

For a woman like Jojo who has no biological children, this is the most important task, and it is something that must be done in difficult times when we do not know what will happen.

“In this difficult time, especially if you are someone like Cao Cao who directly goes into battle, you don’t know when and where something will happen. That’s right, just like Sun Jian.”

Sun Jian died without being able to choose a successor.

“If you don’t pass on a proper heir, the heir will suffer. Gangdong’s…”

“This is Sun Ce.”

“Yes. How much hardship has Sun Ce suffered? Although the father and son still work under Yuan Shu, the momentum of taking over Jiangdong is unusual.”

Sun Jian’s son, Sun Ce, was increasing his power by defeating Yu Yao and Wang Lang of Yang Zhou one after another.

The land obtained by Yuan Shu through Sun Ce was larger than the land of Hebei occupied by Yuan Shao.

“Yuan Shu’s power expanded thanks to Sun Ce. According to rumors, Yuan Shu called fortune tellers to tell his fortune.”

“I see something moving.”

“Yes. Maybe…there will be a biggest traitor to the country.”

Although he is still advancing east, Yuan Shu is showing his ambition to expand his territory by attacking Western Zhou or snooping near the rivers of Jingzhou.

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“Someone will definitely shout: The fortunes of the Han imperial family have run out, so now we will create a new country.”

It is always cautious to talk about treason.

“But, Master. What would you do if the disciple you raised became the emperor or crown prince of that country and tried to serve you? Even if he is not the emperor or crown prince, what if he was a great dignitary like a minister or crown prince?”

“…My student is a high-ranking official of a new country.”

Dangerous.

“hahahaha. That’s a really difficult question, but don’t you know the answer?”

To the village father, the country is not important.

No matter what the country is like, it doesn’t matter who does where or what they do as long as it doesn’t harm me.

But if it can come back to me with great benefit….

“As long as my neck is safe and my property is safe, I just bow down whether the sky is blue or yellow.”

As long as it helped me, it didn’t matter who became emperor.

“Still, what kind of crazy person would dare to call the Emperor false when the Son of Heaven is alive and well? hahahaha.”

okay.

Unless you go crazy.

It was exactly one year later that Yuan Shu called the emperor true.