Three Kingdoms

Koto.

Entering Jiangdong in early summer, the scenery is beautiful and pleasant, but Sun Quan's mood is not as beautiful as the scenery.

Sun Quan is preparing to make a big move.

News came from Gongsun Du of Liaodong, inviting Sun Quan to send troops together. Sun Quan was moved, but his heart was of no use, because Sun Quan was the only one who was moved, and it was indeed of no use.

So if you are moved, you must take action.

Zhaquan started to act like a male creature pursuing a mate.

Sun Quan had many nicknames in later generations, but what is interesting is that these nicknames were not given at the beginning, and they even lagged far behind Cao Cao and Liu Bei...

In fact, it is a matter of comparison objects.

Cao Cao said, "Having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou." His next sentence was that Liu Biao's son was like a dolphin dog. In other words, generally excluding the digressions, Cao Cao's words are comparing Sun Quan and Liu Qi and Liu Cong. After all, Sun Quan's father, Sun Jian, and Liu Biao belonged to the same vassalage. It is normal for generations to compare each other. But the two brothers Liu Qi and Liu Cong were indeed unable to lift shoes compared to Sun Quan.

In fact, let alone Liu Qi and Liu Cong, can other second-generation officials who are similar to Sun Quan, such as Yuan Shao's three sons, compare with Sun Quan? Where's Adou? Even if Cao Cao is his own son, how much better can Cao Pi really be than Sun Quan?

So to be honest, Sun Quan's ability is not bad.

Just a bit scummy.

Later, the reason why Sun Quan's evaluation went all the way down is because at that time, Sun Quan was no longer compared with the second generation. As a prince of three parts of the world, when Sun Quan was compared with the highest-level people like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Sun Quan This person pales in comparison.

As the saying goes, without comparison, there is no harm.

Especially now that the big man has another Fei Qian.

Just like now, every time Sun Quan stood on the map of the Han Dynasty, he always felt a heavy pressure that made him breathless.

Cao Cao's core point is in Yuzhou and Jizhou, Fei Qian's key point is in Guanzhong Pingyang, Sun Quan's core point is in the Jianye Wu County area...

Of course, Sun Quan has not moved the capital to Jianye yet.

But even in this area, Scum Quan has no way to control it reliably!

Comparing people to each other will make people angry.

According to the information Sun Quan has learned now, Fei Qian, the hussar general in the northwest, has expanded his entire territory to the Western Regions, the desert, and southern Xinjiang...

Cao Cao, on the other hand, has arrived in Jizhou. Given time, Cao Cao will surely win over Jizhou and make it submissive. Then, just like Emperor Guangwu back then, he will use Jizhou and Yuzhou as the foundation to advance towards the position of supremacy in the world...

As for Sun Quan himself, although he has achieved some achievements, compared with Fei Qian and Cao Cao...

Just a comparison would make Sun Quan's heart hurt and the blood vessels in his head would start to beat.

Although Sun Quan knew in his heart that many of Fei Qian's territories were vast and sparsely populated, but the Hussars General Fei Qian's territory was too big. Putting it on his head, no matter how he looked at it, it made Sun Quan feel uncomfortable.

If it were purely a comparison of population, then Cao Cao would undoubtedly win. Yuzhou, Jizhou, plus the surrounding Jingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, etc., originally accounted for about 80% of the population of the Han Dynasty. Of course, due to the war, many people have died, but at least 40% to 50% of the population still belongs to the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao's, so in terms of population, Sun Quan's Jiangdong is also lagging behind.

The territory was smaller than others, the population was smaller than others, and his generals and ministers were unwilling to obey him. How could Sun Quan be so worried in his heart?

Sun Quan even has a feeling that if Fei Qian and Cao Cao decide a winner, Sun Quan will basically have nothing to do with him, so what Sun Quan wants now is to cause trouble!

Let Cao Cao and Fei Qian fight for life and death, it is best to die together!

The problem is, Sun Quan wants to cause trouble, but others don't agree.

Others feel that doing more is worse than doing less.

This "other people" includes almost everyone, all the Jiangdong nobles, all the Huaisi Group...

As the saying goes, if you fight to defend your homeland, Jiangdong will be the best in the world, but if you go to other places, Jiangdong will be the worst in the world.

Why is this happening? Sun Quan also has a headache, but he doesn't know that the reason why Jiangdong has such an extreme behavior is not only formed at Sun Quan's time, but has been like this very early, at least Dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period...

After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty was unable to directly manage the huge territory and the many survivors of the Yin Shang Dynasty due to transportation, technology, manpower, etc., so he could only implement the enfeoffment system and enfeoff large tracts of land to meritorious officials and powerful officials. It was managed by clans, and these clans and heroes expressed their submission to the Emperor of Zhou and their respect for the common master of the world through pilgrimages and tribute. As the population of the Central Plains increased, the relative lack of land led to an increase in conflicts between the vassal states. The increasingly serious mergers made the Central Plains the first to ignite the flames of war. However, things in the Jiangdong and Jiangnan areas were somewhat different.

The predecessor of Jiangdong was Wuyue and the state of Chu.

Because the climate in the Han Dynasty was completely different from that of later generations. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the economically developed southeastern coastal areas were a land of swamps and miasma. Therefore, at the beginning, both Chu and Wu Yue began to expand. There was no problem at that time. The Chu State was also the country that destroyed the most countries during the Spring and Autumn Period, with more than 40 countries destroyed in total. But as the territory became larger, problems arose.

The countries destroyed by the Chu State had varying economic and political levels. There were ancient Central Plains countries like the highly civilized Chen State and Cai State, as well as southern barbarians with hair and tattoos like Wu Yue. This brought difficulties to the management of the Chu State. Trouble is, under the ruling conditions at that time, the Chu State located in the Jiangdong area could not manage meticulously at all. It could only adopt an approach similar to that of Emperor Zhou. As long as it recognized the Chu State and paid tribute taxes, everything would be easy.

Tribal leaders have most of the governance power in their own territories and also retain private armies. In addition, in order to maintain the loyalty of these tribes to the Chu State, the Chu State also reserved official positions for these tribal leaders in the court. As for the official rank, It all depends on how much the tribe needs to be appeased...

In order to make the chaotic tribes in these lands obedient, checks and balances were developed within the Chu State, giving the old clans greater governance power in exchange for loyalty, and allowing them to check and balance the new clans. If the old clan disobeys, the new clan can also be given rights. This is how the three major clans of Zhao, Qu, Jing, and the Zhuang and Huang clans who were active in the Chu State in the middle of the Warring States Period came from.

Therefore, the predecessor of Jiangdong was Chu State, which was Wu Yue. It came along such a road. Although it changed its name in the Han Dynasty, there was not much change in essence. Habits formed over hundreds of years are a terrible thing. The state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period is still the same as Jiangdong now. It's just that the tribesmen have changed. The old tribes died and new tribes were born.

At the moment, Sun Quan is like the king of Chu at that time. It seems that his territory is not small. However, the troops that Sun Quan can directly mobilize are pitifully small. Taxation relies heavily on Sun Quan's own farmland. Basically, the land of Jiangdong gentry is all They were evading taxes, hiding their population, and sometimes even asked for additional financial subsidies from Sun Quan.

There were even troubles within the regime. Not to mention the private soldiers of the Jiangdong gentry, there were many dissidents in the Sun family alone. In order to prevent civil strife, Sun Quan had to take some actions, but these actions did not achieve the desired results. The effect was so great that Sun Quan had to continue to devote a considerable amount of his energy to this, in case someone accidentally took away the position under his butt.

Sun firmly believes in using force, and Sun Ce is even more reckless. Two generations of leaders of the Sun family have left a deep impression on the Jiangdong gentry. On this basis, every move Sun Quan wants to make to reform will be blocked by Jiangdong. The nobles regard it as the next conspiracy, and beautiful plans can only remain on the surface.

Every move made by Sun Quan would be scrutinized repeatedly by the Jiangdong nobles like picking a bone in an egg, until a real bone appeared in the egg.

Sun Quan, who was sitting on the throne with a solemn appearance, slowly glanced at the people in front of him, and the only one who met his gaze was Zhou Yu.

Sun Quan's eyebrows twitched slightly, he didn't like Zhou Yu. The reason is that Zhou Yu is too shrewd. Zhou Yu can tell what kind of fox it is by showing a little bit of fur.

But such a thing cannot avoid Zhou Yu, which makes Sun Quan and his contradiction very uncomfortable.

With this uncomfortable feeling, Sun Quan pointed to the colored blocks marked on the map and said in a deep voice, "Now Fei and Cao have invaded the west and east, disrupted the imperial court, and brought trouble to the world!" There are righteous men from Liaodong who raise an army and attack. This is an act that conforms to the will of the people and the will of God! Therefore, we should also respond! The north and the south echo each other, using vertical and horizontal forces to defeat the horizontal, rejuvenate the great Han Dynasty, and help the world! 』

"If we miss this good opportunity, when Fei and Cao have stabilized the west and east, there will be Sichuan and Shu flowing down the river in the west, and there will be the danger of Jingxiang and Jiangxia in the east, then even if we think about taking action again, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky!" 』Sun Quan looked around, his expression looking very serious and serious. "This is where Jiangdong's destiny lies, and there must be no room for error!" 』

After Sun Quan finished speaking, there was silence.

Zhang Zhao touched his beard, as if the gray goatee on his chin were rare treasures, attracting all his energy, making him completely alien and transcending all mundane things.

Zhou Yu gently put his fist to his mouth, seeming to be coughing silently or thinking about some problem. From a certain angle, even the statue of a thinker is not as beautiful as Zhou Lang's. just in case.

The rest of the people still lowered their heads and pointed their crowns towards Sun Quan, just like a herd of cattle with their butts in one place and their horns sticking out.

Sun Quan's brows frowned tightly.

That's it again.

Always like this.

Is this fucking over? !

When I talk about things, these guys just pretend to be deaf and mute. They all clearly heard, but they act as if they are deaf. They don't yell, don't speak, don't name names, and won't take the initiative to answer any questions!

Sun Quan glanced past Zhang Zhao and towards Zhang Hong, "What do you think of Dongfang?" 』

I skipped Zhang Zhao and asked Zhang Hong because if Zhang Zhao directly opposed it, there would be a high probability that he would be out of luck. And Zhang Hong had carried out trouble-making activities against Cao Cao before, so there was a high probability that he would vote in favor.

Zhang Hong cupped his hands and said, "As the saying goes, the great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs." It is a blessing for the minister that the lord has the ambition to swallow up the mountains and rivers. However, the three armies want to move forward and need to prepare food and grass. I don't know whether there is enough food and grass? 』

The yes vote can only be counted as half a vote, or even less than half a vote. After all, the food and grass issue has not been solved. Sun Quan's main personal financial affairs were managed by Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, so Zhang Hong was very aware of this issue.

What directly belongs to Sun Quan and can be freely controlled by Sun Quan is the farmland belonging to the Sun family. This is also the reason why Sun Quan continued to capture South Vietnamese as slaves to farmland in history. But the army is a gold-eating beast. Food and grass alone are not enough. They also need all kinds of things.

Some of these things could be made by Sun Quan's craftsmen, but some could only be purchased from the Jiangdong nobles.

At the same time, Sun Quan was also responsible for giving salaries to officials and paying for various water conservancy projects...

So Sun Quan is not considered to be without money, but he is definitely not considered to be very rich.

After Zhang Hong finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Zhu Zhi.

"There is no grain stored in Wujun's warehouses. ” As the representative of the Jiangdong noble clan, Zhu Zhi said without any hesitation, “My lord has been fighting continuously, and the warehouse is empty. The soldiers are exhausted, their swords and armor are missing, and they are unable to fight. It is better to wait until the autumn harvest and then discuss it. 』

The Kodong clan undoubtedly voted against it.

"It's early summer now, after sending troops to the north, it's just the time for the autumn harvest!" Sun Quan said in a deep voice, "At that time, we can defeat the enemy without having to lose far. Isn't it wonderful?" If we don't send troops now, and we wait until the autumn harvest, we will take action. If all the places have finished harvesting grain, where will they go to find food? 』

Sun Quan rejected it.

"When the army marches north, Cao Cao's thieves will definitely secure the wall and clear the country. What will happen then?" Zhu Zhi said calmly, "There is nowhere to go to eat, and there is no supply of food and grass. Even a million-strong army will collapse!" 』

Zhu Zhi voted against it again.

"There is food and grass in Jiangdong!" Sun Quan squinted his eyes and stared at Zhu Zhi, "It's just that he's not in the public warehouse..."

“Since it is a private warehouse, it belongs to the people. Zhu Zhi also narrowed his eyes, "Is it possible that the Lord wants to seize the people's fat and anointing to fulfill his own selfish desires?" 』

"Under the whole world, is it the king's land?" ” Sun Quan snorted.

"Lord, don't forget, there is another sentence behind..." Zhu Zhi didn't give in at all.

"..." Sun Quan gritted his teeth.

"..." Zhu Zhi stared.

Sun Quan gritted his teeth because he found that except for his own constant refutation and struggle, no one could speak for him. Zhu Zhi glared because Zhu Zhi knew that doing so would definitely anger Sun Quan and make him hate him, but he still had to do it.

This has nothing to do with personal emotions, let alone hobbies.

It just has to be done.

Zhang Zhao coughed and tried to smooth things over, "It's late today and it's hard to decide on this matter right now. Why don't we discuss it tomorrow... I wonder what your lord wants?" 』

Zhu Zhi saluted Sun Quan and said, "I am not good at speaking, or I may have some mistakes in my words. I hope your lord will forgive me..."

Sun Quan grinned and waved his hand, taking it as an answer.

Zhou Yu finally coughed, lowered his fist and said, "I'm leaving." 』

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong also nodded together, "I will leave." 』

Zhou Yu was in front, and Er Zhang was behind. They walked out first.

Zhu Zhi and others also bowed to Sun Quan and left.

Slowly and respectfully, everyone lowered their heads, bent their waists, took small steps, stuck out their buttocks, first swung to the left, took a step back, then swung to the right, took a step back, and so on, until they retreated to At the door of the hall, he straightened up, turned his head and walked out, his movements extremely smooth.

In the past, such behavior always made Sun Quan feel a little happy, as if he was aloof and watching the fish swimming in the pond. But now, he suddenly felt a kind of anger. He no longer seemed to be standing still. On the edge of the pond, it seemed to be enshrined in the middle of the hall, and these uniform courtiers seemed to be dancing in front of him.

Lu Su did not come to this meeting. After all, Chai Sang was very important and could not be left without someone.

If comparing trustworthiness, Sun Quan is more willing to trust Lu Su, because Sun Quan knows that Lu Su also needs him.

But others don't need him.

In other words, it is him who is being enshrined today. No matter how pious these people are in front of him and how conforming to etiquette their behavior is, they may lift him from the throne and throw him away at the next moment. Okay, just burn it and put another statue on it.

A statue that says nothing and makes no demands.

Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu was not optimistic about this battle, so Zhou Yu didn't say a word. Similarly, Sun Quan was not very optimistic about Gongsun Du.

The reason why Sun Quan emphasized sending troops was because Sun Quan had his own purpose...

Sometimes in a war, victory does not have to be achieved in order to achieve the goal.

The strength of the Jiangdong nobles was too great. These habits that had survived from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period also prevented the Sun family from carrying out reforms like Fei Qian. As long as Sun Quan showed any signs of it, he would be blocked by these Jiangdong nobles.

Sun Quan wants to control Jiangdong just like Fei Qian controls Guanzhong, and these Jiangdong nobles are the thorns in front of him. If he cuts off these thorns with his own hands, he will undoubtedly be stabbed with blood all over his body, but if How about taking someone else's hands and cutting them off?

Although it is said that doing so will damage Jiangdong's power, the question is, what is the use of keeping these powers that are not under Sun Quan's control? Do you want these forces to threaten you all the time?

Looking at the empty hall and the neatly arranged cushions, Sun Quan suddenly laughed. Half of his smiling face was in the light, while the other half was in the darkness.

Is this the end?

No, this is just an opening.