Chapter 1019: Choice

"What does the king command?" Huang Gai took a step forward and hugged his fists. + Top Novel,

"Send someone to secretly monitor Zhou Yu's every move, and you must not let him leave the capital until the king has made up his mind."

"No!" Huang Gai answered, turned around and left.

Subsequently, Sun Quan took Zhang Zhao, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Zu Mao to leave the Hanlin Courtyard and go straight back to the palace.

As night fell, there was silence in the palace of Wu, and Sun Quan sat quietly in the imperial study, patiently waiting for the arrival of a person.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the eunuch walked in and said to Sun Quan respectfully: "Great King, the Metropolitan Governor Zhou Yu is asking to see you outside. ”

"It's finally here, let the Metropolitan Governor come in, and also, during the conversation between this king and the Metropolitan Governor, no one is allowed to come in, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Sun Quan put down the book he was reading in his hand and said slowly.

After the eunuch went out, Zhou Yu, the governor of the capital, strode in and arched his hand towards Sun Quan: "Zhou Gongjin has seen the king. ”

"Gong Jin, please take a seat!" Sun Quan hurriedly and enthusiastically showed Zhou Yu the seat, and after Zhou Yu sat down, he sat next to Zhou Yu with his ass, without the slightest bit of Wang Gui's shelf.

Zhou Yu has been named Hou by Sun Ce, and he has military power in his hands, although he can be on an equal footing with Sun Quan, but according to etiquette, when he sees the king, he is still one level lower. So, as soon as Zhou Yu saw Sun Quan sit down, he immediately stood up and said, "How dare Zhou Yu be on an equal footing with the king?" ”

Sun Quan smiled and said: "You are Your Majesty's best friend, Your Majesty can still sit on an equal footing with you, why can't this king?" If you don't let the king sit, do you want the king to kneel? ”

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't mean that. It's just that this time and that time are no longer what they used to be. "Zhou Yu has already asked the Queen Mother. The results obtained are no different from what Sun Quan said. However, he was still not at ease, so he went to find the Taifu Gu Yong, and the answer he got from Gu Yong's mouth was the same, and he knew that he had wronged Zhou Yu.

"This time and that time? In my opinion. It's still the same, you are still the unique governor of my Wu country, the mainstay of my Wu country, and your majesty's deputy in military affairs. Although Your Majesty is crazy, no matter what, you are still an indispensable arm of my Sun family, Gong Jin, sit! ”

Zhou Yu couldn't push it back again, so he sat down obediently. But. In his heart, the Song King in front of him was already the actual emperor. Although he did not officially ascend the throne, if Sun Ce could not wake up one day, then only Sun Quan would be in power in the entire country. But he didn't have any friendship with Sun Quan, how could he dare to be presumptuous in front of the future emperor!

"Brother Gongjin, please allow me to call you that. You are the same age as Your Majesty, and you are a righteous brother, so. Allow me to be a brother. ”

"This ......"

"Brother Gongjin didn't agree, isn't it because he dislikes Zhongmou and is not qualified?"

"No, no, no. Zhou Yu had no such intention, just ......"

"Don't just, that's it. Brother Gongjin, Your Majesty has been crazy for three years, and in the past three years, I have visited famous doctors. None of them can heal His Majesty. I followed my mother's request to temporarily regency, but I knew that my talent was far inferior to that of Brother Gongjin. Brother Gongjin is both civil and military, and his talent and appearance are unique. It is a strange man in my Wu country, and Brother Gongjin and His Majesty are good brothers who are righteous and married to Jinlan, if Brother Gongjin is willing, my Sun clan is willing to give up the throne and be succeeded by Brother Gongjin, so as to ensure the eternal foundation of my Wu country......"

After Zhou Yu heard Sun Quan's words, he suddenly frowned, and for a long time, he didn't say a word.

Sun Quan stared at Zhou Yu carefully, but he was gambling in his heart. He thought secretly: "Zhou Gongjin was thoughtful, his brows were furrowed, but he didn't say a word, is he really ambitious?" ”

"King Song is really smart, just one word, he can kill people invisibly. This plan is really wonderful, I'm afraid that if I don't speak again, the knife and axe hand who is ambushed in the imperial study will immediately rush out and chop me into pulp......" Zhou Yu thought secretly in his heart.

"What is Brother Gongjin thinking about?" Sun Quan saw that Zhou Yu didn't answer, so he hurriedly asked.

Zhou Yu stood up, then knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Sun Quan and said, "Gongjin is deeply favored by the emperor, how dare he do such a rebellious thing." The King of Song is benevolent and has the ability to know people, since His Majesty has lost his mind and gone crazy, it is enough for the King of Song to take over the throne, and Gong Jin will inevitably treat the King of Song like His Majesty. ”

"However, this king is only a shallow learner, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on this great responsibility......"

"Your Majesty and I are like brothers, Your Majesty's country, Gongjin will fight to protect even if he dies. If King Song wants Gong Jin to die, then I will die on this pillar, why do you push me to the top of that unkindness and injustice? As the saying goes, no one is perfect, the King of Song can recruit talents, as long as he knows how to make good use of people, the King of Song can be a generation of Ming Jun. ”

"Brother Gongjin means ......"

"At this time, the country cannot be without a king for a day, Gong Jin is willing to support the King of Song as the emperor, in this life, Gong Jin will swear to defend the country of Wu and the King of Song."

Sun Quan's goal was achieved, and he smiled heartily. However, his face did not show it.

"However, if I am the emperor, then what will Your Majesty do?" Sun Quan continued to ask.

Zhou Yu thought for a while, and said slowly: "The matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to be done. It's just that the minister hopes that the king can endure for another two years, His Majesty is famous, Huaxia Kingdom does not know this fact, if he learns that His Majesty has lost his mind and is crazy, the king will take over the throne, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the fire to rob. Now with the strength of our country, it is not the opponent of Huaxia at all, once Huaxia country tears its face and openly attacks our Dongwu, I am afraid that our army will be difficult to stop for a while. Therefore, the minister thought that it would be better for the king to be the emperor a few years later, to gain more time, and then let the men in the country actively prepare for the war. In a few years, he may be able to fight with Huaxia. ”

Sun Quan said: "Do we have to fight with Huaxia?" Is there no other way? Now like this, the alliance between the two countries is good, and it is also a blessing for the people of the whole world, if the war starts, I am afraid that the people of the world will suffer again. ”

"At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and then the princes were numerous, Lin Nan slaughtered the heroes one by one, and now the world Huaxia is occupying 89 out of 10 in the world, for the Huaxia country, unification is imperative. King. If you were the emperor of Huaxia, would you like to see that there are still places in the southeast corner that are not under your jurisdiction? After hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be a little angry, Sun Quan was really not Sun Ce, Sun Ce was brave and decisive, but Sun Quan was a little indecisive.

Sun Quan also knows. Jiangshan was fought down by his father and brother, and his father and brother were both powerful people, and they had nothing to see when they fought on the battlefield, but he had never been on the battlefield, and he was raised in a greenhouse since he was a child, and he would be a little scared when he even saw a chicken, let alone a dead man. However, he also has his strengths, which is that he is kind-hearted. Knowing people well, he knows how to use the strengths of others to make up for his own shortcomings, and by doing this, he is enough to be an emperor.

If it was in a peaceful and prosperous era, maybe he would have become a very effective emperor, but unfortunately, it is now in troubled times. Troubled times have the laws of troubled times, and his behavior and state of mind. It's a bit too child's play.

"This ...... But I have heard that many people will die in war, and the dead people may make all the people of Wu feel sad. The death of one person brings endless pain to the family. War is really ......"

Zhou Yu hurriedly interrupted Sun Quan's words, although he did not have the same force as Sun Ce, but his character was bold, and after such a long war, he had long been accustomed to it. Thereupon. He said aloud: "The king has never been on the battlefield, has not experienced war, and the minister knows very well. The king should know that it was recorded in the historical records that the Qin family destroyed Chu. That proverb that the Chu people said, right? ”

"Are you saying that although Chu has three households, if Qin dies, it will be Chu?" Sun Quan was familiar with the historical records and said it in an instant.

"Exactly, if the ancients were like this, why can't we follow the example of the ancients? Now the country of Huaxia is equivalent to the state of Qin, and the country of Wu is equivalent to the state of Chu. I believe that as long as the people of Wu deeply understand the truth of this sentence, they will definitely be able to fight against Huaxia. What's more, although Huaxia is known as a million-strong army, the southern water network is dense, and if you want to attack Wu, you must be familiar with water warfare. The south ships and the north horses, although the Huaxia Kingdom has millions of heroes, the ministers are not enough to fear. As long as you want to defeat the navy that Huaxia has always relied on, Huaxia will not be able to cross the Yangtze River! ”

Sun Quan's heart was surging when he heard Zhou Yu's impassioned words, but a trace of worry still appeared on his face, because he had heard that the navy of Huaxia was far more powerful than Wu's navy, and Huaxia also had a very powerful weapon, and it was with this weapon that the army of Huaxia was invincible and invincible. It's a pity that Wu Guo still can't figure out what kind of weapon it is, and militarily, it is forever inferior to Huaxia State.

Zhou Yu's eyes were sharp, and he saw that Sun Quan was not resolute enough, because if Huaxia really wanted to launch a war to destroy Wu, there was no need for any excuse at all. Therefore, Zhou Yu has always been very worried that the Huaxia Congress will not declare war on Wu, which may directly lead to the defeat of the war for a practical leader who is not ready for war.

He didn't dare to be in a hurry, and saw the doubts in Sun Quan's heart, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "The king, the minister dares to ask the king to go hunting with the minister tomorrow after paying homage to the first king, and when the time comes, the minister has a gift to give to the king, and with this gift, the king no longer has to be afraid of Huaxia." ”

After hearing this, Sun Quan dared to be interested and asked, "Can't you take it out and take a look at it now?" ”

"It must be tomorrow, the night is already late, the minister will not disturb the king, the minister will leave!"

After speaking, Zhou Yu turned around and left, left the palace, and did not return to the post house, but went to the Hanlin Academy, the prison where Sun Ce was held outside the city.

Zhou Yu sat on the edge of the cell where Sun Ce was being held, watching Sun Ce inside pick up the food on the ground with his hands and eat it very happily, his heart was like a thorn.

"Your Majesty, if Your Majesty was willing to listen to his ministers and insisted on taking Wuling City, and did not use Wuling City in exchange for Yizhou and Zhuya Prefecture, which were isolated overseas, maybe Your Majesty would not have become like this. All the sins lie with Lin Nan alone, and it was he who skillfully persuaded His Majesty that sooner or later the ministers would settle accounts with him. Your Majesty, although the King of Song can take over the throne, but the character of the King of Song is not strong enough, if there is a war with the Huaxia Kingdom, I am afraid that those surrendering factions in the court will bewitch the King of Song, once the King of Song surrenders, then the Wu Kingdom will be completely finished. Therefore, the minister is ready to take risks tomorrow, so that the king of Song will keep His Majesty's resoluteness and fortitude in mind. Your Majesty, if this will hurt King Song, please forgive your Majesty for the minister's actions, the minister did this for the sake of the Wu State......"

Zhou Yu sat there, Sun Ce said it was also very strange, he didn't make trouble or toss, he just listened to Zhou Yu's words quietly, but there was a strange light in his eyes, fleeting, and after he was about to make contact with Zhou Yu's gaze, he hurriedly lowered his head.

The long fluffy hair covered Sun Ce's entire face, and a stream of wet liquid slowly slid down Sun Ce's cheeks, but Zhou Yu couldn't see this subtle abnormality, and others couldn't feel it.

Sun Ce turned around and lay on the ground, his back to Zhou Yu, but there was a hot gaze in his hair, and he secretly thought in his heart: "Gong Jin, do what you want, I won't blame you." Please forgive me for deceiving you, and even more so deceiving everyone......"

Hot blood flowed through Sun Ce's body, and for two and a half years, he deceived everyone. In fact, his heartlessness and madness have been cured two and a half years ago, but he still has guilt for his beloved wife in his heart, and he has never been able to let go. For two and a half years, he has been silently pretending to be crazy, but in this time, it has also made him think about a lot of things, he remembered his father Sun Jian's last words, remembered everything Lin Nan had said to him, slowly, his heart was wider than before, it's just that he didn't figure out the last thing, this matter has bothered him for a long time, as long as he thinks about it, he can go out.

Perhaps, the world will also draw a successful end after he figured it out.

On the third watch, Zhou Yu left. Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu's distant back, and there was a trace of melancholy in his heart.

After Zhou Yu had completely left, Sun Ce stood up, his hands behind his back, had fully recovered to normal, and shouted to a junior who was guarding the edge of the cell: "Public salute." ”

The young general called Gongli is called Sun Shao, eight feet long, handsome face, his surname is Yu, when he conquered Yizhou, he repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and was favored by Sun Ce, and it happened that Sun Ce had no children under his knees, so he accepted him as a righteous son, and gave him the surname Sun. After Sun Ce went crazy, Sun Shao volunteered to come and take care of him, firstly, to take care of Sun Ce's diet and daily life, and secondly, his martial arts were outstanding, and he had been affirmed by Sun Ce, so he could also subdue the crazy Sun Ce if necessary. (To be continued......)