Chapter 30 Toasting and Pressure Xu Zhixun Wisdom to Solve the Crisis
One
Just when Xu Zhixun was pondering what Xu Zhihe's next move would be, Xu Zhihe asked someone to serve a pot of wine, and then he personally poured a full glass, walked straight to Xu Zhixun and said:
"Brother, I know you hate me now, it's okay, brother is by no means ungrateful, you will understand in the future, come, brother, this glass of wine brother respects you, I hope you live to be a thousand years old."
Looking at the glass of wine handed over by Xu Zhihe, Xu Zhixun's heart suddenly rose to his throat, thinking that he just said that he was not an ungrateful person, and he wanted my life when he turned his face, it was really hypocritical! Xu Zhixun looked at Xu Zhihe, at this time Xu Zhihe was staring at him, Xu Zhixun's brain was thinking like lightning, drink, afraid of poison, don't drink, fall into the handle, Xu Zhihe will kill himself for disobedience. Xu Zhixun was in a dilemma and didn't dare to take the wine, but the wine in Xu Zhihe's hand kept holding it and didn't mean to take it back, and the two were deadlocked for a moment. Suddenly, Xu Zhixun had an idea, he took Xu Zhihe's wine, took an empty cup from his side, poured half of it into the empty cup, and then held the half glass of wine he had just poured in one hand, and handed the remaining half of the wine to Xu Zhihe with the other hand and said:
"How can my younger brother be able to enjoy this thousand years of life privately, my brother has worked hard and is the pillar of Wu State, my brother is willing to share this thousand years old with my brother, you and I both live to be five hundred years old." Xu Zhixun's move was completely unexpected by Xu Zhixun, he didn't expect that Xu Zhixun, who was usually simple-minded, suddenly became so smart, it was like a different person, it seems that Xu Zhixun was not stupid before, but just politically immature. Xu Zhihe looked at the wine, and then at Xu Zhixun, Xu Zhixun was also looking at Xu Zhihe, and the two sides stared at each other. This sudden scene exceeded everyone's expectations, Song Qiqiu and Zhou Zong were at a loss for a while, the atmosphere became extremely tense, the hall was terrifyingly quiet, and everyone didn't know what to do. At this moment, a dancer named Shen gradually stepped forward quickly, snatched the wine glass from the hands of the two of them, drank it all, and said:
"Since the two adults don't want this five-hundred-year-old lifespan, the villain is greedy, thank you for the kindness of the two adults!" After speaking, he quickly left the main hall.
Seeing this, Song Qiqiu felt that it was a good time to resolve the embarrassment, so he immediately said: "Since the second son is willing to give up his thousand-year-old lifespan, what else can't he let go?" Song Qiqiu's words were a pun, and Xu Zhixun also heard it, so he said:
"What Mr. Song said is that I will be a civilian in the future, what else can I reluctant to let go? Where to go, I hope Mr. will show me the way! Hearing Xu Zhixun's words, Xu Zhihe was very happy, because it showed that Xu Zhixun had compromised with him, he glanced at Song Qiqiu, Song Qiqiu understood, and hurriedly said:
"With Lord Xu here, the second son should relax, after all, you are brothers, and Lord Xu is affectionate and righteous, and he will not let you down." After speaking, Song Qiqiu said to everyone:
"Come, everyone, Song proposed, let's raise a glass to the two adults, I wish the two adults a bright future, brotherhood and righteousness for a long time, and I also wish Wu the country a smooth wind and rain, the country and the people, and do it." Everyone immediately echoed "Okay, do it", and the crisis finally passed.
Two
When Shen gradually left, Zhou Zong was worried that he was in danger, so he immediately sent someone to see him, but the result was a false alarm, the wine was not poisonous, because Xu Zhihe had no intention of killing Xu Zhixun, otherwise he would not have let him live until now, he just wanted to use this to deter Xu Zhixun from compromising, and now Xu Zhihe's goal has been achieved. However, Xu Zhixun's outstanding performance at the banquet surprised Xu Zhihe, and also left a deep impression on Song Qiqiu and Zhou Zong.
After this incident, Xu Zhihe proposed to the emperor to let Xu Zhixun stay in Guangling as a left commander, although it was a left army, in fact, it had no real power, it was just a false position, just for Xu Zhihe to monitor him.
Won the opponent of Xu Zhixun, Xu Zhihe is now really under one person, under the governance of Xu Zhihe, the situation of the Wu dynasty is stable and the society is stable. But a year later, Xu Zhixun's fourth brother, the envoy of the Zhennan Army, and the secretary of Tongping Zhang, Xu Zhiyi, died in office, Xu Zhihe was very sad, he had always been grateful to this younger brother, but he did not expect to die young. After Xu Zhiyi died, the Xu family had no real officials, and Xu Zhihe felt ashamed. Because Xu Zhixun no longer had the strength to continue fighting with Xu Zhihe, he completely lost his threat to Xu Zhihe, so Xu Zhihe asked Yang Pu to let Xu Zhixun take over Xu Zhihe's position. Xu Zhixun happened to run into Xu Zhiji's hearse on the way to his post, seeing this scene, Xu Zhixun felt a lot, he stroked Xu Zhiji's coffin and cried and said:
"Brother, you have such intentions, and I have nothing to regret, but what face do you have in the underground to see the first king, and how to face your father!" After speaking, he cried bitterly. Xu Zhixun and Xu Zhixun have always had opinions about this younger brother, so Xu Zhixun said the above words.
After Xu Zhixun took over Xu Zhixuan's position, he stayed away from the political center, no longer had the original fighting spirit, and he didn't care about power.
With the death of Xu Zhixun, Xu Zhihe became the real and only person in power in the Wu State, and the old general of the Yang family, the dead and the old, no one can compete with Xu Zhihe, Yang Pu has become a complete puppet emperor, and the Wu State has entered the era of Xu Zhihe.