?e?v?5?7{?? j?2x?g?v?9?i5?s?? On the sickbed, he didn't move, but his breath became noticeably short. After a few days of not seeing him, he lost a lot of weight, his cheekbones were high, his cheeks were deep, and his face covered with age spots was piled together, overlapping on top of each other, like indelible sorrow. After a long time, Zhu Jun opened his eyes, but he didn't look at Sun Ce, but silently looked at the cyan curtain.

"There's an edict in the pillow, read it for yourself."

Sun Ce was not polite, leaned over and opened the wooden sleeper under Zhu Jun's top, and took out the edict inside. The hand touched Zhu Jun's neck, which was wet and cold. He looked at Zhu Jun, didn't say anything, opened the edict, and before he read it, he laughed first.

"Isn't that funny?" Zhu Jun couldn't help it and glared at Sun Ce fiercely.

"I'm laughing at this paper." Sun Cequ flicked his fingers, and the edict in his hand made a crisp sound. "This is the new paper that Nanyang pays tribute to. Zhu Gong, you don't feel it when you use free paper every day, and when you see the imperial court using this paper to write edicts, you should know how to cherish it, right? ”

Zhu Jun couldn't cry or laugh, stared at Sun Ce for a while, bent his arms, and wanted to sit up. Sun Ce hurriedly put down the edict, stepped forward to pick up Zhu Jun, picked up a quilt and rolled it up, and stuffed it behind Zhu Jun to make him more comfortable. Zhu Jun relied on it well, and then gasped and said, "You know that this is the new paper that you Nanyang tribute, but you don't know how embarrassed the imperial court has become, there is no silk silk to write the edict, you can only use paper, you are embarrassed to say." Nanyang has rescued so many people, why is it not willing to pay a little more tribute to the imperial court? ”

"Then Zhu Gong means that the people don't care, the court is the most important?"

Zhu Jun flatly denied it. "I didn't say that."

"Then does Duke Zhu know how many people in Guanzhong and Luoyang Nanyang are feeding now?"

Zhu Jun was silent. The reason why the people of Luoyang fled to Nanyang was not because he could not guarantee the safety of Luoyang, so he could only send food to Nanyang. If Luoyang is peaceful, who wants to leave their homeland. In the past two years, the people of Yingchuan and Runan counties have gradually returned to their hometowns, but few of the people of Luoyang have returned, which is his dereliction of duty and cannot blame Sun Ce. No matter how rich Nanyang is, there is an upper limit to financial and material resources, and it cannot be exhausted.

Sun Ce quickly read the edict. During this time, Guo Jia received news from Chang'an and Jizhou one after another, and he already knew something about the cancellation of King Qin by the imperial court, but he had never seen the real edict, and he could not make a final conclusion.

The edict said very simply, Chang'an was stable, but Luoyang had frequent wars, and the distance from Chang'an to Luoyang was long, and the required manpower and material resources could not be supplied, so he stayed in Chang'an for the time being and did not move back to Luoyang. Wait for Luoyang to settle down, and then consider it.

The edict was issued in the tone of the Son of Heaven, but it was clearly not the Son of Heaven's intention.

Sun Ce was puzzled. The edict that asked King Qin to be issued was sloppy, and the edict to suspend King Qin was also hasty, obviously there were many words that were inconvenient to say clearly, so they could only be vague. Especially for Zhu Jun, the lieutenant, there was no mention in the edict, neither praise nor accusation, which is really unconventional.

Sun Ce slowly folded the edict, stuffed it back into the wooden pillow, and frowned and thought for a while.

"Zhu Gong, does the imperial court know about the battle of Junyi's attack and defense?"

"I've written a note before, explaining the situation."

"Then what is the reply of the imperial court?"

Zhu Jun shook his head, drooped his eyelids, and said faintly, "Don't guess, the person who the court wants King Qin to do is not me, but Yuan Shao." Yuan Shao rejected Zhao Qi's mediation and refused to be Qinwang, so he naturally wanted to cancel Qinwang's proposal. Bo Fu, although I can't agree with your approach, it is really not because of you that I fell ill this time. You don't have to take it personally. ”

Sun Ce laughed. "Zhu Gongkou said that there is no evidence, you have to give a handwritten letter to my father, otherwise I won't dare to go back to Yuzhou."

"It's okay if you don't go back, just stay in Luoyang and help me." Zhu Jun looked at Sun Ce, pulled the corners of his mouth, and showed a rare smile. "If Luoyang can be governed like Nanyang, maybe the Son of Heaven will be willing to come back."

"If Luoyang really regains stability and prosperity, Zhu Gong is not afraid of Yuan Shao's worries?"

The smile on Zhu Jun's face flashed away, and he sighed.

"Zhu Gong, Nanyang has Zhou Yu, Luoyang is not bad, Zhou Yu's father Zhou Boqi is loyal and reliable, and he can be Henan Yin. With him to assist you in Tuntian, it won't take a few years of hard work, Luoyang has soldiers and food, and there is more than enough self-defense, and you are worried that the Son of Heaven will not come back? ”

"Do you really want to bring the Montenegrin army to Tuntian?"

"The Montenegrin army is not born thieves, they are all peasants who have lost their land."

Sun Ce patiently explained. Bringing the Montenegrin army to Tuntian around Luoyang is his established policy, and the reason why it is not the Runan Yellow Turban is because his general direction is forward. The advent of the Xiaoice era cannot be stopped by anyone, and too many people staying in the north will only lead to war, and migration to the warmer Jiangnan may finally solve the problem. The development of Jiangnan requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but first of all, manpower, without people, nothing can be done. Those who have families and businesses are unwilling to move, and the peasants who have lost their land are the most willing to migrate, and the introduction of the Black Mountain Army and the White Bo Army to Gyeonggi Tuntian is not only to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle and compete with the Hebei family for population, but also to fill Gyeonggi and build a solid line of defense.

He can't say all these words to Zhu Jun, he can only use them for the welfare of the people as a rhetoric. Zhu Jun has been an official for many years, and he also knows that land annexation is the chronic disease of the collapse of the imperial court, whether it is the Yellow Turban or the Montenegrin Army, most of them are landless peasants, and there are not many people who really want to change the dynasty. In contrast, Yuan Shao, who had already shown dissent, was the most dangerous enemy.

If you want to deal with Yuan Shao, you must have food and soldiers, you need people to farm, and you need people to be soldiers, so it is imperative to compete for population. Although Zhu Jun is not from a family, he has a lot of dealings with the family, and it is impossible for him to rob the family, and recruiting the Black Mountain Army and the White Bo Army to Tuntian is the best of both worlds.

In addition to this, Sun Ce also put forward a proposal to Zhu Jun for military training. The Montenegrin army has a superiority in strength, but it has not been able to win the battle, why? Because they lack formal military training, especially generals, they do not even understand the basic rules of military use. Why are his subordinates able to fight tough battles? It's not because he's brave enough, it's that his subordinates are well-trained, and the officers above the captain level of the guard battalion have received basic training in the martial arts, and they know when to do something, how to cooperate with the attack, and how to cooperate with the retreat, instead of charging in a swarm and fleeing in a swarm.

The lecture hall is presided over by Yin Duan, Yin Duan is not a famous soldier, what he has is actual combat experience. Zhu Jun is not a famous soldier, but he also has rich practical combat experience, and he is not weaker than Yin Duan. What Yin Duan can do, why can't he do it? The Black Mountain Army and the White Wave Army are known as one million, and it is not a problem to reorganize 100,000 people after removing the water, even if Yuan Shao comes to attack, he can resist for a while, waiting for the support of Jingzhou and Yuzhou.

Zhu Jun didn't take it seriously at first, but later saw that Sun Ce was serious, and he said it very carefully and thoughtfully, not like he was talking about it, thinking about it carefully, he also felt that although not everything Sun Ce did in Nanyang could be copied, there were a lot of things that could be learned, there were really 100,000 elite soldiers in hand, and there was a sufficient supply of grain and grass, with Jingzhou and Yuzhou as backup, and then controlled the Liangzhou soldiers in Nanzhou, what could Yuan Shao do?

Zhu Jun sat up straight unconsciously, and his gray face was a little more radiant.

Sun Ce struck while the iron was hot and had another dose of fierce medicine. "Zhu Gong, the three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition. You are now the mainstay of the imperial court, and with you, Shandong will not be chaotic. It is imperative that you cheer up and take care of your body. ”

Zhu Jun got up in his clothes, turned over and got out of bed. "Bo Fu, I have a reluctant request, let's transfer a few medical craftsmen from Nanyang Materia Medica."

Outside the house, Wen Yun was relieved, clasped his hands together, and prayed to the sky.