In history, Zhu Wen was finally killed by his son Zhu Youqi, and the reason why Zhu Youqi killed Zhu Wen was because of the struggle for the throne.

Zhu Wen's eldest son, Zhu Youyu, fell ill and died a few years ago while leading an army to recruit Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, and after losing the most suitable heir, Zhu Wen began to choose a new heir among his remaining sons and sons.

Among the many sons, the most favored by Zhu Wen is not his own biological son, but his righteous son Bowang Zhu Youwen, who is also the second son of Zhu Wen's many sons and righteous sons, and is now responsible for guarding Kaifeng, the eastern capital.

And Yingwang Zhu Youqi is the third son of Zhu Wen, and Zhu Wen's fourth son, Junwang Zhu Youzhen, is the late Emperor of Later Liang in history.

In this era, because of the chaos in the world, heroes from all walks of life often like to accept some righteous sons, such as Li Keyong's righteous sons, and Wang Jian's righteous sons are as many as hundreds.

Zhu Wen also received some righteous sons.

Although the righteous son is not his biological son, the righteous son is generally more outstanding, but the biological son is often stupid and incompetent.

For example, many of Wang Jian's righteous sons are basically in the process of his long years of warfare, and he has adopted some capable generals as righteous sons; And his own biological son is mediocre because he is pampered and has not received any training.

For these heroes, if their biological son's ability is too poor, it is really unbearable, and even if they forcibly support the upper position, it may cause the death of the clan in the future, then they may choose to pass on the throne to their own righteous son at this time.

In any case, passing on the throne to the righteous son can at least ensure the inheritance of the family, at least better than passing on the throne to his incompetent biological sons, and finally let people destroy the clan.

It was out of this consideration that Zhu Wen felt that his biological son was too incompetent to take on the heavy responsibility of taking charge of the confrontation between the Liang State and the Jin State, so he decided to pass on the throne to his adopted son Zhu Youwen.

It's a pity that he was originally an extremely womanizer, and he often recruited his daughters-in-law into the palace to pamper him in the palace, including Zhu Youwen's wife Wang and Zhu Youqi's wife Zhang.

As a result, Zhu Wen did not do things secretly, and his intention to pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen was heard by the Zhang family.

Zhu Youqi, who learned the news from Zhang, finally launched a mutiny with Han Qing, a pro-army general, and killed Zhu Wen.

Of course, today's history has changed greatly, and whether Zhu Wen will be killed by his own son like in history, even Yang Wu is not sure.

If Zhu Wen succeeds in passing on the throne to his righteous son Bowang Zhu Youwen, then how will history develop?

Yang Wu frowned and pondered in his heart, and naturally answered the ministers' questions a little slower.

Cheng Xun on the side saw that he seemed to be a little distracted, and immediately reminded in a low voice: "King! ”

Yang Wu immediately came to his senses, he saw that all the ministers were looking at him, and immediately smiled: "It's just a feeling, as for how long Yan Guo can last, let's just watch." If Liu Shouguang lasts longer, wouldn't it be more beneficial to us? ”

Chen Yanqian also nodded and smiled: "What the king said is extremely true, the longer the situation in the north is stalemate, the better, and it is best to keep it like this!" ”

Now, the situation predicted by Yang Wu has become more and more obvious, Liang Guo has fallen behind under the attack of the Jin State, coupled with the age of Zhu Wen and Li Cunmiao, and Zhu Wen's several heirs have no outstanding talents, etc., I am afraid that the Jin State will become stronger and stronger in the future, and will eventually become the biggest enemy of Wu State.

In any case, after the forced landing of Ma Yin, the pressure on Wu has been further reduced, and the trend of unifying the south has become more obvious.

Next, as long as Lingnan and Jingxiang are captured, they can rest well, accumulate grain and grass, train the army, and wait for the time for the Northern Expedition to come.

After all, Liu Shouguang's claim to be the emperor is far away, and it has little to do with Wu State, and it is Li Cunqiao, Zhu Wen and others who need to worry about it, not Yang Wu.

However, there is one thing that Yang Wu should pay attention to, that is, Lu Guangchou, the assassin of Qianzhou, finally died of illness not long ago.

This old man lived for more than seventy years, and at the end of last year, he was recognized by the imperial doctor sent by Yang Wu as having no more than half a year to live, but he didn't expect that it would take more than half a year to breathe now.

Under his governance, the people of Qianzhou enjoyed a rare peace in this troubled era, made important contributions to the development of Qianzhou, and won the hearts of the local people.

Therefore, although his heirs are incompetent, the local people still support his eldest son Lu Yanchang to succeed him.

As for Tan Quanbo, it is said that before Lu Guangchou's death, he was ready to hand over Qianzhou to him again, but Tan Quanbo still refused and supported Lu Yanchang's succession.

In this way, Lu Yanchang also inherited the position of Qianzhou Assassin on the bright side.

Of course, he still needs to get Yang Wu's official appointment next.

In addition, Lu Yanchang appointed his confidant Liao Shuang as the assassin of Shaozhou, and this appointment also needs to be approved by Yang Wu.

And now what Yang Wu and others need to discuss is whether to acquiesce in Lu Yanchang's inheritance of the history of Qianzhou.

"In the first battle of Ivory Pond, General Zhou Ben led our army to defeat the Jiangxi coalition army led by Wei Quanshu in one fell swoop, so that our army could quickly occupy Jiangxi." Yang Wu changed the topic and whispered to everyone.

However, at that time, the Qianzhou army did not participate in the coalition army, so it was able to escape. After the war, Lu Guangchou asked Gu to surrender, considering that the major feudal towns in the south had not been swept away at that time, and Lu Guangchou was old, so Gu accepted his request to surrender. ”

"But this kind of surrender, you also know, is just a nominal surrender, in fact, Qianzhou is still under the control of Lu Guangchou."

"Now that four years have passed, Gu has swept away Wang Zhenzhi of Fujian and Ma Yin of Hunan, and the only places in the south that have not completely surrendered are Qianzhou, Shaozhou, and Lingnan Prefectures!"

Speaking of this, Yang Wu obviously had a smug look on his face.

It's no wonder that he is like this, Ma Yin and Wang Zhenzhi in history are all rampant heroes, especially the Chu State established by Ma Yin, which is a big problem for Southern Wu.

The Wu army repeatedly launched attacks, and in the end they were all defeated.

And now, in just four years, these two heroes have been forced to surrender one after another.

In terms of territory, four years ago, the state of Wu only occupied parts of Jiangxi, Liangzhejiang, and the original territory of Huainan; And now, four years later, Wu's territory has almost doubled.

In contrast, among the other forces, although the territory of the Jin State has increased, it is not obvious; Liang's territory not only did not increase, but shrank; Other forces such as Qi, Shu, Yan, and Zhao have basically not changed their territory.

This alone shows how quickly Wu's strength has increased.

And in this era, territory means population, it means national strength, military power, and financial power!

And Yang Wu, as the lord of the Wu Kingdom, is normal to have a little pride in his heart.

Of course, he was proud, but his mind was still clear, and he did not become arrogant because of this.

After all, the current state of Wu is dealing with small forces in the south, and the real enemy has not yet been touched.

When it comes to fighting with powerful forces such as the Liang State and the Jin State in the future, it will naturally not be as easy as it is now.

He stopped the emotion in his heart and continued to everyone: "Hunan and Fujian have been pacified, and Lu Guangchou of Qianzhou happened to die of illness at this time. Gu is ready to refuse to recognize Lu Yanchang's inheritance of Qianzhou, and send troops to escort the new assassin appointed by Gu to take office, what do you think? ”

Chen Yanqian frowned, and said softly: "King, when Lu Guangchou asked for surrender, he once proposed that the position of Qianzhou Assassin would be inherited by the Lu family, and you also agreed at that time, but now you rashly regret it, I'm afraid that it will be a little unpleasant to spread out, right?" ”

Yang Wu said disapprovingly: "Don't you know, it's just an expedient measure." As for fame, compared to the quick seizure of Qianzhou, what is Lone's reputation? ”

"What's more, Lone agreed to let someone from the Lu family inherit the position of Qianzhou Assassin, but that was just a verbal agreement, so Lu Guangchou didn't even come to Jinling to see it, so why did Lone's promise have to be kept?"

He actually paid a lot of attention to his reputation, which he also learned from his father Yang Xingmi.

Yang Xingmi, as a person who can create a Huainan foundation in troubled times, and can make so many capable generals work for him willingly, how can he do it completely by relying on the word leniency? Secretly, he naturally used a lot of means.

However, although Yang Xingmi uses methods, his reputation in the hearts of the world has always been very good, and this is because he always pays attention to maintaining his reputation.

And Yang Wu is the same, using means while not forgetting to maintain his reputation.

However, when it is time to use means, he will naturally not be stingy with his reputation.

Yan Keqiu said: "The king would rather damage his reputation, but also focus on the overall situation, and the minister is deeply admired. However, in the opinion of the ministers, the king does not need to be anxious. ”

"Oh, what does Yan Qing have to say?" Yang Wu asked with a smile.

"Does the king remember that Liqiu? Is it the one who once secretly communicated with the king's envoy, hoping that the king could help him capture Qianzhou? ”

"Li Qiu? Of course Lone remembers! How? Yan Qing means to wait for this person to launch a mutiny before attacking Qianzhou? Yang Wu wondered.