"Interrupt this trend?" Gao Jichang hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask seniors, I don't know how to interrupt?" ”

At the end of the Warring States Period, the Qin State formed this general trend of unifying the world, and it was difficult for the Six Kingdoms to confront it, even the strongest of the Six Kingdoms, the Zhao State, was greatly injured in the Battle of Changping, and was no longer able to compete with it.

By that time, the situation in the world was completely out of balance.

This is somewhat similar to the situation of Wu in the south today, where it is difficult for all countries to compete with Wu and can only find their own ways to survive.

During the Warring States Period, in order to gain respite, the Six Kingdoms also did a lot of things to slow down the process of Qin's domination of the world.

Among them, the more famous ones may be the construction of Zheng Guoqu and Jing Ke's assassination of Qin.

The original purpose of the construction of the Zheng Guoqu was to divert the attention of the Qin State, consume their financial and material resources, and allow them to temporarily concentrate their efforts on rectifying the interior, so that the Six Nations had time to breathe.

To a certain extent, this plan was successful, and the Qin State spent ten years before and after to build this Zhengguo Canal, which was indeed the original purpose of this strategy.

However, in essence, the construction of the Zhengguo Canal made the Qin State more powerful, and after its completion, the land of Guanzhong was fertile for thousands of miles, and the harvest was bumper every year, which played the opposite role in the long run.

As for Jing Ke's assassination of Qin, he was even more expected to use assassins to assassinate the king of Qin to stop the process of Qin's unification of the world, but the final result of this plan is known to the world.

Now the state of Wu is also difficult to control, and it also has the tendency to sweep the south; The state of Liang, which could be confronted in the world, was restrained by the Jin king Li Cunqiao in the north, and was unable to look south.

Under such circumstances, it was already difficult for the southern forces to contain Wu's attack on the battlefield by ordinary means; If you hope that there will be civil strife or other turmoil in Wu itself, this is obviously unreliable.

So the only hope is to use unconventional means to find trouble for Wu Guo, so that they have no time to look west.

I only listened to Liang Zhen's analysis: "Jieshuai, if you want to interrupt the general trend of Wu to unify the south, you must start from within Wu. First of all, send assassins to assassinate Yang Wu, the king of Wu. Today's Yang family, except for an adult like King Wu, many other Yang children are still young, and it is difficult to convince the ministers. If Yang Wu can be assassinated, then there will inevitably be civil strife in the Wu Kingdom, and naturally he will not be able to become a trouble! It's the best way to go! ”

"Stabbing?" Gao Jichang was a little surprised.

The most important reason why today's Wu State can become so powerful is perhaps because Wu State has Yang Wu, a virtuous monarch.

Since Yang Wu took charge of Huainan, his greatest contribution was not actually how much territory he led the Huainan army to seize, but that he completely changed the internal structure of Wu and concentrated all the forces of Wu.

In Yang Xingmi's time, Huainan was already the most powerful force in the south, but at that time, Huainan's strength was scattered in the hands of Jiedu envoys or local assassins, and it was difficult to concentrate on dealing with external enemies.

In addition, at that time, Zhu Wen's strength was in its heyday, which greatly restrained the power of Wu State.

In this way, when fighting with Qian Biao and other forces, Wu could not use many troops, and compared with the enemy army, the strength was not superior, and what he could rely on was better generals and stronger soldiers.

However, these could not guarantee the absolute superiority of the Huainan army, so at that time, Huainan's external expansion was very difficult, and it was often defeated by the enemy.

After Yang Wu took charge of Huainan, after his vigorous reforms, the power of Wu was greatly concentrated, so that Wu Wangfu could master more power to deal with the enemy.

In addition, at that time, it happened to be the period when Zhu Wen's power was turning from prosperity to decline, and Yang Wu led the Huainan army to expand vigorously in those years, crushing the opponent with absolute strength every time; When the most troops are dispatched, they can even compete with Zhu Wen on the frontal battlefield.

Since then, Huainan and even the later Wu State can be regarded as forming a general trend of unifying the south, and only then has the absolute strength to sweep the south.

Of course, although the state of Wu is now in full swing, its weakness is also very obvious, this weakness is that the Yang family except for him, everyone else is still young, and they are not enough to take on the heavy responsibility of taking charge of the state of Wu.

"What the predecessors said is extremely true, assassinating Wu Wang Yang Wu is indeed the best choice. But if you want to successfully assassinate King Wu, how easy is it? Moreover, this person has been assassinated many times before, and now he has only been more cautious; In addition, he has been staying in the Jinling Palace for a long time now, and it is even more difficult to assassinate him! After Gao Jichang heard this, his eyes lit up at first, but then he said with some disappointment.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, there are not many monarchs of one side who have really been assassinated by hostile forces, and Sun Ce is only the more famous; As for the other monarchs who died unexpectedly, they basically died in the struggle of insiders.

And now the state of Wu is extremely stable, and no one can threaten Yang Wu; Coupled with Yang Wu's prudence, this method of assassination is difficult for even people in Wu to do.

As an outsider, Gao Jichang has no power in Jinling, even if he sends assassins, he is afraid that he will not even be able to see Yang Wu's face, let alone assassinate him.

"What the marshal said is very true, although the method of assassination can be done once and for all, it is indeed difficult to succeed, so we must think of other ways." Liang Zhen sighed.

"Jieshuai, Yang Wu was famous all over the world when he was young, and now he is in charge of Wu and is respected by the people of the world. However, he has lived too smoothly in the past ten years, and basically achieved his current status without any setbacks. Liang Zhen continued.

This is indeed very suitable for Yang Wu.

Like Li Cunxuan, when he succeeded to the throne, his uncle conspiracy to seize power internally, and the Liang army besieged Luzhou externally, which can be said to be internal and external troubles.

And what about Yang Wu? His younger brothers were very young, so he was identified as the sole heir at an early age.

And Yang Xingmi vigorously cultivated him before his death, so that he basically took control of the situation without encountering any trouble when he took over.

In terms of external affairs, Yang Wu led the Huainan army to fight in the east and west, and won consecutive battles, without encountering a single defeat, and even took advantage of Zhu Wen when he fought head-on.

It can be said that Yang Wu's life has indeed gone too smoothly over the years, and in the eyes of outsiders, he is almost a child of destiny and has not encountered any setbacks.

"What the predecessors said is that Yang Wu, the king of Wu, is indeed very as if he has a destiny. But what does this have to do with the situation today? Gao Jichang asked with some confusion.

"Naturally, it matters! Generally, people who have gone too well will inevitably have a feeling of pride and complacency, if the marshal can manage to make him become arrogant, maybe he can start to become content and not enterprising; Or let him think very highly of himself and make wrong decisions, instead of unifying the South as he is now, step by step! Liang Zhen said.

"Let him be complacent? The meaning of the predecessors can be understood, but although Yang Wu is not as frugal as his father Yang Xingmi, he is not an arrogant and lascivious person, and there are only a few women in his harem. How easy is it to make him proud and complacent? Gao Jichang sighed.

In his opinion, this Yang Wu is indeed like a perfect monarch, not only can he fight well, but he is also diligent in governing internal affairs, good at employing people, humbly accepting advice, reusing virtuous ministers, and staying away from villains, plus he has no heart for comfort and pleasure, and his personality is more tolerant, this is almost the most virtuous monarch in the hearts of every courtier.

If it weren't for Gao Jichang being on the opposite side of him now, and he couldn't let go of the power he already had, I was afraid that he would also take the initiative to join Yang Wu's hands and become a courtier who was the precursor of the king.

wants to make such a master arrogant and lascivious, which is almost impossible in Gao Jichang's opinion.

"What the festival marshal said, the old man doesn't understand, but only when everything is done will you know if it can be done! If you don't do it, you will never succeed! ”

"Well, Ben Shuai understands! However, seniors, it is difficult to say whether this method can be successful, not to mention that the effect is still slow, is there a method that can be effective soon? Gao Jichang then asked.

Now that Wu has eliminated Wang Zhenzhi of Fujian, it is now more than half a year of rest, and it is difficult to say whether they are preparing to attack Ma Yin, the king of Chu, or Liu Yin of Lingnan, or even directly attack his Jingnan.

Therefore, Gao Jichang urgently needed a method that could be quickly effective to delay Wu's aggressive offensive.

"Jie Shuai wants to use a method that can be effective soon, and the old man also has one, that is, to provoke civil strife in Wu State!" Liang Zhen said in a deep voice.

"Stir up civil strife? But today's Wu State is extremely stable internally, and Wu State is now in a period of large-scale expansion, and its internal cohesion is still very strong, how can they provoke civil strife? ”

"Jie Shuai, it is true that the internal stability of the Wu Kingdom is true, but it is obviously impossible to say that there are no contradictions within them at all, and everyone is loyal to Yang Wu, the king of Wu. If the marshal can find those who are secretly dissatisfied with King Wu, he will naturally have the hope of provoking civil strife in the Wu Kingdom! Liang Zhen said with a smile.

"What do seniors mean, Liu Wei and Tao Ya?" Gao Jichang's eyes lit up.

Yang Wu's suspicion of these two people was that there were a lot of rumors in Guangling at the beginning, and after Wu Guoguo, although there were many fewer such rumors, as long as those who were interested in it deliberately looked for it, they could still get news in this regard.

The crux of the matter is that Liu Wei and Tao Ya are now both canonized as the Duke of the Kingdom by Yang Wu, and they are one of the six Shangshu in the court, which is already extremely preferential treatment for them, plus they are both old ministers who followed Yang Xingmi back then, and they must be extremely loyal to the Yang family, and it is almost impossible to move them to oppose Yang Wu.