The world is divided into two, the former Sun-Liu Alliance. There is no point in continuing to exist.

But Adou did not intend to tear his face with Sun Deng, but instead sent an envoy to Shouchun, expressing the hope that the two sides could coexist peacefully.

For Adou, the war in the past few years has consumed a lot of grain reserves, and there is no food and grass in the army to continue to support the expedition of the army. What's more, this mess in Jizhou has to wait for Adou to clean it up.

Today's Jizhou has once again returned to the level of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and it is even inferior, to help the victims, eradicate the bandits and robbers, let the people cultivate with peace of mind, and restore productivity is Adou's task. As for starting a war to dominate the world, Adou has not considered it for the time being.

At the same time, if you want to break the Eastern Wu, you must first break the Eastern Wu Naval Division, Cao Cao's 830,000 army was defeated on the red cliff, and throughout the later period of the Three Kingdoms, after the fall of Shu Han, the Cao and Sima clans attacked the Eastern Wu several times, all of which were lost on the Yangtze River. After the fall of Shu Han, Eastern Wu carried it for nearly 20 years, relying on sailors to guard the Yangtze River. Without a strong naval division, there is no need to talk about attacking Soochow at all.

It may take a year to build a group of fierce 6 armies. However, the establishment of a group of fierce sailors has only shown initial results in three or five years, so while killing Gongsun Yuan, Adou also began to plan to establish a sailor.

……

The two sides spent seven years in peace.

It is said to be calm, but in fact, it is not too calm, and there is a small friction between the two sides, but they are relatively restrained, and there is no large-scale war.

In the past seven years, Sima Yi was still sitting on the front line of Qingzhou, leading the army to threaten Yanzhou and Hebei, while Lü Dai went home because of old age and illness, and the governor of Jingzhou became Sun Shao.

On the Han side, the defensive-minded Wang Ping sat in Yingchuan and faced pressure from the Jingzhou corps of Eastern Wu, while Guo Huai sat in Yanzhou and directly faced Sima Yi in Qingzhou.

Adou moved the capital to Luoyang, after all, Luoyang is the center of the world, although it is far away from Bashu, but it has strengthened its control over the Central Plains.

The two sides seem to be very restrained, and the situation is very calm, but everyone knows that there is a hidden turbulence in private, and once a war starts, I am afraid that it will be a situation that will not end.

Finally, in this quiet seventh year, things took a turn for the worse. Someone is sick.

There are two sick people, and they are all from Eastern Wu, one is Zhuge Jin, the prime minister of Eastern Wu, and the other is Sun Deng, the lord of Wu.

Zhuge Jin is over sixty years old, which can be regarded as an advanced age, and coupled with the fact that he works hard all day long, it is reasonable for him to fall ill.

But Sun Deng's illness is a bit surprising, Sun Deng is only in his thirties, in the prime of life, it stands to reason that it is the time for the Spring and Autumn Period to show his strength, but he fell ill unexpectedly, and he still can't afford to be sick.

For Sun Deng's illness, both the officials of Eastern Wu and the Han Dynasty were very surprised. The only one who thinks it's being cleaned up is probably Adou. Although Adou can't remember when Sun Deng died, in Adou's memory, Sun Deng lived to be in his early thirties.

……

Shouchun, Zhuge Jin's mansion.

Zhuge Jin has been ill for more than half a year, and in the past six months, countless officials have visited Zhuge Jin, and Sun Deng also sent a doctor to treat Zhuge Jin, but Zhuge Jin's condition is still not improving. On the contrary, it has worsened. By now, the vast majority of people can see that Zhuge Jin's limit is approaching.

For more than half a year, Zhuge Ke has been at home to serve the seriously ill Zhuge Jin in order to fulfill his filial piety.

On this day, Zhuge Ke walked into Zhuge Jin's room with a bowl of medicine, came to Zhuge Jin's side, and called softly: "Father, it's time for you to take medicine." ”

Zhuge Jin opened his eyes slightly, looked at Zhuge Ke, and then waved his hand gently: "Yuan Xun, take it, this medicine is very bitter, and when my father smells this medicine now, he feels uncomfortable." ”

"Father, the medicine is bitter, although this medicine is a little bitter, but it can cure you, and I have prepared a bowl of honey to help you feed the medicine."

"Yuan Xun, how is my own body, I understand that I am dying, and no matter how much medicine I drink, it is useless." Zhuge Jin said slowly.

"Father, don't say that, you'll be fine." A little tear faintly appeared in Zhuge Ke's eyes.

Zhuge Jin hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "Yuan Xun." Go and shut the door of your house, and have something for your father to give you an account. ”

"Yes." Zhuge Ke knew that Zhuge Jin must have something important to say, so he closed the door and came to Zhuge Jin again.

"Father, please command."

"Yuan Xun, my father knows that you are talented, but your style of acting is too rigid and self-serving. After the death of your father, you must remember that everything is discussed by others, and you must not be stubborn. ”

"Your Majesty has been sick for several months, I remember that in the early years, your uncle Zhuge Liang once said that Your Majesty is not a longevity, your uncle is proficient in the five elements and gossip, and knows numerology. I didn't care when he said this, but now it seems that what he said is true, and His Majesty may die soon. ”

"If Your Majesty dies, you must be careful of Sima Yi. When it comes to leading troops, 6 Boyan and Sima Yi may be on par. But Sima Yi's scheming city is above 6 Boyan, and I expect that 6 Boyan will die at the hands of Sima Yi. If there is a change in my court, you should immediately take your brother and go to Luoyang to join your uncle, otherwise you may be killed. There are not many people under the command of the Han Lord who are proficient in water warfare, and if you are like, you will definitely be reused and can display your ambitions. And your uncle Zhuge Liang will also help you in the face of his father. ”

……

A month later, Zhuge Jin died of illness.

The day of Zhuge Jin's funeral. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all came to pay their filial piety. And Wu Lord Sun Deng hesitated, and his body failed to recover, so he did not come.

Sun Deng has not been in court for several months, and even the folds are reviewed by Gu Yong, 6 Xun and others, for Sun Deng's body, there are many speculations among the officials in the DPRK and China, and all kinds of news are flying all over the sky, and the courtiers do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to inquire about Sun Deng's condition, but no one has received accurate information. One moment there was news that Sun Deng had improved, and the next time there was news that Sun Deng's condition had worsened.

Sun Deng is the king of a country, his illness affects the entire court, in order to keep it secret, the imperial doctor who treated Sun Deng has already been placed in the palace and is not allowed to go out, and those who can get close to Sun Deng, except for Queen Zhou, there is only Huang Hao.

However, at this time, Huang Hao, who was very greedy for money in the past, suddenly went against the norm, no matter how much gold others made, he didn't reveal the slightest rumor.

Sun Deng's three sons, all of whom were born to Queen Zhou, the eldest Sun Fan died early, and the second Sun Sun Xi's health was not very good, and the third Sun Sun Ying was born not long ago. Once Sun Deng died, the ownership of the throne became a big problem.

Sun Deng's sons are very young, if Sun Deng dies now, he will definitely need an auxiliary minister, and several popular candidates for the auxiliary minister are nothing more than 6 Xun, Sima Yi, Gu Yong, Buqi and a few others.

There are countless pairs of eyes in the entire Jiangdong staring at the Shouchun Palace, and even a few words of news circulating in the palace at this time will cause everyone to speculate.

……

6 Xun, Gu Yong and other Jiangdong officials gathered together again.

"Is there still no news in the palace?" Gu Yong asked with a cold face.

6 Xun shook his head and said, "No, but this news is so tightly closed, I think Your Majesty may be dying." ”

"Bo Yan, if Your Majesty really suffers misfortune, the candidate for this new monarch is indeed up for debate!" Gu Yong opened his mouth and said.

"Debatable?" 6 Xun was slightly stunned, it has always been the son inheriting the father's business. How Gu Yong would say it is debatable.

"Bo Yan, Your Majesty's eldest son died early, the second prince is also sick, the third prince is still in infancy, and the new monarch is young, which is not a good thing!" Gu Yong said with a frown.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, foreign relatives and eunuchs took turns to take power, which had a lot to do with the new monarch's accession to the throne at a young age. As the monarch grows older and slowly knows the importance of power, he will naturally want to regain power, and the monarch will naturally rely on the eunuchs around him. Just like when Emperor Ling ascended the throne, his cousin Dong was in power, Emperor Ling got rid of the Dong family, and Zhang let Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs contribute a lot, so Emperor Ling favored Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, so there were later ten permanent servants.

Gu Yong is upright, fair and selfless, and sincerely thinks about Eastern Wu, so he doesn't want to see the newly enthroned emperor do nothing, and repeat the mistakes of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

6 Xun thought about it slightly, and also understood what Gu Yong meant. With 6 Xun's cleverness, he immediately guessed what Gu Yong wanted to do.

"Yuan Sigong, you don't want to do that Huo Guang's act!" 6 Xun asked cautiously.

Gu Yong nodded, and then said: "In the past, Huo Guang abolished Liu He, the king of Changyi, and set up Emperor Xuan, so that there was a trend of the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty. Now that Liu Chan in the north is eyeing him, my Dongwu monarch should work hard, otherwise the disaster of the country will not be far away! ”

"Yuan Sigong, I understand what you mean, then do you have a suitable candidate in mind?" 6 Xun asked.

"Sun Shao, Marquis of Shangyu, has good conduct, is generous and benevolent, and is the son of King Huan of Changsha, so he can inherit the unification."

Sun Shao is Sun Ce's son, when Sun Ce died, Sun Shao was still young, and Sun Ce entrusted the foundation to Sun Quan. However, Sun Quan is not as kind as Sun Ce, not only did he not return the foundation to Sun Shao, but also left Sun Shao idle and did not reuse.

Sun Ce has three daughters, who are married to 6 Xun, Gu Shao, the son of Gu Yong, and Zhu Ji, the son of Zhu Zhi, and Sun Shao is still the brother-in-law of 6 Xun.

Gu Yong proposed that Sun Shao ascend the throne, not only for the sake of Dongwu's accident, but also for the sake of his son. If Sun Shao ascends the throne, Gu Shao will become the emperor's brother-in-law, which will also be beneficial to the Gu family's exhibition in the future.

As for 6 Xun, after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that his brother-in-law was better than Sun Deng's young sons when he was the emperor. At least emotionally, Sun Shao will be biased towards 6 Xun, and more importantly, 6 Xun can rely on the relationship between his brother-in-law to regain military power and suppress Sima Yi in the court.