"What are your plans for the future?" Liu Xie asked Zhou Yu with a smile.

Regarding Liu Xie's question, Zhou Yu secretly slandered himself, what else could he plan? Jiangdong is now asking Sun Quan to usurp, even if Liu Xie lets him go back, he doesn't dare to go back. If he wanted revenge, he had no choice but to take refuge in the imperial court. But Liu Xie's question was too straightforward, and Zhou Yu, who had a good face, was a little difficult to open his mouth.

"Hey, you'd better make up your mind quickly, after all, you're in Chang'an now, but your family is still in Jiangdong." Seeing that Zhou Yu was silent, Liu Xie kindly reminded.

But Liu Xie's kindness was regarded by Zhou Yu as a donkey's liver and lungs, and he didn't think that Liu Xie was reminding himself, but he was threatening himself with the safety of his family.

Based on Zhou Yu's understanding of Sun Quan, since Sun Quan dared to choose to send someone to assassinate Sun Ce at this time, it means that Sun Quan was confident in usurping Jiangdong's power, and he planned and then acted. And once this matter starts, there is no turning back, Sun Quan must have prepared a number of plans to deal with emergencies, but no matter which situation happens, the family he left in Jiangdong is not very safe.

Sun Ce's family is small, and due to Sun Ce's relationship, Sun Quan is estimated not to move for the time being. But in order to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, there are no more scruples about Zhou Yu's small family.

“…… Zhou Yu was willing to surrender, and asked the saint to send someone to pick up the minister's family as soon as possible. For the safety of his family, Zhou Yu had to bow his head to Liu Xie.

Liu Xie knew that Zhou Yu's mood was complicated at this time, and he didn't want to show the villain's ambition, so after getting Zhou Yu's letter of willingness to surrender, he nodded and ordered someone to send a message to Jiangdong and rescue Zhou Yu's family from Jiangdong as soon as possible. And Zhou Yu saw that Liu Xie's arrangement was so lightly arranged, and he couldn't help but suspect that Liu Xie was perfunctory.

"Holy Lord, are you sure that you will bring the minister's family to Chang'an safely?" For the safety of the family, Zhou Yu didn't care about being misunderstood by Liu Xie, and frowned and asked.

"Don't worry, Gongjin, we have an internal response in Jiangdong. In fact, the matter of picking up your family has been prepared for a long time, and the difference is only a quasi-letter, as long as the quasi-letter is obtained over there, it will be launched, and Sun Quan has no time to stop it. Liu Xie confidently replied to Zhou Yu. But Zhou Yu still had some doubts about Liu Xie's guarantee, but he was newly descended, and it was inconvenient to say some things at this time, so he had to hide this doubt in his heart and secretly pray that Liu Xie's guarantee was true.

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Running all the way, Ma Zhong is very hard, as Sun Quan's diehard loyalist, for Sun Quan's great cause, Ma Zhong can be said to be a liver and brain. Although the task was not completed well, Ma Zhong did not feel that there was anything to worry about. Because long before setting off with Sun Ce, Sun Quan told Ma Zhong that as long as Sun Ce could not return to Jiangdong, Jiangdong would be Sun Quan's bag.

Thanks to the blessing of the imperial court, Sun Ce's team left in Jiangdong was almost swept away, and now most of the people who hold the military power in Jiangdong are Sun Quan's supporters, and with the help of Lu Ji, a veteran family in Jiangdong, Sun Quan's reputation is much higher than Sun Ce's in the Jiangdong family.

Sun Ce didn't leave Jiangdong, and the many forces were still afraid of Sun Ce's usual prestige, but Sun Ce left, and the crowd that supported him was leaderless, and Jiangdong couldn't be left without an owner for a day, so it became a natural thing for Sun Quan to ascend to the throne.

Jiangdong, not Sun Ce's Jiangdong alone, he can suppress those ghosts and ghosts in Jiangdong, but once he leaves, all the birdmen will jump out. In fact, Jiangdong had such signs as early as when Sun Ce was seriously injured and needed to recuperate, but because Sun Ce came forward in time, and most of the people in the army were Sun Ce's people, Jiangdong was temporarily stable.

It's just that Sun Ce didn't seize the opportunity to eliminate dissidents at that time, and although he also punished a few people, he still left most of the people who were dissatisfied with Sun Ce. And these people also stood on Sun Quan's side under the secret co-optation of Sun Quan, who got the opportunity to take power. In the current Jiangdong, Sun Quan has won the peace before, and the Zhu, Lu, and Gu families all secretly support Sun Quan, and after Sun Ce handed over the soldiers and horses in his hands to Sun Quan to save Zhou Yu, it is equivalent to losing the last chance to turn the tables.

According to Sun Ce's plan, he sent troops to capture Guangling and attract the attention of the world, while he secretly went to Chang'an to rescue Zhou Yu. It's really a daring artist, I have to admit that Sun Ce's plan seems to be risky, but it has a great success rate. Because Zhou Yu was in Chang'an, far away from Jiangdong, the imperial court's supervision of Zhou Yu was much more relaxed, which is why Zhou Yu was only supervised by four people.

No one thought that Jiangdong could send someone to Chang'an to save people, and Sun Ce was unexpected, and he happened to take advantage of everyone's loopholes. If the person Sun Ce brought was not Ma Zhong, maybe Sun Ce would have taken the rescued Zhou Yu away at this time. But Sun Ce was unladylike when he met someone, what he never expected was that the helper that Sun Quan strongly recommended to him would be an assassin who wanted his life.

Sun Ce is not a qualified lord, the son of a daughter can't sit down, as the lord of Jiangdong, in order to save one person regardless of the safety of the foundation, this kind of thing is wrong and irrational in the eyes of most people. But Liu Xie admired Sun Ce's behavior very much, because Sun Ce's behavior was worthy of admiration.

What is Friend? When you are in trouble, you are a true friend who can lend a helping hand to you regardless of the danger. But that kind of friend can be met but not sought, and not everyone is worthy of the word friend. There are so many "friends" in this world that they can't count, so they leave the old saying that confidants are hard to find.

Liu Xie was a little envious of Zhou Yu, and envied that he had a Sun Ce who came to save him regardless of the hardships, so Liu Xie gave up the opportunity to make things difficult for Zhou Yu, and forced Zhou Yu to surrender to him straight to the point. Instead of wasting time by rambling, it's better to be more direct. However, Zhou Yu didn't seem to appreciate Liu Xie's feelings, but felt that Liu Xie was a little vulgar and not like a human king.

Sun Ce left Jiangdong and "handed over" the country, and Sun Quan, who he had high hopes for, was far from the big thing that Sun Ce thought was worth entrusting. As soon as Sun Ce left, Sun Quan planted his cronies in the army, and the generals who originally supported Sun Ce had many losses in the previous war.

With military power in his hands, Jiangdong is mostly his supporter, and Sun Quan will not "rebel" at this time. There are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys are overlords, what Sun Quan lacks at this time is an excuse, a reason for himself to take over the power of Jiangdong logically, so Ma Zhong's return has become the key to Sun Quan's uprising.

It is conceivable how disappointed Sun Quan was when Ma Zhong told Sun Quan the result of the matter, Zhou Yu was not dead, and Sun Ce's life and death were uncertain. Sun Quan's most desired result was that Zhou Yu died, Sun Ce also died, and Ma Zhong luckily brought back the bad news, so that he could take over the power of Jiangdong with peace of mind.

But now that things are messed up, Zhou Yu is not dead, Sun Ce does not know whether he is alive or dead, and what's worse is that both of them have already known that they are the masterminds behind the scenes, so their original plans need to be changed.

Ma Zhong can't stay!

Not many people knew Sun Quan's true purpose in arranging for Ma Zhong to accompany Sun Ce to Chang'an. As the only person in the know, Ma Zhong has become a hidden danger to Sun Quan. Only the dead can keep secrets! It's a pity that Ma Zhong didn't know it at this time, and he still felt a little blamed for not completing the task assigned by Sun Quan.

Sun Quan comforted Ma Zhong with kind words and ordered him to go down to rest, and then found Lu Meng, Zhuge Jin, Jiang Qin, Xu Sheng and others, and announced the results of Sun Ce's trip to Chang'an with grief on their faces. Of course, when retelling what Ma Zhong had said, Sun Quan said that Zhou Yu was a traitor who surrendered to the imperial court, and when he learned that Sun Ce had taken the risk to save him, he not only did not appreciate it, but set a trap to capture Sun Ce alive. Sun Ce resisted and was eventually outnumbered and captured, but Ma Zhong escaped and brought the bad news back.

Because he had confessed to Ma Zhong in advance, Sun Quan was not worried about confronting Ma Zhong face to face, and Jiangdong was far away from Chang'an, and it was impossible for people from Jiangdong to go to Chang'an to find Zhou Yu to verify in person, so what happened was that Sun Quan could say whatever he wanted.

Knowing that Zhou Yu had betrayed and Sun Ce had been captured, Zhuge Jin immediately panicked. Sun Ce wants to go to Chang'an to save people, Zhuge Jin knows this, and he also strongly opposed it at the beginning, but Sun Ce does his own thing, which is the master who is willing to listen to persuasion. In the entire Jiangdong, except for Zhou Yu, even his biological mother Wu Guotai is sometimes angry with Sun Ce. Zhuge Jin's dissuasion was just a breeze blowing in Sun Ce's ears.

"Jiangdong can't be without an owner for a day, the young master is young, for the sake of Jiangdong's foundation, I also ask the second son to temporarily replace the lord of Jiangdong." Zhuge Jin pondered for a moment and then opened his mouth to propose to Sun Quan.

"No, this Jiangdong is my brother's brainchild, how can I take it for myself." Although Zhuge Jin's proposal was what Sun Quan wanted to hear the most, Sun Quan still had to do the superficial work.

It's just that at this time, Jiangdong was basically all people who supported Sun Quan, Zhuge Jin just made a start, and the rest had Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, Gu Yong, Zhu Zhi and others who continued to persuade them. In the end, Sun Quan "couldn't withstand the pressure", so he had to take office half-pushing.

Just like the famous yellow robe in history, Zhao Kuangyin may not want to be the emperor, but in order not to make his appearance look too ugly, he directed this play.

The same is true for Sun Quan, in order to block the mouth of others' criticism, Sun Quan made it easy for the ministers to agree after taking office that when his brother's son Sun Shao becomes an adult, he will return the position of the lord of Jiangdong to his nephew, but whether the nephew can live to adulthood is unknown.

became the lord of Jiangdong as he wished, and the first thing Sun Quan did after taking office was to order the arrest of Zhou Yu's family. What makes Sun Quan angry is that Zhou Yu's family has left Wu County and his whereabouts are unknown. Earlier, he was busy with the matter of succeeding to the lord of Jiangdong, and Sun Quan didn't bother to go up to "take care" of Zhou Yu's family, and when he was finally done and had time, Zhou Yu's family was gone.

The new official took office with three fires, and this first fire did not burn, so that Sun Quan was not depressed. But depressed is depressed, and what should be done must be done. In order to prevent further accidents, Sun Quan's second order was to "strictly protect" his brother's family, and for the sake of safety, except for Sun Ce's mother and his sister who knew the whereabouts of Sun Ce's family, no one in Jiangdong knew about it.

And after ensuring that Sun Ce's son Sun Shao was under his control, Sun Quan sent people to Chang'an. It is not a declaration of war, but a peace negotiation.

Compared with Sun Ce, Sun Quan knows how to forbear, he knows very well that with Cao Cao's defeat, the four alliances are no longer able to resist the imperial court, so they can only try to preserve their strength and wait for the opportunity. As for the face lost for this, Sun Quan doesn't care.

Jiangdong intended to make peace with the imperial court, and the performance of the allies was different, Yuan Xi scolded after learning about it, and Liu Bei was secretly relieved, not long after Jiangdong's envoys Gu Yong and Lu Fan set off, Liu Bei ordered Zhuge Liang to pack his bags and embark on the road to Chang'an.

The four alliances, Cao Cao failed, Sun Quan and Liu Bei intended to make peace, and the only one left who was still fighting with the court was Yuan Xi of Hebei. Although Yuan Xi is not a stunned young man, he is not willing to make peace with the imperial court about this. In addition to Cao Cao, Hebei suffered the greatest loss, and he died unexpectedly, and the recovery of the state was far away.

Yuan Xi felt awkward, but he also understood that without Jiangdong and Jingnan to contain some of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, Hebei alone would not be able to carry the imperial army. Under the persuasion of Tian Feng, Guo Tu and other advisers, Yuan Xi could only get off the donkey and temporarily handed over the major affairs of Hebei to Tian Feng on the grounds of recuperation.

Thinking that the four families would be in alliance at the beginning, they vowed to fight the court to the end, and they painted a beautiful blueprint for themselves, but the result was really shocking, Yuan Xi was hiding from Qingjing on the grounds of recuperation at first, but then the more he thought about it, the more awkward he became, and he really fell ill.

Fortunately, Tian Feng has not fallen, after deciding to make peace with the imperial court, Tian Feng ordered Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran to lead the troops to withdraw from the state, and on the other hand, ordered Jiang Qi to strengthen the city defense of Huguan to prevent the imperial court from taking advantage of the void.

Sun Quan sent Gu Yong, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang, and the people sent by Hebei couldn't be too inferior, otherwise they wouldn't be able to fight the other two allies who retreated. Who can be sent? The most suitable candidate is Tian Feng himself, but at present, Hebei cannot do without Tian Feng, and Tian Feng can only choose candidates among his colleagues.

As the saying goes, prosperity must decline, the heyday of Hebei's strength is still when Yuan Shao is still there, as soon as Yuan Shao died, Hebei began to go downhill, first fell into internal fighting, and then lost again and again in foreign wars, Yuan Shao left behind the fierce generals and ministers, died and fled, and now they are still in Hebei can come in handy, and can still be alone, there are only Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Zhu Ling, Chen Gong, Guo Tu, Judge, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, these hands can count a few people.

This time I went to Chang'an, and the generals were useless, so the candidates could only be selected among the ministers. The trial is upright, and it is not appropriate to go back to Chang'an to negotiate this time. And the two brothers Xin Ping and Xin Bi are also surrenderers, and they were opposed to this alliance before, and they were not at ease about sending them to Chang'an Tianfeng. As for Guo Tu and Chen Gong, these two belong to the grass on the wall, who is forced to mix with whom, and send them to Chang'an, Tian Feng is really worried that the two of them will sell Hebei.

After thinking about it again, Tian Feng finally decided to send the judge to take Guo Tu and Xin Bi to Chang'an, these three people have three attitudes towards the imperial court, and they can have a mutual constraint when they go together, even if they can't negotiate anything in the end, it will not make the situation worse.

After nearly a year, the four alliances that had made a lot of noise at the beginning died down and sent people to Chang'an to sue for peace in a low voice, which was a good thing for the people living under the rule of the Han Dynasty. If you win the battle, as the victorious side, you will naturally rejoice.

But there are two sides to everything, the people under the rule of the Han are happy, but the people under the rule of the princes are depressed. In order to "support" the war, the people can be said to have "sacrificed" their last pair of pants, but the result is like this. It's like losing money in a deal, and the old book can't come back, and what's worse is that in order to make up for the loss, the three princes will definitely increase the exploitation of the people under their rule in line with the principle that the wool comes out of the sheep.

Compared with the people who were still under the rule of the princes, the people living in Xuzhou were relieved, they were now the people under the rule of the Han Dynasty, and in order to appease the people, the imperial court not only reduced their taxes for three years, but also transferred a large number of materials from the Central Plains to help them tide over the current difficulties.

If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. They are all the people of the Han Dynasty, why can the people of Xuzhou enjoy the benefits of the Han Dynasty, while the people of Hebei and Jiangdong can only live in dire straits.

As the saying goes, the tree is dead, the people are alive, and the people are the most real, after finding that as long as they are under the rule of the Han Dynasty, they can avoid the fate of being exploited, and a large number of people in Hebei and Jiangdong began to flock to Xuzhou. And in order to preserve their strength, whether it is Yuan Xi or Sun Quan, of course, they can't let the people under their rule leave, but in this way, conflicts are inevitable, and the people's resentment towards those in power is slowly accumulating invisibly.

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Changan

"I'm really unwilling!" Liu Xie casually threw away the piece in his hand and muttered a sentence in his mouth. Xun Yu on the side shook his head and smiled when he saw this, he understood Liu Xie's mood at this time, the war situation was very good, with the defeat of Cao Cao, Jiangdong changed, and now is a good opportunity to attack Hebei, but at this time there was a problem in Liangzhou.

It is not that Liangzhou is in turmoil, and there are people who rebel, but that natural disasters are avoided, and at the time of the autumn harvest, Liangzhou not only harvests grain, but also harvests locust plagues. The overwhelming locusts made Liangzhou lose its grain this time. Although Liangzhou has had good weather in recent years and has saved a lot of grain, there is no need to worry about the people's food. But in order to appease people's hearts, the foreign war of the imperial court can only be put aside temporarily.

Heaven and man inducted, Liu Xie didn't believe a word. But Liu Xie is not the only one in the Han Dynasty, and there are still a large number of believers when it comes to the induction of heaven and man.

"Lord, don't be depressed, the world is unpredictable." Xun Yu persuaded Liu Xie.

"Wen Ruo, why do you say that God is so lacking in virtue? Hurry up and give me a moth at this time. Supposedly I'm also a child of heaven, right? If he doesn't help, why should he block me? ”

If you change someone else, you will be shocked when you hear Liu Xie's disrespectful remarks, but fortunately, Xun Yu has been with Liu Xie for a long time, so he is not surprised, but reminded Liu Xie: "Lord be cautious, otherwise someone will trouble you." ”