Chapter 727: Détente between Wu and Wei
On April 8, Cao Pi, the second prince of Wei, was the main envoy, and the Wei delegation arrived in Jinling City, while Wu sent Sun Kuang, Marquis of Wucheng, and Shangshu Huaxin of the Criminal Department to meet in person.
In fact, there is basically no suspense in the peace talks this time, and everyone is just playing tricks.
The affairs of the northern Xinjiang have been settled, the two divisions of the Wu army have returned to Fanyang, and the north cannot fight, and the south cannot fight, so the matter of Langxie County is destined to be crossed.
Wei now also knows that since Langxie County has been taken alive by Wu State, it will definitely not be able to get it back.
Therefore, during the negotiations, some lions opened their mouths and tried to ask for as many benefits as possible, which can be regarded as comforting the mood of a county being seized.
However, Wu Guoli's Shangshu Huaxin is not a vegetarian.
The negotiation missions of the two sides talked in Jinling City for three days, and finally came to a result, or to exchange grain for land, Wu got Lang evil, and Wei asked for an extra 30,000 stone of grain.
Before and after, Wu Guo lost a total of 130,000 stone of grain, which is a shocking big number, but for Wu Guo, it is also worth it, after all, it is another Langxi County.
Wu and Wei are both today's hegemons, one dominates the south and the other dominates the north, and their every move is naturally in the eyes of the world.
After the economic war in Jizhou, the sudden battle of Zhuojun and the battle of Langxie caused the relationship between the two countries to fall into the ice cave, and many people in the world thought that Wu Wei was going to war.
However, the two negotiations between Wu and Wei fell through the eyes of many people.
The first time Sun Quan admitted defeat and exchanged 100,000 grains for the 20,000 soldiers who were besieged in Yicheng, and the second time was Cao Cao who admitted defeat and seized Langxi County at the cost of 30,000 grains.
After two negotiations. The calm between the two countries was restored again, not only that, but in the negotiated agreement, Cao Cao and Sun Quan also maintained a tacit understanding, and the boundaries of trade between the two countries were successively relaxed.
In the eyes of the people of the world, it seems that Wu Wei has formed an alliance. Ma Teng of Liangguo, Liu Zhang of Shu, as well as Han Sui, Ma Chao, Liu Bei and others were somewhat uneasy.
Wu Wei is the strongest overlord today, dominating the north and the south, once the alliance is really formed, I am afraid it will be the day of their destruction.
However, Sun Quan and Cao Cao both knew in their hearts that this was only superficial. Wu and Wei, no matter how close they seem, would secretly stab each other.
If Sun Quan is given a chance, he will not hesitate to hit Cao Cao's lair, and if Cao Cao is given a good opportunity, he will kill Jinling City in one go.
Of course, if there is no chance of winning, they will also make a cameo appearance as a peacemaker. Maintain a peaceful life on the borders of the two countries.
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Jinling City, the royal city. The Imperial Study.
Sun Quan sat on the soft chair steadily, holding a peace book in both hands, looked at it carefully, and a smug smile outlined on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that Cao Cao actually swallowed this breath?" ”
"He can't swallow it!"
Six or seven ministers stood in front of the bookcase, and Gu Yong, the secretary of the ministry, said: "General He Qi's soldiers and horses have been displayed in Fenggao. If he really wants to fight, I'm afraid he will lose even Taishan County! ”
"King, the King of Wei now has a heavy army in his hands, destroys the Jin Kingdom, and wins Qingzhou and Jizhou. The momentum is exuberant, and the more he can swallow this evil breath, the more it shows his terribleness! ”
Zhou Yu was not too happy, his expression was a little solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "This person is worthy of the title of a hero, he can endure things that ordinary people can't bear, and he can't do things when he can be an ordinary person, and I'm afraid I have to be more cautious in my evaluation of Wei State!" ”
"Hehe, it's not the first time I've seen Cao Mengde's terrible, and it's not the first time I've wanted to kill him at all costs!"
Sun Quan said flatly: "At the beginning in the East China Sea, Lone tried to kill him twice and failed, and now, there is only a dignified battle between us, but this time he can swallow his anger, in Lone's opinion, it is a good thing, Wu State and Wei State can maintain a peaceful life for at least a few years!" ”
Since Cao Cao endured this breath, Sun Quan would not unrelentingly provoke his bottom line, before Guanzhong and Shu were not taken, they would all endure it, and it would be a little peaceful between the two countries.
"Return to the King!"
Lu Su stood up and said: "Weichen thinks that the more the King of Wei swallows his anger, the more he asks, he is not afraid of Wu State, but he just doesn't want to fall out with Wu State at this time, then it can only be said that the day when he plots against Guanzhong is not far off!" ”
"Normal!"
Sun Quan nodded and said, "He wants to plot against Guanzhong, and we also have to start staring at Shu Kingdom, but it depends on who is fast!" ”
Cao Cao's monarchs and ministers joined forces, and the Guanzhong drama that had been planned for several years was about to be sung, but Wu Guo was not a vegetarian anymore, and his green eyes like amber were also beginning to stare at Shu wholeheartedly.
"But since we have negotiated with Wei this time, it means that there will be a few years of peace between us!"
Sun Quan smiled and said, "It's a relief from the relationship between the two sides!" ”
This time to ease the relationship, whether it is himself or Cao Cao, will suppress the soldiers and horses of both sides, and in a short period of time, the threat of both sides to themselves can be temporarily released.
"King, Weichen has something to report, this envoy of Wei, Cao Cao's second son, Cao Pi, is not an ordinary person!"
At this time, Shangshu Huaxin of the Ministry of Rites said in a low voice: "This person is not very old, fourteen or fifteen years old, but he is old and spicy, he will definitely become a problem for Wu Guo one day, with the ability of Weichen, in the negotiation, almost all of them fell for him, so Weichen suggested, leave him!" ”
"Cao Pi?"
Sun Quan squinted, the founding monarch of Wei in history, Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei?
Cao Cao was loyal to the Han all his life, but he left the throne to his son, and this Cao Pi is not a simple person.
"There's no need for that!"
Sun Quan shook his head and said calmly: "A Cao Pi is not worth turning faces with Wei State!" ”
Cao Cao is still a little afraid, but Cao Pi is really not worth making a big deal about.
"Great King, Cao Ang, the eldest prince of Wei now, is the first heir of the country!"
Zhou Yu thought about it, his eyes moved, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Recently, there are rumors in Wei that Cao Cao wants to appoint the eldest prince Cao Ang as the crown prince to stabilize the government of Wei!" ”
"Zhou Yu. What do you say, how did you listen to it, there is something in the words! ”
When Sun Quan heard this, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, and looked at Zhou Yu coldly.
"The king is smart, and the minister admires!"
Zhou Yu smiled. Compliments.
"You come to compliment Lonely, if you have something to say, don't be weird!" Sun Quan glanced at him and said coldly.
"The king, in the court of Wu today, many ministers believe that the king should be crowned a prince to stabilize the hearts of the people!" Zhou Yu said respectfully.
"Canonized as a prince?"
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and his eyes swept over the six or seven ministers standing in front of the bookcase. The yin owl with a somewhat expression, and the last thing he looked at was his henchman Lu Su, and said coldly: "Who brought this up?" ”
"Great King, this is the first to be proposed by the Marquis of Qiantang and the Zongren Mansion Order!"
Lu Su thought for a moment and replied.
"Uncle and uncle?"
Sun Quan's face was a little cold, and a playful smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and he asked faintly: "Have they been idle recently, and they are full of food." There's nothing to do, is it? ”
Sun Jing is the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, and Wu Jing. At the beginning, he opposed the change of the law, so after the new deal was run, he also became an idle marquis, and the two of them found a common topic.
"The king, the ministers of the court, all think. It makes sense! Lu Su looked at Sun Quan, gritted his teeth, bowed, and said in a low voice: "The position of the crown prince is an issue related to the heir of the Wu State, if it is not decided." The hearts of the people in the DPRK and China are unstable! ”
"Heir? Lone is only in his early twenties this year, no, he is not in his twenties yet, are you all looking forward to dying alone! Sun Quan's eyes were like knives, swept over, and his voice was cold, making several people tremble a little.
"Don't dare!"
The ministers hurriedly knelt down and said in unison.
"After this matter, Moti!" Sun Quan waved his hand and said coldly.
"No!"
The ministers looked at Sun Quan's face, and even Lu Su, who was Sun Quan's most confidant, didn't dare to say anything about this matter.
In fact, they don't care very much about the crown prince, after all, Sun Quan is only twenty years old, and he is really prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, but there have been rumors in the palace recently that Sun Quan prefers Sun Ce's son Sun Shao.
All they guessed wanted to test Sun Quan's attitude.
"Zhou Yu, Gu Yong, Lu Su!" Sun Quan suddenly thought of something.
"The minister is here!"
"After the military conference, the cabinet should also convene a national county guard office meeting, and the local government should reach a unanimous consensus on the issue of people's livelihood, and your cabinet should strengthen the central government's jurisdiction over the local government!"
Sun Quan looked at the three of them and reminded.
The cabinet, now speaking is Zhang Zhao, Zhu Zhi, and the newly promoted cabinet minister Kuai Liang, but they have all begun to gradually get older.
Speaking of which, the main pillars of the cabinet are Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Gu Yong, who are young and prosperous.
"No!"
A few people nodded.
Zhou Yu thought about it, stood up, and said: "Wang, Weichen proposed, the cabinet meeting will be held at the end of the year, after all, the new policies in various places are unstable now, and if it can't be stabilized at this time, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes!" ”
"Lu Su, what do you think?" Sun Quan thought about it and was right, but he didn't agree immediately, but looked at Lu Su and asked.
"Weichen agrees with Zhou Shangshu's opinion!"
Lu Su nodded.
"What do you think?"
"We agree with Zhou Shangshu's opinion!" Several ministers nodded in agreement.
"Okay, just do as you say!"
Sun Quan thought for a while and asked, "Zhou Yu, you and Zhang Shoufu have a good discussion about the matter of the cabinet meeting, and you don't want any problems to happen!" ”
"No!" Zhou Yu's eyes lit up slightly, the cabinet of him and Zhang Zhao's struggle for power, basically the court was very clear, Sun Quan intended to say this, and clearly wanted to support him.
"By the way, now that the household department has paid 130,000 stone of grain, may it support it?"
This time, although he made a Lang evil, he also lost a lot of money.
"King please rest assured, food has never been a shortage in Wu State, and the feedback from Jiaozhou Yizhou is enough to support the autumn harvest!" Zhou Yu nodded.
The largest granary in Wu is naturally the land of the six counties in Jiangdong, and then the attached granary has Yizhou, Yizhou two counties, large-scale tun year, can feed back more than 100,000 stone grain to the treasury every year.
And Jiaozhou has gradually opened up the wasteland this year, with a small effect, and it has also begun to feedback to the center.
In the Great War of Jingzhou last year, even if Wu was in charge of the center because of Sun Yi, there was no food problem among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line, and now there will be no food problem.
Once Australia develops, in this regard, Wu Guo is even more adept.
"That's good!"
Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "By June and July, maybe the Jingzhou camp will move, and Gu Ke doesn't want to have any shortcomings in terms of grain and grass!" ”
"Jingzhou camp?"
When the ministers heard this, their hearts throbbed slightly, the Jingzhou camp was adjacent to the Shu Kingdom, was it about to go to war?
"Isn't it a little too anxious, my lord?" Lu Su stood up and persuaded in a low voice.
"Alone and measured, this matter is a military matter, you just need to take care of the people's livelihood!"
Sun Quan waved his hand and said indifferently: "Besides, this time it is not Shu that will move, the battle of entering Sichuan is a battle of the country, if you can't be fully prepared, Lone will not enter Sichuan!" ”
"Not Shu?"
Several ministers looked at each other, a little confused.
"Where does the king want to fight?" Gu Yong asked.
"Guess what?"
"Nanyang?" Lu Su's pupils contracted slightly.
"It's close!" Sun Quan smiled: "But Lone didn't want to turn his face with Wei Guo!" ”
"Hanzhong!"
Zhou Yu had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly called out: "Borrow Nanyang, fight Hanzhong, after taking Hanzhong, you can attack and retreat, like a nail, nailed to the west side, you can peep at Guanzhong in the front, and you can attack Shu in the back, killing two birds with one stone!" (To be continued......)