Jinling City.

In the middle of August, summer is about to end, but the season has not yet entered autumn, and the weather is still very hot, but the sultry atmosphere of the rainy season has been dispelled.

The sun is like fire, and under the fierce rays of the sun, there will be a breeze blowing from time to time, refreshing everyone's mood.

Forbidden Palace, Imperial Study.

Several giants of the Military Aircraft Department and the Cabinet of the Great Wu Dynasty gathered together.

Today is not a formal parliament, just a small meeting convened by Sun Quan, in this hot weather, each holding a bowl of sour plum soup, drinking and chatting, which is a relatively loose way of chatting.

Emperor Sun Quan was wearing a thin brocade robe and a jade crown, sitting on the Taishi chair in the small living room of the conference, and the porcelain bowl in his hand was full of a bowl of sour plum soup

It seems that the whole person seems to have just breathed a sigh of relief from the heat, but this method is not very enjoyable for him.

"I want air conditioning!"

"I want ice cream!"

In this extremely hot summer, in fact, Sun Quan often shouts these two incoherent words in his heart from time to time.

These ancient days, even if you are used to it, are still a little unhappy in the summer and winter.

There is no air conditioning.

There is no refrigerator.

doesn't even have a big fan, Sun Quan can't help but admire himself, how have you come over all these years.

"Your Majesty, the iced sour plum soup made by the imperial chef is refreshing!"

Sitting on the left and right sides of the rectangular table, several important ministers of the court thought that drinking a bowl of cold sour plum soup was already the best enjoyment in the hot summer.

A bowl of iced sour plum soup went down, and their whole body cooled down.

Even the spirits have lifted a lot.

"Dirt buns!"

Hearing this, Sun Quan raised his head slightly, and a pair of amber crystal eyes flashed. He despised these ancient people who had never enjoyed air conditioning: "A bowl of sour plum soup will buy you, it's really too much to pursue!" ”

Of course, these words are actually YY in his heart, and he doesn't have the courage to say it, otherwise he will anger everyone, this old guy. He can't even mess with him.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the staff has been very lively these days!"

Lu Su put down the bowl in his hand, looked at Sun Quan, and said suddenly.

"When Zhou Yu meets Zhuge Liang, can the staff not be lively?"

Sun Quan smiled bitterly.

But all smart people are their unyielding pride, these two are the smartest, and they are also the proudest, and now he has forcibly squeezed these two peerless smart people who are fateful opposites together, and it is good that the staff has not been overturned by them.

"Zhuge Liang was exiled by His Majesty to Guishan. The temperament is a lot more restrained, we thought this time that he finally returned to the court, and he would definitely be a man with his tail between his legs, but the result was unexpected, he swaggered, behaved very strongly, and the means were quite ruthless! Gu Yong's eyes narrowed slightly.

"He has just returned, and the squire of the General Staff is also in the position of Chief of Staff of the Central Army. Before his ass sat firmly, he was already in a hurry to attack Zhou Yushangshu. At the military meeting of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, he picked a few bones in the few troops deployment plan that Zhou Yu personally completed and submitted, and what he said was reasonable, and he insisted that he showed his face several times at the meeting of the Military Aircraft Department! ”

Xu Shu, who has now been reduced to a small clerk in the staff department and is also a staff adviser to the imperial study, said with a sneer.

"Uncle, what do you think of Zhuge Liang?" Sun Quan looked at the head of the Military Aircraft Pavilion and asked.

"This person is a rare talent!"

Cheng Pu, the head of the military aircraft, said with a smile: "If Zhou Yu doesn't pay attention to him. I'm afraid that one day I will be ridden on his head, and it is not impossible to be anti-guest-oriented! ”

"He is arrogant, his character is a little crazy!"

The corner of Zhang Zhao's mouth, the first assistant of the cabinet, raised a sneer that was not very optimistic: "I still think Zhou Yu is more stable!" ”

"How the staff fights, that's their business, Zhuge Liang is good. Whether it's Zhou Yu or not, they are all smart people and know where my bottom line is, so they won't turn the sky upside down, so don't get involved, and after a while, when Pang Tong, the phoenix chick, comes back, I'm afraid the staff will be even more lively! ”

Sun Quan shrugged, not very concerned: "Healthy competition is to have, the more they fight, the more they have to show their own skills, can make the military plan more thorough, the more meticulous the military plan, the more advantageous it is to fight, this is the blessing of the military!" ”

"Your Majesty is relieved of them!" Zhang Zhaodao.

"It's not reassurance, it's confidence!"

Sun Quan said correctively: "The reason why I have fused them all together is to have confidence in them!" ”

"Your Majesty, I heard that on the Cao Wei side, their Great Emperor Cao Cao has woken up?"

Lu Su squinted slightly, the meaning crossed in his eyes, and suddenly changed a topic, and said in a deep voice.

This matter did not spread in Dongwu, but for them, the upper echelons, the news reported by Jinyi Wei could not be hidden for a long time.

"Hmm!"

Sun Quan nodded, he didn't expect Cao Cao to wake up so quickly, and he was blind to a good show in vain: "Good people don't live long, bad people live for a thousand years, how can he Cao Mengde collapse so easily!" ”

"Even if he wakes up now!"

The corners of Cheng Pu's mouth raised a sneer: "Today, it is already the trend of the times for our Great Wu to dominate the country, can he still turn the sky upside down?" ”

"Uncle, don't underestimate him!"

Sun Quan's face was solemn: "As the so-called one person can prosper the country, one person can also lose the country, Cao Wei with Cao Cao, and Cao Wei without Cao Cao, those are two different concepts!" ”

Although now the Great Wu Dynasty has won most of the country, in terms of the cards on the bright side, it is already a victory.

But Sun Quan never underestimated Cao Cao.

Cao Cao personally supported the Wei army, the people's hearts and military morale have greatly increased, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will also soar, and now that the Wei army is oppressed in Guanzhong, it is obviously a trapped beast to the death, and it is not easy for them to win the world.

The Great Wu Dynasty now only has the upper hand.

The war was not fought to the last moment, and no one knew what the future would be.

"Your Majesty is right. Four hundred years ago, after the extermination of the tyrannical Qin, the overlord of Western Chu controlled the overall situation of the world, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the previous dynasty, was forced into the land of Bashu by the overlord of Western Chu, but in the end, the Han army repaired the plank road and secretly Chen Cang, and killed out of Hanzhong. Finally defeat the overlord of Western Chu and win the world! ”

Lu Su's face was solemn, and he said: "We are not suitable for the overlord of Western Chu, and they are not the Han army, but we must not guard against it!" ”

"What Lu Su said is very right, you all have to be vigilant from the bottom of your heart, we have only taken the lead, and we have not yet dominated the world!" Sun Quan was afraid that they would be proud at this time, so his tone was a little heavy.

They were all decision-making giants of the Great Wu Dynasty. Once they have this kind of emotion, it is easy to infect the civil and military ministers under their command, which is an unacceptable behavior.

"Yes!"

When everyone heard this, they nodded respectfully and took the order, and they were a little vigilant in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, are we going to fight in the west?"

Cheng Pu said suddenly.

"Can't be beaten!"

Sun Quan shook his head: "Uncle, you just took charge of the army, and you don't know much about finance. Several bloody battles in a row, plus the fall of the Central Army. There are heavy casualties, and the current imperial court, let alone a big battle of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can't fight! ”

"Your Majesty, in the current situation, we maintain a tacit understanding with Cao Wei. But it's not a way to go on like this, shouldn't we talk to them Cao Wei? Zhang Zhao said.

"Does it still make sense to negotiate?"

Sun Quan's eyes were a little cold, and he said: "The negotiations between Wu and Wei were very successful before, and a three-year peace contract was just signed, but the result was only more than a year. They Cao Wei directly tore up the covenant. ”

"Your Majesty, the reason why we want to talk is not that we have to believe in their promises, but to give each other an excuse for a truce!"

Lu Su supported Zhang Zhao's idea, he said in a deep voice: "Now that the situation has stabilized, we have to digest it when we take Guanzhong, they are greatly injured, and they must also breathe a sigh of relief, so they must calm down, but if we can't negotiate peace for a day, our soldiers will have to maintain a tense state of being ready to fight at any time, and they are the same, so it will not benefit anyone!" ”

"That's right!"

When Sun Quan heard this, he thought about it in his heart, thinking that what Lu Su said was also the way, he nodded and said that he should agree: "Then let the Ministry of Rites organize a peace talks, as for the location of the peace talks?" It is estimated that they don't dare to leave too far, just under the Bishui Pass! ”

"What about the treaty?"

"It's not important, and you may not be able to do it!"

Sun Quan sneered: "The most important thing is to redeem Zhang Yan back, or exchange prisoners, although Zhang Yan was defeated in Yanmen, but after all, he is our Wu army general, representing the dignity of Wu army soldiers, we can't give up Zhang Yan!" ”

"We also have a lot of captives in our hands now, which are more valuable, Lejin, and Tian Feng!"

"Tian Feng can't be changed, even if he can't persuade him, it's a big deal to kill him, in short, he can only be in the territory of the Great Wu Dynasty when he is alive, and he will definitely not be allowed to leave the territory of the Great Wu Dynasty alive!"

Sun Quan said categorically.

"Yes!"

"What if you exchange music for Zhang Yan?"

Xu Shu stood up and said: "I'm afraid that Cao Wei is unwilling, Le Jin is a general of a defeated army, and he is also the number one general who has been involved in their defeat in Youzhou, because of Le Jin's deep pursuit, Zhang Liao can't hold the right flank, and the overall situation collapses!" ”

"No matter what the result is, let's talk about it first, and see how Cao Wei reacts, since Cao Cao has woken up, he will definitely be stronger, but I think they are just bluffing, they need to recuperate more now than us, so Cao Wei should be replaced!"

Sun Quan squinted his eyes: "Le Jin is also a strong general in the Wei army, if I can, I am actually unwilling to let him go, but this Zhang Yan can't help it, let's talk about it, see what point I can talk about!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Zhao nodded and took the order.

"Lu Su, you also know the situation this year, the household department will be the most difficult official office!" Sun Quan looked at Lu Su's face and said instructively: "You have to be careful!" ”

"It's really difficult to do it!"

Lu Su smiled bitterly, he didn't take over the household department for a long time, he couldn't live in experience, and he encountered such difficulties, and he almost collapsed during this time: "We are not only in a deficit state, but also a negative state, and now our household department owes nearly 30 million silver dollars to Dawu Qianzhuang!" ”

"Dawu Qianzhuang is so rich?"

Cheng Pu has been out of touch with the new system of the imperial court for a while, and although Dawu Qianzhuang has heard of it, he doesn't know about it, so he is very surprised.

"Lord Shouzun, you don't know, since the establishment of Dawu Qianzhuang, the branches have spread to every city of the Dawu Dynasty, and the richest in the entire Dawu is definitely not the household department, but the Dawu Qianzhuang!"

Zhang Zhao said with a smile, and there was a hint of pride in his words.

Dawu Qianzhuang is the leader of the cabinet.

This year's financial aspects of the Great Wu Imperial Court have actually collapsed, especially the pension of the hundreds of thousands of Central Legions, which has made the entire household department already anxious, if it weren't for the action of the Great Wu Qianzhuang, I am afraid that it would not have been able to survive. (To be continued.) )