Chapter 354: The Decisive Battle
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Originally, the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu would have thought that after losing the important town of Hefei, Cao Ying was annoyed and ashamed, and there would inevitably be waves of military retaliation next. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu have also made preparations for sticking to Hefei and fighting a protracted war with Cao Ying.
But at the moment, the sudden arrival of the Han envoy Jiang Gan brought such an unexpected edict, which would naturally surprise everyone present.
However, this series of titles of "Later General and Yangzhou Pastor, Governor Jing Yang Jiao Sanzhou Military Affairs" is really very attractive to Sun Quan. After all, this Yangzhou Mu has been looking forward to it for a long time, and the position of the rebellious general is reversed, even if the court does not seal him, he himself plans to follow Liu Bei's example and self-style, but now, the commission of the imperial court is arbitrary, and he can accept it justifiably and calmly.
Seeing that the interests are current, there is no harm anyway, so Sun Quan didn't think much about it, even if he accepted the appointment of the imperial court.
With a large number of titles in hand, Sun Quan's attitude towards Jiang Gan was naturally more enthusiastic, and after some comfort, he ordered him to be sent to the pavilion to rest, and a banquet would be held later to entertain him.
After sending Jiang Gan away, Sun Quan sat back on the throne and said proudly to the ministers: "Everyone, I really didn't expect that Cao Mengde would hold virtue with resentment, and in turn give Gu so many titles, which really surprised Gu." ”
Among the ministers, many people were also puzzled. At this time, the old minister Zhang Zhao snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "The lord doesn't have to be happy too early, Zhao thinks that the edict actually contains Cao Mengde's evil intentions." ”
Sun Quan's will was poured cold water by Zhang Zhao, his smile faded, and he asked, "Why did Zibu say this?" ”
Zhang Zhao then said: "The imperial court gave the lord a general, and Yangzhou Mu also counted it, but he also added a major matter of the military affairs of the three states to the governor Jing Yang, try to ask the lord, who is in the hands of this Jingzhou now?" How can the lord be the governor? ”
Zhang Zhao hit the suspicion in his words, and when Sun Quan heard it at this time, his face couldn't help but become solemn, obviously he also realized the unusualness.
Zhang Zhao continued: "Cao Ying has just lost half of Jingzhou, knowing that Jingzhou is now almost entirely in the hands of Liu Xuande, but he has made the lord supervise the military affairs of Jingzhou, which is obviously a wedge between the two families of Liu and Sun. Now that the lord has been appointed like this, it is tantamount to announcing to the people of the world that Jingzhou still nominally belongs to the lord, which is almost equivalent to openly tearing up the land mouth agreement of the year. What the lord got was just an empty name, but he inadvertently had a bad relationship with Liu Xuande, isn't this exactly what Cao Ying wanted? ”
Zhang Zhao woke up Sun Quan with his words, and he couldn't help but regret it: "I didn't expect Cao Ying to be so insidious, he was alone and neglected for a while, and he mistakenly fell into his plan." Zibu, now that this edict has been accepted, the wood has become a boat, but what should I do. ”
Zhang Zhao hadn't come up with a countermeasure for a while, but one of the people in the class smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this matter, why should the lord worry." ”
Sun Quan looked for prestige, and saw that the person who spoke was Gu Yong, his face was happy, and he hurriedly asked, "What is the best plan for Yuan Si?" ”
Gu Yong said lightly: "Cao Ying's edict issued in the name of the Son of Heaven, with Liu Xuande's eyesight, of course, he will not know that this is a divisive plan, although the lord has received the edict, but only need to send a table to the imperial court, and play Liu Xuande to lead the Liangzhou pastor, and supervise the military affairs of Yongliang and Liangzhou, no matter whether the imperial court does not agree, Liu Xuande will understand my position in Dongwu, then Cao Mengde's plan to divide will naturally not succeed." ”
Sun Quan smiled and praised: "Yuan Si is really clever, Cao Mengde thinks he is scheming, but he doesn't want to be alone, there are also clever people, and his tricks can be easily cracked." ”
In the face of Sun Quan's praise, Gu Yong just smiled indifferently, "However, Yong thinks that Cao Ying took great pains to send an envoy to come to the lord and add officials to the seal, but I am afraid that it is not just to separate the alliance between Liu and Sun. ”
Sun Quan immediately became nervous again, "Then Yi Yuan sighed, could it be that Cao Ying has any other conspiracy?" ”
"Fang Jincao lost Hefei, lost Xiangfan, and defeated Hanzhong, which can be described as a series of bad news, and the people who oppose it in the Central Plains must also be ready to move. What Cao Ying is most afraid of now is that my Dongwu and Liu Xuande will unite to attack Long, Wanluo, Qingxu all the way, and the three-way army will go all out to the north, making it difficult to deal with it. Therefore, Cao Ying wanted to appease the lord and ensure the temporary security of the southeast by adding officials to the seal, so that he could free up his hands and go all out to deal with Liu Xuande in the west. Yong thought, this is probably the real intention of Cao Ying's move. ”
Gu Yong broke Cao Ying's intentions with one word, and all the strategists said yes, Sun Quan stroked his purple hair with his hand, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, "If this is the case, then how can Lone Dang respond?" ”
Gu Yong said lightly: "Yong thinks that although Hefei is now down, the territory of my Dongwu has also expanded a lot to the north, but if you want to gain a firm foothold in Hefei, it still needs time." At this time, the lord might as well make a plan, pretending to fall for Cao Mengde's tricks in the open, but secretly seize the time to appease people's hearts, recuperate the soldiers, and sit and watch Cao and Liu kill both of them, and then decide whether to go north or west depending on the situation. ”
Gu Yong's suggestion was very much in line with Sun Quan's surname, so he nodded again and again, "What Yuan Si said is very true, hum, that lonely person will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”
At that moment, Sun Quan and the ministers made a plan, and the meeting was dispersed, but Sun Quan deliberately sent someone to secretly keep Gu Yong.
"Yuan sigh, your performance today really makes Gu feel gratified, and Gu has a resourceful and loyal person like Yuan Xi by his side to help, why worry about the great cause."
Sun Quan worked hard and praised Gu Yong with kind words, for no other reason, one was indeed because of Gu Yong's outstanding performance, and the other was because Sun Quan felt that he owed Gu Yong and was ashamed.
Of course, Gu Yong knew Sun Quan's intentions, but he didn't break it, but he showed great sincerity, and arched his hand: "Yong's lord is the lord's lu, he should be loyal to the lord, this is the duty of a minister, and he dare not be so praised by the lord." ”
The more Gu Yong was so sincere, the more embarrassed Sun Quan became, and he couldn't help but say with shame: "Yuan sighs, your heart really makes Gu happy, it's just the marriage between the little sister and Ling Lang, alas, I'm ashamed of you." ”
At this time, Gu Yong naturally had hatred in his heart, but it was the person surnamed Fang who hated him. Regarding Sun Quan, although he had complained in private, with his knowledge, he naturally knew that Sun Quan was also thinking about the overall situation at that time, and now that he lowered his head and apologized to himself euphemistically, Gu Yong no longer cared.
"The lord is serious, and the lord is also a little sacrificed for the sake of the country's affairs, Yong'an can not know."
Gu Yong's answer made Sun Quan very satisfied, and after a little thought, he had an idea, so he smiled and said: "The marriage between Sun and Gu's two families, how can it be broken so easily." Although the little sister is not blessed with a handsome man like Ling Lang, but Lone has a niece Ah Ying, dignified in appearance, knowing how to answer the gift, and now she is just at the age of going out of the boudoir, if Yuan Si does not dislike it, then Lone will be the lone niece and Ling Lang, and then be an old man under the moon. ”
It seems that Sun Quan is determined to marry the Gu family, and Gu Yong wants to protect the interests of the Gu family and maintain the Gu family's power position in Eastern Wu, and he always feels that it is necessary to marry the Sun family.
So, the two decided this marriage for the younger generations on the spot, and the two monarchs and ministers were so happy that they couldn't help laughing.
…… Chengdu, Hanzhong Palace, East Study.
At this moment, Fang Shao is pacing back and forth in this simple but elegant study, holding a copy of "Analects" on the left and "Mathematics" written by himself on the right, and these two books are bound with bamboo paper he invented, which is beautiful and lightweight.
It has been almost two years since he invented bamboo paper, with the strong support of Liu Bei, the scale of official paper has expanded, and under the leadership of Zhuge Liang and other celebrities, it has gradually become a fashion to replace bamboo slips with paper, and this trend is spreading from Yizhou, even Jingzhou's began to use paper, and even heard that Wanluo and other 'fallen areas' bordering Jingzhou, this kind of high-quality and inexpensive bamboo paper has also attracted some scholars, and they did not hesitate to buy it from those smuggling merchants.
Three days ago, when Fang Shao secretly visited several bookstores in Chengdu, he saw with his own eyes that several poor men dressed in "shabby" clothes used the money they had saved to buy a few books such as "University". If it was in the past, it would have required a large cart of bamboo slips to write, but such an expensive cost is naturally far from what these poor people can afford.
Now, a few truckloads of bamboo slips are condensed into a few books, although the price is still enough for them to eat for a few days compared to the poor, but for those who are aspiring, they can barely afford to save money and use it.
Let everyone share knowledge equally, this is one of the purposes of Fang Shao's original invention of bamboo paper, and when he saw that scene, Fang Shao was of course very pleased.
Fang Shao's mind was summoned by the footsteps outside the door, and when he turned around, Mrs. Mi had already walked in with two teenagers.
"I've seen you, sir." The eldest prince Liu Chan stepped forward to worship the teacher, and it was more than a year to say goodbye, and Fang Shao, the teacher, was really "irresponsible", and now when he said goodbye, Liu Chan was much taller than before.
Fang Shao was busy and bowed his hand slightly, and returned the courtesy. At this time, the little boy Liu Tai didn't need to be taught by Mrs. Mi, he walked to Fang Shao and followed, and also bowed to Fang Shao like his brother, and said respectfully in a childish tone: "Atai meets Mr." "When Fang Shao left, Liu Tai was still a little kid who was learning to speak, but now that they have been separated for a year, the changes are really big, and at a young age, he can be so polite, and when facing the living, he can not panic, he is not nervous at all, he is really smart and clever.
"Second son, please get up quickly."
Fang Shao hurriedly helped Liu Tai up, looking at this young face, he suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.
(To be continued)