Sun Quan gently threw Sun Deng's book on the table, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he turned around with his hands behind his back, looking at the huge map on the wall. His gaze fell on the position of Yuenan County, and slowly followed the narrow arc downward, bending over Jiuzhen, sliding to Jiaoluan, and the irony at the corner of his mouth became even stronger.

"Ziyu, do you think those Yi people from Funan can attack from Yuenan County to the north until Jiuzhen and Jiaoluan?"

Zhuge Jin's mouth was bitter, but his heart was uneasy, Zhuge Ke left in too much hurry, and he didn't even have time to say hello to him, and when he received an urgent letter from Zhuge Ke, he knew that his son had arrived in Qiantang, and the prince decided to send troops with Sun Shao to crusade against Funan and recapture Yuenan County, he asked Zhuge Jin to make a statement to Sun Quan to ensure that he could agree with their decision.

Although Zhuge Jin is loyal, he is not stupid, he can see that Zhuge Ke wants to take this opportunity to master the military power, in the long run, this is of course a good thing, but in the short term, Zhuge Jin has a deep sense of fear: military power is a very sensitive matter, Sun Quan does not take the initiative to give, how can you take the initiative to ask? Especially if it was proposed by Sun Deng, what is the difference between that and seizing power?

From Sun Quan's words, Zhuge Jin heard an ominous taste.

"The king, the minister thinks that they are all too young, easy to be bewitched, and they are not worthy of heavy responsibilities." Zhuge Jin responded calmly: "The Yiren to Yuenan are just harassing and robbing, if it is advantageous, they will come, and if it is not profitable, they will go, it is an accident that they can capture Xijuan City, how can they continue to attack Jiuzhen and even Jiaolu to the north?" If you want to recover Yuenan County, why do you need to send special generals, you just need to order it to be handed over to Mubuzi Mountain. ”

"Young?" Sun Quan turned his head and glanced at Zhuge Jin, nodded and smiled: "They are indeed young, young people, courageous, and energetic, but they have no experience, but experience also has to be accumulated slowly, how can they accumulate experience without doing anything?" Let them go, see the customs of Jiaozhou, and see if it is the same as what is written in the book. ”

Zhuge Jin gasped, he instinctively wanted to ask Sun Quan what his intentions were, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back, he was never used to having a head-on conflict with Sun Quan, especially when it came to his own son, but he was very worried, Zhuge Ke was young and numb, he only knew that he wanted to take the opportunity to seize the military power, but he didn't want to think about it, how could he seize the military power? At present, which soldier in Jiangdong does not belong, and who is willing to transfer his soldiers to Zhuge Ke?

"Buzishan can't leave in Changsha, let Lu Dinggong go to Jiaozhou to serve as the assassin, and the prince will supervise the army in Jiaozhou." Sun Quan said lightly, paused for a moment, and added: "Yuan Xun is talented, let him assist the prince in his achievements." ”

Zhuge Jin was shocked when he heard this, Sun Quan sent Sun Deng to Jiaozhou, but withdrew Bu Qi from Jiaozhou, and must send Lu Dai to Jiaozhou, and then demoted from Jiaozhou to the assassin history, which can be seen as making way for the prince, lest Lu Dai's authority be too heavy and affect the authority of the prince, but this can also be understood as Sun Quan put the heavy responsibility on Sun Deng's shoulders, but did not help him, Sun Deng has nothing to do except for an identity? Sun Quan did not allocate another soldier to him, but gave him the task of recovering Yuenan.

"King, Lu Dinggong is good at fighting, just let him go to Jiaozhou, the prince's status is noble, it is not appropriate to go to the front line in person, so as not to ......"

"Honorable?" Sun Quan interrupted Zhuge Jin's words: "He is still only a prince now, no matter how noble he is, can he be more noble than King Yue?" Didn't the king of Yue personally lead his army across the sea to pacify Yizhou? He has always admired King Yue, of course, he must take King Yue as an example, besides, this time with King Yue by his side, there will be no problem. ”

Zhuge Jin didn't dare to say any more, he heard a strong anger from Sun Quan's words, and at the same time he was surprised to find that Sun Quan, who had been bedridden, was in very good spirits today, and he was full of anger when he spoke, where did he still look a little sick? The more Zhuge Jin thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he had to respond. Sun Quan immediately sent people in to draft an edict and sent a letter back to Sun Deng, agreeing to his plan and asking him to leave for Jiaozhou immediately.

By the way, Sun Quan also agreed to Sun Luban's request to go south with the prince, and he ordered Zhou Xun to be a partial general and lead 2,000 people to protect the safety of the princess.

When Sun Deng received the order, he also received a letter from Zhuge Jin, who did not say much in the letter, but earnestly taught Zhuge Ke to protect the prince and not to be a hero, so as not to delay the prince's future. Sun Deng felt Zhuge Jin's worry between the lines, and after carefully thinking about Sun Quan's series of arrangements, they also saw a strong murderous intention.

Sun Deng regretted it, he began to rely on the biggest reliance is Buqi, Buqi has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his hands, as long as Buqi helps, he can pacify Yuenan very smoothly, to be honest, Sun Deng does not think that those Yi people in Funan are so difficult to deal with, maybe when they arrive in Yuenan, the Yi people have fled from the wind. The reason why he agreed to Sun Luban to go to Jiaozhou together was that he hoped to use Sun Luban's Bu family bloodline to get closer to Bu Qi, but he never expected that Sun Quan agreed to all his requests, but did not transfer Bu Qi back to Jiaozhou, he even went further, canceled Bu Qi's status as a pastor of Jiaozhou, and sent Lu Dai as the assassin of Jiaozhou. In this way, the responsibility falls directly on him, the prison army who has no soldiers in his hands. He is not even as good as the princess Sun Luban, Sun Luban is protected by two thousand private soldiers led by Zhou Xun, and he only has two staff, Xie Jing and Zhuge Ke.

Zhuge Ke also had a headache, he didn't expect things to turn out like this, but he was still full of confidence and believed that he could accomplish such a credit with his own efforts.

"Prince, with Lu Dinggong going to Jiaozhou, it is enough to keep Nanjun peacefully." Zhuge Ke was calm: "Not to mention that there is still the army of King Yue, just say that the men and horses under Lu Dinggong and Zhou Boying are enough to repel those Yi people in southern Yue." ”

"I don't think so." Xie Jing shook his head disapprenously: "I heard that the prime minister of the Yue Kingdom and the imperial historian did not agree to send troops to the south. He glanced at Zhuge Ke, and the beard at the corner of his mouth trembled: "I am the territory of Wu in the south, and for Yue Guo, it is only a few merchants who die, why do they raise their teachers and move the people?" I am afraid that this war cannot be counted on by the Yue country. ”

Sun Deng narrowed his eyes and looked at Xie Jing's complicated expression, but at this time, he couldn't care about distinguishing the personal sentiment in it, after losing such a big help as Bu Qi, he couldn't help but have some doubts about whether Sun Shao could send troops to Jiaozhou. As Xie Jing said, the change in Yuenan, the loss of Yue Guo is only a few merchants, some goods, although Yue Guo is heavy on business, but for the death of a few merchants and the conquest, this is probably just Sun Shao's wishful thinking, his real purpose may be to occupy Yuenan, revenge for the death of merchants is just a pretense. Now that the prime minister and the imperial doctor are against it, can he still be so resolute?

It seems that this trip to Jiaozhou can only rely on itself.

…… Sun Shao looked at Prime Minister Yu Fu and Imperial Doctor Lu Ji, who had a serious face and resolutely refused to give in, pinched his eyebrows and did not speak. He had expected that the two would oppose the sending of troops, but he did not expect them to be so resolute. Yu Flip waved his big sleeves and spoke generously, and Spit Star could almost wash his face. He said that the country of Vietnam has attracted nearly 20,000 households of people in the past few months, they have just settled in the country of Vietnam, and the doubts in their hearts have not completely subsided, at this time should focus on stability, and when they are really at ease, it is not too late to go out again, and now in a hurry, not only is it difficult to prepare materials, but once there is a setback, I am afraid that these people's confidence in the country will be greatly damaged, and the large amount of financial and material resources we invested in the early stage will be nothing. It's okay to fight, but it's okay to fight in two years, but not now.

Lu Ji didn't have so many words, but what he said was the same as the stone he threw [***], there is no room for negotiation, if you want to send troops, you can ask you to remove me from the post of imperial historian first, I would rather go to Zhuya Academy to do learning, than bear to see the king work in vain, and the Yue country, which has just shown a good momentum of development, has suffered a major setback.

Commenting on conscience, Yu Tuo and Lu Ji's statements are very correct, Yue Guo is really not suitable for big moves in this situation of rapid development, the so-called "stability overrides everything", although it sounds very cliché, but it is a very real truth, for the ruler, stability is the most important thing at any time, what is the death of a few businessmen? Think about the Han Dynasty, the Xianbei people in the frontier have been making trouble for so long, disturbing the border every year, and they have not been able to move the foundation of the Han Dynasty, but with the yellow scarves, the world is in chaos.

However, Sun Shao had Sun Shao's thoughts, and he didn't argue with them, just wiped his face with his sleeve, and interrupted Yu Xuan's words with a frown: "Prime Minister, you've been a little angry lately, this tone is very heavy." ”

Yu turned his old face red, and then he realized that he was too excited just now, and sprayed Sun Shao's face with spittle. He took a step back in embarrassment and bowed: "The old minister has no form, please forgive the king." It's just that the old minister is loyal to the country, and he asks the king to think twice. ”

"I didn't say you were wrong." Sun Shao waved his hand and signaled Yu Fan and Lu Ji not to be nervous: "It's really normal to have different opinions, the lights don't turn on, the reason is not clear, if there are any different opinions, everyone will discuss together, this is the principle I have always emphasized, and there is nothing wrong with you." ”

Yu Chu breathed a sigh of relief, although his surname was straight and he was unwilling to become inflammatory, but angering a monarch like Sun Shao would more or less bring disadvantage to himself, this was already a truth that he had verified with half a lifetime, and Sun Shao was able to ignore his temper, which was already very rare for him. It's just that since he is in the phase, he must be loyal to his duties, knowing that this is wrong, but he cares about his own safety and does not say anything, that is not his standard for being a man.

"Great King, it is not that the minister does not support the conquest, but judging from the news we have received, the land of Funan is vast and crowded, far from being comparable to Yizhou, this is easy to start a war, and it will not be up to the king to end it. The king, for the sake of a few businessmen, but sacrificed the lives of countless soldiers, is it worth it? Yu Fu further persuaded bitterly: "The minister thinks that the king will raise troops and accumulate strength, and wait for another two or three years, when the Yue country will have a rich household registration, at least another 20,000 troops can be added, and the soldiers will be fine and the food will be sufficient, and then it will be more appropriate to attack and support the southern country?" ”

"Prime Minister, of course what you said makes sense, but I also have my reasons." Sun Shao stood up, walked in front of Yu Turn, and looked at Yu Flip earnestly: "I said, my court in Yue is not a hall of words, not that I alone have the final say, when we have a disagreement, it doesn't mean that you must listen to me, nor does it mean that I must listen to you, we choose the good and follow, okay?" ”

Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what Sun Shao wanted to say, he didn't do what he said, and he didn't do what he said, so what should he do?

"Prime Minister, I want you to convene an enlarged meeting, not only the three princes participate, but also Jiuqing, you release the topic first, so that the people of my Yue Kingdom know what is going on, if they have any opinions, they can also express them, you can make suggestions to your Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial History Mansion, you can also make suggestions to me, if necessary, you invite those families who are not officials to participate in the discussion, we have already seen, whoever says it is reasonable, and there are many people who support it, just listen to whom, okay?"

Yu rolled his brows and tightened, he had never encountered such a thing, it is understandable that the three princes and nine secretaries were invited to participate in the discussion of major national events, and it is understandable to let hundreds of officials express their opinions, but it is not unheard of for those people who have no official positions to participate in formal meetings, but it is a rare event, such as the salt and iron meeting, Sun Shao does not engage in Yiyantang, of course, it is a good thing, but such a thing is to be so grand, is it a bit too much?

Yu glanced at Lu Ji, Lu Ji also frowned slightly, the two exchanged glances with each other, and finally agreed. Now they have the opposite opinion of Sun Shao, if they stick to the end, they still have to listen to Sun Shao, since Sun Shao is willing to convene this enlarged meeting, then convene it, no matter what the final result is, at least it can be delayed for a while.

"Obey the king's edict." Yu took a step back and bowed.

"Prime Minister, you go and arrange it first, Doctor Yu Shi stays, I have something to say to you." Sun Shao smiled and beckoned to Lu Ji. Yu Pan looked at Sun Shao vigilantly, Sun Shao asked him to go first, but left Lu Ji, could it be that he wanted to break each one? He glanced at Lu Ji, but Lu Ji smiled calmly: "Prime Minister, you don't have to look at me, how can I, Lu Ji, be a villain who falls with the wind?" ”

Yu Fu grinned awkwardly, turned around and went out. Sun Shao asked Lu Ji to sit closer, did not speak, and first looked Lu Ji's face up and down, Lu Ji sat upright, did not smile, and directly ignored Sun Shao's gaze. Sun Shao looked at it for a while, and then laughed: "Lu Gong, how are you doing lately?" ”

Lu Ji smiled faintly: "Thank you for your concern, I've been doing well lately." ”

"Well, it seems that the soup is still useful." Sun Shao twisted the ribbon and grinned: "I just don't know how it tastes?" ”

Lu Ji didn't realize it for a while, glanced at Sun Shao in surprise, and said suspiciously: "King, what are you talking about...... Soup? ”

"Didn't you drink tonic soup?" Sun Shao squeezed his eyes.

Lu Ji thought for a while, Bai Chen's face turned red, he stammered a few times, squeaked and didn't say anything, and after a while, he raised his head again: "Big ...... This is a private matter, my lord......"

"Why are you so nervous?" Sun Shao smiled: "Do you think I want to use this relationship to get you to support me?" ”

Lu Ji didn't say anything, he looked at Sun Shao suspiciously, he was so worried. This matter is a misunderstanding, he originally had a wife and a concubine, and his wife stayed in Wu County and gave birth to his eldest daughter Lu Shan, who was accepted by him in Yulin, and gave birth to a son Lu Rui and a daughter Lu Yusheng. However, the concubine died when she was in Yulin, and the lady also passed away the year before last, and now he is alone, and it is said that he should continue the string or take a concubine, but in the past two years, he has been a doctor of imperial history, and he is busy with government affairs, and he has not taken care of this matter, and it just so happens that the eldest daughter Lu Shan has also been by his side to help him deal with affairs, taking care of his life, and he is not so urgent about the continuation of the string. Last year, he went to Zhuya with Sun Shao, and his sister Mrs. Lu was in charge, and married his youngest daughter Lu Yusheng, who left him in Jianye, to Zhang Wen's younger brother Zhang Bai, and he remembered that his eldest daughter was already twenty years old and should be married.

When he was in Zhu Ya, because he had to conduct a thorough investigation of Zhu Ya's accounts in the past few years, the people in the Imperial History Mansion were very busy from him, the imperial historian, to all the subordinates, and everyone lost weight, which happened to be seen by Sun Shangxiang, who came to find Lu Shan. At that time, Sun Shangxiang had just won the battle in Yizhou, and he was in a very good mood, and when he saw them like this, he took the female pawns of the Flying Tiger Battalion to make soup for them and replenish their bodies. But I didn't expect Sun Shangxiang's heart to be good, but the craftsmanship was very poor, although the soup was cooked with a lot of ingredients, the taste was not ordinarily bad, and the faces of those subordinates were more uncomfortable than taking medicine. Lu Ji also felt that it was unpleasant, but he had a deep cultivation, and even if he really drank medicine, he could keep his face calm. It's just that he didn't expect that this gave Sun Shangxiang great courage, and he made persistent efforts, life was endless, and the soup was not stopped, and inadvertently, the soup that was originally made for everyone in the Imperial History Mansion became his special, and when he came to his senses, it was too late to want to affirm it, and even his daughter Lu Shan didn't believe it, let alone other cronies, everyone's reason was that the soup was so unpalatable, if it wasn't interesting, how could you drink it?

Lu Ji was depressed for a while, but he soon found out that in fact, Sun Shangxiang was also quite good, although the craftsmanship of this soup was a little worse, but people were very attentive, and the craftsmanship was rising day by day, and the effect was indeed not bad. Later, when he inquired, he learned that Sun Shangxiang heard that he had a foot disease, so he specially asked the imperial physician Ling Dong Feng for a prescription, looking for medicinal materials everywhere, but it took a lot of effort, and all this, Sun Shangxiang never had in front of him.

Lu Ji felt a strange warmth, and also felt a kind of carefulness from this woman who had always been as strong as a tiger. He was wrong, acquiesced in this fact, and was thinking about when to ask Sun Shao, but he didn't expect Sun Shao to take the initiative to bring it up, and with such an expression.

"Don't worry, I won't use this kind of thing to blackmail you." Sun Shao smiled: "I just want to ask, do you really like my aunt." As you know, my aunt had an unsuccessful marriage, and I don't want it to be wishful thinking on her part. ”

Lu Ji was very embarrassed, he didn't know how to answer Sun Shao, he was thirty-seven years old, middle-aged, he didn't have the impulse of a young man, and his feelings were very real, Sun Shangxiang was also a person who had a marriage, although they didn't say anything, but the other party's thoughts could guess a few points.

"My lord, I'm ...... I am ...... to the fifth general It's ......"

Looking at Lu Ji, who was as shy as a young man in love, Sun Shao laughed, and he pressed Lu Ji's shoulder: "If you are embarrassed to say, then you nod or shake your head to show it, agree, you nod, you nod, if you disagree, you shake your head, I will truthfully convey your meaning to my aunt." No one can delay anyone, don't you say? ”

Lu Ji nodded nervously. After thinking for a moment, he clicked twice again, as if he was afraid that Sun Shao would regret it.

Sun Shao smiled, patted Lu Ji's shoulder twice, and then sat back in his position, he pondered for a moment, and when he raised his head again, there was no trace of joke in his expression, but was very serious: "Lu Gong, you are all adults, marriage is a big event, I believe you will not be a child's play." I understand what you mean, I'll ask her what she thinks, if you really don't misunderstand, and you agree, then I'll ask the Queen Mother to get married and do this happy event as soon as possible, if not, then make it clear as soon as possible, so as not to misunderstand. ”

"This is exactly what the minister wants to ask the king." Lu Ji gave a salute and said sincerely.

"Okay, this is a family matter, put it aside for now." Sun Shao said solemnly: "Let's talk about business." Lu Gong, you think about it solemnly and then say to me, do you have the confidence to do a good job in the position of Imperial Doctor? ”

Lu Ji frowned, his eyes suddenly became very serious, staring at Sun Shao's eyes without blinking. Sun Shao looked at him quietly, his eyes were calm and calm, and he couldn't see a trace of dodging, obviously he was thoughtful in asking this question.

Lu Ji pondered for a long time, and finally said, "The king, the minister...... Walking on thin ice, trembling. ”

"Why?" Before Lu Ji's words fell, Sun Shao asked.

"Great King......" Lu Ji took a deep breath, Bai Chen's face suddenly turned a little red, he raised his head suddenly, and looked at Sun Shao with blazing eyes: "Great King, those people are too greedy, too shameless, when they are never satisfied, no matter how much benefit you give them, they will not be satisfied." King, it's only been more than two years, and I have stored a few thick boxes of dossiers in the Imperial Doctor's Mansion. They...... They are too bold, as long as they have money, they dare to sell anything, and they dare to ask for any money. ”

"Why haven't I heard you say that?" Sun Shao didn't have a trace of nervousness, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, his eyes were cold and serious: "In the two year-end audits, you never showed even a trace of tone in the report you gave me, why is this?" ”

"Minister......" Lu Ji looked at Sun Shao, suddenly fell to the ground, kowtowed twice in a row, and when he raised his head again, he was already in tears: "The minister is afraid that he will be careless for a while, destroying the good situation in front of him, although they are not greedy enough, but it is still within the scope of my control, the minister wants to resolve these crises invisibly, but, the king, the minister is ashamed, although the minister has studied the Book of Changes, but he can't do it lightly." Minister...... The ministers are happy all night, and they are ashamed of their trust in the king. ”

"Are you afraid that these pus will be punctured and stained?" Sun Shao picked up Lu Ji and asked quietly.

"Yes, the king has been on the expedition, and the ministers are afraid that they will act too hastily and mess up the king's plan. The king, the ministers did not support the king's expedition at this time, and it was precisely because of this worry. The crusade against Funan is not a matter of a year and a half, if there is chaos in Qian Tang, won't the king become a rootless tree? ”

"Lu Gong, your heart is good, but you are too worried." Sun Shao smiled faintly: "A little profit-seeking people can shake the foundation of my Yue Kingdom?" It is better to treat the sick and save people, and to punish the past and the future, sooner rather than later. The more you look ahead, the easier it is to breed trouble, and stability is more important than anything else, but if the inside is already rotten, can just making the outer layer of skin look shiny enough to hide the essence of the matter? Whitewashing the peace is a manifestation of weakness of heart, Lu Gong, the gap between scripture and world affairs is not small. ”

(To be continued)