Sun Deng ran around for a few days, not to mention seeing Sun Shao again, he didn't even see Prime Minister Yu Xuan, he was directly stunned by Dahonglu Kong Zhu. The envoys who came to Yue either wanted to do business with Yue Guo, or they wanted to unite with the Yue King to do something, anyway, they were all begging for Yue Guo, and he naturally became a noble man in the eyes of all the envoys, and he didn't dare to say that he would respond to his needs, and in general, there were not many people who dared to reason with him. This thing was done too smoothly, which inevitably made the old master a little regretful, there was no opponent in this belly of knowledge, which was really lonely.

This time, Sun Deng came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, which just satisfied the old master's long-accumulated strong fighting spirit, and as soon as Sun Deng and his think tank Xie Jing opened their mouths, they were attacked by the old master's justified and very fierce counterattack. As a son of a saint, Kong Zhu has studied scriptures all his life, and dealing with characters like Sun Deng and Xie Jing is not just three fingers pinching a snail - hand to catch? So Kong Zhu taught Sun Deng a good lesson for a few days, from the spirit of the saint to the righteousness, Sun Deng said that he was ashamed, and felt that he was simply despicable, every time he went with high morale, he went back dejectedly, hid in the post house and studied with Xie Jing for a night, and then went with high morale, and returned again with his head down, Kong Zhu was more and more courageous, but Sun Deng began to regret that he came to Qiantang after hitting again and again.

I can't even pass the hurdle of Kong Zhu, what else can I talk about competing with Yu Tuo? Yu Tuo is a well-known unforgiving person, even his old son Sun Quan dared to choke in front of him, and now he is the prime minister of the Yue Kingdom, this strategy to lure the people of Wu was thought up by him, Sun Deng went to ask him, how could he be calm?

Sun Deng felt cowardly in his heart, and regretted that day with Sun Shao that day, he knew that the courtiers of the Yue Kingdom were so difficult, so it was better to talk to Sun Shao directly. But when Sun Shao wanted to come to Sun Shao again, he couldn't see Sun Shao anymore - Sun Shao was out on patrol, Yu turned the past few months and made remarkable achievements, and asked Sun Shao to go out to check his work results, Sun Shao was not in Qian Tangcheng.

Sun Deng was dumbfounded, and he had no choice but to wait in Qian Tang City. On this day, he had just been taught a lesson by Kong Zhu, and returned to the post house with a heavy heart, only to find that Zhou Xun was waiting for him.

"Boying, why are you here?" Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, stepping on the door with one foot and one foot outside the door. These days have been dizzy by Kong Zhu, Sun Deng has forgotten the affairs of the Zhou family, and he has forgotten his original intention of competing with Sun Shao to be jealous.

"I heard a message." Zhou Xun stood up and saluted, and said respectfully: "I specially report to the prince." ”

"What's the news?" Sun Deng regained the prince's bearing, walked to the main seat and sat down, waved his hand, and motioned for Zhou Xun to sit down and speak. Zhou Xun sat very stiffly and was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "There was an accident in Nanjun. ”

"Nanjun?" Sun Deng didn't remember which county Nanjun was for a while, and it took him a while to understand. "What happened to Nanjun?"

"There is a caravan in Funan County that was robbed, two people died, the news was reported to Wei Ping, Wei Ping was not properly handled, and there was a conflict with Funan, and now Funan has gathered 30,000 troops and is besieging Xijuan City."

"Wei Ping?" Xie Jing thought for a while and suddenly said, "Is it the one recommended by King Yue Nan Taishou?" ”

"Exactly." Zhou Xun nodded, and then fell silent.

Xie Jing rolled his eyes and glanced at Sun Deng, Sun Deng was thinking about why there was a war in Yuenan County of Wu State, but it was Yue Guo who knew it first, and after hearing Xie Jing's reminder, he would come to his senses, it turned out that this Yuenan Taishou was actually Sun Shao's person. Seeing Xie Jing reminding him with his eyes, he couldn't help but be a little curious, so he pretended to be casual and nodded: "Thank you Boying, I know." How is Brother Ling's marriage prepared? ”

"It's going well, and the wedding is going to take place in three days."

"That'...... Will King Yue come back? ”

"Yes." Zhou Xun smiled a little reluctantly, Zhou Yin got married, from the King of Yue to the Queen Mother, basically people with a bit of status in Qian Tang City rushed to celebrate, it can be said that the scenery is unique, and when he got married, Sun Quan didn't even show his face at all, and only sent Sun Deng to come forward.

"Well, we'll go and drink a glass of wine when the time comes." Sun Deng tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a hint of a smile, but there was no smile at all. Zhou Xun sighed secretly, but he didn't get up, he saluted again: "Prince, Nanjun belongs to Wu State Jiaozhou, after the king receives the news, he will inevitably send someone to ask the prince what he means, please make preparations as soon as possible." ”

"Do you have any suggestions?" Seeing that Zhou Xun seemed to have something to say, Sun Deng couldn't help but be curious, and asked with a smile while beckoning people to serve tea. Zhou Xun glanced at Xie Jing, who was unhappy, but he didn't see it, he said very cautiously: "The prince must know that Zhuya's self-produced grain is limited, and most of the grain has to be purchased from outside, and Yuenan is one of the most important grain procurement points. ”

Sun Deng's brows trembled, a little unhappy, and then he came back to his senses, and the smile on his face immediately became much more sincere.

"In addition to buying grain, Xijuan City is also the intersection of Funan and Zhuya's Yi merchants, the annual commercial tax is the first of the six counties in Jiaozhou, although Wei Ping is recommended by the king of Yue, hiding a lot of taxes, but the taxes paid in recent years are still very considerable." Zhou Xun's voice was sonorous and powerful, his tone became more and more stable, his face showed a confident light, and his usual cautious expression also faded a lot, and the whole person became radiant.

"Prince, if the south is damaged, Jiuzhen and Jiaolu will inevitably be affected, and the commercial tax of these three counties accounts for fifty percent of the six counties of Jiaozhou, and the commercial tax of Jiaozhou is now an indispensable part of Wu State, if Jiaozhou is unstable, the strength of Wu State will be greatly affected." Zhou Xun paused when he said this, glanced at Sun Deng, who was pondering, and said: "If Wu State does not send troops, the minister is worried that the Yue State will take advantage of the situation and take these three counties into his pocket to further monopolize the commerce of the South China Sea. ”

Sun Deng's brows trembled, his eyelids lifted, and his two sharp eyes flashed: "The Vietnamese Congress sent troops?" ”

"Yes." Xie Jing grabbed a sentence: "If you don't take back Yuenan, where will Zhu Ya buy grain?" Without food, the prosperity of Zhuya will become a cloud of smoke and cannot be recovered, so the king of Yue will definitely recapture Yuenan at any cost. ”

"So, don't we have a chance?" Sun Deng smiled, and smiled very easily.

Zhou Xun was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Sun Deng to react like this, he obviously hesitated, his originally resolute expression became a little embarrassed, he put the hand on his thigh subconsciously pinched, and then said again: "Prince, the minister thinks that this is indeed a good opportunity, a good opportunity for the prince and King Yue to fight side by side." ”

Sun Deng showed a surprised expression, and was about to ask, but Zhou Xun continued: "If Wu State does not send troops to attack Funan, then after the King of Yue recaptures Yuenan from Funan, will this Yuenan still be Jiaozhou?" ”

Sun Deng was originally very annoyed, the opportunity he said and the opportunity Zhou Xun said obviously did not mean the same thing, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the South China Sea to ask for the people's hukou, even if he couldn't get the hukou, he had to get a more favorable condition, so that he could return the difference, but Zhou Xun suggested that he and Sun Shao send troops to Jiaozhou together and fight side by side. At this time, they are still fighting side by side, a ghost? As soon as he saw Zhou Xun, Sun Deng thought of Zhou Yu, Sun Shao even robbed my woman, and I still fought side by side with him?

But Zhou Xun's last sentence caught his attention, if Wu Guo didn't save Yuenan, then Yuenan would no longer be Wu's, and more seriously, with Sun Shao's surname, it was completely possible to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and take Jiuzhen and Jiaolu together, plus the South China Sea that had been forced by him to go, and more than half of Jiaozhou would be his. Although Wu said that there are Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, but most of Yangzhou was divided by the generals, only Jiaozhou was mainly controlled by the court.

Thinking of the seriousness of the consequences, Sun Deng couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, and then looked at Zhou Xun's eyes and became much kinder, and at the same time there was some gratitude. Zhou Xun is a loyal minister, his younger brother is a guard captain in the Yue Kingdom, and he still thinks about the Wu State and does not forget his duty. Originally, with his embarrassing identity, it was normal for him not to tell him the news, and maybe he could leave a good impression in front of Sun Shao, but he didn't do it, not only told him the news, but also risked provoking him to get angry and point out the key points.

Sun Deng's expression changed in the eyes of Zhou Xun and Xie Jing, Zhou Xun breathed a sigh of relief, Shi Li retreated, but Xie Jing's face became cloudy. When Sun Deng turned to him for advice, Xie Jing laughed and asked Sun Deng rhetorically: "Prince, do you remember the battle of Liaodong?" ”

"Yes, of course I do." Sun Deng looked at Xie Jing puzzled, not knowing why he suddenly mentioned the battle of Liaodong at this time.

"Prince, the battle of Liaodong, the prince is only assisting from the side, it is already thrilling, if you go to Jiaozhou again this time, can the prince still sit back and enjoy the success? And the prince and Yue Guo are in flames, he will definitely not take care of you as before. Jiaozhou is dangerous, and the envoy has been fighting for more than ten years, and he barely stabilized Jiaozhou, the prince goes, and he wins, you are still the prince, and he loses the ......"

Xie Jing grinned silently and didn't say any more, but the meaningful smile made Sun Deng shudder. Xie Jing's words are very real, you are now the prince of Wu State, and you can't be promoted again if you win, what if you lose? It can be a loss of reputation, or a loss of life. In the final analysis, such a thing is not what you, a prince, should do.

Sun Deng was in a dilemma.

"It's better to report to King Wu, I think King Wu should be able to receive the military report in a few days, the prince only needs to play the possible reaction of King Yue to the king, as for the matter of inviting war, the minister thinks...... It's not proper, it's very inappropriate. ”

Sun Deng nodded, his face gloomy and ugly. He immediately wrote an urgent letter to Sun Quan, and at the same time reported the news to Zhuge Jin, and three days later, Zhuge Ke suddenly appeared in Qian Tang. As soon as he saw Zhuge Ke, Sun Deng was startled, Zhuge Ke's eyes were black, his face was dusty, he was a little unsteady when he walked, his legs trembled, and he obviously rode a horse all the way.

"Yuan Xun, what are you?" Sun Deng and Xie Jing were both very surprised.

"Prince, is the news from Jiaozhou true?" Zhuge Ke asked in a hoarse voice, his eyes shining with anxiety.

"It's true." Sun Deng nodded, he had already heard the exact news through Kong Zhu, Kong Zhu was instructed by Sun Shao to ask Sun Deng if he intended to go south together, Sun Deng did not give him a definite answer, only said that he had to ask for instructions before deciding.

"Prince, I have already withheld your letter to the king." Zhuge Ke sat on the seat, raised the teapot on the case, and poured a belly of herbal tea into his mouth first, and then wiped his mouth and said: "If it's true, you must fight for the opportunity to go on the expedition." ”

Xie Jing's face was a little weird, he looked at Zhuge Ke and then at Sun Deng, and was silent. Zhuge Ke is also a prince, he actually dared to withhold the news that Sun Deng reported to Sun Quan, and it was such a military event. Sun Deng's face did not change, and his eyes were also very calm, as if he felt that there was nothing wrong with Zhuge Ke doing this, he waited quietly, until Zhuge Ke spoke, he asked with a smile: "Yuan Xun wants to go on the expedition?" ”

Zhuge Ke glanced at him, shook his head, first breathed a long sigh of relief, and stabilized his mood: "Prince, do you think there will be a war in my Wu Kingdom at present?" ”

Sun Deng shook his head slowly: "After the military conference, the people of the world all want peace, and the four kings are busy recovering their strength, and the strength of three or five years should not attack each other." ”

"In that case, why do you want to give up the fighter plane in Jiaozhou this time?" Zhuge Ke asked honestly and unceremoniously: "The prince is fifteen, and he will soon perform the crown salute, the king's body has been restless, and there are not many opportunities left for the prince." The military power of Wu is in the hands of the generals, and their relationship with the king is not so much a relationship between the king and the king, but a master-slave relationship, just as the people and horses left behind by the rebellious generals were unwilling to submit to the king, and now these generals are also surrendering to the king, not Wu. If the crown prince succeeds to the throne, the state of Wu will inevitably be in danger, and as long as Wei Shuyue provokes a little, the state of Wu may be torn apart and turned into nothing. ”

"Is it so serious, Yuan Xun, are you too nervous?" Xie Jing couldn't help but remind.

"Uncle Fa, what are you thinking about these days, you haven't even seen such an important thing?" Zhuge Ke turned his head and rebuked in a fierce voice: "Aren't you aware of the crisis in the Wu Kingdom at all? King Yue deceived me, why hasn't the king taken action until now? He wanted to rectify the rule of officials, but Zhang Wen did the opposite and impeached the prime minister, why? Isn't it because the prime minister is not from Jiangdong? The dispute between Jiangdong and Huaisi is still just a dispute between civil ministers, but what about military generals? The situation of the generals is even more serious, they have a heavy army, they have a lot of handovers with the king of Yue, and they are unwilling to start a war with the Yue country, and the king has the name of the king of Wu, so he can only swallow his anger......"

Zhuge Ke was brainless and angry at Xie Jing, not only Xie Jing was speechless by his scolding, his face was red, and even Sun Deng was a little restless. Xie Jing and Zhuge Ke are two important advisers around him, compared to Zhuge Ke's all-round talent in civil and military affairs, Xie Jing pays more attention to strategy, this time he came to Qian Tang, he didn't bring Zhuge Ke, only Xie Jing was out of this consideration, but he didn't expect Zhuge Ke to accuse Xie Jing of dereliction of duty in person, and from a certain point of view, he was also accusing Sun Deng of not knowing anyone.

But I have to say that what Zhuge Ke said is basically true. If you don't talk about Yue Guo, a freak who has no rules up and down, then among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, the internal hidden dangers of Wu are the greatest. No matter how big or small a country is, the struggle for power is inevitable, and the civil officials fight again, the harm they cause is limited, but the military generals are not, they have heavy troops, once there is dissent, the consequences will be unimaginable, there are 30 years of turmoil after the Zhongping can be learned, everyone has a relatively unified understanding of this, and the control of the generals is very strict. Among them, Wei was the most effective, and Cao Ying's control of his generals was strict, and there was no other among the Three Kingdoms. Don't look at Zhang Liao and the others, who are known as the five good generals, but the strength they have is limited, even if they don't consider the hostages in Yecheng, they don't have the strength to rebel. In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Zhang Liao, Lejin two five good generals plus Li Dian a general, Hefei a total of only 7,000 people, Cao Wei's general strength is large and small, but usually under 2,000 people, there are big wars, plus the name of the governor, with the general as a unit to allocate people and horses, like in the forbidden to save Fancheng, Xu Huang attacked Xiangyang, the army in his hands is assembled in this way, wartime, these generals are under their unified command, as soon as the war is over, they will return to their headquarters, only Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, can lead the heavy army for a long time only Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, An important minister of the clan like Cao Ren. Apart from these people, any general who wants to rebel is unlikely to have much impact.

The situation of Shu is slightly different, Liu Bei commands the army with personal feelings and system interoperability, and his strength has not been greater, the total strength of Shu is now less than 100,000, except for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in charge of the troops, most of the strength is still in Liu Bei's own hands, once Liu Bei dies, those generals will continue to be loyal to his heir Liu Chan, plus Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side, there will be no major turmoil in Shu.

And Wu is different, the main forces of Wu are scattered in the hands of the generals, most of these soldiers are their private soldiers, they can be inherited from father to son, they have their own food estate, the station is their sphere of influence, Sun Quan generally does not move, they only surrender to Sun Quan personally, not Wu State, of course, it does not include Sun Deng, the prince. The friendship between them and Sun Quan is not exactly the relationship between the monarch and the minister, but more between the relationship between the monarch and the minister, if you are good to me, I will listen to you, if you are unkind to me, I will be unjust to you. Therefore, Wu Guo's control over the generals was the worst, of course, there were obedient people, such as Lü Meng, and there were many disobedient people, such as He Qi and others. Sun Ce died, when Sun Quan took over, there were many veterans who disagreed with him, Sun Quan spent more than ten years, and finally slowly subdued their hearts, and cultivated some new people such as Lu Su, Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, etc. to replace their positions, and finally slowly controlled the situation, but these people's reading power is very strong, once they feel that Sun Quan is not as good to them as before, they may become disobedient at any time.

Not long ago, the drama general Jinzong staged a big drama of escape.

Jinzong is an unknown general, many people are a little curious, he has not made any merits, how did he become a resident general in such an important position as Xikou, in fact, Jinzong was able to do this step completely because he was Sun Quan's former general, and Sun Quan believed in him. Later, for some reason, Sun Quan issued an edict to reprimand him, but as a result, Jin Zong turned his face and surrendered to Wei with the city and the city, which was not only a matter of a city and people, but also a big slap in Sun Quan's face, Sun Quan was so angry that he almost fainted.

So, if Sun Deng wants to succeed to the throne as King of Wu, can he do it if he doesn't have the military power in his hands that can control the situation? Can he inherit military power from Sun Quan? Even Sun Quan himself can't fully grasp these military powers, so how can they be passed on to Sun Deng?

If Sun Deng wants to sit firmly on the throne of King Wu, the only feasible way is to seize the opportunity to establish his own military power, and to establish military power, as long as he has strength in his hands, it is possible to deter others, and only then can he control the light with the heavy and not scatter with a bang. The most difficult opportunity for people to find a handle is to fight, and almost all the generals in Koto have accumulated their strength through battles. Now that the world is peaceful, the battle of Jiaozhou is a godsend, but Xie Jing did not remind Sun Deng in time to take advantage of this opportunity, but only reported to Sun Quan, what is this not a dereliction of duty? How could Zhuge Ke not be angry?

After listening to Zhuge Ke's analysis, Sun Deng suddenly realized, Xie Jing was even more ashamed, he lowered his head, didn't say a word, and couldn't wait to slap himself twice.

"If my guess is correct, once the king decides to use troops against Jiaozhou, there will definitely be many people who take the initiative to ask for war. Because Jiaozhou has many mountains and forests, and Danyang's Shanyue soldiers are best at mountain and forest warfare, how many of the generals of my Wu State are not mainly Shanyue soldiers? ”

"But we don't have soldiers?" Sun Deng said in embarrassment: "If other generals go to Jiaozhou, they can take their own men and horses, what about me, I have nothing?" Do you want me to go empty-handed? ”

Although Xie Jing was embarrassed, he still expressed his worries: "Yuan Xun, the war is dangerous, and he will come to the battle with the respect of the prince, if something happens, what will it be?" ”

"The prince went to Jiaozhou to command the battle, not to ask him to come to the battle in person, in my opinion, he just sat in Hepu, and of course we were left to do such a thing as fighting." Zhuge Ke had already prepared, and he turned to Sun Deng and said: "The queen and Mrs. Bu have always gotten along very well, Mrs. Bu has no children, she will not become the prince's enemy, so the prince can use the power in Buqi's hands, in addition, the prince can also ask King Yue for help, even if he doesn't help you, as long as he doesn't embarrass you, this matter is half the success." ”

"Then who will lead the troops?" Sun Deng was still a little hesitant: "Zhou Xun? ”

"He can't." Zhuge Ke shook his head and puffed up his chest: "The minister is not talented, and he is willing to charge for the prince." ”

Looking at Zhuge Ke with burning eyes, Sun Deng suddenly smiled: "Yuan Xun, does General Ling Zunzuo know that you are coming?" ”

Zhuge Ke's eyes were a little flustered, and he hesitated for a moment and said, "No, I came in a hurry, and I didn't have time to inform him." ”

(To be continued)