In the face of a crisis of political power, those in power tend to be more suspicious of their subordinates, which is a law that has been difficult to break since ancient times, and Sun Quan is no exception.

With the precedent of the great families of Wu County and Huiji County abandoning Jiangdong for the sake of family interests, Sun Quan became even more suspicious of his subordinates, and he did not hesitate to reactivate the notorious Eagle Beak in Jiangdong, a secret investigation agency that was deeply hated by the officials and people of Jiangdong.

Since Wang Ning's execution, the Eagle Beak has been disbanded, but not long ago, Sun Quan reactivated the secret investigation agency and appointed his henchman Zhao Jian as the captain of the Eagle Beak.

Zhuge Jin is the first important minister to be closely monitored, the root of his suspicion by Sun Quan is that he sent his son to Jiaozhou and passed it on to Zhuge Liang as his son, which is not a big deal in itself, Zhuge Liang has no children under his knees, and it is normal for his brother to pass his son to him.

But Zhuge Jin did this at a bad time, just when Jiangdong was facing a crisis, and Sun Quan asked Jiaozhou for help, but Jiaozhou remained silent, which made Sun Quan even more annoyed, and he suspected that Zhuge Jin was ready to abandon Jiangdong and get out of Jiaozhou.

In fact, Sun Quan's speculation is not wrong, in today's increasingly serious crisis in Jiangdong, there are not many people who are willing to martyr Jiangdong, especially Jiangdong has become a reckless army, trapped in the people of the regime, not only the family ruthlessly abandoned it, the ordinary people also hated it, in this case, how can the civil ministers who have always cherished their reputation as their lives fall into a regime that destroys their ideals and aspirations?

At that time, Dong Zhuo and Li urged rebellion successively, resulting in chaos in the north, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, disgusted the literati and celebrities, and Yuan Shao's regime was in danger, and the Jiangdong regime was like the rising sun, safe and rich.

And nearly 20 years have passed, Jiangdong has been ruined by Sun Quan's strategic decision-making mistakes again and again, and ruined in the struggle for power and profit within the Sun family, to this day, the ideal fire in Zhuge Jin's heart has been extinguished, and the lives of him and his family have been threatened, so how can Zhuge Jin not be cold, how can he still think of serving Jiangdong, but he himself doesn't know where to go?

This morning, Zhuge Jin received a secret letter from his brother Zhuge Liang, asking him to take refuge in Jiaozhou, and Zhuge Jin realized that his brother Zhuge Liang was paying attention to the situation in the Central Plains all the time, and he knew very well that the Jiangdong crisis had arrived.

But if he wanted to take refuge in Jiaozhou, he really felt hesitant, on the one hand, Jiaozhou was too remote, which made him feel a sense of loss away from the political situation in the Central Plains, and secondly, even if he Zhuge Jin could escape, his wife and children could not escape, and he was closely monitored by Sun Quan.

Just now, Zhuge Jin got the three conditions proposed by Liu Jing from Yan Zhen's mouth, and he realized that there were ten days left, and the war was about to start, and he had to prepare for the arrival of the war.

Zhuge Jin boarded the carriage and went out of Jianye City, and hurried to Moling County, at this time the city gate had already been closed, Sun Quan had an order, no one was allowed to enter and leave the county, but the officials of Jiangdong were exceptional, they needed to go to Jianye Palace to discuss matters, they had to enter and exit the county, and Zhuge Jin was not subject to the city gate.

Moling county is about three miles away from Jianye City, between the two cities is a spacious and flat official road, the official road is a large forest on both sides, in a distance close to the county seat, the forest gradually disappears, and the official road is covered with countless shops, taverns and hostels on both sides.

Time has passed, Zhuge Jin's carriage is driving along the official road towards the county seat, the official road is very quiet, except for his carriage in the road, there are no other pedestrians.

For some reason, Zhuge Jin had a feeling of uneasiness in his heart, if Wu Hou wanted to deal with him, this was the best opportunity, he kept looking at the forests on both sides, urging the coachman to speed up.

But at this moment, the coachman suddenly stopped the carriage, Zhuge Jin was startled, and asked urgently: "Why did it stop, what happened?" ”

"Master, there's someone ahead!" The coachman said in a trembling voice.

Zhuge Jin leaned out of the car window, his heart suddenly cooled half, there were more than a dozen black-clothed people standing in a row in front of him, blocking the way, not only there were people in front, but also black-clothed people in front of him, left and right, surrounded his carriage.

"Who are you?" Zhuge Jin asked uneasily.

At this time, a man in black on a horse stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "Please don't be afraid, Mr. Zhuge is my master, please invite Mr. Zhuge and his party." ”

Zhuge Jin listened to his polite words, and felt a little relieved, so he asked, "Who is the master of your family, and what do you want me to do?" ”

The black-clothed leader smiled: "Who is the master of my family, Mr. will know when he sees it, if Mr. is unwilling to go, he will not be reluctant." ”

As soon as he waved his hand, the black-clothed men who blocked the road retreated one after another, and the black-clothed leader said apologetically: "The blocking of the road is just to protect Mr.'s carriage, and there is no malice, if Mr. does not want to go, even if he goes on the road, he will not block it below." ”

Zhuge Jin saw that all the black clothes had withdrawn, and only this black-clothed man of the cavalry was left on the avenue, he could indeed leave at any time, and there were several shops not far ahead, Zhuge Jin pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where is your master?" ”

"Three miles to the west."

Zhuge Jin nodded, "In that case, I'll go to see your master, please lead the way!" ”

The man in black who rode the horse was overjoyed, turned the horse's head and said, "Please come with me!" ”

Zhuge Jin instructed the coachman, "Follow him." ”

There was a crossroads in front of him, and after walking less than a few dozen steps, the carriage turned to the west, and followed behind the black-clothed horseman to go west in a hurry, Zhuge Jin felt that the other party had no malicious intent, and he should not hurt himself, and he was also very curious, who wanted to see him.

The carriage walked about three miles, the official road gradually approached the Yangtze River, and only saw a big ship parked by the river in the distance, Zhuge Jin remembered that it was an abandoned wharf, how could a big ship be stopped?

The carriage stopped in front of the big boat, Zhuge Jin got out of the carriage, looked at the big ship with suspicion in his eyes, and the man in black smiled and said, "My master is waiting on the boat, please get on the boat." ”

After hesitating, Zhuge Jin finally followed the man in black to the big ship, he walked into the cabin, only to see that the cabin was brightly lit, and a man in a long robe and a gold crown was looking at him with a smile.

"Your Highness!"

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, the man in front of him who wanted to see him turned out to be Liu Jing, the king of Han, and he was at a loss in his heart, standing there dumbfounded.

Liu Jing smiled slightly: "I'm sorry to invite Zhuge Gong over so late!" ”

Zhuge Jin came to his senses at this time, he was a little at a loss, stepped forward and saluted: "See Your Highness!" ”

Liu Jing pointed to the small table with his hand and said with a smile: "If Zhuge Gong is not in a hurry to go back, we might as well have a chat." ”

Zhuge Jin nodded, sat down at the small table, Liu Jing sat down opposite him, the guards came in and served two cups of tea, Liu Jing picked up the tea and said with a smile: "I saw that Zhuge Gong was also temporary, my scout reported that Zhuge Gong was wandering alone outside Jianye Palace, and he seemed to have something on his mind, so I invited Mr. to come, without telling him in advance, please forgive me." ”

Only then did Zhuge Jin know that his every move was observed by the Han army scouts, but immediately he understood that the Han army scouts were not spying on him, but monitoring the Jianye Palace, and they were seen by them when he was hiding outside the Jianye Palace.

Thinking about this, Zhuge Jin felt a lot more comfortable, and Liu Jing was very polite to him, which also satisfied a little self-esteem in his heart.

Zhuge Jin said with a smile: "I came out outside the Jianye Palace to wait for Yan Man, and I inquired about some information, and I already know the three conditions issued by His Royal Highness." ”

"Then what do Zhuge Gong think about the three conditions, will Wu Hou agree?"

Zhuge Jin shook his head, "He won't agree to a single condition, don't say that the tax exemption is three years, that is, the tax exemption is one year, the Jiangdong government will close immediately, at the beginning of the year, Wu Hou borrowed 200,000 stone grain from the major families in Jiangdong, and he counted on using taxes to repay it, he would be very good if he didn't raise taxes, and he would be exempt from taxes, and he would not agree to kill him." ”

Liu Jing heard Zhuge Jin use the tone of 'kill him', and he was amused in his heart, which showed how deep Zhuge Jin's resentment was towards Sun Quan, and he also knew that Zhuge Jin was being monitored by Sun Quan, but Liu Jing didn't mention it, and still asked with a calm smile: "What about the second condition and the third condition?" ”

"The second condition is to let the people of Jiangdong be free, not allowed to stop them, if it is really released, within half a year, the people of Jiangdong will run clean, you can go to Jingzhou to enjoy the light tax, who is willing to bear heavy taxes in Jiangdong, the skin does not exist, Mao will be attached? The people of Jiangdong run out, the soldiers will also flee, Jiangdong naturally does not exist, and the third article is even more impossible, the second article may still have time to fight, the third article is directly Sun Quan's subordination, the restoration of the county, the disappearance of the Jiangdong regime, this kind of self-determination of life, how can Sun Quan be willing to do it! ”

Zhuge Jin's analysis coincided with Liu Jing's thoughts, of course Liu Jing knew that Sun Quan would not agree, so he only gave ten days to give Jiangdong civil and military officials a chance to choose, that is, he hoped that a virtuous minister like Zhuge Jin could serve him.

Liu Jing said slowly: "Some people say that my attack on Jiangdong this time is in the same vein as before, when Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou, trying to annex Jingzhou, now it is just the other way around, in fact, it is not the same thing, this time I attacked Jiangdong is to unify the south, take the first step to unify the world, so that the people of the world can recuperate, so that the Han can be rejuvenated, this is my ambition, but also the ideal of countless virtuous people, I believe that Mr. Zhuge also has this idea in mind, seeing that Jiangdong Mansion will fall, Why does Mr. Zhuge still stick to this regime that is hated by the people of Jiangdong and go against the will of the people? ”

Zhuge Jin lowered his head and sighed for a while: "I have long been disheartened with Jiangdong, and I will not be foolish and loyal to Sun Quan, today my brother wrote to me to take refuge in Jiaozhou, I was already tempted, but my family was under surveillance and could not get out, so I was worried." ”

"Take refuge in Jiaozhou?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "If you go to Jiaozhou, you will stay away from the Central Plains Sheji, and you will be far away from the opportunity for the revival of the Han Dynasty, why did Zhuge Gong make this unwise choice?" ”

Zhuge Jin bowed his head and was silent for a long time, how he wanted to go to Jiaozhou, but he couldn't talk about it, Liu Jing understood the self-esteem of the scholar, so he said to him sincerely: "If Zhuge Gong is willing to join the camp of the revival of the Han Dynasty, the position of the Ministry of Rites is for Mr. ”

Liu Jing gave Zhuge Jin enough face, how could Zhuge Jin still refuse, and it was also the position of the Ministry of Rites, he was excited, got up and gave Liu Jing a deep salute, "Wechen Zhuge Jin is willing to serve the revival of the Han Dynasty!" ”

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[This book of the Three Kingdoms is really not satisfied, the key is that I am not familiar with the Han Dynasty, and I can't find that sense of history, but fortunately, I finally gritted my teeth and persevered, and I didn't give up halfway, this book ended in December, and I worked hard for everyone to follow for so long.

The next book will return to the Tang Dynasty and the era of Wu Zetian, which Lao Gao is familiar with, and the theme is no longer the struggle for hegemony, but the flow of power and life.

Lao Gao also found that the first half of his book was more exciting, and the second half was more dull, which is also a common problem of the hegemony stream, the protagonist has reached a certain status, and his behavior and thoughts are fixed, and it is difficult to have anything outstanding, so if the protagonist tries to maintain a free body, then the story will be more exciting.

Therefore, the next book will move closer to this aspect, and I believe that Lao Gao's return to the Tang Dynasty will bring you a wonderful history of the Tang Dynasty.

Why did you choose the Wu Zetian era, because this era is the most complicated, various forces are fighting openly and secretly, such as Wu Zetian's descendant forces (represented by cool officials and face heads), civil official forces headed by Xiangguo, Wu family forces, Li royal forces, Kanto Shi clan forces, Guanxi Shi clan forces, Guanlong aristocratic forces, Shangguan Wan'er, Princess Taiping, Empress Wei and other harem forces, and even the Li royal forces are divided into Zhongzong forces and Ruizong forces, etc., so it is very complicated, and various power struggles run through it, and there are many things to write about.

And these are what Lao Gao is good at, I believe that Lao Gao will write very wonderfully, and I hope everyone can continue to support Lao Gao's new book. 】