Chapter 3: The Disaster of Wuzhong
Lu Yibi came to see him later than Shixun expected, that is to say, Bai asked Zhuge Jin to drink the wind under the corridor for an extra hour - fortunately, it was just autumn, the day was hot and dry, and the night wind was not too cool. It is estimated that Chen Duan secretly taught the opportunity indoors, and it was delayed for too long.
Lu Yitong guΓ² Zhuge Jin asked to see Shixun, and when he saw him, he bent his knees and bowed to him. Shi Xun hurriedly helped him up: "Bo Yan doesn't have to be like this - he came at night, what do you say?" β
Lu Yi got straight to the point: "I don't hide it from the envoy, I learned from Chen Jun in the north, but on the order of General Sun, I lobbied the envoy to make the envoy talk about Prime Minister Cao, so that Wu Ye would not be killed." β
Shi Xun pretended to be surprised: "Does the imperial court have a proposal to destroy Wu? β
Lu Yi hurriedly said: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng is now in charge of the army, in order to destroy Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and if the table is destroyed, it will reach Yu Yang and Yi, and everyone knows it." My lord inherits the will of his ancestors, flattens the division, and controls Jiangdong, which is to guard the land for the imperial court, and there is no intention from the outside, please do not cut down the imperial court. β
The corners of Shi Xun's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "Who is the general Sun that Qing said?" The one who commands Jiangdong is the ear of the general of the conquest. β
The captured general was Sun Ben, the eldest son of Sun Jian's brother Sun Qiang and Sun Shengtai. When Sun Jian was killed, his sons Sun Ce and Sun Quan were not yet adults, so they naturally left all the soldiers and horses and industries to their nephew Sun Ben. Later, Sun Ce rose, Sun Jian's old subordinates all took refuge, crossed the river and killed a piece of the world, Sun Ben became a subordinate of this cousin - after Sun Ce's death, he became a subordinate of his second cousin Sun Quan.
This is the case, but nominally, it is officially in the official position of the imperial court. Sun Ben is the lord of Sun Quan. Before Sun Ce's death. Sun Quan's formal official position has only been a small Yang Xianchang. When Sun Ce died, he even resigned from Yang Xian, and only had a hat of "Wujun filial piety" on his head. The imperial court allowed him to inherit his brother and become the marquis of Wu County, but after a short time, he divided the state into Jiangnan and appointed Sun Ben as the assassin of Yangzhou, Zhou Yu as the assassin of Hongzhou, and Zhang Zhao as the assassin of Minzhou. As for Sun Quan, Guang gave him the position of Huiji Taishou.
This is, of course, to divide and disintegrate the Jiangdong forces and instigate Sun Ben to seize Sun Quan's power.
Sun Ben and Sun Boyang are not mediocre talents. It's a pity that he has no ambition - besides, the Sun family is only a small landlord, his fame was killed by his uncle Sun Jian, and the land was created by his cousin Sun Ce, what credit does he have for the family, but he dares to covet the property left by Sun Ce in his last words? Therefore, nominally, Jiangdong (the area south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the broad sense) did not have any secession power, only the three assassins appointed by the imperial court to guard it, but in fact, Sun Quan alone had the final say.
It's like Jingzhou is also divided into three, theoretically Liu Bei is the history of the Yuanzhou Assassin and Zhang Yi is the history of the Xiangzhou Assassin, but in fact, they are not all in Liu Biao's hands? Liu Bei went directly to Yizhou, after Zhang Yi's death. The position of Xiangzhou Assassin has always been vacant, and no one cares about it.
That's why Lu Yi came here today. It was under the banner of Sun Quan - the imperial court worshiped Sun Quan as a general to beg for capture. But Xun couldn't recognize it, he said that the land of Jiangdong (Jiangdong in the narrow sense refers to the new Yangzhou), the highest ruler is clearly the general Sun Ben, you have a "General Sun", I thought it refers to Sun Ben. Although Sun Quan's name is respected, his official position is just a matter of being too guarded, what qualifications does he have to speak on behalf of the entire Yangzhou?
It seems that he had expected that it was Xunhui who would refute himself like this, Lu Yi didn't even think about it, and asked directly: "It seems that the court is also the court of the Son of Heaven, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng can be arbitrary, why not?" β
Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty is already twenty-four years old this year, and he has long been an adult, and he is no longer the half-grown child when he escaped from Chang'an, so he should take care of government affairs personally. Besides, Cao Cao is not the auxiliary minister of the first emperor's will, but he is only the prime minister, how can he have the power to seize the emperor and set it up? Lu Yi's meaning: I talk to you about the real situation, and you talk to me about the false name, is this interesting?
"My lord is the chief of the Sun clan to beg for the capture of the general, and Zhang Zibu and Zhou Gongjin are the old officials, and they are all from the order of the captivity."
The big sect and the small sect are not eternal, Sun Qiang has no achievements, but his younger brother Sun Jian is the official to the general and the leader of the Yuzhou assassin history, so it is natural for the patriarch of the Fuchun Sun clan to move from Sun Qiang to Sun Jian. Later, Sun Ben succeeded him, but his name was not as good as Sun Ce, who came later, and the position of the patriarch was transferred to Sun Ce, and then passed on to his younger brother Sun Quan, which is not surprising.
In this year, the clan power is very large, and Sun Ben and Sun Quan are similar in name (they are all miscellaneous generals, and Sun Quan has the title of county marquis more than his cousin), Sun Ben, who is the history of assassination, looks up to Sun Quan, who is the head of the Taishou, and is reasonable. Moreover, the rise of the Eastern Han Dynasty family attaches great importance to the feelings of the old lord and minister, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu are all former officials of Sun Ce, and it is quite normal for them to listen to the words of Sun Ce's heir, Sun Quan.
Lu Yi not only explained this set of principles clearly, but also invisibly included Hongzhou and Minzhou - I am here to tell you about the old Yangzhou, not just today's Xiaoyangzhou.
Shi Xun was no longer hypocritical with him-he was just trying to stand on the position of the imperial court or Cao Cao and show his attitude, and he didn't intend to have a verbal dispute with Lu Yi on this kind of nominal issue - he just pursed his lips, leaned back slightly, leaned back in his chair, and was silent.
It is indeed a very hard thing for the scholar to sit upright in these years, and for this reason Xun "invented" the chair, but it is naturally not good to sit on the chair like a solitary study in the hall, and in terms of his age and physical condition, there is no reason to put a few leaning on it. So Shi Xun "invented" the stoolless chair, or the chair, to put it bluntly, it is to install a backrest on the seat, although he is still tired of his legs, but he can occasionally rest his waist.
It is Xun's attitude that is to tell sΓΉ Lu Yi: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go." So in stark contrast to him, Lu Yi straightened his waist and began to state his intentions in detail: "Make the king the master of Cao Cheng's prime minister, and he is also an in-law, and the general trend of the world is in the hands of the envoy." If you can advise the prime minister, so that Wu is not enlisted, you can avoid the misery of life, and General Sun and the envoy live side by side in the north and south, and the court can be worry-free. β
On the surface, it is said that it is "Tongfu Imperial Court", but in fact, the implication is that you are one in the south and one in the north and the big domain, and you respond to each other, so even Prime Minister Cao himself is not so easy to shake.
Shi Xun sighed secretly, and said in his heart that he was suppressed by those "Ruying faction", Shuozhou and Youzhou ran back and forth, and he did leave troubles, and he was thought by outsiders that there was a gap to take advantage of, thinking that he must have some resentment against Cao Cao in his heart. However, delusional and by others, I am not the most important question, the most important thing is: "Why go for the near and go far?" β
Let's not mention anything that echoes between the two feuds, just saying that I am the mastermind of the Cao family, I can speak in front of Cao Cao, but the problem is that the Cao family is not only me, at least there are uncles and nephews of the Xun family. One of them followed Cao Cao's side, saw that he was in Jingzhou, and the other stayed in Xudu, isn't it much more convenient to find them than to travel thousands of miles to Youzhou to find me? What is the reason for the two of you to go so far apart?
Lu Yi nodded: "It's not a secret, Zhang Zibu went to Nanyang, Zhang Zigang went to Xudu, and Qin Wenbiao went to Shuozhou." "Zhang Zhao was the first person under Sun Quan, and he went directly to Nanyang to see Cao Cao, or he also hoped that Xun You, who was beside Cao Cao, would persuade Cao Cao to let Jiangdong go; Zhang Hong once sent an envoy to Xu Du in the Sun Ce era, stayed by Cao Cao, and served as the imperial historian, and later Sun Quan succeeded to the throne before being released, so he had more connections in the court and went directly to lobby Xun Yu; Qin Song was sent to Shuozhou to see Cao De.
Jiangdong is going to start in many ways, and it can also be seen how much pressure Sun Quan is under and how urgent he is to seek peace.
After Lu Yi said these words, he naturally stopped his mouth, just bowed his head, as if waiting for Shi Xun to make a statement. Shi Xun paid attention to the young man's expression, and his heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but ask: "Bo Yan was commissioned by Sun Yu, but he invited Youye?" "Were you forced to run so far, or did you take the initiative to ask to follow Chen Duan's envoy?
Lu Yi's eyebrows seemed to move slightly: "Chen Jun is weak, and he invites himself to accompany him." β
Yesun didn't believe this at all. You said that Sun Quan scattered all his subordinates and masterminds, and went everywhere to plead for mercy, among which Chen Duan was sent to Youzhou, which is not surprising, but it is strange why did he let Lu Yi follow? Just because Chen Duan is not in good health, did he send a young man to take care of him? When it comes to politics, how can there be such a simple thing!
Moreover, the Sun family's policy of lobbying itself is to persuade themselves to secretly form an alliance with it, on the one hand, to ensure that power does not fall, and on the other hand, to expand the right to speak in the court, which is somewhat whimsical. However, considering that after Sun Quan grew old in history, he even wanted to go all the way to join forces with Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong to fight against Cao, it is not surprising at all - Biyan had strange ideas when he was a child, and others could not expect it.
This kind of topic is more sensitive, Chen Duan didn't dare to mention it to himself when they first met, so he had to let Lu Yi ask to see him privately - after all, he was a young man, if he said that he was angry, it would be convenient to turn around, Chen Duan could put it aside and say that it was just Lu Yi's personal delusion, and it had nothing to do with the Sun family. But after Lu Yi came, what he said was concise and to the point, and he didn't bother to say anything - is this the way he lobbied? Could it be because of the clumsiness?
Lu Xun in the history books is indeed not good at speaking, but there is no record that he is not good at words, to put it bluntly, as a child of a family, his tongue and speech ability should be above average. is on a mission, and it's not that he can't say it, but he only said a few words in front of him, and he didn't mean to analyze it in detail, what did this young man think in his heart?
In this way, there is only one possibility-so Shi Xun leaned forward slightly, left the backrest, and asked slowly: "As far as Qing can see, how can Sun beg to be captured?" β
Lu Yi immediately replied: "My lord is elegant and magnanimous, and he is still calculating, and he is really a man in the world." β
Shi Xun smiled and said, "However, it is enough for Wuzhong's disaster?" β
When Lu Yi heard this, he suddenly raised his head and glanced at Shi Xun, and then bent down: "Make Jun Ming ......" (to be continued......)
PS: The previous article talked about the division of states, saying that Yangzhou is divided into Yang, Hong, and Quanzhou, and Zhang Zhao is the history of Quanzhou. However, the name of Quanzhou only began to appear in the Sui Dynasty, and the county where Jin is located today during the Three Kingdoms is also called Quanzhou, so it is inconvenient to repeat. Therefore, Quanzhou was changed to Minzhou, and the name of Qin "Fujian Zhongdi" was also taken - the previous text has been revised.