Chapter 159: Lu Xun stands out from the crowd
Chapter 159 Lu Xun stands out from the crowd
As mentioned last time, Guo Youzhi asked Dongwu for 50,000 young men to solve the problem of insufficient logistics force. Everyone was shocked by Guo Yuzhi's belly black Cheng dΓΉ, they had seen a lion with a big mouth, but they had never seen a lion with such a big mouth. #
Last time, Shu asked Dongwu for so much food and salary, and it is estimated that Sun Quan is already so poor that he will be a bottom#pants - if he wears bottoms#pants. This time it was even more ruthless, and it turned out to be 50,000 young and strong, you must know that population resources are more precious than food.
If the grain is gone, you can plant it again, and you can make money when the silver is gone, and the population is the foundation that can continuously create these social wealth, and without labor, there is no way to produce food, and there is no way to earn silver taels. Although the population can also grow by encouraging fertility, the cycle is too long, and it takes at least ten years for a person to be able to work from birth to adulthood.
Guo Youzhi's poisonous plan will affect the social production of Dongwu for more than ten years, and the lethality of Dongwu is much worse than simply asking for hundreds of thousands of stone grains.
The key is that the last time Dongwu had given a large amount of food to Shu State, it could be regarded as an end to the previous grievances between the two sides. Although the covenant does not explicitly say it, as long as people with a little common sense know that this is a one-time deal, and the Eastern Wu people pay money once, which is equivalent to buying out the direction of Shu's troops, so that Shu will attack Wei instead of their Wu.
The reason why the alliance is used to jointly destroy Wei is just an excuse, this excuse is well known, no one will take it seriously, Guo Youzhi just seized this excuse used to cover up the ugliness, and said that the hammer deal between Shu and Wu was a long-term cooperation, and after asking for property once, he asked for young and middle-aged laborers.
Guo Youzhi is secretly changing the concept, or pretending to be stupid, if the people of Eastern Wu know that he is so shameless, and know that an excuse to cover up his ugliness will bring endless demands, how can he still agree to sign this covenant, how can he still find this excuse to cover up his ugliness.
As Ah Mei sang: "I only keep asking until you want to escape." "Isn't that the case now, Shu keeps asking, asking for money, food, and people, and if you want this or that, you don't have to play, and if you want to go to Dongwu, you can't even escape.
"Bang!" Sun Quan, who was far away in Jianye, smashed his fist on the golden silk nanmu case table in front of him, he did not have a deep internal force, although the heavy case table made a "bang" sound, but there was no wave on this case, and the four treasures of the study, paperweight, and incense burner on the case were naturally not affected much.
"It's too much of a deception! What a deception! The hall resounded with Sun Quan's roar. The envoy of Shu Han arrived in Jianye and asked Dongwu for 50,000 young people, Sun Quan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, slapped the table and threw things, and scolded the monarchs and ministers of Shu angrily regardless of the image.
The ministers of Eastern Wu were also surging in emotion, and they all reprimanded the shamelessness of the little emperor of Shu. Fortunately, the envoy of Shu only sent a letter, and did not stand on the court of Eastern Wu to talk to the Eastern Wu monarchs and ministers in person, otherwise he would have been drowned by their spit stars even if he was not torn apart by the Eastern Wu monarchs. Sun Shao, the first prime minister of Eastern Wu, was the first to come out and speak:
"Please also ask the king to calm his anger, it is not the first time that we have learned Liu Chan's greed and shamelessness. This is a vicious wolf that can't be fed, and the so-called unquenchable desire refers to this kind of person. The minister did not approve of peace talks with Shu at the beginning, thinking that peace talks would be useless, and now they have come true.
We must resolutely resist the # Shu Kingdom, and we can no longer agree to any of their demands. If they promise them again this time, they will inevitably gain an inch and continue to demand benefits from our country, and if this continues, I am afraid that there will be no end. β
His successor, Shang Shuling, Gu Yong also came out and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, Shu is a blood-sucking strategy, through guΓ² absorb the essence of our country's blood to strengthen our national strength, and at the same time make our country continue to lose blood and weaken day by day, continue like this, I believe that it will not be long before we completely lose our ability to resist." Shu will be able to occupy our country without blood. The minister also agreed not to ignore the unreasonable demands of Shu. β
"Even if we train 50,000 young men into an army and garrison the border to resist the invasion of Shu, it is better than giving them to Shu for nothing. Maybe these 50,000 horses will block the attack of the Shu army for a longer time than sending them to Shu to curry favor with Liu Chan and delay Shu to send troops to our country. Fuyi Zhonglang said Zhang Wen out of the list.
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
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The ministers expressed their positions one after another, most of them supported the fight with Shu to the end, only Lu Xun was silent, he only sneered when Zhang Wen said that he could form an army of 50,000 young men to resist the attack of the Shu army, and then continued to be silent. However, his sneer was heard by no one but himself in the noisy courtroom.
He has repeatedly been deflated in the hands of the Shu army, and there is no one in this world who knows the horror of the Shu army better than him, and perhaps there is a difficult brother in Wei who also knows the horror of the Shu army, this person is Sima Yi, Sima Yi and Lu Xun are estimated to be two of the few people in the world who can still maintain a clear understanding of the Shu army. Among these two, Lu Xun has the most profound understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Shu army.
There is no way, who wants him to fight Liu Hou for the longest time, and the losses of the troops he commands are much greater than those led by Sima Yi. His understanding of the Shu army has been gained from bloody lessons again and again, can it not be profound? To put it mildly, he was scared and hurt by the Shu army.
Seeing that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could only shout and kill, and only verbally condemn and insult the monarchs and ministers of the Shu State, but no one could put forward a constructive opinion, Lu Xun couldn't help but feel very sad in his heart. These people in power in the Eastern Wu court are all boastful guys, who can only talk empty words, but they can't do any practical things, the whole court is full of these people, is there any hope for this court? Is there a future for this country?
"Alas!" Lu Xun sighed involuntarily and shook his head, trying to throw these messy questions out of his mind. At this time, Sun Quan noticed Lu Xun who stood out from the crowd. Almost all the ministers were criticizing the monarchs and ministers of the Shu Kingdom, but this Lu Xun was silent, and finally sighed and shook his head, which was a bit abrupt in the chaotic hall.
Sun Quan and the others were a little quieter in the main hall, and asked, "Lu Qingjia, do you have a different opinion?" β
As soon as Sun Quan spoke, the hall fell silent, and everyone stared at Lu Xun silently, wanting to hear what his point of view was. Although Lu Xun has been talented since he was a child, he has repeatedly suffered losses in the confrontation with the Shu army since he crossed the river in white clothes to attack Jingzhou, which made his reputation plummet, which is exactly the opposite of the original history.
Many ministers in the Eastern Wu Dynasty did not value Lu Xun as much as they did in history, and some even despised him, thinking that he was an incompetent person, and he was repeatedly defeated by a hairy boy with superior troops. Fortunately, Sun Quan still recognizes his ability, still values him very much, and still trusts him.
Lu Xun heard Sun Quan's inquiry but did not answer immediately, but frowned and thought for a while before saying: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that these 50,000 horses should be sent to Shu. β
Ps. Well, I can always find an excuse to change less or break the change, someone forgot to go back to get the phone in the unit, and the result was that I took a child all night, not enough time to code words, so I continued to do the 2k party today.