The main internal reason for the righteous indignation of the ministers lies in the disdain for Sun Quan's behavior in their hearts.

In addition to this internal factor, the current national strength of the Han Dynasty is different from the past, which is also a very important factor.

Sun Wu's alliance with Cao Wei was a dangerous thing for the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty was no longer what it used to be.

With the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, it is by no means impossible to destroy Jiangdong.

Sun Quan's rash proclamation of the emperor was also a fundamental provocation to the authority of the Han Dynasty, and in this respect, the ministers' suggestion to conquer Jiangdong was reasonable.

But this reasonable behavior was not approved by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei raised his hand slightly to press down, and after seeing Liu Bei's move, the ministers in the palace who were surging quickly stopped making suggestions.

Looking at the ministers with indignant looks on their faces, Liu Bei expressed his opinion:

"After years of fighting, the soldiers and people are tired, and now is not the time to start another war."

"Besides, our dynasty is the continuation of the legal system of the two Han Dynasty, how can it be reasonable to abandon the Central Plains and chase away the wild land?"

Liu Bei's voice was calm and powerful, causing the ministers present to look thoughtful.

But Zhuge Liang's face was smiling.

Fortunately, Liu Bei was not carried away by the anger in his heart.

The smile on Zhuge Liang's face was noticed by Mi Yang.

Thinking of Liu Bei's angry look last night, and remembering the scene of his hard persuasion last night, Mi Yang only felt that his hard persuasion was not in vain.

Does what Liu Bei said make sense?

Of course, there is.

The first reason that Liu Bei said alone is a problem that the Han cannot ignore now.

No matter how strong an army is, it is not a perpetual motion machine.

No matter how fertile the land is, it is impossible to produce unlimited food.

In the past two years, the Han Dynasty has experienced three battles in a row: the Battle of Nanzhong, the Battle of Nanzheng, and the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong.

No matter how thick the family foundation is, it can't afford such consumption.

It can be said that if it weren't for Zhuge Liang's political ability, which is really rare to see, coupled with the fact that Mi Yang captured a large amount of grain and grass from the Wei army after the Battle of Nanzheng, it would be difficult for the Han army to launch the Northern Expedition again.

Even if the Han Dynasty recovers Guanzhong at the moment, Guanzhong is broken.

Let's not mention the years of war and turmoil in Guanzhong, let's just say that when Cao Allah was in charge of Guanzhong, for the Battle of Hexi and the Battle of the Southern Expedition, he repeatedly collected the people's fat and people's ointment from the people.

Cao Zhen's behavior of drying up and fishing caused complaints in Guanzhong, and also caused displaced people to gradually rise in various parts of Guanzhong.

In this case, the first priority for Dahan to do must be to stabilize the people's livelihood in Guanzhong first.

The Han Dynasty is not Cao Wei, Liu Bei raised troops to bring a stable life to the people of the world, not simply for the emperor's hegemony.

Putting the cart before the horse, forgetting the original intention, Liu Bei will not do it.

As for the second reason Liu Bei said, it is even more irrefutable.

Sun Quan's behavior is provoking the authority of the Han Dynasty, and it is indeed disgusting enough, but if Jiangdong is the main target of the next attack because of this, it is inappropriate.

The reason is very simple, since the day of its establishment, the Han Dynasty has declared to the world that he is the Zhengshuo of the Chinese nation.

Under this political slogan, after recovering Guanzhong, the next combat target of the Han army must be the Central Plains.

In a political sense, the Central Plains can also be referred to as China.

"Heaven is above, where is below, those who live in the middle of heaven and earth are called China, those who live in the middle of heaven and earth are called Siyi, outside the four Yi, and China is also inside.

The husband and the Chinese ruler and the minister are self-reliant, the ceremonial music is self-made, the clothes are self-produced, and the crown and the sacrificial place are also self-......"

From this passage, it can be seen how important it is for the Han to recover the Central Plains.

As the emperor, Liu Bei personally stated these two reasons, one is to alleviate the anger of the ministers, and the other is to use his identity as the founding monarch to set the tone for the next development direction of the Han Dynasty.

Now that Liu Bei has already spoken, and Liu Bei's words are reasonable, the anger of the ministers has eased a lot.

But when the anger subsided, a feeling called worry came back to my mind.

Huang Quan, who is familiar with military affairs, was the first to speak:

"Even if our army temporarily lets Jiangdong go, it is difficult to guarantee that Sun Quan and Cao Rong will not jointly launch an attack on Jingzhou."

As soon as Huang Quan's words came out, he immediately attracted the attention of many ministers in the palace.

Especially Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei subconsciously wanted to second, but before Zhang Fei's words could be spoken, Mi Yang got up and said to the ministers present:

"There's nothing to worry about."

Mi Yang's judgment surprised all the ministers in the palace.

Huang Quan got up and asked Mi Yang, "Why?" ”

Under the gaze of the ministers in the palace, Mi Yang analyzed: "After the first battle of Guanzhong, the vitality of the anti-Wei Dynasty was greatly damaged.

When the army is lost, the hearts of the people in the country will definitely fluctuate.

For the anti-Wei, their top priority is not to start the war again, but how to appease the hearts of the people in the country.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the alliance between the anti-Wei and the anti-Wu is a strong alliance.

But in Gu's view, the reason why the reverse Wei formed an alliance with the reverse Wu was to lead the water to the east, so that Jiangdong would become a thorn in the side of our dynasty, so that he would have a chance to recuperate.

And if the anti-Wei did not send troops together with the anti-Wu, how could the anti-Wu family capture Jingzhou in a short period of time with the strength of the anti-Wu family?

Sun Quan must know this in his heart.

Because of this, he will not rush to send troops.

Both are waiting for the other to send troops first, so neither of the two will send troops in the end. ”

After listening to Mi Yang's words, all the ministers in the palace nodded one after another.

Of course, strategically, Mi Yang can assert that Jingzhou will not be in danger in the short term, but in order to be foolproof, some tactical preparations are also indispensable.

Then Mi Yang told the ministers in the palace that he asked Jiang Ji to release the rumors.

After hearing Mi Yang's arrangement, the worries in the hearts of the ministers in the palace gradually decreased.

Although Mi Yang has not been in Jingzhou for several years, the legend of Mi Yang has been circulating in Jingzhou.

After Mi Yang finished speaking, Zhuge Liang also got up and said to the ministers in the palace:

"The general's move can make the reverse Wei and the reverse Wu throw into the mouse, but I have a plan to make the reverse Wu take care of himself."

Seeing that it was Zhuge Liang who spoke, Mi Yang returned to his seat and sat down, waiting for Zhuge Liang's good plan.

didn't let Mi Yang wait too long, Zhuge Liang said: "After the First World War of Public Security, Sun Quan sent his eldest son Sun Deng as a proton. ”

"Now that Sun Deng has gradually grown up in Jingzhou, His Majesty can summon Sun Deng to Chang'an and reward him."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, the ministers were puzzled.

Sun Deng's father, Sun Quan, openly rebelled against the Han Dynasty, and normally the Han Dynasty did not take Sun Deng's life, which was already a benevolent and righteous act.

Why should he be rewarded?

After seeing the puzzled look on the faces of the ministers, Zhuge Liang said with a smile:

"Sun Quan knew that Sun Deng was in our dynasty, but he dared to brazenly call himself a puppet emperor for two reasons.

First, his second son and grandson gradually grew up, and he had no heirs.

Second, Sun Quan wanted to borrow a knife to kill people.

If I kill Sun Deng, but call Sun Quan's intentions, I can let him use this as a reason to deceive the people of Jiangdong and resign him as a rebel.

You can also borrow my hand to clear the hidden danger for him. ”

At first glance, what Zhuge Liang said seemed to have a logical incomprehension.

Obviously, Sun Quan rebelled first, and it was justified for the Han to kill Sun Deng, how could this matter be used by Sun Quan?

But in fact, what Zhuge Liang said accurately predicted Sun Quan's psychology and was in line with the actual situation of the world.

Don't forget that the circulation of information in the world is very closed, and it is easy to create a time lag under the use of people with intentions.

As long as the Han killed Sun Deng, Sun Quan could declare to the world that it was the Han who killed Sun Deng first, and he had to break with the Han with the hatred of his son.

Once Sun Quan did this, maybe the people in the Han Dynasty would understand the real situation, but what about Sun Wu and Cao Wei?

At that time, Sun Deng's death was a fact, and the Han could not let Sun Deng come back to life to explain.

Reversing black and white and distorting facts is what Sun Quan has always been good at.

In history, Sun Quan did this after taking Jingzhou - anyway, in later generations, there are still many people who think that Sun Quan and Liu Bei were not allies at that time, and think that Liu Bei was sorry for Sun Quan first

Of course, in Chinese history, Sun Quan is not the only one who has done such a thing.

Just like the famous Nuer Hachi's seven hatreds.

After having a better understanding of Sun Quan's personality, all the ministers felt that Zhuge Liang's analysis was very reasonable.

Therefore, they were very curious about what kind of reward Zhuge Liang should use to crack Sun Quan's villain and successfully cause Sun Wu's civil strife.

Zhuge Liang did not disappoint the ministers, and the strategy he presented next can be described as amazing.

Zhuge Liang first smiled, and then said to the ministers:

Sun Quan intends to give up Sun Deng, the eldest son, but no matter what, Sun Deng's identity as Sun Quan's eldest son has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Jiangdong.

This is something that Sun Quan cannot erase.

In this case, my court can issue an edict to let Sun Deng succeed Sun Ce as Sun Ce's heir, and let Sun Deng inherit the position of Marquis of Wu. ”

The proposal to make Sun Deng the Marquis of Wu did not surprise the ministers, and Mi Yang had previously proposed a similar suggestion as a countermeasure against Sun Quan in the coming days.

But the move to succeed Sun Deng as Sun Ce's son made the faces of the ministers show joy.

That's a great trick!

As we all know, the founder of Jiangdong Foundation is actually Sun Ce.

In the final analysis, Sun Quan is just the keeper of Jiangdong's foundation.

Under such facts, even if Sun Ce has been dead for many years, it is absolutely impossible for his name to be forgotten by the people of Jiangdong.

Not to mention that before Sun Ce died, he also left a large number of courtiers to Sun Quan.

is the so-called family and country in the world, in a sense, the son of heaven of "Da Wu" is the head of the Sun family.

According to the current etiquette law, Sun Ce's family should inherit the head of the Sun family in legal theory.

In fact, Sun Ce's family should inherit the foundation of "Dawu"!

Of course, Sun Ce has a son alive, so why not make a fuss about him?

On the one hand, the reason is that Sun Shao is not in the hands of the Han Dynasty, and on the other hand, Sun Deng's particularity.

Sun Deng was transformed from Sun Quan's eldest son to Sun Ce's heir.

From this point of view, whether it is the ministers left behind by Sun Ce or the ministers raised by Sun Quan, they will be inclined to make Sun Deng the successor of Jiangdong's foundation.

What is the best way to disrupt a country's internal affairs?

In the world, the position of a country is called "national capital"!

Compared with Sun Deng, even if Sun Wei is in Jiangdong, what qualifications does he have to compete with Sun Deng for the storage position.

And holding the most legitimate heir of "Da Wu" in his hands, the country is uncertain, how can Sun Quan be at ease?

How can the ministers of "Great Wu" be at ease?

However, Zhuge Liang's strategy can have more effects than this.

Thinking about his son and making Lao Tzu rebel is sometimes very easy.

Here, I would like to thank the leader of the Dragon War in the Wild Alliance for his reward~

(End of chapter)