Chapter 108: Public Opinion in Jiangdong
is not the same as what is written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Jiangdong at this time is not a military general who is going to fight, and the civil officials are invited to surrender.
This is just Luo Guanzhong, a literati in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, who was influenced by the era in which he lived, so he made an assumption.
If you have to divide it, it should be said that most of the civil and military generals from Jiangdong families advocated surrender, and most of the civil and military generals from the Huaisi group advocated resisting Cao.
It's just that Chaisang is the chassis of the Jiangdong family in the end, and no matter how the foreign Huaisi Group operates, it can't compare to the influence of the deep-rooted Jiangdong family.
Sun Quan was also trapped here.
He himself wants to fight, otherwise he would not have come to Chaisang, you must know that he used to stay in Wu County, where is his county governance.
Leaving the stable nest and running to Chaisang, who is close to the front line, doesn't this explain Sun Quan's attitude.
But he can't help but consider the feelings of the Jiangdong family, if the Jiangdong family really stumbled behind him when he sent troops to fight against Cao, or directly surrendered to Cao Cao and attacked him on both sides, then he would really be in big trouble.
Therefore, Sun Quan has not expressed his intention to fight Cao Cao in public until now.
The discussion of whether to fight or surrender in the Chaisang bazaar is itself a struggle between the Huaisi Group and the Jiangdong family instructed by Sun Quan to control public opinion, and at present, the Jiangdong family is slightly better.
After Zhuge Liang learned about these public opinions, he made a decision in his heart and understood what kind of rhetoric to use to persuade Sun Quan.
Then, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi didn't do anything, and chose to sit in the pavilion and wait for news from Lu Su.
But Lu Su didn't bring any good news to Zhuge Liang.
After Lu Su returned to Sun Quan, Sun Quan originally planned to summon Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi immediately, but was opposed by a group of civil and military generals.
In the final analysis, it was still the case of war and surrender, and the Jiangdong family and the Huaisi Group quarreled directly in front of Sun Quan.
At this time, of course, Sun Quan had no way to summon Zhuge Liang, and his internal affairs were not resolved, so if he rashly summoned Zhuge Liang, wouldn't it be a joke for outsiders.
Therefore, Sun Quan temporarily shelved the idea of summoning Zhuge Liang and first tried to straighten out these contradictions within his group.
And Sun Quan is a little bottomless in his heart. I just received a letter from Cao Cao, saying that he had brought 800,000 sailors and wanted to "hunt in Jiangxia with the general".
Who believes this!!
Are you looking for me to hunt Liu Bei in Jiangxia, or are you going to pick up the grass and beat rabbits, and I won't be able to see if I clean it up?!
But the problem is that if Cao Cao really has an army of 800,000, he doesn't need to hug the grass, he can directly beat the rabbit, or crushing, and directly serve the rabbit nest.
The entire Jiangdong combined, including the private soldiers of the family, is all mobilized, and it is about 100,000, if Cao Cao really has an army of 800,000. This magnitude difference, Sun Quan really has to think about it.
What's more, now these big families still don't agree to send troops, and what Sun Quan can really control is only 50,000 or 60,000 people.
At this time, Sun Quan was actually very embarrassed in terms of status.
Although Sun Quan is the de facto lord of Jiangdong, in the official face, he is only a general, and he is still sealed by Cao Cao.
The general is a miscellaneous general, and he is not in the stream at all, and he is not at the same level as Liu Bei's General Zuo.
Huiji Taishou is dead, that is, he is on an equal footing with other counties and counties.
Therefore, from an official point of view, Sun Quan did not have the legal qualifications to order Jiangdong to obey orders.
Specific to reality, the counties and counties in Jiangdong are indeed dominated by Sun Quan, but the families in various places still retain a certain degree of wariness against Sun Quan.
After all, when Sun Ce borrowed the power of the Huaisi Group to enter Jiangdong and pacify Jiangdong County, he suppressed and killed the Jiangdong family.
Now that Sun Ce has not died for a few years, the power of the Huaisi Group is still strong, and the Jiangdong family is also afraid that Sun Quan will learn from his brother who killed a thousand knives after a few years of stability, and kill the Jiangdong family again.
Therefore, the Jiangdong family is now obedient to Sun Quan on the surface, and will also send children and nephews to Sun Quan, but the wariness of Sun Quan has not completely dispersed.
Therefore, Sun Quan really can't do anything with this group of wall-grass families for a while, and he can't learn from his fierce brother and turn his face with the Jiangdong family again, right?!
Sun Ce's ending has already told Sun Quan how serious the consequences of turning his face with the family in these years are, if he hadn't been ordered to stabilize the situation in a critical situation, it would be difficult to say whether this Jiangdong is surnamed Sun or not.
Sun Quan was very hesitant, he wanted to resist Cao, he didn't want Jiangdong Foundation to be destroyed in his own hands, and he didn't want to be like Liu Cong, who chose to surrender even though he had the strength to fight.
But the emotions of the Jiangdong family must be taken care of, and the emotions of the Jiangdong family must be stabilized first, so Sun Quan has been pretending to hesitate, in fact, he is dragging time, he is waiting for a key person to come back.
As for Zhuge Liang, let's settle in the pavilion for the time being, anyway, there is no shortage of time for these few days.
Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry, after a general understanding of the current public opinion atmosphere in Chaisang City, he also stayed in the post house with peace of mind, chatting with Zhang Xi and Lu Su who accompanied him, and chatting freely.
It was also at this time that Lu Su thoroughly understood Zhuge Liang's character and knowledge, personality and life, and was deeply impressed by Zhuge Liang.
As for Zhang Xi, Lu Su was also very surprised, this person's understanding of the world's famous generals has exceeded imagination, even if it is Shixie's father and son who are on the border, he can actually understand this is another genius who is good at appreciating characters.
It's also fun to stay with such people and talk about the world and evaluate the heroes of the world.
It's just that this happy day didn't last for a few days, and very suddenly, Zhang Zhao, a famous scholar in Jiangdong, sent someone to the pavilion to pay respects and invite Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to participate in the Jiangdong Cultural Conference presided over by Zhang Zhao.
Lu Su understood after a little thought. This group of people from the Jiangdong family probably didn't get a clear answer from Sun Quan's side for a long time, and they planned to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, get Zhuge Liang first, and it was best to drive people back to Jiangxia directly.
And Zhang Xi's eyes began to glow.
Is this going to "tongue war"?!
Right, right, this is the "tongue battle group Confucian" of the Romance Line, right?!
I feel that this trip to Jiangdong is really not in vain, and I can see such a famous scene.
Of course, Zhang Xi also knows that there is no such thing as a "war of tongues" on the historical line.
Jiangdong decided to resist Cao, it was Zhuge Liang who helped Sun Quan settle the political account, Zhou Yu helped Sun Quan settle the military account, and Sun Quan himself made up his mind to resist Cao This is Sun Quan's shining point, which has nothing to do with outsiders.
But. What if the world goes out of the line at this time?!
Otherwise, he Zhang Zhao is full of food, what is Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi invited to participate in the Jiangdong Wen Meeting? !
Can you exchange reading experiences with each other?!
Anyway, Zhang Xi would not think that Zhang Zhao had this kind of idle time, and the families in Jiangdong would not have this kind of idle time.
Moreover, judging from the current public opinion situation in Jiangdong, the Jiangdong family really does not want the Sun-Liu alliance to be reached, and before Sun Quan really summons Zhuge Liang, it is indeed necessary to "communicate" with Zhuge Liang, and it is of course best for him to retreat in the face of difficulties.
Obviously, Lu Su's thoughts are the same as Zhang Xi's, and he also thinks that this Wenhui is not a good thing, and it is obvious that the Jiangdong family wants to embarrass Zhuge Liang.
But this kind of literary meeting that came out on the surface, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but participate. If you don't participate, it means that you are not knowledgeable, and it also means that Zhuge Liang is afraid of the Jiangdong family.
And Zhuge Liang is the identity of Liu Bei's envoy, if he is afraid of the Jiangdong family, what kind of face does he have in front of Sun Quan, what "Sun-Liu Alliance" is in front of Sun Quan? !
Therefore, Zhuge Liang must go to this literary meeting.
Lu Su also knew this, so what he could do was to go with Zhuge Liang, in case the people in Jiangdong were too much, he could still help turn around, so as not to really make Zhuge Liang unable to come to the stage, which would affect the follow-up alliance matters.
As for Zhang Xi, he also has to go, he is the deputy envoy, and he is also on the invitation list.
However, Zhang Xi felt that with Zhuge Liang as the target, he should just go to see the excitement.
On the day of the meeting, Zhang Xi followed Zhuge Liang to Zhang Zhao's other courtyard in Chaisang, where he saw a group of Jiangdong celebrities who were "ready to fight".
At the beginning, it was not so tense, Zhang Zhao still had the bearing of an elder, and took Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to introduce them to the Jiangdong celebrities present.
Yu Tuo, Lu Ji, Yan Ji, Xue Zong, Zhang Wen, Bu Qi, Gu Yong, Luo Tong, Cheng Bing, etc., there are many of these people, all of them.
The four major families in Jiangdong, Gu Lu and Zhang Zhu, except for the Zhu family, who mainly take the route of military generals, the remaining three representatives are all there.
By the way, Zhang Zhao is not a member of the Jiangdong Zhang family, and the head of the Jiangdong Zhang family is Zhang Wen. Zhang Zhao is actually a member of the Huaisi Group.
This is very funny, a person from the Huaisi Group, or even the leader of the literati of the Huaisi Group, led a group of people from Jiangdong families to be the surrender faction. I really don't know what Zhang Zhao thinks.
After introducing each other, they sat down with each other, and then Zhang Zhao began to attack Zhuge Liang.
"Zhao is a person from Jiangdong, and Mr. Jiuwen is high and long, and he is self-controlled; Happy. Is this true? ”
Gotcha, this familiar beginning. Zhang Xi couldn't wait to see Zhuge Liang spray.
Sure enough, Zhuge Liang also replied, "This Liang is a small life." ”
Then, Zhang Zhao began to question Zhuge Liang, saying that Liu Bei could still dominate the world without Zhuge Liang, but with Zhuge Liang, he lost consecutive battles, and Zhuge Liang could not be compared with Guan Zhongleyi at all.
Then Zhuge Liang began to explain, a set of theories that serious illness could not be drastically treated, explained that Liu Bei's rout was for a reason, and then said that he used soldiers, Bowangpo burned Xiahoudun, and Changbanpo defeated the tiger and leopard horseman, in order to maintain his reputation.
Zhang Xi originally listened to it with relish, and was willing to watch this group of Jiangdong people take shame on themselves one by one, but when he looked at it, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something wrong.
In the past, whether I watched the original book or watched the TV series, I always sighed at Zhuge Liang's sharp words here, and many of the words in it are still applicable even in modern society, especially the paragraph of "Gentleman Confucian" and "Villain Confucian", which is really classic.
But now that he was there, Zhang Xi suddenly discovered a problem - shouldn't this group of Jiangdong scribes be stopping the Sun-Liu Alliance?!
Since it is to prevent the Sun-Liu Alliance, the focus should not be on how bad Liu Bei is, not Cao Cao's opponent, or how great Cao Cao is, don't you Liu Bei find death by yourself and drag me Dongwu?!
Why did these people grasp whether Zhuge Liang had the ability to play music and say things from the very beginning? !
After watching the whole process, only Yu Fu and Lu Ji talked a little bit, but they were still gently taken by Zhuge Liang, and they had no chance to use the topic to play on Liu Bei.
So. Is this a literary meeting for the Sun-Liu Alliance, or a literary meeting for Zhuge Liang?!
The people of Jiangdong will not be so boring, they have to be smarter than Zhuge Liang. What's the benefit of winning, the current Zhuge Liang doesn't have much reputation.
If it weren't for Zhuge Liang. So what's the problem?!
Zhang Xi couldn't help but look at Zhang Zhao, who was sitting on the main seat, with a smile on his face at this time, which made people unable to see his thoughts.
It seems to be this guy, who deviated from the topic at the beginning, and was the first to question whether Zhuge Liang had the same talent as Zhong Leyi, right?!
So. What is Zhang Zhao's position?! Is he really a capitulationist?!
(End of chapter)