Chapter 198: Those who govern others eat

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 198: Those who govern others eat

Long Xiang and Lu Su made a plan and decided to rely on Jiangdong openly and secretly seek benefits for Liu Bei. He believed that Zhang Fei should not become famous in Huainan.

This plan has not been discussed with Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei is still kept secret, so Long Xiang used the reason to confuse his opponent and simply used the excuse of Zhang Fei.

Because Zhang Fei and Xu Chu were similar in shape, Long Xiang suggested that during his stay in Huainan, the name of Xu Chu was available to the public.

Zhang Fei did not admire his reputation, but only wanted to fight happily, and had a good impression of Xu Chu, so he agreed readily.

"Yun Qi is flexible in his mind, your idea must be good. In the future, I will call myself Xu Chu when fighting in Huainan."

After hearing this, Long Xiang said happily: "I knew Yide would agree. That's it. You will accompany Ziyang to Junqiu when you look back."

"No problem, don't just stare at Junqiu. Let me attack Lujiang or Jiangdong. Li Shu has turned against him, and Sun Quan doesn't even have the courage to send people to account. It seems that he is a soft boy who has no seeds. He, the lord of Jiangdong, will not be long."

"Haha. Don't worry, don't worry, let's take your time."

Long Xiang smiled and perfunctory Zhang Fei, but he did not agree with Zhang Fei's statement in his heart.

Although Sun Quan's military was awkward, he lived a long life among the princes. The Eastern Wu ruled later destroyed the country in Wei and Shu. Objectively speaking, his political skills were very high.

At this time, Sun Quan was eighteen years old, two years younger than Longxiang, but he had become a prince.

Longxiang joined the army at the age of fifteen, and Sun Quan became the county magistrate at the age of fifteen. The origin and starting point of the two are true portrayals of ordinary people and children of gentry and powerful men in this era.

If Longxiong was not a time traveler, he would most likely have died in a war, and a powerful man with a background like Sun Quan was destined to have the opportunity to remain famous in history.

Sun Quan often migrated when he was young, and in his early years he spent Shouchun County, Jiujiang and Shu County, Lujiang. At the age of nine, he lost his father and moved to Jiangdu County, Guangling, Qua County, Wujun, Liyang County, Jiujiang, and Fuling County, Jiujiang.

When Sun Jian went out to fight, Sun Quan was worried when he was young; Sun Ce was fighting everywhere for Yuan Shu, and the young Sun Quan was always worried. He lived in Qu'a Wujing, and was worried that Liu Yao would come to harm him.

The unstable experience in his early years made Sun Quan lack a sense of security and suspicious personality in the future.

If he does not show off his power, he will seek inward. Sun Quan is not good at martial arts and focuses on practicing political means.

In recent years, Sun Quan has been fighting with Sun Ce, and Sun Quan is unwilling to lead the way like his elder brother, so he lacks the personal charm of his father and brother fighting alone.

Until Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan failed to establish prestige in the army.

In view of this, when Sun Ce was entrusted to his orphan on his deathbed, Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu and other lieutenant generals unanimously supported the third son Sun Yi to succeed the throne. In the end, Sun Ce chose Sun Quan against the opposition.

Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong by killing. Before his death, he finally realized that killing would backfire. Choosing Sun Yi to take over is easy to follow his footsteps. Instead, Sun Quan, who knows how to restrain himself, may be able to protect the Sun family's foundation.

‘If you raise the people of Jiangdong, you will make a decision between the two formations and compete with the world, you will be inferior to me. If you choose the wise and capable, you will do your best to protect Jiangdong, you will be inferior to you.’

Sun Quan received Sun Ce's death review and was supported by Zhang Zhao, the important official entrusted to succeed him, but the handover of rights was not smooth.

Zhang Zhao was able to temporarily suppress civil officials and military generals, but he could not resist the opposition of the Sun clan.

Sun Ce was the prefect of Kuaiji during his lifetime. Sun Quan should have taken over this position as a result. At that time, Sun Quan and his mother, brother and sister-in-law were mourning in Wu County. Sun Yang, a cousin who was stationed in Wucheng (the eldest son of Sun Jian's younger brother, Sun Jing), was dissatisfied with Sun Quan's control of Jiangdong, so he rectified his troops and wanted to establish himself in Kuaiji.

At that time, Cao Yufan, the Gong of Kuaiji, defended himself with his troops and sternly stopped him. Sun Hao saw that no one responded and retreated sloppyly, which exempted the Sun clan from an internal fight.

In addition, Li Shu, the prefect of Lujiang, acted strangely. Not only did he not send people to Wuxian to mourn, he also took over refugees from Jiangdong. Although he did not publicly rebel against the Sun family, he also showed signs of rebellion;

There were many places in Kuaiji and Danyang, where mountain and chaos broke out. It was obvious that they were also for Sun Quan. They expressed their dissatisfaction with their practical actions.

When Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, he was mourning. He temporarily chose to ignore those open and secret oppositions. Before he took the military and political power firmly, he could not and dared not move around at will.

Sun Quan's "weak" ruling style is different from Sun Ce's decisive style.

There have always been doubts in the military and political circles. In the end, Zhou Yu left the garrison without permission to lead troops to attend the funeral, and used the army to separate half of the auxiliary power that did not belong to him in Zhang Zhao's hands, which stabilized the situation in Jiangdong.

In late May, Sun Quan sat in Sun Ce’s mourning hall.

His eyes looked dull on the surface, but in fact he never stopped thinking for a moment.

Although Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu stabilized the situation in Jiangdong, Sun Quan's authority could not be established without dealing with the rebels, and the two of them could not always guard themselves.

Sun Quan sent his confidants to investigate and secretly these days, and found that whether it was Li Shu, the prefect of Lujiang, or the Shanyue bandits who were in chaos in Kuaiji and Danyang counties, they were all related to the local gentry and powerful people in Jiangdong.

These people hid in the dark and provoked trouble because they were dissatisfied with the Sun's rule in Jiangdong.

He continued to kill like Sun Ce, and could only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Sun Quan did not want to bring the Sun family into the abyss. He recently read "Mencius" and gained something.

As the saying goes, "Those who govern others eat others, and those who govern others eat others." Since you are the one who governs others now, why not let those who are governed oppose each other? Let them fight each other, and they will not threaten those who govern others. The two words "check and balance" are particularly valued by Sun Quan.

Sun Quan thought of the court from the rebels, Zhang Zhao, who had originally entrusted the orphans to assist in the administration, and Zhou Yu, who was forcibly involved, left the power. The two had their own supporters and reached an incredible balance.

While contemplating, a noise suddenly came from my ears, and someone sang loudly outside the hall.

"Hefei Lusu, come and pay condolences."

"This guy is so brave."

As soon as the sound of the singing fell, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others stood up in the mourning hall. They seemed to have flames burning in their eyes, thinking that Lu Su was coming to humiliate Jiangdong.

After all, Sun Ce suffered a loss in Hefei last year, and Han Dang took two flying stones.

"Don't be reckless."

Zhang Zhao originally reached out to stop him, but these veterans didn't listen at all. He looked at Sun Quan, as if saying that they were so rude, and the lord didn't hurry up and stop him? Establish his authority.

Sun Quan frowned and did not speak, and was surprised by Lu Su's condolences.

Jiangdong and Hefei had an unhappy relationship. He didn't know if this was Lu Su's own meaning, or if Long Xiang sent him to do something, or if Zhou Yu deliberately invited him to establish his authority?

Originally, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others were in a fierce manner. When they saw Lu Su and Zhou Yu joining into the mourning hall, the momentum of these people instantly weakened.

Zhou Yu brought Lu Su to Sun Quan and introduced with his fists:

"Lord, this is Lu Su and Lu Zijing. He came to pay tribute to Bo Fu on the order of Long Xiang of Hefei."

"General Sun's Day" Lu Su bowed.

"I have learned the name of Mr. I have long appreciated the feelings of Long Hefei."

Sun Quan nodded slightly and then turned to Zhang Zhao to instruct: "Zi Jingyuan comes to pay his best efforts. Zibu and him should have met him in Hefei, so you will be fully welcomed. Don't be rude."

"only"

"Lord, it's better to let go if you are old friends with Zijing."

"Gongjin is busy with military affairs, so let Zibu share your worries."

"Ah this."

(End of this chapter)
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