Zhang Wen and Deng Zhi bid farewell to Liu Chan and Kong Ming, and came to the east of Jiangdong.

Sun Quan thought that Zhang Wen was on a mission to Xichuan, and news should have been sent back soon.

Who knows that more than half a month has passed and there is no news?

Zhang Wen did this far worse than Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin went on a mission to Xichuan several times, and sent people to report back every day to let Sun Quan know the progress and change of things, and was very at ease.

Even the honest and honest Lu Su went to Jiangxia to meet Liu Bei, and the next day, news came.

Now that Zhang Wen is on a mission to Xichuan, he has not replied for half a month. Regardless of whether the mission is successful or not, Sun Quan is already very unhappy, so he summoned a group of civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

There are many masters from the Eastern Wu. They knew that the Wu Kingdom formed an alliance with Shu Han and it was first sent by Shu Han and proposed it. It was also the general trend, and accidents would never happen.

When they saw Sun Quan gathering to discuss this, they were worried about the ups and downs of the alliance with Shu Han, but in fact, this was distrust of Zhang Wen.

But Zhang Wen is now taking on the heavy responsibility, and the success of the alliance is a foregone conclusion. It is difficult for officials to talk about him, especially to say bad things about him behind his back.

So, if someone wanted to confirm their ideas, he would use the opportunity to beat the rabbit and choose Shangshu Cao and Yan to talk about the matter with Zhang Wen.

Ji Yan is an official recommended by Zhang Wen. The two have similar ruling philosophies.

At the beginning, Ji Yan chose Cao Lang. Because in the two major wars, he implemented personnel system reforms and provided a lot of soldiers to the front line, he was promoted to Cao Shangshu by Sun Quan.

The personnel system reform implemented by Ji Yan can be said to have offended the entire Jiangdong family. Although Sun Quan supported it, many people still wrote letters to impeach Ji Yan.

Zhang Wen has always been supportive, and Sun Quan also wanted to use Ji Yan's hand to suppress the aristocratic families. In addition, the war was busy, so all these things were suppressed.

Now someone has re-introduced the old story. Sun Quan was deliberately moved, but he has not expressed his attitude yet. Suddenly, a close minister came in to report:

"Shu Han sent Deng Zhi as an envoy and joined Zhang Wen to the country to answer the ceremony."

Since Zhang Wen returned in triumph, Sun Quan naturally put the issue aside today and ordered Zhang Wen to be summoned first.

After Zhang Wen came in, he bowed to the palace and reported on his journey in court.

Zhang Wen's alliance was successful this time, and it was an alliance with Shu Han, establishing the general trend of Eastern Wu and Wei, Shu Han's three-way match. He was still a little proud.

He strongly praised Liu Chan and Kong Ming for their virtues and politics, and presented the letter of the country that Shu Han would always form a alliance.

Then, Zhang Wen introduced Deng Shangshu who came to answer the ceremony to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan attached great importance to Deng Zhi, and immediately met Deng Zhi again and held a state banquet to entertain him.

During the meal, after three rounds of wine, Sun Quan also drank the soju sold by the Ma family. After getting drunk, he asked Deng Zhi:

"If Wu and Shu are united in destroying Wei, and the world is peaceful and the two rulers are divided, wouldn't it be a pleasure?"

Deng Zhi was stunned at first, then replied very seriously:

"There is no two days in heaven, and there are no two kings in the people. If you have destroyed Wei, you have not known who the destiny of heaven will be. But those who are kings will cultivate their virtues; those who are ministers will fulfill their loyalty: then the war will be stopped."

Deng Zhi's words clearly showed his attitude, that is, to destroy the Wei Kingdom that usurped the Han Dynasty first, and then Shu Han and Eastern Wu competed for the world.

In fact, Sun Quan actually thought so, but it was hard to say it out. He said that he knew Deng Zhi but was not taboo, and laughed:

"Your sincerity is so true!"

Sun Quan was very satisfied with Deng Zhi's attitude and gave Deng Zhi a generous gift to Shu.

Sun Quan knew that as long as the Wei Kingdom was not destroyed, Wu and Shu would have to join forces, and both sides had dangers to defend. Now Li Yan was in Kui Pass, and it was difficult for Eastern Wu to enter Sichuan to ascend to the sky, so he would be sincere and the two countries would be in harmony.

Sun Quan attacked Jiangling with confidence, but the reason was reasonable.

Because Jiangling was always borrowed by Liu Bei, Liu Bei once promised to return it if he obtained Xichuan.

Later, Sun Quan regarded Jiangling as Sun Shangxiang's dowry. Sun Shangxiang had already returned to Jiangdong. It was natural for Sun Quan to take back Jiangling.

What Sun Quan did was to form an alliance with Cao Cao secretly, which was the biggest excuse for Liu Bei's expedition in the east.

Zhang Wen's mission to Shu Han was a complete success. If he reported to Sun Quan truthfully, he would naturally be a meritorious minister, and it would be easy to get rid of the promotion and wealth.

But in fact, he had already bought the root of the disaster because he not only did not report the progress of the negotiations with Shu Han in a timely manner, but also hid some important details.

After Sun Quan learned the entire story from the spy, he had the idea of ​​dealing with Zhang Wen.

On the one hand, Sun Quan thought that he praised the monarch and ministers of Shu Han when he was on a mission to Shu Han, and he also felt that his reputation was too high, so he was afraid that Zhang Wen would not be loyal to him.

Especially compared with Deng Zhi, Zhang Wen's loyalty is obviously inferior to Deng Zhi.

Sun Quan would never tolerate betrayal of himself, even if there were signs, and he had to be strangled in the cradle.

But Zhang Wen had just made great contributions and now he is taking action against him, which is suspected of killing the donkey. The food is a bit ugly.

Sun Quan did not want his subordinates to be disheartened by him, so he decided to postpone the removal of Zhang Wen.

But it is still necessary to release information that is dissatisfied with Zhang Wen, so naturally someone submits a letter to impeach him.

After careful consideration, Sun Quan decided to let him leave the government and deal with it coldly for a period of time.

But it took some effort to arrange Zhang Wen. In the end, Sun Quan transferred Zhang Wen to Yuzhang's military training on the grounds that Zhang Wen's position was the auxiliary general of Yi Zhonglang.

Speaking, it was to enrich Zhang Wen's qualifications, allowing him to make contributions when resisting Cao Pi's attack, and then reuse him.

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Cao Pi defeated Shu in five ways and returned in vain. His ambitions and bold words became a joke, and he felt very unhappy!

Bu Dugen and Meng Huo retreated one after another, and Cao Pi was deeply disappointed, but after all, they were all vassals and were not his subordinates. Even if they were perfunctory, Cao Pi could not do anything to them.

Of course, he would not be stupid enough to get into evil with them. He would naturally fulfill his promise first and give them certain benefits, and would need to cooperate in the future.

But their failure is not worthless. At least it can make Cao Pi take the blame for the reason for this failure.

The civil and military officials of Wei State could see clearly, so naturally no one dared to question Cao Pi's remarks, but they did not agree with all the blame on Bu Dugen and Meng Huo.

Cao Zhen is a genius of the Cao clan and is deeply trusted by Cao Pi. As the main force of this expedition, he fought with Zhao Zilong several times at Yangping Pass, and was the best-performing army and has been commended by Cao Pi.

Naturally, the ministers cannot accuse Cao Zhen of this. This is a blatant opposition to Cao Pi, which is tantamount to seeking death!

The army that went to war this time, including Meng Da from Shangyong, was still OK to use him to make a fuss.
Chapter completed!