Chapter 137: Changes arise

The world is divided into two parts, and the previous Sun-Liu alliance has no meaning to continue to exist.

However, Adou did not intend to break up with Sun Deng. Instead, he sent an envoy to Shouchun, expressing his hope that both sides can live in peace.

For Adou, the war in recent years has consumed a lot of food reserves, and the army has no food and grass to continue to support the army's expedition. More importantly, the mess in Jizhou still has to wait for Adou to clean up.

Now Jizhou has returned to the level of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and it is even worse. Relief of the victims, eradicating bandits and bandits, allowing the people to farm with peace of mind, and restoring productivity is A Dou's primary task. As for starting a war to unify the world, A Dou has not yet considered it.

At the same time, if you want to defeat the Eastern Wu, you must first defeat the Eastern Wu Navy. Cao Cao's 830,000 army was defeated by the Red Cliff. Looking at the late Three Kingdoms, after the demise of Shu Han, the Cao family and Sima family attacked the Eastern Wu several times, but they were all lost on the Yangtze River. After the demise of Shu Han, the Eastern Wu had to withstand nearly twenty years, and they rely on the navy to defend the Yangtze River. Without a powerful navy, there is no need to talk about attacking the Eastern Wu.

It may take a year to establish a strong army, but it only takes three to five years to establish a strong naval army. Therefore, while killing Gongsun Yuan, Adou also began to plan to establish a naval army.

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Both sides spent seven years in peace.

It is said to be calm, but it is not too calm. There is also a small friction between the two sides, but they are still relatively restrained and there is no large-scale war.

During these seven years, Sima Yi was still on the front line of Qingzhou and led a large army to threaten Yanzhou and Hebei. However, because of his old age, Lu Dai returned home with illness, and the governor of Jingzhou became Sun Shao.

In the Han Dynasty, Wang Ping, who was good at defense, was in charge of Yingchuan, facing the pressure of the Jingzhou Corps of the Eastern Wu, while Guo Huai was in charge of Yanzhou, directly facing Sima Yi in Qingzhou.

Adou moved the capital of the country to Luoyang. After all, Luoyang is the center of the world. Although it is a little far away from Bashu, it strengthens its control over the Central Plains.

Both sides seem to be very restrained and the situation is very calm, but everyone knows that there are hidden turmoils in private. Once the war begins, it may be a situation that will last forever.

Finally, in this seventh year of peace, things changed and some people became ill.

There are two people who are sick, and they are all from Eastern Wu, one is Zhuge Jin, the Prime Minister of Eastern Wu, and the other is Sun Deng, the Lord of Wu.

Zhuge Jin is already over 60 years old and is considered to be old. In addition, he is working hard all day long and falling ill is reasonable.

But Sun Deng's illness was a bit surprising. Sun Deng was only in his thirties and was in his prime. It was logical that it was the time for the Spring and Autumn Period to show its strength, but he accidentally fell ill and could not afford to get sick.

Both Sun Deng fell ill and both the officials of the Eastern Wu and the Han Dynasty were very surprised. The only person who felt that the cleaning was probably A Dou. Although A Dou couldn't remember when Sun Deng died, in A Dou's memory, Sun Deng lived to be in his early thirties.

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Shouchun, Zhuge Jin's mansion.

Zhuge Jin has been ill for more than half a year. In the past six months, countless officials have visited Zhuge Jin, and Sun Deng also sent an imperial physician to treat Zhuge Jin. However, Zhuge Jin's condition still did not improve, but instead became worse. Now, most people can see that Zhuge Jin's deadline is approaching.

For more than half a year, Zhuge Ke has been leaving home and serving Zhuge Jin, who is seriously ill, to fulfill his filial piety.

That day, Zhuge Ke walked into Zhuge Jin's room with a bowl of medicine, came to Zhuge Jin's side, and shouted softly: "Father, it's time for you to take medicine."

Zhuge Jin opened his eyes slightly, looked at Zhuge Ke, and then waved his hand gently: "Yuan Xun, take it away. This medicine is very bitter. Now, my father feels uncomfortable when he smells the medicine."

"Father, the good medicine is bitter. Although this medicine is a little bitter, it can cure you. I have also prepared a bowl of honey to help you feed the medicine."

"Yuan Xun, how is my own body? I understand myself. I am almost out of reach. No matter how much medicine I drink, it will be useless." Zhuge Jin said slowly.

"Father, don't say that, you will definitely get better." A little tears appeared in Zhuge Ke's eyes.

Zhuge Jin hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yuan Xun, go and close the door. If you have something to do, you will tell you."

"Yes." Zhuge Ke knew that Zhuge Jin must have something important to say, so he closed the door and came closer to Zhuge Jin again.

"Father, please give me instructions."

"Yuan Xun, I know that you are talented, but you are too stubborn and self-righteous. If you do not promote your family, you will definitely be the Chi family. After your father dies, you must remember that you have no choice but to discuss everything and never be stubborn."

"Your Majesty has been ill for several months. I remember that your uncle Zhuge Liang said in his early years that your Majesty is not longevity, but only appearance. Your uncle is proficient in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams and knows numerology. I didn't care when he said this. Now it seems that what he said is not false, and Your Majesty may not be in the world soon."

"If Your Majesty dies, you must be careful of Sima Yi. If you are leading the army, Lu Boyan and Sima Yi may be comparable, but Sima Yi's scheming is better than Lu Boyan. I expect Lu Boyan will be lost to Sima Yi. If there is any change in my court, you will immediately take your brother to Luoyang to join your uncle, otherwise you may be killed. There are not many people under the command of the Han lord who are proficient in water warfare. If you are like each other, you will definitely be valued and can show your ambitions. Moreover, your uncle Zhuge Liang will also help you for the sake of his father."

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One month later, Zhuge Jin died of illness.

On the day Zhuge Jin's funeral, all the civil and military officials came to worship their filial piety. However, the Lord of Wu, Sun Deng, hesitated and failed to recover and did not come.

Sun Deng has been not in court for several months, and even the memorials were reviewed by Gu Yong, Lu Xun and others. The officials in the court have speculated about Sun Deng's body, and various news is flying all over the sky. The court officials spared no expense to inquire about Sun Deng's condition, but no one got accurate information. Sometimes there was news that Sun Deng had improved, and sometimes there was news that Sun Deng's condition worsened.

Sun Deng is the king of a country, and his condition affects the entire court. In order to keep it a secret, the imperial physician who treated Sun Deng had long been placed in the palace and was not allowed to go out. Besides Queen Zhou, the only one who could get close to Sun Deng was the only one who could get close to Sun Deng.

However, at this time, Huang Hao, who used to be very greedy for money, suddenly became abnormal and did not reveal any news if he could use any amount of gold.

Sun Deng had three sons, all of whom were born to Empress Zhou. The eldest son, Sun Fan, died young, and the second son, Sun Xi, was not very good. The third son, Sun Ying, had just been born. Once Sun Deng died, the ownership of the throne became a big problem.

Sun Deng's sons are all very young. If Sun Deng dies now, he will definitely need a minister of regent. The popular candidates for the minister of regent are just Lu Xun, Sima Yi, Gu Yong, Bu Zhi and others.

There are countless pairs of eyes staring at the Shouchun Palace in Jiangdong. At this time, even if there are only a few words of news in the palace, it will arouse everyone's speculation.

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Lu Xun, Gu Yong and other officials from Jiangdong gathered together again.

"Is there still no news in the palace?" Gu Yong asked with a cold face.

Lu Xun shook his head and said, "No, but the news is so tightly closed, I think Your Majesty may be out of reach."

"Bo Yan, if Your Majesty is really unfortunate, the candidate for this new monarch is indeed to be discussed!" Gu Yong said.

"It's up to be discussed?" Lu Xun was slightly stunned. He has always been a son who inherited his father's business, so why would Gu Yong say it's up to be discussed?

"Boyan, Your Majesty's eldest son died young, the second prince is also sick, the third prince is still in his infancy, and the new king is young, which is not a good thing!" Gu Yong said with a frown.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuchs in foreign relatives took power in turn, which was closely related to the new king's ascension to the throne. Hesitant that the new king was young, the power fell into the hands of the foreign relatives. As the monarch grew older, he gradually realized the importance of power and naturally thought of regaining power. The eunuchs who relied on were naturally the eunuchs around him. Just like when Emperor Ling ascended the throne, the Dong family of the outer relatives was in power. Emperor Ling eliminated the Dong family, and the eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong made a lot of efforts. Therefore, Emperor Ling favored the eunuchs such as Zhang Rang, and then the ten eunuchs who later became the Ten Eunuchs.

Gu Yong is a man with a straightforward character, fair and selfless character, and sincerely considers Eastern Wu, so he does not want to see the newly ascended emperor keep up with the mistakes of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Lu Xun thought about it slightly and understood what Gu Yong meant. With Lu Xun's intelligence, he immediately guessed what Gu Yong wanted to do.

"Duke Yuan Tan, you are not trying to do that Huo Guang's behavior!" Lu Xun asked carefully.

Gu Yong nodded, and then said, "In the past, Huo Guang abolished King Liu He of Changyi and established another Emperor Xuan, and then he had the momentum of revival in the Western Han Dynasty. Now that Liu Chan is eyeing him in the north, our king of Eastern Wu should work hard, otherwise the disaster of the destruction of the country will not be far away!"

"Yuan Tan Gong, I understand what you mean, then do you have the right person in your heart?" Lu Xun asked.

"Sun Shao, the Marquis of Shangyu, has a good character and a generous and kind character. He is also the son of King Huan of Changsha, and can inherit the great throne."

Sun Shao is Sun Ce's son. When Sun Ce died, Sun Shao was still young, so Sun Ce entrusted Jiye to Sun Quan. However, Sun Quan was not as kind as Sun Ce. Not only did he not return Jiye to Sun Shao, but he also idle Sun Shao and did not use it.

Sun Ce has three daughters and married Lu Xun, Gu Yong's son Gu Shao and Zhu Ji, son of Zhu Zhi. Sun Shao is also Lu Xun's brother-in-law.

Gu Yong proposed that Sun Shao ascend the throne, in addition to the accident of Eastern Wu, there was another way to consider his son. If Sun Shao ascends the throne, Gu Shao would become the emperor's brother-in-law, which would also be beneficial to the development of the Gu family in the future.
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