Chapter 546 Birth
In October of the fourth year of Jianxing, Sun Quan's attack on Jiangxia was unsuccessful. Shortly after returning to Wuchang, news came from the north that reinforcements from Luoyang had just arrived in Jiangxia.
After further inquiry, he learned that the so-called ambush by Cao Wei at that time was actually just a thousand county soldiers that Xun Yu had hastily gathered.
At this time, he realized that Wenpin's inability to hold on at that time was probably a sign of insufficient troops. As long as he attacked fiercely, he might not be unable to attack.
Even if they couldn't attack, they could still retreat slowly. Unexpectedly, because of Xun Yu's suspicious tactics, he was so frightened that he quickly led his troops to retreat. Wenpin, who was surrounded in the city, took the opportunity to rush out with his troops and feigned an attack. It turned into a huge defeat, which was really unexpected.
Thinking of this, Sun Quan felt ashamed and angry, but also felt regretful.
Shanyue from Danyang, Kuaiji and Wu counties heard that Sun Quan personally led troops to attack Cao Wei, and thought they had found an opportunity, so they started a rebellion and attacked several counties in the three counties. For a time, the momentum was great.
Sun Quan was still in Wuchang, but he hurried to Jianye to take charge.
In order to facilitate the encirclement and suppression of Shanyue, Sun Quan separated all the dangerous mountainous areas of these three counties into one county, named Dong'an County. At the same time, General Quan Zong of Suinan was appointed as the prefect of Dong'an County to lead his army to quell the rebellion.
Just when Jiangdong was trying its best to quell the chaos, another news came from Wuchang: Han Zong, the son of Han Dang who stayed in Wuchang, did not observe filial piety during the mourning period and had an affair with the maids and concubines of the house. The reputation was extremely bad. bad.
When Sun Quan learned about this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
It was obviously Cao Wei who was in trouble, why was it Jiangdong who was unstable?
Han Dang is a three-generation veteran. He has followed the Sun family in conquering all directions since the time of Sun Jian. He has made outstanding achievements. Han Dang is indispensable for the stability of Jiangdong's foundation.
It is a pity that this old minister died just when Sun Quan was preparing to attack Jiangxia.
Sun Quan then asked his son Han Zong to take charge of his old army, and because he was in mourning, he asked him to stay in Wuchang, and he personally led troops to attack Jiangxia. Unexpectedly, it had only been a few months? Then Han Zong actually did such a thing.
Sun Quan was really shocked and angry, "Are there such beasts in the world that violate human ethics?"
His own defeat at Jiangxia was already a source of discussion. Now that Han Zong has committed such a scandal, the people in Wuchang are criticizing him. How will the world view the kings and ministers of Jiangdong?
There are also repeated rebellions in Shanyue.
Many disobediences made Sun Quan extremely depressed, and the negative emotions in his heart suddenly burst out.
"Come here!" Sun Quan shouted with anger on his face, "Strip Han Zong of his title and imprison him until there is a trial before he is convicted!"
Having just finished the order, the chamberlain came to report again, "Your Majesty, Governor Lu is here to see you."
Hearing that Lu Xun rushed to Jianye from Wu County, Sun Quan knew that he was worried about national affairs because so many things had happened in the past few months, so he hurried over to see him.
At the moment, I had to suppress my anger and said, "Please come quickly."
Lu Xun came in and greeted him first. When he saw Sun Quan's still angry look, he told him that he was worried about the defeat of Xiangyang in Jiangxia and the rebellion in Shanyue.
Then he comforted him and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Xiangyang in Jiangxia was just trying. If he succeeds, it will be an unexpected joy. If he fails, it will lighten Cao Wei's heart. You don't need to take it to heart."
"Now Cao Wei is definitely unable to do anything bad to me in Jiangdong, so he will take advantage of the opportunity to quell the chaos in the mountains and rivers to avoid future troubles."
Sun Quan let out a long sigh and said, "What Bo Yan said makes sense. It's just that I'm not upset about it. I'm angry at someone who is incompetent. Now that you're here at the right time, I just want to ask your opinion."
"Han Zong was promiscuous and unruly during the mourning period, and it was made known to everyone in Wuchang. His character is really disgusting. I want to take away his title and demote him to a commoner. What do you think?"
Sun Quan is the leader of a country after all. After losing his temper, he was able to calm down and take the initiative to bring up the matter.
In terms of trust in his subordinates, the one Sun Quan trusted the most was Lu Xun.
Now that he is coming from Wu County, I just want to ask him his opinion.
Lu Xun was shocked when he heard this. When he returned to Wu County, Han Dang was seriously ill. In order to make his plan go smoothly, he did not go to pay homage to Han Dang when he died of illness.
I thought that when I returned to Wuchang this time, I would go to pay homage to Han Dang’s tomb, but I didn’t expect to hear something like this.
“This Han Zong is so ridiculous?”
Lu Xun frowned.
“Not only is it ridiculous, it is simply a person who has no regard for human ethics!”
Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said.
“Your Majesty, Han Zong is ridiculous, but now is not the time to deal with it.”
Lu Xunjiu and Sun Quan knew that Han Zong was being punished so severely, which meant that he was in trouble.
"General Han is a veteran of three dynasties. He worked hard and achieved great results. Now that his body is still cold, the king wants to take away the title from his descendants. In the eyes of people who don't know better, I'm afraid they will say that the king is a cold person."
“Coupled with the king’s new defeat, this move will be suspected of venting anger. King, those who achieve great things must have a big plan. Why would the king ruin his reputation just for a moment of anger?”
After hearing this, Sun Quan endured it again and again, and then sighed, "That's all! Let's listen to Bo Yan this time. But for Han Zong's matter, even if he cannot be severely punished, he must reflect on it."
"Please ask Boyan to write a decree for Gu, and then send someone to Han Zong's house to reprimand Han Zong for Gu. I will think about it in my own house these days."
"There is chaos in Shanyue. The king now wants to take charge of Jianye. Jingzhou is empty. Although Cao Wei is unable to plot Jingzhou for the time being, it is better to make preparations in advance. Please return to Jingzhou immediately. When passing by Wuchang, I happened to reprimand Han Zong for the king. Does your Majesty think so?"
Lu Xun asked for instructions.
"It would be best if Boyan could reprimand him in person. But I asked you to come back this time so that you can handle the family affairs. I wonder how the family affairs are going now? Did my niece give birth smoothly?"
Hearing Sun Quan ask about this, Lu Xun couldn't help but smile on his face, "I would like to thank you for your concern on behalf of my wife. She just gave birth to a son a month ago."
“Oh? That’s great!”
After hearing this, Sun Quan finally showed joy on his face, "Finally, I heard a happy event."
Lu Xun’s wife, Lu Sun, was Sun Quan’s niece and Sun Ce’s daughter.
Lu Xun’s return to Wu County this time was not completely without reason.
Because Lu Sun was already preparing to give birth at that time, Lu Xun came back also to welcome the birth of his child.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is a good excuse.
Now that Sun Quan heard that the Lu Sun family had given birth to a son for Lu Xun, he understood in his heart. This meant that the relationship between the Sun family and the Jiangdong clan was getting closer. Why wouldn't he be happy?
“Have you ever given a name?”
“When Quanzi was born, the king was leading his army to fight against Cao Wei in the north. Therefore, to show his solidarity with the king, I gave Quanzi the word “resistance”.
Lu Xun replied.
"Lu Kang?" Sun Quan thought for a moment and nodded, "Go north to fight against Wei. Lu Kang is indeed a good name."
Because of the birth of Lu Kang, the palace returned to calm and even felt a little more joyful, but the Han mansion in Wuchang was filled with gloomy clouds.
Although he was only severely reprimanded by the King of Wu and there was no other punishment, Han Zong still felt fear.
Because the person who was reprimanding was Lu Xun, there was almost no difference between this and King Wu coming in person.
What's more, Han Zong knew that the King of Wu seemed to respect the virtuous and courteous people, but he was jealous by nature and ended up killing people.
After Shi Xie's death this year, his son Shi Hui was erratic, which is enough to illustrate his inner ruthlessness.
In case of one day, where he accidentally caused Wu Lord's dissatisfaction, I was afraid that he would not be as easy as you get away as today.
Han Zong is not a good person if he can have fornication with his wife and concubines while observing his filial piety.
Evil people speculate on people's hearts, and they don't have any good intentions. The more they think about it, the more they worry about the future, and finally they become evil.
For a period of time after being reprimanded, Han Zong stayed at home. On the surface, he seemed to be shutting himself up and thinking about his mistakes, but in fact, he secretly ordered his confidants to pretend to be water bandits and bandits, rob business travelers around Wuchang, and ransack villages and towns. .
At the beginning, this kind of behavior was limited to the most trusted cronies, but later it gradually expanded to include others.
In the military system of the Three Kingdoms, in addition to the armies that directly take orders from the imperial court, most of the generals under them also have their own private armies.
Not only were Buqu a private soldier, but the personal freedom of Buqu's family members also belonged to the generals.
It’s just that the three countries have different restrictions on this situation.
The Han Dynasty had the strictest restrictions on tribes. Not only did they strictly control the number of generals' tribes, but they also kept a clear inventory of the tenants of the farms under the generals' names.
Soochow is the most relaxed about tribes. Almost every general has a private tribe, and generally speaking, it is the most elite part of the army under his command.
Cao Wei was special. Although there were restrictions on the number of generals, in fact, generals from aristocratic families could use their privileges, occupy large farms, conceal their population, etc., to mobilize a large private army at any time.
Han Dang was a veteran of three dynasties, so he left Han Zong with a large number of Buqu, about a thousand people. Including Buqu's family members, who were attached to Han Mansion, there were thousands of people.
Han Zong's method of indulgence in Buqu quickly brought Buqu back to his heart and at the same time dragged the relevant officials into the water.
Sun Quan certainly didn’t know what Han Zong was doing secretly.
There were many water bandits in Jiangxia. For example, the former general Gan Ning was a water bandit. Sun Quan didn't pay much attention to the water bandits that suddenly appeared in Jiangxia. He just ordered Han Zong, the prefect of Jiangxia, to eliminate them as soon as possible.
At this moment, Lu Dai, who was far away in Jiaozhou, learned that Sun Quan had defeated Jiangxia, and he quickly wrote a memorial saying that a phoenix appeared in Jiaozhou and Wuzhou.
At the same time, he also sent someone to **** a caravan coming from the sea route, and explained that this caravan came from Daqin (Roman Empire) thousands of miles away.
Finally, he said in the memorial, these two show that this is the image of the world returning to its heart.
Finally, a secret memorial was attached, just as Lu Xun had done before, in which he persuaded Sun Quan to ascend the throne.
Sun Quan naturally would not agree to ascend the throne at this time. After all, he had just lost face once before and there was still an ongoing rebellion.
However, he asked people to spread the news that the phoenix appeared just after Jiaozhou was pacified.
At the same time, he personally met with Qin Lun, the leader of Da Qin's caravan in Jianye, and was very interested in asking about Da Qin's folk customs.
When he heard that Qin Lun had seen a huge island on the sea not far from Jiaozhi, his heart moved: Qin Shihuang begged for the fairyland on the sea, but unfortunately in the end it was in vain.
Now I am the best in the world in Jiangdong's fleet, many times more powerful than when I was the first emperor. He can't find it, what if I can find it?
This thought together can never go away.
Wu failed to attack Wei, and Shanyue rebelled again, so he turned back and reorganized his rear.
When Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, heard the news about Wu, he looked up to the sky and sighed.
“Why are you sighing?”
Huang Yueying kicked him dissatisfiedly as she lay on the couch, stood up and snatched the baby from his arms, looking down at her son who was sleeping with his eyes closed, "I gave you a son, are you not satisfied?"
"Satisfied, satisfied!" Zhuge Liang knew that he was distracted and quickly coaxed, "Thank you for your hard work, madam!"
Huang Yueying felt very satisfied when she looked at her pink and tender son sleeping with his eyes closed in her arms.
Over the years, although no one dared to say it to her face, she also knew that there were countless people gossiping behind her back.
Now that I have given birth to a big fat boy in one breath, if I say I am not proud, that would be a lie.
But as soon as she saw the frowning face of the guy in front of her, Huang Yueying lost most of her sense of accomplishment and felt angry, so she just lowered her head to tease her son, not bothering to look at the look of the burly prime minister.
Zhuge Liang coughed and said, "Xi Jun, that boy sent news from Yuexun, saying that if he could restore the water drainage system made by the poems of the Later Han Dynasty and Du Dynasty, he would try to find a way to connect it to the bellows..."
As soon as Huang Yueying heard this, she grabbed the buckwheat pillow beside her and threw it at it. She cursed, "I just gave birth to a child. She is very weak. You, Alang, do you think I have rested too much?"
“That **** is not sensible, and you, as the prime minister, are also ignorant? If you take someone and use it to death, maybe you think I have lived too long, and you will tire me out earlier, so you can pamper someone new?”
Huang Yueying's long-cherished wish came true, and it was the moment of triumph and joy. If she hadn't been able to keep her composure, she would have been thinking about how to show off when she could show up.
Unexpectedly, the Han Prime Minister not only sighed in front of her, but was absent-minded in holding the child, and even talked about business with a woman like her in the delivery room.
Talk! male! thing!
Absolutely bastard!
It’s okay if you don’t praise me. Do you think this child is not your biological child? !
The Prime Minister’s wife just deliberately lowered her head to look at the child, not to look at the wretched look of the Han Prime Minister, but she was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Unexpectedly, this man really didn't wink at all, and he was still nagging in front of her. The implicit meaning behind his words was that he wanted her to study those laborious things again as soon as possible.
Bah!
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was caught off guard and felt a black shadow fly in front of his eyes, and then his eyes were filled with gold stars.
Huang Yueying looked at the pillow that fell to the ground, and her heart became even more angry. "Even that **** knows how to send this pillow over and fill it with some medicine so that I can sleep more peacefully."
"It's good for you, Alang. When I was pregnant, I was dealing with government affairs every day. I never asked how I was doing. Now that the child has been born for so long, he hasn't even been given a name. Zhuge Kongming, you really don't want the child. ?”
Hong Kong Yueying, who has just given birth, has a bad temper and is even a little unreasonable.
Even a man like the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty would not dare to provoke him lightly.
Although he was caught off guard by Huang Yueying's sudden temper, Zhuge Liang was the prime minister after all. He immediately remembered that this situation had been mentioned in the secret method of the master's sect given by Feng Yong.
After giving birth, many women will have erratic moods. The most common ones are depression and depression, often losing their temper over trivial matters, and the relationship with their family members will deteriorate.
If it cannot be adjusted and allowed to develop, it will not only be harmful to the woman, but also to the children.
Now it seems that the same is true for Xijun.
Thinking of this, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty knew that he owed a lot to Xijun. At that moment, he had to swallow his breath, picked up the pillow, and coaxed, "Xijun is worried too much. This child is our first child. What can I do?" Do you want it?"
“I haven’t even given it a name yet!”
Huang Yueying sneered.
“I had thought about it a long time ago, so I chose the word Zhan. Zhan means to look at things from a high place. I hope that he will be able to see things from a high perspective in the future. What do you think, Mr. Xi?”
“Zhuge Zhan?”
"right."
(End of this chapter)