Chapter 837: The Matter of the Prince of the Sun Family
Soochow.
Wuchang.
Go to the gate of the General's Mansion. Normally no one dares to ride a horse here.
Even if the prince Sun Deng, who was staying in Wuchang, passed by the gate of the general's mansion, he would have to dismount.
After Sun Quan became emperor, he moved the capital to Jianye, leaving Prince Sun Deng and other clan princes to stay in Wuchang.
At the same time, Lu Xun was recruited from Nanjun to Wuchang to manage palace affairs and entrusted the prince to him.
Therefore, from the prince up to the prince's family members, Lu Xun had the power to supervise everyone.
Today, some people broke this rule.
A fast horse rushed to the door of the General's Mansion. Before the horse could stop, the knight had already dismounted: "Urgent report!"
The guards guarding the door of the Grand General's Mansion had long seen the flag of command carried by the other party, and quickly stepped forward to support the knight, while someone else took over the horse.
Lu Xun heard that there was an urgent report and hurriedly came to the vestibule.
“Come up, General, there is an urgent report from Jiangling!”
Even though the hot summer has not yet arrived, Qi Chuan was still sweating profusely and loudly reported to Lu Xun.
Lu Xun took the urgent message from Qi Chuan, checked the sealing mud, and found that there was nothing unusual, so he was helped by Qi Chuan to rest.
He opened the mud seal and took out the silk cloth inside. After scanning it hastily, his expression suddenly changed at first, and then showed a look that was indeed the case.
After he sat down, he read it again carefully from beginning to end. Finally, he pondered for a while, and the look on his face actually became a little gloomy.
Suddenly, Lu Xun shouted loudly:
“Come here!”
“Come up, General, what are your orders?”
“Immediately sent someone to the palace, saying that I had something urgent and wanted to see the prince.”
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After giving the instructions, Lu Xun immediately asked someone to prepare a car and hurried to the palace.
By the time he arrived at the entrance of the palace, Prince Sun Deng had already been waiting there in person.
“I have met His Highness.”
“You should not be treated with such great courtesy as a general, so please go to the general.”
Sun Deng quickly returned the courtesy, led Lu Xun to the East Palace, invited Lu Xun to sit down, and then asked:
"The general said he has something urgent to see me for? But I don't know what it is?"
“Your Highness, please take a look.”
Lu Xun handed over the urgent message from Jiangling.
Sun Deng took it over and looked at it with some doubts, with a happy face on his face:
"It's great that Cao's thieves invaded Han this time and were defeated miserably. It seems that God is going to destroy the thieves!"
Lu Xun’s face twitched.
…This prince of our great Wu Kingdom is truly a benevolent king!
"This...this...this Feng Yong is actually so great?"
After seeing clearly that Feng Yong defeated Cao Zhen's 100,000 troops with 20,000 men, Sun Deng's expression finally changed.
Although Feng Yong’s reputation is not small, Cao Zhen is the number one in Cao’s bandit army!
What's more, Feng Yong's retreat was cut off, and Cao Zhen waited for work and occupied the favorable location in advance.
“Is this battle comparable to the Battle of Chibi?”
Sun Deng was so shocked that he blurted out.
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Sun Deng realized that he had made a mistake and subconsciously glanced at the palace attendants waiting on his left and right.
I saw that all the people in the palace lowered their eyes and bowed their heads. They looked very respectful and seemed to have heard nothing.
But Sun Deng knew that what he just said would be delivered to His Majesty's desk within a few days.
Sun Deng secretly regretted: It would have been better to get rid of these people first because of important military matters.
Lu Xun didn’t think so much. He just shook his head and said:
"How can the battle of Xiaoguan be compared with the battle with Cao Cao in Chibi when His Majesty personally led the army? Who is Cao Cao? Who is Cao Zhen?"
Sun Deng hurriedly said: "That's right, that's right, I made a mistake!"
"But compared to the battle of Yiling, it is much more dangerous. Feng Yong is a person who should not be underestimated."
Lu Xun didn't care about his own face and generously believed that the battle of Yiling was not as good as the battle of Xiaoguan.
“When I was in Jiangling, I paid a lot of attention to this person. When I heard that this person was in Zhuge Liang’s campaign in Nanzhong, he had many suggestions.”
“According to Zhang Huishu (Zhang Wen), this man contributed Quyuan plow, eight-oxen plow and other things, so that Shu could have a large harvest year after year, and he controlled the Yue people and made the Yi people subdue.”
“During Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expedition, he fought against the famous Wei general Zhang He again at Jieting, and now he defeated Cao Zhen at Xiaoguan.”
“In fact, he is a man who is good at herdsmen and military affairs, and is well-equipped in civil, political and military affairs.”
Hearing that his superior general spoke so highly of Feng Yong, Sun Deng looked a little unnatural on his face.
No one else, because as soon as Sun Deng heard the name Feng Yong, he would immediately think of the tiger girl of the Guan family who wanted to marry him but couldn't.
The daughter of the Guan family would rather marry Feng Yong than marry herself. Doesn’t that mean that in her eyes, she is inferior to Feng Yong?
It is precisely because of this lingering thought that when he heard an envoy from Shu praising Feng Yong last time, Sun Deng recommended Zhuge Ke, a guest in the East Palace, to Sun Quan afterwards.
In fact, I have a mentality in my heart:
If Zhuge Ke can really make a contribution, it will be enough to prove that Feng Yong is just a person who can only be compared with his own guests, and is not qualified to compare with himself.
It's just that your Majesty initially asked Zhuge Ke to take charge of the food supply in the army. Later, the Prime Minister of Shu heard this and wrote a letter to persuade your Majesty.
He said that Zhuge Ke was careless by nature and was not suitable to take care of grain matters, so His Majesty asked Zhuge Ke to lead the army.
It can be said that as a prince, the weight of his words is not as good as that of the prime minister of Shu.
But this was the case, and Zhuge Ke had the opportunity to speak up and argue that he could lead his troops and settle in Shanyue in Danyang Mountain.
He also promised His Majesty that in three years, at least 40,000 soldiers could be recruited.
In the past, the imperial court had not conquered Danyang Shanyue, but Danyang had a dangerous terrain and was adjacent to the four counties of Wu, Kuaiji, Xindu and Poyang. It traveled thousands of miles and had thousands of valleys.
Furthermore, copper and iron are produced in the mountains, and the people of the country forge their own armor and soldiers. Their customs are fond of martial arts, and they are noble in strength.
The imperial court repeatedly sent troops to conquer the caves to find the caves. When the people fought in the mountains, swarms came and birds fled when they were defeated, so the imperial court often returned without success.
Zhuge Ke promised that it would be decided in three years, but all the ministers in the court thought that they were just young and ignorant and did not know the importance of the matter. They were afraid that it would waste people and money again, so the matter was never decided.
Sun Deng was stimulated by the news of Feng Yong's victory over Cao Zhen at this time, and his thoughts were suddenly disturbed.
Originally, he was thinking that if Zhuge Ke could pacify Shanyue and solve the long-standing headache of the court, he would also be able to recruit 40,000 Shanyue soldiers.
That would be enough to compare with Feng Yongnan’s conquest of Nanzhong.
With Zhuge Ke's talent, he will definitely be able to achieve military success again. If the Shu envoy dares to praise Feng Yong in Wu Kingdom again, Zhuge Ke will be able to do it.
And Zhuge Ke was originally a guest of the prince, and at the same time he was personally recommended by the prince. As the prince, he would be able to overwhelm Feng Yong.
But he was afraid that Zhuge Ke was just exaggerating as the officials said, so he kept hesitating.
Unexpectedly, before he could make up his mind, Feng Yong would become a famous general in the world.
At this thought, Sun Deng suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart: Is the tiger girl of the Guan family really discerning?
Lu Xun naturally didn't know that Sun Deng was sitting there blankly, thinking about so many things in the short time he spoke.
At this time, he was actually a little worried:
"Your Highness, when Zhuge Liang entered Hanzhong, I expected that he would attack Wei. I once told Your Majesty that the Shu Kingdom is weak and the people are tired. If they entangle with Wei thieves in Yongliang, they will definitely be unable to make a decision for a long time."
"At that time, it will only further weaken the power of Shu, and the Shu people will have to seek further help from Wu."
At this point, Lu Xun sighed, "I just didn't expect that Zhuge Liang was good at governing Shu and Feng Yong was brave and good at fighting, so he actually allowed the Shu people to attack Longyou."
After Zhang Wen returned to Wu from his mission to Shu, he once spoke highly of the beauty of Shu's government. His Majesty was displeased when he heard this and dismissed him because of the Ji Yan incident.
Now that I think about it, Zhang Wen’s words are indeed true.
Otherwise, how could the Shu State be able to recover in just a few years, and even become more powerful than before and capture Longyou from the Wei people.
Hearing about the Battle of Longyou, Feng Yong first led the army to attack Longguan, and then returned to the army to fight at the street guarding pavilion, where he made his first contribution. He was said to be brave and good at fighting, so he must be good.
"I think that after Zhuge Liang, Feng Yong will become a pillar of Shu people. He is about the same age as your highness. I am afraid that I will rarely have to deal with this person in the future. Your highness should pay more attention to this person."
When Sun Deng heard this, he quickly responded:
"To be honest, General, I have actually been paying attention to this person for a long time! This person is only two years older than me, and he has achieved such achievements, which is really eye-catching."
"I think Jiangdong is a place where many talents come from. Is it possible that no one can compare with my achievements? Therefore, I recommended Zhuge Yuanxun to Your Majesty before, just to see if I can pick out someone with outstanding talents, so as to avoid that. The people of Shu are more powerful than the people of Wu."
When Lu Xun heard this, he also thought of Zhuge Ke's words about pacifying Danyang Mountain in the third year.
He did not want to say much on the matter.
After all, he and Zhuge Jin were on good terms, and the two had cooperated in Jingzhou for many years. Zhuge Jin was not optimistic about Zhuge Ke's move, and even said to himself that Zhuge Ke was not a person who built a family, but a person who brought disaster to the family.
Zhuge Jin had this intention, so how could Lu Xun get involved?
It's just that after the Shu people obtained Longyou, and now they have to fight through Xiaoguan, Liangzhou will probably be in Shu's mouth.
I heard that the Nanzhong barbarians called Feng Yong the Ghost King, and I heard that most of the Longyou Hu people respectfully called Feng Master. They were also very good at subduing the barbarians.
If Wu can't defeat the Wei thieves outside the country and can't conquer the mountains at home, I'm afraid that as the prince said, he will be overpowered by the Shu people.
After the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei wrote to himself, promising to go eastward again, but he not only pushed him back, but also persuaded him to be on good terms with the state of Wu.
Liu Bei finally had to follow.
It was because the state of Wu overwhelmed the Shu people at that time.
Another example is that Your Majesty ascended the throne for the first time and sent people to Shu to advise the people of Shu to recognize the two emperors standing side by side.
Zhuge Liang also suppressed the criticism and personally sent people to congratulate him. This was also because the Shu people still had requests from Wu, so they had to do this.
If one day, the people of Shu are superior to the state of Wu, I'm afraid they may not have the same attitude as now.
Now that Shu is becoming more and more powerful, this is actually forcing Wu to move forward and not fall behind.
Thinking of this, Lu Xun finally nodded and said:
"Your Highness is really interested. Zhuge Ke is truly outstanding in talent. His eloquent words will definitely lead to success. If not, just believe him once."
“This time I want to go back to Jianye to meet with His Majesty in person, so I can mention this matter then.”
Sun Deng was immediately overjoyed: "Your Majesty will definitely agree to the general's advice."
Seeing Sun Deng so happy, Lu Xun couldn't help but ask:
"Your Highness first recommended Zhuge Ke, but now everyone in the court does not believe Zhuge Ke's words, and Your Highness believes that he can accomplish things, so why?"
Sun Deng said calmly: "I have known Yuan Xun for a long time, and I know how talented he is. Since I recommend him, I will definitely trust him."
"After the Battle of Longyou, I also asked many envoys from the Shu Kingdom. I learned that it was Feng Yong who took the initiative to attack Longguan. How could Zhuge Kongming know that he would succeed? It's just that once he used it, he believed in it. !”
When Lu Xun heard this, his face was full of joy: "Your Majesty, your Majesty should behave like your Majesty. In the battle between Chibi and Yiling, your Majesty also trusted Zhou Gongjin and Wei Chen, so that they could achieve great success later."
"When I go back this time, I will tell your Majesty your Highness's virtues, so that Your Majesty will not worry about Your Highness."
It's a good thing that Lu Xun didn't mention this. When he mentioned this, Sun Deng remembered that he had been away from His Majesty for more than two years and had not seen him during this period. A look of sadness appeared on his face:
"I haven't seen my father for a long time, and I miss him so much. It would be unfilial for me not to serve him by his side."
“After the general returns, please say hello to my father for me and ask him to take good care of himself.”
As he spoke, he choked up a little:
"I remember that I used to play with my third brother in the palace. I wonder how he is doing now? Recently he sent a message from Jianye, saying he wanted to see me."
The third brother Sun Deng mentioned was Sun He, whose biological mother was Mrs. Wang, who was the most favored concubine of Sun Quan besides Bu Lianshi.
Sun He was deeply loved by Sun Quan because of his mother's high status.
After Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye, all the princes and princes stayed in Wuchang. Because Sun He was young, Sun Quan also took him to Jianye.
Comparatively, because Sun Deng’s biological mother was of too lowly origin, she was first transferred to the royal wife, Mrs. Xu, to raise her.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu was dismissed by Sun Quan because of her jealous nature and sent her back to Wu County to live.
So when it comes to family background, Sun Deng’s biological mother or adoptive mother is not as noble as Sun He’s biological mother, Mrs. Wang.
It is precisely for these reasons that although Sun Deng is the eldest brother, he actually treats Sun He with brotherly courtesy, so Sun He is also close to Sun Deng.
Lu Xun felt a little emotional when he saw Sun Deng's sad face and heard his words.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he remembered that this was His Majesty's arrangement, so he could only shut up.
Sun Deng wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "Although I am older than the third brother, my status is far less noble than the third brother, so I always treat him with brotherly courtesy."
“It is also appropriate for an elder brother to succeed a younger brother as the crown prince. Also, the third younger brother is smart and smart. I think he will be able to take on big responsibilities in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Xun shouted:
"Your Highness, be careful what you say! Your Majesty asked Your Highness to guard Wuchang and select soldiers to assist Your Highness. It is because of state affairs. How can Your Highness say these words?"
Sun Deng was frightened when he saw Lu Xun's stern expression. He quickly stood up and thanked:
“I was rude!”
Lu Xun sighed and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured. When I return to Jianye this time, I will definitely discuss with the Prime Minister and work out a plan for the affairs of the princes."
“After all, the prince is away from home all the time, so it’s not an option…”
Sun Deng was overjoyed when he heard this:
"I am a great general. My second brother has grown up now. He has been living in Wuchang with nothing to do. I am afraid I have missed him!"
“Your Highness’s respectful and respectful heart is rare!”
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