Chapter 839 Looking for Opportunities
The so-called second prince is Sun Lu.
That is, the adult second brother that Prince Sun Deng mentioned to Lu Xun before he left.
Hearing Gu Yong’s words, Lu Xun couldn’t help but be overjoyed:
“What’s the prime minister’s plan?”
Gu Yong glanced at Lu Xun, but did not answer his question:
"Bo Yan, I have my own thoughts on this matter and leave it to me later. You'd better not get involved anymore."
Lu Xun was very anxious when he heard this:
“Prime Minister, why is this? I have the responsibility of assisting the prince...”
Before he finished speaking, Gu Yong interrupted him:
"It also depends on which assistant you are in! If you are in the court, then this is your duty, and you can say whatever you want."
"But you are in Wuchang now, and everything east of Yuzhang is in your hands. If you interfere in such affairs of the court again, what do you want your majesty to think?"
“What’s more, I am the prime minister, in charge of all affairs in the country, and you join forces with me to intercede for the prince. Do you want to help the prince, or do you want to force the prince to death?”
Lu Xun was still a smart man after all. Hearing Gu Yong’s undisclosed words, he broke into a cold sweat on the spot:
“Fortunately, Xun came to see the Prime Minister first, otherwise, he would have made a big mistake!”
Gu Yong also sighed a little:
“Nowadays, the court is not as good as before, so you have to be careful about everything.”
Lu Xun knew clearly that Gu Yong was reminding him, but he still asked in a low voice:
“The Prime Minister may tell Xun how to use these two princes to test His Majesty?”
Seeing Gu Yong frowning, Lu Xun smiled bitterly and explained:
"Prime Minister, it's not that I have to get involved, but that this matter was caused by me. If the second prince gets involved in the dispute..."
Lu Xun paused, and then sighed again, "That was not my original intention."
Gu Yong said "tsk" and secretly thought that it was a blessing for him that Lu Boyan was not in the court.
Otherwise, with his temperament, he would never know when someone was plotting against him.
How can there be anything unintentional about the battles in the royal family?
Who has nothing to do but is willing to commit fratricide?
It’s just that it’s hard for Gu Yong to say it clearly.
"Don't worry, Boyan. My plan is just to ask Your Majesty to ennoble the second prince and join the country on the grounds that the second prince has reached adulthood."
“Be granted a title and join the country?”
Lu Xun was a little confused.
Gu Yong nodded: "That's right. Your Majesty's princes, when they reach adulthood, they will naturally be granted the title of king and the country. The second prince has grown up. How can he not be granted the title of king and stay in Wuchang with the prince at the same time? "
If His Majesty regards Wuchang as the prince's fief, what does it mean if an ordinary prince stays in the prince's fief for a long time?
Can a prince be the same as an ordinary prince?
He looked at Lu Xun and explained slowly:
"If the prince stays in Wuchang and the third prince is building a business, but your majesty has not thought it through for the time being, then he will naturally agree to the second prince's appointment as king."
"Since His Majesty has no intention of moving the throne, we can take the second prince as an example and let the third prince return to the country once the third prince grows up. In this way, even if the prince does not return to Jianye, he will be fine."
When Lu Xun heard this, he finally understood: "That's it."
As expected, the people in the court still have to think of a way to solve this matter.
Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly thought of a possibility, looked around subconsciously, and then asked in a whisper that only two people could hear:
“Prime Minister, if so, I mean if so, what if your Majesty does not agree to the second prince’s ennoblement and joining the country?”
When Gu Yong heard this, his face darkened.
He lowered his eyes, like an old monk in meditation, and remained silent for a long time.
Until Lu Xun thought he was asleep, he said in a heavy tone:
“Without if, the State of Wu is not the State of Wu of His Majesty alone, but the State of Wu of the people of Jiangdong.”
Lu Xun's body was slightly shaken.
Of course he understood what Gu Yong meant.
After all, Lu Xun himself was one of the first people to propose that Sun Quan be the emperor.
Because only when Sun Quan becomes emperor can the Jiangdong family be considered on an equal footing with the Central Plains. Otherwise, they will always be one step lower.
Regardless of whether this foundation can be compared with the Central Plains family, at least in name, it will not be lower.
Otherwise, even the barbarians in Shu would be a head taller than them, how could they swallow this breath?
His status is very important.
Aristocratic families often rely on reputation for their livelihood.
If one day, the Emperor of Wu State can march north to the Central Plains and rule the world, then the Jiangdong family will be the top family in the world.
If you don’t have dreams, what’s the point of living?
It can be said that from the moment Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, the Jiangdong family was completely bound to the Sun family.
No matter how much fighting happens in the nest, it is still a family matter. Externally, we must be highly unified, at least more unified than before.
In the future, whether the Zhongyuan family will continue to be the best in the world, the Jiangdong family will catch up from behind, or the Shuzhong family will become the king, it all depends on which family from Wu, Wei, and Shu can survive to the end.
If you just want to survive to the end, you must try to reduce internal friction as much as possible.
The battle for reserve positions has always been one of the most common internal conflicts.
Lu Xun was from a noble family after all, so he could naturally understand what Gu Yong meant by his words.
But that’s all.
What Gu Yong was thinking was far deeper than Lu Xun's.
Lu Xun was the son-in-law of the Sun family and was trained by Sun Quan himself.
There are some things that he may not be aware of, or may be deliberately not thinking about.
But as the prime minister, Gu Yong knew one thing very well: the current king of Wu State was not so easy to talk to the Jiangdong family who pushed him to the throne.
After all, Sun Ce killed a large family in Jiangdong until rivers of blood flowed.
If the Jiangdong family really dared to say they had forgotten this grudge, would Sun Quan dare to believe it?
The Battle of Chibi burned away the Jiangdong family’s last hope of cooperating with the Sun family.
So the Jiangdong family had to pinch their noses to recognize the person named Sun.
This feeling, this taste, is really like eating **** with fine wine, extremely sour and refreshing.
I've finished eating, you've finished feeling good, and now you want to imitate your short-lived brother and cause trouble?
That's right, in Gu Yong's view, Sun Quan's motives for wanting to take action on the reserve must not be so simple.
How many years has it been since Zhang Wen’s incident?
How could Gu Yong not remember?
Your Majesty, you hold a grudge!
The crime charged against Zhang Wen at that time was: Why do you want to be evil and ugly, and only use evil intentions?
It is almost said that Zhang Wen intended to rebel.
The final result was that the Zhang family was dismissed from office and exiled.
His Majesty basically used the Jianyan incident to cleanse the Zhang family, one of the four families in Jiangdong.
As prime minister, Gu Yong's political sensitivity far exceeded that of Lu Xun.
With the battle for the reserve, who can guarantee whether His Majesty will take the opportunity to clean up again?
After all, there is an old example, so Gu Yong naturally does not want this to happen again.
Even if there is only a slight possibility.
Can't afford to be hurt!
Gu Yong did not dare to tell Lu Xun easily what he was thinking.
Among the four major families, the Zhang family has been purged, the Lu family is an in-law of the Sun family, and the only ones left are the Gu family and the Zhu family.
How could Gu Yong dare to take this risk?
“The reserve position is related to the foundation of the country. Protecting the foundation of the country means protecting Jiangdong. Don’t worry, Boyan. As the prime minister, I will have a sense of proportion.”
Seeing Lu Xun’s expression was not good, Gu Yong comforted him and said:
"Listen to what I say. When you go back, just focus on your duties and don't get involved in this matter easily."
Lu Xun took a deep breath after hearing Gu Yong's words, nodded and said, "Xun understands."
Those words were said, but after Lu Xun returned to Wuchang and told Sun Deng the news that the prime minister had taken over the matter, he still secretly inquired about the news about Jianye.
Gu Yong acted very quickly. After a few days, he reported to Sun Quan, saying that Sun Lu was "intelligent, intelligent and physically capable, and his ideas were always new." It was appropriate for him to be promoted to the title of king as usual.
Sun Quan unexpectedly refused.
Lu Xun's heart skipped a beat when he heard the news. Thinking of what Gu Yong said again, his heart began to sink.
But as the prime minister, how could Gu Yong give up so easily?
Soon, the second important minister in the court, Shangshu Pushe, continued to report:
“When an emperor rises, he must always praise and honor his close relatives and honor his queen. Therefore, Lu Wei was placed in the Zhou Dynasty and favored the princes. The five kings of Gao Di were granted titles in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in this dynasty, Huiping served as a guard for the country.”
First, we list the practices of the ancient emperors Zhou Tianzi and Han Gaozu, explaining that this was an act of respecting their close relatives and praising the virtues of the harem.
"The Marquis of Jianchang is intelligent in nature, talented in both civil and military affairs, and in the classical system, it is appropriate to correct his name. Your Majesty is humble and unwilling to remain as before. The size of the group of residences is not suitable for the city."
Then, Sun Lu is both civilized and military, and according to the regulations, he should be crowned king. However, His Majesty is relatively modest and unwilling to follow the old rules, which is understandable.
"Nowadays, the traitorous bandits are unruly, the golden drum has not been extinguished, and they only have relatives and virtuous people. They often discuss with Prime Minister Yong and others, and they consider it appropriate to be the general of the army, and to appoint folk medicine to promote the great cause."
Finally, the topic changed: It’s just that the world is in chaos now, traitors are everywhere, and wars are endless. The only people who can be fully trusted are relatives, flesh and blood, and good ministers and generals.
If your Majesty is not willing to make Sun Lu king, you will also give him the title of General of the Army, and then grant him a place to glorify his great cause.
Sun Quan did not agree to Prime Minister Gu Yong to grant Sun Lu the title of king. If he continued to refuse the proposal of Shang Shu Pu She, not only would he arouse the suspicion of the officials, but even his son would be dissatisfied.
So he had no choice but to relent and agreed to appoint the eighteen-year-old Sun Lu as the general of the Zhenjun Army. He was granted a holiday, opened a separate government office, moved out of Wuchang, and took up his post in Banzhou (that is, near Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province).
Lu Xun found out, but still couldn't let go.
It is a bit strange to grant the title of general of the town army instead of the king.
However, the fact that the second prince left Wuchang and went elsewhere can be considered an opening.
It is only reasonable and reasonable for His Majesty to make the second prince the king and half the state as a fiefdom when the time is right.
Sun Quan didn’t know that his prime minister and his general had teamed up to test him.
Compared with this, his attention has turned to Hefei, and the idea of capturing Hefei has become stronger and stronger.
Because after the news of the Battle of Xiaoguan came, Sun Quan recalled the Yinfan Rebellion and the Wuxi Barbarian Rebellion in Wuling, and he still couldn't guess that this was a conspiracy designed by Cao Rui.
The purpose is to hold back Jianye and Jingzhou, preventing him from going north to support Shu at the critical moment.
But the other party’s design was actually successful!
How do you ask him to swallow this breath?
At this time, people between Jianye and Hefei were constantly fleeing from each other every day, otherwise there would be no such thing as Han Zong in the front and Yinfan in the back.
In this case, Sun Quan began to send detailed troops northward to inquire about Hefei and see what arrangements the Wei State had made in the Jianghuai area after Cao Xiu's death.
I don’t know if he was really lucky or not. One of the pieces of news that he carefully sent back aroused his great interest.
That is because Man Chong, the general who conquered the east, had a bad relationship with Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou. Wang Ling's colleagues often made slanderous remarks about Man Chong.
After learning about this, Sun Quan was overjoyed and began to make plans.
At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, Jiangnan seemed to have a restless and fiery atmosphere due to the actions of all parties.
In Longyou, it is the time when the temperature is pleasant.
Feng Junhou stayed in Jicheng for a long time. During the day, he talked about military affairs with General Zhao, and at night he talked about the script with Zhang Xiaosi. It was wrong, but he talked about his heart.
It's just that Zhang Xiaosi's physical fitness is not as good as Guan Ji's. When he first encountered the taste, he couldn't bear to be so wonderful, so he started to replenish his body.
Just when Feng Yong was about to leave Jicheng and return to Pingxiang, a person suddenly came from Pingxiang to see him, which surprised him.
“Wei Ran? Why are you here?”
The person who came was none other than Yang Wanwan, Zhao Guang's deputy general and the general who commanded the Hu people's Yi Cong.
Yang Qianwan’s face looks very bad:
“Brother, I just want to tell my brother that I am going to Yinping.”
"Yinping? What happened to Yinping? Don't be anxious. Sit down and speak slowly."
Feng Yong saw the anxious look on his face, so he comforted him with gentle words.
Yang Qianwan picked up the water bowl on the table and drank it. It was obvious that he was in a hurry.
“There is news from Yinping that the Lord is ill.”
“You mean Governor Yang?”
Yang Qianwan's lord is Yang Ju, the second generation White Horse Di King of Yinping Wudu.
During the Battle of Longyou, Yang Ju used his connections to help defeat the strong forces in the military capital of Yinping. He later served as the prefect of Yinping and used his old identity to appease the Qiang and Di in Yinping.
Zhuge Lao Yao's "last piece of the puzzle" movement in Shu at this time, one is to penetrate Hanjia County from Yuexun to the north, and the other is to go south from Yinping to threaten Wenshan County.
Finally, all the barbarians in these two counties were wiped out.
At this critical moment, Yang Ju suddenly fell ill, which was not a good thing.
“Is Governor Yang’s illness serious?”
Feng Yong asked with concern.
Yang Qianwan nodded and said worriedly:
“My lord is in good health, but I didn’t expect that I am bedridden due to this illness. I have been sending people from my tribe over these days to urge me to go back as soon as possible, for fear of...”
"Don't worry, I'll send someone to Nanxiang right away and ask them to send out the best medical workers."
Yang Qianwan smiled bitterly:
“To be honest with you, brother, my sister-in-law has already sent someone there when she found out about this matter. However, judging from the tone of your voice, I am afraid that Shouyuan..."
Birth, old age, illness and death are all human beings.
According to Yang Wanwan, Yang Ju is afraid that his lifespan is about to expire.
If this is really the case, no matter how skilled a medical worker is, there is nothing good he can do.
"It's useless for you to think wildly here. On the contrary, it will disturb your mind and hurt your body. I'll wait until you get to Yinping to tell how Yang Taishou's health is."
Feng Yong knocked on the table, "Okay, I see you are also very tired, so go down and rest first. We will continue our journey tomorrow. I will give you my mount, and the journey will be faster."
“Thank you, brother.”
“Brothers, what is there to thank you for?”
Feng Yong waved his hand.
After Yang Wanwan went down to rest, Feng Yong turned around and entered the backyard and told Zhang Xingyi:
“Six Niang, help me find a map of Jincheng.”
Hanjia County and Wenshan County are just to the west of Shu County.
If the prefect of Yinping County is replaced, then he must also make some preparations.
After all, I had driven the twelfth son of the Li family there, intending to force the eldest son of the Li family to spend his money to civilize the barbarians in that area.
“Siniang, do you think that if I recommend Yang Weiran to be the governor of Yinping, will the prime minister agree?”
Feng Yong looked at the map, pondered for a moment, and then asked.
"Yang Weiran also made contributions in the Battle of Xiaoguan. He is qualified to be the prefect."
Zhang Xingyi sat aside, drinking red date soup, "But what about Hu Qiyicong from Xiaowei Mansion? Isn't he the arm of the second brother of the Zhao family?"
"It doesn't matter. We only need to stay in Liangzhou for a while. Is it possible that Liu Hun from the Governor's Mansion can still run away?"
As soon as Zhang Xingyi heard the name Liu Hun, his eyes suddenly rolled:
Hey, this little Hun prince, didn’t he just beg me at first and then become Alang’s long follower?
Had he not been Alang's long-term attendant, he would not have been so lucky in the end to win the identity of a marquis.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaosi suddenly smiled like a little fox, and his eyes began to narrow:
“I forgot about him.”
Hmph, where are the two great cavalry generals of the Han Dynasty? Sister, you can't even give up Liu Hun's military power, can you?
(End of this chapter)