Chapter 249 There is no good banquet. Fei Yi stands up.
When the Han minister Deng Zhi led the envoy to the border of Yong'an, he was noticed by the Wu army.
Before Deng Zhi's mission arrived, Sun Quan had ordered Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Yong'an, not to neglect anything after discovering traces of Deng Zhi's mission.
So when Deng Zhi's delegation arrived in Yong'an, Zhu Ran immediately led his army to welcome Deng Zhi and his party into the city.
Zhu Ran originally wanted to entertain Deng Zhi and others in Yong'an City for a few days.
But Deng Zhi felt that state affairs were important, so he only rested in Yong'an City for one day and said goodbye to Zhu Ran the next day.
Because of the existence of the Yangtze River, Deng Zhi's delegation traveled down the river from Yong'an to Jianye, which only took a few days.
As early as the day Deng Zhi's delegation arrived in Yong'an, Zhu Ran ordered someone to report the matter to Sun Quan by express boat.
The day before Deng Zhi's delegation arrived in Jianye, Sun Quan had already made all preparations to welcome him.
Sun Quan led all the civil and military officials in Jianye and waited for the arrival of Deng Zhi's delegation at the port ten miles outside Jianye City.
Navy scouts on the Yangtze River were constantly going back and forth, reporting all the movements of Deng Zhi's mission to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan was sitting on the chariot. When the navy scout reported that the large ship carrying Deng Zhi's delegation was about to arrive at the port, Sun Quan, who had closed his eyes to meditate, suddenly opened his eyes.
He looked at the port ahead with a pair of mighty eyes.
Under his gaze, a huge building ship began to appear on the wide river.
The Han army's envoys were all on board that huge building ship.
Although Deng Zhi's mission only had a few hundred people when it set out from Chengdu, when they arrived in Jingzhou, General Guan Yu sent more than a thousand Han troops to join Deng Zhi's mission as a guard.
Sun Quan looked at the large building ship that had begun to dock in the port from the chariot. He looked at the "Han" flag fluttering in the wind on the huge building ship, and his eyes couldn't help but narrowed.
When Liu Bei was still the King of Hanzhong, although his army also had banners with the word "Han", most of the banners in Liu Bei's army at that time were still dominated by the three words "King of Hanzhong".
But now all the flags in Liu Bei's army have been replaced with the character "Han".
This quietly changed scene made Sun Quan feel uncomfortable in his heart.
When the news that Cao Pi had usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor reached Jianye, Sun Quan was actually happy.
Because Cao Pi's move was equivalent to completely removing a big mountain that was pressing on him.
As he grew older, although his territory did not expand much, Sun Quan's ambitions continued to grow.
In the past, the Han Dynasty still existed in great righteousness. No matter how ambitious Sun Quan was, he always had a layer of fear.
However, Cao Pi's move to usurp the Han Dynasty and proclaim himself emperor made Sun Quan's fear disappear.
The great Han Dynasty has perished in the hands of thieves, so Sun Quan, who was originally a Han minister, will have too many ambitions in the future.
But now Liu Bei has re-established the crimson flag of the Han Dynasty in the world, which dealt a blow to Sun Quan's previous ambitions.
When he saw Deng Zhi and other envoys getting off the boat one after another, a "smile" appeared on Sun Quan's face. He immediately got off the chariot and walked quickly towards Deng Zhi and others.
As Sun Quan continued to approach Deng Zhi, he knew that his actions today meant that Jiangdong officially surrendered to the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bei.
It's just that the situation is like this, what can he do?
Anyway, he was originally a Hanchen, but now that he is not strong enough, there is no harm in being a Hanchen for a while.
With quick steps, Sun Quan quickly arrived in front of Deng Zhi.
After arriving at Deng Zhi's side, Sun Quan took the lead in bowing slightly to Deng Zhi and said: "My lord, Quan, pays homage to the emperor's envoy."
Sun Quan did not come to Deng Zhi alone, there were many Jiangdong civil and military ministers behind him.
Although many of the civil and military ministers had reluctance on their faces, Sun Quan had already saluted Deng Zhi. As Sun Quan's ministers, they had no choice but to bow to Deng Zhi in the end.
Deng Zhi just got off the boat and saw Sun Quan leading Jiangdong's civil and military officials to salute him.
Because he was currently the envoy representing the Emperor of Han Dynasty, he calmly accepted the visit of Sun Quan and Jiangdong ministers.
After saluting, Sun Quan was in a hurry to connect Deng Zhi and others to Jianye City.
However, Sun Quan prevented thousands of Han troops from entering the city with Deng Zhi.
Faced with Sun Quan's excuses to stop him, Deng Zhi did not object.
As the administrative seat of Jiangdong, Jianye had at least tens of thousands of Wu troops.
If Sun Quan wanted to harm him, he could do it with just a thought.
So Deng Zhi ordered the thousands of Han troops who had followed him to stay in the military camp prepared by Sun Quan outside the city.
Deng Zhi only led dozens of people from the mission into Jianye City.
When Deng Zhi arrived at Sun Quan's residence, Sun Quan immediately ordered people to set up an incense table and prepare for Deng Zhi to read Liu Bei's edict of reward.
According to common sense, after the mission arrived in Jianye City, they should have a good rest for a day and then proceed with the reward tomorrow.
But there was a reason why Sun Quan was so impatient.
As the envoy of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, as long as he did not read out Liu Bei's reward to Sun Quan, Deng Zhi, as the envoy of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, would always have a higher status than Sun Quan.
This made Sun Quan dissatisfied.
There was a time when Deng Zhi still had to salute him, but now it's the other way around.
Only after Deng Zhi read Liu Bei's edict of reward, Sun Quan did not need to pay too much respect to Deng Zhi.
Of course Deng Zhi understood Sun Quan's thoughts, but he didn't point it out.
Before Sun Quan set up the incense table, Deng Zhi successfully read out Liu Bei's reward to Sun Quan.
When Sun Quan learned that Liu Bei had worshiped him as Taiwei, the leader of the three princes, and granted him the title of Marquis of Jiujiang, Sun Quan, who had a sensitive political sense, immediately understood Liu Bei's intention.
But although he understood Liu Bei's intention, Sun Quan didn't show anything on his face.
At least Liu Bei's reward for him was reasonable and reasonable on the surface, and there was no problem at all.
After Sun Quan calmly took over the reward edict from Deng Zhi, Deng Zhi and Sun Quan both breathed a sigh of relief.
Deng Zhi felt relieved because he had completed his mission, and Sun Quan felt relieved because he no longer had to salute Deng Zhi.
Both of them have their own thoughts, but at least on the surface, they still appear to be in a happy mood.
After receiving the imperial edict, Sun Quan invited Deng Zhi to attend tonight's banquet.
Faced with Sun Quan's invitation, Deng Zhi naturally had no reason to refuse.
Sun Quan saw that it was still early, so he asked Deng Zhi and others to take them to their residence to rest.
After Deng Zhi and others left, the smile on Sun Quan's face in the lobby instantly faded.
The edict that was originally held in both hands was now held frivolously by him with one hand.
Sun Quan's behavior reflected his true psychology at the moment.
Sun Quan's eyes looked at Deng Zhi and others leaving, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. Tonight's banquet was the beginning of the fun.
The delegation headed by Deng Zhi was quickly led by servants to their respective dormitories.
But not long after Deng Zhi entered the dormitory, a scribe who looked to be in his early twenties came to Deng Zhi's dormitory and found him.
This scribe was Fei Yi, the deputy envoy of the Han Dynasty mission, who was appointed by Liu Bei not long ago as Zhaoxin Zhonglang.
He is also one of the famous Four Phases of Ji and Han in later generations.
When Fei Yi came to Deng Zhi's dormitory, he bowed to Deng Zhi and said:
"Your Majesty, tonight's banquet may not be a good one."
Although Sun Quan has been worshiped as the Great Lieutenant of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bei, everyone in Chengdu knows that this is a way for Liu Bei to appease Sun Quan.
In essence, Sun Quan was still a feudal lord who had the unwillingness to rule over a single territory.
So Fei Yi called Sun Quan by his first name in private and was very suspicious of his intentions in hosting the banquet tonight.
Facing Fei Yi's speculation, Deng Zhi showed admiration for Fei Yi on his face.
He was praising Fei Yi for having such keen insight at such a young age.
The fact that Sun Quan asked him to read the edict so eagerly just now shows that he was dissatisfied with Liu Bei's proclaimed emperor.
He has been an official for many years and has seen many more things in the world than Fei Yi.
How could he not know what Fei Yi could see?
But as an envoy, Deng Zhi had something to rely on, so he didn't have too many worries about tonight's "Hongmen Banquet".
Deng Zhi ordered his followers to bring out a wooden box for Fei Yi to look at. When he saw the familiar wooden box, Fei Yi's eyes froze.
When Mi Yang sent the battle report to Chengdu, he also sent the wooden box containing Cao Ren's head.
That day when Liu Bei gathered his ministers in the main hall, the wooden box containing Cao Ren's head was placed in front of him.
So after the discussion was over, because of Cao Ren's fame, the style of the wooden box containing his head had already spread throughout Chengdu.
Fei Yi, one of the three heroes of Shu County, although he was not in the hall to witness everything that day, he had heard about the style of the wooden box.
Fei Yi looked at the wooden box that Deng Zhi took out, and he felt that it was extremely familiar.
After seeing the wooden box, Fei Yi bowed to Deng Zhi. He already understood Deng Zhi's intention.
This is their method of counterattacking Sun Quan tonight.
When Deng Zhi saw Fei Yi reacting so quickly, he felt that Fei Yi was a talent that could be made.
When he set out from Chengdu, the emperor specially called for him and handed the head of Cao Ren into his hands.
The emperor told him that if everything went as usual with Sun Quan, there would be no need to take out this thing.
If Sun Quan makes some small moves, then he will take out this thing to shock the officials in Jiangdong.
Because he had this thing in his hand, Deng Zhi didn't have much worry about the banquet hosted by Sun Quan.
If the heads of famous people in the world were sold at a price, the selling price of Cao Ren's head and Sun Quan's head should be about the same.
Maybe even higher?
Time always flies by quickly, and soon, night has filled the sky.
When the Taiwei's Mansion was shrouded in darkness, Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and a dozen other envoys who were qualified to attend the banquet began to slowly walk into the banquet under the guidance of their servants.
When Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and others took their seats, the hall where the banquet was held was already full of people.
Those people are all Jiangdong ministers who are currently in Jianye City. Except for Zhang Zhaowei, almost everyone has arrived.
Compared with the generals, the civil servants among the Jiangdong ministers looked at Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and others with a somewhat unkind look.
They know their mission tonight.
Of course, Deng Zhi and Fei Yi also noticed the gazes of those Jiangdong civil servants, but they didn't care.
After Deng Zhi, Fei Yi and others took their seats, the great Han Taiwei Sun Quan, escorted by his entourage, came to the main seat of the banquet and sat down.
When Sun Quan arrived, a grand banquet officially began.
As the Wu dance music began during the banquet, the atmosphere of the banquet was slowly developing towards a climax.
Listening to the beautiful music in his ears, Sun Quan, who was sitting in the main seat, was not paying attention to the fair-skinned and beautiful dancers.
His eyes were constantly looking at Deng Zhi.
Under Sun Quan's gaze, while the dancing and music continued at the banquet, many Jiangdong ministers began to toast Deng Zhi one after another.
At today's banquet, Sun Quan prepared all the best wines from Wu, and most of the good wines were spirits.
Therefore, under the continuous toasts of many Jiangdong ministers, Deng Zhi, who was not able to drink well, soon gradually became drunk.
When the blush crept onto Deng Zhi's cheeks, Sun Quan saw that Deng Zhi seemed to be drunk, so he clapped his hands to stop the singing and dancing at the banquet.
After the singing and dancing stopped, the banquet fell into silence.
Then Sun Quan, the great captain of the Han Dynasty, took the lead in attacking Deng Zhi.
Sun Quan was a funny man. He deliberately lowered his voice and teased Deng Zhi in a low and playful voice, hoping that Deng Zhi would answer his teasing remarks.
Most of Sun Quan's teasing jokes came from strange angles and were quite difficult to answer.
Although Deng Zhi is also a man of eloquence, he is currently drunk.
In addition, Sun Quan deliberately lowered his voice so that Deng Zhi could not hear his words clearly. Therefore, Deng Zhi did not know how to respond because his thoughts were slow.
Seeing that Deng Zhi was drunk and mumbling and unable to answer, Sun Quan had a smile on his face, and he quickly ordered someone to draw a picture of Deng Zhi's performance at this moment.
The envoy of the Han Dynasty is nothing more than this.
But just when Sun Quan thought his evil plan was successful, a person he ignored suddenly stood up and began to answer Sun Quan's teasing words.
This person is the deputy envoy Fei Yi.
When Deng Zhi was drunk and unable to deal with the situation, it was reasonable for Fei Yi, as deputy envoy, to come out and answer on Deng Zhi's behalf.
Although Fei Yi is still young, his intelligence can be said to be very sharp.
After he stood up, he answered Sun Quan's teasing words one by one with smooth and clear words.
He also secretly mocked Sun Quan in his words, which made Sun Quan's face suddenly look extremely ugly.
But this matter was originally caused by Sun Quan's fault, so as long as Fei Yi could answer his words, Sun Quan would not be able to get angry even if he was angry.
Seeing that his master Sun Quan was defeated, Zhang Wen, Yang Ta, Yan Zhen and other ministers who were famous for their talents and learning all stood up to make things difficult for Fei Yi on Sun Quan's behalf.
It's just that these literary ministers were not as disrespectful to etiquette as Sun Quan. The way they made things difficult for Fei Yi was to test Fei Yi's knowledge of the classics and the affairs of the world.
All the talented people in Jiangdong were well-educated and eloquent, and they debated Fei Yi incessantly.
But facing this situation, Fei Yi didn't look nervous.
In terms of talent, Fei Yi is as good as any of the ministers present, and he also has an innate ability, which is a photographic memory.
Fei Yi used his sincere belief in justice and reason to make his reply.
Although there were many people on the other side, Fei Yi couldn't answer the other side's questions right away.
But every time after he answered a question from a Jiangdong minister, he only had to think a little about what the other party had just asked, and after a while he could quote the scriptures one by one and answer without making any mistakes.
So the current scene at the banquet is that opposite Fei Yi, there are more than a dozen Jiangdong ministers questioning Fei Yi one after another.
On the other hand, although he was the only one on Fei Yi's side, he always stood proudly and no one could defeat him.
Sun Quan was stunned by this scene: Where did this young man named Fei Yi come from?
And this scene also made the painter Jiangdong stupid: How can he paint this?
Painting Fei Yi's one-man verbal battle with the wise men in Jiangdong and not falling behind?
Feeling a little dizzy.
Continue typing, and try to publish the second chapter before twelve o'clock.
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!