Sun Quan's thin old face showed a smile and said, "Shu'er is really my virtuous support. Not only is she as beautiful as a flower, but she also has some knowledge that is far beyond the self-proclaimed smart old ministers in the court. Shu'er, let me tell you who can be this profitable fisherman?"

Pan Shujiao smiled and replied without thinking: "Your Majesty is taking the exam for me? I think this fisherman is of course your planner, and the snipe and clam are the prince in the court and the two factions of King Lu."

Sun Quan held the jade hand surrounding Pan Shu and said, "Shu'er is really smart, but she is only half right?"

Pan Shu said coquettishly again: "Your Majesty, don't keep it aside. Tell me half of the other person I haven't guessed."

Sun Quan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll say that I'll tell you about Shu'er. This fisherman can be me, but not me, or Cao Wei and Shu Han. If the struggle between the two factions in the court becomes more and more intense and exceeds my control, the fisherman who will benefit will be Cao Wei and Shu Han, which will be harmful to me but not profitable."

Sun Quan thought about it and said, "The fisherman fought against the clam, and the fisherman did a good job in this way. The methods of dealing with Tian Fen and Dou Ying are worthy of my imitation."

Among the historical records he often read, the Emperor Wu of Han hundreds of years ago also made court officials and clams fight, and the fisherman gained profit.

The biographies were originally biography of dukes, marquises, generals and ministers, and the "Biography of Dou Yingtian, Fen Guanfu" can also be read in this way.

However, if we look at the contradiction between Dou Ying and Tian Fen, we will find that behind the struggle between foreign relatives, Emperor Wu of Han controlled all this. This is the secret hidden by Shi Gong.

The relatives of the outer world, that is, the emperor's mother and wife. In the context of strengthening imperial power, the nobles of the same surname had the right to inherit the throne and were not trusted by the emperor, the relatives of the Han Dynasty became an important auxiliary force.

"Since ancient times, the emperors and kings who received orders to follow the body and keep the literature were not only the only ones, but also the help of the relatives of the outside world." - "Records of the Grand Historian: The 19th Family of the External Family"

Sima Qian's words emphasize the role of foreign relatives in assisting the government. It is translated into vernacular Chinese: since ancient times, the emperors who have endured the destiny of heaven and founded their foundation, and those monarchs who inherited the political system and laws of the previous emperors were not only because of their noble character, but also because they were assisted by foreign relatives.

When the royal family was feudal and the hereditary methods of heroes were blocked, the power was then destroyed into the family of relatives. At this time, the distribution of power between the relatives and the emperor became the main contradiction.

In 131 BC, a strange thing happened to the Han Dynasty - "Defending the Eastern Court". The current Prime Minister Tian Fu and the former Prime Minister Dou Ying exposed each other's short attacks in front of all officials in the Eastern Palace.

Why should we defend the Eastern Court?

"In the spring of the fourth year of Yuanguang, the Prime Minister said that Guan Fu's family was in Yingchuan, and the people suffered a lot, so they asked for a case." Prime Minister Tian Fu submitted a memorial saying that Guan Fu was domineering in Yingchuan, and the people suffered a lot, and asked the emperor to investigate and deal with him.

Emperor Wu of Han replied that this was originally a matter of prime minister's authority, so why bother asking for instructions?

"Guan Fu also held the secret affairs of the Prime Minister, for the sake of evil and profit, and received the gold and language of the King of Huainan." Guan Fu also mastered the secret affairs of the Prime Minister, such as illegally making money, accepting bribes from the King of Huainan, and saying very inappropriate things.

"The guests stopped and resolved." Because the guests were mediated and persuaded, the conflict between the two sides eased.

However, the conflict between the two sides did not end.

In the summer of this year, Tian Fu married the daughter of the King of Yan as his wife. The Queen Mother issued an edict, and the marquis and the royal family were going to congratulate him. Dou Ying, the marquis of Wei Qi, went to find Guan Fu and wanted to participate with him. Guan Fu originally refused, but Dou Ying believed that the relationship with Tian Fu had been reconciled.

But an accident happened, drunkenness made a mistake.

Tian Fu stood up to toast, and all the guests on the seat left the seat and lay on the ground to return the gift. After a while, when Dou Ying got up to toast, only Dou Ying's previous return gift was returned, and the other guests were perfunctory. Guan Fu was unhappy when he saw that he was unhappy, and he vented his anger on Tian Fu. Dou Ying raised Guan Fu and left the banquet.

"Wuan then said angrily, 'This is my guilt of being arrogant.' He ordered the cavalry to keep the cavalry." Tian Fu became angry, so he asked his knights to detain Guan Fu.

Tian Fu tied Guan Fu up and locked him in the guest room of the inn. He found the chief minister and said, "The banquet was held to entertain the royal family and flattered the Queen Mother's will." So he impeached Guan Fu to scold the guests at the banquet, committing "great disrespect". Then he investigated Guan Fu's previous illegal behavior and investigated the subordinates of the Guan clan.

If Guan can escape, he will escape. If he can hide, he will hide. No one can tell Tian Fen’s secret matter. But Guan Fu is not without a backer. His backer is Dou Ying.

"Dou Ying, the Marquis of Wei Qi, was the brother and son of Empress Xiaowen." Dou Ying was the nephew of Empress Dou. Empress Dou was the wife of Liu Heng (Emperor Wen of Han) and the biological mother of Emperor Jing of Han Liu Qi.

"The Marquis of Wu'an, Tian Fu, is the same as his mother and brother." Tian Fu is the brother-in-law of Emperor Jing of Han. How could Tian Fu be the uncle of the country? The queen of Emperor Jing of Han clearly had a surname of Wang.

This also involves Zang'er, his grandmother of Emperor Wu of Han.

"Zang'er is the grandson of King Zang Tu of Yan." Zang'er was the granddaughter of the former King of Yan (privately enfeoffed by Xiang Yu).

Zang'er married Wang Zhong, Huaili (southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi) and gave birth to Wang Xin, Wang Empress Wang and Wang Er'er (also the concubine of Emperor Jing of Han). "When Zhong died, Zang'er married Tian family in Changling and gave birth to male Feng, Sheng." After Zang'er remarried, she gave birth to Tian Feng, Tian Sheng.

In this way, Dou Ying and Tian Fen are both relatives and are elders of Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che.

"Mr. Zhang Meng once served as the servant of Yingyin Hou Ying." Guan Fu's father was Zhang Meng, who was once a disciple of Yingyin Hou Guan Ying. As a founding hero, Guan Ying made many contributions to the Han Dynasty.

"I was lucky, because I went to 2,000 stones, so the surname Meng Guan was Guan Meng." Zhang Meng was also named a high-ranking official because of Guan Ying's recommendation, so he changed to the surname Guan, called Guan Meng.

It has been a day or two since Tian Fen was so arrogant. For example, Sun Quan’s current son-in-law, Zhu Ju, is even better than that. However, Emperor Wu of Han has been enduring and looking for a suitable opportunity to defeat his uncle Tian Fen.

In the second year of Jianyuan, that is, in 139 BC, "Empress Dowager Dou was furious and dismissed Zhao Wan, Wang Zang and others, and dismissed the Prime Minister and the Taiwei." At this time, Dou Ying was the Prime Minister and Tian Fu was the Taiwei.

The reason why Empress Dowager Dou was so angry was that "the censor Zhao Wan asked for no report to the East Palace". Zhao Wan asked Emperor Wu of Han not to report the political affairs to the Empress Dowager. As for "the Empress Dowager likes Huang Lao's words", and several ministers "focused on promoting Confucianism", which was also the reason.

"Although the Marquis of Wu'an did not serve, he was lucky because of the Queen Mother, and he was very happy. He made many contributions." Although Tian Fu lived at home, because of the Queen Mother's relationship, he was still favored by Emperor Wu of Han. He participated in the discussion of state affairs many times and adopted it as a result.

Before Empress Dowager Dou's death, Emperor Wu of Han favored Tian Fen so much that in addition to the Queen Mother's factor, he also used the strength to fight. The officials and scholars who were inclined to become powerful left Dou Ying and clinged to Tian Fen. However, Tian Fen became arrogant day by day.

In the sixth year of Jianyuan, Empress Dowager Dou died, and the Prime Minister and the Censor were dismissed. "The funeral was not held", which is the reason. The prime minister who was dismissed was Xuchang, and the Censor was appointed by Zhuang Qingzhai and Empress Dowager Dou. The successor prime minister was Tian Fu, and the Censor was Han Anguo.

"I also think that the princes and kings were long. When they ascended the throne at the beginning, they were rich in the Spring and Autumn Period. They were the prime ministers of the capital with their hearts." "The prime ministers of the capital" were different from the princes and referred to the prime ministers.

The Empress Dowager believed that the princes were old and had just ascended the throne and was relatively young. Tian Fu served as the prime minister as a "confidant" (a relative of the foreigner).

"At that time, the prime minister came to report the matter, and sat and spoke to the sun, and listened to everything he said." "Sit and spoke" means that Tian Fu was arrogant because of favor and did not make a correct attitude; "Listen to everything he said", the emperor followed Tian Fu's advice. Why did Emperor Wu of Han believe in Tian Fu? It is probably because the Queen Mother of the King.

"If you recommend someone or start a business for 2,000 shi, the power will be transferred to the king." Recommended talents can directly operate the "talent" to the position of county magistrate who is comparable to 2,000 shi. "The power will be transferred to the king", which means that Tian Fu transfers the emperor's power to himself.

So Emperor Wu of Han was a little annoyed, "You have not eliminated the officials yet! I also want to eliminate the officials." Is the officials appointed by your prime minister finished? I also want to appoint a few.

Tian Fen continued to go further and further along the crazy road, "I asked the test site to make a living", and once asked the test site to expand the land of the test studio.

Emperor Wu of Han was angry, "Why don't you take the arsenal?" Why don't you take the arsenal? "Arsenal" is the place where weapons and equipment are placed.

In addition to being involved in imperial power, the private life of the zodiac was corrupt and unruly. "The countryside was extremely rich, and the city bought the county and county artifacts belonged to the Tao."

The house is the most luxurious and the land is the most fertile. Vehicles that collect rare treasures from counties are constantly being collected.

"The front hall is a bell and drum, and the quezhan (the flags and flags that recruit hermits are obviously illegal); the back room women have hundreds of them."

The front hall is lined with bells and drums playing music and flags with cranks; there are hundreds of wives and concubines in the back room.

"The princes are playing with gold, jade, dogs and horses, and there are countless gold, jade, jewelry given to him by the princes, and there are countless dogs, horses and things.

"If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy." Due to the Queen Mother's feelings, or fear of the power of the relatives, Emperor Wu of Han did not take action directly, but instead used the power to fight against the power of the relatives to check and balance each other,

Now Sun Quan is also asking the prince and the two factions of Lu to bite each other, leverage the force to fight each other, but the two factions fight each other without breaking it, and first maintain the balance of the situation in the court and the country.

The factional dispute between the forces in the Wu Kingdom has been around for a long time, and it has begun since Deng'er (Sun Deng) disappeared.
Chapter completed!