Chapter 2259: Can hundreds of years of crimes still be used?
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Waiting can make people grow, it can also make people irritated, and it can even make people crazy.
Sun Quan is also waiting for success. In order to succeed, Sun Quan has paid a lot. If there is no effort, there will be no gain. If there is no gain, there will naturally be no success. Sun Quan still knows this to some extent.
So now, Sun Quan is still prepared to pay something...
When it comes to sending troops, it doesn't matter if it's a small force. Sun Quan still has some command rights. But once it involves a large-scale war, especially a large-scale mobilization of tens of thousands of troops, Zhou Yu cannot be bypassed. Without Zhou Yu's approval, Sun Quan
His orders were not necessarily easy to control. So a very interesting situation emerged. The Jiangdong nobles were not worried or afraid of Sun Quan's rebellion, but they were worried and afraid of Zhou Yu's anger.
Just like the Battle of Chibi in history.
In the Battle of Chibi, when Jiangdong's monarchs and ministers were discussing whether to fight or surrender, this phenomenon was fully demonstrated.
When Zhou Yu did not show up, there were two opinions within Jiangdong: surrender and resistance, and the one who advocated surrender was Zhang Zhao, another important minister of Sun Ce Tuogu.
Why did Zhang Zhao advocate surrender?
In addition to the reasons mentioned by Lu Su, there is also a more hidden reason.
Zhang Zhao's attitude was actually the mainstream attitude among civil servants.
Not only the Three Kingdoms, not just Jiangdong, but similar figures can be seen in many dynasties...
Because they are civil servants, they must obey the generals when the military pressure is relatively high. Once they decide to go to war with Cao Cao, all the resources in Jiangdong must be subordinated to military needs, and the generals will have the right to speak. Some of them have the right to speak before.
What kind of grudge...
After all, not everyone is Lian Po and Lin Xiangru. In the past, they rode on the necks of military generals, but now they can’t blame the generals for cutting off the civil servants...
In the historical Battle of Chibi, what made Sun Quan even more embarrassed was that even though Sun Quan had made up his mind to resist Cao Cao, his decision was still not the final decision, Zhou Yu's decision was.
After Zhou Yu came back, the civil servants persuaded him to surrender, and the generals took the lead in the battle, all of which were different. You can imagine how big the shadow was in the heart of Sun Quan, who was sitting silently at this time. Sun Quan was nominally the lord of Jiangdong, but in such a momentous situation
Regarding the matter, his civil servants and generals asked Zhou Yu to make the decision...
This kind of mood cannot be expressed clearly in one or two sentences, but Sun Quan was still able to endure it, and even showed his sincerity and complete trust in Zhou Yu.
Sun Quan believes that in order to achieve great things, you must be able to wait and be patient. As for face, after things are done, you will naturally have face. If things are not done, what is the use of having face? Just like now, Sun Quan wants to borrow Gongsun
The Du incident that invaded the power of the Jiangdong nobles was inseparable from Zhou Yu's support.
Zhou Yu is obviously not willing to do this kind of thing. It's not that Zhou Yu has any ulterior deal with the Jiangdong nobles, but because this kind of battle is destined to fail, how could Zhou Yu be interested?
Although there is only one word difference from Jiangdong to Liaodong, the distance is indeed too far. The news of Gongsun Du's attack spread to Jiangdong, and then he waited for Sun Quan to gather his troops and go north to crusade. This time is not measured by the sky.
They are all calculated on a monthly basis, so there is no cooperation at all, and there is no way to talk about integration.
Maybe Jiangdong sent troops and just crossed the river, and then Gongsun Du failed. At this time, should we fight or retreat?
After all, this matter is different from the battle of Chibi in history. Chibi was bullied to the doorstep, and if he didn't fight, he would be finished, and his life and death would be at stake. But if Gongsun Du is not taken care of now, will Jiangdong be destroyed immediately? Obviously impossible. So although Zhou Yu
It was clear why Sun Quan did this, but he did not support it.
"Brother Gongjin..." Sun Quan smiled like a dog's tail flower, swaying in the air, "This is a newly obtained Liaodong ginseng, specially sent to Brother Gongjin for nursing..."
Zhou Yu looked at it with neither sadness nor joy on his face, "Thank you, Lord."
"Come on, this is the battle armor purchased by someone with a lot of money. It is made of hundreds of refined steel. It can protect Brother Gongjin on the battlefield..." Sun Quan asked someone to bring over another pair of armor, "There are also ten more sets.
This one, which is slightly worse, will also be given to Brother Gongjin!"
A set of fine armor, calculated at five baht, would cost more than five million yuan. Even a more ordinary piece of armor would cost between one million and two million yuan. It can be said that Sun Quan gave it to Zhou Yu.
The cost of these gifts is already nearly 20 million yuan...
Spending a fortune is nothing, Sun is spending 20 million!
Under the money offensive, the look on Zhou Yu's face changed slightly, "Lord, why is this necessary..." It's not that Zhou Yu lacks the money, but that the things Sun Quan sent did consider Zhou Yu's needs. This is from a certain point.
From a certain perspective, it is also a considerable progress.
"Brother Gongjin is Jiangdong Humerus. Is there anything wrong with him?" Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "Some of my previous behaviors were perverse and violated my brother's trust in life. I was reprimanded by Jiaci... I came here this time to pay homage to him."
Brother Gongjin apologizes..."
After Sun Quan finished speaking, he stood up, walked into the hall, and bowed to Zhou Yu, saying, "Quan, there were many rude things in the past. I hope Brother Gongjin will forgive me!"
Zhou Yu hurriedly left the table to avoid, and then bowed before Sun Quan. "My lord, you must not do this, it will really hurt your subordinates!" For a moment, Zhou Yu was really surprised. He said that he would not look back if he didn't hit the south wall, but he hit the south wall.
The wall may not turn back, but Iron Quan actually knows how to turn around today?
this……
Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
The two sat down again.
Even though Zhou Yu was such a resourceful person, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and could not react. After a while, he sighed, stepped back, and said: "My lord...why do you want to send troops to Xuzhou?"
Sun Quan coughed, and then said with emotion: "Cao's traitor lives in Yecheng, because Jizhou is not stable and has to be defended. Therefore, there must be a void in the Qingxu period. Moreover, Zang Ba and others in Taishan, although they serve Cao's traitor,
At the head of the group, each has its own ambitions. If we advance with a large army and contact them, even if they cannot make them submit, we can still disrupt the position and make them stick to it. If this happens, Qingxu will be in chaos! By then..."
Zhou Yu smiled slightly and interrupted Sun Quan's eloquence, "My lord... my lord, please tell me the truth!" Is this the smell of Sun Quan? He was shocked just now, thinking that someone had changed...
Sun Quan coughed again and smiled slightly awkwardly, "Well... Now Jiangdong is financially poor. Although Xuzhou has fought before, Xiapi and other places are still rich... There is also a new funeral for the Chen family in Xiapi and a new official.
If you take office and the place is unstable, even if you lose, you can still plunder the population and transport it by boat..."
Zhou Yu stared at Sun Quan and raised his hand, "Lord! Please tell the truth!"
Sun Quan stared at Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu stared at Sun Quan.
"This..." Sun Quan was silent for a moment, and finally said, "The nobles in Jiangdong secretly store food and grass, hide their population, and hoard private soldiers! This is a serious problem in Jiangdong! If it is not eliminated, Jiangdong will never be at peace! Therefore, we will win this battle."
Of course I am happy, but defeat will only destroy the power of Jiangdong's big families...so that the country can be consolidated and not restricted by others!"
After Sun Quan finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Yu intently.
Zhou Yu slowly closed his eyes, and then opened them again after a while, meeting Sun Quan's gaze, "If Jiangdong suffers too much damage and the people's livelihood is overwhelmed, what will happen, lord?"
"That's why we need Brother Gongjin's help! With Brother Gongjin sitting in charge, we can be injured without being killed, and damaged without being destroyed..." Sun Quan said slowly, "Those who are greedy for money can't blame others..."
Zhou Yu frowned, "My lord...my lord, why do you want to take such a hasty plan? If my lord's mind is today, it can be invaded in five years and stabilized in ten years. When Jiangdong is united and united, what gold cannot be defeated? What enemy cannot be defeated?"
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Sun Quan took a long breath and sighed: "Brother Gongjin, why don't you want to be like this? But time waits for us! Now the Fei bandits live in the northwest, with Guanzhong as the hub, dispatching from north to south, connecting east and west, and there are merchants who can benefit from it.
The world! Nine out of ten Jiangdong’s savings in a year are spent here! If things go on like this, Jiangdong works hard day by day and is busy every night. Isn’t he working for the Fei thieves? Making clothes for the Fei thieves?!』
"The Cao thieves live in Hebei and Henan, with a dense population and abundant farmland. Although they are currently weaker than the Fei thieves, their heritage has not been lost, and their acres of land have not been damaged. In time, they will be able to gather grain and troops, and win through attrition! On the other hand, in the east of the Yangtze River, Tian Zhimoling is located at the entrance of Jingkou
The land and the rest of the land are just like Wu County, all occupied by Jiangdong's big families! They want money but no money, and they want food but no food. If you have to endure it for five years and have children for ten years, what will happen? The world belongs to others.
, Jiangdong has no choice but to bow his head and admit defeat! The Sun family’s foundation has been wiped out!』
Sun Quan left the table again and bowed, "Brother Gongjin! For my brother's sake, just give me a helping hand!"
Sun Quan finally carried Sun Ce out...
Zhou Yu sighed slowly, stepped forward and helped Sun Quan up, "That's fine... Lord... just this once..."
Sun Quan was overjoyed and bowed to the ground again.
Zhou Yu avoided it, then took Sun Quan to sit down again, and said slowly: "My lord, you don't have to be like this... If Yu leads the army out, my lord is in Jiangdong, can you care about it?"
Sun Quan nodded and said, "Yes! Brother Gongjin led the troops out, and he ordered Zixiu to search the surrounding areas for the corruption and tyranny of the rich people. Investigate them strictly!" Jiangdong is located in a remote place, so the farther away the sky is from the emperor, the more likely it is.
The less we take "trespassing" seriously, those who double eaves, travel with canopy umbrellas, or build illegal archways on walls will be caught in large numbers.
Zhou Yu frowned slightly, "It's unnecessary to overstep. It's hard to say... Is it a crime of corruption? It's quite acceptable..."
Zhou Yu considered that the impact of arrogance is still too large, and the initiators of these arrogances are often not the children of the lower-level gentry, but those at the top, so once this charge is used, the direction is too clear, and it may even cause unnecessary
It is better to use corruption as the main breakthrough point for the rebound, because basically speaking, those who can be corrupt belong to more important positions and are responsible for money or important matters. If these people are defeated, a new group of people can be supported.
Go up and take control of important positions.
What's more, these days, as long as you are an official, if you really check carefully, is your butt clean? Did you eat and drink some? Did you use some, move some and steal some? Did you turn a blind eye to it?
Do family members allow concierges to give benefits to subordinates? If one out of ten has clean hands and feet, that is already a big deal!
Anyway, this crime, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty, for hundreds of years, if you want to arrest anyone, just say corruption, basically nine times out of ten, you will not be wrong!
Sun Quan also frowned, "Brother Gongjin... If you don't die in this fight, you will be harmed instead..."
"Then don't hit them too hard!" Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Quan and said, "Drive them out, draw them in, use them, transform them... Why bother beating them all to death? The more impatient you are, the less likely you are to achieve great things!"
Hearing this, Sun Quan was silent for a long, long time.
For Sun Quan, he really hopes to succeed in one battle, and such methods cannot be used every time. If he uses it this time, if he cannot completely eradicate the big families in Jiangdong, then he will have to bear the consequences of the big families in Jiangdong next time.
There is a backlash, or the big Jiangdong households are wise enough not to be fooled.
That's why Sun Quan would not hesitate to throw away his face and beg Zhou Yu in a low voice, because only if Zhou Yu is willing to cooperate can such a strategy be successful...
But Sun Quan did not expect that even if Zhou Yu agreed to cooperate, he was still not far away to completely eliminate the big families in Jiangdong.
"My Lord..." Zhou Yu said slowly, "When Brother Bo Fu was alive, he often discussed this matter..."
"Ah? Brother...what did you say?" Sun Quan asked.
Zhou Yu smiled, as if recalling some happy things, "Brother Bo Fu said... if things don't go your way, kill them all! If one person doesn't obey, kill another person, if a whole clan doesn't obey, kill the entire clan. If
If the whole world refuses to obey, then we will kill everyone in the world!"
Sun Quan was so excited when he heard this that he almost clapped and cheered, "Brother, you are so heroic!"
"Yes, heroic..." Zhou Yu's expression became lonely again, "He died heroic..."
Sun Quan: "Uh..."
"For the sake of superiority, why don't you kill one person... It's just killing, usually there is no serious problem..." Zhou Yu said slowly, "If you kill a whole clan, it will be dangerous... If you want to kill everyone in the world, then...
…Will people in the world still stretch their necks and wait?”
"..." Sun Quan was speechless. Does this kind of thing require a strong argument? Is there any point in a strong argument?
"What's more..." Zhou Yu raised his eyes and looked at Sun Quan, "How many people are there in my lord's bag? What use can it be? If the big families in Jiangdong are covered with ink, they will plow in the spring and sow in the summer, harvest in the autumn and store in the winter, north and south."
Travel, east-west trade... who can continue to do it? Who can resist the South Vietnamese barbarians? When the lord takes action, there will inevitably be mistakes. If one person escapes and encourages the Sun clan to raise the flag of righteousness, the army will be out by then.
,How can my lord respond?"
The excitement on Sun Quan's face faded away, and only fatigue emerged, "In this case, someone... thought about it for a long time, and planned a strategy for many days... turned out to be..."
"Is there anything perfect in the world?" Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Today I saw that my lord has a far-reaching plan. Although there are some minor flaws, it is not harmful and it is enough to celebrate... However, strategic matters should be appropriate according to the time and place, so we should use them accordingly."
See... My lord wants to clean up the big families in Jiangdong, it will be difficult, but if he wants to weaken his clan, it will be easy... My lord can choose carefully..."
"Only "decline"?" Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu and confirmed the word, "Not "death"?"
Zhou Yu nodded.
Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu longingly, as if he longed for the warmth of a piece of paper, hoping that Zhou Yu could show more of his face.
Zhou Yu was unmoved. Anyway, everything above the head could be exposed, but nothing below the head was exposed.
Sun Quan finally lowered his head.
"In addition, Zhang Zibu is needed..." Zhou Yu added, "Ji Zixiu and others alone may not be able to achieve great things..." Zhou Yu's meaning is very straightforward. On the one hand, Ji Yan and others are not prestigious enough.
, there must be Zhang Zhao to support the scene. On the other hand, it also shows that these people may not have clean hands and feet, and they will be criticized by others.
Sun Quan's eyes widened, and he sighed in despair for a long time, "That's okay..."
"One more thing..." Zhou Yu raised a finger again.
Sun Quan almost jumped up, "Any more?"
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "My lord, just as you respect Yu today, please respect the Zhu family..."
Sun Quan was stunned. After a moment, he looked at Zhou Yu with some suspicion, but when he saw Zhou Yu smiling slightly, he couldn't help but also showed a little embarrassed smile...
……(;￢＿￢)……
A few days later, Lu Xun, who had taken up his post as a clerk, had just entered the official residence and walked to the courtyard wall. He heard that there seemed to be some people discussing something on the other side of the wall...
Several petty officials gathered together, talking as they walked.
"It's incredible, it's really incredible... Mr. Zhu is getting more and more angry now..."
"Isn't that true? I heard that my lord came specially to visit and gave five full carts of gifts! Even the servants in the Zhu Mansion have gifts! Yes, even the servants have gifts!"
"Tsk tsk... My lord is really treating the Zhu family very well..."
"It is said that my lord is going to give Zhu Lingjun a petition and make him a Marquis of the Countryside!"
"Really or not? Did you hear that right? He is really a country prince?!"
"How can there be any lies? It is said that the messengers have already set off for Xudu!"
"Ah, then, doesn't it mean that after a while, you will be called Lord Zhuhou?"
"It's been a while, you can just call me now!"
"Now? Don't tell me, I really want to go, but I'm afraid there are too many people going to Zhu's Mansion and I won't be able to squeeze in..."
"That's true. It is said that the concierges of the Zhu Mansion are now buying land and properties outside the city... Speaking of which, they are really better than you and me..."
"Hey, are you so envious? If you were asked to work as a concierge in the Zhu Mansion, would you go?"
"The concierge... won't go! At least he has to stay in the house..."
"Hahaha...you think so beautifully..."
The few officials who were chatting and laughing gradually moved away, and Lu Xun stopped, showing some contemplative expression.
For a long time, Lu Xun suddenly moved his eyebrows, and there was some panic in his eyes. He turned around and was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he stopped again, frowned, thought for a moment, then sighed, and turned back again.
, slowly, step by step, walked into the official house, as if he hadn't heard anything just now...
