Chapter 766: Suspected to be a token of congratulation, but actually poison
In November of the sixth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty.
As the land of China is about to enter a new year, and Sun Quan's birthday is coming soon, the atmosphere in Jianye City, located on the left side of the Yangtze River, has been very lively these days.
Due to Sun Quan's deliberate concealment, the news of the missing state mausoleum was not widely circulated in Jianye City.
Of course, it would be impossible to completely hide the news.
But Zhouling is not as famous as the police.
The Zhou Tomb is not within the territory of Jiangdong. Except for the imperial court that has a map of Jingzhou, even if ordinary people know the fact that the Zhou Tomb is lost, they cannot realize how much risk it will bring to the Wu army.
For the people who knew the news, they may only think that Wu Jun lost only an "insignificant" city due to carelessness.
Compared with Wu Jun's impressive martial arts in suppressing the police, what does the loss of a mere state mausoleum count?
Jianye was located on the left side of the Yangtze River, and there was no sound of war for decades.
In the past few decades, a life of extravagance and extravagance has been the main theme in Jianye City.
Under this main theme, the spirits of most people in Jianye City have been paralyzed.
But, Sun Quan is not as ignorant as ordinary people.
Sun Quan, who read the map of Jingzhou every year, knew how important Zhouling City was to the Wu army entering Jingzhou.
So when Sun Quan just received the news that the state mausoleum was lost and Pan Zhang died in battle, he was on the verge of anger.
Fortunately, when Sun Quan was about to vent his anger, Lu Xun's conciliatory memorial was delivered in time.
In Lu Xun's memorial, Lu Xun profoundly explained the weakness of the Han army - "The loss of the state mausoleum is the death struggle of the rebel army."
Then Lu Xun tried his best to appease Sun Quan in the memorial - "May your Majesty endure your anger for a few days, and I will do my best to make the war situation peaceful and clear again!"
After reading the contents of Lu Xun's memorial, Sun Quan indeed suppressed his inner anger.
It is true that the loss of Zhouling was a fact that Sun Quan was unwilling to accept.
But as Lu Xun said, the Han army had two fatal weaknesses: lack of food and strong enemies in the north.
Moreover, although Zhouling was lost, the main force of the Wu army was not damaged.
In addition, Sun Quan also recognized Lu Xun's ability.
Lu Xun could seize the opportunity and invade the hinterland of Jingzhou in one fell swoop despite Han Zong's hidden dangers inside.
This kind of ability is only higher than that of Lu Meng back then.
At least from the overall situation, the confrontation between Lu Xun and Mi Yang was basically in a state of back and forth.
Facing such a powerful enemy as Mi Yang, it is not incomprehensible that Lu Xun was careless and encountered some setbacks.
Under the above psychological consolation, Sun Quan quickly chose to believe what Lu Xun said.
Regarding Lu Xun's loss of the state mausoleum, Sun Quan not only did not issue an edict to reprimand him, but instead sent an envoy to comfort him.
In addition, in order to prevent Lu Xun from having any worries, Sun Quan also strictly prohibited the news of the missing state mausoleum from spreading in Jianye City.
Sun Quan did this, on the one hand, to reduce the criticism of Lu Xun from some "unreasonable" ministers, and on the other hand, he also wanted to stabilize people's hearts.
In terms of controlling the government, Sun Quan is the strongest among the three emperors in the world today.
As long as he himself does not lose his composure, then under his pressure, there will indeed be no unscrupulous ministers who dare to talk about the loss of the state mausoleum.
Self-soothing is deceptive.
At the beginning, Sun Quan may have been worried about the war on the front line.
But as time passed and Sun Quan never received worse battle reports, Sun Quan only believed that Lu Xun had successfully stabilized the situation.
This made Sun Quan seem to have forgotten about the loss of Zhou Ling.
In order to further stabilize people's hearts, Sun Quan plans to make special arrangements for this year's birthday.
After Sun Quan's decree to solemnly celebrate his birthday was issued, Wu Chen in Jianye City was no longer so worried.
The general's military information has always been sent directly to His Majesty.
Now that His Majesty is still in the mood to celebrate his birthday, this is enough to show that the military situation on the front line is not serious.
Has there even been a turnaround?
Such thoughts appeared in the minds of many Wu Chen, which allowed them to put down their worries and cater to Sun Quan.
With Wu Chen's wholehearted catering, Sun Quan's birthday ceremony began to be organized in full swing.
Mountains of tributes were continuously transported into Jianye City under the transportation of officials from various places.
The wide and continuous streets, under the arrangement of Taichang officials, are hung with red lanterns day and night.
All of a sudden, hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside Jianye City learned that Sun Quan was going to organize a grand birthday party.
Although the common people were not able to participate in Sun Quan's birthday ceremony, Sun Quan issued an edict to reduce the taxes of the common people in Jianye for one year in order to enjoy it with the people.
Such an edict that benefited the people naturally aroused the joy of the people inside and outside Jianye City.
Before Sun Quan's birthday came, people's praise for Sun Quan had already spread in the streets and alleys of Jianye City.
The praises that filled the city like a flood poured into the palace under the guidance of thoughtful people, making Sun Quan smile with joy.
Sun Quan felt that he had not been so happy in many years.
And today, as Taichang Gu Yong carried the newly spun uniforms to Sun Quan, the joy in Sun Quan's heart reached another peak.
Seeing the golden dragon flying in his eyes and the auspicious purple clouds in his eyes, Sun Quan couldn't help but stand up and walk towards it.
In order to make Sun Quan wear the extraordinary military uniform for his birthday this year, Taichang Gu Yong summoned the first-class skillful people in Jiangdong.
Many Jiangdong's skilled hands worked day and night in the palace, and just three days before his birthday, they weaved this robe that fascinated Sun Quan.
Before and after arriving at the elegant and luxurious Gun's clothes, Sun Quan subconsciously reached out and touched the clothes.
As soon as his hands touched the robe, Sun Quan felt the delicate and extraordinary feeling.
This feeling made Sun Quan realize that the materials of the uniform in front of him must be of excellent quality.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Sun Quan couldn't help but sigh sincerely.
"Yuan Tan is thoughtful."
After sighing, Sun Quan did not forget to praise Gu Yong.
Gu Yong, who was praised by Sun Quan, bowed slightly to Sun Quan:
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After hearing Gu Yong's words, Sun Quan burst into laughter.
Gu Yong is not only considerate in his work, but also speaks beautifully.
The spirit of an emperor!
Gu Yong's words couldn't help but make Sun Quan look forward to it:
Three days later, when he wore this set of robes that symbolized the supreme being in the world and accepted congratulations from hundreds of officials in front of the main hall, what an unforgettable scene it would be.
"Yuantan, with your talent, how can you be so unworthy of Taichang?"
In his excitement, Sun Quan said this to Gu Yong.
This sentence made Gu Yong very happy.
The emperor has no jokes.
Taichang is already the Jiuqing. If Taichang is not able to match his talents, he will be the Third Duke!
Gu Yong was overjoyed and wanted to thank Sun Quan.
However, before Gu Yong could speak, Shiyi came to Sun Quan holding a memorial in his hand.
Seeing Shi Yi arriving, Gu Yong quickly shut his mouth, and even Sun Quan frowned slightly.
Gu Yong and Sun Quan behaved this way because of Shiyi's special status.
Since the Battle of Chibi, Shiyi has been Sun Quan's secretary, responsible for organizing and delivering the reports to the generals.
After the Battle of Public Security, what Shiyi sent to Sun Quan was always unfavorable military information.
This made everyone, including Wu Junchen and others, feel a little shadowy in their hearts.
After Shiyi arrived, Sun Quan asked him somewhat uneasily:
"But the general has sent you the latest military information?"
When asking this question, Sun Quan kept silently praying in his heart - it must not be the military information sent by Lu Xun!
For Sun Quan, the best situation was that there was no latest military information on the front line.
Otherwise, there are too many variables.
Perhaps it was Sun Quan's inner prayer that had the effect.
Shiyi bowed to Sun Quan and said:
"It was sent by General Zhenxi."
Upon hearing that the memorial was sent by Quan Cong, Sun Quan and Gu Yong breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Then the smile appeared on Sun Quan's face again:
"I have been curious a few days ago as to why Zihuang's congratulatory form has not been delivered.
Unexpectedly, Zihuang's congratulatory message came belatedly today.
I want to see what kind of congratulatory note Zihuang wrote that caused the delay to this day."
After Sun Quan finished speaking, he reached out and took the memorial sent by Quan Cong from Shi Yi's hand.
Sun Quan's words brought a smile to Gu Yong's face.
Gu Yong knew that Quan Cong was now responsible for guarding Yuzhang County.
Yuzhang County is located in Jiangdong and is not on the front line, so how can there be a war?
And if it weren't for the war, then if you think about it, Quan Cong's memorial would be a letter of congratulations.
In recent days, ministers from various places have sent too many congratulations.
Gu Yong looked at Sun Quan expectantly.
He was also a little curious about what good words and sentences Quan Cong would use to praise Sun Quan in his congratulations.
But soon, Gu Yong realized something was wrong.
He found that Sun Quan still had a smile on his face before he unfolded the full Cong memorial.
But when Sun Quan saw the contents of the memorial, his expression immediately changed.
What kind of change is it?
Sun Quan's expression was gradually becoming distorted.
Disbelief, anger, fear...
All the worst emotions in the world appeared in Sun Quan's heart almost instantly.
How could this make Sun Quan's face not distorted?
Shi Yi also quickly realized something was wrong.
He originally thought that Quan Cong's memorial was a congratulatory statement, so he did not read it first.
But now we can see from the change in Sun Quan's face that Quan Cong's memorial is by no means just a token of congratulation!
Just when Shiyi wanted to ask Sun Quan, Sun Quan, whose face was distorted, roared angrily.
"Han Army?
Aren't the Han troops in Jingzhou? How could they suddenly attack Yuzhang?
There were tens of thousands of Shanyue soldiers, so why did they suddenly respond to the Han army?
Didn't Quan Cong report that Peng Qi had been completely defeated?
Is this what he said is inappropriate?!
And Lu Xun, didn’t he say that the Han army was struggling to its death?!
Even if you are struggling to the death, can you struggle to reach Yuzhang, my heart?!"
Sun Quan was going crazy.
The furious Sun Quan first quickly issued a series of questions from his mouth.
After questioning the memorial in his hand, Sun Quan looked at Yi and Gu Yong with bloodshot eyes like a stolen tiger:
"The four counties of Yuzhang surrendered without a fight, surrendered without a fight!
Thousands of Han troops seemed to be entering an uninhabited territory, approaching Chaisang!
That’s Chaisang!
What is Quan Cong doing, what is Lu Xun doing? My hundred thousand troops are all dead, yet the Han army is threatening them so far!"
After a series of questions, Sun Quan's roar reached a new level.
Sun Quan's roar made Shiyi and Gu Yong realize what had happened.
And when they were frightened, Sun Quan's murderous eyes scared them to the ground.
Gu Yong and Shi Yi were kneeling on the ground, trembling all over.
They were not only afraid that the Han army would threaten Chai Sang, but they were also afraid that Sun Quan would kill them both in anger.
After Sun Quan saw Gu Yong and Shi Yi trembling on the ground, the anger in his heart escalated to a higher level.
Kneeling in front of him was a counselor he relied on in the past, and the other was the country's most powerful Jiu Qing.
But when the country was in trouble, neither of them had any suggestions and would only kneel down and tremble.
What wine bags and rice bags did Da Wu keep?
The anger that kept boiling in his heart made Sun Quan almost squeeze out a sentence through his teeth:
"Get out of here, get out of here!"
Sun Quan felt that if he looked at She Yi and Gu Yong one more time, he would not be able to help but kill them.
Hearing that Sun Quan was angry, his voice began to become distorted. Yi and Gu Yong didn't dare to stay for a moment longer.
Wearing the robes of ministers, they were like funny clowns at this moment, kneeling on the ground and leaving quickly.
When Shiyi and Gu Yong left, Sun Quan bent over with anger and heartache.
In the end, Sun Quan was so painful that he half-knelt on the ground.
Sun Quan put one hand on his chest, and the other hand supported his body that was shaking due to fear.
For Sun Quan, compared to the loss of Zhouling, the Han army's threat to Chaisang was more frightening to him.
The state mausoleum was lost, but Lu Xun's 100,000 troops were fine after all.
If Lu Xun could lead his troops back to Jiangdong safely, essentially he would not have lost anything.
Even if the Wu army lost troops and generals during the breakout process, Sun Quan would not be unable to accept it.
No matter how miserable it is, can it still be as miserable as the police war of the past?
At worst, it will just lie dormant for a few more years.
If a few years are not enough, then learn from Gou Jian and lie dormant for ten years.
As long as Jiangdong, the wealthy base, is still in his own hands, that's fine.
Why did Sun Quan have the courage to jump around repeatedly for many years, and why was he able to do backstabbing at will?
That's because in Sun Quan's view, even if he fails in his horizontal jump, he still has the confidence to make a comeback with the prosperous Jiangdong as his base.
And Jiangdong has always been protected by the natural danger of the Yangtze River. In addition, Jiangdong's navy is the best in the world, so foreign enemies cannot threaten Jiangdong. Sun Quan really has nothing to fear.
But today is different.
Why does Mi Yang want to seize Chaisang?
Mi Yang saw through the reliance in his heart, and Mi Yang wanted to break his foundation in Soochow in one fell swoop!
When he thought of this, Sun Quan felt a fear he had never felt before.
Mi Yang must not be allowed to succeed!
Sun Quan struggled to get up from the ground. He wanted to summon all the officials to discuss the situation together.
But then Sun Quan thought that the heroes of Soochow were either following Lu Xun in Jingzhou, or they were divided into towns in various places. In the huge Jianye City, how could there be any loyal ministers at this time?
At this time, most of the people in Jianye City were just people who catered to their superiors and whitewashed the peace.
What's the use of summoning hundreds of officials!
What to do, what to do?
The distraught Sun Quan kept thinking about countermeasures. After thinking hard for a long time, a figure appeared in Sun Quan's mind.
After thinking of that person, Sun Quan was like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw:
"Come here, help me up quickly, I want to leave the palace!"
After the left and right stepped forward to help Sun Quan up, Sun Quan staggered and walked out with his body hunched over.
However, because of the fear in his heart, Sun Quan's footsteps became very vain. By accident, Sun Quan knocked down the military uniform in front of him that symbolized the majesty of the Emperor Wu.
The loud noise of the clothes hanger falling to the ground startled Sun Quan
Seeing the Emperor Gon, who was rolling to the ground and no longer showing any majesty, Sun Quan's heart was burning: