Zhou Yu himself didn't want to speak on this matter, but after listening to everyone's discussion here for a while, and after Sun Jian directly asked him for his opinion, he modestly stood up and said that he was talking about the Jade Seal of the State.
thoughts on this matter.
After he stood up, Sun Ce focused his eyes on him.
"Uncle, in answer to my uncle's question, my nephew has a question for you.
You have to answer this matter seriously, and please don’t be angry with my nephew."
After Zhou Yu stood up, he saluted Sun Jian and the other Sun Jian's subordinates present, and then said this.
When Sun Jian heard this, he nodded and said, "Yu'er, it's okay if you say so. (At this time, Zhou Yu has not yet picked up a character, and is not called Zhou Gongjin yet.)"
After Zhou Yu nodded, he said: "What my nephew wants to ask is whether my uncle wants to ascend to the throne and become the emperor and become the ninth emperor."
After Zhou Yu said this relatively plain sentence, everyone present could not help but be stunned.
Especially when Zu Mao and others were waiting for him, he was the one who persuaded Sun Jian to keep the jade seal.
For them, the matter of being the emperor was very taboo and could not be discussed openly.
Just now they persuaded Sun Jian to keep the jade seal, but they didn't explicitly say that he would be the emperor, although everyone knew what it meant.
But it was all tacit.
As a result, a young man like Zhou Yu stood up and said these words clearly.
This made them couldn't help but stare at him.
This is indeed a young man. Even if he is smart, he is very aggressive when it comes to things like acting and is not tactful at all.
When Sun Jian heard this, he was also stunned.
After a moment, he said: "I have never thought about the position of Ninth Five-Year Plan. I, Sun Jian, am a minister of Han Dynasty. The reason why I am seeking Jiangdong is because my strength here is too weak and there is no place for me to gain a foothold.
After wanting to take down Jiangdong, he will continue to fight against the rebels, finally rescue the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and restore the Han Dynasty!
I kept the jade seal in my hands before, not because I was greedy for the jade seal, but because I was worried that after handing it over, the national jade seal would fall into the hands of thieves. After the thief has the jade seal, he will do something to shame the jade seal.
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Sun Jian said this very solemnly, but it also made many people around him stunned.
Zhou Yu cupped his hands in front of Sun Jian and said, "My uncle punched the heart of the great man, which is admirable!"
After he praised Sun Jian, he said: "Since my uncle doesn't want to become a great master, then this matter will be easy to handle.
Yuan Shu is obsessed with the jade seal and refuses to give up, so my uncle might as well give the jade seal to Yuan Shu."
After saying this, Zu Mao, Han Dang and others couldn't help but look a little anxious.
This is a jade seal passed down from the country, how can you give it away for nothing?
Although Sun Jian has just said that he does not want to be the emperor, as a minister, who would not want the person he and others follow to become the emperor and ascend to a high position?
They felt that this was just their lord who was too embarrassed to reveal his thoughts about ascending to the Nine-Fifth Supreme Lord in public.
In fact, I still have this thought in my heart.
Moreover, even if my lord thinks like this at this time, it is only my lord's thinking at this time, and it does not mean that he will think like this in the future.
Just like before, my lord has not yet wanted to take over the land of Jiangdong, which is basically the same as establishing his own identity.
It is better to keep things like the national jade seal in your own hands and control it yourself.
Maybe it will be of great use in the future. People must consider the future and have foresight...
Before Sun Jian could speak, Zu Mao couldn't help but said: "Yuan Shu is extremely ambitious and has evil intentions. He has long been secretly planning to become emperor.
At this time, he came so urgently to ask for the jade seal, and his intention was already clear.
If Yuan Shu did not have a jade seal to pass down the country, his reputation would not be justified. If he had a jade seal to pass down the country, he would probably proclaim himself emperor soon.
This is not a good thing for Han Lai Shu.
Under such circumstances, how can Yuxi and Yuan Shu be separated?
Doesn’t this mean that we are aiding the evil deeds?”
After Zu Mao's words came out, many people present could not help but nod in secret, feeling that what Zu Mao said was very reasonable.
He looked at Zhou Yu with a secret smile.
This kid, Zhou Yu, is a bit smart, but after all, he is still too young and has experienced too little, so he doesn’t know how things in this world are done.
Many things in the world are linked one after another. How could it be as easy as he thought?
Some things, even if you don't use them yourself, still can't be given to others.
Sun Jian did not speak on this matter. After Zu Mao finished speaking, he also turned his attention to Zhou Yu, waiting for Zhou Yu to answer.
At this time, Zhou Yu was not frightened at all, and even had a slight smile on his face.
The whole person looks as gentle as jade, but still has the high-spiritedness of a young man.
He cupped his hands in front of Zu Maogong and said: "It is precisely because Yuan Shu wants to proclaim himself emperor that he needs to give Yuan Shu the Imperial Seal and give Yuan Shu a push from behind so that Yuan Shu can proclaim himself emperor as soon as possible."
When these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present could not help but change.
Even Sun Jian couldn't help but change his color slightly.
"What are these words?
Isn’t this just aiding the evildoer?!”
Zu Mao looked at Zhou Yu and seemed a little angry.
Zhou Yu, however, remained unchanged and continued to speak: "Yuan Shu behaves erratically. Although he has such great authority and influence now, he is not a long-term person after all.
The reason why this person is able to have such great power now is mainly because of the prestige accumulated over a long period of time by the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family.
But Yuan Shu's character and methods could not last long, and he eventually fell to the ground.
After he obtained the jade seal and proclaimed himself emperor, it was just a big joke.
I would like to ask, do you think that even if Yuan Shu really proclaims himself emperor, will anyone in the world really think that he is the emperor?"
After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Zu Mao shook his head and said: "His proclaiming himself emperor is like child's play and no one will agree with it.
On the contrary, many people will spurn him."
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Since then, wouldn't Yuan Shu, who was the first to proclaim himself emperor, become the target of public criticism?
Wouldn’t it be able to attract a lot of attention?
Rebellious ministers and traitors should be punished by everyone. From now on, beating Yuan Shao will become the right thing to do.
In this world, at this time, there are still many people who are loyal to the Han Dynasty and have their hearts set with the Han Dynasty.
It would be better if Yuan Shu did not proclaim himself emperor. Once he proclaims himself emperor, many people will be disgusted with him and regard him as an enemy. If possible, he will not mind and attack him.
Don’t forget, everyone, Jiujiang County is right next to Xuzhou.
Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian is not an easy person to mess with.
Judging from his previous arrangements, it seemed that he also intended to take Jiujiang, but because Zhu Jun raised an army to attack Dong, he sent a large number of troops to support Zhu Jun and did not attack Jiujiang.
In this case, when we take Jiujiang here, we need to be on guard against Xuzhou.
If we don't get it right, we'll start a fight with Xuzhou.
What would happen if Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor at this time?
Although Tao Qian has an eccentric personality, he is also a veteran of the Han Dynasty. It can be seen from his previous behaviors that Tao Qian really hopes to revive the Han Dynasty.
Once Yuan Shu becomes emperor, most of Tao Qian's attention will be sucked away by Yuan Shu.
It is not impossible to send troops to attack Yuan Shu.
Under such circumstances, wouldn’t it be much smoother for us to take Jiujiang here?
Not only Tao Qian, but Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng, the shepherds of Jingzhou, were clan members of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shu's place was adjacent to him.
When many people attacked Luoyang to destroy Dong Zhuo, he did not contribute. Now if Yuan Shu, who is facing him, begins to proclaim himself emperor, what should he do?
You can't use no strength at all, right?
He is a member of the Han family.
As long as he continues to fight Yuan Shu, he will have no time to think and energy to harass his uncle.
My uncle's three possible external enemies at this time were Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Tao Qian.
The jade seal was given to Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu became emperor, the three of them would be restrained, and even more others would be restrained.
Under such circumstances, uncle can safely attack Jinglue Jiangdong..."
After saying this, Zhou Yu calmed down a little and continued: "Moreover, now that I have handed over the Imperial Seal, will I really not be able to get it back in the future?
I don't think so.
It is very difficult for Yuan Shu to keep the jade seal, and it will definitely be lost in the future.
At that time, my uncle had already conquered all the land east of the Yangtze River.
Strong soldiers, strong horses, and sufficient food and grass are the fundamentals. They are much stronger than a dead jade seal.
At that time, as the soldiers marched forward to eliminate the culprits, it was really unknown whose hands the jade seal would fall into..."
"Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor at this time, risking the disapproval of the world, and will attract many things away.
Historically, the first person, or the first group of people, to do this will not end well.
But as time goes by, the number of people who do this begins to increase... The Emperor of Han Dynasty is really in a state of despair. As time goes by, if someone proclaims himself emperor again, then there will be opposition voices from all over the world, as well as all kinds of other bad things. There will be many, many fewer things...
Therefore, my nephew thinks that uncle, you should give the jade seal to Yuan Shu.
Of course, the gift cannot be given too smoothly. We cannot let Yuan Shu give it to Yuan Shu just by talking about it. Yuan Shu needs to be given something practical in exchange.
For example, give some food and grass, or give some weapons, money, horses and other things in exchange..."
Zhou Yu talked eloquently and said a lot of things like this.
After he finished speaking, he politely bowed his hands to Sun Jian, Zu Mao, Han Dang, Cheng Pu and others present.
And then he said: "These are just some personal opinions of my nephew. They should not be taken seriously. Uncle just listens to them..."
After he finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Zhou Yu, and their eyes changed when they looked at Zhou Yu!
The surrounding area became very quiet for a while
At this time, no one looked down upon this young man who didn't even have a long beard.
No one would regard him as a young man anymore!
Zhou Yu’s knowledge this week is truly extraordinary!
Sun Jian had a smile on his face, looked at Zhou Yu and said with emotion: "You should be like Zhou Lang when you give birth to a son!"
After saying this, he stood up directly, held a glass of wine in his hand, came to Zhou Yu, and persuaded Zhou Yu to drink it.
Zhou Yu declined and did not dare to accept.
Sun Jian said: "Aspiration does not depend on your age. What you said just now, Yu'er, is enough to afford this glass of wine.
I don’t know how much energy you can save and how many soldiers and horses you can save by what you just said!”
Zhou Yu had no choice but to take it and drink it, feeling that the drink tasted particularly good.
After finishing the glass of wine, Sun Jian held the pot again, poured wine for Zhou Yu, and persuaded Zhou Yu to drink three more glasses of wine before he stopped.
Then he turned to look at Sun Ce and Sun Quan and said: "You two, in the future, you must get closer to Yu'er and learn more from Yu'er!"
Sun Ce and Sun Quan both agreed.
Zhou Yu quickly waved his hand and said he didn't dare...
After a while, Sun Jian returned to his seat, looked at everyone and said: "Give the jade seal to Yuan Shu, who of you has any objections?"
Hearing Sun Jian's question, everyone shook their heads.
After listening to what Zhou Yu said, everyone no longer objected.
Under such circumstances, you would be a fool to object.
Seeing this, Sun Jian smiled and said: "Okay, then this matter is settled!"
After this incident, Zhou Yu, a young man, became famous among Sun Jian. Even Zu Mao, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others did not dare to look down on this young man.
After Sun Jian discussed it, he went to see the envoy from Yuan Shu.
This time, he admitted generously that the jade seal was with him.
However, it cannot be given to Yuan Shu just like this. Yuan Shu needs to give some benefits...
After some arrangements, Yuan Shu's envoy left Sun Jian.
As for Sun Jian, he began to prepare for a new journey.
Jiujiang County, which is adjacent to Lujiang County, did not rush to get it immediately, but pointed the finger at Danyang County.
The governor of Danyang County is Zhou Xin.
Zhou Xin had always disliked Yuan Shu as a person and yearned for Yuan Shao.
Sun Jian had worked with Yuan Shu for a long time before, so he and Sun Jian also hated him.
When Sun Jian raised troops to attack Lujiang County, Zhou Xin sent troops to support Lu Kang.
He wanted to kill Sun Jian.
However, the troops sent were dispersed by Sun Jian.
Under such circumstances, Sun Jian would naturally go to attack Danyang County.
As for Jiujiang County in the north, Yangzhou Governor Liu Yao was there and stationed in Shouchun.
After Guxuan took Danyang County into his hands, the governor Liu Yao was completely cut off from the rest of Yangzhou.
Therefore, this time, Sun Jian mainly targeted Danyang County. At the same time, he also left troops in Lujiang County to prevent Liu Yao from going south from Jiujiang County and taking the opportunity to attack Lujiang County...
