On the first day when the election was scheduled to begin, there seemed to be no news about Zhang Zhao and others in Wu County.
Many people who were looking forward to it even thought that Zhang Zhao and others had given up participating in the competition, and instead planned to use larger-scale protests and struggles to support Sun Quan's return to power.
If nothing else, it is worth doing this just to bring down Zhang Zhao and others who are extremely evil-hearted.
only…
Things are unpredictable. Even Lu Xun and others thought that Zhang Zhao was going to give up and prepare to celebrate this easy victory. Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng came leisurely from outside the city. In front of the government office, they looked very calm and arrogant.
announced their decision to "challenge".
At this time, Wu Jun suddenly exploded.
Leaving aside those ordinary people who really intend to support Lu Xun and others, there are still quite a few people who intend to watch the fun.
Yes - after being oppressed by the gentry for so many years, even if Lu Xun and others very sincerely issued selection tickets representing their personal rights to the people, there were still many people who did not intend to take sides before the matter was completed.
All I can say is that this is a smarter approach.
As ordinary people who have no power, it is really difficult to take action against the nobles who have abundant financial and human resources that they cannot compete with. Regardless of whether they really do it or rely on this novel method, most people still do it.
I feel that this is just a dog-eat-dog affair on both sides.
Under such circumstances, when Zhang Zhaozhen accepted the challenge, it actually gave many people a chance to choose.
I would like to ask, now that the old faction controls most of the military power in Jiangdong, how many people will abandon their original lives and risk catastrophe to support the gentry on the other side who have always been weak?
Yes, in the final analysis, what Lu Xun represents is still the Lu family of Wu County who are equivalent to the Zhang family and the Gu family in people's minds. There is essentially no difference.
Sure enough, Zhang Zhao's appearance made a large number of people who were originally hesitant directly publicly express their intention to support Zhang Zhao.
In Wu County alone, the support from both sides immediately became divided on the day Zhang Zhao announced his acceptance of the battle.
This also made Sun Quan, Lu Xun and others who were staying in the Lu Mansion somewhat unexpected.
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"After all, he's here anyway. Sure enough, it's impossible for someone like Zhang Zhao to give up, right?"
Before drinking tea, the Lu family finally received the news of Zhang Zhao's return. Not long after, Lu Su, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang and others rushed over.
Of course, Sun Quan also received the news immediately, and rushed to the door in a hurry. He shouted before he even entered.
Seeing Sun Quan's arrival, Lu Xun, who had already taken his place, nodded and said:
"Master, don't worry, after all, according to our plan, Zhang Zhao will definitely come."
"The remaining question is how to win this selection."
"On this point, I have given instructions. In another hour, we will have a face-to-face meeting with Zhang Zhao and the others - but there is still something that everyone needs to know."
After Lu Xun said this, everyone turned to look at him.
Lu Su frowned and asked doubtfully:
"But what changes happened to Zhang Zhao?"
Lu Xun nodded when he heard Lu Su's words, with a meaningful feeling in his tone:
"The person participating in the selection is probably... not Zhang Zhao."
“…”
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the field. Sun Quan simply froze on the spot. After a while, an awkward smile appeared on his face:
"What...what's going on?"
Lu Xun adjusted his emotions and told the whole story as calmly as possible:
"Because when Zhang Zhao entered the city this morning, he didn't come alone - he also took Lu Meng with him."
"Lu..."
Lu Su almost choked to death on the spot. When he heard Lu Xun's answer, he quickly looked at Sun Quan aside, only to find that Sun Quan's expression was completely frozen.
"Bo Yan...is this true? Is it really Lu Meng who came to participate in the selection? If that's the case...then aren't all our previous arrangements..."
Lu Su didn't finish his words, but those present already understood what he meant.
The fact is that the goal they have been working hard for for a long time is to carry out all kinds of bad publicity against Zhang Zhao - in terms of means, since they are inherently deficient, they can only seize the opportunity.
This is what someone said. Under certain circumstances, even if the conditions are not suitable, the voting method can produce the final desired effect.
But the problem is that Zhang Zhao's sudden retreat made everyone's arrangement completely empty talk.
The punch hit the empty space, no wonder Lu Su's expression was so ugly.
But what everyone is really worried about now is Sun Quan - because Lu Meng's identity is indeed very special...
This has to do with the fact that Sun Quan sent Lu Meng as the commander-in-chief of the army a year ago, and ultimately lost all his reputation and status.
Before that, the reason why Sun Quan planned such a seemingly mindless sneak attack was simply because he felt that he had to be able to do things alone without Zhou Yu.
In order to prove this point and to gain more personal popularity, Sun Quan made his own moves long before Zhou Yu was deposed.
Of course, Sun Quan actually didn’t really understand this misunderstanding until after Zhou Yu’s death.
His behavior of getting rid of Zhou Yu was not only selfish, but also very stupid.
The key is that I deliberately wanted to cultivate new confidants. During that period, deliberately alienating Zhou Yu and Lu Su was the most unnecessary behavior.
Because Lu Su confessed to Sun Quan later, Zhou Yu had already seen what Sun Quan meant.
In fact, both of them understood Sun Quan's behavior.
Not only did he understand, but after knowing that Sun Quan favored Lu Xun, Zhou Yu, who had been suppressing the Lu family, had also faintly relaxed his suppression of the Lu family.
Otherwise, it is unlikely that Lu Xun would have had the chance to rise to power after entering the General's Mansion.
However, Sun Quan was single-minded at that time and did not understand the painstaking efforts of Lu Su and Zhou Yu at all.
One is to leave everything to Lu Xun, which turns out to be an opportunity for Lu Xun to avenge so many years of oppression and help his family rise.
The feud between Lu Xun and Zhou Yu is a matter of another dimension.
Now that Lu Xun is helping Sun Quan, it can be said that he is a person who deals with matters and repays his kindness.
The only thing he wants is for Zhou Yu to pay the due price.
But besides Lu Xun, Sun Quan also supported another person.
Sun Quan used to drink to drown his sorrows, but Zhou Yu's death shocked Sun Quan so much that he almost hated the name Lu Xun.
But the hatred for Lu Xun alone was not enough to make him depressed like that.
What depressed Sun Quan the most was that when he was isolated and helpless, he was planning to seek help from Lü Meng, a close confidant he had cultivated in the army. However, he unexpectedly learned that Lü Meng accepted Zhang Zhao's invitation and chose to join Zhang Zhao's camp.
He supported two people in total, but both of them betrayed him.
You are a normal person. Your heart will collapse at this time, right?
