Soldiers come to the world

When faced with a political crisis, those in power tend to be more suspicious of their subordinates. This is an unbreakable law since ancient times, and Sun Quan is no exception here.

With the precedents of Wu Jun and Kuaiji counties abandoning Jiangdong for the benefit of the family, Sun Quan was even more suspicious of his subordinates. He did not hesitate to restart the notorious Eagle Beak in Jiangdong, a secret investigation agency hated by Jiangdong officials and people.

Since Wang Ning was executed, Eagle Beak was disbanded, but not long ago, Sun Quan restarted this secret investigation agency and appointed his confidant guard Zhao Jian as the captain of Eagle Beak.

Zhuge Jin was the first important official to be closely monitored. The root cause of his suspicion by Sun Quan was that he sent his son to Jiaozhou to adopt Zhuge Liang as his son. It's normal for him.

However, Zhugejin did not choose the right time to do this. It was just when Jiangdong was facing a crisis, and Sun Quan asked Jiaozhou for help, but Jiaozhou remained silent. This made Sun Quan even more annoyed. I went to Jiaozhou.

In fact, Sun Quan's guess is not wrong. Today, when the crisis in Jiangdong is getting worse, not many people are willing to die for Jiangdong. Especially Jiangdong has become a military regime that traps the people. Under such circumstances, how can the civil servants who have always cherished their reputations like their lives put their own names behind them into a regime that destroys their ideals and aspirations?

At that time, Dong Zhuo and Li Cui conspired against each other, causing great chaos in the north. Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, which disgusted the literati and celebrities, and the Yuan Shao regime was in danger, while the Jiangdong regime was like the rising sun, safe and prosperous. Sun Ce and Sun Quan attracted talents. , Open-minded like a valley, attracted the attention of countless people, and also made Zhuge Jin go to Jiangdong without hesitation.

In the past 20 years, Jiangdong has been destroyed by Sun Quan's strategic decision-making mistakes again and again, and by the struggle for power within the Sun family. Today, the ideal fire in Zhuge Jin's heart has been extinguished, and the lives of him and his family have been threatened. Threats, how could Zhuge Jin not feel chilled, how could he still want to serve Jiangdong, but he himself didn't know where to go?

This morning, Zhuge Jin received a secret letter from his brother Zhuge Liang, asking him to take refuge in Jiaozhou. Only then did Zhuge Jin realize that his brother Zhuge Liang is actually paying attention to the situation in the Central Plains all the time, and he knows very well that the crisis in Jiangdong has arrived.

But he really hesitated to go to Jiaozhou for refuge. On the one hand, Jiaozhou was too remote, which made him feel lost away from the political situation in the Central Plains. Secondly, even if Zhuge Jin could escape, his wife and children would not be able to escape, and they were closely monitored by Sun Quan. .

Just now, Zhuge Jin got the three conditions proposed by Liu Jing from Yan Yan, and he realized that there are still ten days before the war will start, and he must prepare for the coming of the war.

Zhuge Jin boarded the carriage and left Jianye City, and hurried to Moling County. At this time, the gate of the city had already been closed, and Sun Quan ordered that no one was allowed to enter or leave the county, except for Jiangdong officials, who needed to go to Jianye Palace To discuss matters, one must enter and leave the county seat, and Zhuge Jin is not bound by the city gate.

Moling County is about three miles away from Jianye City. There is a spacious and flat official road between the two cities. There are large forests on both sides of the official road. When it is close to the county town, the forest gradually disappears. There are countless shops, taverns and hostel.

One watch had passed, and Zhuge Jin's carriage was heading towards the county town along the official road. The official road was very quiet, except for his carriage rumbling along, there were no other pedestrians.

For some reason, Zhuge Jin felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. If Marquis Wu wanted to deal with him, this was the best chance. He kept looking at the forests on both sides, urging the coachman to speed up.

But at this moment, the coachman stopped the carriage suddenly, Zhuge Jin was startled, and asked anxiously, "Why did you stop, what happened?"

"Master, there is someone in front!" the coachman said in a trembling voice.

Zhuge Jin poked his head out of the car window, his heart sank suddenly. There were more than a dozen men in black standing side by side in front of him, blocking his way. Not only there were people in front, but also men in black in front, back, left, and right, surrounding his carriage.

"Who are you?" Zhuge Jin asked uneasily.

At this time, a man in black riding a horse stepped forward, bowed his hands and saluted, "Please don't be afraid, Mr. Zhuge, my master, please invite Mr. Zhuge and his party."

Zhuge Jin felt at ease when he heard that his words were quite polite, and asked, "Who is your master, and what do you want me to do?"

The black-clothed leader smiled and said: "Who is my master, you will know when you see it. If you don't want to go, you can't force it."

With a wave of his hand, the black-clothed men who blocked the road retreated one after another. The black-clothed leader said apologetically: "The road blocking is only to protect the carriage of the gentleman, and there is no malice. If the husband doesn't want to go, just go on the road, and I will never stop you."

Seeing that all the black clothes had been withdrawn, Zhuge Jin saw that only the cavalry man in black was left on the avenue. He could indeed leave at any time, and there were a few shops not far ahead. Zhuge Jin pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Where is your master?"

"Walk three miles to the west and you will be there."

Zhuge Jin nodded, "In that case, I'll go see your master, please lead the way!"

The man in black riding a horse was overjoyed, turned his horse's head and said, "Please follow me!"

Zhuge Jin told the coachman, "Follow him."

There was a crossroads ahead, and after walking less than a dozen steps, the carriage turned to the west, and followed the black-clothed rider to the west without haste, Zhuge Jin felt that the other party had no malicious intentions and should not hurt herself. And he was also curious as to who wanted to see him.

The carriage traveled about three miles, and the official road gradually approached the Yangtze River. From a distance, only a large ship was parked by the river. Zhuge Jin remembered that it was an abandoned wharf. How could a large ship be parked?

The carriage stopped in front of the big boat, Zhuge Jin got out of the carriage, looked at the big boat suspiciously, the man in black clasped his hands and said with a smile: "My master is waiting on the boat, sir, please come aboard."

After hesitating for a while, Zhuge Jin finally followed the man in black onto the big boat. He walked into the cabin, only to see that the cabin was brightly lit, and a man in a long gown and a golden crown on his head was looking at him with a smile.

"Your Highness!"

Zhuge Jin was stunned immediately. The man in front of him who wanted to see him turned out to be Liu Jing, King of Han. He stood there blankly in a daze.

Liu Jing smiled slightly and said, "I'm sorry to invite Mr. Zhuge over so late!"

Only then did Zhuge Jin wake up, he was a little at a loss, stepped forward and saluted, "See Your Highness!"

Liu Jing pointed to the small table and said with a smile, "If Mr. Zhuge is not in a hurry to go back, we might as well have a chat."

Zhuge Jin nodded and sat down at the small table. Liu Jing sat down opposite him. The guards came in and served two cups of tea. Liu Jing picked up the tea and said with a smile: "I saw that Zhuge Gong was just doing it on the spur of the moment. My scout reported, Zhuge Gong Wandering around outside the Jianye Palace alone, I seemed to have something on my mind, so I invited my husband here without prior notice, please forgive me."

Only then did Zhugejin realize that his every move had been observed by the scouts of the Han army, but immediately he realized that the scouts of the Han army were not monitoring him, but the Jianye Palace, and he happened to be hiding outside the Jianye Palace when they saw it.

After thinking about this, Zhuge Jin felt much more comfortable, and Liu Jing was very polite to him, which also satisfied a little bit of his inner self-esteem.

Zhuge Jin smiled and said: "I came out outside the Jianye Palace to wait for Yan Man to inquire about some situations. I already know the three conditions His Highness set."

"Then what does Duke Zhuge think of the three conditions? Will Marquis Wu agree?"

Zhuge Jin shook his head, "He won't agree to a single condition, not to mention three years of tax exemption, even if it is one year of tax exemption, the Jiangdong government will close its doors immediately. If you want to repay it with taxes, it would be great if he doesn’t raise taxes, but if you want him to be exempt from taxes, you won’t agree to killing him.”

Liu Jing was amused when he heard Zhuge Jin use the tone of 'kill him', which shows how deep Zhuge Jin's resentment towards Sun Quan is, and he also knew that Zhuge Jin was being watched by Sun Quan, but Liu Jing remained calm when he didn't mention it Di Xiao asked, "What about the second and third conditions?"

"The second condition is to let the people of Jiangdong be free, and they are not allowed to stop them. If they are really released, within half a year, the people of Jiangdong will run away clean, and they can go to Jingzhou to enjoy the light and poor taxes. Who would want to suffer in Jiangdong? Heavy taxation, if there is no skin, how can Mao be attached? If the people in Jiangdong run away, the soldiers will also flee, and Jiangdong will naturally cease to exist, and the third is even more impossible. There may be time to fight for the second, and the third The article is directly that Sun Quan will go to the field, restore the counties and counties, and the Jiangdong regime will disappear. How can Sun Quan be willing to do this kind of self-determination!"

Zhugejin's analysis coincided with Liu Jing's thoughts. Of course Liu Jing knew that Sun Quan would not agree, so he gave ten days to give Jiangdong civil and military officials a chance to choose, hoping that a virtuous minister like Zhugejin would Can serve oneself.

Liu Jing said slowly again: "Some people say that my attack on Jiangdong this time is in the same line as before. Back then, Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou in an attempt to annex Jingzhou. Now it's just the opposite. In fact, it's not the same thing. This time I attacked Jiangdong to unify In the south, take the first step to unify the world, so that the people of the world can rest and live, and the great man can be revived. This is my ambition, and it is also the ideal of countless virtuous scholars. I believe that Mr. Zhuge also has this in mind. Seeing Jiangdong Building Jiangqing, why does Mr. Zhuge stick to this regime hated by the people of Jiangdong, and go against the will of the people?"

Zhuge Jin lowered his head and sighed for a long time: "I have long been disheartened by Jiangdong, and I will not be foolishly loyal to Sun Quan. Today, my brother wrote to ask me to take refuge in Jiaozhou. I was already tempted, but my family was under surveillance and I couldn't escape. So worried."

"Go to Jiaozhou for refuge?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "If you go far away to Jiaozhou, you will also be far away from the Central Plains Sheji and the opportunity for the revival of the Han Dynasty. Why did Duke Zhuge make such an unwise choice?"

Zhuge Jin bowed his head and remained silent for a while. How he wanted to go to Jiaozhou, but he couldn't tell. Liu Jing understood the self-esteem of a scholar, so he said to him sincerely: "If Duke Zhuge is willing to join the camp of Fuxing Dahan, the post of Chancellor of the Ministry of Rites is dedicated to Mr. Empty seats."

Liu Jing gave Zhuge Jin enough face, how could Zhuge Jin refuse, and he was still the Minister of Rites, he was excited, got up and bowed deeply to Liu Jing, "The humble minister Zhuge Jin is willing to do the best for the revival of the great man!"

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This Three Kingdoms book is really dissatisfied. The key is that I am not familiar with the Han Dynasty, and I still can’t find that kind of historical feeling. Fortunately, I finally gritted my teeth and persisted. I didn’t give up halfway. The book will end in December, and it’s hard work Everyone has followed for so long.

The next book will return to the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian era that Lao Gao is familiar with. The theme is no longer about fighting for hegemony, but more about power struggle and life.

Lao Gao also found that the first half of his book was more exciting, while the second half was dull. This is also a common problem of the hegemony style. When the protagonist reaches a certain position, his behavior and thoughts are fixed, and it is difficult to have anything outstanding, so If the protagonist keeps his body as free as possible, then the story will be more exciting.

So the next book will be closer to this aspect. I believe that Lao Gao's return to the Tang Dynasty will bring you a wonderful history of the Tang Dynasty.

Why did you choose the era of Wu Zetian, because this era is the most complicated, and various forces are fighting openly and secretly, such as Wu Zetian's direct lineage (represented by cruel officials and Mian Shou), civil servants headed by Xiangguo, Wu's family, Li's royal family, and Kanto gentry Powers, Guanxi gentry forces, Guanlong noble forces, Shangguan Wan'er, Princess Taiping, Empress Wei and other harem forces, and even Li's royal family forces are divided into Zhongzong forces and Ruizong forces, etc., so it is very complicated. There's plenty to write about, with battles throughout.

And these are what Lao Gao is good at. I believe that Lao Gao will write wonderfully. I hope everyone can continue to support Lao Gao's new books.