Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2258 Can the charges of hundreds of years still be used

  Waiting will make people grow, but also make people irritable, and 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, and if there is no gain, there will naturally be no success. Sun Quan still knows this.

  So now, Sun Quan is still ready to pay something...

If you want to send troops, it’s fine with small troops. Sun Quan still has some command power, but once it involves large-scale wars, especially such large-scale mobilization of tens of thousands of troops, Zhou Yu must never be avoided. Without Zhou Yu’s approval, Sun Quan The commands are not necessarily easy to use. So a very interesting situation appeared. The Jiangdong gentry were not afraid of Sun Quan's anger, but they were afraid of Zhou Yu's anger.

   It's like the Battle of Chibi in history.

   During 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 didn't show up, there were two opinions in Jiangdong: surrender and resistance, and the main surrender was Zhang Zhao, another important minister of Sun Ce Tuogu.

  Why did Zhang Zhao advocate surrender?

  In addition to the reason mentioned by Lu Su, there is also a more hidden reason.

  Zhang Zhao's attitude is actually the mainstream attitude of 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, then all the resources in Jiangdong must be subordinated to the military needs, and the generals will have the right to speak. What grudges...

   After all, not everyone is Lian Po and Lin Xiangru. How did you ride on the neck of the military general in the past? Now you can't blame the general for cutting off the **** of civil servants...

  In the historical Battle of Chibi, what made Sun Quan even more embarrassing was that even though Sun Quan had made up his mind to resist Cao, his decision was still not the final one, Zhou Yu's was.

  After Zhou Yu came back, the civilian officials persuaded him to surrender, and the military generals led the battle. One can imagine how big the shadow area was in Sun Quan's heart who was sitting silently at the side at this time. Nominally, Sun Quan is the Lord of Jiangdong, but on such an important matter, his civil servants and military generals have to let Zhou Yu make up his mind to make a decision...

   This kind of mood cannot be expressed clearly in a few sentences, but Sun Quan was still able to bear it, and even showed a sincere trust in Zhou Yu.

  Sun Quan believes that to achieve great things, one must be able to wait and be patient. As for the face, after something is done, one will naturally have face, but if nothing is done, what use is there to be face? Just like now, if Sun Quan wants to take advantage of Gongsun Du's incident to invade the power of the Jiangdong gentry, he cannot do without Zhou Yu's support.

   Zhou Yu is obviously unwilling to do this kind of thing. It's not that Zhou Yu has some ulterior deal with the Jiangdong gentry, but because this kind of battle is destined to fail, how could Zhou Yu be interested?

From Jiangdong to Liaodong, although there is only a difference of one word, the distance is indeed too far away. The news of Gongsun Du's attack spread to Jiangdong, and then waited for Sun Quan to gather his troops to go north to crusade. This time is not calculated in days. They are all calculated on a monthly basis, there is no cooperation at all, and there is no way to talk about cooperation.

  Maybe Jiangdong sent troops, just crossed the river, and then Gongsundu 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 door of the house, and if he didn't hit the house, it would be over, life and death. But if Gongsundu is not supported now, will Jiangdong be finished immediately? Obviously impossible. So although Zhou Yu knew why Sun Quan did this, he did not support it.

  "Brother Gongjin..." Sun Quan smiled like a dog's tail flower, swaying in the air, "This is a new Liaodong ginseng, specially sent to Brother Gongjin for recuperation..."

   Zhou Yu looked at it with neither sadness nor joy on his face, "Thank you, my lord. 』

"Come on, this is a battle armor purchased with a lot of money. It is made of refined steel. It can protect Brother Gongjin well on the battlefield..." Sun Quan sent another pair of armor, "There are ten more sets, which are better than this one. The ones that are slightly worse will also be sent to Brother Yu Gongjin! 』

A set of excellent armor, calculated according to the conversion of five baht, costs more than five million yuan. Even ordinary ones cost between one million and two million yuan. It can be said that Sun Quan gave it to Zhou Yu immediately. The cost of these gifts is already worth nearly 20 million yuan...

   What is throwing a lot of money, Sun Mou is throwing 20 million!

Under the money offensive, the expression on Zhou Yu's face changed slightly, "My lord, why is this..." It's not that Zhou Yu lacks the money, but that the things Sun Quan sent were really considering Zhou Yu's needs. From a perspective, it is also a big improvement.

  『Brother Gongjin is the Jiangdong humerus, is there something wrong with it? Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "A previous behavior was so perverse, it violated my brother's entrustment, and was reprimanded by Jiaci... This time I came here to apologize to Brother Gongjin..."

   After Sun Quan finished speaking, he stood up unexpectedly, then walked into the hall, and paid respects to Zhou Yu, "Quan, there were so many rude things in the past, but I still hope that Brother Gongjin is Haihan!" 』

  Zhou Yu hurriedly left the table to avoid, and then bowed in front of Sun Quan, "Your Majesty, you must not do this, you are really a shameful subordinate!" 』For a while, Zhou Yu was really surprised, Tie Quan, who claimed that he would not turn back if he hit the south wall, and he might not turn back if he hit the south wall, actually knew how to turn today?

This…

   Is it a good thing, or a bad thing?

  The two sat down again.

  Even Zhou Yu, who is so resourceful and resourceful, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't 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: "The Cao thief lived in Yecheng, but Jizhou was not stable, so he had to guard it, so there must be a emptiness in the Qingxu period. Moreover, Zang Ba and others in Taishan, although they served the Cao thief The leader, but each has its own guts. If we wait for the army to advance and then contact them, even if we can't make them surrender, we can also mess up the position and make them stick to it and not come out, so the green will be chaotic! 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? I was taken aback just now and thought it was a substitution...

Sun Quan coughed again, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "This...Jiangdong's finances are poor now. Although Xuzhou has fought a war before, Xiapi and other places are still rich... There is a new funeral for the Chen family in Xiapi, and a new official takes office. If the place is not stable, even if it is invincible, people can be plundered and transported by boat...』

  Zhou Yu stared at Sun Quan and raised his hand, "Master! Please also tell the truth! 』

   Sun Quan stared at Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu also stared at Sun Quan.

  『This…』Sun Quan was silent for a moment, and finally said, 『The gentry in Jiangdong are hiding food and grass, hiding their population, and hoarding private soldiers! This is a big problem in Jiangdong! If you don't get rid of it, Jiangdong will never be safe! Therefore, in this battle, it is of course happy to win, but to lose is to damage the strength of the big families in Jiangdong, so that... the country can be consolidated and not be hindered by others! 』

   After Sun Quan finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Yu intently.

  Zhou Yu closed his eyes slowly, opened them again after a while, and met Sun Quan's gaze, "If Jiangdong is damaged too much and the people's livelihood is unbearable, what should the lord do?" 』

  『Brother Gongjin is needed to help! With Brother Gongjin in charge, you can be injured without dying, and without dying..." Sun Quan said slowly, "Those who are greedy for money can't blame others..."

  Zhou Yu frowned, "My lord...why did my lord make such an urgent move?" If the lord's mentality today can be eroded in five years and stabilized in ten years, then Jiangdong will be united as one, why can't it be overcome? How can the enemy be invincible? 』

  Sun Quan took a long breath and sighed, "Brother Gongjin, why doesn't someone want to do this?" But time is ticking! Now the Fei thief lives in the northwest, with Guanzhong as the hub, the north and the south are dispatched, the east and the west are connected, and the benefits of merchants are spread all over the world! Jiangdong's accumulation in one year, nine out of ten are spent here! If things go on like this, Jiangdong toils day and night and is busy every night. Isn't it working for Fei thief? Make clothes for the Fei thief? ! 』

  『Cao Bandit lives in Hebei and Henan, with a dense population and abundant farmland. Although he is weaker than the Fei Bandit at the moment, his background has not been lost and the acres of land have not been damaged. Given time, he will be able to store grain and soldiers, and win by consumption! On the other hand, in Jiangdong, the land of Tianzhi Moling Jingkou, and the rest of the land, like Wu County, are all occupied by big families in Jiangdong! If you want money but no money, if you want food but no food, if you endure your anger for five years and give birth for ten years, what will happen? The world is owned by others, Jiangdong has no choice but to bow his head and admit defeat! Sun's foundation was wiped out! 』

  Sun Quan left the table again and bowed, "Brother Gongjin! From my brother's point of view, it is to help my little brother! 』

  Sun Quan finally carried Sun Ce out...

  Zhou Yu sighed slowly, stepped forward to help Sun Quan up, "Forget it...my lord...only this time..."

  Sun Quan was overjoyed, and bowed to the ground again.

  Zhou Yu avoided it, and then pulled Sun Quan to sit down again, and said slowly: "My lord, there is no need to be like this... If Yu leads the army, the lord is in Jiangdong, do you care?" 』

   Sun Quan nodded and said, "Yes! Brother Gongjin led the army out, so a certain person ordered Zixiu to search the surrounding area for corruption and usurpation by the children of big families, and investigate them strictly! 』Jiangdong is located in a remote place, so the farther the sky is from the emperor, the less he will take "overstepping" seriously. Those with double eaves, those with canopy umbrellas for travel, and those who build archways in violation of the regulations, will catch a lot of them.

  Zhou Yu frowned slightly, "Arrogance... there's no need for it, it's hard to say... the crime of corruption, it's okay..."

Zhou Yu is thinking that the attack surface of usurping is still too large, and the initiators of these usurping are often not the lower-level gentry children, but the guys above, so once this crime is used, the point is too clear, and it will even cause unnecessary crimes. It is better to use corruption as the main breakthrough point, because basically those who can be corrupted are in relatively important positions, responsible for money or important affairs, and killing these people can also support a new group of people Go up and control important positions.

   What's more, these days, as long as you are an official, if you really check it carefully, is that **** clean? Have you got something to eat and drink? Is there any use to move and steal? Have you turned a blind eye and granted some benefits to your family, concierge, and subordinates? If there is one out of ten with clean hands and feet, that is already a great thing!

  Anyway, for this crime, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty, for hundreds of years, anyone who wants to get involved, arrested, and directly accused of corruption is basically right in all likelihood!

  Sun Quan also frowned, "Brother Gongjin...you won't die from this beating, but you will suffer from it..."

  『Then don’t hit too hard! Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Quan, "drive them away, attract them, use them, transform them...why beat them all to death?" The more impatient you are, the less you can 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 a method is not available every time. If it is used this time, if the Jiangdong big family cannot be completely eradicated, then the next time it will be the Jiangdong big family. The backlash, or Jiangdong Dahu has learned to be smart and can't be fooled.

  That's why Sun Quan would not hesitate to lose face and beg Zhou Yu in a low voice, because only Zhou Yu is willing to cooperate, such a strategy can be successful...

  But Sun Quan did not expect that even if Zhou Yu agreed to cooperate, it would still not be far away to completely wipe out the big households in Jiangdong.

  『My lord…』 Zhou Yu said slowly, 『When Brother Bo Fu was alive, there were often discussions about this matter…』

"what? Brother...how did you say it? ’ Sun Quan asked.

  Zhou Yu smiled, as if recalling some happy things, "Brother Bo Fu said...if things don't go your way, we'll kill them all!" If one person refuses to obey, one person will be killed, if a whole family refuses to obey, then the whole family will be slaughtered, if the whole world refuses to obey, then all the people in the world will be killed! 』

  Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to applaud, "My brother is heroic! 』

  『Yeah, heroic…』 Zhou Yu’s expression became lonely again, 『Heroic and heroic…』

  Sun Quan: "Uh..."

"For the superior, kill one person... Kill it and kill it, generally there is no serious problem..." Zhou Yu said slowly, "If you want to kill a whole family, it will be dangerous... If you want to kill all the people in the world, then... the people in the world will still Can you stretch your neck and wait? 』

  『…』Sun Quan was speechless. Does this kind of thing need to be argued? Is there any point in arguing?

  『What’s more...』Zhou Yu raised his eyes and looked at Sun Quan, “How many people are there in the lord’s pocket, so what’s the use? If the big households in Jiangdong are all black, they will plow in spring and plant in summer, harvest in autumn and store in winter, travel between north and south, and trade between east and west... Who can continue to do it? Who can resist the South Vietnamese barbarians? Under the master's actions, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes one after another. If one person escapes, encourages the members of the Sun clan, and raises the banner of justice, then the army will be outside, how can the master respond? 』

  The excited expression on Sun Quan's face faded away, only exhaustion emerged, "In this way, a certain...has been thinking for a long time, planning for many days...it turned out to be..."

  『Is there anything perfect in the world? "Zhou Yu smiled, "Today, I see that my lord has a far-reaching plan. Although there are minor flaws, it is harmless, and it is enough to celebrate... However, the strategy should be appropriate according to the time and place, so according to a certain opinion...My lord wants to clean up Jiangdong. Difficult, if you want to decline a family, then easy...Your Majesty, you can choose carefully...』

  『Only "fading"? Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu and confirmed the words, "Isn't it "death"?" 』

  Zhou Yu nodded.

  Sun Quan looked longingly at Zhou Yu as if yearning for Naizi's temperature, hoping that Zhou Yu could show more.

  Zhou Yu was unmoved, anyway, above the head, everything can be exposed, and nothing below the head.

  Sun Quan finally bowed his head.

"In addition, Zhang Zibu is needed..." Zhou Yu added, "Ji Zixiu alone may not be able to achieve great things..." Zhou Yu's meaning is very straightforward. On the one hand, Ji Yan and others do not have enough reputation, so they must To have Zhang Zhao support the scene, on the other hand, it also shows that these people may have unclean hands and feet, and they will be criticized instead.

  Sun Quan's eyes widened, and he sighed after a long time, "Forget it..."

   "One more thing..." Zhou Yu raised a finger again.

  Sun Quan almost jumped up, "What else? 』

  Zhou Yu nodded and said, "My lord respects Yu as you do today, and respects Zhu Shi..."

  Sun Quan was stunned, and after a while he went to look at Zhou Yu suspiciously, but when he saw Zhou Yu smiling slightly, he couldn't help showing a little embarrassing smile...

  ...(;￢￢￢)...

  A few days later, Lu Xun, who was in charge of the job, had just entered the official residence and walked to the courtyard wall. He heard that some people seemed to be discussing something on the other side of the wall...

   Several petty officials gathered in one place, talking while walking.

  『It’s terrible, it’s really terrible...Now Zhu’s hair grows more and more...』

  『Isn’t it? I heard that the lord paid a special visit, and even sent a whole five carts of gifts! Even the servants in the Zhu Mansion have gifts! That's right, even servants! 』

  『Tsk tsk...My lord really treats Mrs. Zhu very kindly...』

  『It is said that the lord will give Zhu Lingjun a form, and enter him as a township lord! 』

"real or fake? Did you hear me right? What a country prince? ! 』

  『How can there be fakes? It is said that the messengers have already set off, heading for Xudu! 』

  『Ah, so, after a while, won’t it be called Master Zhu? 』

  『What’s going on for a while, you can call it now! 』

"Now? Don't tell me, I really want to go, but I'm afraid that there will be 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 all buying land and property outside the city...It’s really better than you and me...』

  『Hey, are you so envious? Then if you are asked to work as a concierge in Zhu's mansion, will you go? 』

  『Concierge... don't go! At the very least, you have to fight in the mansion...」

  『Hahaha...You think so beautifully...』

  The chattering and laughing officials drifted away, while Lu Xun stopped in his tracks, showing some contemplative expression.

After a long time, Lu Xun suddenly moved his eyebrows, and there was some panic in his eyes. He turned around and wanted to leave, but he stopped after taking two steps, frowned, thought for a moment, then sighed, turned his head back and came back , slowly, step by step into the official residence, as if he hadn't heard anything just now...

  (end of this chapter)