"Quan'er."
After settling the little ones, Mrs. Wu came to Sun Quan and said tactfully,
"Although right and wrong are often not what the world sees. I have met Dou Yuru (Yu'er), and she is also a temperamental person. However, evil ways are evil ways after all. If you don't care, it doesn't mean that others don't care either. If you let People know that you have colluded with the Demon Sect. By then, who among the nobles in the world will be willing to defect to you? Without the support of these people, how can we control the world?"
This is also the reason why Mrs. Wu has not told Sun Quan about Yu'er, because once the matter is mentioned, Mrs. Wu will inevitably admonish Sun Quan.
"Quan'er, mother didn't mean to let you completely cut off all relations with Dou Yuru. Mother also doesn't want you to be that heartless and unjust person. But, after all, you have grown up and you are smart. The degree of tolerance in this, you But you have to be careful and don't fall behind the truth." Mrs. Wu said earnestly.
To be honest, these words made Sun Quan very unhappy. Yu'er is a lover of temperament, why is Sun Quan not a lover of temperament? From beginning to end, Sun Quan put intimacy and distance before benevolence, righteousness and morality. Yu'er got to this point because of him, Sun Quan. How could Sun Quan alienate Yu'er because of this? Even if what Yu'er is doing now makes Sun Quan very embarrassed, Sun Quan never has any idea of blaming Yu'er.
Mrs. Wu now wants Sun Quan to alienate his relationship with Yu'er, so that Sun Quan will have less contact with Yu'er in the future. How could Sun Quan do such a thing! Of course, Mrs. Wu was right to consider the issue from a mother's perspective, but Sun Quan was the most stubborn and willful one in the entire Sun family.
However, Sun Quan had to admit that Mrs. Wu's words made sense. This is a limitation of the times and cannot be reversed by Sun Quan alone. Sun Quan had no prejudice against the Demon Sect, but the world did have a prejudice against the Demon Sect, especially the noble nobles who did not bother to associate with the Demon Sect. Why didn't Cao Cao even have a decent counselor in the early stage? Because scholars claim to be Qingliu, and Cao Cao's family was born as a eunuch and was classified as Zhuoliu, these noble scholars were unwilling to defect to Cao Cao. Even Cao Cao is like this, let alone the Demon Sect, which is even more despised by scholars?
In this era, education is monopolized. When you are marching and fighting, you can still promote a general from the grass. But if you manage the rear, handle internal affairs, recruit troops and produce food, can you also promote talents from the grass? If it were that easy, Cao Cao's Xun Yu wouldn't be so valuable. Although Cao Cao issued so many recruitment orders, recruiting talents regardless of their origins, the ones who can really play an important role in important positions are the children of those big families.
Sun Quan is a modern man and sees these things more thoroughly than the ancients. Therefore, even though he was born in a family of military experts, Sun Quan always believed that internal affairs were very important. Of course, if you can go all out and win the country with overwhelming force, then absolute force is of course the most important. But once the two sides are unable to compete with each other on the battlefield, the competition will be consumption and national strength. If you cannot afford it and your national strength is insufficient, you will naturally fall into a disadvantage if things go on for a long time. Sun Quan believes that in the late Three Kingdoms period in history, why Wei was the strongest? Victory was due to national strength.
For this reason, Sun Wu needs more than just a Xun Yu. You might be able to lure a Xun Yu with his charisma, but if you want to ensure the stability of the entire rear area, if you want the rear area to be able to provide constant support to the front line, and if you want the front line soldiers to be able to fight bravely without having to worry about their wives and children at home, The Sun family needs help from countless nobles. At least, the internal circulation must be ensured so that political affairs will not be seriously paralyzed due to someone's departure or accident.
Nothing could be changed by Sun Quan on his own. Yu'er may be able to quickly become Lu Meng one after another in a short period of time (in terms of martial arts alone), but she cannot create a group of real scholars in a short period of time. Of course, it's not like everyone in the Demon Sect has read books. How magnificent it is for a hundred schools of thought to contend. These people are indeed talents, and they do have outstanding talents in some aspects, but these 'certain aspects', at least In Sun Quan's view, it does not include governing the world.
"Mom, you are right."
Sun Quan took the initiative to agree to Madam Wu's words. However, before Madam Wu could feel relieved, Sun Quan continued to say,
"But for us now, it is really unfounded. In the current situation, besides my father's old troops, who else is willing to help us? If we want to retake Jiangdong, or even compete for hegemony in the world, we cannot do without the secret support of such a force. "Sun Quan said, "One day, even if the truth comes out, it will be me, Sun Quan, who colluded with the Demon Sect, not my Sun family, who has an affair with the Demon Sect. As long as the eldest brother does not interfere in this matter, I will be the one to resist some shady things. alright."
For a moment, Mrs. Wu smiled helplessly, pointed at Sun Quan and laughed and cursed,
"Sure enough, you are still the stubborn boy before! I know you can't be obedient so easily."
"Mother~~" Sun Quan grabbed Mrs. Wu's hand, "Didn't you say that I have grown up? Children have their own sense of propriety."
"I hope so." Mrs. Wu shook her head and sighed, "It would be nice if you brothers could make me worry less."
"Don't worry, mother, the future will only get better and better!" Sun Quan said firmly.
At this time, Sun Quan only wanted to assist his eldest brother Sun Ce. As long as Sun Ce could maintain his greatness and integrity, there would naturally be countless benevolent and righteous people to join him. Sometimes, being too far-sighted is too ambitious. You are always thinking about what to do if Sun Ce really dies. If you make two preparations for everything, it will be easy to focus on one thing and lose sight of the other. Now Sun Quan just doesn't want to leave any escape route for himself, he vows to keep Sun Ce!
Moreover, Sun Quan already has preliminary plans on how to deal with the various difficulties he is currently facing. As long as he continues to implement his plan resolutely, all the current problems will be solved.
And the Liyang in front of him is the first step of Sun Quan's plan!
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Yangtze,
In this era, it can be called a real natural hazard. Although it is not difficult to cross the Yangtze River, it is even more difficult to get an army of tens of thousands to cross the Yangtze River. Not to mention that it was very time-consuming, a group of people were blocked by the river, and the target was very obvious. Once the enemy attacked by surprise, there was basically a danger of the entire army being annihilated.
It can be said that when crossing the river, we must be cautious and never allow any mistakes. At this time, large armies often don't have much effect. A surprise attack of several thousand people can usually have miraculous effects.
If the surprise attack army could cross the river as soon as possible and occupy the ferry on the opposite side as a guard, thus allowing the army at the rear to cross the river safely, then this battle would basically be less than half won. As for the other half, in addition to the strength comparison between the two sides, we also have to consider the dilemma of going deep alone after crossing the river and having difficulty replenishing supplies.
This is why, since ancient times, fighting between Jiang and Jiang has been difficult and often involves confrontation.
