"Yes, Lord, the Second Young Master's move is really not easy. I didn't fully realize it at first. It took me a few days to figure it out." Zhu Zhi said with a smile on the side. He stayed behind in Wu County. But we can more intuitively feel the changes brought about by Sun Quan this time. Now this is also a deliberate request for credit for Sun Quan, "First of all, I personally killed Yan Baihu. The people all applauded and applauded. It is what the people want. These days, the people of Wu County Just like the Chinese New Year, I have never seen them so happy."
"I believe it's not just that." Sun Ce looked at Sun Quan with a smile, "Zhong Mou, you killed Yan Baihu in public, not only to win the hearts of the people, but also to ensure that some things can go unproven!"
The culprit Yan Baihu is dead, and the informer Xu Gong is also dead, so the evidence that Chen Xi colluded with Yan Baihu, including Zu Lang and Jiao Ji, is solid. Dead people cannot speak! Therefore, Sun Ce even suspected that even if Sun Quan did not kill Xu Gong, Sun Quan deliberately watched him die!
There are some things that don't need to be said between brothers.
Sun Quan did not comment on the two people's statements. Although Sun Quan killed Yan Baihu for the first two reasons, no one knows that these two reasons are additional. The reason why Sun Quan killed Yan Baihu so decisively was because he accidentally discovered that beheading Yan Baihu actually got Got new skills!
Oh My God! It was enough to surprise Sun Quan that a bandit like Yan Baihu actually had skills. What surprised Sun Quan even more was that there was no card game at all this time. He just killed the opponent directly in reality, so that he could also seize other people's money. Skill? ! To be honest, at that moment, Sun Quan almost wanted to change his career and become a killer.
Ignoring Sun Quan’s thoughts for the time being, Zhu Zhi continued,
"Secondly, by publicizing Xu Gong's achievements and burying Xu Gong generously, the nobles who were not very close to us before have a good impression of us. In recent times, many families have come to Wu County to pay their respects. Xu Gong has interacted with us. After this back and forth, when the interests are connected again, then from now on, these families will naturally firmly support our Sun family!"
Because the Sun family is a family of military masters, most of the family members are warriors. In the eyes of some literati, they are considered reckless men. Therefore, the Sun family has always had an embarrassment similar to that of Cao Cao. Although the scholars do not look down on the Sun family as much as they look down on Cao Cao, their relationship with the Sun family has not been close for many years. Unlike the Yuan family, there were four generations and three princes, and countless disciples. Scholars all over the world rushed to join them.
It can be said that the Sun family has always relied on force to intimidate the rear area. It relied on the fact that the nobles did not have military power and could not afford to make big waves, so they did not dare to do anything. This was the case during Sun Jian's time, and it was also the case with Sun Ce. It was not until this time that Sun Quan finally used a literary method to get closer to these arrogant scholars.
Everything will be easy to handle as long as it has a beginning. With a few families taking the lead, the remaining families will feel less resistant after seeing this, and more and more noble families will join the Sun family. Of course, the premise is that the Sun family does not touch the interests that originally belong to them.
"Indeed, this is also where I am happiest." Sun Ce patted Sun Quan heavily on the shoulder. Sun Ce attaches great importance to talents, and he has personally invited Zhang Xi, Zhang Zhao, etc., but after all, only a few people can be persuaded by Sun Ce, and Sun Ce does not have the time or energy to visit everywhere every day. Sun Ce has been unable to find a suitable method and a channel to guide talents. Now, Sun Quan has helped him open this channel, even if it is only a crack at the moment. But everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you successfully open it, the next step will be easy.
"Thirdly, the story of Xu Gong has made the whole Jiangdong community very cohesive, especially in the attack on Shanyue. When we attacked Shanyue in the past, there was strong opposition. Both ordinary people and nobles thought that as long as we attacked Shanyue, As long as Shanyue doesn't come to attack us, there is no need to spend money and effort to attack us. But now, the voices of support have overwhelmed the opponents, and some people even volunteered to encircle Shanyue," Zhu Zhi said.
"Oh?" Sun Ce's eyes lit up. Apparently he had not thought of this beforehand, "This is an unexpected surprise."
Sun Ce immediately began to think about it. In addition to stabilizing the rear, there is another benefit to overcoming mountains, and that is manpower, or in other words, military strength and combat effectiveness! In a war, the battle is about population, and although the population of Jiangdong is not small, it is not as good as that of the Central Plains. Of course, years of war have caused a sharp decline in the population of the Central Plains region, and the gap in numbers is now not large. However, while Jiangdong was stable and the people were comfortable, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was not as strong as that of the northern soldiers. In addition to their advantage in water warfare, land warfare was no match for the northern soldiers.
Having enough to defend the city but not enough to expand is obviously not what Sun Ce wants to see.
So Sun Ce set his sights on Shan Yue. The people of Shanyue are brave and young and strong. If they are trained as soldiers, they can immediately make up for the gap with the north in ground warfare. Therefore, taking the initiative to attack Shanyue, if it goes well, will not only not cause internal friction, but also increase high-end combat effectiveness, and also play a role in training troops internally. Just like this time Sun Quan defeated Yan Baihu with his new soldiers. With the experience of these new soldiers, if there is another war in the future, at least they will not be as miserable as they appeared at the beginning.
Unexpectedly, I never expected that a random story by Sun Quan, I don’t know if it was made up, would set off such a whirlwind of public opinion and solve one of Sun Ce’s biggest problems. From now on, with the support of Jiangdong and his confident crusade against Sangetsu, the Jiangdong Army will have continuous energy and thrive!
"And..." Zhu Zhi continued.
"What else?" Sun Ce stared at Sun Quan in surprise, "Zhongmou, are you really that powerful?"
"hey-hey."
Sun Quan smiled awkwardly,
"It was a fluke, just a fluke."
At least when he decided to kill Xu Gong, he didn't think so much at all.
"Continue." Sun Ce gestured to Zhu Zhi and said with interest, "I would like to hear if there is anything else. In addition, facts are facts, whether intentional or not, the credit that should be given will not be less!"
The second half of the sentence is of course addressed to Sun Quan.
"Also, the Second Young Master has pushed Xu Gong to such a high level. Although some people have doubts about some things, they dare not question them out loud." Zhu Zhi said, "For example, Xu Gong ignored the danger, understood the conspiracy, and secretly Warning, and then saving the people of Wu County. Now, who dares to question Xu Gong for not warning? Who dares to question that the evidence that Xu Gong discovered that Chen? colluded with Yan Baihu is false? Who dares to come out at this time He will definitely be despised by everyone in the world and die! The second young master’s actions eliminate the need for us to explain anything, and Emperor Xian can fully explain it. At least Cao Cao can’t find an excuse to embarrass us again for the time being.”
"That makes sense." Sun Ce agreed immediately, "Zhong Mou must take the credit for this. Besides, this action was Zhong Mou's plan."
Zhu Zhi: "Finally..."
Sun Ce: "??? And the last one?"
