"Xu Kun died in battle??"
Sun Quan screamed, and his reaction was even greater than Zhou Yu's. Xu Kun may not be famous in history, but Sun Quan, who has stayed in the Sun family from birth to now, knows this name very well.
Among the close relatives of the Sun family, the two with the most power are Wu Jing, the younger brother of Sun Jian's wife, Mrs. Wu; and then Xu Kun, the son of Sun Jian's sister, Mrs. Sun.
Sun Quan had often seen these two people at family banquets since he was a child. Moreover, before the rise of the Sun family, the Wu family and the Xu family, as prominent families in Jiangdong, were not inferior to the Sun family.
It can be said that without the support of the Wu family and the Xu family, there would be no Sun family today. To use another analogy, if Jiangdong at that time was regarded as a company, then the Sun family, Wu family, and Xu family were the three original shareholders. Now, the company has grown bigger, and the Sun family, as chairman and CEO, is famous all over the world. However, the Wu family and the Xu family still hold absolute shares in the company.
As mentioned before, there are three camps of generals under Sun Ce: one is the veterans left behind by Sun Jian, headed by Cheng Puhandang; the other is Sun Ce's cronies, headed by Zhou Yu; and the third is the "foreign relatives" force headed by Xu Kun. .
Now, Xu Kun's death will cause this stable composition to collapse directly!
"I heard that he fell into Li Shu's trick of pretending to surrender." Zhou Yu said, "He didn't expect that Li Shu was so courageous and cruel!"
If Li Shu has a large enough territory and deep enough confidence, then there is nothing wrong with him doing this kind of thing, because others may not be able to do anything to him in the end. But Li Shu could only occupy one city and directly killed important senior officials of the Jiangdong Army. With this grudge, would he still want to survive when the city was destroyed in the future? Could it be that Li Shu really naively thought that he could withstand Jiang Dongjun's anger? !
It was with the above understanding that Xu Kun was fooled so easily. Because Xu Kun didn't think Li Shu dared to touch him!
But now, the most illogical and unreasonable thing happened. Is there an inextricable hatred between Li Shu and Jiang Dong? Or does Li Shu think that Sun Quan will definitely not let him go, so he can kill every one?
"Where is Sun Bi?" Sun Quan asked.
"It is said that they are tightening the defense line and regrouping the morale of the army. However, it is not easy to recover the morale after being damaged." Zhou Yu replied, "Moreover, Sun Bike cannot command the people of Xu Kun's faction."
Sun Quan frowned and couldn't help but said,
"Sun Ben was very responsible for Xu Kun's death. At first, Xu Kun was clearly guarding Jiangxia, but it was Sun Ben who led his troops to move without permission, which led to the confrontation between the two in Penglize. Later, the two reached an agreement to work together. When it comes to conquering Lujiang, if my guess is correct, they should have made a bet. Whoever conquers Lujiang first will listen to whoever will do it later. It must be because of this bet that Xu Kun was eager for success and fell into Li Shu's plan!" Sun Quan analyzed and said.
"Lord, the matter has come to this, and the reason is no longer important. The influence of Xu Kun's faction is too strong. If you are not careful, it may even shake the foundation of Jiangdong! Now, compared to taking back Lujiang, I think it is better to stabilize the morale of the military and appease the people. The hearts of the Xu family are more important." Zhou Yu reminded Sun Quan.
Although on the surface, the Xu family and the Wu family seem to be similar, in fact, after Sun Jian disappeared and Sun Ce took over, the situation was different. In terms of relationship, the Xu family is the family of Sun Ce and Sun Quan's uncle, while the Wu family is the family of Sun Ce and Sun Quan's mother. The relationship is clear at a glance.
It can be said that the Wu family will fall out of favor at least until the next generation of Sun Quan, but the Xu family may become estranged from the Sun family in this generation.
Therefore, the Xu family's sense of crisis far exceeds that of the Wu family. Wu Jing can stay at the base camp leisurely all day long, but Xu Kun has to work hard at the front line, because only in this way can their family continue to exist in Jiangdong. And it is precisely because of Xu Kun's fighting spirit that his influence in the Jiangdong Army today is very huge. Behind Xu Kun were not only the Xu family, but also countless Jiangdong noble families.
"In the political arena, for those families who do not have military power, you can let them make trouble as they please. But in the military, lord, we must find a way to stabilize the hearts of those noble families as soon as possible." Zhou Yu said.
"While Cao Cao's people are still in Jiangdong, I will immediately go up to the table to grant Xu Kun a title and let his son inherit the title." Sun Quan thought for a while and said, it is not a problem for this kind of title to be passed down to three generations. It should be possible How much it comforts the Xu family. You know, this is the second person in Jiangdong, besides his Sun family, to be granted a title of marquis. This reputation alone is enough to make the Xu family prominent.
However, Zhou Yu still shook his head, looked at Sun Quan and said,
"Compared with the reward from Cao Cao, my lord, your own statement is probably more reassuring."
Now everyone knows that if the reward from Emperor Xian is not enough, he can only get a false name. In many cases, it will not have any practical effect.
"Then what do you think is more appropriate?" Sun Quan directly threw the question back to Zhou Yu. As I have said long ago, Zhou Yu is very strong and very smart, so Zhou Yu will always tell Sun Quan what to do, and Zhou Yu will not think there is anything wrong with his arrangement.
"Marriage." Zhou Yu said his answer.
"Marriage?" Sun Quan's eyelids twitched.
"That's right." Zhou Yu nodded, "Back then, the Sun family and the Xu family were united through marriage. Now, naturally, marriage should be used to maintain the relationship between the two."
Seeing that Sun Quan was somewhat reluctant, Zhou Yu couldn't help but remind him,
"My lord, you should understand that if you are born in a family like the Sun family, no matter what your status is, some things are unavoidable. At least now, you still have a choice, right?"
"Is this called having a choice?" Sun Quan was speechless. He had known that being a lord would not give him freedom, but as a result, he didn't even have such freedom now. But I am speechless. Sun Quan has long accepted this kind of political marriage. Not to mention the marriage that Mrs. Wu arranged for him before, the first one Sun Quan married was Miss Yuan. Isn’t it also a standard marriage?
However, you have to take responsibility when you marry home. When you married Yuan Yuan, something happened to Yuan Shu. Sun Quan also resisted the pressure and took in many of Yuan's family members. This made Yuan Yuan feel at ease at home and had no regrets out of gratitude to Sun Quan.
Therefore, if Sun Quan marries a young lady from the Xu family this time, then Sun Quan will have to take care of the Xu family's troubles in the future. Moreover, Miss Yuan is a lady of the family, knows the general situation, and has never caused any trouble for Sun Quan. But who knows what the unknown Miss Xu will be like?
Zhou Yu said he could choose? How to choose? Are you really a talent show girl? The Xu family doesn’t want to lose face?
"This matter can be done slowly, just let the news out first. After all, Xu Kun's body is not cold yet, so it is not suitable for weddings. In contrast, we should rush to Lujiang immediately. For now, to avenge Xu Kun , Only then can we calm down the grievances of the Xu family." Sun Quan said.
"Just leave it to me to attack Lujiang." Zhou Yu suddenly said.
Sun Quan's eyes flashed,
"Oh? What about me?"
