Different from what was written in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in Jiangdong at this time, it was not the generals who wanted to fight and the civilian officials who asked to surrender.
This is just an assumption made by Luo Guanzhong, a scholar in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, who was influenced by the era he lived in. In fact, at this time, there were civilian officials in Jiangdong taking the lead in the battle, and there were also military generals who wanted to surrender.
If we must make a distinction, it should be said that most of the civil and military generals from the Jiangdong family advocated surrender, while most of the civil and military generals from the Huaisi Group advocated resistance to Cao Cao.
However, Chai Sang is the foundation of Jiangdong Family. No matter how the foreign Huaisi Group operates, it cannot be as influential as the deep-rooted Jiangdong Family.
Sun Quan was also trapped in this.
He wanted to fight, otherwise he would not have come to Chaisang. You must know that he used to stay in Wu County, where is his county seat.
Didn't this explain Sun Quan's attitude that he stayed in his safe nest and ran to Chai Sang who was close to the front line?
But he had to consider the feelings of the Jiangdong family. If the Jiangdong family really set a trap behind him when he sent troops to fight against Cao Cao, or directly surrendered to Cao Cao and attacked him from both sides, then he would be in real trouble. .
Therefore, Sun Quan has not expressed his intention to fight against Cao Cao in public until now.
The discussion at Chaisang Market about whether to fight or surrender was a competition between the Huaisi Group and the Jiangdong Family under Sun Quan's orders for control of public opinion. At present, the Jiangdong Family was slightly better.
After Zhuge Liang understood these public opinions, he made a decision in his mind and knew what kind of excuses he should use to persuade Sun Quan.
Then, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi did nothing and chose to sit in the post and wait for news from Lu Su.
But Lu Su did not bring any good news to Zhuge Liang.
After Lu Su reported back to Sun Quan, Sun Quan originally planned to summon Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi immediately, but was opposed by a group of civil servants and generals.
In the final analysis, it was still the same thing as war and surrender, and the Jiangdong family and the Huaisi Group quarreled directly in front of Sun Quan.
Of course, Sun Quan had no way to summon Zhuge Liang at this time, as his own internal affairs had not been settled. If he summoned Zhuge Liang rashly, wouldn't it be a joke to outsiders?
Therefore, Sun Quan temporarily shelved the idea of summoning Zhuge Liang and first found a way to straighten out these contradictions within his group.
Moreover, Sun Quan was somewhat unsure. He had just received a letter from Cao Cao, saying that he had brought 800,000 naval troops and was going to "join the general in hunting in Jiangxia."
Who believes this! ! !
Are you looking for me to hunt Liu Bei of Jiangxia, or are you planning to hunt rabbits in the grass? I won't be able to tell if you also take care of me? !
But the problem is that if Cao Cao really has an army of 800,000, he doesn't need to hug the grass, he can directly hunt rabbits, or crush the rabbit nest directly.
The total number of the entire Jiangdong, including all the private soldiers of the aristocratic families, is only about 100,000. If Cao Cao really has an army of 800,000, Sun Quan really has to think carefully about this magnitude difference.
What's more, these aristocratic families have not yet agreed to send troops, and what Sun Quan can really control is only 50,000 to 60,000 people.
At this time, Sun Quan was actually in a very awkward position.
Although Sun Quan was the de facto lord of Jiangdong, officially he was just a general who wanted to conquer the enemy, and Cao Cao still appointed him as the prefect of Kuaiji.
General Tuolu is a miscellaneous general who is not popular at all. He is not on the same level as Liu Bei's General Zuo.
The prefect of Kuaiji is just on an equal footing with the prefects of other counties.
Therefore, officially speaking, Sun Quan did not have the legal qualifications to order Jiangdong to obey orders.
In reality, the counties and counties in Jiangdong are indeed dominated by Sun Quan, but aristocratic families from all over the country still retain a certain degree of wariness towards Sun Quan.
After all, when Sun Ce borrowed the power of the Huaisi Group to enter Jiangdong and pacify Jiangdong counties, he suppressed and killed many Jiangdong families.
Sun Ce has not been dead for a few years now, and the power of the Huaisi Group is still strong. The Jiangdong family is also afraid that after Sun Quan has been stable for a few years, he will imitate his brother who killed a thousand swords and start killing the Jiangdong family again.
Therefore, the Jiangdong family is now superficially obedient to Sun Quan and will send their nephews to serve as Sun Quan's officials, but their wariness towards Sun Quan has not completely dissipated.
Therefore, Sun Quan really couldn't do anything to this group of useless families for a while. He couldn't imitate his fierce brother and fall out with the Jiangdong family again, right? !
Sun Ce's ending has told Sun Quan how serious the consequences of falling out with a wealthy family these days are. If he hadn't been ordered to stabilize the situation at the critical moment, it would be hard to say whether Jiangdong's surname was Sun or not.
Sun Quan was very hesitant. He wanted to resist Cao Cao, but he didn't want Jiangdong's foundation to be destroyed in his own hands. He also didn't want to be like Liu Cong, who chose to surrender without even fighting despite having the strength to fight.
However, the emotions of the Jiangdong family must be taken care of and the emotions of the Jiangdong family must be stabilized first. Therefore, Sun Quan has been pretending to be hesitant, but in fact he is stalling for time. He is waiting for a key figure to return.
As for Zhuge Liang, let him stay at Guanyi for the time being. Anyway, he doesn't lack time in the past few days.
Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry. After roughly understanding the current public opinion atmosphere in Chaisang City, he felt at ease staying in the post house and chatting with Zhang Xi and accompanying Lu Su.
It was also at this time that Lu Su thoroughly understood Zhuge Liang's character, knowledge, personality and conduct, and was deeply impressed by Zhuge Liang.
As for Zhang Xi, Lu Su was also surprised. This man's understanding of famous people and generals in the world was beyond imagination. He could actually understand even Shi Xie and his son who were living in the border area. This was another person who was good at criticizing people. Wizard.
It is quite enjoyable to stay with such people, chatting and criticizing the heroes of the world.
However, this happy life did not last for a few days. Suddenly, Zhang Zhao, a famous Jiangdong scholar, sent someone to Guanyi to pay his respects and invited Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to attend the Jiangdong Cultural Conference hosted by Zhang Zhao.
Lu Su understood after thinking about it for a moment. This group of people from the Jiangdong family probably had not been able to get a clear answer from Sun Quan, so they planned to pull out all the stops and deal with Zhuge Liang first. It would be best to drive them back to Jiangxia directly.
Zhang Xi's eyes started to shine.
Is this a case of "talking against the Confucian scholars"? !
Right, right, this is the "tongue-in-cheek" of the romance line, right? !
I feel that my trip to Jiangdong was indeed not in vain. I was able to see such a famous scene.
Of course, Zhang Xi also knows that there is no such thing as "tongue-in-cheek" in history.
Jiangdong decided to resist Cao Cao. It was Zhuge Liang who helped Sun Quan settle political accounts, and Zhou Yu helped Sun Quan settle military accounts. Sun Quan himself made up his mind to resist Cao Cao. This is Sun Quan's shining point, and it has nothing to do with outsiders.
But what if the world takes a dramatic turn at this time? !
Otherwise, what would Zhang Zhao do if he invited Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to participate in the Jiangdong Literary Society? !
Can readers share their reading experiences with each other? !
Anyway, Zhang Xi would not think that Zhang Zhao had such leisure time, nor would the aristocratic families in Jiangdong have such leisure time.
Moreover, judging from the current public opinion situation in Jiangdong, the Jiangdong family does not want the Sun-Liu alliance to be reached. Before Sun Quan actually summons Zhuge Liang, it is indeed necessary to "communicate" with Zhuge Liang to let him retreat. it's the best.
Obviously, Lu Su had the same idea as Zhang Xi and felt that this literary society was not a good thing. It was obvious that the Jiangdong family wanted to embarrass Zhuge Liang.
But Zhuge Liang had to participate in this kind of formal cultural gathering. Not participating meant that he was not knowledgeable, and it also meant that Zhuge Liang was afraid of the Jiangdong family.
And Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's envoy. If he is afraid of the Jiangdong family, how can he have the dignity to mention the "Sun-Liu Alliance" in front of Sun Quan? !
Therefore, Zhuge Liang must go to this cultural gathering.
Lu Su also knew this, so what he could do was to go with Zhuge Liang. If the people in Jiangdong went too far, he could help to change things, so as not to really prevent Zhuge Liang from coming to power and affect the subsequent alliance matters. .
As for Zhang Xi, he has to go too. He is the deputy envoy after all and is also on the invitation list.
However, Zhang Xi felt that with Zhuge Liang as a target, he should just go and watch the excitement.
On the day of the cultural meeting, Zhang Xi followed Zhuge Liang to Zhang Zhao's villa in Chaisang. There, he saw a group of Jiangdong celebrities who were "ready to prepare".
It was not so tense at the beginning. Zhang Zhao still had the bearing of an elder. He took Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to introduce them to the famous Jiangdong people present.
Yu Fan, Lu Ji, Yan Zhen, Xue Zong, Zhang Wen, Bu Zhi, Gu Yong, Luo Tong, Cheng Bing, etc., many of these people are here.
Representatives of the four major Jiangdong families, Gu, Lu, Zhang and Zhu, except the Zhu family who mainly take the military general route, are present.
By the way, Zhang Zhao is not from the Jiangdong Zhang family. The head of the Jiangdong Zhang family is Zhang Wen. Zhang Zhao is actually a member of the Huaisi Group.
This is very funny. A person from the Huaisi Group, who can even be said to be the top scholar of the Huaisi Group, led a group of people from the Jiangdong family to act as a capitulation faction. I really don’t know what Zhang Zhao was thinking.
After the mutual introductions were completed, each other sat down, and then Zhang Zhao began to attack Zhuge Liang.
"Zhao is a young man from the east of the Yangtze River. I have heard for a long time that Mr. Gao is lying high in Longzhong, and he compares himself to the management. Is this saying true?"
Okay, this is a familiar beginning. Zhang Xi can't wait to see Zhuge Liang start blowing.
Sure enough, Zhuge Liang also replied, "This is a small matter in Liang's life."
Then, Zhang Zhao began to question Zhuge Liang, saying that Liu Bei could dominate the world without Zhuge Liang, but with Zhuge Liang, he lost consecutive battles. Zhuge Liang could not be compared with Guan Zhongleyi.
Then Zhuge Liang began to explain. He came down with a set of theories that serious illnesses cannot be given strong medicine, and explained the reasons for Liu Bei's defeat. In addition, he used his own troops. Bowangpo burned Xiahou Dun, and Changbanpo defeated the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to protect his own power. reputation.
Zhang Xi listened with great interest and was happy to watch these Jiangdong people come forward to humiliate themselves one by one. But as he watched, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
In the past, whether I read the original novel or watched the TV series, I always marveled at Zhuge Liang's sharp words. Many of the words in it are still applicable even in modern society, especially the part about "a gentleman's Confucianism" and "a villain's Confucianism". It's really Very classic.
But now that he was immersed in the situation, Zhang Xi suddenly discovered a problem-shouldn't these Jiangdong scribes be the ones stopping the Sun-Liu Alliance? !
Since the goal is to prevent the Sun-Liu alliance, the focus should not be on how incompetent Liu Bei is and how he is no match for Cao Cao, or how great Cao Cao is. Are you, Liu Bei, looking for your own death? Don't drag me with Soochow? !
Why did these people focus on whether Zhuge Liang had the ability to play music or not? !
Looking at the whole process, only Yu Fan and Lu Ji touched on a few points, but they were still gently taken over by Zhuge Liang, and there was no chance to use the topic to Liu Bei.
So, is this a literary meeting aimed at the Sun-Liu alliance, or is it a literary meeting directed at Zhuge Liang? !
People in Jiangdong wouldn't be so boring and insist on competing with Zhuge Liang to see who is smarter. What's the point of winning? Zhuge Liang doesn't have much reputation now.
If it's not directed at Zhuge Liang, then what's the problem? !
Zhang Xi couldn't help but look at Zhang Zhao, who was sitting in the main seat with a smile on his face that made it difficult to tell what he was thinking.
It seems that this guy was the one who took the topic off track at the beginning, and was the first to question whether Zhuge Liang had the same talents as Guan Zhong Leyi, right? !
So, what is Zhang Zhao’s position? ! Is he really a capitulationist? !
(End of chapter)
