Ji Han was constantly dispatching troops and generals, and the news from Soochow could not be ignored. Naturally, Sun Quan also obtained relevant detailed information.
To be honest, Sun Quan was not too worried.
Although I can say that I have defeated Jiangling so many times, but in these years, I have taken the offensive after all, and Shu Han has been trying his best to defend.
This gave Sun Quan the illusion that the advantage was mine.
Sun Quan felt that he had a terrain advantage. Jingnan and Jiangxia formed a horn on the terrain and could support each other. At the same time, the total military strength of the two places was nearly 100,000. No matter how many troops the Shu Han used to attack, even if they could not take it, they would be defeated and retreated. Not a problem.
Of course, Sun Quan is not the principal after all. Although he is confident, he doesn't like micro-management. He still knows that professional things should be left to professionals.
For this reason, Sun Quan sent an edict to Zhu Ran, asking him to return to Jianye from Baqiu and report on the defense situation in Jingnan and Jiangxia.
At the same time, Sun Quan also recruited Gu Yong, Quan Cong, Ding Feng and others into the palace to provide him with reference opinions.
Among these people, some key figures seem to be missing.
For example, there are three people, Zhang Zhao, Lu Xun and Bu Zhi.
According to the current political structure of the Soochow Dynasty, Zhang Zhao is the outgoing prime minister, Lu Xun is the military boss, and Bu Zhi is the prime minister who is about to take over. The absence of these three people is somewhat strange.
But, everyone has their own reasons.
Bu Zhi was not there because Bu Zhi was impeached by Lu Yi and ordered to reflect behind closed doors by Sun Quan.
Bu Zhao is the veteran of the Huaisi Military Group, and the first in line to succeed Zhang Zhao as prime minister. Can this old fox see what Sun Quan is going to do? !
Sun Quan will use Lu Yi's sword to frighten the officials of Soochow and consolidate his imperial power.
However, Lu Yi twice impeached a prefecture-level official from the Huaisi Group, but both times were protected by Sun Quan, which was a bad start.
In this case, Lu Yi's impeachment of Bu Zhi was, on the one hand, to take advantage of Bu Zhi's prestige. On the other hand, Sun Quan also knew that Bu Zhi could understand his intentions and would definitely cooperate with him in this scene.
If he didn't have this bit of foresight, why would Sun Quan promote Bu Zhi as prime minister? !
Bu Zhi did understand and cooperated with Sun Quan, but the purpose was not to help Sun Quan consolidate imperial power. He still considered the issue in the interests of the Huaisi Group.
Ever since Zhang Zhao grew old and Zhou Yu died of illness, the Huaisi Group has become a bit leaderless.
Neither Bu Zhi nor Zhu Ran can play the same role as Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu. At this time, if they still act as a team as before, they will be less suspicious of Sun Quan. If those Jiangdong families take advantage of the opportunity If you get higher, that won't be good.
It is not impossible. On the Jiangdong family side, there is Lu Xun and Gu Yong. They are also a combination of civil and military. Gu Yong's ability is no worse than Bu Zhi's, and Lu Xun's ability is much stronger than Zhu Ran's.
This is not Bu Zhi's own judgment, but the exact words Zhou Yu said when chatting with Bu Zhi when he was still alive.
Therefore, it is time for Huaisi Group to change its behavior.
This is why Bu Zhi cooperated with Sun Quan in such a play and used his reputation to endorse Lu Yi's rise.
But in this way, Sun Quan would not be able to enter the palace to discuss matters at this time, otherwise, the scene would be in vain.
But Zhang Zhao didn't come. This matter was still Sun Quan's fault.
Zhang Zhao is actually very old, almost eighty years old, and his health is not very good.
Over the years, Zhang Zhao also slowly began to relinquish his position and responsibilities, handing them over to Gu Yong and Bu Zhi step by step, and began to train Soochow's successors, while he slowly entered a semi-retired life. .
Originally, Zhang Zhao had gradually stopped paying attention to outside affairs, but he couldn't stand it anymore. What Sun Quan did was really hard for Zhang Zhao to stand.
It's not that Zhang Zhao couldn't understand the monarch's need for checks and balances. For example, the way the Jiangdong family was promoted and demoted was in line with the emperor's intentions.
But Sun Quan used tactics similar to cruel officials to suppress the Huaisi Military Group. Bu Zhao could tolerate it, but Zhang Zhao couldn't tolerate it.
The only function that cruel staff can play is intimidation, which is not a method that an emperor should use.
In addition, Lu Yi is a pure villain who will run wild when he gets his way. Many things reached Zhang Zhao's ears, which really made this veteran of Soochow unable to listen.
For this reason, Zhang Zhao attended a rare court meeting and advised Sun Quan not to reuse a villain like Lu Yi.
Sun Quan was very embarrassed at that time.
Given Zhang Zhao's status and age, even Sun Quan would not be able to deny Zhang Zhao face at the imperial meeting.
However, Lu Yi was a utility knife that Sun Quan took out. This knife is still useful and Sun Quan cannot abandon it easily.
For this reason, Sun Quan agreed with Zhang Zhao's words and winked at Lu Yi. What do you mean, you come out to apologize to the old prime minister, say a few soft words to coax Zhang Zhao from hitting the smiling man, and this matter is over. It was so confusing.
But Lu Yi misunderstood.
He thought that Sun Quan gave him a wink to ask him to stand up quickly, refute Zhang Zhao, draw Zhang Zhao's firepower, and prevent Zhang Zhao from putting pressure on the Supreme Being.
Then this guy really stood up.
Of course, although Lu Yi is a villain, he is not a fool after all. He knows that an old monster of Zhang Zhao's level cannot be offended by his supreme minister.
Therefore, when Lu Yi came up and refuted Zhang Zhao, he was still more polite and emphasized that everything he did was done in accordance with the laws of Wu, and there was nothing wrong with the law for personal gain.
Lu Yi wanted to use this method to attract Zhang Zhao to debate with him, so that Zhang Zhao could focus on him, so that he could help Sun Quan out of the siege. Well, he succeeded.
When Zhang Zhao saw that this guy actually dared to stand up and confront him, he also shamelessly said that he followed the laws of Dawu. Don't you think you have a point in mind whether you abide by the laws of Dawu? !
But this matter is a bit hard to get into. Lu Yi is indeed not a good person, but Sun Quan himself did not act in full accordance with the laws of Wu when dealing with some officials.
Otherwise, Zheng Zhou and Diao Jia should not be treated like that.
Not to mention step by step.
If they really discuss with Lu Yi whether he abides by the law, the fire may burn Sun Quan.
Zhang Zhao's political IQ is so sharp. Lu Yi didn't expect this kind of thing, how could he? !
But for a villain like Lu Yi, if Zhang Zhao can't teach him a lesson today, he will definitely be unscrupulous in the future. It's hard to say, so he can only take action.
Zhang Zhao's big hand was rounded, and he went over with a big blow fan, and slapped the unsuspecting Lu Yi upside down.
Well, civil servants these days are not just people who can only use their mouths. When it is time to take action, they are not ambiguous at all.
But this one made Lu Yi confused, and Sun Quan was also a little confused.
Sun Quan actually understood that Zhang Zhao was actually protecting himself by not arguing with Lv Yi about legal issues. However, he slapped Lv Yi in front of him at the court meeting, and he seemed to be a bit embarrassed about his face.
Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Zhao quickly handed the steps up - he directly fell to the ground to plead guilty, and asked Sun Quan to investigate him for the crime of misconduct in front of the palace.
The steps had been set up, and other officials of the Eastern Wu Dynasty also interceded and spoke for Zhang Zhao. Sun Quan took advantage of the situation and went down the steps, ordering Zhang Zhao to reflect behind closed doors at home, and not to go out unless there was anything wrong.
This same punishment is very effective for Bu Zhao, but for Zhang Zhao, it has a symbolic meaning. The old man is almost eighty, and he usually doesn't go out at all.
As for Lu Yi, let's just take it if he gets beaten. Who makes this guy so blind? You admit your mistake. You stand up and fight in the lane. If not, who will hit you? ! !
Anyway, Sun Quan didn't feel that Lu Yi was wronged at all.
In this way, Zhang Zhao was also asked to "reflect" by Sun Quan. Moreover, it happened not long ago. Sun Quan recruited Zhang Zhao to the palace to discuss matters for the sake of face, so Zhang Zhao did not come.
In fact, from this matter, it can be seen that Sun Quan did not take the Shu Han's attack seriously. When it came to a critical moment related to the safety of Soochow, Sun Quan could still make him look down, not to mention making trouble. When Zhao enters the palace, you just ask Sun Quan to invite Zhang Zhao in person, and Sun Quan will do it.
Sun Quan's decision not to recruit Zhang Zhao was due to his own judgment, believing that the sudden change of the Shu Han Dynasty would not pose much of a threat to Soochow.
As for not recruiting Lu Xun, on the one hand, it was Sun Quan's mentality that was at work. On the other hand, the situation on Lu Xun's side was also a bit strange and the situation was not clear.
Last month, Lu Xun, who was in charge of Shouchun, and Zhu Ju, who was in charge of Runan, both sent notices to Sun Quan, saying that Cao Wei had signs of increasing its troops going south.
The direction of the additional troops is not Hedong, Hanoi and other places, but Yanzhou, the destination of the additional troops. It's hard to say whether they are coming to defend Yanzhou, or whether they are coming to Huainan and Runan.
Sun Quan was trying to save others by himself, and he felt that Cao Wei might not really take that covenant seriously. During the last war, Sun Quan secretly occupied Cao Wei's county, and now it is not impossible for Cao Wei to come back with revenge.
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Sun Quan felt that it was better to let Lu Xun sit in Huainan and coordinate the overall situation.
After all, there is also a governor here in Jingnan.
Moreover, following the falling out with Shu Han, Zhu Ran, the governor of Jingnan, was officially promoted to Jingzhou Mu by Sun Quan, and he became a powerful guarding general.
It is better to ask Zhu Ran about Jingnan. After all, Zhu Ran has stayed in Jingnan for more than five years. He can be said to be very familiar with Jingnan's situation.
Zhu Ran's judgment on Jiangling's unusual movements was very accurate - there was a high possibility that the Shu Han would attack Jingnan.
But when Sun Quan asked him if he was sure he could defend Jingnan, Zhu Ran immediately expressed his chest.
"Even if the Shu thieves attack Jingzhou with a large number of people, they can still block the Yangtze River and prevent the thieves from setting foot on the land of Jingnan!!!"
Sun Quan was very pleased.
(End of chapter)
