"Why did Xing Zhen come to Jianye?" Sun Quan looked confused.
The tiger soldier clasped his fists and replied: "The person who came here said that he was ordered by the Emperor of Wei to make the Lord King of Wu with an imperial edict and nine additional gifts..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar. It was a great thing for Sun Quan to be crowned king, but King Wu of Wei Dynasty was a little sarcastic. The ministers looked at the Yangtze River newspaper in their hands and whispered, saying that the lord really wants to accept Cao Pi's title of king. Zhuge Liang may be in the next issue. In the newspapers, the Sun family will be scolded in the newspapers.
Zhuge Jin immediately sat down when he thought of this. He hurriedly went out to remonstrate and said: "Cao Pi himself was not right in his position. If my lord is granted the title of King of Wu at this time, wouldn't he be ridiculed by the world? If he goes south to call Guhua, it will be in vain..."
"Mr. Ziyu's words are serious. After the Battle of Jingzhou, Jiangdong's vitality was greatly damaged. We can't break through Gan-Ning's Wuchang to the west, and we can't pull out the strong city of Hefei to the north. How can we talk about claiming to be Guye to the south? It's better to form an alliance with the strong and wait for the right time. ." Lu Ji immediately stood up to refute.
Historically, Sun Quan sent Lu Ji to serve as the governor of Yulin. He died young because he could not adapt to the climate of Jiaozhou. On the contrary, in this position, he lived well in Jiangdong.
"This is a bad statement about our performance. If you befriend Cao Pi too much, you will offend Liu Bei. Now that the Yangtze River waterway has just been restored to navigation, once my lord accepts the grant from King Wu, Liu Bei will definitely become hostile to us. For this plan, we should not help each other and remain neutral." , then the power of the tripod can still be maintained." Yan has a close relationship with Zhuge Jin, and when he saw Lu Ji embarrass his friend, he stood up to defend him.
Gu Yong followed and joined the battle group and said with a smile: "Mancai's words are also biased. Most of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses are stationed in Xiang and Fan, which are close to Wan, Luo and Xuchang. Liu Bei cannot let Guan Yu attack us, otherwise Cao Pi's army will gather and go south. , Xiang and Fan are very likely to change hands. Regardless of whether the lord is granted a title or not, Cao Liu's attitude towards us will not change. Jiangdong is not their main enemy at the moment."
The Huaisi faction and the Jiangdong gentry were clearly divided, and they each held their own opinions and argued endlessly about the title of King of Wu.
Now that Gan and Ning are guarding the eastern part of Jingzhou, it is unlikely that the Jiangdong navy will invade Jingzhou again. If Sun Quan is granted the title of King of Wu of the Wei Kingdom, it means that his ambition has been lost, and his attempt to gather troops to attack Huainan will be in vain. They will cower and defend on their current territory, which is a result that the entire Huaisi Group does not want to see.
On the other hand, the Jiangdong nobles were each on their own, and being able to hold on to their current territory without being affected was the result they wanted most. Years of fighting cost the nobles money, food, soldiers and horses, so they supported Sun Quan to be crowned King of Wu.
Sun Quan has been defeated in many battles since he led the army. Whether it was Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Zhang Liao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, or Lan Tian, he found that no matter who he encountered, he would be defeated, and his ambition had long been extinguished, so he tended to King Wu, after all, it doesn't matter whoever becomes emperor, Liu Xie or Cao Pi, Jiangdong just needs to maintain the status quo.
"It's not a solution for you to keep arguing. Since Xing Zhen is on an envoy to Jiangdong, we can't neglect him. Zibu has always been mature and prudent. Can we welcome him in?" Seeing that Zhang Zhao, the leader of the Huaisi faction, had not yet spoken, Sun Quan thought of sending him in. Removed from the scene.
"Wei." Zhang Zhao saw Sun Quan's intention, but he was old now and his children were under the care of Sun Quan. He had no intention of sending a leader to Huaisi, so he took over the task.
As soon as Zhang Zhao left, the large palace continued to argue about whether to be granted the title. The Huaisi faction and the Jiangdong nobles each held different attitudes and showed clear distinctions. Sun Quan felt relieved when he saw this.
Seeing that the atmosphere was in place, Sun Quan stood up, stopped everyone and asked in a deep voice: "I remember Zijing's last words before his death, saying that Cao Qiang will join forces with Liu to defeat Cao, and Liu Qiang will join forces with Cao to attack Liu. Who can tell me which one is stronger?"
"Cao Pi occupies nine states in the world, so his military strength and population must be Wei Qiang." Zhuge Jin answered with his hands raised.
Sun Quan was noncommittal and waited for other answers in the palace. Upon seeing this, the general Quan Cong came out and replied: "In terms of land, population and military strength, it is understandable that Wei State is strong, but Liu Bei now has full control of the Han River, sitting on Xiangfan, and also has a The naval force in Jiangdong was not weak, although its strength was still not as good as that of Wei, but it became a passive defensive posture, so who was stronger and weaker would be judged.
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"Wei has been on the defensive for the past two years. The main reason is that Cao Cao died of illness in his later years. Cao Pi succeeded to the throne in panic and became independent on his own behalf. I think the end of Wei's recuperation is when it is time to attack Liu Bei. Why don't we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger?" Zhuge Jin asked.
After hearing this, Quan Cong said happily: "Cao Pi was not afraid of being cast aside when he succeeded the Han Dynasty, so how could he make his lord the king for no reason? I guess the Wei State should have used troops recently to stabilize Jiangdong and no longer send troops to fight for Huainan, so that it can rest assured to fight with Liu Bei. The world is under heaven, so the lord’s being granted a title will actually make the snipe and the clam fight.”
"Ah..." Zhuge Jin was unable to refute due to Quan Cong's words.
"Your arguments can almost be stopped. It has been a few sticks of incense since Zibu left. It would be too rude for Xing Zhen to see everyone arguing." Halfway through his words, Sun Quan raised the newspaper on the table and waved it. , "Tzuyu is only worried about reporting on you from the Yangtze River. Is he worried that Liu Bei will make people humiliate me in the newspaper? There really are those filthy articles. Can't we just prevent them from flowing into Jiangdong?"
Zhuge Jin swallowed his saliva, uu read, why did the Lord play such a trick? If you don't let the Yangtze River News flow into Jiangdong territory, will people stop printing and distributing it because of this?
Seeing that Sun Quan's opinion was clear, the Jiangdong nobles all stood up and agreed with "Ying Ming Shen Wu". Zhuge Jin, Yan and other Huaisi faction saw it was inconvenient to persuade him.
"Since all the ministers have no objections, why not be granted the title of King of Wu alone?" Sun Quan knew that the Yangtze River News would slander him, but Cao Pi was not afraid of it when he was the emperor, let alone the lower-ranking King of Wu.
Zhang Zhao walked quickly to the palace gate and saw that Xing Zhen refused to get out of the car because she believed that she was an angel from the kingdom. He immediately became furious and yelled: "There is no disrespect for etiquette, no disrespect for the law, but you dare to be so arrogant, how can you say that Jiangnan has no square blade?" yeah?"
Xing Zhen sat in the carriage for a long time. He was putting on airs like this because he was waiting for Sun Quan to come to greet him, but instead he was greeted by Zhang Zhao's fierce curse.
Although Zhang Zhao's beard and hair were all white, his voice was full of energy and sonorous. Xing Zhen raised the car curtain not because she was afraid of Zhang Zhao, but because she saw a group of tiger warriors holding halberds behind him. Judging from the appearance alone, I just know it's not easy to mess with.
Xing Zhen hurriedly got out of the car, saluted, and followed Zhang Zhao into the palace to see Sun Quan.
The ministers in Jiangdong had been "persuaded" by Sun Quan, so Xing Zhen entered the palace in a solemn and solemn manner. He stood in the audience and read out the imperial edict. His entourage then presented the seal ribbon and the gift of nine gifts. At this moment, Sun Quan became the king of Wei and Wu.
Sun Quan ordered a banquet to be held in the palace to entertain Taichang Xingzhen, who came from afar to deliver the imperial edict.
Xing Zhen took his seat at the head, and suddenly he noticed that there were huge white papers on the table in the hall, which looked a bit like the newspapers that had once flowed into Xudu.
"King Wu, is Jiangdong also publishing newspapers?" Xing Zhen asked curiously, holding up her hands.
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