"The power of the Gongsun family has been completely pacified. Gongsun Gong himself, his family and his relatives, were sent to the sea boat sailing towards Jiangdong." Lu Yi looked at Quan Cong's expression and emphasized his tone: "This document was written by the Marquis of Wu and was delivered overnight by a fast boat. He said that Liaodong is already in our hands!"
Since Zhou Lang passed away and the loss of Jingzhou, Jiangdong has not opened up territory for thirteen years. Every attempt has finally come to a failure of humiliation. Until this time, Sun Quan personally led the elite troops, flew over thousands of miles of sea routes, and took Liaodong in one fell swoop, and then took over thousands of miles of land, four or five counties and states, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians!
This is a huge success that has never been seen in thirteen years, almost doubled the controlled area of ​​Jiangdong!
Such victory is really rare. The neatness of the process shows its standards. No wonder Sun Quan wanted to write a letter in person to show it to his ministers.
Quan Cong took the letter, glanced over his eyes quickly, and forced a few laughs: "Haha."
"What, Zihuang, are you unhappy?"
Quan Cong waved to let a entourage come: "If you climb up the watchtower and observe, the Jiangzhou military ship retreated five miles away, so we will not chase you and recall the fleet in flag words."
The entourage hurried away.
Quan Cong and Lu Yi walked side by side on the road between the camp. They were just running towards the camp with pointed wooden fences. The two of them made it slightly to the side of the road and waved their hands to let the soldiers pass quickly.
After taking two more steps, Quan Cong continued: "Boyan, what if it is done with Liaodong?"
Seeing that the entourages were all a little far away, Lu Yi frowned and said, "Zihuang, that's also a way out after all. Now people from Jiaozhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou and other places..."
"What's the point!" Quan Cong raised his voice and whispered.
The mainland discussion paused.
"Boyan, I probably know that you used these excuses to convince Lei Yuan to go to Jiangling. It is nothing more than that the aristocratic tribes in Jiaozhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou and other places are all interested in developing the borders. Outside the territory, I, Jiangdong, also intend to imitate them, use Liaodong as the border, manage Lelang, and lead the surrounding vastness to seek the interests of Jiangdong."
"That's right." Lu Yi said slowly: "If you want to talk about Jiangling, you must have a reason to be happy with our actions in Jiangling and even Chengdu. Zihuang is a smart person, so you should know the purpose of what I said. This is an hinting that I would like to place my Jiangdong as a minister of the Liu family in the future. I think the Chengdu court would be very happy to listen to it."
"Such humiliation is for Liaodong..." Quan Cong shook his head.
At this time, the two were about to arrive at the Central Army tent. Quan Cong speeded up a little and asked Lu to join in.
"Zihuang, where else can we do it except Liaodong?" Lu Yi sighed: "The situation is like this, then it's a road at all!"
Quan Cong stood at the door of the big tent, turned around and looked out, walked in, covered the curtain, and lowered his voice: "But what's the point of such a road?"
He stared at Lu Yi and said, "If we want to go like that, when can't we go? When did we not go? When Cao Gong sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Jiangdong, when Jingzhou and Jiaozhou troops were descending along the river, if we surrendered to the Marquis of Wu, why bother so much? Could it be that Cao and Liu's control of Jiangdong still prevent us from developing outside the territory? Is it more difficult for you to deal with Gongsun?"
Such words really have to be closed.
"Zihuang, I don't understand what you mean."
Quan Cong was a little anxious. He leaned close to Lu Yi and said in a deep voice: "I understand what I meant very well! Bo Yan, you and I are familiar with each other, and I am not the first time I have sex. I will say some honest words, why do you have to pretend?"
Lu Yi was silent for a moment.
Of course he understood Quan Cong's meaning.
Although the Sun family was a native of Wujun, their family was poor and had no knowledge accumulation. They were not the same as the noble family members who had been in the local area for hundreds of years. Later, Sun Ce went to Jiangdong to rely on the military force, which was the powerful and refugee armed forces in the Huai and Si area. For the Jiangdong gentry, Sun Ce and his companions were foreign conquerors, rather than just troops who returned to their hometowns and represented the interests of the villagers.
Sun Ce used powerful force to pacify Wu and Hui, and killed countless local heroes during the process. Many famous clans such as Kuaiji Zhou, Sheng, Wei, Wujun Gao, and Wang were innocently killed. Their remains were displaced and destroyed Lin Mang, which was sad to say. Many of them even had old friends with Sun Jian, and had been promoted to court and worshipped their mother. However, Sun Ce took his life and destroyed his clan without any hesitation.
Just like Lu Yi, a loyal minister in Jiangdong, his clan was slaughtered by the Sun family in his early years, and suffered heavy casualties.
From this point of view, the Jiangdong gentry actually had a deep hatred with the Sun family, and almost had an irreconcilable momentum.
Why did the two parties join hands later? Sun Quan's method of softening was actually only a small part of the reason. The key was that the Central Plains had reached an unparalleled level at that time, and the power of the Sun family and the power of the Sun family seemed to be like an emperor, as if they could stand out in troubled times and bring a bright future to the Jiangdong gentry.
For the sake of that bright future, the Jiangdong gentry swallowed their hatred and came out to be officials one by one, putting on all kinds of loyal attitudes, and busying themselves in the military and political paths for the cause of their enemies.
But what if that beautiful future does not exist? Why is Sun still above the Jiangdong gentry? Why does the Jiangdong gentry have to be in vain and slander?
If you want to bow to a real power, the Jiangdong gentry is not unable to do it themselves, why bother letting Sun take the lead?
If we want to expand the border according to the wishes of this powerful, outside the territory, the Jiangdong gentry accumulated so many years of experience in attacking Shanyue, can't it be used for Fuyu, Woju, Yiluo or Goguryeo?
There are brave soldiers under the command of Sun. Didn’t the Jiangdong gentry not? Sun’s family is good at making a move to make clouds and turn hands into rain. Couldn’t the Jiangdong gentry not?
Now, under the promotion of the mainland discussion, the Jiangdong gentry prepared money, grain and materials for the Sun family, maintained the foundation of the four counties in Jiangdong for the Sun family, and resisted the soldiers of the Han court...
Yes, Wu Hou finally lived up to expectations and captured Liaodong.
Regardless of the sea thousands of miles away from Jiangdong, if the situation in Qingxu changes, the two places will immediately cut off contact. At least, the five counties in Liaodong are considered a piece of fat that can be said to be. But what is the significance of that to the Jiangdong gentry?
Quan Cong knew without thinking that all the interests in Liaodong would fall into the control of the Sun family. The Sun family naturally had their loyal and loyal subordinates, and they would definitely get the benefits of sharing and would be excited to control Liaodong. But what about the others? Wu Hou would never give this piece of fat to outsiders, so what can outsiders be happy about?
"Two reasons." Lu Yi suddenly said.
Quan Cong sat upright: "Boyan, I'll listen here."
"One of the reasons is very simple. If Wu Hou wants to control Liaodong, he must constantly invest in the Sun family's strength. The more stable we manage Jiangdong here, the more sufficient the supplies provided to Wu Hou, the more comfortable the Wu Hou will stay in Liaodong. Perhaps at some point, the situation in Qingxu and even the world has changed. Sun is in Liaodong, and we are in Jiangdong. It is natural that many things will be isolated from the two places."
Quan Cong thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "It's acceptable. Bo Yan, what's the second reason?"
"The second reason cannot be said yet."
"Can't you say?" Quan Cong frowned.
"Yes, it's not time to talk about it yet. Zihuang, please wait a moment."
The two of them were silent for a moment, Lu Yi thought for a while, and then said, "The ancients said that the three armies could seize the commander, but ordinary men could not seize the ambition. The ambition of ordinary men could not be taken away, let alone the Marquis of Wu? Wu Hou had the aura of Ji Ao and the ambition of swans, but he could not bow to others for a long time. Zihuang, do you know what would make him give up for Wu Hou?"
"Boyan, how can I know? Let's talk about it."
Chapter completed!