"A wisp of responsibility is tied to a huge weight. It hangs up to an infinite height and hangs down into an unpredictable abyss." [Hanshu Meisheng Biography]
After Liu Ye left, Lu Fan immediately urged his horse to come from behind. Side by side with Sun Ce, he watched Liu Ye walk toward a vast white line in the west. That white line was the Yangtze River, and Sun Ce had prepared boats and boats for it.
The guards were about to escort him across the shore. Liu Ye was also calm and accepted Sun Ce's kindness without hesitation. One was upright and the other was frank. The two personalities were not incompatible, but their fate was ill-fated.
It makes people separated.
Looking at Liu Ye's leaving figure, until the other person became a moving black dot in his sight, Lu Fan still didn't look away, but with a sullen face, he suddenly exhaled and said, "He actually knows everything."
Others could only see that Sun Ce deliberately diverted trouble to the east, killed people with a borrowed knife, and used Zuo Rong to remove the biggest obstacle for him. Even in the current situation, he broke up with the court, but in the end he only received a few words of praise from Yuan Shu.
But in Liu Ye's view, things on the surface are always there to deceive others. Only by clearing the fog can we see the essence. Although Wei Jie, the dead governor of Yangzhou, was from the imperial court, he had another identity. He was Fufeng.
person.
At that time, Wei Jie and the scholar Sun Rui served under Gai Xun in the name of Qingjun, and later became an infantry captain. They are inextricably related to the Ma family in Fufeng. Today, the leader of the Kansai scholars, Ma
On that day, scholars and Sun Rui were all exempted from returning, becoming the first force to withdraw from the center of power. However, the scholars in Kansai have been operating for many years, and the imperial court is based in Guanzhong. As long as it finds an opportunity, it may not be able to stand up again in the future.
Huang Wan relied on the precautions he had made in Yizhou and planned ahead of time. Although he did not achieve great success on his own, he returned to the court and was once again favored by the emperor. There are examples of Huang Wan's comeback in the past, and Ma Ri and others naturally
Unwilling to lag behind others, Wei Jie, who controlled the righteousness of a state and the troops of a county, was the key figure in their attempt to recreate the "Yizhou Story" in Yangzhou.
"Yes, Wei Jie had to die. He simply didn't die directly at my hands, and there would still be room for improvement later." Sun Ce was not surprised at all. He straightened his back on the horse, squinted his eyes, and said: "
Ziyang also knows in his heart which side Guo Fengxiao is from? The pie in the southeast has already been divided among various families, how can there be room for a Kansai person to interfere here? "
Now that the Kwantung scholars have secured an advantage in the court, they should suppress their enemies. Now that the day of the imperial court's restoration of the world is approaching, the great contribution of the Eastern Expedition to support the Han Dynasty will naturally exclude others, and the only way is to completely cut them off.
In order to achieve the hope of the other party, Xun You and others will proceed to the next step in the overall plan. To eliminate the hope of the Kansai scholars to rise again, they must eliminate Wei Jie's power. Sun Ce, who acts as an accomplice, can use this to dominate Jiangdong.
A single family grew in strength. Not only could it cooperate with the imperial court's offensive to launch a fatal blow behind Yuan Shu, but it could also prevent any eventuality and leave a way out.
It's just that this is a unilateral cooperation between Sun Ce and Guo Jia. The reason why he deliberately concealed it from Zhou Yu is not only because of his many thoughts, but also because of what Guo Jia asked someone to say: "If time is not enough, you and him
The closer the relationship, the more dangerous he is.'
So we can only wait to repair the relationship afterwards.
Sun Ce acted as if nothing had happened, but in his heart he always felt uneasy every time he thought about this. His heart felt empty as if something was missing. He did not discuss Guo Jia's plan with anyone, and no one else could give him any suitable ideas.
, only Lu Fan is familiar with the inside story, but how can Lu Fan completely understand Guo Jia's thoughts?
At this time, Lu Fan was still thinking about the defeat that Guo Jia gave him in Runan, and curled his lips and said: "It seems that after a big change, the court is still the same court. There will always be fights between you and me. This is the case before the Han Dynasty has emerged.
, I don’t know what to do next!”
Sun Ce knew that Lu Fan was stubborn, so he didn't criticize him. He shook his head and said: "Guo Fengxiao is good at using people's hearts. He used my thoughts to do things for him, but he didn't touch them. The same goes for Wei Jie. Guo Fengxiao just let me go.
Zuo Rong allowed him to flee to Yuzhang without taking any action. If Wei Jie knew military strategies and had talents, how could he be harmed by traitors like Zuo Rong? It can be seen that his character has been seen through by Guo Fengxiao.
, such a ignorant governor, rather than rely on him to attack Yuan Shu and delay the important matter, it is better for me to take over the Jiangdong soldiers and horses and knead the loose sand into bricks!"
Lu Fan didn't expect that there was such a reason, but he was the one who jumped into the trap at the beginning and ignored Guo Jia's real methods. Back in Runan, Guo Jia just figured out his own style of using troops and defeated him.
A complete failure?
Thinking about it now, Guo Jia did not do anything to Jiang Dong. He just asked Sun Ce to conserve his strength as much as possible and not fight to the death with Zuo Rong. He also used Zuo Rong's hand to test Wei Jie's ability and response. If Wei Jie is indeed worthy,
The imperial court awarded him the seal of governor of Yangzhou, so it's easy to say that even Guo Jia didn't dare to make any big move to harm his own people. The Kansai scholars might really be able to make a comeback during the emperor's eastern expedition.
After all, it was the emperor's taboo to abolish public affairs for private purposes. He allowed his subordinates to fight from time to time, but if the bottom line was crossed, the emperor could not turn a blind eye.
Guo Jia accurately grasped this 'degree', eliminating those who were useless and might even affect the situation, and selected a more suitable result, which was also the result that the emperor wanted most.
"Therefore, with Liu Ziyang's wisdom, he must have never misunderstood me from the beginning, and I don't need to defend him so many times." Sun Ce's eyes were deep and his tone gradually became slower: "But he still left, and I can't keep him.
.The reason why I had to explain the reasons several times and clear my name was just to get him to tell Gong Jin."
Isn’t it true that repeated justifications several times are not to convince yourself of this explanation?
Once a person grows up, changes in the environment and forces will always bring about changes in the heart. No one will stick to the original intention deep in the heart. But whether Sun Ce can't let go of Zhou Yu, his best friend, or does he still want to give it to himself?
Only he knows a reasonable explanation to make up for his regretful heart.
Lu Fan watched Sun Ce dismount suddenly and walk into the long pavilion with his head held high. The head of the pavilion was busy attentively and brought a pot of warm wine and several plates of preserved fruits.
There was a good fruit forest near the pavilion, and the director of the pavilion also had a skill in making preserved fruits. His jurisdiction was near the city gate, and he started a tea shop business while on duty. Business travelers from far away loved to rest here.
Rest, and then enter the city calmly. Those who leave will be reluctant to leave, and will always be sent here to drink the last bowl of wine and bring a fruit preserve to eat on the way.
Sun Ce had made arrangements for this early. He wanted to have more conversations with Liu Ye here, but now it was him and Lu Fan. He wanted to talk about "The Rising Han Dynasty" with more like-minded people.