Zhang Hong told Sun Quan not to act rashly. He tried his best to appease the general who came to deliver the order (in fact, he put him under house arrest), and asked Sun Bi to continue advancing. He would join forces with Sun Fu as soon as possible and then attack Sun Jing's territory, Changsha County. Sun Quan was at his original place.
He stayed still and waited for news from him. Zhang Hong himself quietly took some guards and hurried back to Chaisang.
"God bless me, my lord, you're awake!" Zhang Hong said excitedly when he rushed into the door and saw Sun Ce sitting on the cave.
"Zhang Hong, who asked you to come back?" Sun Ce was about to loosen his grip on the sword hilt, but the moment he saw Zhang Hong, he unconsciously tightened his grip. He even gripped it tighter than before, and the joints on the back of his hand
There was white everywhere.
As soon as Zhang Hong finished asking Sun Ce, he understood that he had violated Wu Jing's military orders in a series, and it seemed that he had made the right bet.
"Please punish me, my lord. Hong did not follow General Wu's order and retreated the army. Today, Zhang Hong is the only one who has come back to report his orders to the lord!" Zhang Hong knelt down in front of Sun Ce in one step. After speaking, he glanced at Wu Jing, who had a very bad expression on his face.
When Wu Jing heard that Zhang Hong had disobeyed his order and said the word "you" angrily, Sun Ce burst into laughter.
"Okay, okay, I'm lucky to have people like Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao assisting me, and I will die without regrets!"
With Sun Ce's affirmation, it means that Zhang Hong is not only innocent of disobeying military orders, but also meritorious.
Zhang Hong no longer paid attention to Wu Jing's bleeding face at this time, and reported more energetically: "Sun Ben should have joined forces with Sun Fu at this time, heading straight for Changsha. The lord quickly ordered Cheng Pu's troops to join Sun Quan in a massive attack.
Baling, since my lord is fine, I want to go back immediately!"
Zhang Hong obviously only knew that Sun Ce had woken up, but he didn't know that he actually couldn't survive much longer.
"No need, Wu Jing, you will go to the front line in place of Zhang Hong to deliver orders, and you must assist Sun Quan's army and Zhou Yu's navy to annihilate the enemies of Jingzhou. From now on, Zhang Hong, you will sit in Chaisang for me and work with Zhang Zhao on both fronts in Shanyin.
Hui Ying is in charge of the overall situation. And here I want to announce something. From today on, Sun Quan will be your new lord, and you must all help him!" After Sun Ce said this, it was obvious that he was beyond his capabilities. He didn't care about Wu Jing.
, Zhang Hong was surprised, and many people could no longer suppress their cries at this time, and continued to explain: "Sun Kuang went to get all my seals, ribbons, and official seals, and immediately sent them to my brother Sun Quan at the front line, and conveyed my succession.
Along with his orders, he also worshiped Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao as his teachers. From now on, all major civil and military affairs must be decided after consulting these two teachers, and there must be no mistakes!"
"Yes!" After Sun Kuang knelt down and kowtowed, he stood up vigorously and followed Sun Ce, Master Bo, who was in charge of these things, to hand over various matters.
"Everyone, I have finished explaining what I have to say. Go and execute it!" After saying this, Sun Ce spat out a mouthful of blood and finally fell back. But he did not die, but fainted again.
All things cannot be said to be subversive, but most of them are unexpected. First of all, the relationship between Sun Ce, the master in the minds of Jiangdong scholar-bureaucrats, and his wife Qiao Ying is difficult for many people to understand. Secondly, the succession, since Sun Ce has
As for the decree of "auxiliary minister", why not pass it on to his son, or the more stable Sun Yi, or Sun Kuang, Sun Lang and other younger brothers, but to Sun Quan, who was recognized as a playboy?
.
Wu Jing had also made plans before this. If he chose Sun Ce's successor after his death, Sun Yi became his favorite candidate. Not only was Sun Yi very similar to Sun Ce in terms of personality, temperament, and handling style, but Sun Yi had also always regarded him as
His elder brother Sun Ce was a role model, and he was somewhat deliberately imitating it. Sun Yi would carefully observe Sun Ce's steps from behind, and then follow up with careful imitation.
To be honest, he has imitated very well over the years. It can be said that in the Sun family group headed by Sun Ce, some elders of the Sun family or some civil and military ministers around Sun Ce have always had a better evaluation of Sun Yi than Sun Quan.
But in the end it turned out that Sun Ce didn't like that his successor was just a shadow of him, and history also proved that his vision and choice were right. If you want to lead a team to develop in a healthy and good direction, when choosing a successor
It is necessary to assess the situation. And the selected person cannot just blindly follow in the footsteps of his ancestors, he must have his own unique insights and considerable wisdom.
There is also the candidate for Tuogu's "auxiliary minister". Not all the older generation of the Sun family are dead. Wu Jing and Sun Jing are both elders of the Sun family, and they all hold considerable power. Not only did Sun Ce not
Sun Quan entrusted it to his own people and sent all his own people to the front line. Sun Ce's last order was Zhang Hong. From then on, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zhao became the actual controllers of Jiangdong.
Sun Ce, who was about to die soon, decided all major military and political affairs, and from now on became the highest commander with actual central control. Moreover, Sun Ce's previous attitude towards Wu Jing could be said to have completely lost confidence and disrespected him very much.
This result directly caused Wu Jing, an old hero of the Sun family, to slam the door in a rage and rush to the Jingzhou front line with Sun Yi, regardless of whether the unconscious Sun Ce was dead or not.
But probably at that time, everyone thought that Sun Ce's last death was to weaken the power of the older generation of the Sun family. Only Zhang Hong looked at the room where Sun Ce was rescued that was once again in chaos, and a cold sweat broke out down his spine.
He looked at Sun Ce, who was new to his life and had a pale face. He was sincerely afraid of this twenty-five-year-old young man. From the arrangements this man made before his death, we can see how scheming he was.
A man of great things.
Sun Ce was promoted to Zhang Hong, and Zhang Zhao, who had a high status when Sun Ce was alive, secretly demoted them to mainstream figures of the older generation of the Sun family. But it is not difficult for Zhang Hong to see from Sun Ce's actions that after Sun Ce's death
, when Sun Quan succeeds to the power of the Sun family, he will be surrounded by his close relatives and confidants, and there will be no one with a foreign surname.
In this way, the only people who can most influence the decision-making of Jiangdong's next successor, Sun Quan, are Wu Jing and Sun Jing, not Sun Quan's two masters, him and Zhang Zhao, as Sun Ce said nicely. There is no doubt that this is Sun Ce's intention.
It was a deliberate arrangement, rather than what everyone saw, Sun Ce irrationally suppressed his relatives at the last moment of his life and cultivated a group of upstarts with foreign surnames for his younger brother.
Zhang Hong secretly lamented that Sun Ce had long-term plans and powerful methods when suddenly an old man from the Sun family who was also familiar to him appeared behind him again and handed Zhang Hong a letter in the same way.
Zhang Hong opened Mrs. Wu's private letter in confusion. In Sun Ce's room, which was busy and chaotic again, Zhang Hong became more and more frightened as he read the content of the letter.
"Where is Mrs. Qiao now?" The first thing Zhang Hong did after reading the letter was to ask the gray-headed Qiao Ying where she was.
Of course, the old man was just a messenger. He didn't know what was going on between Mrs. Wu and these high-ranking people, or the specific content of the letter he sent. He turned around and led Zhang Hong away from the chaotic crowd.
He took Zhang Hong behind the screen.
Zhang Hong was certainly one of the smartest people in the world. Wu Jing could think of the suspicion between Sun Ce and Qiao Ying's marriage after reading the letter. Zhang Hong saw it deeper, clearer and more associatively than he did.
When Zhang Hong saw Qiao Ying, who was looking dull and crying, what flashed in his eyes was not hatred, but the excitement for the opportunity.
For a figure who has devoted his life to politics, Zhang Hong immediately realized that Sun Ce's wife and son might bring shame to him, not because of the righteous indignation of a loyal subordinate, but because of opportunities.
Or it can be said to be an opportunity. What Zhang Hong thought of was where Qiao Ying went before marrying into the Sun family, the man Qiao Ying's sister married, and some rumors from a few years ago. Zhang Hong had no reason to feel that Cao Zhi and Sun Ce were
, there must be an unusual relationship between Qiao Ying and the matter that the old woman Wu arranged for him to carry out.
It has to be said that Zhang Hong, an old counselor, has the ability to draw inferences from one case to another, but what Zhang Hong saw in this was an opportunity that they might all use in the future.
"Madam..." After Zhang Hong dismissed the old man, he suddenly called Qiao Ying very politely. Then he glanced at Sun Shangxiang who was accompanying him, and hesitated to express what he meant.
It was naturally difficult for Sun Shangxiang, who was usually known for being aggressive, to understand the hints of an old counselor like Zhang Hong, but Qiao Ying, who turned around after being called out by Zhang Hong, could still understand Zhang Hong's hints.
"Mr. Zhang, feel free to speak up if you have anything to say. I have decided to adopt my son to Shang Xiang. From now on, Shang Xiang no longer needs to avoid anything. As the mother that my son will follow in the future, Shang Xiang needs to know everything!" Qiao
Ying said with a risk-taking attitude.
"Sister-in-law, things haven't come to this yet!" Sun Shangxiang quickly comforted her.
Seeing Qiao Ying being so open-minded, Zhang Hong smiled and lowered his voice and said: "That's even better. Since Madam is already determined to die, Zhang Hong will also explain to Madam here. Zhang Hong will try his best to protect Madam and the young master.
But when Zhang Hong or our Jiangdong elders need to borrow Madam’s favor in the future, I hope Madam will not refuse!”
Sun Shangxiang obviously didn't understand Zhang Hong's straightforward words. He turned his head and looked at Qiao Ying and asked Zhang Hong in confusion: "What kind of thin noodles?" Qiao Ying obviously understood what Zhang Hong meant and said in shock.
: "How did you know..."
Qiao Ying stopped talking in the middle of her words. After taking a look at Sun Shao in her arms, she couldn't help but look at Zhang Hong with contempt and said: "You are so despicable, you want to take advantage of our mother and son!"
"Hey, Madam, don't be surprised. In this critical period, for the sake of the thousands and thousands of people in Jiangdong, Hong must make use of everything available!" Zhang Hong replied without hesitation again. In fact, he was not very sure about the relationship between Qiao Ying and Cao Zhi before.
relationship, but through his sophisticated testing, he could confirm it now. Even Sun Shao, Sun Ce's nominal eldest son, Zhang Hong also confirmed his blood relationship with Cao Zhi. With this relationship, Zhang Hong
It was as if the future rights he had just lost had another chance to come back to him.