Farmers of Shu Han

Great Wu's top general prostrated himself on the ground, his heart ashamed, and his whole body seemed to have lost all life.

The governor of Great Wu glared angrily. If he hadn't gone to the hall to untie his sword and take off his shoes, it seemed that he would draw his sword and cut people down in a moment.

Da Wu's Tai Chang stood proudly with a look of contempt on his face, as if he had the will to die.

The ministers of Great Wu... were silent like cicadas, hanging their heads in silence.

The emperor of Wu sat on it, indifferently watching what happened below.

Although everything in front of him is going according to his plan.

But at this moment, he also seemed to have become a real loner.

Perhaps the Son of Heaven should have been alone.

Just when the big bosses in the court were at war, and the rest of the people were silent and did not dare to make a sound.

Sun Dadi's voice came flickeringly:
"Gu Taichang, are you really unwilling to apologize to the governor?"

Hearing this, Gu Tan turned his head suddenly, averted his gaze from Quan Cong's face, looked up in the direction of the Son of Heaven, and then immediately lowered his head.

That was the Son of Heaven, not someone he could glare at will.

Gu Tan lowered his head and asked in grief and indignation:

"Your Majesty, do you really believe that we Gu's children will do such a thing?"

The four families of Wujun, Zhang Wen, Zhu Wu, Lu Zhong and Gu Hou.

Lu is loyal.

So the great general can plead guilty, anyway, His Majesty is just saying that he has selfish intentions, not that the great general is unfaithful.

And even if this matter is true, it would be a crime of negligence at best to go to the general.

After all, he judged the meritorious service of the garrison based on the merits he recognized at the time, and he didn't know that the military merits were falsely reported.

But Gu's is different.

Why is Gu Tan unwilling to apologize?

Because Gu's is thick.

Apologizing means admitting that Gu Cheng secretly reported Chen Xun's military achievements.

Admitting this matter is shaking the Gu family's family style in Jiangdong:
Which family with a rich family tradition would do something like deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the inferiors, and seeking private honors and benefits?

This is not just a matter related to Gu Cheng, but a matter related to the status of the entire Gu family.

Once the reputation of the family tradition collapses, and the children of the family are underestimated, how can the Gu family gain a foothold in Jiangdong?
So he gritted his teeth, and would rather contradict the governor Quan Cong in court, or even question Sun Quan, the son of the great Wu emperor, than to be wronged.

Seeing Gu Tan standing there upright, unwilling to bow his head, Sun Quan felt agitated for no reason.

The nameless scorching fire in his heart became more and more intense, burning his head hot for a while.

What little patience he had had burned away.

Looking at the ministers below, he felt disgusted in his heart.

At this moment, he didn't want to sit here and argue with them for a moment, he just wanted to leave quickly, go back to the harem, and look for the immortals and goddesses.

Probably only with the fairy couple can I relax myself.

"There are all the witnesses and material evidence of this matter, even if I don't want to believe it, how can I still pretend that this matter never happened?"

The Gu brothers are originally one of humanities and one of martial arts.

Gu Cheng first led the Habayashi Army in his early years, and then followed Zhuge Ke to pacify Shanyue, and he has been developing in the army.

Gu Tan, on the other hand, first served as the prince's schoolmate, and was transferred from Zhong Shuzi to Fuzheng Duwei, and then replaced Zhuge Ke as Zuo Jiedu, and then became Shangshu. He had never led a soldier.

All kinds of dirty tricks in the army are basically ignored.

At this time Sun Quan asked him to refute, how could he refute it?

So he could only plead again and again:

"Your Majesty, this is the greed of a villain. Your Majesty must not be deceived by a villain! I request your Majesty to issue an order to order Yousi to check it again."

Sun Quan stood up impatiently and shouted:

"enough!"

Originally, I wanted to look at Gu Yong's face and give your Gu family some face.

Asking you to apologize to the governor is to make this matter smaller.

It's good for you, you don't know how much I have worked so hard, but you still ask me if I believe in the children of the Gu family, would you do such a thing?
If you want me not to believe it, please explain it!
I couldn't explain it, and said that I was deceived by greedy words.

Okay, you are lofty, you are amazing!

Since you say so, then follow the rules!
"Decree, there is an order to investigate the case of Shouchun's military exploits!"

After saying that, he was too lazy to look at Gu Tan and Lu Xun, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and turned around and left.

The emperor left, and naturally the court meeting could not go on, and all the ministers retreated one by one, filing out.

Outside the Dragon Hall, Gu Tan saw Quan Cong coming out, stepped forward, clenched his fists, and stared at Quan Cong.

Although Quan Cong was older than Gu Tan, he had led the army for many years. Compared to Gu Tan, a scholar and Confucian scholar, he was taller and bigger.

But seeing him standing still, he looked at Gu Tan with a sneer:
"What? Gu Taichang wants to compete with someone here?"

"Quanzi Huang, you are in vain as the governor of the Great Wu. Your children can't make meritorious service in front of the battle, but you do such a villain's behavior in the court to seek utilitarianism for them. You are really a traitor and a ghost. mouse!"

Quan Cong's expression sank:
"Gu Zimo, Your Majesty has ordered Yousi to investigate this case according to your wishes. Now that the conclusion has not come out, you say that I acted like a villain and uttered evil words. At this moment, which one of us is more like a villain?"

Gu Tan gritted his teeth and said bitterly:

"Shouchun's military achievements have long been concluded. If you, the Quan family, hadn't obstructed it and slandered the Lord, how could His Majesty have been deceived?"

Quan Cong was furious:
"Gu Zimo, if you can't answer His Majesty's question, you will yell slanderous words; Your Majesty ordered you to investigate, but you have not come to a conclusion, so you keep saying that Your Majesty has been deceived."

"If Yousi finds out something is wrong, are you still going to say that Yousi is incompetent and have wronged you, the Gu family?"

Gu Tan said loudly: "Impossible! Zizhi will definitely not do this!"

"You Gu's can't do it, does it mean that our Quan's can do what you said?"

Quan Cong was really too lazy to argue with this person, so he turned and left.

In the case of Shouchun's meritorious deeds, the evidence is true and false, nine true and one false.

In the military, meritorious deeds and extra rewards are considered a rare form of integrity.

It is common practice to report two or three layers more.

For those who are greedy and despicable, killing one hundred prisoners and one hundred can be said to kill five hundred prisoners and two hundred.

Chen Xun is not a saint, how could he do nothing wrong?

If you just flip through it, you can find many omissions.

His Majesty punished this person from the very beginning, precisely because this person was completely indisputable in the face of the evidence he presented.

As for whether Gu and Zhang have falsely reported their military achievements...

Anyway, Chen Xun is dead, and dead people can't speak.

The one who can speak is himself, the coach of the first battle of Shouchun.

"you……"

Gu Tan followed behind, wanting to call Quan Cong to stop, but stretched out a hand behind him, pressed his shoulder, and stopped him.

Gu Tan turned his head and saw that it was Lu Xun.

Facing his uncle, Gu Tan couldn't help but slow down his tone:
"The top general?"

Lu Xun shook his head:
"Let him go. There's no point in talking. Besides, this is the palace. Don't cause any more conflicts or lose etiquette."

Gu Tan took another look at Quan Cong who had gone away, and could only swallow his breath bitterly.

Sun Quan was naturally unaware of this little conflict outside the Dragon Hall.

When he returned to the residence in the harem, he did not immediately go to Mrs. Pan's bedroom, but sat in front of the case, holding the jade ruyi in his hand, rubbing it constantly, thinking about something.

Wujun's fourth family, the Zhang family, has been silent in the court for many years because of Zhang Wen's involvement in the Jiyan incident 20 years ago.

Because of Gu Yong's death, the Gu family's influence in the court is not as good as before. In addition to the Shouchun meritorious service incident, the advance and retreat are all in his own mind.

As for the Lu family...

Sun Quan remembered Lu Xun's confession in court during the court meeting, and couldn't help but "tsk".

Not enough, not enough.

Even if Gu was found to be wrong later, to Lu Xun, at most, it was just being unfair and a momentary oversight.

His current position cannot be shaken at all.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan couldn't help tapping the table with Yu Ruyi lightly, frowning a little.

But after thinking for a while, he still didn't make up his mind in the end, so he could only skip it first.

"As for Mrs. Zhu..."

Sun Quan murmured out the four words softly, and fell into a longer thought than before.

The Zhu family is the one who makes Sun Quan most contradictory and hesitant.

Because Zhu Shi, the representative of the Zhu family, married Sun Quan's daughter, Sun Luyu, also known as Princess Zhu.

Zhu Ju is the serious son-in-law of Sun Quan, which is different from his niece and son-in-law like Lu Xun.

Not to mention that Princess Zhu is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Bu.

Moreover, Zhu Ju is now the only general in Wu State who has thoroughly studied the method of cavalry warfare in Han State, and at the same time commands the only cavalry army in Wu State.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan let out a long breath.

Forget it, it's okay to leave Zhu Shi alone.

After all, the crown prince also needs the foundation, and if it is cut too much, it will not be beautiful.

After making a decision, Sun Quan stood up and was about to call for someone, and was about to sit on the chariot to see Mrs. Pan.

Unexpectedly, when he opened his mouth, he groaned and staggered.

It turned out that he only felt that the world was spinning and the Venus was flying around.

He wanted to force himself to stand still, but for some reason, his chest suddenly became extremely dull.

A burst of rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath made him subconsciously push Yu Ruyi onto the table.

There was only a "pa" sound, probably due to excessive force, Yu Ruyi was crushed.

Sun Quan gave a "boom" and sat back in front of the case again.

Covering his chest, Sun Quan closed his eyes and opened his mouth, breathing rapidly.

When he retreated, he was in a bad mood and drove everyone out.

Without his call, the palace people dare not look inside.

Over the past year or so, His Majesty's temper has become more and more eccentric, making it difficult to fathom.

Sometimes they just come in to report something, but they are inexplicably pulled down and killed with a cane afterwards.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, good news, great news!"

At this critical moment, Lu Yi's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, please see me if I have something to do!"

Sun Quan opened his mouth, made a few hoo hoo, and squeezed out the last bit of strength in his body: "Come in... come in!"

After Lu Yi trotted in, he didn't dare to get too close, and without raising his head, he directly saluted:

"Your Majesty, great news, General Nie..."

Seeing that Lu Yi didn't notice his strangeness, Sun Quan couldn't help being angry and anxious, but his throat was like a bellows leaking air, and he could only breathe "ho ho".

Fortunately, he regained some strength in his hand, he grabbed the broken jade ruyi and threw it down.

"Dang!"

Half of Yu Ruyi was smashed not far in front of Lu Yi, split into two again, and jade shards scattered everywhere.

Lu Yi naturally knew that His Majesty was angry in public this morning. He only said that Sun Quan was still angry at this time, but he shrank his body again and became more respectful:

"Your Majesty, please appease your anger. Your Majesty will be delighted to hear that there is a big happy event for you."

I'm glad you're a jerk!

Sun Quan had no choice but to lie down on the desk and rest for a long time before he felt the dizziness disappear and he was finally able to breathe.

Looking down at Lu Yi, who had been so respectful and did not dare to look up, he got angry and shouted:
"Dog slave, raise your head!"

Only then did Lu Yi dare to raise his head: "Your Majesty?"

"come over……"

Lv Yi stepped forward, only to realize that Sun Quan's expression seemed a little wrong, and quickly changed into a look of overwhelmed and surprised:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you all right?"

It was fine if Lv Yi didn't say this, but when he said this, Sun Quan was so angry that he picked up the other half of the jade wishfull on the case and threw it at Lv Yi who was stepping forward as he obeyed, shouting angrily:
"I'm going to die in front of you, I'm afraid you don't even know it!"

Lu Yi didn't dare to hide, so Yu Ruyi fell right on top of him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, be careful. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, blessed by the gods, how can you say death lightly?"

Looking at Lu Yi's appearance, think about the appearance of Gu Tan and others in the early dynasty.

Sun Quan couldn't help feeling a little emotional, and because of his anger, he felt a slight dizziness again, forcing him to control his emotions and slow down his tone:

"Okay, let's talk about the happy event you just wanted to announce to me."

"Here! Your Majesty, I received the documents. General Nie and General Lu, who were sent to sea by His Majesty last year, have returned!"

Hearing this news, Sun Quan's eyes widened suddenly:
"What? Seriously!?"

"How dare I lie to Your Majesty?"

Sun Quan stood up uncontrollably, and was about to speak, but who would have thought that the sky and the earth would spin again because of his emotional fluctuations.

This time, he didn't have Yu Ruyi in his hand.

Fortunately, there is another Lu Yi in front of him.

Seeing that something was wrong with His Majesty, Lu Yi didn't dare to be negligent this time, stepped forward quickly, and finally supported Sun Quan before he fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you alright? Come on, come on, pass on to the doctor, quickly pass on to the doctor!"

Sun Quan fell into Lu Yi's arms, closed his eyes and remained silent.

I don't know if I fainted or I can't speak.

The last month of the sixth year of Yanxi was destined to be an uneasy month for the monarch and ministers of Wu.

Quan Cong revisited Shouchun's military meritorious service case, which marked that the dispute between the two palaces of the State of Wu had reached a fever pitch.

And Sun Quan's illness made the Chaotang of Wu Kingdom even more chaotic.

Sun Quan, who was lying on the sickbed, not only did not intend to stabilize the court, but planned to take this opportunity to speed up the purge and rectification of all internal forces.

The general Nie You and the school lieutenant Lu Kai who were sent by Sun Quan to attack Yazhou, after more than a year, finally returned to Wu with the remnants of the army.

They were hit by Lu Xun:

"It's far away and barren, thousands of miles away, and the wind and waves are unpredictable. And it's a different place, isolated from the sea, and the water, soil and air are poisonous. It has existed since ancient times. When soldiers enter and the people leave, disease will inevitably occur, and the phase will be polluted. Those who go in the past can't turn back. How much can you get?"

"The people's changes in water and soil will inevitably lead to disease and epidemics. If you want to benefit, you will lose, and if you want to profit, you will be harmed. The soldiers on the bank of the river want to benefit in case, and the foolish officials are still uneasy..."

This time when they went to sea, nine out of ten people died of disease.

At first, Sun Quan ignored the advice of his ministers and insisted on sending troops overseas.

Changing to the Ming Lord, or even as long as the previous Sun Quan, I am afraid that he has already reflected on himself and accepted it humbly.

But at this time, Sun Quan only felt that his face was burning.

Filled with remorse, he simply excused his illness from going to court and seeing his foreign ministers.

Fortunately, although there were heavy casualties, the envoys from Funan Kingdom who followed the fleet saved Sun Quan's last bit of face.

Fan Zhan, king of Funan, specially sent envoys to Wu to present musicians and special products.

Accompanied by more than a dozen tribes of Yi people, they also offered ivory, sipi, sea pearls and other things.

In the past, Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen were ordered to float to the sea in search of Yizhou. Although they finally found their destination, they were still imprisoned and killed for "violating the imperial edict and failing to achieve meritorious service".

Although Nie You and Lu Kai were much more unbearable than Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen this time, it was precisely because of these barbarians that they escaped unharmed.

"Your Majesty, I found something in the tributes of those small barbarian countries. I dare not make a decision, so I can only risk my life to disturb Your Majesty."

Lu Yi was one of the very few who could see Sun Quan's favorite minister at such a time.

At this time, he was quietly reporting his discovery to Sun Quan.