The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 186 I have something important to discuss, come quickly!

After Cheng Yuanzhi read the letter, he sent an envoy to convene everyone to discuss.

Not long after, civil servants and generals gathered together.

Cheng Yuanzhi sat in the main seat, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Sun Ce took Lujiang, defeated Liu Xun, surrendered Huaxin, and rejected Yuan Shu. The commander Jiangdong now has enough troops and food, and his momentum is growing day by day."

"Recently, Sun Ce sent Zhang Hong to ask your Majesty to make him Grand Sima. I looked at his words and deeds and it seemed that he was disloyal, so I rejected his request."

"A while ago, Yuan Shu sent troops to attack Sun Ce, but he was unable to control him. The two sides faced each other in Jiangbei for a while. Now, I asked someone to ask me for advice. Do you have any good strategies?"

For the sake of Xu Gong's life, Cheng Yuanzhi did not tell the contents of the letter, but only speculated that it was Yuan Shu asking for advice.

All the civil and military people looked at me and I looked at you, but no one answered for a while.

Everyone knows that Sun Ce's martial arts strategy is top-notch, and the general trend has come.Jiangdong is too far away from Hebei, and Yuan Shu's territory is separated in the middle.

It can be said that there is nothing you can do about it at this time.

Now Sun Ce wants the post of Grand Sima, if the court does not grant it, he can take it himself; if the court grants it, he will lose face.

Dilemma.

For a while, everyone looked at each other in silence, and there was no clever plan.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Guo Jia, who was standing beside him with his arms folded and eyes squinted fishing, and pouted at Su Gai.

Sugai stretched out his fingers and poked Guo Jia's waist, calling out, "Ahem, wake up..."

"The commander-in-chief asked you something..."

Guo Jia quickly opened his eyes, thought for a while, stepped out and cupped his hands and said: "Sun Cexin merged with Jiangdong, and all the people he killed were heroes who can kill people. However, Sun Ce is light and unprepared, even though he has millions of people under his command , is no different from walking alone in the Central Plains. If an assassin rises and falls, one person can control it. From my point of view, sooner or later he will die at the hands of ordinary people."

Cheng Yuanzhi thought so deeply, nodded his head frequently, and waved the crowd to disperse, leaving Guo Jia alone to discuss matters.

Guo Jia organized his speech and said eloquently: "Sun Ce used force to suppress people, and the Jiangdong family must not accept it. Watch him execute many celebrities and heroes in the process of pacifying Jiangdong, such as Liu Yao, Yan Baihu, Lu Kang and others .”

"These people are all loyal because of their high moral character. But after Sun Ce killed these people, he would often be unguarded and act alone. This is tantamount to seeking his own death."

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded slightly: "This statement is true!"

Guo Jia's words are on point, which shows that his control over people's hearts has reached perfection.

The theory of ghost conspiracy is well-deserved.

Since ancient times, it has been about strategizing from below, strategizing from the middle, and scheming from the top.

A strategist predicts the enemy first, and determines the outcome by planning; a strategist determines the opportunity based on the situation, and divides the winner by the situation; a planner predicts the enemy by the heart, and determines the fate by character.

Therefore, the lower will not be able to overcome the middle, and the middle will be dominated by the upper.

These three have their own representatives, and Guo Jia is undoubtedly the best among the schemers; Cao Cao and Sima Yi are both leaders in the schemes; as for the rest of the people in this era, they are all schemers-here refers to the military. aspect.

A strategist can win for a while, but not for a lifetime; if he is in a position to confront a strategist, even if he cannot win for a while, he will win for a lifetime;

Having said that, Sun Ce's fate has already been determined by his character.After he crossed the river, the original warlords ended badly.

After Yan Baihu surrendered, he was still killed by Sun Ce; Liu Yao and Lu Kang were both beaten by Sun Ce and died of illness in office;

Since ancient times, killing and subjugation have always been unknown, and bullying is even more difficult to convince people.

Mencius once said: Those who persuade others with strength are not convinced by their hearts. If their strength is not in time, they will rebel;

Sun Ce committed both, no matter how brave he is, there will be people who hold him back.

For example, Xu Gong's letters.

Cheng Yuanzhi has received a lot of letters like this before, most of which were sent by the gentry in Jiangdong. The core meaning is just one: "The imperial court should quickly send troops to punish Sun Ce. This person is too arrogant. We are wronged and we refuse to accept it."

As an official of Jiangdong under Sun Ce's rule, Xu Gong was still the prefect of a county. Instead of trying to curry favor with Sun Ce, he made such a risky move, which was abnormal but reasonable.

The reason for this has long been explained by Guo Jia.

Relying on his bravery, Sun Ce crossed the east of the river and did nothing wrong with Minqiu. The people here did not include aristocratic families.

The situation in Jiangdong is different from that of other states and counties. The aristocratic families here are deeply intertwined, and it is the area where the most serious political interference of the Han aristocratic families.

As small as the collection of taxes in counties and counties, it is bigger than the national plan, and the tentacles of the aristocratic family are everywhere.

In short, in Jiangdong, the aristocratic family has what it says.

Because the people are poor, there is not much help available to Sun Ce, especially in terms of money and food, which are all provided by the big clan with deep roots in Jiangdong.

Although Sun Ce was kind to the people of Jiangdong, he didn't show good looks to those big clans with deep roots and control of a certain right to speak.

When dealing with this issue, the young and energetic Sun Ce basically took whatever he wanted, and offended a lot of people.

Intimidated by Sun Ce's martial prowess, these people usually dared not speak out in anger.

To give a chestnut, for example, Jiangdong wants to raise troops to fight a war.Sun Ce will be the general, and the people will be the people, and the burden of supplying money and food will fall on the aristocratic family.

Regardless of the victory or defeat of the war, Sun Ce, as the leader of Jiangdong, should remember their kindness, and give them some praise and appeasement after the battle.

Sun Ce took this as a matter of course, so how could the aristocratic families be willing to be slaughtered by him?
Whose money and food are not blown by the wind!
Once there is a chance to get rid of Sun Ce, the aristocratic families will watch with cold eyes even if they don't add insult to injury.

Sun Ce's military success cannot conceal his political naivety.

Xu Gong's actions further confirmed the disgust and distrust of Jiangdong's local group towards Sun Ce, the new owner of Jiangdong.

That's why they took the risk of seeking help from the imperial court.

In the original time and space, Xu Gong passed on a letter to the court and was arrested for the truth, but this incident did not sound a wake-up call for Sun Ce. He did not realize the seriousness of the problem and still went his own way.

So, how can you not die?
Even without Xu Gong, someone else would stand up.

It is a truth that has never changed through the ages.

Sun Ce left behind the famous saying "Ask Zhou Yu for foreign affairs, and always ask Zhang Zhao for internal affairs". Although it is a compliment, it praises the strengths of Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao respectively. It is Zhou Yu's weakness!Zhang Zhao is not good at foreign affairs.

But this does not mean that Zhang Zhao is the best in internal affairs, but Jiangdong can't find anyone better than Zhang Zhao in internal affairs, so how can he not ask him - this is the truth that Sun Ce realized at the cost of his life!

It wasn't until Sun Quan came to power and activated Lu Su that the situation in Jiangdong turned around. Lu Su's ability in internal affairs was much stronger than that of Zhang Zhao.

This also directly led to Zhang Zhao's loss of power.

With better talents, why should Sun Quan use Zhang Zhao again!
Turning his thoughts, Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Guo Jia, his eyes were full of relief, with such a person around, why worry about the world being uncertain!
It seems that we have to find a time to let Hua Tuo make up for him so that he will not die young.

……

the other side.

Zhang Hong returned to Jiangdong and informed Cheng Yuanzhi of his decision to disagree with making Sun Ce the Grand Sima.

Sun Ce looked at Zhang Hong, and asked in a deep voice, "You go to Ye City and watch its context and martial arts. Are you afraid of me, Sun Ce?"

Zhang Hong replied again and again: "Everyone in Hebei is deeply afraid of the lord."

Sun Ce clapped the case and said angrily, "This is not the truth!"

Zhang Hong quickly explained: "My lord, these words are true. Hebei Wenwen Wudu's expression changed when he heard about the lord's name, that's..."

"What is it?"

"It's just that when General Yuan She mentioned the lord, his expression and words were quite disdainful."

"What did he say?"

Sun Ce's complexion changed, he pondered for a moment, looked at Zhang Hong, and asked.

"He says……"

"He said that the lord is just a fool, only brave, nothing to worry about!"

"Shuzi is too deceiving!"

Hearing this, Sun Ce could no longer suppress his violent temper. He stood up and said: "Young people, sitting in Hebei in the name of a fake father, dare to look down on me? Don't you take me, Sun Ce from Jiangdong, seriously? Wait until I raise an army. Hit Xuchang and see if he is afraid!"

Sun Ce said these ruthless words in front of all civil and military officials, and soon spread throughout Jiangdong.

Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County, quickly wrote another secret letter and offered his advice, "The general will immediately lure Sun Ce to Xuchang in the name of your majesty's canonization, and then capture and kill him."

It has to be said that this plan is extremely feasible.

For one thing, the imperial court was located in Xuchang, which bordered Yuan Shu's territory and was very close to the Huaihe River. Sun Ce could go to Xuchang by water without any danger on the way.

Secondly, Cheng Yuanzhi has always been very polite to the princes of the world, since he started his army, he never took the initiative to kill any princes for no reason.

——Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao both committed suicide.

Judging from Ma Teng's treatment of "high-ranking officials, rich salary, and personal freedom" in Xudu, Sun Ce has security guarantees when he goes to Xudu.

A plan is a good plan, but whether it can be implemented depends on God's will.

Let's talk about Xu Gong's cronies, who went to the riverside with a letter in their hands, and were about to cross the river in a boat, when they were stopped by soldiers patrolling the river for interrogation, they suddenly looked flustered.

Seeing this, the soldiers immediately surrounded him, found the letter written by Xu Gong from him, and then sent it to Sun Ce.

After reading the letter, Sun Ce was furious, raised his hand and stabbed the messenger to death, and immediately sent someone on a flying horse to invite Xu Gong, saying that he had something important to discuss without delay.

Come quickly!

Xu Gong didn't know that the matter had been exposed, so he straightened his clothes and came to see him calmly.

(End of this chapter)