The Three Kingdoms

Kuai Yue's eyes were sharp and bright.

[The first thousand and 560 chapters of the main text, between one thought and the third chapter]

Time passed bit by bit in a tense atmosphere.

Eight years of Tianquan.

November.

In the beginning of the cold winter season, the weather in Jinling City has become more and more cold, the streets and alleys are filled with gusts of cold wind, the first light snow is also falling unconsciously, covering the entire capital into the colors of day.

"Report!"

"Thousands of miles in a hurry!"

"Our army is about to return to the court!"

With a bang, the official news that countless people had been waiting for for a long time finally came back from the army in the Western Regions through reports one by one.

"I defeated Rome in the war!"

"Your Majesty died on the Greek battlefield!"

"The whole army is silent, mourning Your Majesty!"

"Lu Bu, the leader of the military aircraft, died in the Greek battlefield, and the imperial court lost a great general!"

"Millions of soldiers, less than half of them have returned!"

"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died tragically on the Roman battlefield, what a tragic battle!"

Although the imperial court has always wanted to play down the news in this regard, as time changed and the western army wanted to return to the court, they could not suppress the news after all. The reports from the west were like The snowflakes in the sky are generally icy.

After these sad news spread, every citizen of Great Wu felt chills.

The myth of the invincibility of the Great Wu Dynasty was broken.

All of a sudden, people's hearts were bright and turbulent.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the army was defeated, and His Majesty died in battle!"

"Da Wu's defeat of Rome is not a crime!"

"Millions of soldiers marched west and suffered heavy casualties, why do you lament!"

"Although our army is defeated, the court is undefeated. Long live the Great Wu!"

"Heaven protects my great Wu, and I will fight against Rome someday!"

Afterwards, the imperial court stopped suppressing the news, and completely released the means of blocking news, and began to use the newspaper channel to make continuous declarations, using the news of the fiasco in the West to arouse the blood in the hearts of the people.

However, as the court was calming down the hearts of the people, a piece of news broke out without warning, adding fuel to the turmoil this time.

"A country cannot live without a king for a day!"

"Your Majesty's coffin has returned, but the world cannot be without a master!"

"His Royal Highness is about to succeed to the throne!"

"It is rumored that the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace intends to abdicate with Gongsun Ce of the Jiang Kingdom!"

"A son yields to his father, filial piety!"

"Rebel, Uncle Sun, this rebel is going to establish himself as emperor!"

"This traitor competed with His Majesty for the throne back then, but lost. His Majesty was merciful and spared his life to fight for the imperial court. Now His Majesty is gone, and no one can suppress his ambition!"

"This throne belongs to His Majesty. Even if His Majesty dies, the crown prince should succeed him. If he dares to rebel, I will kill him!"

The succession of the throne is the direction of everyone's attention. At this time, the news that Sun Ce intends to establish himself as the emperor suddenly broke out, shaking everyone's hearts. Not only the court officials, but even the local officials and the common people are paying attention to this. information.

Everyone knows that Sun Bofu is the elder brother of today's descendant Sun Quan.

Back then, Sun Quan was able to ascend to the throne because he forcibly took it from him during the Xuanwumen battle.

Now that Sun Quan has died in battle, it is not an exaggeration to say that he was suspected of rebellion and seizing the throne.

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Jiang Guogong's mansion.

in the courtyard.

The light snow in the sky was fluttering, falling one by one, and fell into Sun Ce's big hand. He stood on the corridor, stretched out his hand, and watched the snowflakes condense in the palm of his hand, turning into droplets drop by drop. .

"Grandpa!"

A refined figure appeared behind Sun Ce, bowing in salute.

"Ziheng, here we come!" Sun Ce withdrew his single arm, shook his wet palm, then turned his head, looked at Lu Fan, and said with a smile.

"The cabinet and the bureaucracy have many things to do, so the subordinates are late!"

Lu Fan cupped his hands and said.

When Gu Yong came to power and replaced Kuai Liang in the cabinet, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials was naturally vacated. Lu Fan was the one who had the best chance of taking the position.

The Ministry of Officials is an important department that commands the officials of the world.

This was a heavy blow to Lu Fan.

Fortunately, Lu Fan is also a person with good resilience. He was exiled in Australia for many years and was able to survive it. Naturally, he can withstand this setback.

The most important thing is that he knows more about the officials than Zhong Yao.

In recent years, relying on the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, he and Zhong Yao, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, have to fight to the death, not inferior in the slightest. Although he is inferior to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, although he is inferior to Zhong Yao, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he can share the benefits equally.

"not late!"

Sun Quan waved his hand: "You came just in time!"

"My lord, the situation in the imperial court has been turbulent recently. There are a lot of news that are not good for the mansion. It seems that someone is secretly manipulating public opinion and preparing to put the lord on the stove. This person has a vicious heart, so we must guard against it!"

Lu Fan has always been Sun Ce's confidant.

He and Zhou Yu can be regarded as Sun Ce's right and left hands.

Even if the Xuanwu Gate was defeated, they still followed Sun Ce. Compared with Zhou Yu, who had the independence of a Zhou Guogong faction, his attachment was stronger. , stood firmly by Sun Ce's side.