Vol 2 Chapter 2545: Jia Wenhe's plan, the new prince Sun Quan
Chapter 2545 Jia Wenhe’s plan, the new prince Sun Quan
Chapter 2541: Jia Wenhe’s plan, the new prince Sun Quan
Sun Jian's desire to save Sun Ce was both firm and urgent, and he would not hesitate to engage in a national war with Chu.
But the problem is that the real difficulty in rescuing Sun Ce is not the war, but how to rescue Sun Ce alive.
At this time, the Chu State had experienced several major defeats, and its national strength was indeed much weaker than that of the Wu State. Once a decisive battle broke out, the Wu State would obviously be the dominant party.
But once the national war breaks out, what if Liu Xiu is really annoyed and directly kills Sun Ce to sacrifice the flag? This is something Sun Jian doesn’t want to see anyway.
Therefore, if you want Sun Ce to return to Soochow alive, negotiation is the best way. Sun Jian is also willing to cede land and pay compensation to redeem Sun Ce.
But the more Sun Jian paid attention to Sun Ce, the more emboldened Liu Xiu became. He actually took hostages and demanded a sky-high price without sincerity.
Sun Jian could not agree to Liu Xiu's request, but he also wanted to redeem his son, so he could only put pressure on Liu Xiu from other aspects and redeem Sun Ce at the lowest price possible.
After hearing Jia Xu's words, Ying Hao thought for a while and said: "Let's reply to Sun Jian this way. Just say that our Great Qin does not have enough troops in Jingbei and cannot send more troops to Jiangling and Zhangling in the short term, but it will fully support Wu in other aspects." country."
The implication of Ying Hao's words is that it is okay to send troops, but Da Qin will provide spiritual support to Wu.
The war in the Qin Dynasty has just ended. How could Ying Hao ignite the war in Jingbei again just for Sun Ce? Even if Sun Ce is his future uncle.
Moreover, even if Great Qin really sends more troops to Jingbei, Liu Xiu may not be threatened by Great Qin.
After all, it is impossible for Liu Xiu not to know that before the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were destroyed and the Central Plains was completely occupied, it was impossible for the Qin Dynasty to send troops to Chu.
Therefore, just adding more troops will not threaten Chu at all, but will only make Wei and Song tense.
Hence, it is impossible to send more troops to Jingbei.
“Sun Jian was also ill and sought medical treatment urgently. He now wants to try any method that is beneficial to redeeming Sun Ce.” Jia Xu said.
“Oh? In addition to wanting me, Great Qin, to send more troops to Jingbei, what other bad ideas did Sun Jian come up with?” Ying Hao asked.
"Now there are even suggestions within Wu State to abolish Sun Ce's crown prince position and establish a new crown prince, and Sun Jian seems to be quite interested," Jia Xu said.
Ying Hao laughed when he heard this: "Haha, didn't Chu State say that Prince Wu is worth three and a half counties? Then as long as Sun Ce is not the crown prince of Wu State, naturally he is not worth three and a half counties, and Wu State is You can redeem him at the lowest price. This is really divine logic."
Sun Jian was thinking of deposing the crown prince. Naturally, he did not really want to depose Sun Ce as the crown prince, but wanted to depose the crown prince to save Sun Ce.
Hearing Jia Xu's words, Ying Hao was moved in his heart and said: "If Sun Ce is deposed, even if it is just for show, the new crown prince of Wu State may only be Sun Quan."
Jia Xu nodded and said, "Yes, except for Sun Quan, none of Sun Jian's other sons has the prestige to become a prince."
"If Sun Quan becomes the prince, I'm afraid he won't be willing to do so. He will just be a tool to redeem Sun Ce.
If Sun Jian really or falsely abolishes Sun Ce and makes Sun Quan the crown prince, even if he can really save Sun Ce, I am afraid it will leave hidden dangers for the internal strife in Wu. "
Ying Hao said with a sigh, after all, among the major princes, Wu State has always been the most united, but now due to the issue of successor, internal cracks are about to appear.
"My lord, according to the information received by my old minister, Sun Quan is not honest. Perhaps Sun Ce was captured, or it may be because Sun Quan leaked the secret." Jia Xu said in a deep voice.
“Oh? Taifu, please come quickly.”
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Then Jia Xu told Ying Hao everything about the intelligence that Heibingtai was lurking inside the Wu State, and the conclusions he drew after his own analysis.
“…The many battles fought in Jiangxia showed that the Chu State knew the intelligence of Sun Ce and Sun Wu’s army very well.
Therefore, there must be a spy within Wu State, and his status is not low.
Sun Quan happened to be in charge of the Wu army's logistics, and he would benefit the most if Sun Ce was captured.
So the old minister boldly speculated that Sun Quan was definitely not clean. "
Jia Xu analyzed it slowly and Ying Hao could not help but nod. After all, it did make sense.
"If it is really Sun Quan who did it, then he will definitely introduce one or several scapegoats to clear himself of suspicion." Ying Hao said.
This is actually inevitable, and it is not difficult to operate. After all, just find a few people to take the blame. If the suspicion on him cannot be washed away, even if he is a tool prince, Sun Jian will never let Sun Quan take the blame.
"By the way, my lord, Heibingtai also found out that there is a counselor named Zhong Da next to Sun Quan. His behavior is quite strange, as if he is deliberately inciting a fight within Wu." Jia Xu said.
“Zhongda?”
Ying Hao frowned slightly and asked, "What did he do?"
Jia Xu then told Sun Quan that Zhong Da still assisted Sun Quan in governing Kuaiji County when Sun's power was weak and no one was optimistic about it, and then he refused Sun Jian's conquest twice in a row.
“This Zhong Da is a bit interesting. He didn’t accept the generous salary promised by Sun Jian, but he chose to assist a weak prince. What do you think he wanted?”
Ying Hao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and sneered: "I think this person is probably a workman of Chu State, and there is also something wrong with the name Zhong Da. It should not be his real name.
Zhongda, Zhongda, haha, do you think that by changing your name and appearance, you can hide it from the world? "
Ying Hao felt more and more that Zhong Da's behavior and way of doing things were very similar to Sima Yi, so he said: "Pay more attention to this Zhong Da from now on. I suspect that he is the traitor of the Sima family, Sima Yi, who has disappeared."
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Jia Xu could not help but be surprised. He only suspected that Zhong Da was from the Chu State, but he did not associate Zhong Da with Sima Yi.
Zhong Da's status was not high before. If it had not been about Sun Ce, Jia Xu would not have noticed him at all, and naturally there would be no suspicion.
Now that Ying Hao has spoken, coupled with the fact that Zhong Da's behavior is indeed contradictory, this undoubtedly aggravates Jia Xu's suspicion of him. After a period of investigation, although Jia Xu did not have any evidence, he increasingly felt that this Zhong Da was the long-lost Sima Yi.
As for his purpose of lurking around Sun Quan, it is not difficult for Jia Xu to guess that it is nothing more than to weaken and provoke civil strife in Wu so as to help Chu annex Wu.
Jia Xu's face was full of sinister looks and he sneered: "Your Majesty, the Chu State definitely wants to provoke civil strife in Wu in order to profit from it, but I believe that this will do more good than harm to our great Qin."
Ying Hao's heart moved and he roughly understood what Jia Xu meant, but he still said, "Master, please tell me."
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In one year at most, we, the Qin Dynasty, will use troops against the Central Plains. If the state of Wu is stable and harmonious, the state of Chu will naturally not use troops against the state of Wu.
If a war does not break out between Chu and Wu, they will never watch our Qin occupy the Central Plains. They will definitely help the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties, and it will become more difficult for our Qin to occupy the Central Plains.
Therefore, allowing Zhong Da to provoke civil strife in Wu and give Chu the hope of annexing Wu would bring more advantages than disadvantages to the Qin Dynasty. "
Ying Hao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he analyzed its pros and cons in his heart.
As Jia Xu said, if there is no war between Wu and Chu, they will definitely keep their guns pointed outwards and try their best to prevent Qin from occupying the Central Plains and attack and destroy the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.
Therefore, from the perspective of Qin, it is best to give Chu the hope of annexing Wu and let the two countries continue to fight and be unable to prevent Qin from annexing the Central Plains.
“What the Grand Tutor said is very true. If you look at it this way, we, the Qin Dynasty, will support Sun Jian in making Sun Quan the crown prince.
Taifu Jia, I’ll leave it to you to handle matters concerning Wu Chu.
However, this balance must be grasped just right, so that the Chu State cannot really swallow up the Wu State. Even if it is swallowed up, it must be after our Qin Dynasty has occupied the Central Plains, otherwise it will be a problem of raising tigers. "
Ying Hao said with a smile, he is a professional at cheating his teammates.
Not only is Wu an ally, he is also preparing to take advantage of Wei and Song.
He has no psychological burden at all in pitting these allies who hinder his great cause of unification.
“I will definitely live up to your majesty’s trust.”
Jia Xu bowed his hands in salute, but the spark of conspiracy flashed in his eyes.
This feeling of secretly playing tricks on others without others knowing of his existence is one of Jia Xu’s few joys.
At this time, Sun Quan, who was far away in Lujiang, didn't know that he had been chosen by Jia Xu, but he felt a chill in his heart for no reason, and then he suddenly sneezed.
“Ah and…”
Sun Quan rubbed his nose and asked his subordinates: "How are things going?"
“My lord, the scapegoat has been found. He also promised to take care of everything on his own. The only request is that the prince should treat his children well.”
“You didn’t leave any traces, right?”
"Absolutely not. No one else knows about this except my subordinates."
"good."
Sun Quan picked up the teacup and sang a small sip. His hand accidentally slipped and the teacup fell to the ground.
Search, search, search…
Ten black shadows fell from the beams and surrounded the man in black in the middle of the lobby. Then, under their surprised and angry gaze, they directly attacked in groups.
The person being besieged had a half-step master level cultivation, but under the siege of ten super-first-class masters, he still had no power to fight back. He was hacked to death without even having time to leave his last words.
After hacking the man to death, the men in black dragged the body away, then rinsed away the blood stains with clean water. The entire lobby looked brand new again, as if nothing had happened.
“Don’t blame me.”
Sun Quan murmured to himself that he did not want to kill his strongest subordinate, but the other party knew too much. His survival was his biggest flaw, so he had to silence him.
Since colluding with the Chu State, Sun Quan has been in panic all day long, because the situation is completely beyond his control and is not under his control at all.
First of all, Chu State did not directly get rid of Sun Ce, a serious enemy, as agreed with him. Instead, it used Sun Ce to force Wu State to cede territory and pay compensation.
Secondly, Sun Wu not only did not annihilate his entire army, but also discovered that there was a traitor within the Wu Kingdom. Sun Ce was captured because of the leak. His father, Sun Jian, was naturally furious about this and has already sent people to investigate the matter.
Elder brother Sun Ce is not dead, and he is also at risk of being exposed. This makes Sun Quan realize that he has been used by Liu Xiu, and at the same time he is filled with a sense of urgency. The most important thing for him at the moment is to get rid of the suspicion in time.
Since Sun Quan dared to collude with the Chu State, he was naturally very careful and did not reveal too many flaws, so it was not difficult to get rid of the suspicion, as long as he could find a scapegoat to take the blame, and now he has found the scapegoat.
After getting rid of the suspicion, Sun Quan can plan the second thing, which is to use the excuse of rescuing his eldest brother to encourage his father Sun Jian to dethrone his eldest brother as the prince and temporarily establish himself as the prince.
This is also a strategy offered to him by Zhong Da, Sun Quan's most trusted advisor. As long as he can sit on the throne of the prince, even if it is only temporary, he can also use other methods to attack the prestige of his eldest brother and make him voluntarily give up competing with him for the King of Wu. position.
At this time, although Sun Quan conspired to kill his brother, he had never thought of murdering his biological father Sun Jian. However, with Sima Yi pushing behind him and Da Qin's acquiescence, he was going further and further down the road of no return.
"The king of Wu has a decree and sends it to Sun Quan, the governor of Lujiang, to return to Jianye immediately. There must be no mistake."
“The minister Sun Quan accepted the order.”
Sun Quan suppressed the excitement in his heart and received the edict from the envoy. He knew that Zhong Da's plan must have come true when his father recruited him to build a business. He would become the crown prince of Wu when he returned.
(End of this chapter)
