Vol 2 Chapter 2548: Sun Quan, King of Wu, the reactions of various countries

Chapter 2548 Sun Quan, King of Wu, the reactions of various countries

Chapter 2544: King Sun Quan of Wu, reactions of various countries

 The State of Qin had marriage contracts with the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu. The marriage contract with the State of Wu was the earliest one, probably dating back to the period of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

After Qin Wen, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian formed an alliance, the three of them jointly led the army against the Yellow Turbans, but they were unable to win for a long time. On the contrary, Ying Hao won a great victory in the northern Jing Dynasty.

Sun Jian saw that his sworn brother's son was so good, and said with emotion that if he had a daughter, he would definitely marry Ying Hao. As a result, Sun Shangxiang was born the next day, so Qin Wen made a verbal engagement with Sun Jian half-jokingly.

Of course, neither Qin Wen nor Sun Jian took this matter to heart. After all, Ying Hao and Sun Shangxiang were fifteen years apart in age, so they could not be considered to be of the same generation.

 After that, the world was in chaos, and all the heroes came together. The Qin Dynasty headed by Ying Hao gradually became the overlord of the princes, and had the potential to unify the world.

The major forces, either under pressure or wanting to leave a way out for themselves, decided to marry into Da Qin.

Ying Hao naturally could not agree to all the marriage requests, and in the end he only chose the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.

At that time, the reasons given by the Wei and Song Dynasties for the marriage were to consolidate the alliance between the two countries.

The State of Wu was far away in the east of the Yangtze River and had no border with Da Qin, nor did it have any interest disputes. In order to successfully marry with Da Qin, it had no choice but to give up the original oral engagement.

After Ying Hao asked Qin Wen, he found out that this was true, so he agreed to Wu's marriage request.

Although Da Qin has reached marriage alliances with all three kingdoms, the princesses of the three kingdoms are still underage, so the marriage contract naturally has to be postponed until the princess comes of age.

Song King Zhao Kuangyin's sister came of age first, so he let his sister Zhao Ling'er marry into the Qin Palace first.

King Cao Cao of Wei's daughter was underage, but he didn't want to lag behind the Song Dynasty, so he recognized Su Xinyue, the daughter of his important minister Su Hu and the most beautiful woman in the Wei Kingdom, as his adopted daughter. He married the adopted daughter into the Qin Palace first, and then married her own daughter when she came of age. .

Sun Jian was not under as much pressure as Cao Cao, and he was not prepared to recognize other people's daughters as adopted daughters. He would wait for his daughter to come of age before entering into a marriage.

It is precisely because of this that the Wu State was the first to marry the Qin State, but now it lags behind the Wei and Song Dynasties.

 Hearing that Sun Quan intended to broker a marriage in advance, Xiang Tiao was stunned.

Sun Jian only had one daughter, the most beautiful woman in the Wu Kingdom, Sun Shangxiang, who was known as the "Gong Yao Ji".

But as far as Xiang Tiao knows, Sun Shangxiang is still underage, only 15 years old now?

 Regardless of whether Sun Shangxiang is of age or not, even if the other party is really of age, is it inappropriate to let Sun Shangxiang marry someone just after Sun Jian died?

Xiang Tiao expressed his concerns to Sun Quan, but Sun Quan said: "I don't know that my father has recently died, so it is not suitable to marry.

But now my brother is trapped in an enemy country, and there are many internal conflicts in Wu State. I need to obtain the support of Qin through marriage to suppress the voices in the country that are dissatisfied with me.

 So, I can only feel sorry for my little sister. "

Hearing this, Xiang Jiao couldn't help but nodded. After all, this was reasonable.

 For Wu State and Sun Quan, the most important thing at the moment is to smoothly go through the transition of kingship. If Sun Quan had the support of Da Qin, the domestic opposition would definitely be reduced a lot.

"For the sake of the country's foundation, it is not a bad idea to make some appropriate adjustments. The foreign ministers will write to the court as soon as possible to clarify the current predicament of the prince, no, the King of Wu."

Hearing what Xiang Tiao said, Sun Quan was relieved.

 He was in a hurry to marry Sun Shangxiang, not only to gain the support of Great Qin, but the most important point was that Sun Shangxiang did not accept that his father died of natural causes and kept clamoring for a doctor with more skillful medical skills to conduct an autopsy.

Thinking about it, before Sun Jian died, there were only two people present, Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang. Sun Jian was about to wake up, but as soon as Sun Shangxiang walked away, Sun Jian died.

Sun Shangxiang is not stupid, so he will naturally suspect Sun Quan and suspect that his second brother Sun Quan is responsible.

Faced with Sun Shangxiang’s doubts, Sun Quan showed off his best acting skills in his life, vividly expressing various emotions such as sadness, sorrow, and injustice.

“Little sister, have you ever thought that in your mind, your second brother is the kind of beast who would kill his father for the sake of power?

I, Sun Quan, swear to heaven that my father’s death will have nothing to do with me. If I violate this oath, I will be killed by thousands of arrows piercing my heart. "

Sun Quan’s performance was so flawless that none of the Sun family members present saw any flaws. Moreover, they did not think that Sun Quan would be the kind of person who would kill his father.

Sun Shangxiang felt a little hesitant when she saw this. She didn't think that her second brother, who was both civilized and military, would kill his father for power, but she still insisted on asking for an autopsy, so that her second brother could be cleared.

After more than a dozen doctors from Wu State conducted an autopsy, they came to the same conclusion. Sun Jian suffered from a recurrence of old injuries due to overwork, and eventually died of natural causes.

This autopsy result not only cleared Sun Quan of suspicion, but also made everyone in the Sun family breathe a sigh of relief.

 After all, if Sun Quan really took action, the throne of King Wu would have to be passed on to Sun Wu.

Although Sun Wu is also a member of the Sun family, he is not a direct descendant after all. If he succeeds to the throne, the military will not care about it for the time being. There will definitely be more people within the Sun family who are dissatisfied, and Wu will be in turmoil.

 Hence, compared to Sun Wu, the Sun family and the Jiangdong family preferred Sun Quan to succeed to the throne.

Everyone in the Sun family accepted the fact that Sun Jian died of natural causes, but Sun Shangxiang still clung to this matter and wanted to find other famous doctors to conduct an autopsy.

In this regard, Sun Quan naturally would not tolerate Sun Shangxiang anymore, and simply locked him up in the palace on the grounds that Sun Shangxiang was too sad. After all, if Sun Shangxiang really wanted to find a famous doctor, he would not be able to hide it.

Sun Jian's death was caused by Sun Quan. The reason why Wu's imperial doctors could not detect it and unanimously concluded that he died of natural causes was because they were bribed by Sun Quan in advance, and the family was also in the hands of Sun Quan. Naturally, Sun Quan's words will be whatever he says.

Sun Quan originally did not want to kill his father, but once Sun Jian woke up, he would be completely finished. Forced to do so, he still embarked on this path of no return.

After Sun Quan was cleared of suspicion, he got a new appointment in the clan and gained the trust of the aristocratic family and the civil and military ministers. However, only his sister Sun Shangxiang still did not trust him.

Sun Quan was also afraid that if his sister continued to struggle, she would find out some information that would be detrimental to him, but he could not do anything to his sister. After all, my father died just now, and if something happens to my sister, the fool will know that he was responsible for his father's death.

Sun Quan thought about it and couldn't find any good solution. Finally, Sima Yi came up with an idea, which was to simply marry Sun Shangxiang.

 A married daughter, water thrown out.

As long as Sun Shangxiang is no longer in the state of Wu, he will naturally not be able to threaten Sun Quan, so the scene above happened.

Soon, there was a reply from the Great Qin court, agreeing that Sun Quan would send Sun Shangxiang to Luoyang. However, the marriage would not be consummated immediately after he arrived. Instead, he would be given various trainings such as cultural etiquette, etc., and the marriage would not be consummated until he came of age. .

 Morale in the late Han Dynasty, women became adults and got married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. In fact, it was very normal. Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and other princes all married women aged fourteen or fifteen.

However, Ying Hao, as the Emperor of Qin, had his own insistence on this point, requiring that the woman in the marriage must be 16 years old before she was willing to marry.

In this regard, there is no way to do it in this country and Qin Kingdom. They can only move to Hao Hao, which is the little habit of Qin Huang.

Sun Quan was eager for Sun Shangxiang to leave as soon as possible, so naturally he would not refuse, so after preparing a generous dowry, he prepared to send Sun Shangxiang to Da Qin.

“I don’t want to get married. I don’t want to get married. My father just died. How can I get married? I want to keep my filial piety for my father.”

Sun Shangxiang hugged the doorframe and refused to let go no matter how hard the maids pulled.

Seeing this, Sun Quan was filled with helplessness, but he still patiently advised: "Little sister, you have your elder brother and other younger brothers to keep your filial piety. The top priority now is to let the Wu Kingdom go through the transfer of power smoothly.

 You also know that many people in the army are dissatisfied with the second brother. The second brother needs a marriage to gain the support of Qin and suppress the dissatisfied voices in the country.

 So, for the sake of the Kingdom of Wu, I have no choice but to give in to you, little sister..."

 “Look at the beating.”

Before Sun Quan could finish speaking, he was punched away by Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang's beautiful little face was full of anger. She pointed at Sun Quan's nose and cursed: "Sun Zhongmou, why don't you let me keep my filial piety? You haven't succeeded to the throne yet, so you have to wrong me, your biological sister. You If you really succeed to the throne, who will you wrong?"

Sun Quan didn't expect that his sister would dare to slap him in the face in public. He covered his swollen face and said angrily: "Rebellion, rebellion, you actually hit the second brother."

“You don’t even let me keep my filial piety, so why should I beat you?”

"you…"

Sun Quan was so angry that he immediately prepared to teach his sister a lesson, but then he thought about how talented his sister was and that he might not be able to beat him. If he was beaten again, it would be even more embarrassing, so he snorted:

“Humph, the marriage between Qin and Wu was decided during my father’s lifetime. You must go regardless of whether you are willing or not.”

After saying this, Sun Quan immediately waved his sleeves and left.

 The next day, after knocking out ten guards, Sun Shangxiang was controlled by the guards in Prince Wu's palace. Then he was stunned with poison and was forcibly sent into the procession of marrying Qin.

Although Sun Quan was angry with his sister and slapped him in the face, he did not skimp on the dowry at all.

Sun Shangxiang's dowry included: three hundred female guards, one thousand slaves, countless gold, silver, jewels, silk and satin, and a total of one hundred and fifty cars.

 This shows how wealthy the state of Wu is.

Shortly after Sun Shangxiang left, Qin and Wu signed a large order.

Qin State sold to Wu State 5,000 war horses, 5,000 harnesses, 5,000 sabers, 10,000 cross swords, 5,000 shields, 5,000 crossbows, and 10 warships...

This is also the largest arms purchase since the alliance between Qin and Wu. Taking into account the alliance and in-law relationship between the two countries, it was sold to Wu at only 80% of the price.

But even so, the price is sky-high. The 100,000 stones of food and grass, as well as a large amount of gold and silver wealth that Qin promised to Wu before the war were not enough to mortgage. Wu still had to pay Qin, and in addition Only by exchanging materials can we obtain this batch of strategic equipment.

 However, the whole Wu Kingdom was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, they all praised Sun Quan for doing the right thing, and the opposition voices became smaller.

Why did Sun Quan sell this batch of materials? The reason is simple, he wants to reorganize the Jiefan Army.

In the Battle of Jiangxia, Wu's most elite force, the Jiefan Army, was completely wiped out due to Sun Ce's mistakes.

There is no shortage of troops in Soochow, but there is a shortage of war horses.

The Jiefan Army is the face of the Wu Kingdom, and reorganization is imperative. However, each army lacks war horses, and it is impossible to allocate war horses to the Jiefan Army.

Sun Quan purchased war horses from Da Qin and used them to reorganize the Jiefan Army. This made the Wu army relieved. After all, they no longer needed their own war horses, which alleviated the military's resistance to Sun Quan to a certain extent.

Shortly after the military purchase was completed, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne in Jianye and became the new King of Wu under the witness of the Sun family clan, Wu Guozhong's civil and military officials, and the Jiangdong family.

The four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Ming, and even Siam and Ruan and Yue, also sent envoys to congratulate Sun Quan on his succession to the throne as King of Wu.

 Chu State, Jiangxia, Xiling City.

After Liu Xiu received the news, he said solemnly: "I really underestimated this Sun Quan."

 Liu Xiu found that after capturing Sun Tie alive, the situation exceeded his expectations.

　　First Sun Wu, then Sun Quan, the situation in Wu became increasingly difficult to control.

"Lord, we worked hard and all the 436 spies who broke into the Kingdom of Wu were captured by Sun Quan. Sima Yi betrayed our lord." Pang Yi said with a bitter look on his face.

 (End of this chapter)