Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2654 Sun Ce secretly returned to Jiangdong, Sun Wu civil strife in Chu

Chapter 2650: Sun Ce secretly returns to Jiangdong, Sun Wu civil strife in Chu State

The first country to propose the imperial examination system was not Daqin, but Sui.

This system has just been born, even if it is not perfect, it still shocked the whole world like a stone breaking the sky.

The children from poor families all over the world cheered for joy, while the aristocratic families gritted their teeth in hatred. After all, this system broke their monopoly on talents.

The Sui State also harvested a large number of talents because of the imperial examination. Ban Gu, Xu Wen, Wang Jingren, Yang Youji and many other talents were all selected in the imperial examination.

And their joining brought new vitality to the originally lifeless and barren Sui Kingdom.

The benefits brought by the imperial examination system are visible to the naked eye, but few countries dare to follow suit.

It was not until the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty that the imperial examination system was introduced and completely improved, and countries other than Tang and Wu countries followed suit.

So far, the imperial examination system has truly reached its peak, completely replacing the examination system and becoming the mainstream system for selecting talents.

As for Wu and Tang, the main reason why they did not follow suit and introduce the imperial examination system was that the domestic aristocratic families were too powerful.

At that time, the Tang State was a gathering place of aristocratic families, and it was on the verge of subjugation. If you offend the aristocratic family, it may really lead to early subjugation
As for the state of Wu, the power of the domestic aristocratic family is not as strong as Tang Guo, but it is not weak either.

At that time, Sun Jian, the king of Wu, wanted to use the imperial examination to select talents without hidden dangers after suppressing the aristocratic family, but he didn't expect to be killed by the unfilial son of Sun Quan before it could be implemented.

The biggest supporter behind Sun Quan is the Jiangdong family, and he still murdered his father to usurp the throne. It can be said that he has no sense of security after succeeding to the throne, so he completely abandoned Sun Jian's national policy of suppressing the family, and instead vigorously reused the Jiangdong family, just wanting to use the family To strengthen his control over Wu.

Sun Quan's goal has been achieved. Under his deliberate actions, most of the military and political power in the state of Wu has been controlled by the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family is loyal to him, which is equivalent to Sun Quan controlling the state of Wu. But doing so is obviously risky.

Those heroes who have made great contributions to the state of Wu, but were seized by Sun Quan for no reason, and given random vain positions, naturally would not be willing to lose their power just like that, including Sun Wu, the greatest hero of the state of Wu.

Seeing that the state of Wu became a mess in the hands of Sun Quan, many heroes who had been seized power, including Sun Wu, became more and more dissatisfied with Sun Quan in their hearts, and finally decided to launch a coup, abolish Sun Quan, and welcome Sun Ce back.

Sun Wu secretly contacted Sun Ce, wanting to secretly take Sun Ce back to Soochow, who was avoiding disaster in Daqin, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to reject Sun Wu's request to return to the country after knowing Sun Wu's intentions.

Sun Ce naturally wanted to go back to Soochow, but he also knew that there would only be two results if he went back, one would be death, and the other would be internal strife in Wu, and neither of these two results was what Sun Ce wanted to see.

Because of his mistakes, Wu Guo experienced a disastrous defeat, and the gap in strength with Chu Guo gradually widened. If there is still internal strife now, it will really be no different from courting death.

Even Sun Ce was extremely dissatisfied with Sun Quan's policies, but for the sake of the overall situation and the safety of Wu State, Sun Ce would rather stay in Daqin than return to China, and he did not want to intensify the internal conflicts in Wu State after returning.

Sun Wu wrote more than a dozen letters in a row, urging Sun Ce to come back and overthrow Sun Quan to become the new king of Wu. After all, if Sun Quan was allowed to go on like this, there would be no hope for Wu.

But Sun Ce is also stubborn, no matter how much Sun Wu persuades, Sun Ce just refuses to return to China.

Now many veterans, including Sun Wu, are in a hurry. After all, Sun Quan has become more and more unscrupulous in seizing power. It is really useless to wait until the day when the troops are completely lost. At that time, it will be useless for Sun Ce to come back.

Just when everyone had nothing to do with Sun Ce, Sun Bin said, "I have a way to let the eldest son return to the country."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly asked what to do, but Sun Bin said: "Just tell the eldest son that there is something strange about the death of the old master, and all the clues that have been found point to the second son. The eldest son is very filial. I will definitely go back to China to confirm.”

"However, regarding the death of the old lord, I have already checked it many times, and there is no evidence to prove that it was the second son's death." Huang Gai said.

Sun Jian's death is a bit strange, and Sun Quan is the biggest beneficiary, Soochow will naturally investigate this, let alone so many people are still dissatisfied with Sun Quan.

Even if it was to overthrow Sun Quan, they wanted to place the blame for Sun Jian's death on Sun Quan. After all, such a bastard who killed his father for the sake of power is naturally not qualified to continue to sit on the throne of King Wu.

But in the matter of patricide, Sun Quan did it very cleanly, without any clues at all, no matter how hard he checked, he couldn't find Sun Quan.

But if Sun Quan is forced to pour dirty water, not only will it not have any effect, but it will also arouse Sun Quan's vigilance.

"Just do as Sun Bin said, the most important thing now is to get Bo Fu back first." Sun Wu said solemnly.

As Sun Bin expected, after receiving Sun Wu's letter, Sun Ce was naturally furious, and went to the palace to question his younger sister Sun Shangxiang, but the more he asked, the more suspicious Sun Quan became.

But Sun Shangxiang said: "Brother, these little girls have told you before, why are you asking again now?"

"It's nothing, I just want to know more details."

If Sun Ce listens to the same words with a different attitude, the resulting perception is completely different.

Before, Sun Shangxiang and Sun Ce talked about their doubts, but at that time, Sun Ce thought that his father died because he refused to listen to the persuasion and was defeated and captured. The self-blame and guilt in his heart overwhelmed him, so he just wanted to escape from reality. And responsibility, naturally will not doubt the younger brother Sun Quan.

But Sun Wu's "lie" made Sun Ce realize that his father's death was not his responsibility, and this is the greatest relief for Sun Ce.

With this in mind, Sun Ce carefully listened to Sun Shangxiang's words, but there were too many doubts. No wonder Sun Quan was so anxious to marry his sister to Daqin.

"Little sister, you can't tell anyone, including Ying Hao, what the two of us said today." Sun Ce said with a serious face.

Although Sun Shangxiang didn't understand what he meant, he still nodded silently.

Seeing this, Sun Ce left in peace, and after returning to Marquis Wen's mansion, he immediately announced that he was going to retreat, but in fact he was planning to return to the country secretly.

The news of his return to Wu State not only had to be concealed from Sun Quan, but also from Da Qin. After all, he secretly returned to the country at this time, and any fool knew what he wanted to do. God knows if Da Qin would help Sun Quan?
One is the abolished prince of the former king of Wu, and the other is the current king of Wu. Everyone knows how to choose.

What Sun Ce cares about now is not the position of king of Wu, but that this position cannot be held by a patricide animal anyway.

A day later, Sun Ce left Lu's mansion in secret, and then left Luoyang City quietly after going through some disguises and disguises.

Sun Ce thought that he had disguised himself well, that he was neither being followed nor monitored, and that it would take at least ten days before he would be exposed, and by that time he was almost at Jianye, and it would be too late for Da Qin to help Sun Quan.

But what Sun Ce didn't know was that from the moment he stepped into Luoyang, he was completely watched by Ying Hao, and he was always under the surveillance of Daqin, but the person who watched him was a quasi-half-step profound realm A master, his cultivation base is much higher than him, so he didn't notice it at all.

"Your Majesty, Sun Ce secretly left Luoyang, and it seems that he is going back to Soochow." Ying Longhui reported.

After hearing this, Ying Hao's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Finally gone, the situation that has been laid out in advance is finally useful. Inform the secret agents of the Black Ice Platform in Wu Kingdom, and everything will go according to plan. "

"promise."

After Sun Ce left Luoyang, he went straight to Zhangling County, and then went east to Song State, preparing to cross the Huaihe River and enter Lujiang River, and then return to Wu State instead of going south to Xiangyang and returning to Wu State from Jiangxia.

Although it was close to Jiangxia, it was the territory of Chu State after all. Sun Ce, who had been captured alive by Chu State once, did not want to fall into Chu State's hands again.

Moreover, the farther south you go, the stricter the checkpoints of Daqin will be. It is difficult for Sun Ce not to reveal his identity, but before returning to Jianye, his identity must not be revealed.

Therefore, Sun Ce took a detour, went to Song State first, and then returned to Wu State by detouring the Huaihe River.

After more than ten days of traveling at full speed, Sun Ce finally arrived at Yanziji as promised, and Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Lu Su and others had been waiting for him for a long time.

These people are all loyal ministers, heroes, and veterans of Soochow, but now they are united against Sun Quan. It can be seen that they can't bear Sun Quan. If they don't break out in silence, they will only perish in silence.

Seeing that Sun Ce really came back, Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu and others all showed excitement, but they were worried that Sun Ce would ask them for evidence, but how could they have any real evidence? It was just an excuse to deceive Sun Ce back That's all.

But what Sun Wu and others didn't expect was that Sun Ce didn't ask them about the evidence, but instead asked how to implement the coup plan.

This also made Sun Wu, Cheng Pu and others sigh that Sun Ce is indeed much more mature now than before.

After all, if it was the reckless Sun Ce from the past, he would definitely break the casserole and ask the end, and he would never give up until he asked.

But if Sun Cejin didn’t ask anything, it shows that he has let go of his pride and persistence. After all, it doesn’t matter whether the evidence is proved or not. The important thing is to drag Sun Quan from the position of King Wu, otherwise everyone present All must die.

"Uncles, how many troops do we have left?" Sun Ce asked.

"Only Lu Meng has [-] troops left in his hands, and the military power of all the others has been taken away by Sun Quan with various reasons." Sun Wu smiled wryly.

Wu and Chu countries almost went to war before, and Sun Wu thought he could use this to regain military power, but he never expected that Sun Quan would be so guarded against him.

Sun Quan would rather give up Nanhai County and Guangzhou, which were easy to achieve, and bear the reputation of being weak and deceitful, instead of giving Sun Wu a chance to take military power again, and even deprived his deputy general Wu Zixu of his military power soon after.

After this incident, Sun Wu no longer had any hope for Sun Quan. As long as Sun Quan was the king of Wu, he would never be in charge of the army again.

"Only three thousand?"

When Sun Ce heard this, his voice became louder unconsciously: "There should be 3000 troops in Jianye City, how could it be possible to win power with only [-] people?"

Before he came back, Sun Ce had already guessed that Sun Wu and the others had a hard time under Sun Quan, but he never thought that the situation would be so bad.

"Bo Fu, if you come back five days earlier, we still have 3000 troops to dispatch, and if you come back one month earlier, we still have [-] troops, but now we only have these [-] troops available."

Sun Wu said in a deep voice, there was no lack of complaints in his words. After all, if Sun Ce had listened to them and returned to China early, even if the situation was bad, it would not be as bad as it is today.

3000 people staged a coup, which was less manpower than Liu Xie had at the time of the Luoyang coup. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was a narrow escape, but now Sun Ce only has these 3000 people to rely on.

When Sun Ce heard this, his face also became ugly. His overall view and persistence seem a bit too ridiculous now.

"My lord, although [-] troops are small, as long as the plan is proper, there is still a possibility of success."

As he said that, Sun Bin explained the specific plan for the next coup d'etat, and Sun Ce's eyes suddenly brightened after hearing it.

According to Sun Bin's plan, if it goes well, the possibility of success is not small.

Sun Ce led the crowd to the place where his late father, Sun Jian, knelt down and kowtowed three times: "Father, if you are alive in heaven, please bless your child to get rid of Sun Quan, a bastard, and clear the court and the people for my Great Wu. "

With the support of Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu, Lu Meng and other veteran officials, Sun Ce, who secretly returned to the state of Wu, launched a coup with [-] dead men.

(End of this chapter)