Mi Han

Chapter 248 One of the Four Phases, Sun Quan Admits Cowardly

Although under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei decided how to reward Sun Quan, but he still needed an envoy to convey his reward to Jiangdong.

But the messenger was hard to find.

Sun Quan is a Hanchen in name, but in fact he is a man with wolf ambition and independent military power.

Although Zhuge Liang's suggestions are comprehensive, but people's hearts are unpredictable, and no one can guarantee that Zhuge Liang's strategy will be successful.

If Sun Quan lost his head and was furious because Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, it would not be impossible to kill Liu Bei's envoy.

Therefore, if the cowardly people are sent to Jiangdong, and the envoys do something humiliating to the state under the threat of Sun Quan's death, then this will undoubtedly deal a huge blow to the authority of Xinhan.

In addition to ensuring that the envoy has courage and is not afraid of death threats, the envoy must also have the ability to adapt wisely.

Because according to common sense, Sun Quan may not be cruel to the envoy sent by Liu Bei because of his own strength.

However, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are very clear about Sun Quan's personality. With his character, it is very likely that he will make things difficult for the envoy of the Han Dynasty after he arrives in Jiangdong.

Under such circumstances, if the emissary of the big man behaved poorly in the face of Sun Quan's difficulties.

Then Sun Quan will definitely take the opportunity to publicize the matter, in order to attack the prestige of the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bei.

From a political point of view, this is the first time that Liu Bei has sent envoys to the foreign domains of the Han Dynasty as Emperor Han.

Any actions of this envoy are related to the majesty of Xinhan, and will also affect the world's view of Xinhan to a certain extent.

Therefore, there is nothing sloppy about the selection of the messenger.

Finally, after various considerations, Liu Bei chose Deng Zhi as the official envoy to Jiangdong.

In terms of character and talent, Deng Zhi has both wisdom and courage. After Liu Bei practiced his position, Deng Zhi was promoted from a minister to a servant. It is just right to use this official position as an envoy to Sun Quan.

Moreover, after the previous Public Security War, it was Deng Zhi who represented Liu Bei to Yong'an to sign the covenant with Sun Quan.

After confirming Deng Zhi as the envoy, Zhuge Liang recommended Fei Yi to Liu Bei as the deputy envoy.

Fei Yi, courtesy name Wenwei, was born in Jiangxia County.

Fei Yi lost his father when he was young, and lived with his patriarch Fei Boren, who later took Fei Yi on a study tour to Shu.

After Liu Bei pacified Shuzhong, Fei Yi stayed in Yizhou, and became as famous as Xu Shulong from Runan and Dong Yun from Nanjun. These three were praised by Yizhou people as "Three Heroes of Shu County."

Originally, the reputation of the Three Heroes of Shu County was among brothers, but after an incident, Fei Yi's reputation became the crown of the Three Heroes.

When Xu Jing lost his son, Dong Yun and Fei Yi were going to attend the funeral together.Dong Yun asked his father Dong He for a car, and Dong He sent a deer cart to them.

Seeing this, Dong Yun was troubled, but Fei Yi got into the deer cart calmly before leaving.

When they arrived at the funeral, Zhuge Liang and the nobles of Yizhou had all gathered, and most of them rode in gorgeous cars.

Seeing this scene, Dong Yun looked hesitant, but Fei Yi remained calm.

When the driver returned to the mansion, after Dong He knew about this, he said to Dong Yun: "I always suspect that you and Wenwei are good or bad, but now and now, I have made up my mind."

Because of Dong He's evaluation, Fei Yi became famous.

Also because of Fei Yi's performance at the funeral, Zhuge Liang began to pay attention to Fei Yi from then on.

Liu Bei also heard about Fei Yi's reputation, so when Zhuge Liang recommended Fei Yi, he agreed to let Fei Yi be the deputy envoy to Jiangdong.

After deciding on the candidates for the chief and deputy envoys to Jiangdong, a mission of hundreds of people began to head towards Jiangdong a few days later.

Jiangdong, Jianye.

On the official road outside Jianye City, a mighty man in uniform was inspecting the rice fields outside the city with his entourage.

In addition to the hundreds of guards around this man, there are also two children beside him, a boy and a girl.

This man is Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong.

The two boys were called Sun Li, and the girl was called Sun Luban. They were Sun Quan's second son and eldest daughter respectively.

Originally used as the governor of Jiangdong, the security of Jianye City has always been very good.

And perhaps because of the influence of family genes, when Sun Quanfan traveled before, his personal guards would not lead too many entourages.

But Sun Quan's habit changed completely after meeting two famous generals.

One of the two famous generals was Zhang Liao and the other Mi Yang.

Among these two people, Mi Yang undoubtedly cast a deeper psychological shadow on Sun Quan.

The humiliation of cutting his beard and discarding his robe that night is still fresh in Sun Quan's memory.

With a tragic past, Sun Quan completely changed his frivolous habits.

Today, Sun Quan brought his two children and hundreds of guards outside Jianye City, not for outing.

As the lord of Jiangdong, he came to inspect the harvest of the rice fields outside the city.

Because of regional differences, the main crops grown in the north and south are also very different.

Although the main staple food of the Chinese people is corn, but as Jiangdong, which is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the most important crop has always been rice.

Rice cultivation has a long tradition in Chinese history.

There is no other reason why Jiangdong uses rice as the main crop, that is, rice is really suitable for planting in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Although most of the southern regions at this time were in an uncivilized stage, the land was vast and sparsely populated.

In addition, the advanced farming techniques are located in the north, so the current way of planting rice in Jiangdong is still based on "burning and watering".

However, because Jiangdong's land and climate are too suitable for the growth of rice, Jiangdong's grain production has not been low.

This is a gift from God.

Because of Jiangdong's unique advantages, both Cao Wei and Ji Han missed many combat opportunities because of food in history, but Soochow has never had such troubles.

Even Sun Quan could rely on Jiangdong alone to pull an army of [-] to conquer everywhere.

The military and civilians depend on food, and food can be said to be the foundation for ensuring the prosperity of a force.

It's just that during the Public Security War, Jiangdong's several years of grain storage was burned by Mi Yang, which seriously injured Jiangdong's vitality.

That's why Sun Quan, who is worried about people's livelihood in China, will go out of the city to inspect the rice fields in person during the autumn harvest this year.

Sun Quan stood on the official road and looked at the endless rice fields below, his face finally showed some joy.

From Sun Quan's gaze, the entire rice field is covered with rice ears, and each rice ear looks very full.

When a breeze blew, Sun Quan smelled the aroma of rice ears in his nose, and the joy on his face was even greater.

Looks like this year will be a good harvest.

As long as there is food, Jiangdong's vitality can be quickly restored.

Sun Quan pointed to the rice field under him and said to Sun Li beside him, "Remember, Sier, rice is the foundation of my Jiangdong country."

Sun Quan's tone was clearly teaching.

And the pale-faced Sun Li, after listening to Sun Quan's education, he bowed obediently to Sun Quan in a dignified manner, and said to Sun Quan: "My child, remember."

Seeing Sun Li's well-behaved appearance, the smile on Sun Quan's face became more and more beautiful.

As he said, Dao is the national foundation of Jiangdong, but the only son Sun Li who is by his side now is not the national foundation of Jiangdong?
Sun Quan's eldest son, Sun Deng, was sent to Jingzhou by him before, although in Sun Quan's mind, Sun Deng was still his best heir.

In order to protect and cultivate Sun Deng, he also sent four young talents to Jiangdong as Sun Deng's companions.

All these arrangements represent the importance he attaches to Sun Deng.

But as the master of Jiangdong, Sun Quan would not put all his eggs in one basket.

In his heart, he had always planned for the worst.

Sun Li has been wise since he was a child. Although his performance is not as good as Sun Deng's, it is not too bad.

The reason why Sun Quan never thought of cultivating Sun Li before was mainly because Sun Li had been in poor health since he was born.

It is very difficult for such a child to grow up to adulthood in this world.

For this reason, it was impossible for Sun Quan to put Jiangdong's future on Sun Li before Sun Li passed the ten-year-old threshold.

So Sun Quan's current plan is only to call Sun Li at some appropriate time when Sun Deng is not in Jiangdong.

The future of Jiangdong in his mind is still Sun Deng.

As Sun Quan's eldest daughter, Sun Luban, after hearing Sun Quan's words, she immediately pouted and pulled Sun Quan's clothes and said:
"Father, why do you only teach Brother Lu and ignore Lu Ban?"

As the eldest daughter of Sun Quan, Sun Luban is only nine years old this year.

Although Sun Luban is young, she has inherited her mother's excellent genes, and she looks very cute.

When the petite and lovely Sun Luban pulled Sun Quan's clothes and uttered jealous words, Sun Quan's loving heart flourished.

He hugged Sun Luban, pinched her little nose and said with a smile: "Che'er is a man, and he will help his father achieve great things in the future."

"And you are a woman who will marry a husband and raise children in the future, so naturally you don't need to know this."

Unexpectedly, after Sun Luban listened to Sun Quan's words, her little faces seemed to squeeze together to express her displeasure.

Sun Luban in Sun Quan's arms seemed to be expounding his ambitions and said: "Women can also achieve great things!"

Sun Quan, who heard what Sun Luban said, couldn't help laughing.

What a girl under ten years old said, Sun Quan just took it as a joke.

But what Sun Quan didn't know was that in the future, her daughter Sun Luban would really use her actions to fulfill the ambition she made today.

Just when Sun Quan was immersed in the joy of a good harvest and family happiness, his close minister Shi Yi quickly came behind Sun Quan with a letter in his hand, and reported to him:

"My lord, Liu Bei ascended the throne in Chengdu a few days ago and proclaimed himself emperor, continuing the Han dynasty."

Shi Yi's voice was not loud, but when these words fell into Sun Quan's ears, Sun Quan's face, which was still showing a smile, turned gloomy.

Gloomy and scary.

Seemingly aware of the change in Sun Quan's mood, Sun Luban, who dared to act like a baby to Sun Quan just now, immediately became extremely well-behaved in Sun Quan's arms.

The coldness in Sun Quan's eyes was rapidly gathering.

He put Sun Luban on the ground, and then asked the waiters to take Sun Luban and Sun Li away.

When both Sun Luban and Sun Li left, Sun Quan finally couldn't bear the emotions in his heart anymore, and he said coldly:

"Emperor Han? Is he worthy?"

After Sun Quan returned from Yong'an, he has been working hard in Jianye City, hoping to restore Jiangdong's vitality as soon as possible.

Of course, keeping the door closed would not work, so after Sun Quan returned to Jianye, he sent a large number of spies to the north and Chengdu.

Because of the existence of spies, Sun Quan knew beforehand that Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor through abdication.

Compared with Cao Pi's proclaiming the emperor, Liu Bei's proclaiming the emperor made Sun Quan feel more angry.

Because Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, he could not pose a threat to Sun Quan in name.

Sun Quan can completely deny Cao Pi's emperor status as a Hanchen.

But Liu Bei called Emperor Han!
The great Han has been in the world for 400 years, who was not a Han citizen?

Now Liu Bei calls the empire Han, so what is Sun Quan?Is he Liu Bei's servant?

The more Sun Quan thought about it, the angrier he became, and he clenched his hands unconsciously.

But because of the presence of others, Sun Quan still maintained the last sliver of reason.

Because of the anger in his heart, the coldness in Sun Quan's voice became more and more intense, and he asked Shi Yi in a cold tone:

"Other than that, what news is there?"

Sun Quan's tone let Shi Yi know that Sun Quan is very angry now.

But there was one piece of news that he had to report.

So under hesitation, he said to Sun Quan falteringly:

"According to the news reported by the spies, just last month, Mi Yang defeated and killed Cao Ren by feigning surrender, beheading tens of thousands of Wei soldiers!"

Sun Quan didn't arrange many spies in Hanxing County before, because Hanxing County's terrain is dangerous, and it is not easy to pass on the news.

In addition, not long had passed, so the news of the battle in West City had not spread widely.

When the news of the First Battle of Xicheng spread in Chengdu, Jiangdong's spies learned about it.

Then the Jiangdong spies hurriedly sent Liu Bei the emperor and the two important news about the First Battle of Xicheng to Jiangdong.

After hearing the news, Sun Quan's eyes showed great shock.

He turned his head and looked at Shi Yi with suspicious eyes, as if he was trying to prove the importance of this news.

Since Cao Cao raised his troops, Wei Jun's reputation for being good at fighting has long been known all over the world.

And since ancient times, the South has been discriminated against by the North.

Under such circumstances, Mi Yang's ability to kill tens of thousands of northern soldiers was considered a victory that shocked the world.

As for the fact that Cao Ren was killed by Mi Yang, Sun Quan was even more inconceivable.

Cao Ren was a general who followed Cao Cao and made many military exploits as early as Cao Cao's period.

After Cao Cao's death, Cao Ren has become the number one general in Cao Wei's side by virtue of his qualifications and status.

Such a character's status in Cao Wei can be said to be only under Cao Pi.

But it was such a person who died at the hands of Mi Yang?

Facing Sun Quan's questioning gaze, Shi Yi firmly nodded.

Although when he received the news, his reaction was even worse than Sun Quan's.

But the news had already spread inside and outside of Chengdu, so there was nothing wrong with it.

After confirming that the news was correct, Shi Yi could only express a heavy emotion in her heart—as expected of him.

After Shiyi nodded, Sun Quan couldn't believe it, but he had to accept this fact.

And it was this fact that immediately let Sun Quan loosen his clenched hands, and the anger in his heart quickly dissipated.

The coldness in his eyes disappeared in an instant.

Then there was a report from Yibao: "Liu Bei has sent a mission to reward the Supreme. I don't know how I, Jiangdong, should respond next?"

how to respond?

How else to deal with it?

Sun Quan forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and said to Yiyan: "Check carefully the whereabouts of the envoy of the Son of Heaven. When the envoy arrives, I will greet him alone."

If there was no Mi Yang's battle in Xicheng, Sun Quan would definitely be furious when he heard that Liu Bei dared to send envoys after he claimed to be Emperor Han.

But now he has changed Liu Bei to be the emperor.

Although Sun Quan's personality has many facets, he has always had a very distinctive personality trait.

Goujian's wonder: In the vernacular, if you can't beat it, you admit it.

Obviously, the current Jiangdong just can't beat Mi Yang.

So he resolutely confessed.

　Chapter 2 today~
　　I want a monthly pass~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)