I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 191 Of course, I am going to Baidi City to attract hatred!

The main war faction does not need to explain. A few months ago, Sun Quan sent people to Luoyang to discuss the paper trade, which caused a great shock in Yizhou.

Guan Tong, for example, has been preaching in Chengdu's political arena in the past few months that he will send troops to deter Sun Quan.

However, the Zhuhe faction focused on the overall situation and opposed conflicts with Sun Quan.

The so-called focusing on the overall situation means that a lot of resources have been invested in the Guanzhong battlefield. Now if they are at odds with Sun Quan again and fight on two fronts, they will be in danger of national subjugation.

At first, the Zhuhe faction just wanted to ease the conflict with Wu through trading.

For example, the admonishment doctor Du Qiong proposed lowering the price of paper and clearly opposed the linkage between Shu money and new salt.

He said that if the Shu money was forcibly linked to the new salt, it would intensify the conflict with the Wu State. In such a sensitive period, it would only push the situation to the brink of war.

It was not until news of Wu's army's westward advance reached Chengdu that the number of Du Qiong's supporters increased rapidly.

Even Meng Guang, the chief minister, and Jiang Wan, who was in charge of the money bank, wrote to Li Heng one after another, asking him to cancel the policy of forcibly linking new salt and currency.

Use this as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Sun Quan.

Li Fu did not mention the situation in Chengdu to Li Heng. On the same day, he ordered people to start mobilizing armaments.

Add ordinary crossbows and bed crossbows to Yong'an, as well as the number of crossbow arrows.

But in the next few days, letters sent from Chengdu fell on Li Heng's desk like snowflakes.

Either they insulted him as a traitor to the country, or they advised him to step back and apologize to Sun Quan, or they advised him to return to Chengdu immediately to plead guilty.

"Lang Jun, do you want to go back to Chengdu?" Dong Hong said, "Now is a troubled time. Staying in Jiangzhou may not be good for you."

"What's the disadvantage to me?"

"The voices against you in Chengdu are very loud now. This is what I heard from my grandfather."

"Then do you think I can resolve it when I return to Chengdu?"

"At least it can clarify many things, such as the killing of Liu Yan."

"Is the clarification useful?" Li Heng said with a smile, "Do you really think those officials in Chengdu think I killed Liu Yan?"

"What does Lang Jun mean?"

"They just want to find a reason."

"What about Sun Quan?"

"Sun Quan just wants to find a reason to defend his ambition. As long as His Majesty has not summoned me to return to Beijing, it means everything is stable!"

The officials in Yizhou knew that Li Heng did not kill Liu Yan, but they all pretended to think that Li Heng had killed Liu Yan.

Sun Quan also knew that Li Heng did not kill Liu Yan, so he also pretended that Li Heng had killed Liu Yan.

The officials in Yizhou knew that Sun Quan knew about it, but they pretended that Sun Quan didn't know about it.

Sun Quan also knew that the officials in Yizhou knew about it, but he also pretended that the officials in Yizhou didn't know.

This is politics.

Does the truth matter?

The truth that cannot serve politics is not the truth.

Some words don't need to be said at all, just know them in your heart.

If you say it out loud, you won't be able to survive in politics.

Even an upright person like Gu Yong fell silent at this time.

Even a fair person like Jiang Wan is silent now.

"What should we do now?" Dong Hong continued to ask.

"The method is very simple."

"what way?"

"Defeat Wu Jun."

"Of course I know that defeating Wu Jun can solve the problem, but our main force is in Guanzhong."

"We now have 30,000 naval troops in Jiangzhou." Li Heng said, "We are fully equipped with crossbows and armor. Even if the Wu army breaks through the Baidi City defense line, what can they do to Jiangzhou as long as we hold on without fighting?" Dong Hong smiled bitterly and said: "Breakthrough of Baidi City's defense line will probably make Chengdu..."

Even Dong Hong knows that war is not just war, the essence of war is politics.

Once the Baidi City defense line is broken down, Liu Chan's inner defense line will be broken down, and Chengdu will be in chaos.

Once chaos breaks out in Chengdu, it will be easy to blindly direct the front lines.

Who knows if Cao Wei will cause a bloody storm in Guanzhong at this time when he hears that Wu is invading?

"You're worrying too much." Li Heng tidied up and stood up.

"Where are you going, Mr. Lang?"

"Baidi City."

"Is Mr. Lang going to mobilize Jiangzhou troops and horses to Baidi City?"

"No, Jiangzhou's troops cannot be moved unless absolutely necessary. Sun Quan still doesn't know that we are training the navy. That is one of our trump cards to counterattack Sun Quan. We have to keep it secret for now."

"Then what are you going to do in Baidi City now?"

"Go and attract hatred!"

After saying that, Li Heng hurried out.

Li Heng actually left Jiangzhou for Baidi City for another reason: to avoid Liu Chan.

Liu Chan has not called him back to Chengdu so far. He knows that Liu Chan is under great pressure.

Liu Chan's personal ability is average, but he is serious about trusting ministers.

But what if he can't withstand the pressure and calls himself back to Chengdu?

Returning to Chengdu will only lead to endless public quarrels, which will not do any good to the situation.

The direct cause of this war was the Xinyan incident and Liu Yan's death.

But the fundamental reason is the great changes in the situation in the three countries.

Ever since Zhuge Liang's fifth Northern Expedition in the twelfth year of Jianxing, when Li Heng proposed a long-term strategy, he had expected that one day Sun Quan would send a large army to Baidi City.

Even if there was no Liu Yan incident, Sun Quan would have found other reasons.

For example, a Wu merchant was lost in Yizhou, and a large army was sent to look for him.

Or they are worried that the Wei army will suddenly grow a hundred thousand pairs of wings and fly over the Qinling Mountains to attack Chengdu.

I, Emperor Sun, am worried! So troops are sent for reinforcements!

But when you are weak, the enemy has ten thousand reasons for sending troops.

But there is only one purpose: to destroy you!

There is only one way to solve this situation: be tough!

November 15th, Yong'an, Badong County.

The envoy from the State of Wu Zhou arrived at the Yong'an Governor's Mansion and met Zong Yu.

"Next week, under the orders of General Quan Cong and Quan Zihuang, I am here to pay homage to the Duke!"

Zong Yu is only in his thirties, but he is not an ordinary person.

When he was about twenty years old, he followed Zhang Fei to Shu.

After Liu Bei's death, Zong Yu and Deng Zhi went to Wu as envoys together, and played a key role in the changes in the situation of the Three Kingdoms at that time.

Even in official history, when Zhuge Liang passed away and Sun Quan increased his troops on the border, Zong Yu suppressed him.

This is a brave and resourceful man.

Zong Yu sat in the middle and said, "I've heard for a long time that Quan Zihuang is an outstanding figure in the world. Now that he's coming to Xiling, why don't you come to see me in person?"

"General Wei is busy with government affairs, so I sent you here."

"If the envoy has anything to say, it doesn't matter."

"General Wei said that the minister of the Ministry of Industry of your country is a treacherous man who brutally killed our Dawu officials and acted tyrannically. This time I sent troops to Jiangdong just to seek revenge on Li Heng and did not want to harm innocent people. I also asked Zonggong to hand over Li Heng. To protect the people of both countries."

"That's wrong," Zong Xu said. "It's a bit ridiculous for your country to conclude that it was our Minister of Industry, Han Dynasty, who committed the murder based on baseless rumors."

(End of this chapter)