I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 381: Drifting against the Kingdom of Wu
After returning to Jiangling from Xiangyang, Li Heng began to plan to destroy Wu.

He could have a premonition that the time to destroy Wu was coming soon.

The reason is also very good:

1. As the dispute between the two palaces intensifies, a political crisis will occur within the State of Wu.

2. On the surface, Li Heng promised Sun Quan not to take in people from Jiangxia and Changsha counties, but in fact most people would still come.

This will lead to the weakening of Wu's national manpower and affect agriculture.

In the general environment of Wu State's issuance of banknotes, the crisis in the primary industry was bound to lead to an economic crisis.

This is the problem that ancient dynasties usually encountered with skyrocketing food prices.

This has a huge logistical impact on the military.

In view of the two current crises in Wu State, Li Heng decided to add fire to Sun Quan and make Wu State weaken quickly.

The characteristic of ultra-conservatives is that they oppose all strategies of enemy countries and believe that all strategies of enemy countries are wrong.

Otherwise, given the size of Wu State, even if the Wu army is defeated, Wu State can still survive on its strong foundation.

As long as the enemy country approves, you should oppose it.

However, under the current internal and external troubles of Wu State, it is impossible to truly reform the system.
Therefore, the extreme reformists will inevitably be suppressed in Wu State. If these two factions are merged with the Second Palace Controversy, then this kind of political suppression will be extremely cruel, and may even lead to the destruction of life.

If you destroy Wu, you can move ahead of schedule.

When the state of Wu is weak, it is time to destroy Wu.

How to add to this fire?
Very simple.

And then left a group of ultra-conservatives in Wu State.

why?
The extreme reformists basically saw the results of Jingzhou's New Deal and wanted to make Wu learn from it and become stronger.

Even though the military is still strong, it has lost the depth of the country's economic and political strategies. It only needs one loss to cause total collapse.

Will the dispute between the two palaces cause political confrontation?

Some conservatives may believe that change should be pursued while maintaining stability, but once the political struggle intensifies, normal conservatives will morph into extreme conservatives.

Extreme conservatives will inevitably give birth to extreme reformists.

Then add some spice to this political confrontation.

Once the political form of a country becomes like this, politics will become rigid.

This is the effect Li Heng wants to achieve in Wu State.

At that time, the political crisis in Wu State will lead to the loss of a large number of talents and a large number of people.

Let one faction try its best to repel the Han, and let them preach everywhere in Yizhou and Jingzhou to destroy Wu. Just like in Luoyang, this faction is called ultra-conservative in Jianye.

The characteristic of conservatives is stability and adhering to the past way of governing the country.

At that time, the extreme reformists had only one choice: defect to the Han!
At that time, not only the people of Wu State will come over, but also a considerable number of Wu State officials.

The extreme reformists are what Li Heng needs.

Once the state of Wu is on its last legs, Sima Yi will intervene.

What Li Heng wanted was not a military victory over the Wu army, but a annihilation victory over the Wu state.

So, how to mess up the politics of Wu State?

It's very simple, let Zhang Xiu make threatening remarks in Jianye. The current political correctness of Wu State is to strictly guard against defending Jingzhou, so let Zhang Xiu follow this statement and start making trouble in Jianye.

After the first month, Li Heng talked to Du Yu and Ma Yong.

He spoke his mind.

Du Yu and Ma Yong were shocked after hearing this.

Ma Yong wondered: "Since Zhang Xiu is one of ours, why doesn't he speak for us in Jianye? He should develop people who are willing to join our alliance."

"Now that the entire Wu Kingdom is dominated by the Jiangdong nobles, it is impossible for the Jiangdong nobles to abandon Jingzhou and fight against Huaiyin. It is absolutely impossible for Zhang Xiu to confront them head-on."

Du Xuejie spoke concisely and concisely.

He was surprised in his heart by Li Heng's strategy.

Li Heng's understanding of human nature and rules is simply shocking.

"Since the Jiangdong nobles want to fight against us in Jingzhou, we will disintegrate them from within." Du Yu continued, "As tough as the Jiangdong nobles are, Zhang Xiu will show that they are ten times or a hundred times tougher than them. !”

"If the Jiangdong nobles want to increase their troops to compete with us, Zhang Xiu should encourage Jianye to fight with us, and also clamor to eliminate all people in Wu who want to have interests with us."

"Laozi's "Tao Te Ching" says that the opposite is the movement of the Tao, and the weak is the use of the Tao." Du Yu continued to explain, "The progress of everything is a reciprocal cycle. When there is excess yang energy, it will slowly turn to yin. If there is excess Yin energy, it will slowly turn into Yang, forming Yin Yang Tai Chi.”

"When Wu Guo's extreme voice against us comes out, some people will definitely think that it is unreasonable, so they will speak out against Zhang Xiu. At this time, as long as Zhang Xiu continues to speak out in this extreme way, there will be Extreme opponents."

Ma Yong seemed to understand. He suddenly said to Li Heng: "General, there are already people in Luoyang who are extreme and reject us. Will there be extreme opponents in the future?"

"Yes." Li Heng said, "The man named Wang Hun is a political speculator. It is Cao Wei's political correctness to isolate Jingzhou now. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity to rise to power, so let's help him and conquer the Wei state. Those normal ministers are forced to become our people.”

This is just like absolute justice spawning absolute evil.

The ancients said that if a saint is immortal, thieves will not stop, and this is also true.

"You need to come find the people in Wei State." Li Heng said to Ma Yong.

Then he said to Du Yu: "Zhang Xiu, come and contact me."

"Well." Du Yu said, "I already have a solution. Although Sun Wu cut off contact with us last year, there are a few officials who have business dealings with us privately. I gave Zhang Xiu a name, and Zhang Xiu used this name. If people start a big case in Jianye, this matter can start smoothly. "

Li Heng put down his wine glass, looked calmly, and said calmly: "When the situation is right, give Sun Wu a fatal blow."

The February wind blows all over both sides of the Yangtze River.

A major event happened this month. Sun Quan made his third son, Sun He, the crown prince, but there were many voices of opposition in the court.

The last group of courtiers asked Sun Quan to grant his fourth son, Sun Ba, the title of King of Lu.

The battle for the second house begins.

At this time, the dispute between the two palaces had not yet intensified. Even the king of Lu, Sun Ba, and the prince Sun He lived together in the Nangong Palace, and the brothers had a very good relationship.

But soon, Tai Chang Gu Tan and the Crown Prince Wu Can came forward and believed that King Lu and the Crown Prince lived together, which was inconsistent with the etiquette system.

So in March, King Lu moved out of Nangong.

The conflict over the second house began to be stirred up.

On March 10th, another incident happened. A large amount of salt was detected on a ship from Wuchang to Jianye at the ferry in Jianye.

After identification, this salt came from Jiangling.

Later, during the investigation, the suspect was identified as the Crown Prince Wucan.

(End of this chapter)