Three Kingdoms: I am not Cao Rui

Wu State, Jianye.

For ordinary people in Jianye, this spring was no different from previous years. With the Emperor (Sun Quan) moving the capital to Jianye, many more court officials and soldiers appeared inside and outside the city. These people were either wealthy or generous, and Jianye's business became more prosperous.

But for those officials who were able to know the true situation in the court, this spring could not be colder.

Sun Quan had returned to Jianye for forty days, but he had not left the palace or attended court. Prime Minister Gu Yong was still confined to his house all day, but the number of visits to the palace by the school officials had been reduced from twice a day to once.

Lü Dai and Diao Jia had long since left Jianye, so the turmoil had no bearing on them for the time being. The Left General Zhu Ju was dismissed from office, and the Zhu Princess Sun Luyu was ordered to move back to Wu County. This made the ministers such as Xue Zong and Lu Mao, who had previously expressed their dissatisfaction for Gu Yong, silent and dared not submit petitions to persuade him again.

And the ministers...

The Shangshu were the ones who did the actual work. Sun Quan knew very well that he could do politics, but he could not neglect state affairs. The operation of the country still had to be run by the Shangshutai. He didn't even send anyone to reprimand these Shangshu. He didn't say a word, as if nothing had happened.

But this also made the ministers even more afraid.

If the punishment cannot be known, the power cannot be measured.

This is what Sun Quan is doing now. During the forty days, Sun Quan never convicted Gu Yong, nor did he stop paying his salary. He just blocked Gu Yong's communication with the outside world and ordered the school officials to come to his house every day to inquire about him.

Gu Yong was the prime minister, in charge of the government affairs of the country. If Gu Yong was not there, then the government affairs should be managed by Liu Ji, who replaced Gu Yong.

But Liu Ji was a loser. He fled back home from the Shangshutai under the pretext of being ill. He got sick on the second day of his duty? How could it be such a coincidence? And he got sick right when the Shangshus were gathering to discuss matters?
Sun Quan hated Liu Ji for not fighting back, and sent people to test Liu Ji's condition and question him many times. After several times, within four or five days, Liu Ji, perhaps due to excessive worry or fright, actually fell ill and lay in bed at home.

Since Liu Ji was unable to handle the affairs of the Secretariat, this matter would naturally be handed over to Yi, who was in charge of the Secretariat.

Nowadays, the many affairs of the Shangshutai are summarized by the Shangshu and then handed over to the Shangshushi, Shizhong, and Zhongfazhi for approval. But the position where Shiyi handles government affairs on a daily basis is exactly in Sun Quan's Jianye Palace.

If the officials of Wei could learn about the current situation of Wu, they would find that Sun Quan was imitating the Wei Dynasty and concentrating power in the palace. The Wei Dynasty had a cabinet, and the Shangshu You and Zuo Pushe both made decisions in front of the emperor. Sun Quan also took the opportunity of investigating the prime minister to control the specific administrative power in the palace through the ritual.

Although Sun Quan did not know all the situation in Wei, as a powerful monarch, he made a similar decision by mistake. It was like crossing the river by feeling the way to Wei.

On March 2nd, dark clouds covered the entire Jianye City.

Not only the political atmosphere, but also the physical clouds are hanging over Jianye. It rained heavily today.

Sun Quan stood outside the door of the main hall of the Wu Palace, staring at the heavy rain outside the hall, lost in thought.

The sky was almost dark, and suddenly there was a flash of light. Sun Quan narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the lightning just now, and then there was a roar of thunder from the north. After the first one, there was a second one.

But the second sound was closer, and the lightning seemed to be right in front of people's eyes. Sun Quan's pupils suddenly widened, and he saw the lightning striking not far from the Wu Palace in Jianye!

"Hey, go and see where the lightning fell!" Sun Quan waved his hand violently.

"According to the order."

A Sima with a full armor bowed in response, and regardless of the heavy rain, he led a guard beside him and ran quickly in the direction of the thunder and lightning. The sound of the armor was heard by Sun Quan through the rain.

Not long after, Sima and the soldiers came back, followed by a eunuch who seemed to be protecting something in his arms.

Before Sun Quan could ask, the 1,000-stone Sima bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I just saw with my own eyes that lightning struck the gateposts of the main gate of Jianye Palace, and a large area of ​​it was burnt. But due to the heavy rain, no fire broke out."

The palace gate was hacked down? ?

Sun Quan was horrified and pointed at the eunuch who had just come over: "Zhao Aduo, what did you bring with you?"

"Your Majesty," the eunuch named Zhao Aduo held up the wooden box with both hands, "This is an urgent letter from the Crown Prince of Wuchang."

"A letter from the Crown Prince?" Sun Quan did not answer it for a moment, but said softly, "Put it on my desk."

"As you wish." The eunuch responded.

Sun Quan stood outside the door and watched the rain for a long time. After about a quarter of an hour, the rain gradually subsided. Then he turned back to the hall and asked the eunuch to call over Jiang Yi, Hu Zong and Xu Xiang.

Sun Quan tapped the wooden box gently with his hand and said, "The prince sent me a letter from Wuchang. This letter was sent in a hurry and is different from the usual letters."

"Guess for me, the three of you, what did my prince write to me?"

Shi Yi remained silent. Xu Xian looked around uneasily. Only Hu Zong spoke:
"Your Majesty, there is a great general (Zhuge Jin) in Wuchang assisting the prince, so why should Your Majesty be suspicious? Since it is a letter, you should read it!"

"Okay." Sun Quan took a breath, opened the wooden box, and took out the bamboo slips. As his eyes moved back and forth over the small official script characters on the bamboo slips, Sun Quan's chest began to gasp and his eyes widened, until his hands trembled slightly and he threw the bamboo slips out with all his strength.

With a bang, the bamboo slips hit the floor tiles of the main hall of the Wu Palace and slid several feet away.

"He rebelled, and my son rebelled too!" Sun Quan said angrily, "Is he still my son? How could he be like this? How could I raise such a son?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down." The three men hurriedly stood up and advised. Shi Yi Ze walked out quickly, picked up the letter thrown by Sun Quan on the ground, just glanced at it, then shook his head and sighed.

Sun Deng mentioned two things in his letter.

It can also be said to be a thing.

The first thing is that Prime Minister Gu Yong is well-known in the world, loyal and diligent, born with concern for the country, upright in public, and has integrity. As a son and a subject, Sun Deng advised Sun Quan not to treat Prime Minister Gu Yong like this, if he is guilty, punish him, if not guilty, release him, so that he can continue to serve the Great Wu and be loyal to Sun Quan.

The second thing was that it was wrong for the school officials to do this without the supervision of the officials. Sun Deng advised Sun Quan to be kind to the ministers, saying that Shangshu Lu Mao wrote to him about this matter, and he agreed with it. In addition, the school official Lu Yi often criticized the ministers, and he hoped that Sun Quan would not use such cruel officials like Zhang Tang and Zhi Du.

Of course, the language used in Sun Deng's letter was quite euphemistic and polite. But no matter how euphemistic or polite he was, it was difficult to conceal the fact that Sun Deng listened to the words of Shangshu Lu Mao and moved his butt to the side of Gu Yong and Lu Mao!

Sun Deng did not stand on the side of Sun Quan, but on the side of Gu Yong and Lu Mao!
This was the fundamental reason why Sun Quan became so angry and threw the bamboo slips out in anger.

"I beg Your Majesty to calm your wrath for a moment!" Shi Yi knelt down and kowtowed.

Hu Zong and Xu Xiang didn't know the truth, but seeing that Yi Du, who was always calm, did so, they also knelt down in a hurry.

Sun Quan's chest kept rising and falling, and it took a long time for him to calm down. His breathing was so heavy that it could be heard from two meters away.

"You three are my law enforcement officers. Now that the master is in trouble, can't the subjects share his worries?"

Shi Yi kowtowed three times again, and the sound could be clearly heard in the hall: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has always been loyal and never said anything disobedient. The letter he wrote now must be because he was young and was instigated by the traitors. The Crown Prince is the heir to the throne of the country, and he should not be moved lightly, and should not be shaken by a letter!"

"I second the motion, I second the motion!" Hu Zong knelt forward and said hurriedly, "I also implore Your Majesty not to vent your anger on the Crown Prince, who is truly loyal and respectful!"

"The prince is loyal and honest, so there must be a traitor in the court!" Sun Quan pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, furious: "Wei Ze, quickly arrest Lu Mao and put him in prison! I want to interrogate him personally!" (End of this chapter)