The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 447 War of words
"Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin, Lü Ju and others were found to be innocent."

"They were brutally murdered by the brothers Sun Jun and Sun Chen. I feel deeply saddened by this. I hope they can be reburied and offered sacrifices."

"Anyone who was exiled because of them can come back!"

At this moment in Jianye, Emperor Sun Xiu began to issue imperial edicts continuously.

The first edict was about appeasing the ministers. He not only pardoned those who were persecuted by Sun Chen, but also pardoned those who were eliminated by Sun Jun.

The main reason was that the people of Wu were extremely uneasy, and the generals fled frequently. In order to appease these people, Sun Xiu did not rush to reward the meritorious ministers, but instead began to pardon past criminals on a large scale.

This decree finally put a stop to the long-lasting defection incidents.

However, in just these few months, many generals and ministers of the Wu State have defected.

Sun Xiu looked at the list in his hand and was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.

"You bastards! My Great Wu is ruined by these two brothers!"

Hearing Sun Xiu's roar, Zhang Bu on the side hurried to comfort him.

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. The imperial physician has advised you to rest well and not be impatient."

Sun Xiu took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

But the blue veins on his forehead were still bulging.

Sun Xiu really hated Sun Chen and Sun Jun to the core.

Especially when he was about to send people to rescue Shi Ji, but found that there was no general in the country who could serve as commander, the hatred in his heart reached its peak.

Could you please leave one for me?!
There were no generals left in the country, and the loss of Jiangbei was a heavy blow.

The State of Wu took great risks and paid a huge price in order to take over Jingzhou.

However, Jiangbei was lost, and now Jingnan was also in danger. Although Sun Xiu was young, he had a thorough understanding of the situation in the world. He asked his subordinates about Wang Ji's character, and everyone said that Wang Ji was best at governing, not fighting.

If Wang Ji takes root in Jiangbei, then within three years, Jingnan will be in danger and the entire Jiaozhou will be lost. In a few years, their warships will go down the river from Jiangbei.
When Sun Xiu thought of this scene, he could not calm down.

"Pass on my decree!"

"Dig Sun Jun out of his grave! Recover his burial objects!"

"Chop down his coffin! Rebury him with commoner rites!!"

"Kick Sun Jun and Sun Chen out of the family tree! Take away their surnames! From now on, they will not be allowed to use their surnames!"

Sun Xiu issued another decree, which was to take away the surnames of the two brothers. From then on, they could not be called Sun Jun and Sun Chen, but had to be called Gu Jun and Gu Chen.

And after taking revenge on them, we naturally have to deal with the current mess.

Sun Xiu did not blame Shi Ji. Although he was defeated, Sun Xiu knew that the problem was not with him, but with a certain thief. It was already very good that he could keep the enemy in Jiangbei under such circumstances.

Moreover, Shi Ji is now the only general in Wu State who can command a large army in battle.

The rest either died or defected.

Sun Xiu immediately issued an edict, appointing Shi Ji as the general and protector general, Ding Feng as the general of cavalry, and Zhang Bu as the commander of the central army.

Many other generals also received rewards.

After giving out rewards, Sun Xiu began to appoint officials from various places, appease the people, and establish new defense zones.

But at this moment, soldiers on the front line suddenly reported that the Emperor of Cao Wei had ordered Wang Ji to continue to expand the results of the battle, and Wang Ji had already redeployed the army and was preparing to continue fighting.

Sun Xiu felt his scalp tingling, so he had to stop what he was doing and hurriedly dispatch troops to rescue.

At this moment, Cao Mao was receiving many captives sent by Wang Ji.

There were also many heavyweights among them, among whom was General Sun Xin, who followed Shi Ji to guard Jiangling but was unable to leave safely with Shi Ji and was captured by Wang Ji. He became the prisoner that Cao Mao cared about the most.

This guy is also a member of the royal family of Wu State. He has been stationed in Jingzhou for a long time and was originally Shi Ji's most favored successor.

But at this moment, he became a prisoner of Cao's army.

He was brought before Cao Mao, who looked him over.

"General Sun, your brother Sun Yi previously surrendered to me, and I rewarded him without any ill-treatment. Now that you have been defeated and captured, why don't you follow his example and surrender to the court?"

The defection of royal family members often deals the greatest blow to national morale.

Except for Sun Yi, Sun Chen's brother Sun En and others from the Wu State also surrendered to Cao Mao and were now waiting for an audience.

Of course, the surrender of those people would not necessarily have any impact on the morale of the Wu State.

But Sun Xin was different. He was very famous in Wu State, and Cao Mao really wanted him to surrender. Sun Xin did not look like a general, but was quite elegant.

He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, although I lack integrity, have not accomplished great things, and am even less intelligent, I do understand the principles of loyalty and patriotism. My emperor's grace is like a gentle rain, and my ancestors' lineage is also pure. How dare I forget my roots?"

At this moment, Cao Mao laughed.

"General, if you want to curse, you can do it outright. Why are you being so subtle?"

Sun Xin's words were a subtle criticism of the Cao family, saying that they were of unclean origin, had forgotten their roots, and were not loyal to the emperor or patriotic. Of course, he also deliberately used the words Cao, Pi, Rui, and even Lin.

Ordinary families have to avoid using the names of each other's ancestors, let alone the emperor?
This guy was determined to die, so he deliberately angered the emperor.

If others were to be spoken like this, they would surely have rushed up and killed people, but Cao Mao didn't feel anything. He just said their names. What was the big deal?

Besides, there is no point in killing these people. Keeping them will only attract more people from Wu to come and surrender.

However, judging from his words, it might be difficult to get him to surrender.

Cao Mao waved his hand and said, "Take this man away and keep a close eye on him. Don't be negligent."

Zhang Hua was a gentleman, but at this moment, his face was filled with obvious anger. When the soldiers were taking Sun Xin out, he even pushed them from behind.

This made Sun Xin somewhat unhappy. He looked at him and asked, "Are the generals of Cao Wei only good at attacking those who are tied up?"

Zhang Hua asked in reply, "Cao Wei is not a barbarian nation. We uphold the great principles and treat different people with different etiquette. Sun Yi surrendered with courtesy, so we should treat him as a neighbor. But you were defeated and captured, and you spoke wildly, so we should treat you as a Hu Qiang!"

"To receive a neighboring guest, use bells and tripods; to treat the Hu and Qiang people, use power and authority!"

Sun Xin's face flushed red, and he was about to start cursing, but was dragged out by the soldiers.

Cao Mao couldn't help laughing.

"Why do you have to do this, Maoxian?"

Zhang Hua snorted coldly, "How can I allow him to humiliate my Saint King?!"

Sun Xin's father was Sun Lin, his grandfather was Sun Jian's younger brother Sun Qiang, and his grandfather was Sun Zhong. He even mentioned a word about power.
But in Cao Mao's view, this was just a quarrel between children. He smiled and said a few words to comfort Zhang Hua, which made him less angry.

"Maoxian, these are not the most important things."

"Jiangbei has been taken. From now on, let General Wang govern it."

"Nowadays, neither Wu nor Shu dares to invade Wei easily. Within this year, we must complete all necessary tasks."

Cao Mao asked Zhang Hua to sit next to him and told him everything about Liu Lu without any concealment.

"I intend to appoint Liu Lu as the school official and put him in charge of supervision. What do you think?"

In fact, Cao Mao never told his eunuchs about such things.

Mainly because of this behavior of monitoring officials and local areas, the officials considered it a typical cruel policy.

The ministers believed that a wise king should trust his ministers unconditionally and would not send people to monitor them. Just like those scholars who wanted to enter the examination hall, they all felt that such behavior was a contempt, distrust and humiliation to them.

But Zhang Hua was not a traditional scholar. Coming from the lower class, he knew too well the moral character of those bird people.

After learning about the emperor's idea, Zhang Hua immediately expressed his support.

"Your Majesty, it should be so."

"The more spies your majesty has, the fewer traitors there will be in the world. It's not just the wealthy families and officials who commit crimes in the local areas. With enough spies, we can protect many people from being bullied."

Cao Mao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Zhang Hua's support, and then said, "I want you to help Liu Lu do this."

"Liu Lu is capable, but he still lacks some understanding of the people in the temple. Moreover, the situation in the temple is different from that in the mountains. I am afraid he will be bullied. If you can help him, this matter will definitely go more smoothly."

Zhang Hua accepted the order immediately without any hesitation.

Next, Zhang Hua helped Liu Lu to handle this matter, and the process was actually not complicated.

He asked Liu Lu to submit a petition, saying that the bandits in Wangwu Mountain had originally gone up the mountain because they opposed the mistakes made by the general. Now that the world is at peace, they want to submit to the court. He hoped that he could go to the mountains to persuade these people and let the people return to their hometowns.

At the beginning, in order to maintain his legitimacy, Cao Mao had to affirm the general.

But by now, Cao Mao's position has been completely consolidated. His previous victories, especially this great victory in Jiangbei, have made him no longer have to worry about the issue of orthodoxy. Of course, it is still not possible to settle accounts in the short term. After all, Cao Mao is still using Sima Shi's team.

At least we have to wait until these teams are completely our own and the unification is completed before we can start the liquidation of the Sima family.

After Liu Lu submitted his petition, the emperor also said: The leader of these people was an official who was with him in the past, and he had a deep relationship with him. He was willing to pardon his crimes, let him come to the court as soon as possible, and let the surrendered people in various places be settled.

For Zhang Hua, the bandits' surrender was a major achievement of the emperor's benevolent rule, and he personally wrote an article to praise it.

(End of this chapter)