The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 233 Pirate Empire Fallacy
"Who said that?"

"Hui Shu wrote me a letter." Shen Xuan said calmly: "King Wu is making great efforts to adjust the interests of the subjects from Huaisi and Jiangdong. Impatient. Why is he in such a hurry? What is he thinking? Your Majesty, don’t take it lightly.”

"The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. I have nothing to be afraid of." Sun Shao curled his lips: "Tell me what Huishu told you."

Shen Xuan was very strange. Sun Shao didn't seem to care much about Sun Quan's actions, and even seemed a little careless. On the contrary, he paid more attention to Zhang Wen's situation, which seemed to be putting the cart before the horse. , but regardless of external conditions or various strengths, Yue State is not much worse than Wu State, and the momentum of development is not comparable to Wu State, which is busy adjusting internal relations. As time goes by, it should be said that Wu State is against Yue State. The threat is getting smaller and smaller, and it is reasonable for Sun Shao not to care about Sun Quan.

"The reuse of mercy is a matter of last year..."

In fact, Zhang Wen should have been reused a long time ago. Five years ago, he was sent as an envoy to Cao Ying in Jiangbei to promote Sun Cao's disarmament. Sun Quan’s suppression of Jiangdong nationality, or Zhang Wen’s arrogance, offended those who were in power, he has not been promoted, or to be precise, he has not been promoted as he wanted, so he has been unhappy, writing to Shen Xuan's letter was full of complaints, and his words revealed regret for his original choice. If he had not recommended Shen Xuan to Sun Shao at the beginning, but had been following Sun Shao to make suggestions, he would be at least as big as Shen Xuan now. Sinong.

After the establishment of the Wu Kingdom, Sun Shao, whom he had always looked down upon, became the prime minister. It seemed that his promotion became more difficult, and he did not get a chance for a long time.After the hostage incident, Sun Quan was played a lot by Sun Shao and made his face look ashamed. Suddenly, Zhang Wen's opportunity came, and he and Ji Yan were entrusted by Sun Quan with important tasks to be responsible for the selection of officials.This is a very important position, with a lot of real power and plenty of money. Normally, Zhang Wen should be satisfied, but Zhang Wen is a smart person, and he quickly discovered the problem.

Sun Quan sorted out the administration of officials, which meant to kill people with a knife.

The most serious bureaucratic issue in Wu State is that the disciples of the big surnames entered the bureaucracy at an unprecedented speed. Zhu Zhi, the prefect of Wujun, recommended nearly a hundred Wujun children to Jianye every year. Of course, there are not a few people related to the four major families of Gu Lu, Zhu and Zhang.Zhang Wen himself is from Wu County, can he clean up these children?If he did this, then he would become the enemy of the Wujun family. If he didn't, it would obviously not meet Sun Quan's expectations. Would Zhang Wen be able to please him?

Zhang Wen found out that he had accepted a hot task.

Zhang Wen was Zhang Wen, he made an unexpected move at this time, he married Gu Lu's family.He first married Lu Yusheng, the youngest daughter of Lu Ji who stayed in Wu County, for his third younger brother Zhang Bai, and then married his younger sister Zhang Yuying to Gu Cheng, the second son of Gu Shao. Attitude, he and the Wu Jun family are on the side, and will never be in trouble with the Wu Jun family, and then he fights back, impeaching the prime minister, Sun Shao, for incompetence, and eating a vegetarian meal in his corpse.

"Didn't this poke a hornet's nest?" Sun Shao frowned and said worriedly.

"Of course, there was an uproar in Wu's court." Shen Xuan pinched the tip of his nose, his face full of admiration, "Wu Wang was furious, but under the pressure of Wu Jun's family, he was helpless. I heard that Sun Shao was under pressure and wrote a letter to resign from the position of prime minister, and Wu Wang is not allowed, nor is he not allowed, and now he is in a dilemma."

"A dilemma?" Sun Shao listened quietly, and seeing that Shen Xuan was a little proud of Zhang Wen's method of solving difficulties, he couldn't help laughing: "Mozhi, do you think Huishu's doing so is very clever?"

Shen Xuan glanced at Sun Shao, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty thinks it's not wise? Hui Shu stands with the Wu Jun family with a clear attitude, and is married to the Gu Lu family. What can King Wu do to him? Shu is no longer alone, behind him stands the entire Wujun family, you can even say the entire Jiangdong people."

"Mozhi, do you really think that Huishu and Gu Lu can be united by two marriages?" Sun Shao repeatedly shook his head, "Perhaps, what he did was counterproductive."

Shen Xuan was a little puzzled, he looked at Sun Shao, wanted to ask but didn't.

"Do you think that the Gu and Lu families are related to me now, in order to maintain stability, the King of Wu will not harm them, so as not to force them to my side? So, marrying them will make the Zhang family safe? "

Shen Xuan nodded, that's exactly what he thought.Why are the Gu and Lu families so strong now?It is because they are on two boats, they hold important positions in Wu State and Yue State, no matter which side, they have to pretend to them, so as not to force them to the other side.Zhang Wen lost the good opportunity to attach himself to Sun Shao, and instead married the Gu Lu family, isn't it a good way?Could it be that Sun Quan will disregard the overall situation and force the three families of Zhang, Gu and Lu to turn against him?
"Mozhi, you and Huishu..." Sun Shao turned his head and glanced at Shen Xuan, then shook his head suddenly with a smile, there was a bit of inscrutable in that smile, and a bit of helplessness for insight into the world: "very smart, However, I was more or less harmed by the book."

Shen Xuan was even more puzzled. Although he didn't know why Sun Shao said that, but he heard that Sun Shao was not optimistic about Zhang Wen's actions, and he suddenly became a little worried. He and Zhang Wen sometimes had the heart to compete for superiority, and that was just out of the blue. Due to the competitive spirit of young people, everyone is young and handsome, so it is inevitable that they think highly of themselves and want to compare themselves with others, and good friends are no exception, but when it comes to life and death, he can't help worrying about Zhang Wen.

"Mozhi, what's the use of in-laws in the face of real life and death?" Sun Shao sighed: "Don't you know that my eldest sister married to the Gu family, and my third sister married to the Lu family? But you saw that the Gu and Lu families helped me What are you busy with?"

Shen Xuan blinked his eyes thoughtfully.

"As long as King Wu doesn't harm the vital interests of Gu Lu and his family, and doesn't force them to nowhere, they won't tear themselves apart with him. A marriage, one or two women, how could it affect their lives?" Decision? King Wu just needs to find an excuse to make people look logical and save everyone's face, then no one will be so stupid as to jump out to support Huishu. With Huishu's temper, it is really hard to find an excuse to clean up It's so convenient. Mozhi, believe it or not, as soon as King Wu reveals his intentions, someone will soon list more than a dozen crimes that put Huishu to death, and all of them seem reasonable, leaving others speechless It can be said. For example, he made friends with foreign countries, and his relationship with Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, was too close..."

Cold sweat broke out on Shen Xuan's forehead. He knew Zhang Wen's temper too well. Just as Sun Shao said, Sun Quan didn't have to open his mouth to find Zhang Wen's faults. Zhang Wen also took this into consideration, so he decided to bring in the Gu Lu family. However, according to Sun Shao's analysis, these marriages were of no benefit except to aggravate Sun Quan's suspicion. Isn't Zhang Wen self-defeating?Shen Xuan also knows a thing or two about Zhang Wenwen and Zhuge Liang's relationship. Zhuge Liang's younger brother Zhuge Jun is in Zhuya. Because of his mutual friend Zhang Wen and their similar temperament, Shen Xuan chatted with him several times and knew Zhang Wenwen. Zhuge Liang's relationship is just like what Sun Shao said, it is not comparable to nodding friends.

When Zhang Wen said that Sun Shao was incompetent, he came to the conclusion by comparing Sun Shao with Zhuge Liang. In Zhang Wen's letter, he compared the two men more than once.Although there is Zhang Wen's one-sided remarks here, it can also be clearly seen that Zhang Wen admires Zhuge Liang.

"Huishu's temper is indeed somewhat..." Shen Xuan shook his head with a sigh, and began to worry about Zhang Wen. "He is the kind of person who eliminates evil and does everything he can. He is self-reliant and doesn't know how to deal with others."

"Why aren't you?" Sun Shao smiled, "You are similar to Huishu, both of you have a straight-forward style. He thinks that a gentleman is magnanimous, and he can tell others everything. I would rather end up in my hometown than to cooperate with the King of Wu."

Shen Xuan smiled, with some complacency and arrogance, these few words of Sun Shao seemed to be talking about their shortcomings, but in fact they were praising them for their integrity and not being kitsch, which is what scholars value most, of course they They also want to fight for power and profit, but after all, they are not the kind of villains who are mercenary. Most of the time, for the sake of fame and backbone, they still dare to fight. This is not only for better fame and fortune, but also a kind of pride. , the inherent pride of a scholar-bureaucrat.

"Now that I think about it now, Huishu is really kind to me." Shen Xuan smiled meaningfully: "If it wasn't for Huishu's recommendation, I wouldn't have followed the king."

Sun Shao walked forward slowly, leaving footprints one after another on the beach, slowly blurring and disappearing under the washing of sea water.He walked forward for a long distance, the sea water covered his calf, surrounded by a vast sea and sparse mangrove forests, and then stopped.Sun Shao raised his head, looked at the endless sea, and exhaled softly: "Mount Tai does not hesitate to make the soil fine, so it can become tall, and the sea does not reject the flow, so it can become wide, let alone such a great talent as Huishu." You should write to Huishu, if he has the heart, the door of my country will always be open to him."

Shen Xuan stood behind him, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty is Shengming."

"Mozhi, the reason for inviting the prime minister to Zhuya this time is to hope that Zhuya's achievements in the past few years can change their thinking and stop holding on to those ideas that are based on agriculture. Of course those ideas are good, but they It’s a bit too narrow to always limit your vision to Yue County. Just like Zhu Ya, if you only focus on Zhu Ya County, how can you have Zhu Ya today?”

Shen Xuan happily smiled and said: "I understand. I will definitely tell the full story of Zhu Ya's development, so that the Prime Minister can take a closer look."

Sun Shao nodded in satisfaction, turned around and glanced at Shen Xuan, and suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Mozhi, do you know why I did this?"

Shen Xuan didn't understand for a while, wasn't he doing this to pave the way for himself to be the prime minister?This is already obvious, Sun Shao asked the Prime Minister and Doctor Yushi to come to Zhuya to learn Buddhist scriptures, naturally he was satisfied with Zhuya's development, he was satisfied with Shen Xuan's achievements, which had surpassed Prime Minister Yu Fan.Yu Fan was already old, and he was able to be the prime minister because of his age and high knowledge, and because he was from a rich family in Yuejun, so Sun Shao used him to calm down the situation.With the stability of the political situation, in order to balance the growth of Yuejun's strength, Sun Shao should not be the next prime minister from Yuejun, and he, Shen Xuan, is a well-deserved successor.Just listening to Sun Shao's words, he seems to have other intentions?
"The minister is stupid, please ask the king for advice."

"Mozhi, you have also seen that as long as you can develop industry and commerce, you can get hundreds of times and thousands of times the benefits of agriculture. But have you noticed that from ancient times to the present, everyone has been bleeding and fighting around the land, not to mention far away. Let’s talk about the Yellow Turban, Zhang Jiao, a alchemist, why can the whole world respond with one call, shake the foundation of the great man for 400 years, and almost push the great man into a place of eternal doom?”

Shen Xuan didn't answer right away. He knew that since Sun Shao raised this question, he obviously didn't just talk about it casually. There must be a deeper meaning behind him, and then related to his actions in front of him. He pondered for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "It's an annexation For more wealth, the aristocratic family merged the land, leaving the peasants with no land to stand on, and after a year of hard work, they still had no clothes to wear, no food to eat, and nowhere to go, so they fought to the death.”

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed loudly, with his hands on his waist, looking around, he had an air of looking at the world. "Mozhi is silent, one point is clear. I have thought about the problem for a long time, and I can see it clearly in a moment. Yes, it is land annexation. The powerful people deprived farmers of their lives for the little wealth on the land. Therefore, farmers have to fight to the death and burn jade and stone together. But we now know that compared with industry and commerce, the wealth that can be produced on the land is really limited. In this case, why do we have to sacrifice ourselves for such a little wealth? Putting it in a dangerous place? Why not leave the land to the peasants and seek more wealth instead. Just like a person who does not want to pick up a piece of gold, but insists on grabbing the half of the pie from the hand of the beggar. Don't you think it's ridiculous to force a beggar to fight him desperately?"

Shen Xuan couldn't help laughing, he understood Sun Shao's intentions, and felt Sun Shao's trust in him, and his heart was a little more happy than being a prime minister.He nodded again and again and said: "Yes, I also think this is very ridiculous. I think that not only should we not grab half a piece of cake from a beggar, on the contrary, we should give him land and turn him into a farmer, so that he can have enough food and clothing. , and there is still surplus grain to sell to us, even if we pay twice the price, it will be much more affordable than buying it from other places.”

"Those who know me are silent." Sun Shao turned his head and glanced at Shen Xuan who was smiling all over his face, with a gratified smile on his lips.

The two monarchs and ministers had a common ideological foundation, and they talked very happily, unconsciously talking for more than an hour.After returning from the mangrove forest, Shen Xuan went to prepare a work report, and Sun Shao returned to the palace.As soon as he entered the palace, Sun Shao saw that Sun Shangxiang was pulling Daqiao and muttering something, Daqiao looked impatient, and from time to time shook off the sleeves being pulled by Sun Shangxiang.But Sun Shangxiang persisted and walked around the bridge with a smile on his face.As soon as he saw Sun Shao coming in, Daqiao cast a reproachful glance at Sun Shao, turned around and went into the inner room with a sullen face.

Sun Shao was puzzled. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Sun Shangxiang smiled awkwardly, said a few perfunctory words, and ran away in a hurry.Just as Sun Shao was about to go in and ask about the bridge, Xia Houhui gave him a wink, and Sun Shangxiang quickly walked aside, Xia Houhui then smiled and said: "The fifth general came to the queen mother today and said that he wanted to thank her and take her to swim. The queen mother refused to go, so she talked about the benefits of swimming, saying that it is very good for the queen mother's health, so she insisted on dragging the queen mother to the beach to try."

Sun Shao rolled his eyes and finally understood why Daqiao glared at him just now.With Ohashi's personality, letting her go into the water in that kind of swimsuit is basically the same as being naked, even if she is surrounded by female soldiers, she can't accept it.He scratched his head: "What does the Fifth General want to thank the Queen Mother for?"

"I don't know either." Xia Houhui shrugged, "I can't eavesdrop on what they are talking about."

"Hehehe, I'm going to see the Queen Mother." Sun Shao pinched Xiahouhui's small face, tiptoed to the door of the bridge, and took a look with his head. Unexpectedly, just as he poked his head out, the bridge said: As the king's honor, can't you come in openly?"

Sun Shao smiled, straightened his clothes, entered the floor solemnly, glanced at the flimsy pink swimsuit on the desk, and said with a smile: "Mother, why are you so angry? Could it be that she lives in Zhuya?" Are you not used to it, or are you not eating to your liking?"

"Fortunately, the weather here is warm. I live well and eat well, but I'm not used to some of the king's actions." Daqiao glanced at Sun Shao, who was smiling hippie, and wanted to lower his face, but he was serious I couldn't get up, so I had to look at the swimsuit so that I wouldn't be amused by Sun Shao: "You just set up the Flying Tiger Camp in order to let your aunt have something to do. Why did you get this kind of swimsuit and let so many women Don't you think it's indecent to be naked in front of people?"

Sun Shao rubbed his nose and thought to himself, what kind of indecent is this? The arms and legs are all wrapped up. You haven’t seen the three-point style in later generations. That’s eye-catching, no, it’s indecent .He coughed dryly: "Mother, they are soldiers, so naturally they have to follow the rules of soldiers. As for whether it is indecent or not, it depends on who said it. Mother may not be very clear, this Zhuya is also good. Whether it is Yizhou or Yizhou, it is very hot. Whether it is Yi people or Han people, their clothes are very simple. If you dismiss them as indecent, wouldn’t you be against those people? Entering a village, following the customs, my mother is not Do you find it uncomfortable to wear so much?"

"Uncomfortable? Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to be naked?" Daqiao said angrily, very dissatisfied with Sun Shao's explanation.

"I didn't let them be naked either." Sun Shao spread his hands aggrievedly: "These are just the clothes to wear when entering the water. Do they have to be neatly dressed when entering the water? To tell you the truth, I brought the female soldiers into the barracks, and still It played a role in changing the customs. Mother may not know that when the sailors launched the training before, the group of people were all naked, saying that they were reluctant to waste their clothes. I told them several times, but they didn’t listen. I don’t need to say anything about the female pawns, they all put on bull-nosed jackets.”

"Are you still reasonable?" Daqiao was so angry that he couldn't speak, picked up the swimsuit on the case, and said with hatred: "As a king, you actually condone such scandalous things, how can you build a country for a long time? Aman , my lord, you are no longer an ordinary person, and every move you make must be careful not to lead to bad intentions."

"Hey, why did I bring evil hearts?" Sun Shao jumped up: "Mum, do you think this is my decision alone? If it is really to satisfy my shady selfish desires, can aunt agree? The five hundred Can female pawns agree? Do you know that my aunt was the first to open the city gate in Xiangping, and the first to trap [-] Yi people in Yizhou? Why? It is because others look down on women and never think that women can go to the city. The battlefield, but I did the opposite, so I made great achievements. Facts have proved that female soldiers may not be the best fighters, but as long as they train hard, they can definitely become qualified fighters. Five hundred female soldiers can Calmly face the attack of [-] barbarians. Isn't that good? Since women can win a place on the battlefield, why can't they do other things? Whether it's my aunt or Yinping, they are all very good generals, fighting on the battlefield , Don’t let the eyebrows, that... that woman from the Lu family named... Lu Shan, who is not convinced by the study of mental arithmetic? Doctor Yushi came to Zhuya to check the accounts this time, and he relied on her the most. If that is the case, why not Just let her serve in the court?"

"You still want a woman to be an official?" Daqiao was confused by Sun Shao's words, and felt that he seemed to have misunderstood Sun Shao's meaning.

"I don't care if he is a man or a woman, as long as he has talent, I will use it." Sun Shao waved his hand and said calmly: "Yi Yun is yin and yang, people are divided into men and women, women account for half of the world's population, and there are not so many peasant women According to the rules, when Gao Zu lay down on the people, Empress Lu also went to the fields to cultivate, and the empresses of all dynasties also performed the ceremony of sericulture, as a role model for all women in the world. I just turned their empty rituals into real things. What's the fuss? Aunt , There are also many talents among women. If they are discarded, it will be a great waste for them and the country. You know, I was planning to invite Zhuge Liang's wife to Zhuya at the beginning, because They thought that women should not show their faces, so they replaced his younger brother Zhuge Jun, but in my opinion, this Zhuge Jun is not a star and a half worse than his sister-in-law Huang Yueying. If Huang Yueying can come, the progress of my project can be greatly shortened. "

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