Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, waved his hand to retreat, and then asked: "I heard that the late Lord invaded Luoyang when he participated in the alliance of princes, and found the imperial seal in the ruins of the palace.
I wonder if this is true?"
Sun Ce immediately scolded: "Who the hell is spreading this nonsense?
I am my father's eldest son.
If this is true, how could I not know that I was with my father at that time and had never seen him before?"
Have you ever picked up any jade seal passed down from the country?”
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce and said nothing.
Sun Ce was a little angry: "Gong Jin doesn't believe me."
“Really not” "It's really not true.
I guarantee it with my head.
Isn't that enough?"
Sun Ce was really anxious and spoke indiscriminately.
Zhou Yu was embarrassed by his words and said sarcastically: "Bo Fu's words are serious."
Sun Ce waved his hand and said, "Gong Jin, why are you asking this?"
Zhou Yu said: "Recently, there are rumors outside that the First Master picked up the Jade Seal of the Kingdom in the ruins of Luoyang, and it spread like a nose and eyes.
This is very detrimental to us.
Think about it, only the emperor can control the Jade Seal of the Kingdom.
Others can't control it."
Holding this thing is not only not a blessing, but will cause great trouble.
People think you have taken the imperial seal, and the one in the Chang'an Palace is a counterfeit.
What do you think the court will think, and what will the emperor think of the regent Liu Chenghui?
What do you think?”
"I'm thinking that maybe I can take this opportunity to get out of this trouble and kill two birds with one stone.
It can be said that I kill three birds with one stone."
Sun Ce was immediately interested when Zhou Yu said this, and said hurriedly: "Tell me, what do you think?"
Zhou Yu said: "Whoever spreads this rumor has ulterior motives and wants to kill us.
But not only can we not find out, but we can't prove our innocence.
The more we argue, the darker it becomes.
In this case, we might as well just put this person in the blame."
Throw it out" Sun Ce was confused: "Who is willing to take the blame if I throw it away?
Whoever takes the blame is a fool?"
Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Of course there are people who are willing to take over, such as Yuan Shu, who is willing to take the blame."
"It's impossible for him.
Although Yuan Shu is a bit immature, he's not that stupid.
Why do you make me more confused the more you talk about it?"
Sun Ce was confused by Zhou Yu.
"I ask you, does Yuan Shu have the ambition to be an emperor?"
Sun Ce said: "Then you still need to ask.
The two brothers of the Yuan family, no one can see that they both want to be emperor.
They have planned it many years ago."
Zhou Yu slapped his thigh: "Then it's over.
If we send someone over to tell Yuan Shu at this time, we are willing to hand over the imperial seal with both hands, on the condition that he withdraws his troops and promises not to invade each other in the future.
What do you think?
Will he take the blame?"
"Hahaha, Gong Jin, your plan is really wonderful.
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Yuan Shu has long wanted to be the emperor.
If there is a jade seal to pass down the country, with his pretentious temperament, he must think that he is the right one.
How can he endure it?"
Oh, but we didn’t pass on the national jade seal.”
Zhou Yu smiled slightly: "Have you ever seen a jade seal?"
Sun Ce shook his head.
"Although the Yuan family is the fourth and third prince, how many of the ministers can see the Jade Seal of the Kingdom with their own eyes?
Yuan Shu and his subordinates are qualified to go to the emperor's imperial case to carefully observe the Jade Seal of the Kingdom.
I am afraid that only the emperor Only with the palm print eunuch can we truly Identify the authenticity.
If we find a craftsman to carve it out, who can tell whether it is fake?
By the way, I remember that you still have the imperial edict from the emperor back then.
It has the seal of the imperial seal on it.
Let the craftsman follow the seal.
Carve out an image of it.”
"As long as Yuan Shu dares to accept the Imperial Seal and withdraw his troops, our crisis will be resolved immediately.
This is the first benefit.
The second benefit is that afterwards we will send people to secretly send out news that Yuan Shu has asked for the Imperial Seal. , the rumors that were unfavorable to us were eliminated immediately; Third, since Yuan Shu has taken the blame, he will definitely have to bear the price.
You see, as long as he takes away the imperial seal, not only the court will not let him go, but other princes will definitely isolate him, attack him, and beat up the fallen dog.
No one would mind doing something like this.”
Sun Ce laughed: "Hahaha, Gongjin, Gongjin, I'm really curious about how you have such a brain.
You can actually turn an unfavorable situation into our favor in a flash.
I'll find a craftsman right away.
Carve a jade seal to pass down the country, and make sure you can’t find any faults.”
After talking about this matter, Sun Ce asked again: "Gong Jin, we have suffered a loss in this battle with Taishi Ci and Liu Yao.
Although we have taken away a lot of their territory, most of our officials and generals have lost."
If they are in their hands, what should we do?
If we don't rescue them, all our hard work over the past few years will be in vain."
Zhou Yu felt ashamed and said, "I didn't think carefully about this matter.
It's my fault."
"No, no, no, I can't blame you for this.
Although you proposed the strategy, it was also approved by me.
This is no longer important.
The important thing is to save all our people."
Zhou Yu frowned and said: "This Taishi Ci is not simple.
I underestimated him.
This man actually saw through the reality behind me at a glance and defeated Huang Gai with a trick and captured Nanchang.
Let us do this Several years of hard work have been in vain.
Now it seems that there is only one way to save our people."
Sun Ce asked: "What can I do?"
“Trading land for people” "Oh, how do I change it?"
Zhou Yu said: "Exchange Kuaiji County for all our officials and generals."
"This" Sun Ce hesitated.
Zhou Yu asked: "Are you reluctant to part with it?"
Sun Ce shook his head and said: "That's not true.
We originally captured Kuaiji through a sneak attack, and it didn't cost much.
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If we can exchange the entire territory of Kuaiji County for our officials and generals, what would we be reluctant to do?
I took advantage.
I'm just worried whether Tai Shi Ci and Liu Yao will agree."
Zhou Yu said confidently: "They will agree."
Sun Ce was a little unsure, "How can you be so sure?"
Zhou Yu walked to a map, drew a circle on the ground, and said: "Look, in front of Taishi Ci and Liu Yao are us, behind are Zhang Xian and Liu Biao, to the north is Yuan Shu, to the south is Shan Yue No. 1, Liu Biao and Zhang Xian On the surface, he obeyed the court, but in fact The imperial court did not have much binding force on them.
They still posed a great threat to Taishi Ci and Liu Yao.
Secondly, Yuan Shu basically had no friends.
If there was a chance, I am afraid he would not mind sending troops to attack Yu.
Chapter 3.
Mountain The Yue people are barbaric, and our area is turbulent.
The Shanyue people will not be able to exchange enough supplies, and they may come out to rob them.
Perhaps we can send people over to contact the Shanyue people, give them gold and silver, and encourage them to send troops to attack Taishi Cihe.
Liu Yao is fourth.
Taishi Ci and Liu Yao are just like us.
They have just occupied new territory and have not had time to digest it.
The foundation is still unstable.
They need time to stabilize internally and solve external hidden dangers, so he must temporarily cease war with us."
Sun Ce was impressed by Zhou Yu's analysis.
If Taishi Ci and Liu Yao could not see these hidden dangers, the people he sent would tell them and let them know, not afraid that they would not agree to exchange hostages for Kuaiji County.
Sun Ce said: "It seems that Zhang Hong has to make another trip."
Zhou Yu smiled and said: "That's right."
Soon, Zhang Hong came to see Taishi Ci again, but the last time was in Nanchang, and this time it was in Lingyang.
In the meeting hall, Taishi Ci asked Zhang Hong to sit down and asked, "Why did Zhang Changshi come here this time?"
Zhang Hong said: "Of course they are here for our officials and generals who were captured by you.
We want to exchange Kuaiji County for all our officials and generals who were captured by you.
I don't know if the general agrees to the exchange."
Taishi Ci thought for a while and said: "Kuiji County alone is too few.
I think Danyang County should be added.
It is enough for you to have a Wu County.
What's more, Wu County is the hometown of Sun Ce's uncle, wouldn't it be better?"
Zhang Hong was not angry and said with a smile: "General Taishi's appetite is too big.
Even if we are willing to return Danyang County to you, would General Taishi dare to take it?
General, you should understand that you are surrounded by enemies on all sides now." , the internal situation is also unstable.
If the general does not coexist peacefully with my lord, the general is not far away from defeat.
Do you need me to analyze the current situation for the general?"
Zhang Hong was not polite, and directly revealed all the factors that were detrimental to Taishi Ci.
Taishi Ci's expression changed several times after hearing this.
Before he could think it through, a soldier walked in and whispered in his ear.
Taishi Ci's face darkened when he heard this.
He thought about it and said to Zhang Hong: "Zhang Changshi, this matter is of great importance.
I want to discuss it with Liu Jishi."
After some discussion, if Zhang Changshi has nothing else to do, how about he go to Nanchang with me, General?"
Zhang Hong did not doubt that he was there, and thought it was normal for Taishi Ci to consult with Liu Yao, so he immediately agreed: "I am also thinking of going to pay a visit to Liu Yao, so I will go with the general."
"In that case, please ask Zhang Changshi to go back to the posthouse to make some preparations.
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We will set off for Nanchang early tomorrow morning."
"good" After Zhang Hong left, Taishi Ci immediately sent someone to find the people sent by the imperial court to contact him secretly.
He was still the same ordinary soldier as before.
He came to Tai Shici, cupped his fists and said, "General, what do you want me to do here today?"
Taishi Ci said: "Tell the superiors that Liu Yao died of illness and Sun Ce sent people to exchange Kuaiji County for the captured officials and generals.
Please make a decision as soon as possible."
"clear" That night, the news was spread by a carrier pigeon.
The carrier pigeon flew to Nanyang.
Someone in Nanyang immediately dispatched an 800-mile express horse to deliver the news to Chang'an.
Two nights later, at the Regent's Mansion in Chang'an City, Liu Cheng saw the news in his study.
After thinking for a while, he ordered Yang Xiu, who was sorting out official documents next to him: "Yang Dezu."
Yang Xiu immediately put down his work and came to Liu Cheng, cupping his hands and saying, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"Draft an appointment to appoint Yangwu General Taishi Ci as the governor of Yangzhou and the governor of Yuzhang."
"Yes" Yang Xiu agreed, and immediately wrote a neat official appointment document with a splash of ink.
After reading it, Liu Cheng felt satisfied.
He took out the regent's seal and stamped it.
He handed the appointment document to Yang Xiu and said, "Remember to send someone to send it out early tomorrow morning.
You are on duty.
Go back."
"Yes" Yang Xiu took the official appointment document and put it away, then turned and left.
Liu Cheng snapped his fingers, and a man in black walked out of the darkness, cupping his fists and saluting.
"Send a message to Taishi Ci, agreeing to exchange Sun Ce's people for Kuaiji County so that he can stabilize the internal affairs as soon as possible, and wait for an opportunity to kill Zhang Xian and capture Changsha County":