Taishi Ci soon received Liu Cheng's order.
After Liu Yao was buried, the court's appointment also arrived.
He took over as the governor of Yangzhou and concurrently served as the prefect of Yuzhang with the title of General Yangwu.
Taishi Ci and Zhang Hong then negotiated for several days.
In the end, the two parties reached a settlement and agreed to exchange Kuaiji County for captured officials and generals.
However, several worthy officials under Taishi Ci and Liu Yao were replaced by Taishi Ci.
Ask Sun Jian to return it together.
Both sides were willing to end the hostilities quickly, and this exchange was also very smooth.
Taishi Ci sent troops to take over Kuaiji County smoothly, and exchanged captured officials and generals to Sun Ce was also very smooth.
Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief after redeeming the captured officials and generals.
He could concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shu and pacifying the interior.
Taishi Ci also quickly conquered Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County, sent officials to govern, sent military generals to lead troops to guard, and at the same time began to plan to attack Zhang Xian.
Shouchun.
Yuan Shu was playing with several concubines in the backyard, and a servant came to report: "My lord, Sun Ce from Jiangdong has sent an envoy to ask for an audience with my lord."
Yuan Shu stopped and turned around and asked, "Do you know what happened?"
"I don't know" Yuan Shu waved his hand and said: "Okay, you send someone to take him to the post house to rest and meet him again tomorrow."
"yes" The next day, Yuan Shu went to court, and all the counselors and staff officials arrived one after another.
Yuan Shu said to everyone: "Yesterday Sun Ce sent an envoy to ask for an audience.
I decided to receive Sun Ce's envoy today.
Sun Ce sent an envoy to see me.
What do you think will happen?"
Chief Shi Yang Hong stood up and said with a smile: "My lord, now our army is about to cross the river to attack Danyang.
Sun Ce must be afraid, so he sent people to ask for peace."
Lord Bo Yuan Yin also stood up and saluted and said: "What Mr.
Yang said is true, and my subordinates also thought that apart from this reason, there should be no other reasons."
Yuan Shu waved his hand and said: "Whether it is true or not, just call the envoy and ask and you will know who is coming.
Send the envoy from Sun Ce to come."
"Yes, my lord" Soon, an official arrived with the envoy from Jiangdong.
The envoy from Jiangdong was a young man, about twenty years old, with an honest face and a harmless appearance.
Yuan Shu liked this envoy better.
I saw this man bowing his hands and saying: "Lu Su, the colonel under General Sun of Jiangdong, pays homage to Duke Yuan."
Yuan Shu widened his eyes, pointed at Lu Su and said, "You are Lu Su."
"Exactly down there" Yuan Shu slapped the table and stared at Lu Su angrily: "Lu Su, you are so brave.
I, Yuan Gongli, think highly of you and appointed you as the mayor of the East City, but you don't appreciate it.
Not only do you not appreciate it, you even ran away with your family in your hometown."
"Tell me, why do you do this because you think that I, Yuan Jiujiu, am not worthy of your assistance, or because you are afraid that I, Yuan Jiujiu, will treat my subordinates harshly?"
Lu Su calmly cupped his hands and said: "Mr.
Yuan, please calm down.
It's not that Lu Su deliberately avoids Gong Yuan.
In fact, Gong Yuan's place is a battleground for military strategists.
It is very dangerous.
Lu Su is a person who is afraid of death.
How can he be afraid of death?"
If you dare to stay here, today I am here to negotiate peace with Mr.
Yuan on the orders of my lord Sun Ce."
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"Peace talks hahaha" Yuan Shu laughed, "Sun Ce's son is scared when he realizes that his father Sun Jian was so obedient in front of me, Yuan Gongli.
I didn't expect that Sun Ce would not take me seriously even if he had a few soldiers and horses in his hands.
He didn't obey my orders either.
This time I asked him to have a taste of my Yuan Jiujiu's power."
Lu Su cupped his hands and said: "Mr.
Yuan, my lord is not your enemy.
Now that Liu Bei in the north has joined Lu Bu, his strength has greatly increased.
They may go south to attack Gong Yuan's territory at any time.
Gong Yuan should guard against them with all his strength at this time.
It's better for your army to go south.
Why are you putting the cart before the horse and not letting me go to Jiangdong?
If you are waiting for your army, When our army is attacking Jiangdong, Liu Bei and Lu Bu's army attacks your back.
What can you do to resist it?
Besides, crossing the river is not an easy task.
It is already April, and the water on the river is rising and the current is very fast. , the wind and waves are strong, and the boat can easily capsize.
Your soldiers have never fought on the water, so how can they safely cross the river to fight?"
Chief Shi Yang Hong stood up and said to Lu Su: "Lu Zijing, don't think we don't know that all your naval forces were taken advantage of by Taishi Ci in Chaisang.
With your current naval strength, you want to stop our army from letting me go."
I'm afraid it's impossible for the army to cross the river.
No matter what you say, it won't change the fact that your purpose of coming here is to persuade my lord not to send troops to attack Jiangdong.
But I have to tell you, my lord will definitely eat this piece of fat in Jiangdong. " Lu Su sighed: "I know that Duke Yang is very resourceful, and I also admit that the purpose of my coming here is indeed to persuade Duke Yuan to call a truce with me in Jiangdong.
In any case, Duke Yuan's feud with Liu Bei and Lu Bu has been forged.
They may send troops to attack at any time Isn't it right to fight against Yuan Gong?
My lord is willing to beg for peace from Yuan Gong, which is beneficial to both of us.
Moreover, my lord has said that if Yuan Gong is willing to strike a truce with me in Jiangdong, my lord is willing to donate A unique treasure from Mr.
Yuan” Yuan Shu asked: "Is there any unique treasure that Sun Ce can dedicate to me?"
"Well?"
Lu Su looked around in a pretentious manner.
However, Yuan Shu was a little impatient and waved his hand: "These are all my close advisers.
You can say whatever you want.
There is nothing to avoid."
"Okay then" Lu Su gritted his teeth and said, "Mr.
Yuan, have you heard that there are recent rumors that my old master picked up the imperial seal from a well in the ruins of Luoyang Palace?"
"I have heard of this rumor outside.
You are talking about this and so on.
You will not tell me that the imperial seal is really in the hands of Sun Ce.
You will not say that this rumor is true."
Yuan Shu stood up in surprise. .
Lu Su cupped his hands and said: "As the general said, this rumor is indeed true, and the imperial seal is indeed in the hands of my lord.
As I said just now, if Mr.
Yuan agrees to strike a truce with me in Jiangdong and form an eternal friendship, My lord will present this imperial jade seal to Duke Yuan."
The counselors, staff and officials in the lobby were all shocked.
Could it be that the imperial seal really fell into the hands of Sun?
This is when Yuan Yin stood up, pointed at Lu Su and shouted: "Lu Su, don't confuse my lord and all his colleagues with your nonsense.
The imperial seal is currently in the palace in Chang'an, on the emperor's imperial desk.
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Where did Sun Ce come from to pass on the Jade Seal of the Kingdom?
What exactly does Sun Ce want to do?
You'd better tell the truth."
Lu Su squinted at Yuan Yin and asked: "Master Yuan, how do you know that the imperial seal on the emperor's imperial case was really the one when the capital was moved from Luoyang to Chang'an.
Liu Cheng, who was still the right general at the time, was leading the army in Bingzhou.
The army encircled and suppressed the Baibo Army.
Dong Zhuo forced the emperor and ministers to move the capital.
The capital move was carried out in a hurry.
The emperor was panicked and worried that Dong Zhuo would take advantage of it.
Later, Dong Zhuo set fire to the Luoyang Palace and burned it to ruins.
My lord was the first to lead his troops into the palace and discovered the light emitting from the well. , so he sent someone to retrieve the jade seal.
As for the jade seal of the Chang'an Palace, it must have been imitated by craftsmen later.
After all, it was needed to issue important edicts."
"You must know that it is destiny for the emperor to hold the imperial seal, and it is not necessarily a good thing for others to hold it.
My lord does not want to admit this.
This is not a good thing after all, but now Mr.
Yuan is going to send troops to attack I, Jiangdong, I, Jiangdong, cannot resist, so I can only take out this most precious thing and donate it to Mr.
Yuan."
Lu Su's words seemed very reasonable and there was nothing wrong with them.
Not only did Yuan Shu believe it, but other officials also believed it.
Even Yang Hong and Yuan Yin were a little doubtful.
Yang Hong said: "How do we know whether it is true that you said that Sun Ce had a national jade seal?
What if you found someone to copy it?"
Lu Su said: "Mr.
Yang, my lord can't cause trouble for himself.
Let's find a craftsman to carve a jade seal to inherit the country.
Who would do such a thing?"
Everyone thought, yes, with Sun Ce's strength and the small territory in Jiangdong, he still wants to be emperor.
Even if he wants to, he doesn't have the capital.
Seeing that everyone believed it, Lu Su added, "If Mr.
Yuan doesn't believe it, you can send someone to follow me to Jiangdong to see what's going on.
It won't be too late to make a decision after Mr.
Yuan confirms the authenticity of the imperial seal."
After hearing the news that the imperial seal was in the hands of Sun Ce, Yuan Shu's heart suddenly became hot, and other officials and counselors also became excited.
If Yuan Shu could become emperor, wouldn't they all have the merit of following the dragon and be the founding fathers of the country?
Yuan Shu immediately said: "Okay, where is Yan Xiang?"
Yan Xiang stood up and clasped his fists and said, "My subordinate is here."
"You and Lu Su go to Jiangdong to see if the jade seal is authentic.
After reading it, report back quickly."
"Yes, my lord" Yan Xiang immediately followed Lu Su to Jiangdong.
A few days later, the two crossed the river and rode to Moling.
Yan Xiang first met with Sun Ce and paid a visit to Zhou Yu.
Then he talked about the two families' intention to call a truce, shake hands and make peace, and at the same time proposed the matter of viewing the jade seal.
Since Zhou Yu came up with this idea, he must have been fully prepared.
After the craftsmen carefully carved and aged the fake jade seal, it was almost exactly the same as the real one.
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Yan Xing had also done a lot of work on the jade seal before he came.
After careful study, he took the jade seal that Sun Ce ordered to take out and examined it for a long time but could not see any flaws.
Sun Ce asked: "Mr.
Yan, how can we see the problem?"
Yan Xiang shook his head: "I don't see any problem."
"Haha, Mr.
Yan, this is the real imperial seal.
How can you see its problems?"
Yan Xiang said: "General Sun, I have to rush back to Shouchun to report this matter to Yuan Gong.
Regarding the matter of truce and alliance, I also ask General Sun to send someone to Shouchun to discuss it in detail."
Sun Ce said: "Of course, how about asking Zijing to go with Mr.
Yan?"
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