Mi Han

Chapter 767: Suspected to be a congratulatory letter, but actually poison
November of the sixth year of Zhangwu in the Han Dynasty.

As China is about to enter a new year, and Sun Quan's birthday is approaching, the atmosphere in Jianye City, which is located in the left side of the Yangtze River, has been very lively these days.

Due to Sun Quan's deliberate concealment, the news of the loss of the state mausoleum was not widely circulated in Jianye City.

Of course, it is impossible to completely conceal this news.

But Zhouling is not as famous as Gong'an.

Zhouling is not within the territory of Jiangdong. Except for the imperial court which has the map of Jingzhou, even if ordinary people knew that Zhouling was lost, they would not realize how much risk this incident would bring to the Wu army.

For the people who knew the news, they might just think that the Wu army was careless and only lost an "insignificant" city.

Compared with the glorious military feat of Wu's army in suppressing the Public Security Bureau, what did the loss of a mere state mausoleum matter?

Jianye is located in the Jiangzuo area, and there has been no sound of war for decades.

Over the past few decades, a life of decadence and debauchery has been the main theme in Jianye City.

Under this main theme, the spirits of most people in Jianye City have been paralyzed.

However, Sun Quan is not as ignorant as ordinary people.

Sun Quan, who looked at the map of Jingzhou every year, knew how important Zhouling City was to the Wu army entering Jingzhou.

So when Sun Quan just received the news that Zhouling was lost and Pan Zhang was killed in battle, he was on the verge of anger.

Fortunately, when Sun Quan was about to vent his anger, Lu Xun's appeasement memorial arrived in time.

In his memorial, Lu Xun profoundly explained the weakness of the Han army: "The loss of Zhouling was the enemy army's last struggle."

Then Lu Xun tried his best to appease Sun Quan in his memorial: "I hope Your Majesty can hold back your anger for a few days. I will do my best to restore order in the war situation!"

After reading the contents of Lu Xun's memorial, Sun Quan indeed suppressed his inner anger in an instant.

It is true that the loss of Zhouling was a fact that Sun Quan was unwilling to accept.

But as Lu Xun said, the Han army had two fatal weaknesses: lack of food and strong enemies in the north.

Moreover, although Zhouling was lost, the main force of the Wu army was not damaged.

In addition, Sun Quan also recognized Lu Xun's abilities.

Lu Xun was able to seize the opportunity and, despite the hidden danger of Han Zong, attack the heartland of Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

This ability is only higher than that of Lu Meng back then.

At least from the overall situation, the fight between Lu Xun and Mi Yang was basically a back-and-forth situation.

Facing a strong enemy like Mi Yang, it is understandable that Lu Xun was caught off guard and encountered some setbacks.

With all the above psychological comfort, Sun Quan quickly chose to believe what Lu Xun said.

Regarding Lu Xun's loss of the state mausoleum, Sun Quan not only did not issue an edict to reprimand him, but instead sent an envoy to comfort him.

In addition, in order to prevent Lu Xun from having any worries, Sun Quan also strictly prohibited the news of the loss of the state mausoleum from spreading in Jianye City.

Sun Quan did this on the one hand to reduce the criticism of Lu Xun by some "unreasonable" ministers, and on the other hand to stabilize people's hearts.

In terms of control over the political situation, Sun Quan is the strongest among the three emperors in the world today.

As long as he himself does not lose his composure, then under his pressure, there will be no blind minister who dares to comment on the loss of the state mausoleum.

Self-comfort is deceptive.

At the beginning, Sun Quan might have been worried about the war on the front line.

But as time went by, Sun Quan had not received any worse battle reports, and he only thought that Lu Xun had successfully stabilized the situation.

This made Sun Quan seem to have forgotten the loss of Zhouling.

In order to further stabilize people's hearts, Sun Quan planned to hold a grand celebration for this year's birthday.

When Sun Quan issued the order to hold a grand birthday celebration, the Wu officials in Jianye City were no longer so worried.

The general's military intelligence has always been delivered directly to Your Majesty.

Your Majesty is still in the mood to celebrate his birthday in a grand manner, which is enough to show that the military situation at the front is not serious.

Has there even been a turning point?
Many Wu officials had such thoughts in their minds, which made them put aside their worries and cater to Sun Quan.

With Wu Chen's dedicated efforts, Sun Quan's birthday ceremony began to be prepared in full swing.

Mountains of tribute were transported into Jianye City in an endless stream by officials from all over the country.

The wide and continuous streets were arranged by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and large red lanterns were hung day and night.

At one time, hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside Jianye City learned the news that Sun Quan was going to hold a grand birthday celebration.

Although common people were not allowed to attend Sun Quan's birthday celebration, in order to share the joy with the people, Sun Quan issued an edict to reduce the taxes of the people of Jianye for one year.

Such a people-benefiting decree naturally aroused jubilation among the people inside and outside Jianye City.

Before Sun Quan's birthday arrived, the streets and alleys of Jianye City were already filled with people's praises for Sun Quan.

The praises in the city were as enthusiastic as a tide and poured into the palace under the guidance of some people, making Sun Quan smile with joy.

Sun Quan felt that he had not been so happy in many years.

And today, as Taichang Gu Yong carried the newly woven imperial robe in front of Sun Quan, Sun Quan's inner joy reached a new peak.

Looking at the robe with dancing golden dragons and auspicious purple clouds in front of him, Sun Quan could not help but stand up and walk towards it.

In order to allow Sun Quan to wear an imposing imperial robe for his birthday this year, Taichang Gu Yong summoned the top-notch craftsmen in Jiangdong.

Many skilled craftsmen from Jiangdong worked day and night in the imperial palace, and just three days before his birthday, they managed to weave this royal robe that fascinated Sun Quan.

Before he came to the elegant and luxurious robes, Sun Quan subconsciously reached out to touch them.

As soon as his hands touched the imperial robe, Sun Quan felt a sense of delicacy and extraordinaryness.

This feeling made Sun Quan realize that the material of the robe in front of him must be of excellent quality.

"Good, good, good!"

Sun Quan kept sighing from the bottom of his heart.

"Yuan Tan is thoughtful."

After expressing his feelings, Sun Quan did not forget to praise Gu Yong.

Gu Yong, who was praised by Sun Quan, bowed slightly to Sun Quan:
"The emperor's clothing should have the emperor's bearing!"

After hearing Gu Yong's words, Sun Quan laughed.

Gu Yong is not only thoughtful in his work, but also speaks very beautifully.

The demeanor of an emperor!

Gu Yong's words made Sun Quan look forward to it:
What an unforgettable scene it must have been three days later when he, wearing this robe that symbolized the supreme power on earth, accepted congratulations from all officials in front of the hall.

"Yuan Tan, with your talent, what's the point of being Taichang?"

In his excitement, Sun Quan said these words to Gu Yong.

And this sentence made Gu Yong very happy.

The emperor never jokes.

Taichang is already one of the Nine Ministers. If Taichang is not enough to match one's own talents, the next position up will be one of the Three Dukes!
Gu Yong was overjoyed and wanted to thank Sun Quan.

However, before Gu Yong could speak, Shi Yi came to Sun Quan with a memorial in his hand.

Seeing Shi Yi coming, Gu Yong quickly shut his mouth, and even Sun Quan frowned slightly.

Gu Yong and Sun Quan behaved in this way because of Shi Yi's special identity.

Since the Battle of Chibi, Shi Yi has been Sun Quan's secretary, in charge of the important task of organizing and delivering reports from border generals.

After the Battle of Gong'an, Shi Yi continued to send unfavorable military intelligence to Sun Quan.

This cast some shadows in the hearts of the ruler and his subjects of the Great Wu.

After Shi Yi came to him, Sun Quan asked him nervously:
"But does the general have the latest military intelligence?"

While asking this question, Sun Quan was praying silently in his heart - please don't let this be the military intelligence sent by Lu Xun!
For Sun Quan, the best situation is that there is no latest military intelligence at the front line.

Otherwise, there are too many variables.

Perhaps Sun Quan's inner prayers worked.

Shi Yi bowed to Sun Quan and said:

"It was sent by General Zhenxi."

Upon hearing that it was Quan Cong who sent the memorial, Sun Quan and Gu Yong both breathed a sigh of relief.

Then a smile appeared on Sun Quan's face again:
"I have been curious for the past few days as to why Zihuang's congratulatory letter has not been delivered.

I didn't expect Zihuang's congratulatory message to arrive so late today.

I want to see what kind of congratulatory letter Zihuang wrote that has delayed it until now."

After Sun Quan finished speaking, he reached out and took the memorial sent by Quan Cong from Shi Yi's hand.

Sun Quan's words brought a smile to Gu Yong's face.

Gu Yong knew that Quan Cong was now in charge of guarding Yuzhang County.

Yuzhang County is located in Jiangdong and not on the front line, so how could there be a war?
And if it was not because of the war, then it would be obvious that Quan Cong's memorial was a congratulatory letter.

In recent days, ministers from all over the country have sent too many congratulatory messages.

Gu Yong looked at Sun Quan with anticipation.

He was also somewhat curious about what kind of beautiful words and phrases Quan Cong would use in his congratulatory message to praise Sun Quan.

But soon, Gu Yong realized something was wrong.

He noticed that before Sun Quan unfolded Quan Cong's memorial, there was still a smile on Sun Quan's face.

But when Sun Quan saw the contents of the memorial, his expression changed immediately.

What kind of changes are they?

Sun Quan's expression was gradually becoming distorted.

Disbelief, anger, fear
All the worst emotions in the world appeared in Sun Quan's heart almost instantly.

How could Sun Quan's expression not become distorted?
Shi Yiyi quickly realized that something was wrong.

He originally thought that Quan Cong's memorial was a congratulatory message, so he did not open it and read it first.

But now, from the change in Sun Quan's expression, it can be known that Quan Cong's memorial was definitely not a congratulatory message!
Just when Shi Yi was about to ask Sun Quan, Sun Quan, with a distorted face, roared angrily.

"Han Army?
Aren't the Han troops in Jingzhou? Why did they suddenly attack Yuzhang?

There were still tens of thousands of Shanyue soldiers. Why did they suddenly respond to the Han army?
Didn’t Quan Cong previously report that Peng Qi had been completely defeated and was no longer a threat?

Is this what he meant by "not being able to make a difference"? !
And Lu Xun, didn't he say that the Han army was struggling to survive?

"You struggled to death, and you managed to reach Yuzhang, the heart of my heart?!"

Sun Quan was going crazy.

The furious Sun Quan first quickly asked a series of questions.

After questioning the memorial in his hand, Sun Quan looked at Shi Yi and Gu Yong with bloodshot eyes like a tiger whose home had been robbed:
"The four counties of Yuzhang surrendered without a fight, surrendered without a fight!

Thousands of Han troops marched into Chaisang as if they were in an empty land!
That’s Chaisang!

What is Quan Cong doing, what is Lu Xun doing, my 100,000 troops have all died, but we let the Han army force us to this point! "

After a series of questions, Sun Quan's roar reached a new level.

Sun Quan's roar made Shi Yi and Gu Yong realize what was happening.

And when they were terrified, Sun Quan's murderous eyes frightened them so much that they fell to their knees.

Gu Yong and Shi Yi, who were kneeling on the ground, were trembling all over.

They were afraid that the Han army would threaten Chaisang, and they were also afraid that Sun Quan would take action against them in a rage.

After seeing Gu Yong and Shi Yi trembling on the ground, Sun Quan's anger reached a new level.

The two kneeling before him were his former trusted adviser and a powerful minister of the country.

But when the country was in trouble, the two of them had no suggestions at all and could only kneel down and tremble.

What kind of good-for-nothings does Da Wu have?
The anger that was boiling in his heart made Sun Quan almost squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth:

"Get out of here, get out of here!"

Sun Quan felt that if he looked at Shi Yi and Gu Yong any longer, he would not be able to help but kill them.

Hearing that Sun Quan was so angry that his voice began to become distorted, Shi Yi and Gu Yong dared not stay for a moment longer.

Dressed in the robes of nobles, they looked like funny clowns at this moment, crawling away quickly on their knees on the ground.

When Shi Yi and Gu Yong left, Sun Quan, so angry that he was heartbroken, bent over.

In the end, Sun Quan was in so much pain that he half-knelt on the ground.

Sun Quan placed one hand on his chest and used the other hand to support his body which was shaking with fear.

For Sun Quan, compared with the loss of Zhouling, the Han army's threat to Chaisang was what made him more afraid.

Zhouling was lost, but Lu Xun's 100,000 troops were safe after all.

If Lu Xun could lead his troops back to Jiangdong safely, he would have lost nothing in essence.

Even if the Wu army suffered heavy casualties during the breakout, Sun Quan could accept it.

No matter how tragic it is, can it be more tragic than the public security battle back then?

At worst, I can just lie dormant for a few more years.

If a few years are not enough, then learn from Gou Jian who lay dormant for ten years.

As long as the rich base of Jiangdong is still in our hands, it will be fine.

Why did Sun Quan dare to jump back and forth over the years and even stab others in the back at will?

That's because in Sun Quan's view, even if he failed in his attempt to jump to the front, he still had the confidence to make a comeback with the prosperous Jiangdong as his base.

Jiangdong has always had the natural barrier of the Yangtze River. In addition, Jiangdong's navy is the best in the world, making it impossible for foreign enemies to threaten Jiangdong. There is really nothing to fear from Sun Quan.

But today is different.

Why did Mi Yang want to seize Chaisang?
Mi Yang saw through his inner reliance, and wanted to destroy the foundation of Dongwu in one fell swoop!
When he thought of this, Sun Quan felt a fear he had never felt before.

We must not let Mi Yang succeed!
Sun Quan struggled to stand up from the ground. He wanted to call all the officials together to discuss the matter.

But then Sun Quan thought again, the outstanding talents of Eastern Wu were either following Lu Xun in Jingzhou or stationed in various places. In the huge city of Jianye, where could he find loyal ministers at this time?

At that time, most of the people in Jianye City were just trying to please their superiors and whitewash the situation.

What's the point of summoning all the officials!

What to do, what to do?
Sun Quan, who was in a state of confusion, kept thinking about countermeasures. After thinking hard for a long time, a figure appeared in Sun Quan's mind.

After thinking of that person, Sun Quan felt like a drowning man who had grabbed a life-saving straw:

"Someone, help me up quickly, I want to leave the palace!"

After his attendants came forward to help Sun Quan up, he staggered out with his body hunched.

However, due to the fear in his heart, Sun Quan's steps became very unsteady. Accidentally, Sun Quan knocked over the imperial robe in front of him that symbolized the majesty of the Emperor of Wu.

The loud noise of the clothes hanger falling to the ground startled Sun Quan

Looking at the emperor's robes rolling to the ground without any dignity left, Sun Quan's heart burned with anger:

Mi Yang, your birthday gift is so cruel!