"Why did Xing Zhen come to Jianye?" Sun Quan looked confused.

The tiger soldier clasped his fists and replied: "The person who came here said that he was ordered by the Emperor of Wei to make the lord the King of Wu with an imperial edict and nine additional gifts..."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar. It was a great thing for Sun Quan to be crowned king, but King Wu of Wei Dynasty was a little sarcastic. The ministers looked at the Yangtze River newspaper in their hands and whispered, thinking that the lord really wants to accept Cao Pi's title of king. Zhuge Liang may be in the next issue.

In the newspapers, they will also put the Sun family in the newspapers and criticize them.

Zhuge Jin immediately sat down when he thought of this. He hurriedly went out to remonstrate and said: "Cao Pi himself was not in the right position. If my lord is granted the title of King of Wu at this time, wouldn't he be ridiculed by the world? If he goes south to call Guhua, it will be in vain..."

"Mr. Ziyu's words are serious. After the Battle of Jingzhou, Jiangdong's vitality was greatly damaged. We can't break through Gan-Ning's Wuchang to the west, and we can't pull out the fortified city of Hefei to the north. How can we talk about claiming Guye to the south? It's better to form an alliance with the strong and wait for the right time.

." Lu Ji immediately stood up to refute.

Historically, Sun Quan sent Lu Ji to serve as the governor of Yulin, but he died young because he could not adapt to the climate in Jiaozhou. On the contrary, in this position, he lived well in Jiangdong.

"This is a bad statement about our performance. If you befriend Cao Pi too much, you will offend Liu Bei. Now that the Yangtze River waterway has just been restored to navigation, once my lord accepts the grant from King Wu, Liu Bei will definitely be hostile to us. For this reason, we should not help each other and remain neutral."

, then the power of the tripod can still be maintained." Yan Zhen had a close relationship with Zhuge Jin, and when he saw Lu Ji embarrassing his friend, he stood up to defend him.

Gu Yong followed and joined the battle group and said with a smile: "Mancai's words are also biased. Most of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses are stationed in Xiang and Fan, which are close to Wan, Luo and Xuchang. Liu Bei cannot let Guan Yu attack us, otherwise Cao Pi's army will gather and go south.

, Xiang and Fan are very likely to change hands. Regardless of whether the lord is granted a title or not, Cao Liu's attitude towards us will not change. Jiangdong is not their main enemy at the moment."

The Huaisi sect and the Jiangdong gentry were clearly divided, and they each held their own views on the title of King of Wu and argued endlessly.

Now that Gan and Ning are guarding the eastern part of Jingzhou, it is unlikely that the Jiangdong navy will invade Jingzhou again. If Sun Quan is granted the title of King Wu of the Wei Kingdom, it means that his ambition has been lost, and his attempt to gather troops to attack Huainan will be in vain.

They will cower and defend on their current territory, which is a result that the entire Huaisi Group does not want to see.

On the other hand, the Jiangdong nobles were each on their own, and the most desired result was to be able to hold on to their current territory without being affected. Years of fighting cost the nobles money, food, soldiers and horses, so they supported Sun Quan to be crowned King of Wu.

Sun Quan has been defeated in many battles since he led the army. Whether it was Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Zhang Liao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, or Lan Tian, ​​he found that no matter who he encountered, he would be defeated. His ambition had long been extinguished, so he tended to

King Wu, after all, it doesn't matter whoever becomes emperor, Liu Xie or Cao Pi, Jiangdong just needs to maintain the status quo.

"It's not a solution to keep arguing. Since Xing Zhen is on an envoy to Jiangdong, we can't neglect him. Zibu has always been mature and prudent. Can we welcome him in?" Seeing that Zhang Zhao, the leader of the Huaisi faction, had not yet spoken, Sun Quan thought of sending him in.

Move away from the scene.

"Wei." Zhang Zhao saw Sun Quan's intention, but he was already old now, and his children were also taken care of by Sun Quan. He had no intention of sending a leader to Huaisi, so he took over the task.

As soon as Zhang Zhao left, the large palace continued to argue about whether to be granted the title. The Huaisi faction and the Jiangdong nobles each held different attitudes and showed clear distinctions. Seeing this, Sun Quan felt relieved that the balance had been achieved.

Seeing that the atmosphere was in place, Sun Quan stood up, stopped everyone, and asked in a deep voice: "I remember Zijing's last words before his death, saying that Cao Qiang will join forces with Liu to defeat Cao, and Liu Qiang will join forces with Cao to attack Liu. Who can tell me which one is stronger?"

"Cao Pi controls nine states in the world, so his military strength and population must be Wei Qiang." Zhuge Jin answered with his hands raised.

Sun Quan was noncommittal and waited for other answers in the palace. General Quan Cong saw this and came out to answer: "In terms of land, population and military strength, it is understandable that Wei State is strong, but Liu Bei now has full control of the Han River, sitting on Xiangfan, and also has a

The naval force in Jiangdong is not weak, although its strength is still not as good as that of Wei, but it has become a passive defensive posture, so who is stronger and weaker will be judged."

"Wei has been on the defensive for the past two years. The main reason is that Cao Cao died of illness in his later years. Cao Pi succeeded to the throne in panic and became independent on his own behalf. I think the end of Wei's rest and recuperation is the time to attack Liu Bei. Why don't we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger?" Zhuge Jin asked rhetorically.

After hearing this, Quan Cong said happily: "If Cao Pi was not afraid of being cast aside when he succeeded the Han Dynasty, how could he make his lord king for no reason? I guess the Wei State should use troops in the near future to stabilize Jiangdong and no longer send troops to fight for Huainan, so that it can rest assured to fight with Liu Bei."

The world is under heaven, so being granted a title by the lord will actually make the snipe and the clam fight."

"Ah..." Zhuge Jin was unable to refute due to Quan Cong's words.

"Everyone's argument can almost be stopped. It's been a while since Zibu left to burn incense. It would be too rude for Xing Zhen to see everyone arguing." Sun Quan mid-sentence raised the newspaper on the table and waved it.

, "What Ziyu is worried about is nothing more than reporting on you on the Yangtze River. Are you worried that Liu Bei will make people humiliate me in the newspaper? There are really those filthy articles. Can't we just prevent them from flowing into Jiangdong?"

Zhuge Jin swallowed his saliva, why did my lord play such a trick? If you don't let the Yangtze River News flow into Jiangdong territory, will people stop printing and distributing it because of this?

Seeing that Sun Quan's opinion was clear, the Jiangdong nobles all stood up to support the "Ying Ming Shen Wu". Zhuge Jin, Yan Zhen and other Huaisi faction saw that it was inconvenient to persuade him.

"Since all the ministers have no objections, what's the point of being crowned King of Wu alone?" Sun Quan knew that the Yangtze River News would slander him, but Cao Pi, who was the emperor, was not afraid, let alone the junior King of Wu himself.

Zhang Zhao walked quickly to the palace gate and saw that Xing Zhen refused to get out of the car because she believed that she was an angel from the kingdom. He immediately became furious and yelled: "No courtesy is disrespectful, no law is disrespectful, but you dare to be so arrogant, how can you say that Jiangnan has no square blade?"

yeah?"

Xing Zhen sat in the carriage for a long time. He was showing off like this because he was waiting for Sun Quan to come to greet him. However, he didn't expect Zhang Zhao to scold him harshly.

Although Zhang Zhao's hair was all white, his voice was full of energy and sonorous. Xing Zhen raised the car curtain not because she was afraid of Zhang Zhao, but because she saw behind him a group of tiger warriors holding halberds. Judging from the appearance alone,

I know it's not easy to mess with.

Xing Zhen hurriedly got out of the car, saluted, and followed Zhang Zhao into the palace to see Sun Quan.

The ministers in Jiangdong had been "persuaded" by Sun Quan, so Xing Zhen entered the palace in a solemn and solemn manner. He stood in the audience and read out the imperial edict. His entourage then presented the seal and ribbon with the gift of nine gifts. At this moment, Sun Quan became the king of Wei and Wu.

Sun Quan ordered a banquet to be held in the palace to entertain Taichang Xingzhen, who came from afar to deliver the imperial edict.

Xing Zhen took his seat at the head, and he suddenly discovered that there were huge white papers placed on the table in the hall, which looked a bit like the newspapers that had once flowed into Xudu.
Chapter completed!