,,,,,,,,,,,,

Factional struggle has always been a chronic disease of the Jiangdong regime. Not only is the fierce struggle between officials and factions, but also military generals. Although Sun Quan’s deliberate move was made, this is the essence of the emperor’s art. If the ministers fight in the internal affairs, the king will benefit.

But on the other hand, it is also related to the political structure of Jiangdong. Jiangdong went south and became unstoppable, and soon wiped out Danyang County, Wu County and Kuaiji County. The fundamental reason was that it received the support of the Jiangdong Family. Sun Ce reciprocated his favor, causing talents from the Jiangdong Family to enter the newly established Sun regime.

However, Sun Ce was afraid that the Jiangdong gentry would be too powerful, so he introduced northern gentry and Jianghuai gentry, such as Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su. After Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and the Jiangdong regime began to further expand. The Jiangdong gentry introduced each other, causing the Jiangdong gentry's power to enter the Sun regime continuously.

At the same time, Sun Quan continued his brother's balance technique and set up a recruitment hall in Jiangbei, allowing northern talents such as Zhuge Jin, Xu Sheng, and Lu Meng to go south to be recruited.

Northern talents will inevitably be boycotted by the local gentry of Jiangdong. Because the local gentry are married and have a family relationship, their relationship has long been mixed, and it is easy to form alliances in the officialdom. The boycotted northern gentry also comes together, thus creating conditions for factions.

With the intentional help of Sun Quan, Jiangdong quickly formed the northern faction, Lujiang faction and Wuyue local faction. Jiangdong moved its capital to Jianye and severely attacked the local faction. The Wuyue faction split into Gu Lu Wu faction and the Yu Kuaiji faction. After Zhou Yu's death, the Lujiang faction declined, and the northern faction continued to be powerful. In order to check and balance the northern faction, Sun Quan began to use foreign relatives to increase the foreign relatives' faction.

There are also many factions in the military, including veterans, middle schools and young and young sects. The so-called old and old sects refer to a group of veterans who followed Sun Jian, and the middle schools refer to brave generals who followed Sun Ce to develop the foundation of Jiangdong, including Zhou Yu, Shi Ci, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao, Zhou Tai and other generals.

The young and powerful faction was the rising star after Sun Quan came to power, including young generals such as Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Ding Feng, Xu Sheng, and Ling Tong.

During the Sun Ce period and the early days of Sun Quan, the Jiangdong Army was the world of the Zhongli School, but as Sun Quan's status gradually stabilized, he began to deliberately remove the influence of his brother Sun Ce in the army and establish his own authority. The Zhongli School gradually began to lose its power, especially when Zhou Yu, Shi Ci, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao and other middle-class generals died of illness or died in battle, the Zhongli School completely lost its power, and it was replaced by the rise of the veterans and young and strong sects. Lu Xun and Lu Meng served as the commanders.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were fellow villagers. They joined the Jiangdong Army at the same time. In the early days, they had a deep relationship, but this was the case in the world. Those with deep friendships were more likely to turn against each other and become enemies. Therefore, Confucianism advocated that the friendship between kings was as light as water.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai finally got farther and farther away because they embarked on different careers. Jiang Qin is currently the representative of the Chinese school, but Zhou Tai left the Chinese school and became a special Cong Long School, which is Sun Quan's confidant.

Of course, the two people have different opinions and do not agree to each other. Their relationship is just alienated and there is no question of rebellion. But what happened tonight is enough to make them rebellious.

Dozens of Jiang Qin's subordinates were arrested, and Zhou Taijing was harshly trying to kill them. This made Jiang Qin ignore it. Jiang Qin also knew that whether he surrendered to the enemy or fled was a serious crime in the army, and he should be executed according to the law, but these people were veterans who had followed him for many years. How could he not save him when he died?

Jiang Qin had to soften his figure and plead with Zhou Tai, "Can Youping give me a face and hand over these soldiers to me for disposal?"

"It's not impossible to leave it to General Jiang, but I want to know, how will General Jiang deal with them?"

"This... I will punish you severely!"

Jiang Qin spoke very implicitly and said very vividly. He was punished severely, and he was punished severely when he was detained by military sticks. This is the usual term in the officialdom. According to common sense, Zhou Tai only made a few words of praise for Jiang Qin, not favoring others, etc., and then handed the criminals to Jiang Qin along with the flow, and got the favor, and the matter was over.

If it were in the past, Zhou Tai might have done this and would not have offended Jiang Qin. But now the situation is critical and the soldiers must be strictly restrained, otherwise it will trigger a wave of soldiers' escape, which will be difficult to end at that time. Therefore, Zhou Tai decided to kill a warning and use the heads of these dozens of soldiers to warn the army.

However, these soldiers were all Jiang Qin's subordinates, and Zhou Tai also needed to reach a consensus with Jiang Qin, so it was best for Jiang Qin to do it himself, so he sent someone to invite Jiang Qin.

Zhou Tai's face immediately turned dark and he asked coldly: "I wonder what General Jiang is going to deal with them?"

Jiang Qin was very uncomfortable by calling "General Jiang" at once. He resisted the secret annoyance in his heart and replied, "I will take them back to the military camp, so I will naturally deal with it according to military rules."

"very good!"

Zhou Tai pointed out dozens of people and said, "Why do you want to go back to the military camp? Just kill me here, send the heads to various places to inspect and warn the soldiers!"

Jiang Qin was furious and glared at Zhou Tai and asked, "Why is General Zhou so hard?"

"I will not give General Jiang's face. Now is an extraordinary period. Military discipline must be strict, otherwise it will trigger a wave of soldiers' escape. Moling City will be over. Ci will not take charge of the troops. Please ask General Jiang to put the overall situation first."

"you!"

Jiang Qin was angry and shouted loudly: "Everyone knows that Jiangdong's situation is hopeless, and the collapse is only a few days. At this time, we should be polite to the lives of soldiers and allow them to reunite with their families. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices. Why is General Zhou so cruel?"

Jiang Qin was angry and made Zhou Tai angry. He drew half of his sword and shouted sternly: "Jiang Qin, if you dare to talk nonsense again and shake the morale of the army, I will cut off your head!"

Jiang Qin also knew that he had made a mistake, but he couldn't let it go. He snorted heavily, turned around and turned over to the horse, urged the horse to go, and ran for more than ten steps. He stopped the horse and turned around and said, "You must be executed according to the military rules, as you wish!"

He urged his horse to run towards the barracks, and dozens of tied soldiers knelt on the ground cried, "General save our lives!"

Jiang Qin had already gone away. Zhou Tai slowly withdrew his sword and returned to the sheath, but his anger was unrestrained. He turned around and glanced at dozens of deserters, waved his hand and ordered: "Push it down and kill it, and show the heads to the public!"

"General, please spare me! Please spare me!"

The soldiers on both sides shouted dozens of times and begged for mercy, dragged them down and cut off the heads with one knife. Only then did Zhou Tai calm down and ordered: "Transfer the heads of the army, and those who dared to escape will be punished the same crime!"

A general next to him said with some concern: "General, I'm afraid General Jiang will find it difficult to explain?"

Zhou Tai snorted coldly, "Didn't you hear what he said just now? In a hurry, he said his heart. Such a person is the most unreliable at critical moments. If he dares to do whatever he wants, I will seize his military power."

Even though he said this, Zhou Tai was a little worried. He summoned a few confidants and ordered them to monitor Jiang Qin. If Jiang Qin had any abnormal movements, he would report it immediately.

Looking at the soldiers leaving, Zhou Tai's face was a little gloomy. He was definitely not a reckless person, let alone stupid. He would never have an internal strife with his deputy general at critical moments.

He actually got Sun Quan's secret order. Jiang Qin and Dong Xi conspired many times, but their intentions were unclear. Sun Quan ordered Zhou Tai to test Jiang Qin. If Jiang Qin had a strange intention, he would arrest him immediately. It was just a test by Zhou Tai. As expected, Jiang Qin's true heart was tested. Although he was not a strange intention, he was at least not strong in his will. Such a person would surrender when he lost a little, which became the key to the failure of the entire defense.

Zhou Tai slowly clenched his fists and must not let Jiang Qin lead his troops again. He must seize his military power tomorrow at the latest. He wrote another secret letter, asking his confidant to send it to Jianye Palace quickly.

...........

Jiang Qin returned to his tent and drank alone. He had no confidence in Jiangdong. The reason why he did not surrender to the Han army was that he did not want to bear the infamy of the rebel master and did his best.

But what happened tonight really annoyed Jiang Qin. Zhou Tai did not give him a face and must be executed. Although he didn't know how Zhou Tai would deal with the fugitive soldiers in the end, Jiang Qin also wanted to find that these soldiers would be in danger.

Jiang Qin secretly squeezed his ear cup. If Zhou Tai was too forced, he wouldn't have any reputation. At this time, a personal soldier outside the tent reported, "General, Mr. Cheng Zi asked for a meeting!"

Jiang Qin was stunned. What did Cheng Zi look for him to do? Cheng Zi was Cheng Puzhi and had nothing to do with him. What did he come to him to do so late? But after a second thought, Jiang Qin understood that it must be Cheng Pu had something to come for him. He immediately ordered: "Please come in!"

After a moment, the curtain was lifted, and a man in brocade robe in his ten-year-old robe walked into the tent. It was Cheng Pu's Cheng Ji. He stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "See General Jiang!"

Jiang Qin quickly got up and returned the gift, "You are polite, please sit down!"

Cheng Zi was not polite, and the two of them took a seat. Jiang Qin then found that there were wine pots and glasses on the table. He hurriedly put them away and said with a embarrassed smile: "Let the husband laugh!"

Cheng Zi smiled faintly, and did not take this matter to heart, but whispered: "When I came here just now, I heard that General Zhou had killed dozens of deserters at the southern city gate, all of whom were General Jiang's subordinates. Can General Jiang know about this?"

Jiang Qin was furious, but Zhou Tai still attacked. He was so angry that he slapped the table hard and cursed: "All man Zhou Tai, you're bullying me!"

Cheng Zi sighed and shook his head and said, "If the general hates Zhou Tai for being vicious, then it would be wrong. Does the general know whose instructions are?"

Jiang Qin was stunned. Of course, he could understand Cheng Ziyan's implications. Who else would be there besides Sun Quan? He suddenly pushed the table, stood up, and looked at Cheng Zi in surprise, "I don't understand what the husband means?"

Cheng Zi smiled bitterly and said, "It is of course a taboo. If I were to do this recklessly, I would not act so recklessly. However, the situation in Moling is critical and I don't care about so much. My father asked me to tell the general that the general and General Dong Xi were both being monitored by Eagle Beak. Wu Hou no longer trusted the general and appointed the general as the deputy general of Moling just to stabilize the Chinese school. What happened tonight was by no means accidental."

"Your father?"

Jiang Qin was even more surprised. Did Cheng Pu secretly surrender to the Han Kingdom? Cheng Zi seemed to understand Jiang Qin's suspicion. He sighed softly and said, "The Jiangdong building is about to collapse. How can my father not betray the will of heaven. My father's original intention was not to betray the Marquis of Wu, but he just wanted to protect the 200,000 people of Moling. Once the city was broken, Zhou Tai refused to surrender, which would inevitably lead to fierce street fighting. At that time, the disaster of the people of Moling was coming. Since the Sun family could not be protected, why would the general not protect the people of Jiangdong?"
Chapter completed!