1884, Zhuge Liang persuaded
"Zijing, my lord is willing to fulfill the agreement, but Cao Cao has not yet withdrawn from Nanjun, and the army is still stationed in Jiangling (Nanjun Prefecture). Therefore, it is not too late to implement the agreement after Cao Cao retreats and take my lord to control the six counties of Jingzhou."
Zhuge Liang paused and continued, "If I were to give the place to Wuhou now, where would my lord go?"
Although Cao Cao was given to Liu Bei in Changsha, Lingling, Guiling and other places, those places did not serve Liu Bei, and the only place where Liu Bei could stay is Jiangxia.
When Lu Su heard this, he felt that this was the case and thought that Sun Quan was a little anxious. As soon as he returned, he rushed to ask Liu Bei for land.
Seeing Lu Su's expression of agreement on his face, Zhuge Liang knew it was working in his heart.
"Zijing, with the reputation of my lord, is it possible that Mr. Wu is still afraid that my lord will lose his debt?" Zhuge Liang said again.
"I don't mean this. I believe in Liu's reputation." Lu Su said.
"All right."
Lu Su finally said: "I will explain to my lord when I go back and let my lord wait a little longer."
"In this way, I will thank Mr. Wu and Zijing for my next lord." Zhuge Liang bowed with a smile.
"Kong Ming doesn't have to be too polite."
Zhuge Liang's great gift made Lu Su feel very embarrassed, and he always felt that he was in debt to Zhuge Liang.
"Kong Ming..."
Because of his embarrassment, Lu Su felt embarrassed to speak out for his second purpose this time.
"Wu Hou, let's come here, but there is actually another purpose."
Finally, the loyalty was driven, which forced Lu Su to suppress the embarrassment in his heart and asked, "Wu Hou wants to know how Liu Envoy Liu will deal with Xiangyang?"
"What does Wu Hou mean?" Zhuge Liang did not answer directly, but asked.
"Mr. Wu hopes that the envoy Liu can be divided equally. If he is not willing, he hopes to get the land of the two counties to compensate."
Lu Su said, "After all, the prosperity of Xiangyang is far beyond the two counties."
"Mr. Wu hopes to get half of Xiangyang?" Zhuge Liang pretended to be very surprised.
In fact, when he came back, Liu Bei had already told him about Sun Quan's previous hope of threatening Cao Cao with him and asking Cao Cao to hand over Xiangyang.
After knowing this, Zhuge Liang felt regretful that he had written a letter to Cao Cao for Liu Bei, hoping to get Xiangyang.
It was precisely this that Cao Cao seized the opportunity and, as soon as he took action, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had already begun to split.
But even if it was to split, Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Bei could not divide Xiangyang with Sun Quan, and it would be even worse to give more land to Sun Quan and the two counties.
Why did Cao Cao say that Zhu Huan was the prefect of Xiangyang?
If Liu Bei dared to divide Xiangyang with Sun Quan, it would inevitably make Zhu Huan dissatisfied.
Liu Bei may not do anything else, but he knows the best things to win people's hearts. He will definitely not do such things that make his subordinates dissatisfied.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang said seriously: "Zijing, Xiangyang is the prime minister who wants to submit to the court to let General Xiu Mu be the prefect, and my lord can't stop this."
Zhuge Liang had no choice but to reject Sun Quan in this way.
"Kong Ming, do you know that doing this will make my lord dissatisfied?" Lu Su frowned.
Before he came, he knew that Liu Bei would not share Xiangyang easily, but he did not expect that Liu Bei's attitude was so firm.
Zhuge Liang's attitude is actually Liu Bei's attitude.
"Zijing, in a few days, my lord will welcome Miss Sun. At that time, everyone will be a family. Is there any difference in Xiangyang in whose hands?" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said.
Although Lu Su is a good person, he is definitely not a fool.
If Zhuge Liang said this reason, even Zhuge Liang himself did not believe it, so Lu Su would not believe it.
Can marriage solve everything?
Can marriage eliminate conflicts?
Brothers can become enemies, let alone marriage.
When Zhuge Liang saw the contempt in Lu Su's eyes, he laughed in his heart. He said to Lu Su: "Brother Zijing, why both families are harmed by the Xiangyang incident?"
"This matter can be discussed later. Now it's just to ask Wu Hou to agree."
Lu Su understood Zhuge Liang's meaning. This was to use the excuse of a marriage between the two families to make Sun Quan go downhill without having to worry about Xiangyang. As for Xiangyang's handling of this, we will talk about it later.
"My lord is now weak, how dare he turn against Mr. Wu?" Zhuge Liang said with a chuckling.
"Besides, it's the same thing that Cao Cao is willing to hand over Xiangyang. Why bother to get the peace for something he hasn't gotten?"
"If you and I have a joint alliance, they will benefit; if they are not in harmony, they will suffer."
"You must not let others reap the benefits of the fisherman."
......
Lu Su finally went back empty-handedly.
"Zijing, what do you say about Uncle Liu?"
As soon as he returned, Sun Quan couldn't wait to ask Lu Su the result.
"Master."
Lu Su could only answer truthfully: "Envoy Liu said that he would wait until Prime Minister Cao withdrew from Nanjun before he could fulfill his promise."
"That's what he said?" Sun Quan was a little dissatisfied.
"Master."
Seeing Sun Quan's dissatisfaction, Lu Su hurriedly said: "What Liu Envoy said is actually correct. Now Prime Minister Cao has not handed over Nanjun yet, even if he wants to hand over it, he can't hand over it."
"snort."
Chapter completed!