Don't be blind or deaf, don't be a family man.

The same is true for governing the country. Many things cannot be too detailed, otherwise they may be a mess.

Although Sun Ce was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when Jiangdong counties gathered information one after another.

Of course it was not because of Shanyue. How many bandits could cause any major trouble? Even if there was a fool like Xu Zhao who claimed to be the emperor, Jiangdong would not be in chaos. There were enough food and clothing, and a few ordinary people would choose to rebel.

What surprised him was that the Jiangdong family was deeply involved, including Kuaiji, Wujun, Danyang, Yuzhang, and almost every county. He regarded Jiangdong as his hometown and Jiangdong people as his soldiers, and tried every means to cultivate Jiangdong people. However, it was obvious that not all Jiangdong people were satisfied, and there were many people who had complaints.

There are not many real big families. These families basically have a place in the court. They don’t take risks mainly because of small and medium-sized families, their influence does not exceed the county, and even only have a small reputation in the township. They cannot share power in the court, and can only dominate the countryside, compete for local resources and profits brought by the industry.

The reason for the conflict was because of the problem of the distribution of interests. They thought they had suffered losses, and most of the profits were made by the people of Central Plains and Hebei. They only made some hard money, so they colluded with Shanyue, attacked and killed merchants from other places.

Sun Ce couldn't tell how many of them were bewitched by others and how many were exaggerated by the Military Intelligence Department. But he believed that there must be the shadow of aristocratic families in the court behind this. They could indulge others to make trouble in order to make profits from it. No one thought that the profits were too much, and the strength of Jiangdong merchants was indeed not as good as that of foreign merchants, especially for businesses such as the tea industry that sells northwards, the distribution channels were in the hands of others, and the profits that could be obtained from the origin were naturally limited.

Strictly speaking, Sun Ce was not nervous. Even though the figure of Western Shu was flashing behind him, this was still a conflict caused by interests, and no one was willing to lose both sides. Since the contradiction exists, it would be necessary to adjust, fight one group, kill another group, and then do some balance, and this matter will be over.

Having said that, the surface article still needs to be done. He wants to take this opportunity to see all aspects of reaction, including the Ruying faction behind Yuan Quan.

Yuan Quan was also a little uneasy. The case was taken over by the Military Intelligence Department, which shows that this matter has exceeded the scope of business, and Sun Ce may use the army to suppress it at any time. Such a thing happened when Sun Ce was about to ascend the throne, which was obviously not a happy thing.

"What is the king going to do with it?"

"No hurry, let them jump for a while first." Sun Ce picked up the chopsticks, picked up some vegetables and put them into his mouth, and chewed them slowly.

Xu Shao bowed his hand and walked slowly to Empress Dowager Wu, bowing to salute.

Empress Dowager Wu rose up and bowed to repay the gift. Sun Shangying, who was beside him, followed him with a bow. Cao Wan grabbed the corner of Sun Shangying's clothes, stared at her black and bright eyes, and looked at Xu Shao curiously.

Sun Quan and Sun Yi stood up on the other side. Sun Quan forced himself to calm down, but Sun Yi was a little dissatisfied. He walked with Xu Shao all the way, respecting Xu Shao, and not awe of him. He did not agree with his mother's solemn invitation to Xu Shao, but he did not dare to be too presumptuous in front of his mother.

After the ceremony, Empress Dowager Wu asked Xu Shao about his recent situation and expressed his admiration. When talking about the story of countless heroes and wise men in the Jianghuai period, she seemed to have lived to be young again, and her eyes lit up a little.

Xu Shao was infected and his originally a little desolate mood became more bright.

The atmosphere was harmonious, and Empress Dowager Wu tactfully asked Xu Shao to see Sun Quan and Sun Yi. Xu Shao remembered his mission and pretended to refuse.

"The Empress Dowager praised it, and Shao was very grateful. It was just that the years changed, and there were new people in the country. Shao was over fifty years old and no longer had the courage of the past. It was not that Shao flattered the Empress Dowager and was not in other families. He should be the eldest son of the Empress Dowager, and now the King of Wu. Why should the Empress Dowager look far away?"

Empress Dowager Wu smiled and said, "I will know this by sir. As the saying goes, those who are in charge are confused, those who are bystanders are clear. The king and Zhongmou brothers live together day and night, and have blood and family affection. They are people in the game and may not be able to see clearly. sir is an outsider, so they may be able to see more justly."

After hearing this, Sun Yi couldn't help but say, "Mother, Brother Wang has always been calm in his eyes when doing things, and has no intention of favoring us. If it is a standard for whether to command troops, wouldn't it be even more unfair to Ji Zuo? Why not call Ji Zuo together and ask Mr. Xu to take a look."

Empress Dowager Wu knew that this was inappropriate, but it was difficult to refute it, so he had to take the opportunity to call Sun Kuang. Sun Shangying saw Empress Dowager Wu was embarrassed and angry with Sun Yi. Sun Yi had no choice but to close his mouth so as not to say even more unpleasant words.

Seeing this, Xu Shao smiled in his heart, but his face was not revealed. Seeing that he refused, he reluctantly agreed and waved to Sun Quan.

"Please come closer."

Sun Quan stood up, walked to the opposite side of Xu Shao, and knelt down again. Xu Shao looked him up and down for a moment, and asked, "What books have you read?"

Sun Quan told a book he had read, took out some prepared manuscripts, handed them to Xu Shao, and asked Xu Shao to give advice. Xu Shao was chatting with Sun Quan while looking through it. Some were Sun Quan's experiences, while others were related to Sun Quan's manuscripts. It sounded like a hammer and a stick. It was not organized, and it was often not explained thoroughly, and it was just a brief taste. Sun Quan was about to start a free conversation, but he changed the topic, which made Sun Quan overwhelmed.

After a while, Xu Shao nodded and returned the manuscript to Sun Quan, indicating that he could return to the seat. Sun Quan was confused, his forehead was covered in fine sweat, and his breath was a little disordered, but he couldn't say anything, so he returned to his seat silently.

Xu Shao twisted his beard, frowned slightly, and said nothing for a long time. Empress Dowager Wu and Sun Quan were very nervous and looked at Xu Shao intently. Sun Shangying was also a little curious and waited quietly. Sun Yi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, glanced at Xu Shao to see what Xu Shao said.

After a while, Xu Shao let out a sigh of relief, raised his head, and bowed to Empress Dowager Wu. "Empress Dowager, let the Lang Zhongmou get the eight characters."

Empress Dowager Wu hurriedly said, "Please give me a letter."

Sun Quan held his breath, and even Sun Yi became solemn.

"A princes in one place are heroes in half a lifetime." Xu Shao said word by word.

Sun Quan frowned and looked at Empress Dowager Wu. Empress Dowager Wu also looked at Sun Quan with a blank look. She thought for a while and said to Xu Shao: "I am ignorant, please tell me in detail."

Xu Shao showed a look of embarrassment, but nodded. "Let Lang Zhongmou be a good person, not a minister for a long time, but should be a hegemon. However, his talent is limited, he may not be able to pacify the world and can only control one side. Therefore, he is a prince of one side."

Empress Wu was not surprised. With Sun Ce's pearls and jade in front, Sun Quan obviously could not be compared with Sun Ce. She was already very satisfied with being a prince. Even Sun Quan herself did not dare to have the ambition to live in the world. She was thinking about being a prince like Sun Yi and Sun Shangxiang.

"What should I do if that half a lifetime hero?"

Xu Shao looked at Sun Quan again, showing a little bit of difficulty. "If you want to be a prince in one place, you must not only have talent, but also benevolence and virtue, and be able to pass on the country for a long time. Although the son has the ability to govern the country, his mind is a little cruel. He can start well and cannot end well, so he is a hero for half a lifetime."

Empress Wu said "Oh" and looked at Sun Quan with a tangled look on her face. Of course, she hoped that Sun Quan could split the country and take charge. But if Sun Quan could only do it for half a lifetime and could not end up in the end, then she had to consider it.

Sun Quan was skeptical and asked: "Although Quan was ignorant, he asked himself that he was not a cruel person. Why did Mr. Yi make such a comment?"

Xu Shao raised his hand and pointed to his eyes. "There is green and green eyes under his feet, which is a cool nature. If you can restrain yourself well, you will be majestic and awesome. If you are in a high position, life and death are in me and no one will restrain you, you will inevitably be arrogant and have too much killing. Read more history books and the one who likes to kill, how many of them can end up well?"

Sun Quan was speechless and looked depressed.

Empress Wu was thinking and looked slightly slight.

Sun Yi looked at Xu Shao in surprise, wanting to speak but stopping.

Before Xu Shao could leave the Empress Dowager Wu's family garden, the news reached Sun Ce's ears.

Sun Ce sucked Xu Shao's eight characters and couldn't help but laugh and scold. This old fox's level of fooling people has increased. These eight characters are too coincidental, and even he believed them a little. Isn't Sun Quan in history a prince and a half-life hero?

Of course, what he was more satisfied with was that Xu Shao's judgment was reasonable and well-founded, which should have dispelled Queen Mother Wu's hesitation and prompted her to make the right decision. As a mother, she naturally could not hope that Sun Quan would not have a good end. The facts also proved that Sun Quan was not good at military affairs. Letting him go overseas to fight was tantamount to letting him die Sun Jian was dead, and it was impossible for anyone to protect him again.

Instead of this, it is better to be a Taiping vassal king, a rich and idle person, and do academic research like Sun Kuang.

The question is, is Sun Quan willing?

Sun Ce thought that if Sun Quan was still infatuated and wanted to lead the army and fight, then he would follow his wishes. Give him a ban on the country and let him fight on his own. Life and death should be left to fate, so as not to always wander in front of him and get tired of seeing each other.

He said to Sun Yi and Yuan Yao that they would be sealed overseas, which was not casual. It was not impossible for the country to be enfeoffed within the territory of China, but the princes and kings within the territory could not have military power. Military power was for the purpose of conquest. If you want to be the princes and kings who could lead troops, they would be sealed outside the territory. The world is very big, so you can do whatever you want. If you don’t have that courage and strength, stay in the Central Plains honestly, be a wealthy and idle person, read books, and study and research.

He had already thought about it. If Sun Quan still wanted to lead the troops, he would seal him to Java.

To Sun Ce's expectations, whether Xu Shao's reputation was great enough, persuasive enough, or Empress Dowager Wu changed his mind and was unwilling to see Sun Quan unable to die well, Sun Quan finally surrendered and asked Sun Yi to convey to Sun Ce that he was willing to accept Sun Ce's arrangement, hoping that Sun Ce could give him a chance to reform himself.
Chapter completed!