Chapter 523 The Battle of Yiling (45)
Because Sun Quan had agreed to Zhao Zi long ago, the two of them were tacit, so naturally they would not ask him any more questions, so he instructed:
"This plan is the best. But when you go there, you will lose the atmosphere of Dongwu."
Zhao Zi finally got an opportunity to show his talents, and of course he would not leave any gossip for others, and replied firmly:
"If there is a small mistake, and you will jump into the river and die, how can you meet the people in Jiangnan?
Sun Quan made the final decision and immediately ordered someone to write a letter to surrender, and ordered Zhao Zi to bring a large number of tributes to Xudu overnight as an envoy.
Although Zhao Zi was Sun Quan's envoy, Cao Pi now received the abdication from Emperor Xian of Han, regarded himself as the orthodox world, and inherited all the rights that should have belonged to Emperor Xian of Han.
Although Sun Quan was a Marquis of Nanchang, he was just a foreign minister who guarded one side and could not be seen by the emperor.
Fortunately, Zhao Zi had been planning to envoy Wei State for a long time and was very prepared.
When he arrived in Xuchang, he first brought gifts, visited the Grand Marshal Jia Xu and other officials in the court, and requested arrangements to meet the emperor.
After Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, all the power within Wei was under control, but he was still very concerned about Sun Quan and Liu Bei's attitude.
After Sun Quan ascended the throne, he symbolically sent someone to congratulate him, but did not make any statement on the relationship between the two parties, which made Cao Pi very displeased.
In Cao Pi's view, if you want to become the veritable lord of the world, the first one to wipe out Sun Quan from Jiangdong who was disrupting the situation, and the second one was Liu Bei who inherited the Han dynasty.
But the current situation does not allow him to go to war with Sun Quan.
Originally, Cao Pi left behind Emperor Xian of Han and was named Duke of Shanyang, which was used to deal with Liu Bei.
Who knew that Liu Bei's group had been prepared for a long time. After receiving the rumor that Liu Xie was killed, they were too lazy to distinguish between true and false. They directly made mistakes and inherited the position of emperor.
Liu Bei's inheritance of the throne meant that Cao Pi's court was illegal, which brought thoughts to those who had the Han Dynasty and caused considerable trouble to Cao Pi.
Therefore, although Sun Quan and Liu Bei had a feud, Cao Pi not only could not send troops to deal with Sun Quan, but also needed Sun Quan's surrender to improve his prestige.
Sun Quan's fall in love with Liu Bei due to his attack on Jingzhou, which was a necessary condition for Cao Pi to become emperor.
Otherwise, Liu Bei and Sun Quan would work together, and Cao Pi would not have the courage to usurp the Han Dynasty so quickly.
Cao Cao himself was unwilling to usurp the throne, not only because of his concern for his reputation, but also because of the existence of the Sun-Liu alliance.
In order to create conditions for Cao Pi to take office, Cao Cao invested a lot of money and lost a lot of soldiers, which lured Sun and Liu into revenge.
Although he was a profitable person, Cao Pi was still wary of Sun Quan's capriciousness, but Sun Quan's submission to his own name was also what he urgently needed.
Even if he recognized Sun Quan's autonomy, if Cao Pi wanted to attack him, he would not be afraid of not being found.
Therefore, as soon as Zhao Zi arrived in Xuchang, he received Cao Pi's focus. Jia Xu accepted his gift with peace of mind. The next morning, he went out to report:
"Sun Quan from Jiangdong, sent the senior doctor Zhao Zi to submit a report."
Liu Bei raised an army to fight in the east, and Cao Pi knew for a long time that Sun Quan came to surrender, and as he expected, he smiled and said:
"This is because Sun Quan wanted to retreat to Liu Bei, let's see what he said." He immediately ordered Zhao Zi to come to the court for a visit.
After Zhao Zi came in, because he did not receive the title of Cao Pi, he was not qualified to stand in the court and could only worship Danqiu.
Cao Pi took Sun Quan's report and after reading it, he was very happy that Sun Quan surrendered to him, but he certainly could not agree easily, so he asked Zhao Zi:
"What kind of lord is Nanchang Hou?"
Zhao Zi knew that Cao Pi had asked him a problem. It was not ordinary difficulty to evaluate his lord. Once he couldn't say it well, he would not please both sides and was not a human inside and outside!
Although he was caught off guard, he was an eloquent person after all, and his brain was very quick and he immediately replied:
"The master of intelligence, kindness, and a wise ruler."
Cao Pi said with a smile:
"I can understand that you praise your lord, but you can't praise it like this!"
Zhao Zi knew that his high evaluation of Sun Quan would definitely make Cao Pi unhappy. He had already thought of the words to deal with it and replied:
"I have not made any false statements to praise my lord. Every word of evaluation is based on facts: the lord takes Lu Su from ordinary ranks, which is his intelligence; the lord takes Lu Meng from the formation is his wisdom; the lord is his wisdom; the lord is his wisdom; the lord is his wisdom based on the three rivers, which is his hero; the lord is his wisdom; the lord is his hero by leaning over to Your Majesty: In this regard, the lord is his wisdom, the lord is his name!
After hearing this, Cao Pi was a bit far-fetched, but he was quite considerate. He couldn't help but look at Zhao Zi with admiration, but he still wanted to reveal Sun Quan's shortcomings and see what Zhao Zi said!
Knowing that Sun Quan’s literary talent was not obvious, he did not have decent literary works. Although his literary talent was not as good as Cao Zhi, he also wrote "Linwo Fu". At that time, he continued to ask:
"Does the Marquis of Nanchang know a lot about learning?"
Zhao Zi knew that this was Cao Pi showing off his own talents.
Although Sun Quan advocated studying in Jiangdong, Jiang Qin and Lu Meng achieved success under his supervision.
But Sun Quan himself was not as good as the Cao brothers in literature, and he thought for a while and replied:
"My lord is floating in the river, with millions of armor, appointing talents and aspiring to make plans; I have little spare time to read books and biography, read historical books, and learn their principles, but I just don't follow the scholars to search for chapters and sentences."
Although Zhao Zi admitted that Sun Quan had a bad literary talent, he also took the opportunity to mock Cao Pi.
After hearing this, Cao Pi looked unconscious and threatened;
"Isn't Sun Quan afraid that I will attack Jiangdong?"
Zhao Zi felt nervous. This was what Sun Quan was most afraid of. This time he came to get Cao Pi's promise and support. But he had already said that it was useless to show weakness. He replied with a stingy head:
"My lord surrenders to Your Majesty, and he is in accordance with the will of heaven. There is no need to be afraid of it. Although a big country has the force of conquest, a small country has its own good strategies to resist. Moreover, we have millions of soldiers in Jiangdong. According to the natural dangers of Jianghan, why should we be afraid of attacks from others?"
Seeing that Zhao Zi was not changing his expression, his intelligence and courage were very extraordinary, Cao Pi stopped making things difficult for him, but instead said in a complimentary tone:
"How many talented people are like Mr. Jiangdong?"
When Zhao Zi heard this, he knew that he had bet right, and Cao Pi also needed Sun Quan's nominal surrender. He breathed a sigh of relief and replied:
"There are no less than eighty or ninety people who are smart and outstanding. Those like me are simply equipped with cars, and they can't count them in numbers!"
Chapter completed!