The news of Lu Xun's return shocked the officialdom and people of Wujun. Although Lu Xun belonged to the Lu family in Wujun, it was reasonable for him to return to Wujun, but after all, Lu Xun was the most powerful deputy governor of the Jiangdong Army and was recognized as the important official in Jiangdong who succeeded Zhou Yu. His return to Wujun undoubtedly had a huge boost to the people and army of Wujun.

Lu Xun's return also brought great pressure to Sun Yu. According to the prestige of the army, military power should be under Lu Xun's control. However, Lu Xun took the initiative to express his willingness to replace Lu Ji as a military advisor, which gave the Wujun a perfect sign. The military advisors were responsible for military affairs, in charge of logistics, pensions and recruitment and other miscellaneous tasks, and also participated in the formulation of combat plans, but did not directly control the army, which undoubtedly made Sun Yu feel relieved.

On the other hand, Sun Yu was suspicious of the three thousand troops directly controlled by Lu Xun. Although Lu Xun repeatedly claimed that these three thousand troops were prisoners of war in Jiangdong, this was just an excuse. Anyone with discerning eyes knew that these three thousand troops were Han troops.

Sun Yu was helpless. Lu Xun had made great concessions and he had to show some attitude. He was forced to publicly admit that Lu Xun was in charge of the Wujun naval army. Despite this, these three thousand naval army still made Sun Yu full of vigilance and uneasiness in his heart.

Lu Xun's return to Wujun also brought a huge impact on Jianye's military and officialdom, which was a heavy blow to Jianye's people's hearts and morale. In order to restore this bad situation, Sun Quan immediately issued the order of Wu Hou. As the chief general of the Western Expedition Army, Lu Xun was defeated and captured, and was fully responsible for Yu Zhang's defeat. He was dismissed from all his posts, convicted him, and sentenced him to half-behead.

Although a series of remedies were made and a lot of people's sentiments and morale of the military were restored, these could not make up for Sun Quan's depression. From the Lu Xun incident, he felt that Liu Jing said he supported him on the surface, but in fact he supported Wujun. After all, Liu Jing was playing tricks and completely split Jiangdong.

In the morning, Sun Quan and his wife Xie arrived at Changgan Palace by car, which was her mother's bedroom. Since the internal strife broke out in Jiangdong and the Sun family split, Mrs. Wu was also so angry that she fell ill. She hated her son Sun Quan for incompetence and was in power all day long, which made the people resentful. In the end, the family was split, and such serious consequences occurred, how could she meet her husband?

This time, the old lady Wu was so sick that Sun Quan did not dare to easily send troops to conquer Wujun and Kuaiji. Sun Quan and Xie came to the bedroom. The guards guarding the palace rushed in to report. After a moment, they came back and said helplessly: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, the old lady did not see him. She said she was unwell and asked Marquis of Wu to visit him again next day."

Sun Quan knew that this was actually because his mother didn't want to see him, so he was helpless and had to say to Xie: "You take care of your mother for me, and I won't make her angry. If there is any situation, please tell me in time."

Xie nodded, "Don't worry, General, I know what to do."

Xie gave a bow and quickly walked into the palace. Sun Quan stood there for a while, finally sighed, left his mother's bedroom, and returned to his official room.

Xie quickly walked to the old lady's ward and happened to meet the Qiao sisters. When the three of them saw the greeting, Xie asked Daqiao, "How is the mother's condition?"

"I just took the medicine and went to bed. The situation was not very good. The palace doctor gave us the worst plan."

Xie's face changed and he said anxiously: "How could my mother get sick like this? She was fine a few days ago."

Da Qiao said sadly: "Did your sister-in-law forget it? Last time Zhang Ji came to see her mother. Before leaving, she said that her mother can last for three years at most. You must not be angry during this period. You must maintain a stable mentality. Otherwise, the old illness will recur and even the gods will be unable to save her. But this time my mother fainted from anger, and we have no choice."

"Did my mother's old illness relapse?"

"I don't know, I'm going to ask my sister-in-law."

Da Qiao is docile by nature and never blames anyone, but this time she is a little angry. Wu Hou caused a big disaster, and Xie did not control herself. He let her say something and made her mother faint on the spot. This is the responsibility of the couple.

Xie knew her fault, so she didn't dare to argue and whispered: "I'll go see my mother." She walked into the ward sideways.

The Qiao sisters came to the next room, and Da Qiao sat upright on the soft mat, looking very sad. Although the palace doctor said that the rescue was timely and the old illness did not recur, the mother was old and her condition was very unstable. What if her mother had a few shortcomings, what should she do? At this time, Xiao Qiao whispered: "Why don't my sister go to Wujun and live with Shaoer?"

Da Qiao shook his head, "The letter he gave me still wants to go back to Jianye. He is unwilling to be the so-called Master Wu. He is a puppet of others and is even monitored by people when eating and sleeping. I don't want to live such a day. And you know that Sun Yu, he has always looked at me wrong. If I go to Wu County, wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

Xiao Qiao smiled and said, "I heard that Sun Yu has no wife, so my sister just remarried him. It's not very good."

"nonsense"

Da Qiao's face sank, "My heart is as calm as water, don't say such things in the future."

Xiao Qiao lowered her head, and Da Qiao felt that she was talking too much, and sighed again: "I know remarriage is not a shame, but... I am the wife of General Bo Fu after all, and I was once the wife of Jiangdong. My identity is related to Jiangdong's dignity and I can't marry again. Moreover, I also gave birth to Qian'er, which is considered as a support for my heart. However, you are only twenty-eight years old and have not had children. You should remarry. The same is true for your father. The last time I asked you to go back to your parents' home, I was just asking you to go on a blind date. Do you know?"

Xiao Qiao shook her head, "I know, but I don't want to consider remarriage for the time being, let's talk about it later."

"We will be older in the future. How old are we women? We are still young now and can still marry a good husband. In a few years, we may have to be a re-strength person."

Xiao Qiao shook her head irritably, "Sister, stop talking about this."

Da Qiao was stunned for a while, and after a long time, she asked softly: "Didn't Shangxiang invite you to go to her place at the beginning of the year?"

"I don't really want to go there. There are so many things at home and I have to take care of a few children."

"They are not young anymore and can take care of themselves. Xun'er has even married, so why do you need to take care of? If you stay at home all day, you will get sick. It's better to go out for a walk and relax."

Xiao Qiao bit her lips gently and said, "Why don't my sister go with me and I will write a letter to Shangxiang, she must be very happy."

"If you want to go, go, and you have to pull me up."

Da Qiao blinked and smiled, "Who told me to be your sister? Well, I'll go with you to relax, but I have to wait for my mother's condition to improve."

Speaking of her mother's condition, Da Qiao's heart was covered with shadow. Although she hoped that her mother's condition would improve, could it really improve? Thinking of this, she sighed secretly. If her mother could not overcome this level, she would have to be mourned for a year and would not be able to go anywhere.

Both sisters no longer talked and had their own thoughts.

....

Sun Quan went to visit his mother but was turned away. He returned to the official room in a depressed mood and sat at the door. He saw Zhang Hong standing at the door from afar, holding a volume of documents in his hand, as if waiting for him. Sun Quan remembered something and shouted: "Stop."

He stopped sitting in the chariot, and quickly walked out of the chariot and came to Zhang Hong, "The Chief Secretary has explained to me last time."

"It's right" Zhang Hong bowed and bowed to Sun Quan and said with a smile.

Sun Quan was overjoyed and quickly invited Zhang Hong into the room. The two of them sat down. Zhang Hong presented the document in his hand to Sun Quan. "This is the order of Wu Hou to ask for some tax reduction plans. I will consider it. It is recommended that the taxes for the fourth year of Jian'an be restored."

Of course, Sun Quan knew that his tax increase caused public resentment and was the direct source of the split in Jiangdong this time. Although he was still in a tight financial situation, he had to reduce taxes. Otherwise, the people of Danyang County would all flee to Wujun and Kuaiji. Sun Quan had a profound lesson in this regard. It was because of the poor taxes that a large number of people in Yuzhang and Lujiang went to Jingzhou, which caused the population of these two counties to be sharply reduced.

Not only is the tax cut, but also the suspension of military service and labor service, which is also one of the root causes of public grievances. After carefully reading the draft of Sun Quan's results, it is indeed consistent with the terms of the four years of Jian'an. The fourth year of Jian'an was his first year in power. A large amount of tax cuts have won the hearts of the people. The restoration of the four years of Jian'an tax system also means starting from scratch.

Sun Quan's heart was like a mirror. Although he was unwilling to agree, he could no longer help him. He sighed and handed the draft to Zhang Hong, "Formal drafting, try to decide today, and promulgate tomorrow. Time is not waiting for us."

"Wei Chen will go back and draft it now."

Zhang Hong was about to say goodbye, but saw Sun Quan bowing his head and not willing to say something to him. He asked again with a smile: "Is there anything else to do with Mr. Wu?"

Sun Quan said helplessly: "It's about entering Wujun. I want to take advantage of the rebels' unstable foothold and directly wipe out them. But I was worried about my mother's condition, so I couldn't make up my mind. Does the chief minister have any suggestions?"

Zhang Hong knew Sun Quan very well. He said he was worried about his mother's condition, but in fact, he was worried about other aspects, whether the civil war would cause a comprehensive crisis and eventually lead to his own destruction. This is what Sun Quan was worried about.

Zhang Hong smiled slightly and said, "Whether to send troops depends on whether the situation is urgent, whether the conditions are met, whether the strength is certain, etc. Frankly speaking, the situation is indeed very urgent. If the separatist situation is not eliminated in time, once this separatist situation is fixed, it will be difficult to eliminate separatist forces or unify Jiangdong. But the problem is that we do not have the conditions for sending troops now, and our strength is not enough to eliminate separatist forces from the two factions, so we are now facing a dilemma."

Sun Quan remained silent. When he said that the conditions were not met, he first thought of the Cao army stationed in Ruxukou and the Han army stationed in Wuhu. Liu Jing and Cao Cao both personally suppressed the battle and stared at Jiangdong. Once the Jiangdong civil war was in conflict, it would be easy to be interfered by these two armies. Sun Quan had realized that Cao Cao wanted the Jiangdong civil war, preferably Sun Ben unified Jiangdong, while Liu Jing was on the contrary. He hoped that Jiangdong would be stable and maintain the three-point situation.

But neither Liu Jing nor Cao Cao were willing to reunify Jiangdong by himself. This is unquestionable. Once this trend occurs, they will definitely send troops to interfere, and even tacitly jointly send troops. This is Sun Quan’s biggest worry.
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