When Sun Quan was alive, although he became much more foolish in his later years, he had always firmly controlled the government affairs. He personally ruled on all matters in the court. Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, and Gu Yong were all talented, but without exception, they did not become powerful ministers.

The main reason is that Sun Quan was too strong. He had the ability to control the ministers. Until Sun Quan passed away, no minister could control the government and abuse the power to the country.

Until Sun Quan's death, the political arena of Wu fell into chaos. First, Zhuge Ke gained power and controlled the court officials, becoming the most powerful minister of Wu, with power in Jiangdong.

After Sun Jun killed Zhuge Ke, he replaced Zhuge Ke's position. If Zhuge Ke was only arrogant and arrogant, after Sun Jun took over the throne, he was extremely violent, abusing power to destroy the country, excluding dissidents, and killing the royal family, causing chaos in the Wu court.

If Sun Jun’s actions are unbearable, then Sun Jun, who took over his position after Sun Jun’s death, became increasingly fierce, and further refreshed the three views of the people of Wu.

Since Sun Qian controlled the government, he has appointed nepotism, harmed loyal and kind people, arbitrarily abolished the throne, and planned to usurp the throne. His crimes are endless and outrageous. Sun Qian was executed, and the entire Jianye City was beaten with gongs and drums, and he was happy.

This is not only the rebirth of the people of Wu, but also the rebirth of Wu. Sun Jing's execution will bring about a new look in the political situation of Wu.

Of course, the most exciting thing is the Lord Wu Sun Xiu. Sun Xiu's succession was entirely due to Sun Jing's deposed Sun Liang, who was Sun Quan's seventh son, and Sun Xiu was Sun Quan's sixth son, eight years older than Sun Liang. If Sun Jing did not deposed Sun Liang, Sun Xiu was destined to be the highest in his life and could only be the King of Langya.

But after Sun Xiu ascended the throne, he would not be grateful to Sun Xiu, nor would he attract him as his confidant, because Sun Xiu knew that the reason why Sun Xiu made him the emperor was just to make him a puppet emperor who was allowed to send him.

Moreover, all signs indicate that Sun Jing had the intention to become the emperor. Maybe one day he would have a whim and a big drama of deposing the emperor and reincarnation. Sun Xiu's throne was in a dangerous situation from the moment he sat on it.

The situation of Wei State in the north is almost exactly the same as that of Wu State. The Emperor of Wei State was weak and the Sima family was tyrannical. Cao Fang was deposed by Sima Shi, and Cao Mao was killed by Sima Zhao. The current situation of Wu State is very similar to that of the Wei army. Sun Liang was deposed by Sun Jing, just like Cao Fang. If Sun Jing was allowed to be tyrannical and independent, Sun Xiu would likely follow Cao Mao's footsteps in the future.

As soon as he thought of this, Sun Xiu was worried. Sun Xiu was Sun Quan's son, and his father had no dog's son. Since Sun Xiu had become the emperor, how could he be willing to be Sun Jing's puppet?

So Sun Xiu thought about how to get rid of Sun Jing. However, Sun Xiu was too powerful in the court and had many gangs. Sun Xiu did not dare to leak the news, so he could only find a few people like Zhang Bu to discuss it.

Zhang Bu recommended Ding Feng to Sun Xiu, and Ding Feng offered a plan to get rid of Sun Jing when he returned to Jianye, and Sun Xiu approved it.

The night when the news came, Sun Xiu had not been asleep for a night and was nervously paced back and forth in the palace.

This night was the night that determined his future and destiny. If the killing of Sun Jing succeeded, it would be possible to reduce the damage to the Wu Kingdom. However, if the killing of Sun Jing failed, he would probably not be the puppet emperor, and he would not even be qualified to be a prisoner.

Sun Xiu was anxious about this. It was not until Zhang Bu offered Sun Jing's head that Sun Xiu was in a little faster.

After dealing with the rebels, the next step is to reward the meritorious ministers.

The greatest contribution of this is naturally Zhang Bu. Zhang Bu is not only the plan's maker, but also went to Niuzhu in person, taking risks alone, luring Sun Yu to Jianye, which was the result of today's achievements. Therefore, Zhang Bu deserves his first contribution.

So Sun Xiu appointed Zhang Bu as Prime Minister, Yongkang Marquis, Ding Feng, and Lu Kang to eliminate the rebellion and was named the general of the left and right, and added a thousand households to the town. The other ministers who had meritoriously killed the enemy were rewarded.

After the reward, Sun Xiu held a banquet in the palace and had a great banquet for all the ministers.

During the banquet, the ministers were filled with joy and joy. Only after drinking a few cups, Sun Xiu frowned and sighed secretly.

Seeing this, Zhang Bu hurriedly said, "Yesterday, his Majesty should be happy, why sigh?"

Sun Xiu put down his wine glass and sighed, "Although Sun Jing has been killed, he was defeated in Huainan and led the wolf into the house. Now the Wei army is approaching Jianye, and it is a short distance away from each other. To get rid of Sun Jing today, it should be the time for the whole world to celebrate, but if the Wei soldiers do not retreat, how can I feel at ease?"

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but put the sprinkling cup on their own. Yes, in the current situation, the Wu Kingdom is internal and external troubles, and it is indeed worth a happy ending. But when you think about it, the Wei army is already at the city and the country is in a state of danger. No wonder Sun Xiu sighed.

Sun Chen was executed and the Wei army was coming. This seemed to be unrelated, but it was closely related. It was precisely because Sun Chen insisted on sending troops to Huainan this time that the Wu army was defeated and suffered heavy losses, so that all the territory on the north bank of the Yangtze River was lost, allowing the Wei army to drink the Yangtze River.

Zhang Bu said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although Huainan is lost and the Wei army is approaching, our Eastern Wu has natural dangers in the Yangtze River and thousands of warships. It is a dream for the Wei people to cross the river, so I think that Your Majesty can rest assured as possible."

The Yangtze River's natural chasm is completely the biggest reliance of the Wu Kingdom. They have the right time, place, people, strong navy and extremely strong shore defense. Even if the Wei army took Huainan, they could only stop on the edge of the Yangtze River.

This is almost a consensus among the Wu people. Although the Battle of Huainan led to the most severe failure since the founding of the Wu Kingdom, all the Wu people believed that it was limited to this. As long as the Wei army did not break through the Yangtze River defense line, the land of Jiangdong would still be a happy place.

General Puyang Xing of the Wei general said: "Prime Minister Zhang's words are reasonable. Although the Wei army is strong and strong, it is weaker than water battles. As long as we guard the river defense closely, Cao Liang will have no chance to take advantage of it. I think that Your Majesty only needs to send one general to defend Wuchang and one general to defend Jianye, and Jiangdong will be free of worries."

Sun Xiu nodded and said, "Puyangxing's suggestion is very good. The thousands of miles of Yangtze River defense line are divided into two war zones in the east and west, and one general is sent to guard it, so that you don't have to worry about losing one's mind."

So the ministers discussed that the left general Lu Kang went to Wuchang to guard the defense line from Xiling to Chaisang, and the defense line from Chaisang to Jiangkou was guarded by the right general Ding Feng. The two of them performed their duties and jointly built the thousands of miles of defense line for the Wu Kingdom.
Chapter completed!