Hearing what Kan Ze said, Sun Quan was greatly excited.

Do I, Jiangdong, still have such talents?

"Who is Derun referring to?" Sun Quan asked hurriedly.

"Lu Xun, Lu Boyan." Kan Ze replied directly.

Sun Quan, who originally had some hope, suddenly felt as if a ladle of cold water had been poured on him, from head to toe.

He knew Lu Xun.

Lu Xun's great-grandfather Lu Kang once died indirectly at the hands of Sun Ce, and nearly half of the more than 100 members of the Lu family died in this war that lasted more than two years. Later, in order to win over the Jiangdong family, Sun Quan reactivated the Lu family.

Because Lu Xun was two years older than his father, Lu Ji, he became the backbone of the Lu family and was recruited as an aide by Sun Quan. After all, the spokesperson of Jiangdong is now the Sun family. For the continuation and development of the family, Lu Xun had to give up his past hatred.

Enter Jiangdong's political stage.

In order to further win over Lu Xun, Sun Quan also betrothed Sun Ce's daughter, Gu Shao's widow Sun, to Lu Xun. I don't know if Lu Xun had any special feelings when he and Sun, the feuding families, slept together.

Lu Xun had served as an official in the East and as a minister in the West, and was in charge of secretarial work. He always gave people the image of a scholar. In terms of combat experience and prestige in the military, he was far inferior to Xu Sheng.

To put it simply, the Lu family and the Sun family have a deep hatred; Lu Xun has always been engaged in civil service and has not shown amazing military talents; he has no prestige in the military and is afraid that everyone will dissatisfy him. For these reasons, Sun Quan does not think that Lu Xun is better than Xu

Sheng is more suitable to become his own Grand Governor.

You must know that in this version of the historical trajectory, Lu Xun did not come up with the idea to help Lu Meng capture Jingzhou. Lu Xun's strength was buried deeper.

Sun Quan did not directly refute Kan Ze's proposal, but asked: "Why does Derun think Lu Boyan is worthy of this position?"

Kan Ze said: "Although his name is a Confucian scholar, he actually has great talents and great strategies. In terms of ministers, he is not inferior to Zhou Lang. In the past, there was Pan Lin, the bandit commander in Kuaiji. He rebelled for many years and the government could not pacify him. Lu Xun recruited troops to attack and finally pacified him.

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"Yeah," Sun Quan nodded.

Sun Quan knew about Lu Xun's campaign against Shanyue.

At that time, there were many black households in Wujun, Kuaiji, and Danyang. Lu Xun wrote to Sun Quan to state the interests of the conquest and asked him to recruit these people as soldiers. Sun Quan agreed. Then Lu Xun used these soldiers to bring down Pan Lin, who had been in trouble for many years.

It was destroyed.

This is probably the only combat experience Lu Xun can use so far.

However, how can Shanyue's ragtag army compare with Li Qi's regular army?

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong have done what even Cao Cao did.

Sun Quan said: "The words that are virtuous and nourishing to the heart make sense. However, the matter is so important that I should think about it again and again."

Kan Ze remained silent and retreated silently.

Although Kan Ze insisted that Lu Xun was a talented person, he could not convince Sun Quan with actual battle examples, let alone other generals.

In fact, in addition to helping Lu Meng conquer Jingzhou, Lu Xun also had many glorious deeds, but according to the historical process, none of them have happened yet.

At this moment, Lu Xun was in Haichang.

In front of him, there was a person sitting at the table.

"Gongzhi, please have some tea." Lu Xun raised his hand and politely signaled to Fei Shi not to be polite.

Fei Shi picked up the tea cup in front of him, took a sip, and said, "This is Pu'er tea from Yizhou."

Because Li Qi disliked the name of big-leaf tea as not high-end and classy enough, he changed the name of the tea early.

Lu Xun smiled and said: "Exactly."

Fei Shi said: "It is my humble opinion. I hope Boyan will think twice."

Lu Xun waved his hand and said: "We can still be friends regardless of political matters. However, when it comes to matters between Jingzhou and Jiangdong, everyone is his own master. Please don't say any more."

Fei Shi saw that Lu Xun couldn't move, so he had to leave first.

After Lu Xun gave Fei Shi a gift and left, Lu Hao stood silently behind Lu Xun and said in a low voice: "What Fei Gongju said just now is not unreasonable."

Fei Shi proposed three reasons for Lu Xun to submit to Li Qi:

First, the Lu family and the Sun family are feuding. Although Sun Quan betrothed Sun Ce’s daughter to Lu Xun to win over him, don’t think about it. Gu Shao’s widow was betrothed to you not long after his death. It was very purposeful.

Are you really thinking about your interests?

Second, Lu Xun was a man of great talent, but he was appointed as the magistrate of a small Haichang County. Therefore, Sun Quan had no knowledge of people. Sooner or later, he was overthrown by Li Qi.

Third, Sun Ce handed over the country he had worked so hard to build to Sun Quan, but Sun Quan kept Sun Ce's son Sun Shao away from the center of power. He even used Sun Ce's daughter as a tool to win over the family, marrying him again and again. Such a person, you expect to follow him

Did he have a good outcome?

To sum up, Lu Xun will either be buried in Jiangdong for the rest of his life and will never be able to rise to prominence. Or he will be feared by Sun Quan because of his great achievements, because even if you don't want to avenge the family, Sun Quan will guard against you avenging the family. You

Lu Xun, as the head of the Lu family, cannot yet impress others, so he still expects the Lu family to develop better in Jiangdong? Maybe Sun Quan intends to sideline the Lu family.

On the contrary, Li Qi's condition was to ask the Lu family to cooperate internally and externally in the rear area of ​​Jiangdong. After that, he would vigorously support the Lu family's power in Wu County and make it a famous family in Jiangdong.

Although Fei Shi couldn't understand why Li Qi would take a fancy to a little-known scholar like Lu Xun, he took him there when he was asked to do so. Next, we will see whether Lu Xun will be swayed after thinking about it deeply.

Fei Shi once asked Li Qi that if he could not persuade Lu Xun, he should spread rumors in Haichang before leaving to make Sun Quan suspicious of Lu Xun.

Li Qi said no need to do so. When visiting a wise man, you should have the etiquette of visiting a wise man. Don't behave like a resentful woman in the palace who "will destroy you if she doesn't get you". She should show the confidence and grace of a powerful person.

Therefore, Fei Shi left quietly, just as he came quietly, waving his sleeves, and not taking away a piece of Pu'er tea.

Lu Ji and Lu Mao, who were hiding behind the screen, heard what Fei Shi said.

They believed that Fei Shi was right.

"Eh!" Lu Xun sighed. If it was about his own stay, there seemed to be nothing to worry about. The conditions offered by Li Qi were pretty good. But as the head of the Lu family, the lives of hundreds of clan members behind him depended on him.

How dare he do anything random?

Lu Xun said: "The Sun family has lived in Jiangdong for three generations. Li Qi may not be able to uproot the Sun family easily. If the incident fails, it would be a shame to die. Poor me, hundreds of people from the Lu family will also be guilty. Besides, if Li Qi breaks the rules in front,

With Wu Hou's main force, Cao Cao will definitely take the opportunity to descend from Xuzhou and carve up the east of the Yangtze River. By then Li Qi will occupy the west of Yangzhou and Cao Cao will occupy the east of Yangzhou. Our Lu family will be in Cao Cao's occupied area, not Li Qi's occupied area."

Back then, Sun Ce had determined that Sun Quan did not have the ability to balance the world. Why would Lu Xun think that Sun Quan had this ability?

Lu Xun's ambition has never been to help Sun Quan conquer the world, but to preserve the family's strength so that the Lu family can continue smoothly.

Therefore, it was not that Lu Xun had not wavered when faced with Li Qi's attempts to win over him.

In his opinion, under Li Qi's strong pressure, Sun Quan's Jiangdong hegemony may not last long.

It's just that it's obviously not the right time to take refuge in Li Qi now. It's better to be a safe Haichangling first and get through the current situation which is not clear yet.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, Lu Xun was appointed by Sun Quan as Xu Sheng's deputy governor.

The position of deputy governor was considered by Sun Quan.

First of all, after Zhou Yu's death, he was succeeded by Lu Su, and after Lu Su's death, he was succeeded by Xu Sheng. Now Xu Sheng is still alive. Although he suffered several defeats, it did not shake the foundation of Jiangdong. If he were to be replaced rashly, the army might become suspicious.

Secondly, Xu Sheng had effectively resisted Cao Cao's attack at Ruxukou and had a high prestige in the army. This prestige was exactly what Lu Xun lacked. Therefore, Xu Sheng was the leader and Lu Xun was the deputy, and the generals had nothing to say.

, you can also ask Lu Xun to advise Xu Sheng.

In addition, according to this setting, Lu Xun's deputy governor is actually more of a staff member and has no real power. He can be appointed with confidence.

It is said that since Lu Kang resisted Sun Ce for two years, the strength of the Lu family is no longer what it used to be. Now that the entire Lu family is vassalized under the Sun family's regime, Lu Xun has no choice but to take office.

After Lu Xun arrived in Pingdu, Kan Zete came to pay Lu Xun a visit and said, "This is an opportunity for Mr. Wu Houguan to make great achievements. Please don't let Mr. Wu down."

Lu Xun smiled bitterly in his heart, but said: "Thank you for your recommendation, sir. Xun will do his best to fulfill his mission."

The reason why I smile bitterly in my heart is because in the role of "consultant", how can I make achievements?

If the staff could have played a decisive factor, Lu Bu would not have been defeated at Xiapi, and Yuan Shao would not have lost Hebei.

According to Lu Xun's preconception, first be invincible and then wait until the enemy becomes victorious. This is because the invincibility lies with oneself and the victory lies with the enemy.

With the Jiangdong soldiers' current strength, morale and geographical environment, they do not have an overwhelming advantage. The more they move, the more mistakes they make, and the more mistakes they make, the smaller the chance of a comeback.

Whether the Jingzhou soldiers can be defeated depends on whether the opponent's general gives us an opportunity to take advantage of them.

Lu Xun believed that Li Qi's eagerness to cease war with Cao and Sun should be due to lack of logistics. Now that Yu Jin and Zhao Yun's armies are united, the supply of food and grass will become a problem sooner or later. Therefore, Lu Xun expected that Yu Jin and Zhao Yun's troops would most likely attack Luling.

The county's seat is Xichang. This may be an opportunity to win. But we still don't know what Yu Jin and Zhao Yun's troops plan. Sneak attack? Forced attack? Lure the enemy?

So the only thing I can do now is wait.

When the enemy's food supplies are exhausted and they are confused and confused, you can naturally find opportunities to attack.

If Lu Xun was the supreme commander, he could act according to this policy. But now the supreme commander is Sun Quan, and the commander-in-chief is Xu Sheng, including Zhu Ran, Ding Feng and other generals. From top to bottom, they are thinking about how to kill Yu Jin, Zhao Yunbu, and Yixue as soon as possible.

In shame, they even thought of taking over the four counties in Jingnan. Could they resist taking action?

But in his position, he must seek his own government.

When Sun Quan and Xu Sheng wanted to listen to Lu Xun's opinion, Lu Xun knew they would not listen, so he told the truth.

Sure enough, Lu Xun's suggestion disappointed Xu Sheng and others.

I invited you here with the intention of attacking the four counties in Jingnan. It would be better for you to let everyone shrink down and do nothing. Yu Jin is the defensive side. Well, if you don't do anything, they will be happy to do nothing.

, everyone is in a stalemate like this? All of our Jiangdong army is here, but how can we not be defeated with a dedicated force under Li Qi's command?

Zhou Tai even mocked in private: "A white-faced scholar, does he know what fighting is?"
To be continued...