Sun Ce went to relevant personnel to find out the situation, especially Zhu Jun, the Privy Council priest.

Similar to Guo Jia's attitude, Zhu Jun believes that there is indeed corruption in the army, but not many. The generals of each department can handle it themselves. At most, they can report to the Privy Council, so there is no need to disturb His Majesty. As for the case of reselling military rations, it is still under investigation. Then check whether the result will be determined whether to report it.

Zhu Jun brought relevant documents, and Wang Can did not mention the documents. Zhu Jun said that he would go back and check them. There were only a few people Lu Cui was familiar with, and he would be clear as soon as he asked.

After a change of topic, Zhu Jun raised the wrongdoing for Lu Cui. Wang Can and others thought that their family background was good and rejected small portals like Lu Cui, which also had an inexplicable sense of superiority to the Privy Council. The Privy Council and its subordinates did not have a good impression of them, especially the Governor's Office and the Military Information Office.

The reason is also very simple: among the five major governors, only Zhou Yu and Shen You came from a noble family, and the other three were from poor families. Even Zhou Yu, Shen You could not be recognized by Wang Can and others. The reputation of the Zhou clan in Lujiang was not very good. It has been ridiculed by the world since Zhou Jing and cannot be compared with the Wang clan in Shanyang. The Shen clan in Wujun is only a local wealthy family, and its reputation is not as good as that of Jiangdong, and even the Zhou clan in Lujiang.

Even Zhou Yu and Shen You are like this, let alone others. The great governor of Anton Gan Ning is the most miserable, and he is directly called the Governor Jinfan and the Governor Lingdang. As for the Military Information Department, because of monitoring military information, it is inevitable that he will see the privacy of some officials, and it is privately called the Governor by Wang Can and others.

The situation is slightly better. However, it is only slightly better. In the eyes of Wang Can and others, the true gentleman is only a Confucian scholar who is well-read in poetry and books, and the others are all inferior, which is not worth mentioning. Lu Ci has a bad reputation. On the one hand, he is too utilitarian and has a bad character. On the other hand, his younger brother Lu Zhao is a general in the army and is deliberately excluded by Wang Can and others.

Zhu Jun obviously endured it for a long time, and he was so angry that he spoke, like an old lion with an angry head, slapped the table with a palm and jumped up with a cup and a tea spilled all over the floor.

"There is no peace in the world. These scattered people will be blind and criticized the generals in the army. If they take Yizhou and there is no battle in the world, will there be a place for us and other martial artists in the court? According to the old ministers, they just sit and speak without a pain in their backs. When they are sent to the army for a few days of training, they will be all cowards and become all escaped soldiers in less than a month."

Sun Ce was amused and crying. Wang Can and others were usually respectful in front of him, but he really didn't know that such a thing was happening behind his back.

However, it can be understood that Yanzhou was not conquered by force. The Shanyang clan suffered limited losses. He neither had blood flowed into a river like the Yuzhou clan and was seriously injured. He did not have troops to the city like the Jizhou clan. Instead, he gained a lot of benefits from the previous trade. The arrogance of the aristocratic clans was still there. Specifically, Wang Can himself became famous at a young age and entered the center. He became the Shangshu Ling before his thirty years old. Naturally, he was arrogant and had only a handful of people who could catch his eyes.

Sun Ce thought of more from this. Since the children of aristocratic families like Zhou Yu are despised, how good can the Sun family be? Since Yanzhou has been so arrogant when he has been lying on his bed for several years, if the proposal to surrender successfully, how can the new policy be implemented smoothly in Yizhou?

Be kind and power are used together, but it is impossible to have kindness but no power.

These candles!

Sun Ce instructed Zhu Jun to thoroughly investigate the relevant incidents and strictly follow the official documents handover procedure, and no matter what happened, the official documents said that they would not be handed over. As for the Shangshu Desk, he naturally had to knock on them, but it was not now, otherwise it would be too much of a trace.

A few days later, Sun Ce issued an edict to the Third Court, the Three Duke's Mansion and Jiuqing Temple to discuss the Yizhou strategy and asked relevant officials to offer suggestions.

The military advisor Jijiu was instructed in advance and proposed to personally enlist Yizhou. The reasons are also very sufficient. The country's major affairs are only sacrifices and military affairs. Military affairs are major affairs of the country and cannot be entrusted to others. The scale of the war before was not large and the opponent was not strong, so they could also entrust the generals. Now the war in Yizhou has proved that it is not a general. At present, four generals at the level of the commander-level have participated in the war, and there may be more in the future. Such a complex war must be personally enforced by Your Majesty.

It is related to military power, and no one dares to object easily. The differences are mainly concentrated on when to personally expedition, how many people will be dispatched, and how much money and grain will be needed.

After repeated discussions, the final conclusion was reached: Going to the expedition after the autumn. If Cao Cao surrendered before this, it would be of course the best. If Cao Cao did not surrender, after the autumn harvest in August, His Majesty the Emperor personally surrendered, entered Jiangling, and went up the Yangtze River.

Considering that the Yangtze River is fast and the large tower ships are difficult to sail against the current, it is necessary to draw some small and medium-sized warships and elite forces from each navy to strengthen the strength of the central navy. When the water is shallow in autumn and winter, forcibly break through the natural dangers of the Three Gorges and advance to Yizhou.

Starting from now on, the Central Navy will rush to Dongting Lake for training and prepare for the decisive battle.

In order to facilitate coordination, Shangshu Ling Wang Can and others followed the Navy in the Central Army.

The left-level guardian Sun Shangxiang led his troops to move to Guanzhong, take over Guanzhong's military, and prepare for the offensive against Hanzhong. The Anxi commander Lu Su moved to Liangzhou, gathered Ma Teng, Yan Xing and other Western Liang tribes, and prepared to launch an attack from Wudu to solve the Cao Ang tribe in the Shu army.

The right guardian Sun Yi led his troops to Wuling County, Chuzhou (formerly Jingzhou Jiangnan) to carry out pre-war preparations. After autumn, he entered Guizhou (formerly southern Yizhou) from the upper reaches of the Yuan River to Guizhou (formerly southern Yizhou), and cooperated with Taishi Ci and Zhou Yu's troops to fight to resolve the Cao Ren's troops of the Shu army.

The Military Affairs Office will formulate a plan, make a budget, and distribute preparations to relevant departments.

The current political discussion is in full swing, and the discussion is unlikely to end in a short period of time. It is transferred to the responsibility of the Grand Marshal Wu Jing, and the specific affairs will be chaired by Prime Minister Zhang Hong and Censor Zhong Yao. If there is an urgent matter, the express delivery will be carried by the fast horse, please make a decision.

Sun Quan leaned in the grass and slowly raised Zhang Haoxian's six-stone crossbow, and pointed at the crossbow arrow fifty steps away from the breast tiger.

The breast tiger seemed to sense something, raised its body, turned its ears, looked around, and roared in a low voice.

Sun Quan raised his lips slightly, put his finger on the crossbow machine, waiting for the breast tiger to get up. He can shoot with an arrow now, but shooting the crouching tiger is boring, and it is far less fulfilling than shooting the tiger when he walks.

In fact, according to his original intention, he wanted to kill this nipples with a knife, and he was sure to win. However, the personal guards around him were worried about his safety and refused to let him do this, so he had to use a crossbow to ambush it instead.

At this moment, the breast tiger suddenly stood up. Sun Quan was shocked, then pulled the crossbow machine and shot out the powerful arrow. He felt something was wrong when he made a move. The crossbow arrow flew past and shot the village kid beside him. There was a muffled sound. The breast tiger was frightened, accelerated its speed, turned around, and disappeared into the dense forest.

Sun Quan was very annoyed when his success failed. He knew that someone must have moved, which alarmed the tiger. The tiger's hearing was more sensitive than that of a human, especially the tiger lying on the ground, who could feel the movements far away through the vibrations of the ground.

"Who?" Sun Quan stood up and glared.

"King, it's...outside." A guard raised his hand timidly and pointed to the distance.

When Sun Quan heard the ears, he heard the sound of horse hooves and his face became even more ugly. He looked up and saw a black war horse running towards him and breaking into the forest. The knight turned over and dismounted at the alert, threw the reins to his personal guards, and rushed over quickly.

Sun Quan threw the crossbow to his personal guards and waved his hand again. The personal guards understood and scattered around to guard them.

The knight rushed to Sun Quan, bowed and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty has an edict, and you will personally conquer Yizhou in the autumn."

Sun Quan raised his eyebrows slightly. "Take it serious?"

The knight looked at Sun Quan and wanted to say something but stopped. Sun Quan ignored him, paced back and forth for a few steps, and asked again: "Have you ever decided who will follow him?"

"I personally fought for the autumn, and I am just preparing for it now, and there is no decree."

Sun Quan glanced at the knight and waved his hand. The knight understood and turned around and left. Sun Quan put his hands on his hips and his eyes fell into the dark forest. After weighing for a while, he gritted his teeth and turned around and came out of the forest.

Seeing this, the nearby guards followed, gathered outside the forest, turned over and ran towards Ruyang with Sun Quan.

Looking at Sun Quan who was quickly stepping into the hall, Sun Ce looked at the calendar beside him.

"Zhongmou, why did you come back early?"

Sun Quan walked up to Sun Ce and bowed. "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty has decided to personally conquer Yizhou in the autumn?"

Sun Ce smiled, put down the document in his hand, got up and walked to Sun Quan, and circled around him. "Do you want to go too?"

"This is my last chance. I really can't bear to give up, so I rushed back in advance and risked my life to ask His Majesty for an imperial edict."

Sun Ce raised his hand, placed it on Sun Quan's shoulder, and patted it gently. "Zhong Mou, to be honest, I originally wanted to keep you in Ruyang, and the debate here will not end for a while. You are familiar with the situation and are most suitable for presiding over this matter. But your knot is not resolved and you don't let you go, you are afraid that you will hate me for the rest of your life."

"How dare you?" Sun Quan smiled awkwardly. "Just..."

"Okay, I understand, I understand." Sun Ce raised his hand and interrupted Sun Quan. "I have no problem. Go and ask the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother agrees to go, and you go. How about it?"

Sun Quan stood up straight and looked at Sun Ce. Sun Ce smiled, his eyes were calm, with a little ridicule and a little ridiculed. I don’t know if he thought Sun Quan’s obsession was ridiculous, or believed that Empress Wu would not agree, or had other meanings.

Sun Quan bowed his hand and turned around and left.

That night, Sun Ce received an imperial edict from Empress Dowager Wu and invited him to dinner. During the meal, Empress Dowager Wu asked about the personal expedition. Sun Ce told him about the reason for the personal expedition. After hearing this, Empress Dowager Wu did not ask much. She never took the initiative to inquire about the government affairs, and summoned Sun Ce just to pay attention. After all, the news was too sudden and there was no news at all. Since Sun Ce's personal expedition plan had been decided, she had no objection.

Empress Dowager Wu then talked about Sun Quan. Sun Quan asked her to come to her and begged him to fight with Sun Ce. Empress Dowager Wu had no choice but to entrust Sun Quan to Sun Ce, hoping that he could take care of Sun Quan and not let him take too risky.

Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "Mother, although the formation is large this time, the strength of the two sides is very different. As long as you are more cautious, there will be no accidents. After this battle, the world will be peaceful, and there will be no such war in a few decades. If Mother is not afraid of hard work, it is better to accompany me and Shubi, Shang Xiang will be strong."

When Empress Wu heard this, she was a little surprised. "I'll go too?"

"Yes, just be a patrol. The queen will go there, and she will go with her mother and queen." Sun Ce said to his aunt, Princess Sun, again, "Auntie, are you interested? It just so that Huaer and others can also see the wind and clouds of Wushan and open their eyes. Maybe they can draw a few masterpieces that can be passed down from generation to generation."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Hua, who was with him, jumped up and bowed to Princess Sun and begged. Princess Sun smiled and turned to Empress Dowager Wu. "Empress Dowager, since Your Majesty invites you and I will go there?" While saying that, he squeezed his eyes.

Empress Wu understood and had to agree.
Chapter completed!