Chapter 2545 Sun Zhong’s plan to seize power, Sima Yi’s plan


    Chapter 2542: Sun Zhong’s plan to seize power, Sima Yi’s plan


    As Sun Quan expected, on the day he returned to Jianye, Sun Jian issued an order to abolish Sun Ce''s position as the crown prince on the grounds that his son Sun Ce was reckless and unwise, causing heavy losses to the army of attacking Chu. He was captured and shamed the Wu Kingdom.


    Of course, this is just a means to save Sun Ce. In Sun Jian''s mind, Sun Ce is still his only heir.


    Then Sun Jian chose another good day to confer his second son Sun Quan as the crown prince, but in order not to let the second son think about it, before the ceremony of conferring the crown prince, Sun Jian specifically talked to Sun Quan.


    The father and son chatted all night, and Sun Jian’s words can be summarized in just one sentence, that is: Don’t expect anything else, when your elder brother comes back, your position as the prince will come to an end.


    After hearing this, Sun Quan felt very angry. He naturally knew his father''s thoughts, but he didn''t expect his father to be so direct. He didn''t even give him a slight hope, and he no longer received any luck in his heart. At the same time, his resentment towards Sun Jian turned into hatred.


    Sun Quan knew clearly how bold he was about to do, but he could no longer look back. No matter which thing he planned secretly, if Sun Jian knew about it, there would be a dead end.


    Therefore, whether for the sake of power or to survive, Sun Quan had no second way to go. Only by taking the position of King Wu could he survive.


    "I, Sun Quan, swore to heaven that I would never have any ideas about the throne. When my elder brother came back, he would resign from the position of crown prince. If I violated this vow, I would die under the heart of thousands of arrows."


    Sun Quan agreed to Sun Jian respectfully on the surface and made a vicious oath righteously, and would never compete with his elder brother Sun Ce for the throne, and would give up his position as the crown prince when Sun Ce came back.


    But in fact, what Sun Quan was thinking about at this time was how to undermine his father Sun Jian after becoming the crown prince, and to make Sun Ce never come back to Dongwu.


    As long as Sun Ce cannot come back, he will not be considered as breaking his oath.


    Seeing that Sun Quan was forced to make this poisonous oath by him, Sun Jian couldn''t help feeling guilty and said:


    "Quan''er, it''s not that my father won''t give you a chance, but now it''s a chaotic world. Only those who are good at military affairs can make our Eastern Wu go further in this chaotic world.


    And Quan''er, your prestige in the army is too low, and the arrogant soldiers and generals in the army will not submit to you. ”


    Sun Quan couldn''t help but bow his head and said in a deep voice: "What the father said, how can the son minister not understand? Even if the eldest brother has been captured, his prestige in the army is still beyond his reach. Only he can inherit the position of King Wu."


    Seeing that Sun Quan''s expression was not like a fake, Sun Jian completely relieved himself, patted Sun Quan on the shoulder, and said with relief:


    "Quan''er, I feel very relieved when you have this enlightenment. My father''s health is getting worse and worse. The Wu Kingdom will sooner or later hand it over to your brothers. The father has nothing to ask for, but I just hope that you brothers will not be tragic."


    "My father, please give me ten thousand hearts. My son has long lost the intention of competing with my elder brother. Whether it is for the Eastern Wu or for my Sun family, my son will definitely assist my elder brother in the future."


    "Okay, with you brothers, you two, and you are a martial artist, our Eastern Wu will definitely be even more prosperous."


    After Sun Jian left with a hearty smile, Sun Quan''s face instantly turned cold and frost-like. His fists couldn''t help but clenched himself, and his fingernails could not feel the pain even if they pierced their flesh.


    "Father, I will prove to you that I, Sun Quan, are better than him, Sun Ce." Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said to himself.


    The next day, King Sun Jian of Wu issued an edict in public, enthroning the second son Sun Quan as the crown prince of Wu, and Sun Quan also moved into the crown prince''s mansion he had always dreamed of, even if it was only temporary.


    Although Sun Jian believed in Sun Quan''s oath, he did not relax his supervision of Sun Quan. He was obviously afraid that after becoming the crown prince, his desire for power would increase, thus breaking his oath.


    But after a period of supervision, Sun Jian discovered that after Sun Quan became the crown prince, he did not win over the military generals and the military power, nor did he win over the Chinese officials in the Korean government to the regime. Instead, he focused on the negotiations of the Echu State and redeemed his elder brother Sun Ce, and there was no sign of power at all.


    At this point, Sun Jian had no more concerns or doubts, so he handed over the negotiations with Chu State to Sun Quan to handle.


    After Sun Quan took over the heavy responsibility, he went to Jiangxia to preside over the negotiations while secretly planning the seizure of power.


    Sun Jian was the biggest obstacle when Sun Quan wanted to take power, but he had no military power and no regime. The only thing he had was the title of prince, so the path to seizing power in the coup was obviously not working.


    In this case, Sun Quan''s wisdom could not imagine how to accept the power of the Wu Kingdom with peaceful means, but Sima Yi, his subordinate, had planned the next path for him.


    On the fifth day after Sun Quan left Jianye, Sun Jian suddenly vomited blood and fainted while handling government affairs, and was unconscious.


    After the diagnosis of many famous doctors in Jiang, they all concluded that Sun Jian had suffered from overwork and had relapsed due to his old injuries, and his body had reached its limit, so he vomited blood and fainted.


    Sun Jian was unconscious. Although he was still alive, he could only lie on the hospital bed to recuperate. He was obviously unable to handle government affairs.


    Seeing this, the ministers of Sun Wu quickly summoned the crown prince Sun Quan to return to China to preside over all matters in the Eastern Wu country, and sent other ministers to be responsible for negotiations.


    As soon as Sun Quan returned to China, he showed his fangs. He did not allow anyone except the Sun family to visit him on the grounds of protecting Sun Jian. At the same time, he attracted domestic civil and military officials in the name of the prince and began to officially accept the military and political power of the Wu State, and was unanimously supported by the civil servants of the Wu State and the Jiangdong family.


    Although the military generals of Wu State agree more with Sun Ce, the deposed eldest son of the eldest son, now Sun Ce is captured and trapped in another country, Sun Jian is critically ill and may die at any time, Wang Shu Sun Wu has not returned abroad, and no one in Wu can take over the overall situation except Sun Quan, so he can only acquiesce Sun Quan to take over some of the military and political power.


    Seeing that Sun Quan''s power in Wu State became increasingly powerful, the generals who were eager to Sun Ce began to worry. After all, if Sun Quan''s power continued to increase, what should Sun Quan do not delegate power after Sun Ce came back?


    But Sun Quan is now the crown prince of Wu. The generals of Sun Ce and his group had no reason or any good way to prevent Sun Quan from taking over the power, so they simply sent a message to Sun Wu, hoping that Sun Wu could return to the country to check and balance Sun Quan.


    Sun Wu, who was far away in Zhangling County, learned that Sun Jian was ill, was in charge of domestic affairs by the new crown prince Sun Quan. He immediately realized that something was wrong, so he decisively wrote a letter to ask to lead the army back to the country, but Sun Quan refused on the grounds that the Chu-Wu negotiations had not yet ended.


    At this time, Sun Quan was at the critical moment of seizing power, and Sun Wu was the most prestigious person in the army except Sun Jian in the Eastern Wu. If Sun Wu came back at this time, it would inevitably affect Sun Quan''s plan, so Sun Quan naturally would not let Sun Wu come back. Therefore, Sun Quan, as the prince of Wu and the supervisor, directly ordered Sun Wu not to return to the country before the end of the Wu-Chu negotiations.


    As the governor of the Wu Kingdom and with the identity of Uncle Wang, Sun Quan could not do anything to him even if he violated the order and returned to the country without authorization.


    After understanding this, Sun Wu was about to say goodbye to Huang Feihu, Cao Bin and others, and then borrowed the road from Song State and detoured from Runan County to return to Lujiang, but before leaving, Sun Quan''s envoy came.


    Sun Quan also knew his orders and did not say anything binding on Sun Wu, but was afraid that Sun Wu would come back, so he ordered his brother-in-law Bu Zhi to lobby and stabilize Sun Wu as an envoy, Zhangling County, the former part of Zhangling County, and told him not to come back first.


    Once a person like Sun Wu makes up his mind, how could he be easily convinced by Bu Zhi?


    No matter how kind-hearted Bu Zhi persuaded him, Sun Wu decided to return to his country first. Bu Zhi saw this and had no choice but to play his trump card.


    "When the Grand Governor returned to China at this time, did he see that the new crown prince is unstable and he also wanted to compete for the position of King Wu?" Bu Zhi said seriously.


    After hearing this, Sun Wu was stunned and then suddenly realized that he understood why his nephew Sun Quan disagreed with going back.


    Sun Wu is also a direct descendant of the Sun family, and has outstanding achievements. His prestige is second only to his elder brother Sun Jian. He is also qualified to inherit the position of King Wu.


    Therefore, if Sun Wu disrespects the order and returns to China forcibly, once Sun Quan believes that he is going to seize the throne, the civil war in Eastern Wu will immediately break out.


    Sun Wu did not have the ambition to become the King of Wu. He wanted to return to China just because he was afraid that Sun Quan would not be able to conquer the situation, and that after Sun Quan''s desire for power expanded, he would not return the rights to Sun Ce when Sun Ce came back, which would eventually lead to a situation where brothers and sisters were killed.


    But if he went back, it would cause Sun Quan''s misunderstanding and thus cause chaos in Wu, this would be something Sun Wu would not want to see anyway.


    When Sun Wu thought of Sun Ce''s recklessness and his poor performance in Jiangxia, he felt a little disappointed with Sun Ce, and he couldn''t help but have a good idea that Sun Quan would succeed to the throne.


    Although Sun Quan''s military capabilities are far less than Sun Ce, it is precisely because of his incompetence that he will definitely rely on himself in military affairs after he ascends to the throne.


    At that time, he will be in charge of the troops outside and Sun Quan will be in charge of the rear, which may not be a good thing for the Wu Kingdom.


    But if Sun Ce succeeded to the throne, with his love for marching and fighting, he would definitely lead the army in person, and then he would have fewer opportunities to lead the army.


    It would be fine if Sun Ce could really win, but although his military ability was stronger than Sun Quan, there was still a gap compared to Liu Xiu, Guo Ziyi and others, otherwise Guo Ziyi would not have been easily captured alive.


    Why did the Eastern Wu win battles against Chu over the years, but the national strength of the two countries has always been similar, and even the national strength of Chu is a little stronger than that of Wu?


    It’s not that Sun Jian and Sun Ce, both of them like to lead the army in person, but instead let Sun Wu, who has the strongest military command capabilities, be the deputy. The only time Sun Wu is the chief general, failed for other reasons.


    If Sun Jian had always asked Sun Wu to be the chief general to attack Wu, even if Chu could not be completely destroyed, it would definitely not have made Chu powerful. How could there be so many things now?


    Therefore, if Sun Quan became the King of Wu, it might not be a good thing for Wu and Sun Wu.


    As soon as he thought of this, in order to show that he had no desire for the throne, Sun Wu decided not to return to the country for the time being to prove his innocence.


    Although the situation in Wu is very good to Chu, the internal regime may change. If civil strife breaks out at this time, the good forms will be completely ruined.


    Seeing that Sun Wu gave up the idea of ??returning to China, Bu Zhi felt relieved and immediately sent a letter to Sun Quan.


    After Sun Quan learned the news, he was naturally overjoyed and smiled at Sima Yi around him:


    "Haha, Mr. Zhong, you are really aware of things. After Uncle Wang learned that this prince suspected that he was coveting the throne, he decided not to come back for the time being."


    Sima Yi smiled slightly: "Governor Sun Wu is a gentleman, and a gentleman can deceive his way."


    Sun Quan nodded in agreement. If Sun Wu doesn’t come back, the biggest obstacle to his power will be gone.


    Next, as long as the eldest brother Sun Ce does not come back, the father Sun Jian on the hospital bed does not wake up, and the drug Sun Jian is not discovered, no one can stop Sun Quan from seizing power.


    "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Qin Ambassador to Wu Xiang Tiao, said that there is something important to see you." A black-clad guard reported.


    "Xiang Tiao, Ambassador to Wu?"


    Sun Quan couldn''t help but frowned and said to himself in confusion: "What did he ask me for? Let him come in."


    "No."


    After a while, Xiang Tiao, dressed in the Qin Dynasty''s official uniform, walked into the hall and saluted Sun Quan and said, "Xiang Tiao, the envoy of the Qin Dynasty, has seen the second duke, no, he should be called the crown prince now."


    Sun Quan waved his hand disregardlessly, pretending to be self-deprecating, and said, "You don''t have to be too polite to you, let alone anyone in Wu State knows that my position as the crown prince is only temporary."


    (This chapter ends)