Chapter 2653 Sun Ce secretly returns to Jiangdong, Sun Wu’s civil turmoil has moved Chu State


    Chapter 2650: Sun Ce secretly returns to Jiangdong, Sun Wu’s civil turmoil has moved into Chu State


    The first country to propose the imperial examination system was not the Qin Dynasty, but the Sui Dynasty.


    When this system was born, even if it was not perfect, it still shocked people all over the world.


    The poor families in the world cheered and the wealthy families gritted their teeth with hatred. After all, this system broke their monopoly on talents.


    The Sui State also gained a large number of talents due to the imperial examination. Many talents such as Ban Gu, Xu Wen, Wang Jingren, and Yang Youji were all selected talents in the imperial examination.


    And their joining also brought the originally dead and barren Sui Kingdom to new vitality.


    The benefits brought by the imperial examination system are visible to the naked eye, but few countries dare to follow the trend.


    It was not until the founding of the Qin Dynasty that the imperial examination system was introduced and thoroughly improved, and countries except the Tang and Wu countries followed suit and introduced the imperial examination system.


    At this point, the imperial examination system has truly reached its peak, completely replacing the examination system, and becoming the mainstream system for selecting talents.


    As for the Wu and Tang countries, the reason why they did not follow the trend and introduced the imperial examination system was mainly because the domestic aristocratic families were too strong.


    The Tang Kingdom was a gathering place for aristocratic families at that time, and was on the verge of destruction. If the aristocratic families were offended, it would probably really destruction of the country early.


    As for the Wu Kingdom, the power of the domestic aristocratic families is not as strong as that of the Tang Kingdom, but it is also not weak.


    At that time, King Sun Jian of Wu wanted to suppress the aristocratic family and use the imperial examinations to select talents without any hidden dangers, but he did not expect that before he could implement it, he was killed by Sun Quan''s unfilial son.


    The biggest supporter behind Sun Quan was the Jiangdong family, and he killed his father and usurped the throne. After he ascended the throne, he could be said to have no sense of security, so he completely gave up Sun Jian''s national policy of suppressing the aristocratic family and vigorously reused the Jiangdong family, just to use the aristocratic family to strengthen his control over the Wu Kingdom.


    Sun Quan''s purpose was achieved. With his intention, most of the military and political power of the Wu Kingdom had been controlled by the people of the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family was loyal to him, which was equivalent to Sun Quan controlling the Wu Kingdom, but doing so was obviously risky.


    Those meritorious officials who made great contributions to the State of Wu but seized power by Sun Quan for no reason and randomly appointed a false position will naturally not be willing to lose their power, including Sun Wu, the largest meritorious official of the State of Wu.


    Seeing that the Wu Kingdom became a mess in Sun Quan''s hands, many heroes who were seized from power, including Sun Wu, were dissatisfied with Sun Quan in their hearts. They finally decided to launch a coup, abolish Sun Quan, and welcome Sun Ce back.


    Sun Wu secretly contacted Sun Ce and wanted to secretly take Sun Ce who was avoiding disaster in the Qin Dynasty back to the Eastern Wu. However, after Sun Ce knew Sun Wu’s intention, he actually refused Sun Wu’s request to return to China.


    Sun Ce naturally wanted to go back to Eastern Wu, but he also knew that there would be only two consequences when he went back, one was death, and the other was internal strife in the Wu Kingdom, and neither of these two results were what Sun Ce wanted to see.


    Because of his mistake, Wu State experienced a crushing defeat, and the gap between its strength and Chu State gradually widened. If there is still an internal strife, it would be no different from seeking death.


    Even Sun Ce was extremely dissatisfied with Sun Quan''s policies, but for the sake of the overall situation and the safety of Wu, Sun Ce would rather stay in the Qin Dynasty than return to the country than intensify the conflicts within Wu after returning.


    Sun Wu wrote more than a dozen letters in a row, advising Sun Ce to come back and overthrow Sun Quan to become the new King of Wu. After all, if Sun Quan continues to do this, the Wu Kingdom will have no hope at all.


    But Sun Ce is also a stubborn person. No matter how Sun Wu advises him, Sun Ce just refuses to return to his country.


    Now many old ministers, including Sun Wu, were anxious. After all, Sun Quan was becoming more and more scrupulous in seizing power. If the day the troops were completely lost, it would be useless for Sun Ce to come back.


    Just when everyone was helpless with Sun Ce, Sun Bin said, "I have a way to get the eldest son back to his country."


    As soon as this statement came out, everyone was overjoyed and quickly asked what method was done, but Sun Bin said, "Just tell the eldest son that there is something strange about the old lord''s death. The clues that have been found pointed to the second son. The eldest son is filial and will definitely return to the country to confirm after learning about it."


    "But the death of the old lord has been investigated many times, and there is no evidence to prove that it was done by the second young master." Huang Gai said.


    Sun Jian''s death was a bit strange, and Sun Quan was the biggest beneficiary. The Eastern Wu will naturally investigate this, let alone so many people are dissatisfied with Sun Quan now.


    Even in order to overthrow Sun Quan, they wanted to hold Sun Jian''s death guilt on Sun Quan. After all, such a beast who killed his father for the sake of power naturally did not have the right to continue to sit on the throne of King Wu.


    But Sun Quan did a very clean job in killing his father, and there were no clues at all. No matter how he checked, he could not find Sun Quan.


    But if Sun Quan is forcibly poured dirty water, it will not only not have any effect, but will also arouse Sun Quan''s alertness.


    "Just do what Sun Bin said. The most important thing now is to let Bo Fu come back first." Sun Wu said in a deep voice.


    As Sun Bin expected, after receiving the message from Sun Wu, Sun Ce was naturally furious and went to the palace to ask about his sister Sun Shangxiang. As a result, the more he asked, the more he found that Sun Quan was more suspicious.


    Sun Shangxiang said, "Brother, these little girls have told you before, why are you asking again now?"


    "It''s nothing, I just want to learn more about the details."


    The same goes for Sun Ce listens with a different mindset, but the feeling he produces is completely different.


    Sun Shangxiang and Sun Ce had previously talked about his suspicion, but at that time, Sun Ce thought that he was defeated and captured and was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that he was suppressed by himself. The self-blame and guilt in his heart made him breathless, so he only wanted to escape from reality and responsibility, so he naturally would not doubt his younger brother Sun Quan.


    But Sun Wu''s ''lie'' made Sun Ce realize that his father''s death was not his responsibility, and this was the greatest relief for Sun Ce.


    With such thoughts, Sun Ce thought about listening to Sun Shangxiang''s words carefully, but there were too many doubts. No wonder Sun Quan was so anxious to marry his sister to Daqin.


    "Little sister, you can''t tell anyone about what we both today, including Ying Hao." Sun Ce said with a serious face.


    Although Sun Shangxiang didn''t understand the meaning, he still nodded silently. Seeing this, Sun Ce left with confidence. After returning to the Wen Hou Mansion, he immediately announced that he would go into seclusion, but in fact he was preparing to return to the country secretly.


    The news of his return to Wu was not only to hide it from Sun Quan, but also to Daqin. After all, he secretly returned to the country at this time. The fool knew what he wanted to do. God knew whether Daqin would help Sun Quan?


    One is the former King of Wu who deposed the crown prince, and the other is the current King of Wu. Everyone knows how to choose.


    What Sun Ce cares about now is not the position of King Wu, but that this position cannot be seated by a beast who kills his father.


    A day later, after some disguise and disguise, Sun Ce first secretly left the Lufu, and then left Luoyang City quietly.


    Sun Ce thought he was disguised very well, neither being followed nor being surveilled, and it would take at least ten days to be exposed. At that time, he was almost at Jianye. Even if Daqin wanted to help Sun Quan, it would be too late.


    But what Sun Ce didn''t know was that from the moment he stepped into Luoyang, he was completely targeted by Ying Hao and was always within the surveillance of the Qin Dynasty. However, the person who monitored him was a master of the quasi-half-step Xuan realm, and his cultivation was much higher than him, so he didn''t notice it at all.


    "Your Majesty, Sun Ce secretly left Luoyang. It seems that he is going to return to Eastern Wu." Ying Longhui reported.


    After hearing this, Ying Hao''s eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "I''m finally leaving. Now the plan has been made in advance, and it is finally useful. Notify the Black Ice Platform spies of Wu''s Kingdom to act according to the plan."


    "No."


    After leaving Luoyang, Sun Ce went straight to Zhangling County, and then headed east to Song State, preparing to go to the Huai River to enter Lujiang, and then return to Wu State, instead of going south to Xiangyang and then returning to Wu State from Jiangxia.


    Although Jiangxia is close, it is Chu''s territory after all. Sun Ce, who has been captured alive by Chu once, does not want to fall into the hands of Chu again.


    And the further south the Qin Dynasty''s checkpoints became stricter. It was difficult for Sun Ce not to reveal his identity, but before returning to Jianye, his identity must not be exposed.


    Therefore, Sun Ce would take a detour and go to Song State first, and then detour the Huai River to return to Wu State.


    After more than ten days of rushing to the full speed, Sun Ce finally arrived at Yanziji as promised, and Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Lu Su and others had been waiting for him here for a long time.


    These people are all loyal ministers, meritorious officials and old ministers of the Eastern Wu, but now they have joined forces to oppose Sun Quan. It can be seen that they can no longer tolerate Sun Quan. If they do not break out in silence, they will only perish in silence.


    Seeing that Sun Ce was really back, Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu and others all showed excitement, but they were worried that Sun Ce would ask them about the evidence, but how could they have a solid evidence? It was just a statement to deceive Sun Ce back.


    But what Sun Wu and others did not expect was that Sun Ce did not ask them about the evidence, but instead asked how the coup plan should be implemented.


    This also made Sun Wu, Cheng Pu and others sigh that Sun Ce is indeed much more mature than before.


    After all, if it were the reckless Sun Ce in the past, he would definitely ask the questions to the end, and he would not give up until he asked.


    But Sun Cejin didn''t ask anything, which shows that he had put down his pride and persistence. After all, it doesn''t matter if he proves it or not. The important thing is to pull Sun Quan off the position of King Wu, otherwise everyone present will die.


    "Uncles and uncles, how many troops do we have in our hands now?" Sun Ce asked.


    "Only Lu Meng has three thousand troops left, and the rest of the military power of everyone was taken away by Sun Quan for various reasons." Sun Wu said with a wry smile.


    Before, the Wu and Chu almost started a war. Sun Wu thought he could use this to regain military power, but he never expected that Sun Quan was so prepared for him.


    Sun Quan would rather give up the Nanhai County and Guangzhou, which are at their fingertips, and the infatuation of being weak and bullied, than give Sun Wu a chance to take over military power. He even deprived his deputy general Wu Zixu of his military power soon.


    After this incident, Sun Wu no longer had any hope for Sun Quan. As long as Sun Quan was the King of Wu, he would never have the day to command the army.


    “Only three thousand?”


    When Sun Ce heard this, his voice became louder: "There should be a 50,000 army in Jianye City. How could he seize power by relying on only 3,000 people?"


    Before he came back, Sun Ce had already guessed that Sun Wu and his friends had a hard time under Sun Quan, but they never expected that the situation would be so bad.


    "If Bo Fu, if you come back five days early, we will have 5,000 troops to be deployed at that time. If you are a month ahead of time, there will be 15,000, but now only these three thousand people are left available."


    Sun Wu said in a deep voice, there was no lack of complaint in his words. After all, if Sun Ce listened to them and returned to China early, the situation would not be so bad even if it was bad.


    Three thousand people launched a coup, which was less than Liu Xie''s hands during the Luoyang coup. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a life-threatening death, but now Sun Ce only has these three thousand people left to rely on.


    When Sun Ce heard this, his face became ugly. His overall view and persistence seem a bit ridiculous now.


    "Lord, although the three thousand troops are small, as long as the plan is properly, there is still a possibility of success."


    As he said that, Sun Bin told him about the specific coup plan for the next time, and Sun Ce''s eyes suddenly became dazzling after hearing this.


    According to Sun Bin''s plan, if it goes well, the possibility of success is really great.


    Sun Ce led everyone to the tablet of his deceased father Sun Jian, knelt down and kowtowed three times: "Father, if you have a spirit in heaven, please bless your child to get rid of Sun Quan, the beast, and clear the court and the country for my great Wu."


    With the support of Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu, Lu Meng and other old ministers, Sun Ce, who secretly returned to Wu, launched a coup with three thousand dead soldiers.


    (This chapter ends)