Sure enough, Zhuge Liang's guess was indeed correct. Sun Ce of the Wu State made mistakes and problems during his interactions with the Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang interfered with this and detained the Wu State's envoy during the diplomatic relations between the two sides and threw him into a prison.

When Sun Ce learned about this incident, he became very angry and summoned the civil and military officials of Wu State to discuss how to deal with the incident.

And Yang Jian also turned a blind eye to this matter, which can be regarded as something that Yang Jian acquiesced to. For the people of the country, he adopted the policy of Shiren Bude and relief for the people, but for foreign countries that were not friends, Yang Jian could just

Not so friendly anymore, at least Yang Jian himself waged more than one war against the northern nomads.

Inside the imperial palace in the capital of Wu Kingdom.

"Gong Jin, what do you think of Yang Guang's repeated challenges to our Wu Kingdom's bottom line?" Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu angrily while sitting on the throne.

"I think that without a war, the gap between the Wu State and the Sui Dynasty in all aspects is huge. If a war starts, the consequences will be disastrous." Zhou Yu also knew the strength of the Sui Dynasty. There was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. How to fight?

"Bo Yan, what do you think?" Sun Ce turned his head to his son-in-law Lu Xun on his right and asked.

"We are willing to fight with the Sui Dynasty!" Lu Xun and the generals behind him worshiped together.

In fact, Lu Xun didn't want to chill his father-in-law's heart. Zhou Yu actually paid great attention to strategy and tactics when he said he wouldn't fight. There was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. It was normal that they couldn't win, but what if they won?

But just when Sun Ce was hesitating, Sun Quan suddenly came up and opposed it. Why he opposed it? Of course, there were also some factors. The foundation of Wu State itself was unstable. Only half of its troops could participate in the war, and the other half had not gone through formal procedures.

The trained water thieves will not be enough to put a gap in the enemy's teeth if a war breaks out.

Secondly, although the generals of the State of Wu are all together, the treasury of the State of Wu cannot support the military expenditure of the large army. If it fights with the Sui Dynasty, the whole country of Wu will only have 600,000 soldiers and horses, while the Sui State has a full 1.3 million soldiers and horses.

There are 300,000 standing troops defending the country. There are 1.6 million in total. The strength of the troops is very different. How to fight?

The last factor is even more fatal. If this battle fails, Wu will completely lose the opportunity to fight against the emperors of the world.

These three factors made the young Lu Xun calm down. What Sun Quan said was very reasonable. Taking these problems into account, Wu really couldn't fight Sui.

"...Hey, isn't there anyone who is worried about being alone?" Sun Ce was a little worried. He thought that there would be people who would support him in the war with Sui, but he didn't expect that there would be very few people who would support him.

"This is not a matter of sharing worries. My king should know that the gap between Wu and Sui is too big. Even if my king personally leads the Wu army to fight against it, who can guarantee that the Sui army will not be outnumbered?

Where is the road going directly to the border of Wu State?" Zhou Yu explained to Sun Ce patiently.

"..." Sun Ce also calmed down, but Yang Guang's actions were too outrageous. What he is facing now is not the situation at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but a situation of multi-powerful national separatism. Compared with Wu State, their strength is estimated to be

is the worst one.

"Therefore, my king should actively rectify the country's reform and should not go to war with the Sui Dynasty!" Zhou Yu advised Sun Ce sincerely.

"Furthermore, my king should adopt a strategy of showing goodwill to the Sui Dynasty and try to maintain a distant relationship with the Sui Dynasty. We should not be inseparable from each other forever. This will be very detrimental to us." Lu Su, the left governor, stepped forward to add Zhou Yu's words.

suggestion.

"What Zijing said is very reasonable. Please consider the pros and cons. Wu State cannot withstand a large-scale war." Sun Quan also showed his true skills this time. Both strategies and tactics were clearly stated. Some ministers

People are even a little surprised, is this still the Sun Quan who lost three times in Hefei?

At this time, Sun Ce was only in his twenties. He was young and frivolous, and he was in high spirits. But if Sun Ce really figured it out, it would be useless to just rely on the ministers to say it. He would have to take a strong dose of medicine to let Sun Ce know what it means.

The decisive battle between the great powers.

After retreating from the court, Sun Ce called Zhou Yu. He couldn't understand why Zhou Yu was so cold to him. Zhou Yu smiled and said nothing. He just took out his cell phone and showed Sun Ce a video of the recent northern war.

This video is the scene of the decisive battle between Yuan Qing Dynasty and Song Ming Zhao in the northeast. Both sides invested more than 1.5 million troops and horses, which was only one-half of the troops put into the battlefield. On the Ming Dynasty, basically all the troops of the country were dispatched, and a hundred

The 650,000 soldiers and horses were basically deployed outside the Ming Dynasty's border, and a million troops were fighting fiercely with the 500,000 soldiers and horses led by Huang Taiji's Nian Gengyao.

Sun Ce had never seen a big war of this scale before, and he was even a little dumbfounded. His original idea of ​​leading such a small number of people from the Wu Kingdom to fight against the Sui Dynasty was gone in an instant.

"Brother, it's really not worth it if we go to war with the Sui Dynasty." Zhou Yu patiently explained and enlightened Sun Ce, letting him rest assured and focus on the domestic reform of Wu State. Only domestic military, economic and political reforms can have a way out.

"..." Sun Ce, who originally had some hope, realized it in an instant under the guidance of this video and Zhou Yu, but his temper seemed unable to accept the Sui Dynasty detaining his Wu envoy.

"The detention of Yuan Tan (Gu Yong) was just a trick of Yang Guang's. The purpose was to use Yuan Tan as bait to lure his elder brother into sending troops to attack the Sui Dynasty. In this way, the Sui Dynasty would be famous for sending troops to attack our country of Wu. In this way, our country of Wu

The Sui Dynasty has an opportunity to take advantage of the unnamed army. For us, the right time, place and people do not have any advantage at all." Zhou Yu continued to answer the question just now. Once the war starts, all the imbalances and factors that are prone to mistakes will appear.

Out.

I saw Sun Ce sighing at the scenery outside the palace gate from a distance. He finally calmed down. Zhou Yu's statement really made him enlightened. Wu State should not continue to struggle like this. He planned to develop military and economic development.

As the main guiding factor, we will fully promote two-way reform and build Wu into a powerful country integrating military and economy.

However, it is not enough to just have ideas, but also to have a complete set of reform plans. For this reform plan, the reformists headed by Zhang Zhao, Lu Su, Zhuge Jin, Zhou Yu, and Lu Meng planned a prototype plan, specifically targeting the development direction of Wu State.

A basic plan with a general direction.

Like Sun Ce, military strength is a problem, as is people's livelihood and population development. Therefore, Zhou Yu plans to liberalize agricultural production and does some important work with major families, asking them to lead their servants to farm and weave.

To promote chain effects, no matter who it is, as long as someone lends a helping hand to support the reform of Wu State, his name will definitely be on the title list. Even if it is full, the other party will be given some rewards of relatively equal value as a reward.

The people of the aristocratic families do not care about remuneration. They only hope that their families can receive favorable treatment from their families and businesses within the Wu Kingdom or within the countries of the world. Zhou Yu has also considered this, in order to stimulate the parents of these aristocratic families to actively invest in Wu.

The reform of the state took a lot of effort. In fact, for the reform of the state of Wu, the consolidation of the family is indispensable, but the people's livelihood must also be addressed to prevent the people from being displaced as much as possible. Only in this way can the economy of the state of Wu be strengthened.

Moreover, the reform plan proposed that all the people of Wu State be encouraged to buy and sell goods. The stimulating encouragement of trading made the people even more excited about it. For those businesses monopolized by aristocratic families, Wu State established a national policy and brought some of them back to the central government, and let go of larger ones.
Chapter completed!