Chapter 509: Two Heroes of the Clan

Even a reckless man has his spring.

Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan have even bigger flaws than Sun Ce, but aren’t they developing in full swing now?

The powerful families don’t like this kind of people who are only good at fighting but don’t understand politics, but Tian Ze likes it.

Tian Ze likes it, so even if the powerful families don’t like it, they will still depend on him.

Because Tian Ze doesn’t like them, they can’t fight.

In the past, Lu Bu had a loose foundation like Gongsun Zan. Apart from a few thousand loyal cavalrymen around him, he had no control over the rest.

The noble families and powerful people under his command are not really loyal to him. Most of them just live in peace and keep things to themselves for the sake of face.

But now, many powerful families are trying to get close to it.

In the past, fighting was useless. In the end, this place still had to be managed by us local tyrants. Changing the flag and changing the banner would not have any impact on us.

Dynasties changed, but in the end the aristocratic and powerful families still stood firmly on the crest of the wave, and whoever conquered the world could not do without them.

But now, if you want to grab territory, you have to fight. The powerful families are good at infiltrating governance, but not good at attacking.

They might be able to conquer the Western Regions by spending decades of hard work, but the efficiency would be too low and there would be too many hidden dangers.

Gongsun Zan took them down in one go and gave management to whoever he liked. Who could resist such temptation?

When the game mode changes and the roles are reversed, the situation changes.

Even today, Sun Ce has some loyal families under his command.

After all, these princes will not give you the land they conquered for no reason. If you are not one of their own, who will care about you? The past accounts have not been settled yet, so it is good enough if they don’t kill you.

Loyalty is valuable and extremely precious.

The noble and powerful families all understood this, so Sun Ce had some loyal talents under his command.

And now, loyal and powerful families began to appear under Sun Ce’s command.

However, these “die-hard fans” also have certain conditions.

Ordinarily, he should be loyal without reservation, but the current special circumstances make all this happen under a prerequisite, that is, Sun Ce can make the right choice like Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan.

Now that the battle has not even started yet, if Sun Ce makes a wrong decision directly, they will most likely be hesitant and can completely stop the loss in time.

Zhou Yu had already prepared for failure, and had been paving the way for Sun Ce, striving to leave Da Qi and develop as soon as possible after the defeat, to raise as many resources as possible and gain the initiative.

Not only him, but also Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and even Liu Bei’s important officials had such characters.

It’s not infidelity, it’s need.

There is competition and balance within every force. Where there are radicals, there will naturally be conservatives.

Some are willing to fight hard for their lord and face death, while others prepare for their lord’s defeat.

Sun Ce’s problem now is that he, like Yuan Shao, has lost the ability to resist. Even his previously staunch resistance supporters like Zhou Yu are now thinking about retreating.

Sun Ce was not unaware of this, but he had no choice, it was inevitable.

He can only blame himself for not being strong enough!

“Is Zhongmou willing?” Sun Ce was silent for a long time and suddenly asked.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly: “Zhongmou has had his own ideas since he was young. You should know him better than I do.”

“I shouldn’t say this, Zhongmou is an ambitious man. To some extent, Bofu, you are standing in his way.”

“Letting Zhongmou go to the land south of Yizhou now may not be a bad thing for both you and him.”

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he sighed softly.

He knew Sun Ce and Sun Quan very well. Although Sun Quan had been hiding it, he was still a child after all. Zhou Yu had already noticed the difference in his desire for power and his complicated emotions towards Sun Ce.

In other words, the situation in the world has changed now. Otherwise, Zhou Yu would even worry that when Sun Quan becomes more powerful, there would be a tragedy of brothers killing each other.

In the end, Sun Ce may not be able to defeat Sun Quan.

When it comes to killing enemies on the battlefield, Sun Quan is not as good as Sun Ce.

But when it comes to playing political games, Sun Ce is equally unworthy of being Sun Quan’s opponent, and even he may not be able to withstand it.

This is the disadvantage of having a shallow foundation. Although Sun Ce seems young and promising, he is not of the same generation as Cao, Yuan and Liu. As a nephew, he can stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

However, there are also a lot of fatal hidden dangers hidden behind this, and any one of them may lead to the complete destruction of Jiangdong’s good situation.

But if you join Tian Ze, none of this will be a problem.

With Tian Ze’s support, there was no problem for Sun Ce and Sun Quan to take power and start a new government.

Anyway, there is already a shareholder behind me, so I don’t mind having one more.

One provides population and materials as support, one governs the local area and recruits troops, and one conquers the four directions and expands the territory. This division of labor may be more efficient than that of other princes.

At worst, when the situation stabilizes in the future, the two brothers can divide the conquered territory equally.

……

Three days later, Dantu Port.

Sun Ce didn’t need to prepare anything at all. He just gathered 5,000 elite soldiers. The rest of the supplies, population, ships, etc. had already been prepared by the Jiangdong noble families and powerful people. They just had to wait for Sun Quan, the “representative”, to appear.

Sun Ce stood at the bow, looking at the land gradually disappearing into the distance, feeling both worried and excited.

Zhou Yu had already explained to him in detail the causes and consequences of this trip.

While being surprised that he had caught the eye of Tian Ze, the Great Qi Emperor, Sun Quan was also eager to try.

He knew very well what kind of person Liu Fan was.

Although his abilities in all areas are not that strong, he can totally handle it.

Even though he had fewer troops, with the help of the powerful families in Jiangdong, Sun Quan was confident that he could snatch some territory and population from Liu Fan.

As a political machine with full political capabilities in the late Han Dynasty, it was easy for Sun Quan to change the current situation.

Combining the instructions given by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu before their departure, Sun Quan quickly sorted out his thoughts and went straight to find the representatives of the Jiangdong aristocratic families in Yizhou.

In just one banquet, everyone got to know Sun Ce’s younger brother again.

To be more precise, the title of Sun Ce’s younger brother has been replaced by Sun Quan in their minds.

This is a hero worth investing in. He is not much worse than Sun Ce, especially in terms of political skills, which are truly amazing.

Relying on his self-taught ability to strategize, Sun Quan easily and completely dispelled the concerns of the Jiangdong aristocratic families and made them obediently unite around him.

I’m afraid there are only a few people in the world who can possess this kind of political ability.

This also made the powerful families in Jiangdong no longer have to worry.

With two heroes from the same clan, the future of Jiangdong Sun family is promising!

This is a big player with unlimited potential, and he is the first to be eliminated.

People like Lu Bu, Gongsun Zan and Liu Fan were not favored by the aristocratic families and powerful people in the world. In the eyes of the world, the only four people who had the potential to conquer the world were Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce.

Originally, Sun Ce was ranked last, but he had the advantage of being the first to start. In addition, with the existence of Sun Quan, the aristocratic families became more optimistic about the Sun family.

(End of this chapter)