Yecheng.

"Is Sun Quan dead? It's good to die, it's good to die!" Cao Rui's mouth curled up, and the pride and excitement in his eyes could be seen by everyone.

This may be the first good news that Cao Rui heard after he ascended the throne.

Next to Xu Shu, there was no slight joy on his face. For Xu Shu, Sun Quan's death would inevitably make the Eastern Wu defensive for a long time, while Wei State was able to use these events to restore vitality.

As far as Xu Shu knows, Jizhou alone can recruit 200,000 young and strong men. If these 200,000 people are given a period of training, a powerful combat power will be formed.

"Sir, Sun Quan is dead, you don't seem to be happy?" Cao Rui noticed Xu Shu's strangeness and asked.

Xu Shu quickly hung a straight face on his face and said, "Your Majesty, although Sun Quan is dead now, Your Majesty must not be careless!"

"Sir, I'm worried too much. Sun Quan is already dead. Sun Deng, who has ascended the throne now, is just a teenager. How capable can he be? Jiangdong is not afraid of it!"

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Quan's death may be a good thing for Eastern Wu."

"How do you say this?"

"What does Your Majesty think of Sun Quan?" Xu Shu asked back.

Cao Rui thought for a while and said, "Sun Quan can be regarded as a hero of a generation. Taizu also said back then that he should be like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son is like a pig. It can be seen that Taizu highly respects Sun Quan. If we talk about the way of governing the country or leading troops to fight, I am indeed far inferior to Sun Quan now."

Xu Shu nodded, Cao Rui was really good, knowing that he was not as good as Sun Quan.

Xu Shu continued: "Your Majesty, Sun Quan is a man who has to endure humiliation and is willing to be able to do something. He has the wonders of Goujian and the heroics of the heroes, so he can achieve the career of a stalemate! However, Sun Quan is often afraid of being jealous and killing. This is just a way to be a domineering, not an emperor. If this person is a king, he may achieve something hegemony, but it is difficult to make the government harmonious and the people healthy."

"The way of the emperor?" Hearing these four words, Cao Rui's eyes lit up, showing a strong desire for knowledge.

"Your Majesty, why was Liu Bang, the Emperor of Han, able to achieve the great Han Dynasty for four hundred years? It was because he was well versed in the ways of emperors." Xu Shu said here, but stopped and continued.

"Please give me advice, sir." Cao Rui asked hurriedly.

Xu Shu shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, this emperor's way can only be understood but not expressed in words! If the emperor's way can be learned, then the true emperor will be everywhere? If Your Majesty wants to learn this emperor's way, you can learn from the measures of the wise and wise rulers and take the essence of it, you will naturally understand it."

"Uh..." Cao Rui sighed with reluctance on his face, and then thought about it carefully. What Xu Shu said was indeed very reasonable. Being an emperor is not something that others can easily teach. Even if someone wants to learn, no one dares to teach. As Xu Shu said, the emperor can only slowly figure out how to be an emperor.

Chang'an.

Now Adou has returned to Chang'an from Luoyang.

Luoyang is temporarily handed over to Wei Yan to guard the two Luoyang gateways, Xingyang and Hulao, the Han army is also attacking. However, A Dou naturally would not worry about these things. Now that Luoyang has taken it, A Dou's initial strategic goal has been achieved.

Subsequently, the news of Sun Quan's death also spread to Chang'an.

Adou was deeply surprised by Sun Quan's death.

When A Dou first came to the Three Kingdoms, history did not change much. In the following decades, due to the emergence of A Dou, some history also changed, and A Dou himself gradually adapted to these changes.

Some people who should have died still live well, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Pang Tong, and some people who should have lived well, but died because of Adou, such as Hao Zhao, Zhu Ran and others.

However, Sun Quan's death was far beyond Adou's expectations.

According to Adou's knowledge, Sun Quan lived to die at the age of 71, which means nearly thirty years left. And Sun Deng, who ascended the throne, died earlier than Sun Quan and lived to be thirty-three years old.

Sun Quan was in a stupid and favored Lu Yi, with heavy taxes and labor, and cruel punishments. Especially in the issue of establishing an heir, Sun Quan made a big mistake. Sun Deng died early, and then Sun Quan first abolished Sun He and then gave Sun Ba to death, and finally made his young descendant Sun Liang the emperor, which laid the groundwork for the later coup in the Eastern Wu Dynasty. Later, the Grand Marshal Sun Guan became tyrant and bullied Sun Liang in his youth. The great rise and fall of Sun Liang and made Sun Xiu the emperor. The Wu State was also in turmoil for a long time and its national strength was greatly damaged.

It is precisely because of knowing all this that Adou has always regarded Sun Quan as an imaginary enemy. As for the prince Sun Deng, Adou has never cared about it. In Adou's opinion, Sun Deng is going to die prematurely anyway. If he can't become an emperor, there is no need to pay attention to this person.

But unexpectedly, Sun Quan died, and Sun Deng became the emperor.

Adou didn't know anything about Sun Deng at all, which made Adou suddenly feel that he had pushed himself into a passive situation.

"See Your Majesty..." A very strong voice came. Adou turned around and saw that it was Chen Zhen, the Minister of Rites, who came in.

"Donald Xiaoqi asked me to get up, come and give me a seat!"

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Chen Zhen stood up respectfully, sat down before speaking, "Your Majesty, Lord Wu Sun Quan is newly mourned, I think I should send an envoy to express my filial piety."

"Yeah..." Adou nodded. After all, he was still in an alliance with Jiangdong, so he should send someone to mourn him.

"Who does Mr. Xiaoqi think is suitable to send?"

"I think Zhuge Jun can be sent. Zhuge Jun was the envoy during the last alliance. Moreover, Zhuge Jun was Zhuge Jin's younger brother, so it is most appropriate to send him there. It can not only show our country's style, but also not cause unnecessary misunderstandings." Chen Zhen answered.

"Yeah, okay, let Zhuge Jun go! He was appointed as the Minister of Rites and ordered him to go to Jiangdong to dedicate his filial piety to Sun Quan."

"Your Majesty, I have another thing. When the Empress Dowager heard that Lord Wu died of illness, she was heartbroken. She hoped to return to Jiangdong to pay tribute to Lord Wu..." Chen Zhen continued.

The empress dowager Chen Zhen mentioned was naturally Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan's sister. After Liu Bei died, Sun Shangxiang was made the empress dowager as his wife.

Sun Quan died. Logically speaking, Sun Shangxiang, the sister, naturally had to attend the funeral, but Sun Shangxiang was the empress dowager of the great man after all, so the mourning matter still had to be approved by Adou.

This marriage and funeral can be regarded as a matter of nature and morality. There is no need for A Dou and there is no need for such things to be difficult for Sun Shangxiang to go forward.

So Adou nodded and continued, "This matter is right, I'm sure. I will select five hundred elite guards to escort the Queen Mother to Jiangdong."

Huang Hao walked to Liu Chan with tea and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please use tea."

Adou took the teacup casually, took a sip, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"The tea was brewed well today, better than before. Who made this tea today?" A Dou asked.

"Your Majesty, I'm the one who's taken care of me." Huang Hao replied with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, it's not bad." A Dou raised his head and looked at Huang Hao, then realized that the little eunuch looked very familiar. After looking at him for a long time, A Dou remembered that this little eunuch was the little eunuch who was called by Pang Tong last time and pulled his hair.

The little eunuch is very handsome, with red lips and white teeth. The smile on his face is quite friendly, which makes people feel good when they see it.

"What's your name?" A Dou asked casually.

"My servant is Huang Hao." Huang Hao answered.

"Oh, Huang Hao." Adou nodded.

Seeing that Adou had nothing to do, Huang Hao bowed and prepared to quit.

"Huang Hao!" A Dou suddenly exclaimed, and just remembered Huang Hao.

Could this Huang Hao be the treacherous minister of Shu Han in history?

Adou felt a little shocked in his heart, then raised his head and stared at Huang Hao with a fierce look on his face.

Huang Hao just heard Adou's shout and stopped. Then he saw Adou's murderous eyes and felt the temperature around him suddenly drop several degrees. Huang Hao was so scared that he trembled and knelt in front of Adou.

"Well..." Adou took a deep breath. Seeing Huang Hao's at a loss, he knew that his reaction was too extreme. Adou waved his hand and said, "You go down first."

Huang Hao retreated for no reason, but Adou still had a knot in his heart.

"Come here, the yellow door servant came over."

In ancient times, many eunuchs attacked from childhood. First, ordinary adults, even if they starve to death, did not want to castrate themselves and become eunuchs; second, the younger they are, the more dangerous they are. When they are older, the more dangerous they will be.

So Adou immediately asked someone to investigate how many eunuchs in the palace were named Huang Hao.

"Your Majesty, I have investigated it. There is only one eunuch named Huang Hao in the palace. This is Huang Hao's information." The old eunuch said, and a brocade letter was on the ground.

Although the old eunuch was puzzled why A Dou suddenly asked Huang Hao, the old eunuch still presented all the information he found to A Dou.

"Well, I understand, you go down first! Today I asked you to find Huang Hao, and I can't tell anyone about it, do you know?" A Dou said.

"I understand, I'll take my leave..." The old eunuch retreated and left Adou alone in the room.

"Huang Hao, which Huang Hao is really?" A Dou's color flashed with a hint of sharp color.

In history, Huang Ha was an eunuch from Shu Han, who served as the chief eunuch and Fengche Duwei. Huang Hao was similar to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, the ten regular eunuchs in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Relying on the favor of the later emperor, he made trouble in the court, played with power, accepted bribes publicly, and framed loyal and kind-hearted. Any official who dared to offend Huang Hao would be excluded by Huang Hao.

When Dong Yun was there, the top was the most serious, and the bottom was the most responsible for Hao. Huang Hao was afraid of Dong Yun and did not dare to do anything. However, when Dong Yun died, Huang Hao often made trouble in front of the later emperor. Even Jiang Wei had to retreat to Huang Hao. It can be said that Huang Hao had an indelible responsibility for the decline of Shu Kingdom.

Adou sighed slightly. Since ancient times, as long as eunuchs were favored, there would definitely be nothing good. There was Zhao Gao at the end of Qin, Ten regular attendants at the end of Han, Gao Lishi in the Tang Dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Dynasty. Anything that eunuchs had autocracy was a precursor to the decline of the dynasty.

No matter what the current situation is, Huang Hao has always been a eunuch, no matter what the lessons in history and in the long run, should he be the first to kill him?

Adou couldn't help but frown and began to think.

Jiaozhou.

The Shi family was the largest family in Jiaozhou. The Shi family lived in Jiaozhou for a long time. The Shi family was headed by Shi Xie. He was once the prefect of Jiaozhi at the end of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Central Plains were in chaos. The Shi family accepted many people who had taken refuge in the Central Plains and their power grew stronger.

Jiaozhou was originally just a barbaric land, but with the vigorous development of the Shi family, Jiaozhou became increasingly prosperous. After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan sent Bu Zhi to Jiaozhou to serve. At that time, Shi Xie helped Bu Zhi kill Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu, and Shi Xie also accepted Sun Quan's enthronement, and Sun Quan became the lord of Jiaozhou. But in fact, four counties in the seven counties in Lingnan were still under the control of Shi family. For example, Shi Xie was the prefect of Jiaozhi, Shi Yi was the prefect of Hepu, Shi Huang You was the prefect of Jiuzhen, Shi Wuwei Nanhai, and Shi's prestige was comparable to that of Zhao Tuo, the King of Nanyue at that time.

At that time, Sun Quan appointed Shi Xie as the Left General, and was later appointed as General of Guard. Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Yi, sons Shi Hui and Shi Kuang were also named Marquis. Jiangdong General Lu Dai had a very good relationship with Shi Xie. In addition, Shi Xie had no ambitions and was very content with the status quo, so for many years, the Shi family had honestly become Sun Quan's younger brother.

In fact, Sun Quan also has his own little plan. Shi Xie has a very high reputation in Jiaozhou. If Shi Xie rashly turns against Shi Xie and Shi Xie launches the people of Jiaozhou to resist, I am afraid that eighty or nine out of ten people will follow Shi Xie. In that case, Sun Quan will find it difficult to get Jiaozhou. Moreover, when Sun Quan granted Shi Xie official position, Shi Xie was already in his seventies. In Sun Quan's opinion, an old man in his seventies had not had many days. When Shi Xie died, Sun Quan could take advantage of the situation to enter Jiaozhou and uproot the strength of the Shi family. However, Sun Quan did not expect that Shi Xie was very capable. After Sun Quan awarded Shi Xie, Shi Xie lived for more than ten years and lived to the age of ninety.

However, at the beginning of the year, the 90-year-old Shi Xie died. Shi Xie's eldest son Shi Hui inherited Shi Xie's position, supervised the prefect of Jiaozhi, and submitted a letter to Sun Quan, hoping to get Sun Quan's recognition. However, Sun Quan did not think so. In Sun Quan's view, this was a good opportunity to completely control the four counties of Jiaozhou to eradicate the Shi family, so Sun Quan not only did not agree to Shi Hui's request, but instead sent a man named Dai Liang to be the prefect of Jiaozhi.

Of course, Shi Hui refused to give up, but Lu Dai led 10,000 troops and was stationed in Jiaozhou, so Shi Hui was unwilling to give up and could only swallow his anger.

After Sun Quan died, he was transferred to Jingzhou to replace Lu Xun. At this time, the new Jiaozhi prefect Dai Liang had not yet sat firmly on his seat. Sun Quan expected that Shi Hui would rebel as soon as Lu Dai Dai left. With the power of the Shi family in Jiaozhou and Shi Xie's years of management, how could Dai Liang be a rival to Shi Hui? So Sun Quan simply withdrew Dai Liang's position, appointed Shi Hui as the prefect of Jiaozhi, and was appointed General of Guard and Marquis of Cangwu. The purpose was to temporarily settle Shi Hui and wait until the situation in Jiangdong is stable in the future, and then free up his hands to deal with Shi Hui.

"Hmph, you Sun Quan, what do you think of me Shihui? Are you beggar?" Shihui threw Sun Quan's imperial edict on the ground with anger on his face, and then he went up and stepped on him again.

Shi Hui was not stupid at all. Shi Hui was Shi Xie's son after all, so Shi Hui could tell at a glance that Sun Quan conferred himself as the prefect of Jiaozhi, with the purpose of hoping that he would not rebel. Once the evidence in the Wu Kingdom is stable in the future, he might first attack himself.

Shi Xie worked hard in Jiaozhi for more than 50 years, and the Shi family dominated the four counties of Jiaozhi for 30 or 40 years. How could Shi Hui not lose this ancestral foundation?

"Okay, Sun Quan, can't you play with me as a monkey? Do you think that a mere prefect of Jiaozhi wants to restrain me? Okay! Since you want to play, I'll have fun with you." A cold light flashed in Shi Hui's eyes.

"Brother, what should we do?" asked a middle-aged man next to him. This man was Shi Hui's younger brother Shi Zhi.

"What should I do? Now that Sun Quan is in a new mourning situation, he will definitely have no time to take care of Jiaozhou. He just took this opportunity to take back the other three counties in Jiaozhou!"

"Brother, this is not good..." Shi Zhi asked hesitantly.
To be continued...