On that day, Sun Deng held a banquet in the East Palace to welcome Zhuge Ke and wash away his dust.

All the guests from the East Palace arrived and everyone drank together.

After drinking and drinking, Prince Sun Deng looked a little drunk and asked the guests at the banquet:

 “How does this far inferior achievement compare with Feng Mingwen’s strategy of establishing Nanzhong?”

 At that moment, someone burst out laughing:

"If we talk about the way of writing, we can't say much. But if we talk about the way of governing barbarians, how can Feng Mingwen be as good as Yuan Xun?"

The prince took a closer look and found that it was his guest Xie Jing.

 He suddenly beamed:

"Uncle Fa has nothing to say, but please tell me."

If it were in the past, Sun Deng would naturally not be so dissolute, but at this time, he was drunk, where could he still have his usual humility?

Hearing Xie Jing's words, it was like scratching an itch in his heart, urging him to come forward.

Xie Jing drank the remaining wine in the cup and then said loudly:

"I see that Feng Mingwen's policy of pinging Nanzhong is called Ping, but it is actually slaughter. Among the people in Nanzhong, men will be frightened when they hear it, women will hide their faces after hearing it, and children will not dare to cry at night after hearing it."

"Now his name in Nanzhong is like an evil ghost, and the people are disgusted with him. This kind of practice is easy to deal with, but difficult to cure!"

 Then he looked at Zhuge Ke and continued:

"It's completely different when you're far away from the plains and over the mountains. You use threats to force them, and you use benefits to lure them. You use kindness and power at the same time. All the people in the mountains are convinced, and they come out from the deep mountains, old and young."

“This approach not only quells the rebellion in the mountains and rivers, but also adds more soldiers to the army and more people to our great Wu. It is really the rule of kings.”

 “Comparing the two, we can distinguish between superior and inferior, so why say more?”

Although Zhuge Ke was just over 30 years old, his figure was already fat and he couldn't bear to sit on his knees for too long.

 Fortunately, the prince loves talents and scholars, and gives preferential treatment to guests and staff. In addition, it is already halfway through the banquet and everyone is half drunk, so how can they care about etiquette?

 But seeing Zhuge Ke move his body and change his sitting posture, trying to make himself sit more comfortably, he then smiled and said:

 “Uncle has given me too much praise...”

"Huh! Why should you be humble when you are far inferior? We all know your talents. In the past, Yuan Xun was not in the right time, but now you have been granted a title and become a general. Your Majesty will definitely be of great use in the future."

"When the time comes, you will make new achievements and show your ambition. Who dares to say that you are not as good as Feng Mingwen? How can you say that you are not as good as you?"

 This statement was immediately approved by everyone present:

"That's right! I think that Feng Mingwen is ruthless in his methods and has mixed reputations and reputations. He may not be able to compare with Yuan Xun..."

 …

 The prince felt very happy when he heard everyone talking like this.

Although he did not recognize Feng Mingwen, he never forgot to compare him with him.

the reason is simple.

At that time, Guan Yu said, "How can a tiger girl match a dog?" The name of the Guan family's tiger girl became famous in the world.

 But at the same time, the title of "dog son" also fell on himself.

 Because Sun Deng’s growth process is actually somewhat tortuous:

The biological mother was humble, and was raised by Sun Quanjiao and Mrs. Xu. Later, Mrs. Xu was sent back to her hometown by Sun Quan.

This experience not only created Sun Deng’s character of loving others, loving kindness, being humble and respectful, but it also made him somewhat sensitive deep down in his heart.

Hence Guan Yu’s evaluation, in the opinion of Sun Deng, the person involved, the more famous the tiger girl’s name is, the more people in the world will know her name as “dog son”.

If the tiger girl finally marries herself, that will naturally be the best ending.

 That means what Guan Yu said is wrong.

If she had not married herself, then marrying an unknown person would be barely acceptable.

 After all, there are probably not too many people in this world who can rival the reputation of Prince Wu.

 If...

Well, now we have encountered the worst situation.

 The tiger girl finally married a man who was famous all over the world at a young age.

Moreover, he is the kind of person who started from being unknown and became known to the world step by step.

The more famous Feng Mingwen became, the more Sun Deng felt a little confused.

This has nothing to do with being open-minded, it is purely a matter of male psychology, or the instinct engraved in male genes.

 You don’t have to marry me, but I will prove that your choice is wrong.

 However, the reality is cruel. So far, the choice of the Guan family tiger girl is extremely correct:

People all over the world know that Feng Ming has many articles, and his articles are said by Cao Zijian to have created a generation of literary style. His military achievements are comparable to those of the generals, and he became a general in the Shu army by his own efforts.

Although we know that Sun Tzu is superior, it is mostly because he is the crown prince of Wu.

Of course, more importantly, it is precisely because he is the crown prince of Wu that he has to pay more attention to Feng Mingwen.

 Unsurprisingly, Wu Guo’s time dealing with this person will most likely last for decades in the future.

 Therefore, among his contemporaries in Wu State, there was a Zhuge Ke who could be compared with Feng Mingwen, and he was one of the guests in the East Palace, and he was recommended to His Majesty by himself.

How could Sun Deng be unhappy?

 In addition, since I was half drunk, I was a little forgetful, which is understandable.

After all, Liu Bei, who was very forbearing at that time, planned to kill Yang Huai and Gao Pei, and held a banquet in Fucheng. After getting drunk during the banquet, he once said: "Today's meeting is really fun!"

 Then he was criticized by Pang Tong: "It is not a benevolent soldier to attack the country of others for the sake of joy."

 There was naturally no Pang Tong at this time, but there were people who learned from Pang Tong.

Seeing that the prince was losing his composure, someone interrupted the compliments and loudly said:

“There are seven counties in Nanzhong, and there are no less than one million barbarians. Feng Ming wrote a plan for Nanzhong, and it will be pacified in three years.”

“Danyang was no more than a county, and the people in the mountains were no more than 100,000. Even Zhuge Yuanxun managed to level it in three years.”

“Comparing one county to seven counties, comparing one hundred thousand to one million, I still dare to say that Feng Mingwen is not as good as Zhuge Yuanxun.”

“If this statement is known to the world, everyone in the East Palace, including His Royal Highness, will become a joke!”

After saying these words, a basin of cold water was poured down, causing the chatter and laughter of everyone present to stop abruptly.

 The dining room suddenly became silent.

Sun Deng, who was a little dazed at first, immediately woke up. He looked closely and found that this person was Yang Di, the concubine of the prince.

 He couldn't help but secretly thought that it was him, and at the same time he felt a little ashamed.

But before Sun Deng could say anything, Xie Jing, who was the first to demote Feng and promote Zhuge, was already angry and said:

"There are millions of Yi people in Nanzhong, how many bones are buried in Hanzhong? If we only talk about the number of people killed, Feng Mingwen really wins by a lot!"

 No wonder Xie Jing had such a big reaction.

 Because Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor and made Sun Deng the crown prince.

 Zhuge Ke was the Zuofu Commander, Zhang Xiu was the Right Bi Commander, Gu Tan was the Assistant and Zheng Commander, and Chen Biao was the Yizheng Commander, and they were called the "Four Friends of the Prince".

 Xie Jing, Fan Shen, Diao Xuan, and Yang Fu were named the "Four Little Friends".

 At that time, the East Palace was known to be filled with famous people.

Hu Zong was appointed as the guest:

　　The person who surpasses others is Zhuge Ke. The person who understands the timing carefully, understands the subtleties and studies the subtleties, then studies Tan. The person who concentrates on the broad and profound and can explain knots with words is Xie Jing. The person who studies the subtleties and travels in the same discipline in Xia Dynasty is Fan Shen.

But Yang Di dismissed these comments: Zhuge Ke was talented but sparse, Gu Tan was refined but ruthless, Xie Jing was critical but superficial, and Fan Shen was deep but narrow.

 Most of the guests in the East Palace were evil people, and they often joined forces to ostracize him.

However, Sun Deng knew very well that the way to be a king is to be able to accommodate others.

 Therefore, although he valued the "Four Friends", he did not deliberately neglect Yang Di.

Moreover, Yang Xi is indeed a man of true talent and learning.

Back then, Yinfan was ordered by Cao Rui to enter the Wu Kingdom and work carefully. At that time, the powerful and powerful people were vying to associate with him.

Even married Sun Luban's Quan Cong and Sun Luyu's Zhu Ji, and the two sons-in-law were also among them.

  (Readers who complained at the beginning about the two-character names given to women in this book came out and gave the author a whip to kill. Most men in the Three Kingdoms had single names, but women were given two-character names everywhere.)

Especially Zhu Zhi, said that Yinfan had the talents of a royal assistant and was very friendly with him.

Yang Di was one of the few people who did the opposite, which was strange to people at the time.

Later, Yinfan was punished for his rebellion and implicated the ministers of the court. Haopu, the Tingwei, was forced to commit suicide. Zhu Ju was banned from his home and has not been reactivated until now.

 The world has no choice but to admire Yang Di’s ability to recognize people.
To be continued...