"Send troops to Huainan?"
"Grand General, you must not!"
Sun Jun had summoned his trusted aides and begun discussing an expedition against Wei.
The young Grand General had yet to prove himself militarily. His prestige was insufficient, and he maintained his rule through marriage ties with the great clans. This actually hampered many of his plans.
Sun Jun was eager to accomplish something that would make both court and country fear him and smooth the way for his future actions.
Yet when Sun Jun produced the letter sent from Qingzhou and told the generals his intentions, he failed to win their support.
His brother-in-law Quan Shang was the first to object.
Whether Sun Jun truly was the Wu Kingdom's dominant minister was rather hard to say. His offices were Chancellor and Grand General, which sounded extraordinarily imposing, beyond anyone's equal.
But his brother-in-law Quan Shang held the offices of Grand Minister of Ceremonies, concurrently General of the Guards and Supervisor of the Secretariat.
One look at that outrageous collection of offices showed just how much Quan Shang's opinion mattered at this moment. Quan Cong, whom Sun Luban had married, was his father's younger cousin.
Oh, and his daughter was also the empress of Sun Xiu, the emperor of Wu.
As for the others in their clan, five members of the Quan Clan had been enfeoffed as marquises, and all commanded troops!
The remaining clansmen all served as Gentlemen of the Palace or Cavalry Commandants, guarding the emperor's side!
And the reason Sun Jun had been able to get Sun Luban to help him was also his brother-in-law.
That alone showed why Sun Jun treated Princess Quan, Sun Luban, with such respect, even stooping to flattery and fawning despite being Grand General.
It was not that Sun Jun lacked backbone. He