The hegemony of a prince is just a brief moment of prosperity; success, failure, honor and disgrace are just a moment of joy and sorrow.
Zhou Ke wants to be a saint!
He wants all of them, including meritorious deeds, virtue and words, and three immortals.
Let every inch of land in China record his achievements and let everyone in the world sing about his deeds. This is Zhou Ke's high-level interest.
First attack Lujiang, then conquer Yuzhang in the south, plan to seize Jiangxia, surprise Jingnan, take advantage of Sun Ce's assassination to encroach on Jiangdong, take Liu Qi as the leader and order Jingzhou to defend in the east and attack in the west, go to Yizhou, expedition to Guanzhong in the north, and pacify the whole country from west to east!
I have been a Han minister all my life, and my descendants will not join the army or politics. I will establish a virtual monarchy and a republic, and move toward the sea. Wherever the sun and moon shine, and where the rivers reach, they are all Han lands. The shores of the land are all Han ministers.
He wants to break the law of historical cycles and establish a permanent unity, a permanent prosperous age, and endless prosperity.