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In the second year of Jianxing (253), Sun Liang, the Emperor of Sun Wu, and his nephew Sun Jun held a banquet at the imperial palace and invited zhuge Ke, a powerful minister, to a banquet. Soon after Sun Liang left on the pretext, Sun Jun took out an edict and arrested Zhuge Ke on the order of the emperor. Zhuge Ke was suddenly frightened and stunned, so Sun Jun ordered someone to arrest and execute him, and also netted his henchmen and seized the power of the imperial court. A year ago, Sun Jun had strongly recommended in front of Sun Quan that Zhuge Ke assist the crown prince Sun Liang, why did he kill him a year later, the captain explained to you in detail.
First, from the clan room
Sun Jun
Sun Jun was born in the Fuchun Sun clan and was the son of Sun Gong, a squire of Eastern Wu. Since Sun Jun's great-grandfather Sun Jing was Sun Jian's younger brother, he was Sun Quan's cousin and nephew, a distant member of the Eastern Wu imperial family. Sun Jun received a good education at an early age, so he was familiar with bow riding and shooting, and was shrewd and decisive. When Sun Jun grew up, he devoted himself to his career and was very trusted by Sun Quan, and was able to serve as a lieutenant and attendant of the Wuwei Capital.
Second, kill and seize power
Sun quan
In the second year of Taiyuan (252), Sun Quan became seriously ill and passed on to his young son Sun Liang. In order to ensure the stability of the Eastern Wu regime after his death, Sun Quan then summoned Sun Jun and others to discuss the selection of auxiliary ministers. At that time, everyone thought that Zhuge Ke was very talented, and suggested that he be appointed as the first assistant minister. However, Sun Quan thought that Zhuge Ke was too rigid and self-conscious, so he was not satisfied with the proposals of the people. Sun Jun then came forward to fight, praising Zhuge Ke for his great use, and the crowd was not enough, and he was the best candidate for the first assistant minister. Sun Quan agreed to this proposal and summoned Zhuge Ke to come and ask for the aftermath.
Soon after Sun Quan died of illness, he was dying with the general Zhuge Ke , zhongshu ordered Sun Hong , Taichang Tengyin , general Lü Zhao , and Sun Jun , who served as a servant. Sun Liang ascended the throne and made Sun Jun the general of Wu Wei and the Marquis of Duxiang. Soon after Zhuge Ke took power, he revealed his arrogance and arrogance, and his self-absorbed side, insisting on sending troops to fight Wei, resulting in a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Xincheng, which made people lose hearts. Sun Jun saw that Zhuge Ke's people's hearts had been lost, so he advised Sun Liang to get rid of him as soon as possible. Sun Liang was dissatisfied with Zhuge Ke's dictatorship, so he joined forces with Sun Jun to set up a banquet at the palace and killed Zhuge Ke.
Zhuge Ke
In the second year of Jianxing (253), once Zhuge Ke died, the group of ministers discussed the new candidates for auxiliary chancellors, suggesting that Sun Jun be appointed as a lieutenant and Teng Yin as a situ, and the two would jointly assist the emperor. However, some people wanted to use this to defect to Sun Jun and seek wealth, so they proposed that the first assistant minister should be appointed by the clan office, and if it was served by the highly respected Teng Yin, then the group of ministers would all be attached to him, and I was afraid that he would become the second Zhuge Ke; therefore, it was better to have Sun Jun as the chancellor, and there was no imperial master, so as to ensure the stability of the Great Wu River.
Third, monopolize power
Sun Liang
Sun Liang was originally a young puppet emperor, although clever, he had no real power, so he had to appoint Sun Jun as a chancellor, a general, a superintendent of Chinese and foreign military forces, and the Marquis of Fuchun, giving him full authority to handle the affairs of the dynasty. The Qunchen were originally inclined to Teng Yin, and suddenly saw that Sun Jun was in power, so they were disappointed.
Teng Yin was somewhat dissatisfied with this, so he asked to resign on the grounds that his daughter was married to Zhuge Ke's son Zhuge Chen. Sun Jun then advised Teng Yin, "Cang and Yu are father and son, but Emperor Shun did not implicate Yu because of the sin of Cang, so why are you doing this?" Then, in order to win over Teng Yin, Sun Jun promoted him to the title of Marquis of Gaomi. Teng Yin only then relaxed his attitude and continued to assist the emperor with Sun Jun. Although there is a crack in the relationship between the two, they can still tolerate each other and work together.
Sun Wu
Sun Jun was a treacherous and cunning man, so he never had a reputation, so after monopolizing power, he acted arbitrarily and indiscriminately imposed punishments, resulting in the boiling of public resentment. Sun Jun then had an affair with the princess Sun Luban (Sun Quan's daughter) and, in order to please the princess, killed the deposed crown prince Sun He (Sun Quan's son). In addition, Sun Jun also had the audacity to rape the palace women. In the first year of Wufeng (254), Sun Ying, the Marquis of Wu, was dissatisfied with Sun Jun's misdeeds and plotted to kill him, but was killed because the matter was revealed.
Fourth, the plot to cut down Wei
No need to be frugal
In the second year of Wufeng (255), the Wei generals Wuqiu Jian and Wen Qin rebelled and denounced Sima Shi. Sun Jun wanted to take advantage of the fire and robbery, so he led the general Lü Zhao and the general Zuo to stay in Wei. As a result, Sima Shi quickly quelled the rebellion between Qiu Jian and Wen Qin, leaving Sun Jun with no success. Soon after, Shu Han envoys came to visit Eastern Wu, and the generals Sun Yi, Zhang Yi, Lin Ke and others tried to take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of Sun Jun, but they were all killed because of the revelation of the matter.
Wen Qin
In the first year of taiping (256), Wen Qin, who had fled to Eastern Wu, urged Sun Jun to send an army to fight Wei. Sun Jun then sent Wen Qin as his guide, and ordered the general Lü Zhao, the general Liu Lu, the general Zhu Yi of Zhennan, and the former general Tang Zhi to attack Huaisi in the north in order to capture Qingxu Prefecture. Then Sun Jun set up a banquet to send off the army, but as a result, he had a heartache during the send-off, dreaming that Zhuge Ke came to ask for his life, and was frightened to death.
In general, Sun Jun was a distant member of the Eastern Wu imperial family, and was deeply trusted by Sun Quan, because he had no prestige in his youth, so he strongly recommended Zhuge Ke as an auxiliary chancellor in front of Sun Quan. However, after Zhuge Ke took power, he was self-conscious and monopolized power, which caused dissatisfaction among the government and the public. Sun Jun therefore seized the opportunity to get rid of Zhuge Ke and become a powerful vassal.