In the struggle against Cao Wei and Western Shu, wu had four brilliant commanders in the Middle East, but unfortunately the first three died young, Lu Su died at the age of 46, Lü Meng died at the age of 42, Zhou Yu died of illness at the age of 36, and only Lu Xun died at the age of 63.
Lu Xun's longest life expectancy also achieved the greatest achievements, and he was in and out of the picture, but in his later years, such a mighty all-rounder was repeatedly reprimanded by Sun Quan because he was involved in the palace fights of the State of Wu, and finally died of grief.
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In the fourth year of Chiwu (241 AD), the then 33-year-old crown prince Sun Deng died, and sun quan, who was sad about the loss of his eldest son, could only appoint three sons and grandsons as princes, and the next year he crowned the fourth son as the king of Lu, although the two were brothers, but they enjoyed the same treatment and etiquette, and the courtiers could not see the situation clearly.
Sun Quan's move caused a party struggle in the State of Wu, which was seen by most people in later generations as a manifestation of Sun Quan's old age, but in fact, in his later years, Sun Quan was addicted to the game of power, and the purpose of provoking party strife was to cleanse the Jiangdong Shi clan and consolidate imperial power.
The political power of the Wu regime consisted of three parts, the first was sun jian sun ce brought huaisi generals, such as Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and other old generals; the second type was those who went to Jiangdong to avoid chaos due to war; such as Zhang Hong and Lü Meng; the third type was the local forces in Jiangdong, the most famous of which were the four major families: Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang.
The representative figures of the four major families are: Gu Yong (丞相), Lu Xun, Zhu Zhi (General An Guo, Wu Juntaishou), and Zhang Wen (Crown Prince Taifu). In the early period of the State of Wu, the cooperation of the three forces laid the foundation of the State of Wu, and by the end of Sun Quan's life, the first two forces gradually weakened, and the gradual growth of the native warrior clan became a problem that Sun Quan had to face.
In the struggle between Prince Wu and King Lu, the native warrior clans were involved, and this was the opportunity that Sun Quan waited to purge the local forces. As the battle for the throne intensified, a worried Lu Xun wrote to Sun Quan many times hoping to stabilize the situation, but he did not know that this kind of chaos was exactly the effect that Sun Quan wanted.
In the eighth year of the party struggle, in 250 AD, Sun Quan finally raised his butcher knife and slashed at the two forces. Sun Quan first deposed the crown prince Sun He, and then killed Sun Ba, the king of Lu, and the Jiangdong Shi clan, which was in line with the two forces, was also brutally purged.
At this time, Lu Xun's nephews Gu Tan, Gu Cheng, and Yao Xin were all exiled because they were close to the crown prince, and the crown prince Fu Wucang was also convicted and executed for having correspondence with Lu Xun. Seeing the disintegration of the family's power, the 63-year-old Lu Xun died of anger in Sun Quan's repeated reprimands.
Ironically, at this time, only a year after Lu Xun took over as chancellor, when Lu Xun served as chancellor, Sun Quan spared no effort to praise Lu Xun for his talent and wisdom, his virtues were remarkable, and he assisted the imperial court in eliminating the troubles, which could be compared with Yi Yin and Lü Shang.
Ruthless is the most imperial family, I don't know if Lu Xun, who tasted the cold and warmth of the world in his twilight years, will recall the glorious scene when he fought side by side with Sun Quan and won one victory after another in Yiling and Shiting.