Everyone knows that the main ones who followed Sun Ce to start a business and fight in the country were: the concubines headed by Lü Fan, the old sun jian clan headed by Zhu Zhi, the Sun clan headed by Sun Ben, and the uncles and cousins headed by Wu Jing.
However, we often overlook that those who started from following Sun Jian and doing their best for the Sun family and making great contributions were the cousins headed by Xu Kun. Moreover, the momentum of the Xu family's development was once very high, and it was very influential in Sun Wu, so now we will talk about the rise and fall of the Xu family in Fuchun.
(Xu Kun)
The family foundation of the Xu family in Fuchun
The Xu family and the Sun family are in the same county, and they are all from Fuchun County, Wu County. Xu Kun's father, Xu Zhen, had a very good relationship with Sun Jian in his early years, and Sun Jian mated his sister Sun Lady Xu to Xu Zhen and gave birth to Xu Kun.
When Xu Kun was young, he served in the prefecture and county, followed his uncle Sun Jian in his conquests, and was appointed by the imperial court as a partial general.
Historical records are often not much, but the amount of information is particularly large. At that time, marriage was about being a door-to-door pair, and Xu Zhen should be the same as Sun Jian at that time, an official in the county equivalent to the current department level. Xu Zhen did not have great ability like Sun Jian, but he had a lot of research on the way of being an official, and arranged his children very well, Xu Kun arranged him into the civil service sequence in his hometown at a young age, and then let him follow his uncle who had the ability to suppress bandits and make several meritorious achievements, gain enough political capital, and become a partial general at a young age.
What is the concept of a partial general? Huang Gai followed the Sun family's father and son all his life, and died to the point of being a general.
(Marriage door to door pair)
This is a historical law that remains unchanged to this day, don't be convinced, why do you work hard to promote and raise salaries slowly, why do others idle and idle to promote officials and get rich? When you have free time, you can enjoy it.
To sum up: Before Sun Jian's death, even Sun Ben and Wu Jing were not as high as Xu Kun's rank, indicating that the Xu family should be the best of all Sun Jian's relatives, and the most able to mix in the official field. However, after all, the Xu family was only a middle- and lower-level ordinary official family, and it was completely incomparable with the high-ranking officials of the Yuan Shu and Xia Pi Chen clans who could not move too much to guard two thousand stones, and the Gaomen clan that grabbed a large number of them.
The fact that it cannot be compared now does not mean that it will not be able to become such a big family in the future.
The Xu family is Sun Ce's entrepreneurial hero
The Battle of Liyang was the first step in Sun Ce's entrepreneurship, when Sun Ce had already defeated Fan Neng and Yu Mi, who were stationed at Liu Sui's camp in Hengjiangjin, northern Jiangsu, to attack the camp of Zhang Ying, another general of Liu Sui in Danglikou downstream. However, Li Yang and Zhang Ying's camp separated a tributary of the Yangtze River, and Sun Jun did not have so many boats to pass, so Sun Ce ordered to camp first, and then cross the river to attack when the boats were assembled.
Sun Ce's aunt and Xu Kun's mother, Lady Sun, was in the army at the time, and when she heard the news, she said to Xu Kun: You wait here, Liu Kun will send reinforcements to attack from the south, the soldiers are fast, you should use reeds to make a raft to cross the river to attack Zhang Ying before Liu Kun gets the news.
(Reed for raft)
Xu Kun quickly told Sun Ce what Lady Sun had said, and Sun Ce immediately carried out the attack, defeated Zhang Ying, and obtained his warship to take Liu Sui south and base himself in Jiangdong.
If mrs. Sun's reeds were not used as a raft strategy, the fighter plane was missed, and Liu Sui's reinforcements arrived, perhaps the history of the Sun family's entrepreneurship was stopped, so the Xu family had a great contribution to the Sun family.
When Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to Liyang to fight against Liu Sui, he only gave him more than a thousand horses, but there were people who followed him along the way, and by the time Of Liyang, Sun Ce's army had reached five or six thousand. Among them, there were the Xu family's people and horses, and Mrs. Sun all came to the army, which shows that the Xu family supported Sun Ce at that time. With this full support, the Xu family is another great contribution to the Sun family.
The heyday of the Xu family
After Sun Ce established himself in Jiangdong, he first had the counties of Wu and Huiji. Zhu Zhi was originally the governor of Wu County, and sun Jian was entrusted with heavy use in the era, and his private relationship with the Sun family was extraordinary, and it was natural to serve as the Taishou of Wu County, and Sun Ce appointed himself as the Taishou of the Hui.
At this time, Yuan Shu appointed his brother Yuan Yin as the Taishou of Danyang, and Sun Ce wanted to send a powerful general to drive Yuan Shu's forces back to Jiangbei. After the Battle of Liyang, both Wu Jing and Sun Ben returned to Yuan Shu to resume their lives, and Sun Ce gave this heavy responsibility to his cousin Xu Kun.
At that time, the person sun ce trusted and relied on the most was none other than Lü Fan, but this society was one that emphasized seniority and seniority, and promoting and advancing also needed a gradual process, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public. Lü Fan was already promoted to wanling county order at that time, like Xu Kun had a partial general position, and he was a cousin of Sun Ce, and his ability was more than Sun Jing, Sun Xuan and other clan relatives, and doing this Danyang Taishou could make people convinced.
The word "expulsion" shows that Xu Kun's battle to capture Danyang County was a one-sided battle. First, it can be seen that he has good ability, and second, it can be seen that the size of the army he led is not small, and with Yuan Yin's troops, the army that Xu Kun has at this time has already made Sun Ce have some scruples.
Originally, Sun Ce had already listed Xu Kun as Danyang Taishou, but it happened that at this time, Wu Jing finally broke with Yuan Shu and joined Sun Ce's camp. Because Wu Jing's seniority was old, and he had served as Danyang Taishou, he had great prestige here, coupled with Sun Ce's scruples about Xu Kun's military strength, Wu Jing eventually replaced Xu Kun as Danyang Taishou.
(Xu Kun almost became Danyang Taishou)
Although he missed the opportunity to become a feudal governor, this did not prevent Sun Ce from reusing Xu Kun. After Xu Kun led the troops back, Sun Ce made him a lieutenant general in the overseers and held military power.
After Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, Xu Kun followed Sun Quan in his crusade against Li Shu of Lujiang, and for his merits he was awarded the title of Marquis of Guangde (Marquis of County) and promoted to the rank of General of Pingyu. This was basically to woo the general Sun Quan, who was able to give the highest official title to his subordinates at that time, which shows the importance and prominence of the Xu family in Jiangdong at that time.
One man attains the Word, and the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven. Xu Yi, who followed Lü Fan in his attack on Chen Yu in Haixi, Guangling County, and Xu Shi, the wife of Sun Yi, the third grandson of the Sun family, were probably all members of the Xu family. The daughter also married the Lu family of Jiangdong, and the entire Xu family was thriving.
The Xu family, together with the Sun family and the Wu family, who were also relatives of the clan, controlled the upper echelons of the power structure in Jiangdong at that time, and from an ordinary family of officials to a Family of Officials, it has developed into the Wang Clan of Jiangdong, and it is almost inevitable that they will become a famous family in time.
Xu Kun was killed by an arrow
In one of Sun Quan's three conquests against Huang Zu, Xu Kunzhong was killed.
(Xu Kun was killed by an arrow)
This shows that Xu Kun is still fighting on the front line with his status, and it can be seen that he is very brave and fierce, and he can completely command the battle from a safe distance.
Perhaps this is his nature, killing the red eye will not kill, risking death for the Sun family, at all costs.
Maybe he has a higher pursuit. In the years when Sun Jiajun was in the hands of Yuan Shu, Sun Ben and Wu Jing were reused by Yuan Shu, and their status and reputation were greatly enhanced, and Xu Kun ranked after them, and he never had the opportunity to be too defensive. He hopes that through his own efforts, he will establish more meritorious deeds and strive for the opportunity to be too conservative.
At that time, the official position of Taishou, or the same as taishou, was an important hard indicator of a family's status.
Xu Kun is not like Wu Jing, he is still young and has many opportunities. If we live, we can foresee that the Xu family will be extremely expensive. However, Xu Kun died suddenly, and the Xu family no longer had such an excellent figure, and the rapid development of the Xu family ended here.
Lady Xu and later the Xu family
Lady Xu was the daughter of Xu Kun and first married Lu Shang of the Lu family, but Lu Shang disappeared at a young age. Sun Quan still missed Xu Kun's cousin very much, so he married his cousin's niece Lady Xu as his second wife, indicating that he was a little speechless about the ancients.
Sun Quan pampered Lady Xu for several years and entrusted the eldest son Sun Deng to her to raise, but later Sun Quan empathized with the step trainer, and Lady Xu's personality was jealous, and Sun Quan slowly lost patience. Your father's eldest brother is dead, and your brother's skills are very sparse and ordinary, and I feel that I have exhausted my benevolence and righteousness in taking care of your Xu family, so I let Mrs. Xu leave Jianye and go back to the old capital wu county to live alone.
(Lady Xu fell out of favor due to jealousy)
Later, Sun Quan became the King of Wu, and the Qunchen asked Lady Xu to be the queen, but Sun Quan did not listen, and after li bu trained the master, Lady Xu died of depression alone, and only the crown prince Sun Deng always recognized her as his mother.
If Xu Kun is still alive, Sun Quan will give him some face and be more patient with Madame Xu! If the Xu family still had capable people, Sun Quan would not be so desperate for her later!
Look at Wu Jing's sons Wu Fen and Wu Qi, especially when Sun Quan conquered Jingzhou, he left Wu Fen as the governor of Wu County and guarded the east; then look at Zhu Ran, the son of Zhu Zhi, the head of the Zhu family of the Jiangdong family, who did not have to attack his father's title at all, and struggled to become a heavy minister of Eastern Wu, with officials to the left Sima And the right army division, and Dangyang Hou; and Lü Fan's son Lü Zhiguan to the great general of the Hu Horse.
These new upstarts and old nobles, their families have all prospered under the rule of Sun Quan. Xu Kun's eldest son Xu Jiaowu (徐琨) died after he was still dead, and his younger brother Xu Zuo attacked their Marquis of Guangde, and the official was the governor of Wuhu and the general of Pingwei, but failed to surpass his father and performed peacefully.
summary
If Xu Kun had not been shot by Huang Zujun, perhaps the political and family structure of Eastern Wu would have been different. And when the Development of the Xu Family is booming, there are not many examples of abrupt stops, and when people live in peace, they should think of danger, and do not take risks that they cannot bear unless necessary.
If you want to be fast, you can't reach it, stay in the green mountains without firewood, your own life, the progress of your family, as long as the general direction is in the right direction of development, sometimes a little slower than others, how much does it matter if you are a little worse?
(Republic of The Republic 7)
Part I: Sun Quan's second crusade against Huang Zu was not very harmful, but the nausea was very high