In ancient Chinese history, especially under the rule of feudal dynasties, ministers with high merit were often suspected or even executed by monarchs, such as Yue Fei, who resisted Jin. As far as the Three Kingdoms period is concerned, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and other forces competed with each other, and the long-term war also prompted many ministers of culture and military affairs to obtain great military achievements, and even reached the point of high merit. Among them, the typical representatives are Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun and others, but their endings are very different.
One
First of all, as far as Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of the Shu Han Dynasty, was concerned, in order to repay Liu Bei's kindness, he dedicated his life to the Shu Han. After the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang set a strategic direction for Liu Bei to take Bashu in the west. However, in general, during Liu Bei's lifetime, although Zhuge Liang's merits were not small, he was far from reaching the point where he was high in merit. However, after Liu Beibai emperor entrusted him with isolation, the merits of the later lord Liu Chan could not be compared with Liu Bei's, and Zhuge Liang's Nanping Mengyu, northern expedition to the Central Plains, and the management of the military and political affairs of the Shu Han Dynasty, fully met the criteria of the lord of gonggao zhen. However, in the author's opinion, in the end of Zhuge Liang's life, Liu Chan still trusted this orphan minister and was willing to be an emperor in the formal sense. As a result, Zhuge Liang's end was to die of illness, rather than being jealous and dying.
Two
Secondly, as far as Zhuge Liang's opponent Sima Yi was concerned, it was difficult to be called a high-ranking lord during Cao Cao's reign, and even after Cao Pi began to reuse Sima Yi, the latter's military achievements were only in the ascending period. However, it was the constant confrontation with Zhuge Liang that not only accumulated battle achievements for Sima Yi, but also helped the Sima family to continuously control the army. After that, whether during the reign of the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui or during the reign of Cao Fang, Sima Yi, as the elder of several dynasties, naturally met the criteria of the lord of gong and high. Of course, it was precisely for this reason that Sima Yi aroused the hostility of Cao Shuang and other Cao clans. However, a change in Gaopingling announced the decline of the Cao clan's power, and the process of changing the Sima family began. For Sima Yi, its ending can be called a good ending.
Three
In addition, Zhou Yu can also be called a major opponent of Zhuge Liang. For Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu was an important minister in Sun Ce's era and had a high prestige among the eastern Wu warlords. Especially after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu's prestige undoubtedly reached its peak. And this has already posed a challenge to Sun Quan. In the author's opinion, Sun Quan supported Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and others, and also considered balancing Zhou Yu's power. However, Zhou Yu is a special one among the above people, he died of illness at the age of thirty-six, on the one hand, sun Quan feels regret and regret, on the other hand, perhaps Zhou Yu's death can also avoid the negative impact of the Gong Gao Zhen Lord. Especially for Sun Quan, Eastern Wu's territory was laid down by his father and brother, and compared with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the key to Sun Quan's early reign was to establish personal prestige. And with a general like Zhou Yu under his command, he was naturally not very comfortable.
Four
Finally, Lu Xun's merits as the fourth governor of Eastern Wu after Zhou Yu did not lie under Zhou Lang. On the one hand, when attacking Jingzhou, he deliberately praised Guan Yu and made Guan Yu lose his vigilance, on the other hand, he defeated the Shu Han army in the Battle of Yiling. In addition, when he resisted Cao Wei in the north and Shanyue in the south, he made obvious achievements and was deeply supported by the people when he was the governor of Haichang Tuntian. Therefore, Lu Xun is also a talent who has shown his appearance in ancient Chinese history. However, for the upright and stern Lu Xun, in his later years, he was involved in the dispute over the establishment of the heir, and because of Sun Quan's several accusations, he eventually died of anger.