Sun Quan, the character Zhongmou, was the lord of Jiangdong, and before he could reach the weak crown, he took over the foundation of Jiangdong from his father and brother, and competed with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were equivalent to his father's generation, to dominate the world. Throughout his life, it is not difficult for us to know that internally he will govern the land of Jiangdong in an orderly manner, and externally, although he lacks general strategy, he has not let the territory of Jiangdong fall into the hands of others, but has expanded his territory by a few points. In this way, he really has the talent of an emperor. However, at the same time, he also had the common disease of emperors, that is, paranoia, for example, after he claimed the emperor, in order to fear disputes over the throne, he did not dare to add emperors to Sun Ce, which is the best proof. However, he was as suspicious as he was, but he had trusted four people wholeheartedly in his life, and who were these four people?
Speaking of this, perhaps many people will think that the people he trusts are the "Four Yingjie of Eastern Wu", that is, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun. In fact, among the four people, Zhou Yu was Sun Ce's old acquaintance, and also Sun Ce's brother-in-law, and he was also a man of both literature and martial arts, and he was quite strategic, and Sun Quan did not dare or fully trust him, which can be seen from Liu Bei's daring to say that Zhou Yu was "afraid of becoming a subject soon" and provoking the relationship between them; Lu Su was dissatisfied with Sun Quan because he advocated lending out Nan County to let Liu Bei develop and grow; as for Lu Xun, he not only had a feud with Sun Quan, after all, when Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, the person who greeted the battle was his grandfather who raised Lu Xun to grow up. Still Sun Ce's son-in-law, Sun Quan has always guarded against him, and when he was involved in the dispute over the concubine in his later years, Sun Quan directly wrote to reprimand him, causing him to die in anger. So who are the people that Sun Quan really trusts? Let's take a look.
Fourth, Gu Yong
Gu Yong (Gu Yong), also spelled Yuansi, was a member of the Wu County, and was the second chancellor of Eastern Wu. This person is very outstanding in both literary achievements and political achievements. He was deeply liked by the famous scholar Cai Yong at the end of the Han Dynasty and often praised by Cai Yong; in terms of political achievements, he "weak crowned as the head of Hefei, and later transferred to Lou, Qu'a, and Shangyu, all of which have traces of governance", which means that he has served as the governor of many places and has extraordinary political achievements. Chen Shou said of him in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Gu Yong relied on Suye, and he was able to attain the ultimate honor. This means that Gu Yong can be in the position of a minister, relying on his own merits, wisdom, and measurements.
So where does Sun Quan trust him? According to records, when Sun Ce was still alive, Sun Quan was appointed as the Taishou of huijian, but he did not go to the post, but let Gu Yong take the position of county clerk and handle various affairs on his behalf. After Sun Quan took over Jiangdong, he attached great importance to Gu Yong's opinion, consulted him on everything, and held a banquet, as long as Gu Yong was present, he did not dare to have fun. This point was not even comparable to zhang Zhao, the old minister of the orphans.
Third, Ganning
Gan Ning, the character Xingba, was originally a member of the Ba County, and successively defected to Liu Biao, Huang Zu and others, and because he was not reused, he turned around and came to Jiangdong. As soon as he joined Sun Quan's camp, he was treated very highly. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that "[GanNing] then returned to Wu. Zhou Yu and Lü Meng both recommended Da, and Sun Quan was different, the same as the old minister. In addition, Sun Quan's evaluation of him is also very high, once said: "Meng De has Zhang Liao, lonely and prosperous, enough enemies also", to know that Zhang Liao once broke through eight hundred thousand, twice almost captured Sun Quan, for Sun Quan is equivalent to a nightmare-like existence, he so evaluated Gan Ning, it can be seen that he attaches importance to Gan Ning. In addition, in addition to admiring Ganning's ability, he also maintained Ganning. At first, his cousin Sun Jiao had offended Gan Ning because of his drunken gaffe, and Sun Quan personally wrote to Sun Jiao, asking him to apologize to Gan Ning. You know, Sun Jiao is not an ordinary clan relative who has achieved nothing, he is also one of the generals that Sun Quan relies on very much, in this case, Sun Quan still does not help his relatives, supports Gan Ning, and his attention and trust in Gan Ning can be seen.
Second, Lu Meng
Lü Meng (Lü Meng), courtesy name Ziming, was the third governor of Jiangdong after Zhou Yu and Lu Su. He was born in the late days, was a general who was pulled up by one hand after Sun Quan took charge, and had been carefully cultivated by Sun Quan, after all, Sun Quan persuaded him to study, so that Lü Mengfei was not able to restore Wu to Amon, which made Lu Su look at it with astonishment, and it is still rumored to be a beautiful talk. In addition, from his bold and outspoken words when communicating with Sun Quan, as well as Sun Quan's attitude, it is not difficult for us to see Sun Quan's trust in him. According to records, when Sun Quan wanted to attack Nan County, he planned to let Lü Meng and Sun Jiao serve as the left and right governors respectively, and Lü Meng wrote to Sun Quan: "If you think Sun Jiao is competent, let him do this, if you think I can do it, let me be independently responsible, otherwise it is easy to lead to discord between the generals and delay major events, and Cheng Pu's disobedience with Zhou Yu is a negative teaching material." So Sun Quan dismissed this idea. Just think, if Sun Quan didn't trust Lü Meng enough, would Lü Meng dare to speak so bluntly? Even if he dares, can he get the desired results?
1. Zhou Tai
Zhou Tai (周泰), also spelled Youping, was originally Sun Ce's general, but Sun Quan admired him very much and let him come to his side. Later, Sun Quan was surrounded by thieves and almost died in the rebellion, it was Zhou Tai who desperately saved each other, inspired everyone to fight and fight, and twelve wounds in his body, which enabled Sun Quan to successfully get out of trouble, that is to say, he had the grace to save Sun Quan's life. He was loyal to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan did not treat him badly, and when he was supervising the beard, Xu Sheng, Zhu Ran and other famous generals were under his command, but they were not convinced, so Sun Quan himself went to the army, let Zhou Tai take off his clothes, and told the history of the wounds one by one to help him serve the people. In addition, when Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and wanted to use troops against Shu, he also made Zhou Taiyao the Taishou of Hanzhong, and from this point, it was enough to see that Sun Quan valued and trusted him, but before Sun Quan could start a war, Zhou Tai died.
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, without any innuendo or politics.