The Southern Lu Party Dispute, also known as the Battle of the Second Palace, was a party struggle caused by the struggle between Sun He (Sun Quan's third son) and Sun Ba, the Prince of Lu (Sun Quan's fourth son), during the Three Kingdoms period. The Eastern Wu Imperial Palace was called the "Nangong", Sun Ba was crowned the King of Lu, and this political event in the Eastern Wu court was called the "Southern Lu Party Struggle".
The Nanlu party struggle lasted for eight years, and many of Sun Wu's elders and ministers were either actively or passively involved in this dispute; they attacked each other and were at odds with each other, so that there was a critical situation in which "Chinese and foreign bureaucratic generals and ministers divided the country in the middle." Lu Xun was forced to die by Sun Quan, and many loyal subjects were persecuted and exiled, which greatly weakened the Eastern Wu regime, and eventually the young emperor Sun Liang succeeded to the throne, and a situation of Zhuge Ke, Sun Jun, and Sun Qiang successively monopolizing power appeared.
Crown Prince Sun Deng died
In May of the fourth year of Chiwu (241), Sun Quan's eldest son Sun Deng died. Sun Dengren was a corporal of Li Xian and was Sun Quan's favorite son. In 221 AD, Sun Quan was proclaimed King of Wu, Sun Deng was made crown prince early, Sun Quan was made empress, and Sun Deng was made crown prince. Sun Deng was Sun Quan's eldest son and the best heir, but unfortunately Sun Deng died at the age of 33, which dealt Sun Quan a heavy blow.
After Sun Deng's death, the position of crown prince hung in the air. At that time, the eldest was Sun Quan's third son, Sun Quan (the second son died in 232), and Sun He was very popular with Sun Quan when he was young because of his talent and wisdom and his mother Lady Wang, and Sun Deng also went to Sun Quan before his death, hoping that Sun Quan would make Sun Quan the crown prince. So in 242 AD, Sun Quan made Sun He crown prince.
Sun Quan had many concubines in the harem, but his favorite one was always the step trainer (pet crown rear court), and the second only one to the step trainer was Sun He's mother, Lady Wang. The stepper died in 238 AD, and now Sun He was made crown prince, and his mother Lady Wang had always been favored by Sun Quan, it seemed that Sun He's position as crown prince should be very stable, but in fact, some people were secretly preparing to pull Sun He off the position of prince.
The vicious and vicious Sun Dahu
The buoyer gave birth to two daughters for Sun Quan, Sun Luban (married to Quan Chun, known as Princess Quan) and Sun Luyu (married to Zhu Zhao, known as Princess Zhu), and because Sun Quan loved the buoyer, he also liked the eldest daughter Sun Luban. But more women are prone to problems, Sun Luban and Sun He's mother Lady Wang have been discordant, and now seeing that Sun He has been made crown prince, Lady Wang is triumphant, and Sun Luban is extremely unhappy.
When Sun Quan first established the crown prince and the king of Lu, Sun He and Sun Ba were still favored as much, still living in the same palace, and did not formally distinguish between grades and grades. The courtiers such as Taichang Gu Tan and Crown Prince Fu Wucang expressed their objections, believing that the prince and the king should have a distinction between concubines, and that there should be a difference in etiquette, and even asked King Lu to leave the town. The crown prince and the king of Lu have since separated from each other, which has caused the beginning of a contradiction.
King Lu believed that his decline in status was the result of the crown prince and his henchmen. After having his own imperial guests, they jointly denigrated the prince and his supporters, hoping to replace them quickly. The small contradiction between Prince Sun He and Sun Ba, the king of Lu, was discovered by the vicious and vicious Sun Luban, who trapped Sun He while secretly waiting, and kept sending people to monitor Sun He.
In 245 AD, Sun Quan was seriously ill and bedridden, so he asked Sun He to go to the Zongmiao Temple to pray for blessings and disasters, and sun and crown princess Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Xiu's residence was close to the Zongmiao Temple, so he invited Sun He to his home, and was sent by Sun Luban to monitor and see, so Sun Luban ran to the palace to provoke Sun Quan, saying that Sun He was not sacrificing at the Zongmiao Temple, but secretly plotting major events in the concubine's house.
In his later years, Sun Quan became extremely suspicious after the successive deaths of the rifle trainer and Sun Deng, but still restrained himself. Sun Luban then said to Sun Quan again, Lady Wang saw that you were seriously ill and happy, this time Sun Quan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and sent someone to call Lady Wang to his side, a reprimand and scolding, and as a result, Lady Wang died of fear shortly after returning home (Quan was deeply angry and died of worry).
After that, the princely prince and the princely party gradually fell out of favor, and the Lu wang party became more crazy, and they constantly used various opportunities to attack the princeling ministers, because Sun Luban often rumored around Sun Quan, resulting in many princeling ministers being framed. Even Lu Xun, the chancellor of the Wu state at that time, was involved in the party struggle and was eventually forced to die by Sun Quan.
The party struggle ended, and Sun Luban actually became the biggest beneficiary
As the nanlu party struggle intensified, Sun Quan finally woke up, believing that the result of the two party struggles had caused a rift in the imperial court, and if the two were allowed to take the throne, it would cause the imperial court to be more uneasy and trigger further infighting, just as after Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan completely split into two factions. Determined to create another prince among his sons, Sun Luban cleverly captured Sun Quan's thoughts.
At that time, Sun Quan's concubine Pan Shu and her son Sun Liang were favored, and Sun Luban pondered Sun Quan's thoughts and planned to take the initiative to establish a good relationship with them. Quan Chun's granddaughter, Quan Shang's daughter Quan Shisheng, was beautiful and understanding, and was very popular with Princess Quan, who used to take her into the palace with her when she met her father. Therefore, Princess Quan mentioned Quan Shang's daughter many times and advised her father to be Concubine Sun Liang.
In July 250, Sun Quan officially deposed The Crown Prince Sun He, killed Sun Ba, the Prince of Lu, and killed Quan Ji, Wu An, and Sun Qi, who had been involved in the murder of the Crown Prince. In November, Sun Liang was officially made crown prince. In 252 AD, Sun Quan died, Sun Liang succeeded to the throne, and in the second year after the young emperor Sun Liang ascended the throne (253), QuanFei was made empress, and Sun Luban's status as a foreign relative and the right to support the establishment fell to the opposition.
Sun Liang was only 10 years old when he succeeded to the throne, so Zhuge Ke, Sun Jun, and Sun Qiang successively monopolized power, and Sun Luban has always played an important role in it. In the third year of Taiping (258), Sun Luban, Taichang Quanshang, the general Liu Cheng (承), and others plotted to kill the powerful minister Sun Qi, and after the matter was leaked, he was exiled to Yuzhang, and did not know the end.
As the eldest daughter of Sun Quan, Sun Luban is very pampered, but her desire for power is too strong and she is not willing to be lonely. After the Young Emperor Sun Liang succeeded to the throne, Sun Luban colluded with Sun Jun to control the government and chaos in Eastern Wu for more than ten years, which was really a "legendary" woman.
References: Notes on Pei Songzhi in romance of the Three Kingdoms, And Lu Simian in History of the Three Kingdoms