Poetry of the Three Kingdoms (Yang Jian)
The two Han Dynasties and four hundred years, divided into Wei Shu Wu. Cao Cao was the first to live in Yi, and Liu Bei was in Chengdu. Sun Quan was in Jinling, and Dingzu was drawing on each other.
In the late Eastern Wu dynasty, the politics were dark, and for a long time the emperor had no real power and was threatened by the ministers. This situation lasted for sun liang and sun xiu, two emperors. Sun Liang and Sun Xiu have also been fighting against the powerful ministers. Sun Liang was deposed by the powerful minister Sun Qi, and Sun Xiu once swallowed his anger, and finally used a "Hongmen Feast" to kill Sun Qiang and take the power back into his hands. This naturally shows that Sun Xiu has great means, but it cannot be said that Sun Liang is incompetent. However, Sun Liang did show a little sharpness, so he was jealous of Sun Qiang; later, because of a failed coup d'état, the contradictions between the two sides quickly intensified, and finally Sun Liang was deposed by Sun Qiang. The following small editor will talk about the struggle between Sun Liang and Sun Qiang.
A wise young lord and an airborne courtier
Sun Quan originally trained a crown prince, Sun Deng, who died early; Sun Quan contributed to the "Dispute of the Two Palaces" in his later years, with Sun He and Sun Ba, one deposed and the other dead. At this time, Sun Quan set his eyes on his old son Sun Liang. Generally speaking, the younger son is popular, and the same is true in Sun Quan's place. Sun Quan loved this young son very much, and princess Sun Luban smelled this smell, which also promoted the marriage between the whole family and Sun Liang. Therefore, with the intention of Sun Quan and the support of the whole family, Sun Liang became the crown prince, and Sun Quan became the new emperor after his death, known in history as Emperor Wu, who was deposed as the emperor.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, WuShu, and The Main Biography of the Three Heirs": "Quan Chunqiu is high, and the light is the least, so pay special attention." ”
Sun Quan established Sun Liang as the heir, and in addition to emotional tendencies, he may also have capable considerations. Sun Liang is very clever and discerns right from wrong. A similar event is recorded in the Wu Li and the Biography of Jiang Biao, which shows Sun Liang's talent.
The "Wu Calendar" records that Sun Liang wanted to eat honey water to soak the plums one day, so he sent Huangmen to the fu treasury to get honey water. Take it back and find rat droppings in the honey water. Huang Men said that the Tibetan officials were not strict in their work, and the Tibetan officials said that Huang Men once asked himself for honey water, and he did not dare to give it, which offended Huang Men, so he was framed by him. The attendant advised Sun Liang to hand over the matter to the judicial department, sun Liang said no, he ordered the rat dung to be broken, found that it was dry, and convicted Huangmen. Because if soaked in honey water for a long time, mouse dung should be moist from the inside out. This result can only mean that the yellow door has just been put in.
The records of the "Biography of Jiang Biao" are slightly different. Sun Liang let him eat the sugarcane syrup, before the Yellow Gate managed the Tibetan officials to ask for pu mats, the Tibetan officials did not give, the Yellow Gate was resentful, and threw rat dung in the sugarcane syrup. But this syrup cane is served in a bowl with a lid and should not accidentally enter mouse dung. So Sun Liang judged that it was the problem of the Yellow Gate. These two things are the same thing, and should originate from the same thing, and there is an error in the record. However, no matter what, it can reflect Sun Liang's ability.
Unfortunately, this clever young lord could not control the authority. During sun liang's reign, he experienced three powerful ministers, Zhuge Ke, Sun Jun, and Sun Qiang. In fact, before Sun Quan's death, sun Liang formed an auxiliary team--Zhuge Ke, Sun Hong, Teng Yin, Sun Jun, and Lü Zhao. Among them, Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin, and Lü Zhi belonged to the Huaisi clique and were in a dominant position among the auxiliary ministers; Sun Jun was the Eastern Wu Sect, and Sun Hong, because of his poor records, did not know what kind of origin it was, and according to his surname, it could only be said that there was a possibility of being born into the clan. In the original "Battle of the Two Palaces", Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin, Sun Hong, and Lü Zhu also belonged to different camps. Sun Quan's arrangement of such a team does have consideration of checks and balances.
However, no amount of consideration could resist the conflict caused by the imperial power that the young lord could not exercise. Among them, Sun Hong and Zhuge Ke died successively because of power struggles (Zhuge Ke and Sun Jun killed Sun Hong; Zhuge Ke was killed by Sun Jun), and then Sun Jun suddenly fell ill and gave power to his cousin Sun Qi before dying. Sun Qiang was not among the five auxiliary ministers designated by Sun Quan, and he was defenseless, and was only a partial general at that time. If he was able to ascend to the throne, he would inevitably be dissatisfied by Lü Zhao and Teng Yin. So the three men fought again, and finally Sun Qiang won the victory, eliminated Lü Zhao and Teng Yin, promoted him to the rank of general, let several of his brothers take charge of the forbidden army, and began to control the government of Eastern Wu.
Measures taken by Sun Liang
Sun Liang is a smart man and an ambitious man (how strange this sounds), and he wants to get rid of Sun Qiao as soon as possible and take back his authority. The measures taken by Sun Liang have three aspects.
First, form a group of forbidden armies that you can control
If you want to get rid of Sun Qi, it will be much easier to have an army that is completely under your control. So how can such an army be cultivated? Sun Liang's idea was to expage three thousand teenagers under the age of eighteen and fifteen years old to form a young army, and to send his disciples as the commanders of this army, practicing in the palace every day, with a very high training intensity, and practicing more than five thousand spears and swords.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, and Three Heirs": "The sons of the soldiers of the Army have gone down to the fifteenth year of the eighteenth year, and have received more than 3,000 people, and the young and courageous sons of the generals have been selected as their commanders." ”
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wushu, Sun Qiang's Biography": "Day after night, the size of the roar, corrupted more than 5,000 spears in Tibet." ”
According to Xiao Bian's idea, the age of this army is not too high, nor is it too low, it will not stimulate Sun Qi too much, nor will it let itself wait too long, and it has a certain combat effectiveness. These armies were "long" with Sun Liang in the palace, and they were Sun Liang's concubines. Moreover, using the disciples of the generals as generals can also rely on this level of relationship to win over the military generals in the DPRK and strengthen their influence. Sun Qiang was naturally jealous of Sun Liang, and he did not dare to go to the court, and he lived for a long time in the south of the Suzaku Bridge, using his brother to control the forbidden army.
2. Rehabilitate Princess Zhu
During Sun Jun's reign, there was a coup d'état. Sun Yi, Zhang Yi, Lin Ke and others wanted to kill Sun Jun, but the matter was revealed and they were killed by Sun Jun. In the "Battle of the Two Palaces", Sun Quan's two princesses, Sun Luban (known as Princess Quan because of marrying Quan Chun) and Sun Luyu (who was known as Princess Zhu because of marrying Zhu), belonged to two camps, Sun Luban station Lu Wang Sun Ba, and Sun Lu Yu station prince Sun He. The two people have a conflict. Sun Luban used this coup to frame Sun Luyu and put Sun Luyu to death by means of Sun Jun's hand.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wushu, And Concubine Biography": "The whole lord killed the lord because of the complicity of the lord of words and yi. ”
Sun Liang knew that Sun Luyu had been wronged, so he rehabilitated Sun Luyu. He inquired about Sun Luban's case, and Sun Luban took the opportunity to play a role, saying that Sun Luyu was denounced by Zhu Xiong and Zhu Bao (Zhu Zhao's son, who was once Sun Luyu's son, but should not be his own). So Sun Liang killed Zhu Xiong and Zhu Bao.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wushu Sun Qiang's Biography: "The angry Tiger Lin Governor Xiong xiong and the xiong brother external overseer did not kuang Zheng Sun Jun, but ordered Ding Feng to kill xiong in hu lin and kill jianye." ”
Sun Liang rehabilitated Princess Zhu, and xiaobian believed that there were reasons for establishing authority and denying Sun Jun. In addition, Zhu Zhi was the external governor of Jianye, and Zhu Zhi's wife was Sun Jun's sister, and Sun Qiang was also a cousin or sibling. Therefore, Sun Liang may have taken the opportunity to cut off Sun Qiang's henchmen, and from the fact that Sun Qiang entered the palace to intercede for Zhu Xiong and Zhu Loss, it can be seen that this possibility is still relatively large. However, Xiaobian believes that zhu zhi cannot be determined that Zhu Zhi is Sun Qi's party just by relying on in-law relations. The social relations in the upper echelons of Eastern Wu were very complicated, not only Zhu Loss, but also the wife of Quan Shang, who explicitly supported Sun Liang's opposition to Sun Qiang, was also Sun Qiang's cousin, and Sun Luban supported Sun Liang's ascension to the throne, but he was not clearly connected with Sun Jun. Moreover, Sun Liang's rehabilitation of Sun Luyu will definitely involve Sun Luban, who framed Sun Luyu, and Sun Luyu and her husband's family are Sun Liang's supporters. Of course, it is also possible that Sun Liang and Sun Luban performed a double reed play. All in all, Xiaobian believes that Sun Liang's theory that Sun Liang cut off The henchmen of Zhu Xiong and Zhu Yuping instead of Zhu Xiong and Zhu Qiu was very likely, but it cannot be completely determined.
3. Launch a coup d'état
During the reign of Sun Qi, Cao Wei underwent a large-scale "Three Rebellions in Huainan", and this mutiny also implicated the two regimes of Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and we only talk about Eastern Wu here. Fearing Sima Zhao's conscription, Zhuge Rebelled against Sima Zhao in Shouchun, and received support from Eastern Wu. Sima Zhao led a large army to surround Zhuge Zhi in Shouchun, and Sun Qiang led troops to support Zhuge Shi, but did not succeed, and also killed Zhu Yi, the son of the famous general Zhu Huan, under the pretext of resisting military orders. This led to Sun Qi's personal prestige being greatly reduced; it is worth mentioning that in the process of the "Three Rebellions in Huainan", Quanduan, Quanyi, Quanhui, Quanyi, Quanjing and other members of the family surrendered to Cao Wei. Probably for these two reasons (Sun Liang's reputation was reduced, it was an opportunity to attack; the strength of Sun Liang's supporters and families was reduced, bringing a sense of crisis to Sun Liang), Sun Liang decided to launch a final blow against Sun Liang, and if he did not succeed, he became a ren.
Sun Liang consulted with Sun Luban, Quan Shang, and Liu Cheng (liu cheng) to get rid of Sun Qiang. The specific plan was to lead the forbidden troops to surround the Suzaku Bridge and use his authority to order Sun Qiang's men to abandon resistance. Sun Liang did not directly seek out Quan Shang, but contacted Quan Shang through Quan Shang's son Quan Ji (Yellow Gate Attendant). Sun Liang specifically instructed Quan Ji not to let his mother (Sun Qi's cousin) know about this. Quan Ji told Quan Shang, but Quan Shang did not open his mouth and told his wife. So the matter leaked, Sun Qiang sent troops to capture Quan Shang overnight, beheaded Liu Cheng, and surrounded the palace. At this time, the contradiction between Sun Liang and Sun Qiao had been made public, and it had reached the situation of your life and death. So Sun Qiang deposed Sun Liang and made Sun Xiu emperor. Sun Liang's struggle with Sun Qiang ended in failure.
"Biography of Jiang Biao": "Ji Chengzhao, to tell the shang, there is no far-sightedness, to the language of Ji Mu." The mother makes the person whisper. ”
brief summary
Overall, Sun Liang is more intelligent, and he is not willing to be controlled by the powerful ministers. However, he was young and vigorous, and did not know how to restrain his sharp edge, so that Sun Qiang had always been jealous of him and did not dare to easily show his flaws; the coup he planned later also failed completely because of his improper behavior. It can be said that Sun Liang's means of fighting with Sun Qiang are not mature. On the other hand, the latecomer Sun Xiu, ostensibly repeatedly gave in to Sun Qiang, allowing him to take the army out of the town of Wuchang, but he was able to take advantage of a banquet to kill him with one blow, and afterwards he took it lightly and dissolved the remnants of Sun Qiang, so he successfully leveled Sun Qiang and let the long-deviated imperial power return to normal.
Reference: "Three Kingdoms"