Sun Ce was once considered to be the reincarnation of Xiang Yu, for which Sun Ce also had the title of Little Overlord, but when Sun Ce was assassinated and seriously injured, he chose to give the position of lord of Jiangdong to his brother instead of his son, which inevitably made people wonder, was it not selfish, did Sun Ce not choose his son to inherit his father's business but let his younger brother inherit? The Song Dynasty also had a similar case, that is, Song Taizong inherited the throne of his brother Song Taizu, but it was also full of doubts and became a secret history of the Song Dynasty. So what prompted Sun Ce's move?
Sun Ce
Sun Ce's regime in Jiangdong was in jeopardy at the time of his death, Sun Ce was not very old, and his sudden death can also be said to be not the right time, Jiangdong has just taken shape, and it is difficult to maintain power, not to mention that Sun Ce was able to conquer Jiangdong in his early years, relying on a vigorous military policy. Once Sun Ce died, the deterrent power was greatly weakened, and at this time Sun Ce had to consider the future decision, and this step could only be to consider his younger brother Sun Quan.
Just as before the death of Shu Han Liu Bei, Shu Han was faced with a situation of weak subjects and strong subjects, and diplomatically because of the Battle of Yiling, Shu Han was isolated and helpless; in terms of power, Shu Han was partial to one side, lacked the necessary development resources, and was the weakest of the Three Kingdoms, but Liu Bei was fortunate to have Zhuge Liang, so Liu Bei could rest assured that he would leave the country to Zhuge Liang.
Zhang Zhao
In fact, Sun Ce also had several hands to prepare before he died, and he was not safe to trust Jiangdong to Sun Quan. In line with Liu Bei, Sun Ce also gave clear instructions to Zhang Zhao, a major minister in Jiangdong, "If Zhongmou does not take charge, the jun will take it upon himself." It is not a quick retreat, slowly returning to the west, and there is no worry. The meaning here is also that if Sun Quan can't do it, Mr. Sun can take charge of Jiangdong alone." There is also an alternative plan for this, that is, if Zhang Zhaodu can't grasp the situation, then he can choose to return to the west. However, historians have different understandings of Sun Ce's Xiguiyi, and in my opinion, the possibility of Xigui is to keep the Sun family's incense, that is, when it is powerless, it is only necessary to leave the Sun family's life, just in case.
Therefore, Sun Ce's overall arrangement was very careful and pessimistic, and he never had the intention of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, only hoping to hold on, retreating if he could not hold it, and abandoning the Jiangshan that had been fought down.
Sun Quan's crisis
However, sun ce li sun quan still has a lot of risks, first of all, Sun Ce's old departments are from the legacy of his father Sun Jian and the troops provided by Yuan Shu, and people like Zhou Yu are also friends of Sun Ce himself. However, the connection between these people and Sun Quan was not deep, and Sun Quan had not made any achievements in the process of conquering Jiangdong, and lacked the appeal to the army. More importantly, the relationship between Sun Quan and his subordinates was unclear, and Jiangdong did not have a clear identity at this time, that is, to divide the warlords. However, in the official position, Sun Quan was only too defensive, and many of his subordinates had official positions higher than Sun Quan's existence, which also made Sun Quan's appeal further weak.
Sun quan
Moreover, the problems left by Sun Ce are really too big, and the only person who can really trust it is probably Zhou Yu. Before Sun Ce entered Jiangdong, he had a conversation with Zhang Hong, hoping that Zhang Hong could come out of the mountains to help. At this time, the rudimentary form of the division of Jiangdong was established, but the starting point was different from what everyone thought, that is, Zhang Hong believed that if he wanted to divide the party, he must use the slogan of restoring the Han Room, that is, to learn from Cao Cao and return the Country to the Han Room after achieving hegemony. If it were not for this purpose, Zhang Hong would not easily agree to assist the Sun family.
Sun Ce's helplessness
However, in order to be able to quickly take Jiangdong, Sun Ce's approach was extreme. Jiangdong is far from the Central Plains, a pure land during the period of the warlords of the Three Kingdoms, but Sun Ce's sudden attack caught Jiangdong off guard, and Sun Ce's invasion disrupted the pattern of the native warrior clan, in order to quickly establish prestige, Sun Ce adopted a bloody rule.
One of the most representative is Lu Kang, Lu Kang was originally a good official, Yuan Shu ordered Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang at that time, for the sake of power Sun Ce did not hesitate to persecute the Lu clan, almost caused the Lu family to be destroyed. (This is also the root of Sun Quan's doubts during the Lu Xun period) In addition, Sun Ce also did a lot of things to kill chickens and scare monkeys because of prestige problems, Gao Dai was a famous scholar at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Sun Ce originally invited Gao Dai out of the mountains to serve himself. But because of the lack of self-confidence in his bones, Sun Ce killed Gao Dai after listening to the rumors. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Gao Dai was described as "intelligent in nature, light on wealth and noble righteousness." Moreover, Gao Dai was quite influential among the warrior clan, so that as soon as Gao Dai died, most of the clans scorned Sun Ce and hated it in their hearts.
And this also explains why Sun Ce chose Sun Quan, first of all, Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of twenty-six, although Sun Ce had a son, but he was not very old. On the other hand, although Sun Quan also belonged to the young lord, he was already eighteen years old after all. If Sun Ce put his son on the throne, the consequence would naturally be that other warlords would take advantage of it. Leaving aside the external threat, the local forces will not easily let go of this opportunity.
Sun Ce said a very classic sentence, that is, "The people of Jiangdong are determined between the two Chens, and they are in a struggle with the world, and the Qing is not as good as me; the meritocrats are able to do their best to protect jiangdong, I do not know the Qing." At this point, Sun Ce did not misread Sun Quan, and Sun Quan's strength in libao Jiangdong should not be underestimated.
So what did Sun Quan do after he succeeded to the throne? The reality is that Sun Quan has not yet come out of the shadow of Sun Ce's death and begun a constant rebellion. For example, "The initial strategy table used Li Shu as the Lujiang Taishou, and after the death of the strategy, the technique refused to take power, and Dona rebelled." This was the Rebellion of Li Shu in Lujiang, followed by "Auxiliary Fear Power could not protect Jiangdong, because the right to travel to Dongye, but to send people to ShuShu Hu Cao Gong." That is, the Luling Rebellion, such cases are not in the minority.
However, Sun Quan was able to do Enwei Shi, and in terms of grace, Sun Quan treated Zhang Zhao and others as a teacher, and treated Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and other military generals as generals. In addition, celebrities such as Zhuge Jin and Lu Su were hired to serve Sun Quan during this period. Therefore, Sun Quan also received praise for a time, such as "Sun Quan inherited the great cause, youwen Zhengyi." To see the pro-appointed, special ceremony secrets, worship the lieutenant. But Sun Quan is not blindly benevolent, and he will also strike hard at people who he really can't grasp. Shen Friend of Wu County was a literary word, but also a good martial artist, but because he was never used by Sun Quan, Sun Quan killed him without saying much nonsense.
Therefore, Sun Ce had thought it through before his death, and also provided several alternative plans, not just handing over Jiangdong to Sun Quan without worries. Fortunately, Sun Quan's strength in this regard did not live up to Sun Ce's expectations, which led to the subsequent three points of the world.