It is said that the father and son of the Sun clan of Jiangdong were not very powerful in the early days of the Three Kingdoms.
Father Sun Jian is indeed very capable, not only strong in martial arts, but also bold and good in emotional intelligence. When he was young, he worked as a county official in the local area, whether it was to suppress bandits or pacify the people, Sun Jian's performance was very good.
Sun Jian
Later, he also participated in nationwide military operations with major central and local officials, mainly against rebels in the northwest and south China.
When Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, Sun Jian was nominally a subordinate of Yuan Shu and participated in the military campaign of the Eighteenth Route princes against Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shu initially valued Sun Jian, but this person was a little narrow-minded, and later looked down on Sun Jian.
However, Sun Jian himself was very angry, and when he was tough with Dong Zhuo, he did have the fierceness of not being afraid of the sky. Much stronger than many other great princes who did not practice.
Later, Sun Jian inadvertently obtained the so-called "Chuanguo Jade Seal" in the war-torn luoyang city, which also made a huge change in his life ambitions.
In ancient times, the national jade seal was the heirloom of the emperor and a kind of evidence of being an emperor, which had great political and cultural significance.
It can be speculated that after Sun Jian obtains the Chuanguo Jade Seal, he will definitely have a new understanding of his fate. Coupled with his outstanding personal skills and high leadership charm, it is easy to come up with the idea of "heaven let me be an emperor".
As for whether Sun Jian later carefully planned the road to struggle to become an emperor, we do not know. The historical reality is that Sun Jian was later ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou. As a result, when fighting Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu, he was unfortunately ambushed and was killed by a dark arrow.
After Sun Jian's death, his son Sun Ce took over the armed forces left by his father. But nominally still subject to Yuan Shu.
At first, Sun Ce also wanted to gain Yuan Shu's approval through personal efforts. After all, Yuan Shu at that time could be regarded as one of the great princes in the Central Plains, with a prominent family and influence in the imperial court. Therefore, Sun Ce hoped to be appreciated by Yuan Shu and be able to mix with a higher official position in Yuan Shu's team.
Yuan Shu
It is reasonable to say that Sun Ce also has this strength. Like his father Sun Jian, he is physically strong, bold and careful, not only is he a good hand in leading soldiers to fight, but also has great organizational and management expertise, if Yuan Shu cultivates and appoints him well, then Sun Ce is likely to become a good assistant to help Yuan Shu dominate the Central Plains in the future.
Unfortunately, Yuan Shu is the kind of role that looks like a good leader on the surface, but there is actually nothing to measure inside. Therefore, although Yuan Shu praised Sun Ce every day for his serious work and outstanding performance, he never gave Sun Ce any benefits.
Sun Ce fought for him and died nine times in his life, but he was never promoted or paid a salary increase by Yuan Shu. Therefore, Sun Ce naturally became more and more stubborn.
Over time, Sun Ce had the idea of job hopping. And his subordinates hope that Sun Ce can get rid of Yuan Shu, the boss with no future, and open his own company as the boss.
Sun Ce
Therefore, Sun Ce took out the heirloom jade seal that his father had been collecting, and used this high cultural added value thing to receive thousands of soldiers to Yuan Shu, who coveted vanity. Then, under the banner of expanding the power of Yuan Shu, he came to Jiangdong, which is now the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area, and began to set up his own portal and work hard to start a business.
Sun Ce came to Jiangdonggan in 194 AD. It is said that his ancestral home is in Fuchun, which is about the Fuyang area of Hangzhou today, so it can be regarded as returning to his hometown to start a business.
He initially pulled the banner of Yuan Shu, nominally for Yuan Shu to occupy the major counties and cities in the Jiangdong region, but in fact he took these territories into his own hands.
What is more interesting is that Sun Ce also claimed that he wanted to govern the Jiangdong region well for the Central Government of the Han Dynasty. But the places he attacked every day were actually ruled by officials appointed by the central government of the Han Dynasty.
Sun Ce was worthy of the "little bully", and he did a circle of fights in the Jiangdong area and found that there was not a single one who could fight. Local officials and doctors were beaten up and raised their hands for forgiveness. Sun Ce's territory also expanded day by day. At the same time, he also actively avenged his father and defeated Huang Zu, which shook Jiangdong for a while.
However, many people in Jiangdong are not convinced of Sun Ce.
Those local officials and local magnates usually saw Sun Cebi and respected him, but behind his back, they complained to him every day. Sun Ce hoped to govern the place well and improve the people's happiness, but these people never cooperated with him and worked all day long. There are even those who have the courage to confront Sun Ce in person and openly damage Sun Ce's leadership authority.
This made Sun Ce very depressed. He really didn't know why everyone hated him so much.
Therefore, once, he went to consult a well-known local cultural person, named Zhang Hong, and wanted to ask "Teacher Zhang" how to win people's hearts.
As a result, Sun Ce sent someone to invite Zhang Hong, who said that his mother had just died, and he had to keep filial piety at home and it was inconvenient for him to go out. So Sun Ce personally visited the door, and as a result, Zhang Hong was even more difficult to make an appointment than Zhuge Liang, and he found various reasons to say that he was inconvenient to meet with Sun Ce.
If you don't have to say that Sun Ce is a person who does big things, it is indeed very powerful. Looking at Zhang Hong, he looked down on him, but Sun Ce not only did not lose his temper, but also ran to zhang Hong and cried bitterly. While crying, he complained about his grievances.
Sun Ce swore that he had always maintained the authority of the central government and had always regarded the peaceful living and working of the people of Jiangdong as his lifelong mission, but now he could not get everyone's understanding, and he was very miserable, hoping that Teacher Zhang would point out the mystery.
Zhang Hong, seeing that Sun Ce was so sincere, could not help but be moved, and finally agreed to give advice to Sun Ce.
Zhang Hong pointed out to the point that It was not right for Sun Ce to carry the banner of Yuan Shu. He said that Yuan Shu was a man of little skill, not only did he go around conquering and expanding his territory, and the orders of the imperial court did not listen at all, but there were all kinds of indications that this person had a conspiracy to usurp the throne and stand on his own, and he was clearly a traitor to the courtiers. If Sun Ce has always been a subordinate of Yuan Shu, everyone will definitely be unhappy with you. Therefore, we must completely separate from Yuan Shu, so as to get everyone's approval.
Zhang Hong also told Sun Ce that he must learn from the strength of his father Sun Jian who dared to be a traitor to Dong Zhuo, and took a clear-cut stand to go to the tang for the central court of the Han Dynasty. To put it bluntly, it is the "Kuang Fu Han Room".
Finally, Zhang Hong pointed out that according to Sun Ce's state, if we want to develop, we must first pocket all the counties of Yangzhou in Jiangdong as soon as possible, and then go all out to take Jingzhou, and all those local forces that support the army and respect themselves and do not listen to the central authorities must beat them all down, so that they can shock the four sides and achieve great things.
Interestingly, Zhang Hong told Sun Ce that in jiangdong, the more influential force at present is the Huaisi shi clan fleeing from the north, and it is crucial to win their support.
And Zhang Hong himself is also a Huaisi shiren.
The ancient Huaisi, which roughly refers to the area where Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu meet now, also belongs to the Xuzhou plot in the Three Kingdoms.
So why did the huaisi soldiers flee to Jiangdong? Because just a few years before Sun Ce went to Jiangdong to start a business, there were yellow turban thieves running rampant in the Xuzhou area, specializing in robbing and killing officials and hao clans. Later, cao Cao, in revenge for killing his father, sent troops to attack Xuzhou's assassin Shi Taoqian, and killed people when he saw people in Xuzhou, and the old people, women, and children did not let go. Therefore, those rich and powerful families with a little family background all crossed the river and ran to the Jiangdong area to escape for their lives. As a result, Jiangdong brought together many high-class people in the Huaisi area, and their influence was far greater than that of the locals.
And the Jiangdong region during the Three Kingdoms period, to be honest, cannot be compared with the current Jiangnan. At that time, Jiangdong, the place was remote, far from the central government, the Han cultural atmosphere was not so strong, with a little barbarian color. Therefore, the economy is not developed, there are few cultural people, and there are few people who can become big officials, so they will be occupied by the Huaisi people who have fled to occupy the mainstream position in society.
Therefore, if Sun Ce wants to become bigger in Jiangdong, it is obviously not possible to rely on the compatriots who can fight in groups in the past, but must rely on these cultured and background Huaisi people to support.
Zhang Hong's pointing made Sun Cemao suddenly open up, and he also saw clearly his future development plan, that is, the "Kuang Fu Han Room", to be a loyal general who safeguarded the unity of the country, cracked down on separatist forces, safeguarded the authority of the imperial court, and ensured that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Then, Sun Ce enthusiastically established relations with the Huaisi people, recruited the nationally renowned high-ranking Confucians represented by Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao, and successfully attracted the middle and lower-level Huaisi clans to his side through a firm stand under the banner of "Kuang Fu Han Room".
Zhang Hong Zhang Zhao
Later, Yuan Shu established himself as emperor in 196, and Sun Ce immediately wrote to Yuan Shu, saying that he was determined to sever relations with a rebellious guy like him. In this way, Sun Ce officially broke away from Yuan Shu and became a family of his own, which was also recognized by the people of Jiangdong.
Later, Sun Ce saw that Cao Cao controlled Emperor Xian of Han and cleaned up the mess in the Central Plains very sharply, so he sensibly and timely submitted to the Han court controlled by Cao Cao. Cao Cao married his niece to Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Kuang, and also had his son Cao Zhang marry the daughter of Sun Ce's uncle. Moreover, Sun Ce also asked Zhang Hong to work in the central government of the Han Dynasty in Xuchang, and Zhang Hong naturally vigorously advocated Sun Ce's advanced deeds in the offices of various ministries of the central government and expanded Sun Ce's influence in the central government. Over time, Sun Ce's image in the xuchang central government became a local leader who was "loyal and reliable, with outstanding ability, and good work".
However, it is a pity that Sun Ce offended some local tycoons, and was later seriously injured by assassination and died. When he died, he was still in his vigorous 20s, and his career was just in the ascendancy.
Before Sun Ce could breathe, he decided to hand over Jiangdong's cause to his younger brother Sun Quan, and instructed Sun Quan to give full play to his personal strengths, do a good job in regional construction, and do a good job in united front work.
At the same time, Sun Ce also instructed Zhang Zhao, the number one political aide under him, to devote himself to assisting his younger brother Sun Quan.
Sun Ceto is lonely
After Sun Quan took over his brother's career, he still actively implemented the development plan proposed by Zhang Hong that year. On the one hand, we tried our best to stabilize our position as the leader of the Jiangdong region, and on the other hand, we vigorously created a good image of loyalty to the Han Room. The implementation of this line was also greatly assisted by Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, a group of Huaisi elders.
Sun quan
However, although this plan allowed Sun Ce's brothers to get the support of the Huaisi Shi clan, they were dissatisfied by some powerful people in Jiangdong. After all, Sun Ce used force to seize a large area of Jiangdong territory, and used the Huaisi people as a political reliance, resulting in the loss of vested interests of the local powerful forces in Jiangdong. Therefore, Sun Ce will be assassinated.
After Sun Ce's death, when Sun Quan just took office, he was too young and his prestige was insufficient, and many people in Huaisi felt that the Sun family might not be able to stop the local tycoons, and it was estimated that there would be no drama in the future. Therefore, a group of them chose to leave the Jiangdong Sun family and find another way out.
This includes Lu Su.
Lu Su
Lu Su was also a native of Huaisi, and he was not only rich but also talented, and very young, especially with a very developed political mind.
In Lu Su's view, the "Kuang Fu Han Room" is nonsense. No one in the world could see that at that time, the life of the Liu family of the Great Han Dynasty was all in the hands of Cao Cao. Emperor Xian of Han had no real power at all. As for whether Cao Cao wanted to be a Han courtier or wanted to usurp the throne, did he still need to ask? If he didn't want to usurp the throne, why didn't Emperor Xian of Han let himself be the master?
Therefore, Lu Su believes that the team of the Great Han is left with a signboard, and the person who really works in charge of the family is Cao Cao, and if Cao Cao really wants to get rid of the Big Han in the future, it will not be difficult. Then if Jiangdong still adheres to the old way of "Kuang Fu Han Room", it is working for Cao Cao.
Therefore, Lu Su believes that with Jiangdong's strength, he can also be the big boss of the whole country in the future.
However, since Sun Quan, who had just taken office, was still following the path of "Kuang Fu Han Room" and was still doing the plan to divide one side, Lu Su felt bored and was ready to leave.
However, Zhou Yu kept him. Zhou Yugen Sun Ce is the same age, and the two are good friends. Zhou Yu's brain melon is also very good, he is also handsome, and he is also very good at commanding troops to fight. However, due to his youth, the weight of speech in the Jiangdong political group at that time was not enough.
Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu and Lu Su both belonged to the Shaozhuang faction, young and vigorous, with dreams in their hearts, and dared to fight and dare to break through. He also agreed with Lu Su's view that if you want to start a business this year, you can't just think of being stable in one acre and three points of land, but you have to do it big, such as Cao Cao.
Zhou Yu pulled Lu Su to prevent him from leaving, just because he wanted him to stay and go to assist the Sun family to do something bigger. In Zhou Yu's view, he is good at commanding troops to fight, Lu Su is good at political diplomacy, the two cooperate closely, work with each other, and in the future, they will certainly be able to assist the Sun family to become the king and hegemon, maybe they can still sit on the emperor, and then they can also live for hundreds of generations.
Lu Su and Zhou Yu immediately hit it off, and then Zhou Yu strongly recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan. Sun Quan found an opportunity to drink and talk with Lu Su.
The two of them were in a similar mood and had a good chat. When the wine was comfortable, Sun Quan asked Lu Su how to develop his Jiangdong cause in the future.
Lu Su did not hide it and directly told Sun Quan: "The Han Room cannot be revived, and Cao Cao cannot be eliminated." The meaning is simple and clear: the big man is an empty shelf, and kuangfu is a fart. But Cao Cao was here to drink five and six through the BIG Han's FLAG, and for a moment and a half we would not be able to take him.
Therefore, Lu Su's suggestion to Sun Quan was to first make jiangdong territory bigger and stronger, save enough money, and recruit enough people. Then, when the time came, he first took south China, and then took southwest Bashu, so that all the territories south of the Yangtze River were changed to sun. In the end, he was full of energy and competed with the surname Cao to strive for the unification of the whole country.
When Lu Su said this, Sun Quan was very excited and felt that this development plan was very good.
Indeed, can be the emperor of the whole world, is it not fragrant?
Later, Zhou Yu further refined this development plan for Sun Quan. That is, after unifying the south of the Yangtze River, then take Hanzhong, and then unite with Ma Chao, and then take Xiangyang, two-way attack, hard Cao Cao.
With the road map provided by Lu Su and Zhou Yu, Sun Quan's career spirit was greatly enhanced, his enthusiasm was soaring, and he fantasized about how to live his life as emperor every day.
However, the planning of Zhou and Lu greatly upset the traditional conservatives led by Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao said that Lu Su was "a little fart child who doesn't know the height of the sky." He still insisted that he should follow the path of "protecting the border and the people" and "Kuang Fu Han Room". In Zhang Zhao's view, first, Jiangdong is not much in this land, compared with the vast Central Plains under Cao Cao's ass, it is far worse, and the gap in strength is there; second, being an emperor is an extremely risky business, and once it fails, it is impossible to play from scratch, and it will definitely die a miserable death. But if they keep the territory of Jiangdong and remain loyal to the central government, even if Cao Cao and his family become emperors, they can continue to earn money as officials, so why bother to toss and turn?
As for the views of Zhang Zhao's faction, Lu Su Zhou Yu and other young Zhuang factions scoffed. The result is that you scold me for being arrogant behind my back, I call you pedantic in private, and the two factions are secretly fighting happily. As a family member, Sun Quan, in order to maintain the unity of the team, had to be a good old man in it, while comforting Lao Zhang not to see with young people in general, while persuading Ah Yu and Ah Su not to fight with the elderly.
As a result, Jiangdong's development plan is ambiguous and inconclusive for a while.
In the end, it was Cao Cao who came to help Sun Quan make up his mind.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao, who had just accepted the surrender of Jingzhou, led the so-called "800,000" army and pursued Liu Bei all the way to the Xiakou area.
Liu Bei intended to unite with Sun Quan, and Cao Cao saw this. So he wrote to Sun Quan by the way, saying:
My eight hundred thousand brothers have come with me, little grandson, do you have time to go hunting together?
But anyone with a normal brain can see that this letter is a naked threat.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao's group of elders stood up and advised Sun Quan to simply be Cao Cao's younger brother, manage the Jiangdong area well, and pay the protection fee on time.
Zhou Yu replied: Why should you be a little brother, why pay the protection fee, keep your own money and spend it yourself, is it not fragrant? Cao Cao calculated, he was finished.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang also came to Sun Quan from Jiangxia. In order to keep the lord Liu Bei alive, Kong Ming vigorously supported Zhou Yulusu and staged a "famous scene" in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in which a person scolded dozens of people. There is only one purpose, that is: "Brother Sun, as long as you are willing to deal with Lao Cao, our emperor will definitely help you." ”
The threat of strong enemies, the ambition of the heart, the encouragement of friends, the stimulation of foreign aid... A variety of "elements" worked together, which eventually prompted Sun Quan to firmly choose the development plan of "Jiangdong Imperial Industry".
Young Sun Quan rushed to the brain cavity with a rush of blood, he drew his sword and cut off the corner of the table, and then told everyone: Whoever is making me a little brother, I will cut who first! Everyone, guys are ready to do it with Cao Cao!
As a result, Sun Quan's plan to achieve the "Imperial Industry of the Ages" began to take the first step.