In 252 AD, Sun Quan, who had fought with Cao Liuxiong for his life, finally came to the end of his life.
At this time, Crown Prince Sun Liang was only 9 years old, and he certainly could not control the government independently, and Eastern Wu had to enter the era of auxiliary government.
The chief assistant selected by Sun Quan for his son was Zhuge Liang's nephew, Zhuge Ke.
In later life, Zhuge Ke was not well-known, but in the workplace, people like him were not uncommon and not pleasing.
Zhuge Ke has been very smart since he was a child, but he is sharp, and his relationship with almost all his colleagues is not very good, only the leader Sun Quan has always valued him.
In fact, his rise to the top is not accidental, but it is not worth envying or jealousy at all.
Because from the very beginning, the leader Sun Quan has already designed an ending for him.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" >01 The second ruler of the Zhuge family</h1>
Zhuge Ke ,字元逊, Zhuge Jin's eldest son and Zhuge Liang's nephew.
With the good foundation laid by his father Zhuge Jin in Sun Quan, Zhuge Ke was highly valued by Sun Quan from an early age and became the head of the four friends of the crown prince designated by Sun Quan.
If this script is followed, Zhuge Ke's future may be similar to the fate of Sima Yi Chen Qun of Cao Pi's four friends.
But the truth sometimes does not follow the script, and in 241 AD, Sun Deng died.
Sun Deng's death was nothing less than a political earthquake in Eastern Wu that changed the fate of many people, including Sun Quan's sons and many courtiers, including Lu Xun.
But Zhuge Ke was not greatly affected, because he did not put the eggs in Sun Deng's basket.
In 234, after Zhuge Ke's repeated petitions, Sun Quan agreed to appoint him as the general of Fuyue and the Taishou of Danyang, and gave 300 soldiers to go to pacify the Shanyue clan in the depths of the Danyang Mountains.
Zhuge Ke first used the strategy of grabbing grain to make the mountain people who had no grain to eat have to go out of the mountains and surrender.
Subsequently, Zhuge Ke also ordered the counties to take care of the main thing, not to arbitrarily detain the surrendered mountain people, and killed the county commander Hu Ling, who did not obey the order.
After the mountain people knew about it, they all returned to Zhuge Ke, and the Eastern Wu government received more than 100,000 civilians, and Zhuge Ke also got more than 40,000 elite soldiers.
As an aside, the so-called people's hearts and minds are actually easy to get. As long as there is a full bite to eat, as long as they are not killed at will, they can live a little human, they will compete for it.
But even so simple, for most of the feudal era, the wishes of the common people could not be met. So how can such an era not be overthrown?
Speaking of the main theme, the above is the main deeds before Zhuge Ke was entrusted with the task of assisting the government.
To tell the truth, this incident did show that Zhuge Ke was extremely intelligent. Therefore, Sun Quan also looked at Zhuge Ke with admiration and awarded him the general of Weibei and the Marquis of Duxiang.
Zhuge Ke was not satisfied with this, but demanded that the garrison be stationed at the anhui pass of the northern border of Eastern Wu, and actively attacked the Cao Wei border, and even demanded to attack Shouchun.
This caused concern to Sima Yi of Cao Wei, and while Sima Yi was preparing to attack Zhuge Ke, Sun Quan transferred Zhuge Ke away from Anhuikou and garrisoned Chaisang in the rear.
Sima Yi: Like your father, you ran away before you beat him
In 246, Zhuge Ke was promoted to the rank of general and garrisoned in Wuchang, replacing the dead Lu Xun in the Jingzhou defense line.
In 252, Sun Quan died, and Zhuge Ke, together with Teng Yin, Sun Jun, Sun Hong, and others, was appointed to assist the young emperor Sun Liang and become the chief auxiliary chancellor of Eastern Wu.
This was the second powerful vassal of the Zhuge family, the first being his uncle Zhuge Liang.
But the uncles and nephews' later actions were worlds apart.
This is very interesting, Zhuge Ke was young and intelligent, he was still very early in entering the army, and at this time he was nearly 50 years old; and his uncle Zhuge Liang shao was not famous, he only came out of the mountains at the age of 27, and became a Shu Han courtier at the age of 43;
Gifted with extraordinary talent and decades of ups and downs, Zhuge Ke should at least be less than satisfactory, why should he never forget his uncle Xiang Bei? The answer lies in their experiences.
In the more than 10 years since Zhuge Liang came out of the mountains, he had made moves with Sun Quan and Cao Cao, who were the world's first-class figures at that time, and had accumulated rich military and political experience in Jingnan and Yizhou, and had already been handy when he ascended to the throne.
However, in Zhuge Ke's resume, he could not see that he had defeated any weighty opponents, and it was not easy to have the opportunity to see the old fox Sima Yi, but he was transferred away by Sun Quan. Therefore, it is not at all to get the experience it deserves.
It is very interesting that the reason why Sun Quan was transferred away from Zhuge Ke was that "those who hoped for qi thought it was unfavorable."
This mysterious and mysterious reason shows Sun Quan's true thoughts: he does not want Zhuge Ke to be stained by defeat.
In fact, at this time, Sun Quan already had the idea of letting Zhuge Ke escort his successor, which was even more interesting.
Doesn't Sun Quan know that the flowers in the greenhouse can't withstand the wind and rain? The burden of the state, but let such an auxiliary minister who has not experienced setbacks to bear, how does Sun Quan think?
This matter has to start with Zhuge Ke's crusade against Shanyue.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" >02 Zhuge Jin's worries</h1>
Unlike Sun Quan, in fact, as early as when Zhuge Ke wrote to attack Shanyue, his father Zhuge Jin already had hidden worries.
Most of the Eastern Wu ministers who proposed Zhuge Ke's plan to appease Shanyue were difficult to succeed, including Zhuge Jin.
Therefore, when Sun Quan appointed Zhuge Ke as the general of Fuyue, Zhuge Jin said worriedly: This child will not only not prosper the family, but also lose the family (Ke Bu Daxing My Family, will also be the Great Chi Wu Clan).
Such a matter, Zhuge Jin made this serious judgment, which is actually very interesting.
Shanyue was only the indigenous people of Jiangdong, and the Eastern Wu generals had fought against Shanyue on a large scale before this, and they had hardly heard of failure.
Ten thousand steps back, even if you fail, it is a big deal to return without success, such a thing, as Sun Quan's favorite zhuge Jin can not protect his son?
Therefore, what Zhuge Jin is worried about is not the success or failure of Zhuge Ke's crusade against Shanyue, but the deep reason behind this matter.
So, what is the reason for this?
In the Lu Xun series, Zi Yu has discussed in detail that there is a close connection between Shanyue and the Jiangdong Shi clan, but it has become the name of the Jiangdong Shi clan to join Sun Quan.
The Jiangdong generals who only joined Sun Quan around 203, including Lu Xun, almost all started by conquest of Shanyue;
At the same time, because of past connections, It was easy for Shanyue to accept the leadership of the Jiangdong Shi clan, so almost all the conquered Shanyue population was under the command of the Jiangdong Shi clan.
Zhuge Ke was almost the only exception: he was from the Huaisi clique, but he started by conquest of the mountains.
Therefore, Zhuge Ke repeatedly wrote to the officials of the Jiangdong Shi clan, because in their eyes, it was their cheese.
The reason why Zhuge Jin also opposed it was because he had been fighting between Sun Quan and the Jiangdong Shi clan for a lifetime, and his heart was like a mirror: it was not that your boy could not beat Shanyue, but that you moved the cake of others.
This was the deep reason why Zhuge Jin was worried.
Of course, Zhuge Jin's assertion was not just because of this one thing, before this, Zhuge Ke had already done a lot of similar things.
Zhuge Ke was very intelligent since he was a child and was deeply loved by Sun Quan.
At a banquet, Sun Quan asked Zhuge Ke to be the commander of the wine, Zhang Zhao refused to drink, sun Quan provoked him with words: You boy must be able to overthrow Zhang Gong, and let him drink.
Zhuge Ke then said to Zhang Zhao, after fighting against the enemy, after you have come to drink wine and eat meat (the matter of military service, the matter of the general is behind, the matter of wine and food, the general is in front), how else can you be honored?
Zhang Zhao was speechless and could only drink it all.
Another time, a bird fell in front of the temple, and Sun Quan asked, What kind of bird is this? Zhuge Ke replied: Bald Eagle.
When Zhang Zhao heard it, he thought that he was satirizing his old age, so he intimidated Zhuge Ke and deceived people, unless you found another "white-headed mother" to come out!
Zhuge Ke replied, there is a bird called "parrot mother", have you ever seen "parrot father"?
Zhang Zhao was speechless again, while Sun Quan and Qunchen laughed.
Behind these two jokes, it is not simple.
First of all, between Zhang Zhao and Zhuge Ke, there are in-laws.
Zhang Zhao's son Zhang Cheng married Zhuge Jin's daughter, Zhuge Ke's sister.
That is to say, Zhang Zhao lost his face, and Zhuge Ke did not necessarily have a light on his face.
Secondly, Zhang Zhao's identity is very special.
Zhang Zhao was an assistant vassal left by Sun Ce to Sun Quan, but he lost Sun Quan's trust due to the surrender of Chibi, but Sun Quan had to maintain superficial respect for his seniority.
In these two stories, Zhuge Ke specifically picked Zhang Zhao's pain point, making Zhang Zhao lose face.
Sun Quan's reaction reflects the reason behind this: he not only does not blame, but encourages.
Therefore, behind Zhuge Ke's repeated ridicule of Zhang Zhao is the embodiment of Sun Quan's will. It was Sun Quan who wanted to depose Zhang Zhao, but there was no reason to let Zhang Zhao resign in this way.
To put it more clearly, Zhuge Ke was the white glove of Sun Quan.
And this is the real reason and worry of Zhuge Jin's prediction of Zhuge Ke's defeated family: Zhuge Ke only knows to give Sun Quan a white glove, and he is proud that anyone dares to offend, and now he has moved the cheese of the Jiangdong Shi clan, so he does not know how to converge on the enemies and the masses, once Sun Quan dies, will our Zhuge family still have a way to live?
Zhuge Jin's fears were correct. However, this is the path that Zhuge Ke himself chose, and it is also the fundamental reason why Zhuge Ke was able to make steady progress in Sun Quan's later years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" >03 Why Zhuge Ke? </h1>
There are two very important reasons why Zhuge Ke can stand out from the red second generation.
First of all, it was Zhuge Ke's loyalty to Sun Quan and Eastern Wu.
Sun Quan once asked Zhuge Ke, your father and your uncle (referring to Zhuge Liang), who is more virtuous?
Zhuge Ke replied, "My father, because he knows better who to serve (the subject knows what to do, the uncle does not know, and thinks it is better).
Another time, when the Shu Han emissaries visited, Sun Quan joked that this boy liked to ride horses, and asked you ministers (Zhuge Liang) to send a good horse to his nephew.
Zhuge Ke immediately thanked him in front of the Shu Han emissaries. Sun Quan said, the horse has not yet arrived, what are you thankful for?
Zhuge Ke replied, Shu Han is His Majesty's stable, you have spoken, can the horse not be (Fu Shu His Majesty's outer stable, now there is a grace, the horse will also be there, dare not thank you)?
Zhuge Ke repeatedly degraded Shu and honored Wu, and Sun Quan was very useful.
The reason behind this is that when The Shu Han Deng Zhi was ordered to restore the Wu-Shu Alliance, Sun Quan once asked Deng Zhi if after the destruction of Wei, Wu-Shu would not be the best of both worlds? Deng Zhi disagreed.
As mentioned earlier, Sun Quan's most important thing in this life is loyalty and face, and now Zhuge Ke has stifled Deng Zhi's words back in front of Shu's envoys, and Sun Quan is of course very happy.
Thousands of wear, does not wear. Zhuge Ke's intelligence and loyalty allowed him to lay a solid foundation for sun power.
Another reason was that Zhuge Ke was willing to serve as Sun Quan's white glove, and offended a large number of courtiers of Eastern Wu for this.
First of all, let's talk about Zhuge Ke's play on Zhang Zhao before.
Zhang Zhao is not a member of the Jiangdong Shi clan, but a representative of the Huaisi Group, and his knowledge and virtue are the best in Huaisi Jiangdong, and he is well known in the Qingliu.
Zhang Zhao's son, Zhang Cheng, was the brother-in-law of Zhuge Ke of the former Wen Dynasty, and was also the father-in-law of Lu Kang, the son of Later Lu Xun, and the second crown prince of Eastern Wu.
The Jiangdong Shi clan was in the same breath and had never been married to outsiders much, but Zhang Zhao was able to break in. It can be seen that the relationship between the Zhang Zhao family and the Jiangdong Shi clan is very deep.
Therefore, Zhuge Ke repeatedly could not get along with Zhang Zhao, and had already left a bad impression among the vast number of Jiangdong scholars and Qing school civil officials.
This is not to mention, Zhuge Ke attacked Shanyue and drew salaries from Shanyue, and then built a city in Huainan with the intention of launching a large-scale northern expedition. These two things made it even more difficult for the Jiangdong Shi clan to support Zhuge Ke.
Why? Let's take a look at the thoughts of the Jiangdong Shi clan.
As mentioned above, the Jiangdong Shi clan did not want to be cannon fodder to open up territory for Sun Wu, and at the same time hoped to have more political dividends within Sun Wu.
Therefore, the crusade against Yamakoshi is their best means, and the specific operation is as follows:
Internally, raise the right to speak: Your Majesty, you see, we have added 100,000 households to Dawu, shouldn't we be added to the rank of knight?
Externally, Yang Kou is self-respecting: Your Majesty, you see, the mountain turmoil has not completely calmed down, and the outside must first be inside! (See Lu Xun's exhortation to sun quan's conquest.)
And now, Zhuge Ke has completely broken this illusion of theirs.
Internally, after Zhuge Ke, there were almost no famous generals who pacified Shanyue. Because of this method, he could draw salaries from the bottom of the Mountain, so it was no longer possible for the Jiangdong Shi Clan to borrow the method of raising Kou and respecting themselves by borrowing the mountain.
Externally, Zhuge Ke built two cities in Cao Wei and Huainan, which was equivalent to dropping two nails and staring at the important town of Shouchun in Huainan. In this way, even if Eastern Wu wanted not to fight, Cao Wei would not agree.
That is to say, because of Sun Quan's white gloves, Zhuge Ke not only offended Zhang Zhao's protégés, that is, the Qing school in Jiangdong, but also had a fundamental rift with the Jiangdong Shi clan.
These are Zhuge Ke's opponents
But for Sun Quan, loyalty to the Sun clan provided the first insurance for Zhuge Ke's loyalty to the young emperor; and almost all the courtiers were given the second insurance for this matter.
The first article said that people like Zhuge Ke are not accidentally moving forward in this way.
For the sake of the leader's assignment, he offended his colleagues. His future can only depend on the leader, so he will remain absolutely loyal to the leader.
What leader doesn't like to reuse such subordinates?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" >04 Sun Quan's calculation</h1>
However, since zhuge ke could no longer win the support of the Jiangdong Shi clan, and with the strong influence of the Jiangdong Shi clan, didn't Sun Quan worry that Zhuge Ke would not be able to stay in the field after his death?
Because Sun Quan had already dealt with the Jiangdong Shi clan that could not be destroyed.
Taking advantage of the change of the Second Palace, Lu Xun, the chancellor of the Eastern Wu Pillar State and the leader of the Jiangdong Shi clan, was reprimanded to death by Sun Quan, and Gu Tan, Gu Cheng, Zhu Zhao, and other mainstays of the Jiangdong Shi clan who supported Sun He were exiled and degraded to death.
In Sun Quan's later years, the Jiangdong Shi clan was already dying, and the Huaisi clique had regained power.
Therefore, Sun Quan was not worried at all that Zhuge Ke could not stay in the field, but this kind of rupture would allow Zhuge Ke to continue to implement the policy of suppressing the Jiangdong Shi clan, which was a situation that Sun Quan was very willing to see.
However, even so, the reason why Sun Quan used Zhuge Ke to assist the government was not simple.
First of all, since Sun Quan and the Jiangdong Shi Clan had been fighting all their lives, and now it was difficult to use the Battle of the Second Palace to beat them to death, why not directly eliminate the Jiangdong Shi Clan from the court?
The answer is that it can't be done, and even if it can be done, it can't be done.
Because the Jiangdong Shi clan has deep roots in the middle and lower levels of society, although Sun Quan is an emperor, he cannot manage the people and collect taxes, but he is inseparable from this group of land snakes.
Therefore, if the Jiangdong Shi clan is purged in the court, then Eastern Wu will be centrifuged up and down, the people and the middle and upper ruling elites will run counter to each other, and it will not be far from the demise of the country, referring to the separation of the high-level main battle and the middle and lower levels in the late Shu Han Dynasty.
That is to say, although Zhuge Ke was appointed to assist the government, it was difficult for him to be as successful as his uncle Zhuge Liang, because he always had an opponent who could not be destroyed.
This is why Sun Quan protected Zhuge Ke so politically, there were already strong and numerous opponents, and if he lost the battle again, it was estimated that he would not be able to support him, and the saliva would drown Zhuge Ke.
The constraints of the family shareholders and the bad reputation of the colleagues' family made Zhuge Ke can only continue to be the white glove of the Sun family and help Sun Wu transition to the young emperor Sun Liang to become an adult. This is an important reason why Sun Quan chose Zhuge Ke to assist the government.
Secondly, does Sun Quan have any other calculations? Of course there is.
This calculation is that Zhuge Ke assisted the government, which is not only safe, but also very convenient for Sun Liang to take over power when he grows up.
Because compared with other emperors, it was much easier for Sun Liang to clear the obstacles to pro-government after he became an adult.
1) Zhuge Ke has many opponents, and it is not difficult for Sun Liang to find supporters;
2) The more the right person, the more the stain, Sun Liang wants to find Zhuge Liang's evidence of almost no need to plant stolen goods, the facts are enough.
Moreover, because Zhuge Ke's reputation is so bad, then overthrowing Zhuge Ke will also win more extensive support for Sun Liang, which is very conducive to Sun Liang's administration of the government.
At the beginning of the article, why Zi Yu said that the white gloves of the leader, although they can walk in the clouds, are not worthy of envy, the reason is here.
The fate of people like Zhuge Ke was almost predestined from the beginning: first to escort the excessive power between the leaders, and then to serve as a stepping stone for the new leader to gather power.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="237" >05 Lead lit ahead</h1>
When Zhuge Ke first started assisting the government, he was still "very calm at home and abroad, and the people were rejoicing", and in the second year of the auxiliary government, he only fought a defeat and "the people were in turmoil, and the people were complaining."
It is the direct embodiment of these complex calculations.
Victory or defeat is a common affair of soldiers, and his uncle Zhuge Liang was also defeated, so why did he only demote and deduct his salary, but he had to pay the price of his life?
Because Zhuge Liang not only had the name of Xiang Xiang, but also the support of the whole country of Shu Han, and Zhuge Ke never won the hearts of the people from beginning to end.
It is false that people rejoice, because it is not enough to bring down you now; the many grievances of the people have always existed, but they lack a reasonable excuse.
However, although the lead designed by Sun Quan for zhuge Ke's downfall has long existed, the lead that Sun Liang has not yet grown up has been ignited in advance, but it is not Sun Quan's wish, but because someone has peeked through the layout of the emperor Sun Quan.
This man's name was Sun Jun, the great-grandson of Sun Quan's uncle Sun Jing.
Before Sun Quan's death, he was still a little hesitant about Zhuge Kezhi's great talent, but Sun Jun strongly advocated Zhuge Ke's assistance to the government, and Sun Quan agreed.
The reason why Sun Jun instigated Sun Quan to make up his mind was not to be optimistic about Zhuge Ke, but to see that Zhuge Ke's sharp edge would ignite the lead laid by Sun Quan in advance, thus bringing opportunities for himself.
Before Sun Quan died, in addition to Zhuge Ke, he also found 3 bumpers for his son Sun Liang: Teng Yin, Sun Hong, and Sun Jun.
Teng Yin was the lubricant for the future Jiangdong Shi clan and Sun Liang; Sun Hong's low status was used to do practical things; and Sun Jun was a clan office, mastering the defense of Jianye and ensuring Sun Liang's safety militarily.
After Zhuge Ke ascended the throne, Sun Hong was killed. Although Teng Yin and Zhuge Ke were relatives, they were civilian officials and had no army in their hands; after the Battle of Dongxing, Zhuge Ke went out on expeditions for a long time.
The central armament was unchecked, which objectively created an opportunity for Sun Jun to seize power.
Taking advantage of Zhuge Ke's defeat, Sun Jun instigated the people's hearts and plotted to replace him, and almost all the people in Jianye City knew about this, except for Teng Yin, but no one was willing to tell Zhuge Ke, which showed how bad his people's heart foundation was.
Thus, in 253 AD, Zhuge Ke was killed, and Lian Li manmen was destroyed, and Sun Jun succeeded him as a great general and became a new vassal.
Sun Jing's family was able to produce two powerful ministers after Sun Quan's death, all relying on Sun Jun's excitement. And Sun Jun's excitement was all due to seeing through Sun Quan's dying layout.
Poor Zhuge Ke served as a white glove for the leader all his life, but he ended up with the fate of the dead and the annihilation of the clan; poor Sun Quan did everything, killed the Jiangdong Shi clan, and helped Zhuge Ke to ascend to the throne, but was calculated by his nephew.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="245" > Ziyu said</h1>
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous minister of the Jin Dynasty, Fox Shootgu, once commented on the powerful ministers Zhao Wan and Zhao Dun's father and son, saying: Decline is the day of winter, and shield is the day of summer.
This evaluation is also extremely appropriate for Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Ke's father and son.
Zhuge Jin has a high emotional intelligence, a life of sleek and sophisticated, Sun Quan leans on as his heart, and the group of subjects think of himself as an elder, a winter day that makes everyone feel warm.
However, Zhuge Ke did not learn the eight-sided exquisiteness of Nai Father, but was clever and sharp, making everyone feel hot and piercing, and it was difficult to look directly.
Therefore, Zhuge Ke's ultimate fate is self-evident.
However, the only pity is that Eastern Wu, which was wrapped up in the Jiangdong Shi clan, had long been in a conservative state, and the Zhuge Ke era was the only enterprising era after the founding of the State of Eastern Wu, but it was buried because of this.
To this day, Zhuge Ke's story is also worth learning.
If you have such a colleague around you, unprincipledly obey the orders of the leader, all the colleagues hate him, but he is still on the rise.
Then, no need to be jealous or envious, he is mostly the white glove of the leader, and whenever the wind blows, he comes out of the top tank.
And what knowledgeable leaders respect most is always your ability.
Text/Zi Yu
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Wu, Biography of Zhuge Ke, Biography of Lu Xun
Further reading:
1. Zhuge Jin: The battle did not win the battle and the promotion did not stop, and the great generals all rely on their mouths to be poor? Sun Quan: This statement is too naïve
2. The sadness of the young Lu Xun: Sun Ce killed his "father", but he had to choose to assist Sun Quan
3. Lu Xun was invincible, so why was the situation in Eastern Wu getting more and more embarrassing? Sun Quan finally found out what the problem was
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